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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.15
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11., 1992
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Kickoff ignites fans
Rally showcases Kansas football tradition allows public to meet Mason and his players
Christine McFarland / KANSAN
At top, Jennifer Conradi, 14, of Lawrence, adds freshman quarterback Brian Schotthemeinel's signature to her free poster. Above, Kansas football coach Glen Mason shows a fan what it is like to be an offensive lineman. He is helped by (left to right) Dan Schmidt, Hessley Hempstead and Keith Loneker.
By David Dorsey
Kansan sportswriter
Kids from around the community had a chance to meet their favorite Kansas football players last night at the team's Kickoff '92.
The Jayhawks open their 1992 home season tomorrow against Ball State.
Children and their parents went to Anschutz Sports Pavilion to get autographs and have their pictures taken with players. The event lasted from 7 to 9 p.m. and included performances by the Marching Jayhawks and the Crimson Girls.
The Kickoff concluded with short speeches by Kansas coach Glen Mason and senior captains Hassan Bailley and Dana Stubblefield.
Defensive tackle Stubblefield, a Playboy preseason All-American, said he enjoyed meeting the kids.
"It's always good for us to go out and meet the public." Stubblefield said. "We get to sign a lot of autographs. I think I've signed 80 already."
Chris Maumalanga, who plays alongside Stubble贝 at defensive
"We get to meet some of the kids with our helmets off, and they get to find out we're not as ugly as they think." Maumalaanga said.
Several players did not attend the event because they were attending classes, but some of the Jayhawks that were there said they hoped it would become a tradition similar to Late Night with Roy Williams.
Jill Godfrey, director of promotions,
said she was pleased with the turnout.
"We thought we needed some kins of a Late Night-type event for football," Godfrey said. "This provided a great opportunity for kids to come out and play with players face to face. Its special for the kids to meet the players," she said.
Late Night, an annual event in October since 1985, features skits performed by the Kansas men's basketball team.
After the first 30 minutes of autographs, the crowd of about 300 sat on bleachers and listened to the marching band play "I'm a Jayhawk," the KU fight song.
The Crinson Girls performed their dance routine, and the spirit squads ended with the traditional "Rock ChalkJayhawk" chant.
Mason then took over the show. He thanked the crowd for attending and asked if any kids in the crowd wanted to play on the defensive line. Evan Mason, 4-feet, 11-inches tall and 125 pounds, emerged from the stands and
took a four-point stance alongside 6-foot, 3-inch, 305-pound Gilbert Brown.
After Maxon returned to his seat, Mason continued his speech.
He said that fans' high expectations for the season put a lot of pressure on the team. While he was signing autographs earlier, a kid had walked up to Mason and said he had a present for
him. He reached behind his back and handed Mason an orange.
"It's great to have a bunch of young people out here tonight," Mason concluded. "This year we're going to be on the attack. We've made a lot of progress, and now it's up to our players."
"I think it puts the community in touch with the players," Ruel said. "Some of the kids look up to our players, and most of our players are fine young men. Plus, it makes the players realize their importance to the children in our community."
Assistant coach Pat Ruel said he was happy with Kickoff'92.
See related story, Page 7.
American Indian arts festival to begin today
By Christine Laue
Kansan staff writer
Luring aromas of Navaho tacos and Indian try bread will fill the air this weekend at the Powwow Grounds at Haskell Indian Junior College as six weeks of Lawrence Indian Arts Show activities get underway.
The foods are only some of the authentic American Indian goods that will be featured from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Indian Market. The event is part of the fourth annual arts show, which runs through Oct. 25.
The show is sponsored each year by the University of Kansas' Museum of Anthropology, Haskell Indi
an Junior College and the Lawrence Arts Center.
Maria Martin, coordinator of the show, said about 10,000 people were expected to attend the Indian Market and 4,000 more were expected at exhibits, lectures and workshops that will be held throughout the six-week festival.
The annual event draws artists and other people from as far away as Alaska and New York, Martin said.
More than 80 artists representing 47 tribes and 19 states are participating in auried competition.
Their artwork, which will be on display at the anthropology museum tomorrow through Oct. 25, has already been judged. Awards will
be presented at 7:30 tonight at the event's benefit opening at the museum, which will allow people with reservations to preview and purchase the art.
In addition to the artists in the competition, American Indian painters, sculptors, potters, basket weavers and jewelers will exhibit and sell their work at the Indian Market.
Martin said that although every year's art was exciting and high quality, this year's art reached a new level.
"The artwork just gets better every year." she said.
"Just about every medium will be represented," Martin said. "It's just a great representation of what's being done by American Indians today."
With more artists attending every year, more types of art are being presented as well, she said.
Organizers believed Lawrence was a great location because of an active arts center, the museum and Haskell, she said.
The event was the idea of staff at the KU Museum of Anthropology and others in Lawrence.
Dave Sketeer, president of KU's Native American Student Association, said the exposure helped to increase awareness.
"Just that little bit of exposure, you carry it with you," Skeeter said. "And if you carry it with you, it becomes part of you."
Indian Arts Show
Benefit Opening
Awards ceremony, art preview and sale, reception and silent auction
7:30 - 9:30 tonight
University of Kuala Lumpur Museum of Anthropology
$25 a person
fourth Annual Indian Arts Show: A Juried Competition
Tomorrow through Oct. 25
University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology
Morning, Saturday 8 a.m., 9 p.m.
