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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.68
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1992
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Two men killed in shooting
Friday murder started as fight in Lawrence bar
By Joe Harder
Kansan staff writer
A five-man brawl that began over the use of a pool table left two Topeka men dead outside a Lawrence bar Friday evening, Lawrence police reported.
Police said that Jerry Thompson, 32, and Jim Buswell, 42, both of Topeka, died from gunshot wounds sustained during a fight in the parking lot of Henry's Bar and Grill, 3520 W. Sixth
St., at approximately 5:30 p. m. Frida.
Stephen B. Perdue, 21, of Lawrence, was arrested at the scene on the charge of first-degree murder. He is currently being held without bond at the Douglas County jail.
Curt Melzer, manager of Henry T's,
said that the fight seemingly began
 among five men over whose turn it
 was to use a pool table.
The fight involved Thompson, Buswell, one of Thompson's friends from Topeka, Perdue and another man.
Melzer said he was behind the bar at the time. After breaking up the fight with the help of several other employees, he instructed all five men to leave the bar and escorted them to the door, he said.
Melzer said that the five were still
threatening each other after leaving the building.
"At that point, I went inside to call 911," he said. "By the time I got back outside, the shooting had already taken place, and there were two men lying on the ground."
Realizing a shooting had taken place, Melzer said, he called the Lawrence police again. He said that he did not hear the shots.
"At the time, it seemed like a long time before the police got there," he said. "But after talking to people, it must have been only a few minutes after the shooting."
Buswell was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene, police reported. Thompson, who was shot in his side, was initially taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and
then by helicopter to the KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. He died of the gunshot wound Saturday.
Melzer said he did not think that any of the men had a gun in the bar and that one of them must have gotten it from his car after leaving the building. Police reported that a semi-automatic handgun was used in the shooting.
Melzer said he had not seen any of the five men in the bar before and did not think all of them were intoxicated.
Lyle Schiefelebin, owner of a Topeka carpet and vinyl installation firm, employed Buswell and Thompson. The three Topeka men had decided to have a beer after finishing a carpet installation in a Lawrence house Friday, he said.
Two Topeka men were shot and killed in the parking lot of Henry T's Bar and Grill, 3520 W. Sixth St., Friday night after an alleged fight about the use of a pool table in the bar.
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Tree trimming time
Jackie Ferguson, Lawrence resident, decide which Christmas tree she and her daughters, 7-year old Jordan, left, and 3-year old Hilary, right, and friend, Katie Loyd, will take home to decorate. John Willingham, also of Lawrence, helped the Fergusons choose the perfect tree yesterday afternoon at the Luncheon Optimist tree sale in Checker's parking lot on Louisiana and 23rd streets.
Jayhawks to celebrate season at Aloha Bowl
By David Bartkoski
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas football team received an early Christmas present on the day after Thanksgiving — an invitation to play No. 25 Brigham Young University in the Alaho Bowl on Christmas Day in Honolulu.
Nebraska's 33-9 victory against Oklahoma on Friday assured the Jayhawks, 7-4, of a third place finish in the Big Eight Conference and a spot in the Dec. 25 game against the Cougars, 8-4.
Kansas has not been to a bowl game since 1981, when it lost 10-0 to Mississippi State in the Hall of Fame Bowl.
Kansas senior quarterback Chip Hill-leary said he was relieved by the bowl berth announcement.
"It was like a weight had been lifted off the Kansas football team," he said. "This has been a long road, and we have reached our ultimate goal."
The 1992 Jajahwsks began their season with a 7-1 record, looking to win a Big Eight Championship and earn a berth in the Orange Bowl. But after losing consecutive games to Nebraska, Colorado and Missouri, the 'Hawks' chances of gaining a bowel berth were fading.
Most of the bowl invitations already had been sent out. Nov. 21, the day that Kansas fell to Missouri. If Oklahoma had defeated Nebraska, the Sooners would have gone to the Alaoha Bowl and the Jayhawks would not have received a bowl bid.
Assistant coach Golden Ruel said that he was frustrated by the Jayhawks' losses but thankful for the Cornhuskers' victory against the Sooners.
He said that he might even buy a Christmas present for Nebraska coach Tom Osborne.
"If I've got a couple of extra dollars in my pocket, he'll be getting something," he said.
The Jayhawks will spend a week in Hawaii, leaving for The Aloha State on Dec.19.
Bob Frederick, athletic director, said that the athletic department had been planning the trip for about three
Kansas accepted a bid from the Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl Friday after Nebraska defeated Oklahoma and the Jayhawks secured a third place finish in the Aloha Bowl will be 2:30 p.m. christmas Day in Honolulu, and ABC will televise the game nationally.
8,000 tickets will be available to order today for $20 each and can be picked on Thursday or Friday. The 'Hawks will play Brigham Young (8-4) for the first time.
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weeks in case Kansas was invited.
