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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.45
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 1992
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When the Kansas football team played Oklahoma in the past, the question often was not who would win the game, but by how many points would the Sooners win.
Oklahoma has a 60-23-6 all-time record against the Jayhawks, defeating them seven consecutive times and outscoring them by an average margin of 43.4 points a game since 1985.
But this year, a different atmosphere sur roundes the contest, which is Kansas'
Kansas, 5-1, brings the No. 1 scoring offense in the nation to tomorrow's game against Oklahoma, 3-2-1.
HOMECOMING IS HERE
Kansas coach Glen Mason said the Sooners should not be underestimated just because they were not ranked as high as kars
Last week, the Jayhawks beat Iowa State 50-47, coming back from a 26-point deficit. Kansas is ranked No. 22 in the nation and the Big Eight with a 2-0 conference record.
Complete coverage of tomorrow's KU-OU game page 11
"I'm a little weird in that category," he
said. "we always said I look forward to
playing with them."
Mason, who is 0-4 against Oklahoma, said he didn't mind playing the Sooners.
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"They've got great talent," he said.
"They've got skill. They've got speed, and they've got big play potential in everything they do."
He said that having the chance to compete against schools like Oklahoma was one reason he came to coach at Kansas.
During Mason's tenure, the Jayhawks
have lost to the Sooners by as much as 49
points and once pulled within 14.
in 1984, Kansas coach Mike Gottfried directed the Jayhawks to a shocking 28-11 victory against the Sooners, who were ranked N.2 in the nation.
It was the last Homecoming game that Kansas played against Oklahoma.
Everything was perfect for Kansas that week, Gottfried said.
week, could he have asked "If I could have bottled what we did that week, we could have made a lot of money," he said.
The Jayhawks warmed up in Anschutz Pavilion before the game and arrived just before the opening kickoff.
Gottfried said his biggest concern was getting the team to the stadium on time.
"The most embarrassing thing would have been to get a 5-yard penalty for being
Kansas controlled the game from the start and upended a team that featured future professional players Tony Casillas,
Gottfried, who was one of ESPN's announcers for the Kansas-California game on Sept. 24, said the current Kansas team have a good chance to beat the Sooners.
Keith Jackson, Troy Aikman and Brian Bosworth.
The 1992 Jayhawks have excellent lineemen, Gottfried said, and they have a chance to be the best Kansas team since the 1968 team that played in the Orange Bowl.
"I think we're getting far more recognition than we do deserve right now," he said. "You saw us play last week. We surely didn't play like a Top 25 team last week."
He added that he did not want to take anything away from his team's victory.
"We ended on a positive because we were able to fight back, almost overcoming an insurmountable deficit to win the football game," he said.
The Kansas Jayhawks have not beaten the Oklahoma Sooners since upsetting them during the 1984 season. The two teams renew their conference rivalry tomorrow.
Matt Mortilio, left, St. Louis senior, Ryan Dunn, right, Colorado Springs, Colo., sophomore and Chuck Munroe, right rear, Kirkwood, Mo., senior, all members of the KU hockey club, pair up during an event at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house, 1191 Stewart Ave. Wednesday's event was sponsored by the Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol as part of National
Students drink, then play to prove a point
By Lynne McAdoo
Kansan staff writer
By 61st night, Cheryl Sharp, president of Alpha Xi Delta sorority, had consumed three beers. She stood wobbling in front of the crowd of about 200 students in the parking lot of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, 1911 Stewart Ave.
Sharp had a book of intense concentration as Burdell Welsh, representative of the KU police department, asked her to stand beside him and count to 39 as part of a field sobriety test.
She only counted to 10 before she tipped over and began to laugh. But this was not an ordinary party. Sharp and 10 other KU students were getting drunk to prove a claim.
As part of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, KU students were
shown how alcohol impairs a person's coordination.
"The hockey players were scaring me," Norris said as roller blade-wielding hockey players sped past her. "They should be
Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol organized the event, which had members of the greek community consume alcohol at timed intervals and then participate in tricycle races, an obstacle course, sobriety tests and a game called Bonzo Balls where imbbed participants throw Nerf balls into buckets of water. Also the KU hockey club participated by drinking beer and trying to play hockey with roller blades.
Each participant drank three beers before the games started. During the rotations each person drank about 10 beers, said Kate Norris, one of the organizers of the event.
wearing full armor."
Mortillo faced the consequences of mixing alcohol with any mode of transportation when he crushed into the curb during the obstacle course.
With their arms linked, Sharp and Julie Garney, Kansas City, Mo., senior and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, skipped by Welsh.
Matthew Mortillo, a member of the KU hockey club, whizzed by on his roller blades with a hockey stick in one hand and a beer in the other. He had a shirt with the phrase "Know when to say when," wrapped like a turban on his head.
"I wouldn't drive right now," he said. "I wouldn't even wear roller blades. But I would."
"We hope they are learning that alcohol can affect and impair their motor skills," Welsh said.