Museum hours: Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m., 5 p.m.; Sun:
day, 1-5 p.m.
Admission: adults $3; students $1; free for children under 5.
Haskell Indian Junior College
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday
No charge
Indian Market
Football fans to be dry on Hill City beer ordinance to be enforced at 'Hawks home opener
By Tiffany Lasha Hurt
Kansan staff writer
Tomorrow will be the first boot football game at which KU fans will not be able to legally consume 3.2 beer
An ordinance passed in April by the City Commission bans beer consumption on Campanile Hill and in the stadium parking lots.
Lt. John Mullens, KU police representative, said consumption of beverages with an alcoholic content of more than 3.2 percent was against state law and the ordinance prohibited 3.2 beer.
Mullens said that KU police were contacting the media and distributing flyers to inform KU fans of the new ordinance.
He also said that KU police would give offenders cards that explained the state liquor laws and the new city ordinance.
"We'll explain to the people that they are violating the law," Mullens said. "We'll ask them to refrain from what they are doing. We'll get into the law enforcement aspect if people continue to violate the law."
Mullens said those that continued to consume alcohol after they had been warned would be arrested in a misdemeanor charge and would be issued a notice to appear in municipal court.
"Repeat offenders will be arrested and handed in jail," he said.
He said KU police will try to warn KU fans as much as possible.
“If we see somebody that's breaking out a keg or a six-pack, we'll try to get to them soon enough so they won't have that far to hail it back to their car or wherever they got it from,” he said. KU fans have mixed reactions to the new policy.
"I think that they should be able to drink on the hill," said Chris Tenan, Russell sophomore. "It's not in the stadium, so they should be able to do what they want. I think people that are 21 should be able to drink if they want to. They shouldn't be treated like they are little kids."
Laura Maiefski, Omaha, Neb., senior, said she did not drink at football games so she would not have a problem with the ordinance.
"People have been drinking on the Hill for so long it's going to be pretty hard to enforce," she said. "There will be a lot of police officers walking around, and people laughing at them." Gillett Gould, Littleton, Colo., senior, arrives.
"It's kind of a tradition in some ways for some students," she said.
Shawn Derritt, Kansas City, Kan. junior, said traditions involving alcohol were unnecessary.
"I don't feel it's a necessity to drink on the hill because of the negative side affect it's had at the past games as far as the rowdiness is concerned," he said. "Tradition is tradition, but some traditions need to be changed for the betterment of the whole community." Mollans said the KU police were
Miliens said the KU pence were only enforcing the law.
"We can get assistance if needed," he said. "But I don't think we'll need it."
Dismissal hearings continue
Emil Tonkovich, professor of law, twice called for a mistrial, and two former students testified against him as Tonkovich's dismissal hearings continued yesterday.
See story, Page 3.
Health concerns in Pinckney
Kansas counties to discuss new state or union
Health concerns are the focal point of a complaint filed against Kansas Power and Light's proposal to increase voltage in a section of lines running through the Pinckney neighborhood.
See story, Page 3.
By Mark Martin and Delin Cormeny
<Kansan staff writers>
The committee, made up of delegates from nine counties in southwest Kansas, plans to meet today in Ulysses to discuss a proposed constitution for a new state or nation.
The United States will not be so united if the 51st State Committee has its way.
Cannonan said he planned to recommend that the committee poll all the registered voters in the nine-county area on whether to become the 51st state or to form a new nation. The counties are Grant, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kiowa, Meade, Morton, Stanton and Stevens.
"We will have reports from the various committees on how a new state would work, concerning all areas," said Don Concannon, a Hugoton lawyer and a committee leader. "Basically, we want to show the world that we're serious."
To become a new state, the committee
The movement to secede from Kansas is largely in response to last April's statewide refinancing of school districts, which secessionists say will redistribute money to larger, metropolitan areas in Kansas such as Wichita and Kansas City, while leaving their schools with less money to operate.
would need permission from the Kansas Legislature. To become a new nation, the committee would have to appeal to the United Nations.
"What we're saying is that you can't base equal education in terms of dollars," said Bob Boadin, a Morgan County commissioner and leader of the 51st State Committee.
Bouldin said the committee's proposed constitution, which partially has been written, gave each county the right to secede from Kansas. The county also would have one representative directly responsible for his or her constituents.
political stunt to avoid paying taxes.
Russell Getter, associate professor of government, called the secession movement a
"Historically, the only state that's ever seceded was West Virginia," he said. "And that happened because part of Virginia was pro-North and part of it was pro-Southern during the Civil War. In that case, Congress split the state."
Several KU students from the counties trying to secede said they thought the Kansas government did not pay enough attention to the western half of the state.
Trey Meyer, Liberal sophomore, said he worried if a new state or nation was formed.
"The eastern half of the state doesn't realize all of the resources out there, like the natural gas and the agriculture," said Ann Spikes, Hugoton senior. She added that many people in western Kansas were boycoting products from other parts of the state.
"Then I'll have to pay out-of-state tuition," he said.
Breaking away
Secessionists from nine southwestern Kansas counties convene today to discuss a constitution for a new state or nation.
Counties wishing to secede include Grant, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kiowa, Meade, Morton, Stanton and Jackson.
Source: Associated Press KANSAN