Susan Wachter, assistant athletics director for business, and Tim Phillips, tight ends coach, left for Hawaii yesterday to inspect the facilities there, Frederick said.
Kansas is guaranteed a minimum of $750,000 for playing in the Aloha Bowl. Fredrick said, and $27,000 to cover the University's flight expenses.
Several of the Jayhawks will participate in a pre-game parade at 7 p.m. Dec. 20.
The Aloha Bowl is the only bowl game on Christmas Day and will be broadcast by ABC at 2:30 p.m. Shari Lewis and Lambchop will provide the ha!time entertainment.
See related story. Page 9.
Tickets for game go on sale today
By Lynne McAdoo
Kansan staff writer
Plenty of tickets are available for Kansas fans who want to go to the Aloha Bowl, said Bernie Kish, director of KU ticket sales and operations.
Kansas was allocated one-sixth of the seating, which is about 8,000 seats, he said.
People can order tickets starting today at the athletic ticket office in Allen Field House but will not be able to pick them up until the end of the week, he said. Tickets cost $20.
Kish said he also would try to get tickets for anyone interested in going to the Rainbow Classic basketball tournament in Hawaii, Dec. 27-30. The Kansas men's basketball team is competing in the tournament.
Jeff Brunton, a 1977 graduate of the University of Kansas, plans to go to the Alaoha Bowl but does not plan to spend more than $20. He is one of the about 400 Kansas alumni who live in Hawaii.
"A bunch of KU alums work downtown and we usually get together to watch KU basketball," said the attorney, who lives in Honolulu. "But this year we have been watching football too."
Fred Williams, director of the University of Kansas Alumni Association, said staff members spent the weekend planning a package for people who want to attend the bowl game and basketball tournament.
The two prices for the trip are $1,599 or $1,999, depending on how close a person wants to be to the beach, he said.
The price includes airfare, accommodations for six nights, and transportation to and from the games. The flight is scheduled to depart Dec. 24.
Experience swap
John Nalbandian's work as a professor of government at KU gives him insight into his work as a Lawrence city commissioner, and his teaching gets a boost from the hands-on experience of city government.
See story, Page12.
John Nalbandian
AIDS display
Two displays in Watson Library and Anschutz Science Library, put together by a KU librarian, are designed to show the dramatic effect AIDS has had on the world.
See story, Page 5.
Students bear down for shorter final exam period
New test schedule meets Regents requirements
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
The turkey was a nice diversion, but now KU students must return to reality — it's time to face December.
"The month of December does not look good," said Hutchinson senior Chris Gassen, who returned to campus yesterday to study for the last two weeks of classes and his pharmacy finals.
That means finishing off a semester that has two more class days than last year and tackling a finals period three days shorter.
"Normally, I'd just relax on Thanksgiving, but this year it's been different because of the shorter finals period," he said.
Daunted by having less time to study for finals, Gassen said he spent much of the break hitting the books.
Students are facing a study crunch because of a Kansas Board of Regents decision to require a minimum of 150 instructional days in an academic year. The University fell four days short of the minimum
To comply with the requirement, the University calendar committee last year devised a new schedule, which added two instructional days to each semester, said Larry Maxey, chairperson of the committee.
The committee, which included students and faculty, chose to reduce the exam period of nine days to six days after studying schedules of other universities similar in size to KU.
"We found only a minuscule number of schools had an exam period as long as ours was," Maxey said. "We just figured if these other schools as large as we were could complete finals in just six days, that we could also do it without sacrificing anybody's academic integrity."
But the short finals period has left some students with three finals on one day.
Richard Morrell, University registrar and committee member, said students with three finals in a day could reschedule their highest level class to another day, leaving them with two finals to take.
According to the timetable, students were to workout a makeup exam time with their instructor two weeks before the end of classes.
That's what Cristi Boyer did. The Lawrence senior had six finals scheduled for two days.
Boyer rescheduled the finals to lighten her load on those days, but the education major, who is carrying 20 hours and working two jobs, is still feeling the crunch.
"I really wish I had taken the 20 hours when there was a longer final period," she said. "I just don't feel like I do half as well on these finals without the extra time."
Gassen said he would favor extending the semester an extra week to gain study time.
"I just don't think you can possibly sit down and study for a comprehensive final with the time that we have," he said.
For students such as Boyer, the shorter exam period just adds to the familiar finals anxiety.
"It just doesn't seem like I'm going to get through this," Boyer said. "If I make it to the 21st, it's going to be a miracle."
Cramming for finals
Here are some of the changes resulting from the new finals period:
FEWER DAYS The period was shortened from nine days to six.
MORE SESSIONS Test times were rescheduled to allow another session. The times:
7:30 – 10:30 a.m.
11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
3 – 6 p.m.
7 – 10 p.m.
SHORTER BREAKS Breaks now last only 30 minutes or an hour, as opposed to last year's two-hour breaks.
NO SATURDAY EXAMS Tests previously were scheduled on Satdays, a Jewish holy day.