After her sixth beer Garney said, "I missed all six bombs buckets, and all I want
"I think this increases awareness. We are all for drinking responsibly," said Greg McDonald, owner of McDonald Beverages, the Anchauer-Busch distributor in Lawrence. "If all the students at the University of Kansas who are of legal age can drink responsibly, I've got plenty of business."
But one of the sponsors of the event said if students were aware of the effects of alcohol, they would acquire a sense of responsibility.
Ed Schager, an organizer of the events,
said he helped people realized the serious-
ness of the problem.
"It's all fun until someone gets hurt," he said to the crowd. "Be safe, because we want to see you back next year."
Homecoming may prompt new tradition
By J.R. Clairborne
Kansan staff writer
Homecoming at the University of Kansas is a time for following traditions that can be traced back to the early part of the century. If the KU Athletic Department has its way, a new tradition will begin this weekend in Memorial Stadium.
In anticipation of a record-setting crowd, the department had an extra set of steel bleachers placed behind the south end zone of the playing field for the Kansas-Kansas State football game Oct. 10.
Anticipating another sellout crowd at the Kansas-Oklahoma game tomorrow, the department wants to make the bleachers all an student section, said Bennie Kish, director of ticket operations and sales. In order to entice students to fill the 500-capacity section, the department will sell $5 tickets for the seats.
"We'd like to get that south end zone really jumping," Kish said. "We want to make that end of the field really intimidating to the opposing team."
Calling the fans the "12th man of the team," Kish said that when the opposing team picked its goal, "they will have to decide if they want to pick that end with those crazy KU kids."
"If we get those students out there, they'll really make difference in the game," he said. dents can serve.
This year's homecoming theme is "I'd Sooner Be a Jayhawk Celebrating KU Traditions." Some traditions were part of an annual event that began 80 years ago.
Although no one seems to know where the concept of homecomings first came from, the University of Illinois was the first school to have a homecoming celebration in 1910, according to Kansans of that era. Homecomings were generally celebrated when alumni returned to their alma maters for the biggest football games of the year.
KU was among the first schools to adopt the idea in 1912, the first homecoming game was against the Missouri Tigers.
Although homecoming quickly became a popular event, it did not appear officially on the University calendar until 1919. Early homecoming games often were against Missouri or Nebraska.
On Nov. 11, 1922, Memorial Stadium was dedicated before a crowd of 7,000 prior to the Kansas-Nebraska game. The stadium was dedicated in honor of the 127 KU students lost in World War I.
"May God make us worthy of the gift to which this stadium stands as a memorial," said Kansas Gov. Henry J. Allen in closing the ceremony, as quoted in the Kansan's coverage of the day's events.
The Jayhawks lost to the Cardinals 5-0. Tomorrow, the Jayhawks will look to improve their homecoming record against the Sooners to 2-2, and their overall homecoming game record to 31-44-5.
See related story, Page 13.
Excellent students
The second annual E.X.C.E.L. award winners will be honored during the homecoming parade today for their leadership and involvement in campus and community organizations.
See stories. Page 3.
KU Republicans, Young Democrats will not debate
By Kristy Dorsey
Kansan staff writer
Both sides voice disappointment in eleventh hour
Because the KU Young Democrats club is busy with last-minute election work, the group will not debate the KU College Republicans before the Nov. 3 presidential election as was originally planned.
Matt All, president of Young Democrats, said that although his group wanted to debate the Republican organization earlier
this year, it was now too late to have a meaningful public discussion between the two groups.
"We've been wanting to schedule a debate all semester, but that fell through because they weren't organized," he said. "They don't have an agenda because they have just gotten reorganized. We can't just drop everything and schedule ourselves around the Republicans."
The College Republicans were
not formally listed with KU Organizations and Activities until Oct. 7.
David Olson, head of KU College Republicans, said he was disappointed that there would not be a debate between the two groups.
"You can't come to someone this late in the election and say, 'Hey, let's have a debate,' "All said. "There is not enough time to make it a really worthwhile event."
"We've been reading in the
"We are kind of disappointed because we have just reorganized," he said. "We thought this would be a unique opportunity to present the issues to KU students."
Young Democrats is especially busy with the voting drive because of the number of stu-
"We're glad we're busy with this stuff," he said. "It's one thing to get people to register, but it doesn't matter if they don't go out and vote."
All said Young Democrats was busy working on a "Get Out the Vote" drive, a campaign to inform student voters on where to vote and how they can get a ride to the polls if they have no other transportation.
papers that this year is one of the highest for interest in the elections, and we think there would have been student interest in the debate."
dents who are registered to vote this year. All said.
"I think there is a lot of excitement on campus, not just about Bill Clinton, but about the election in general," he said. "But I do think students are very excited about Clinton. I also think they're going to hold him accountable. They're not giving him a blank check. They expect a lot from him."
All said the Young Democrats and the KU Students for Clinton had both worked very hard this semester on the election.
"Everyone has gone above and beyond the call of duty," he said. "We couldn't have asked for a better semester."