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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday November 23,1987 Vol.98,No.66
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
KJHK to alter format
By JULIE McMAHON
Staff writer
KJHK-FM will be changing at the start of next semester.
The student station, at 90.7 FM, still will play alternative music, but it will play alternative music that appeals to greater numbers of KU students, said Mike Kautsch, dean of journalism. And it will present that music in a more organized manner.
KJHK's constitution obligates it to attract as many KU students as possible and serve as a laboratory to prepare KU journalism students for careers in radio and television news, sales and promotional work, Kautsch said.
"KJHK has to operate in a way to allow practical experience for students." he said
The KJHK board asked the KJHK staff this fall to come up with a format that met the board's goals of increasing listeners and making the station's operation more professional. Tuesday, the board approved a format proposed by the staff.
Members of the board are Kautsch; Max Usler, director of the radio-television sequence in the school of journalism; John Katich, faculty representative from radio-television; Michael Bassin, Lawrence junior and student station manager; Fowler Jones, Fairway senior and school of journalism representative; and Dawn Abrahamson, Highland Park, Ill., junior and Student Senate representative.
Fowler Jones, programming director, said the change at the station would be so slight that many listeners wouldn't notice.
"I think we can get more listeners without selling out," he said.
Gwen McKillip, Lake Forest, Ill., junior, is on the news staff at KJHK. She said the changes would be a good opportunity for news staff members because the changes were predicted to increase listeners.
"We'll feel like someone is listening for a change" she said.
pleased.
Dan Nicely, Shawnee junior and
See KJHK, p. 6, col. 1
Left: Shirley Shackelford, Lawrence resident, applies a finishing touch to Santa's costume. Right: Shackelford dab rouge on the nose of her husband, Paul, to turn him into Santa Claus.
Ho ho Santa will debut downtown soon
By MICHAEL MERSCHEL
Staff writer
Even though he doesn't pilot a sled, drop down chimneys or keep tabs on children around the world, Paul Shackelford makes playing Santa Claus a serious business.
Most of the year, Shackleford is a maintenance technician for the FMC Corp. But during the Christmas season, he dons a familiar red suit and white beard and appears at functions and homes that hire him.
This year, he will be Santa for the
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Downtown Lawrence Association. He'll make his debut at 7:30 p.m. Friday when he is pulled on a horse-drawn carriage to Watkins Park, near 11th and Massachusetts streets, said Carolyn Sh, director of the Downtown Lawrence Main Street program.
Shy said she hired Shackelford over three other applicants because he had the right Santa qualities; a little bit of mischief and a boob; and because he fit the suit.
But being a proper St. Nick takes more than a suit that fits, Shackelford said.
“It’s more work than a lot of people would ever think,” he said.
Shackelford said he tried to look like people expect Santa Claus to look. That's getting tougher because of all the different versions of Santa that children are bombarded with each year, he said. He tries for a classic Santa look.
His red suit is from a department store's Santa Claus costume kit. The wig and beard were purchased separately because Shackelford didn't like the look of the ones provided with the kit. His wife, Shirley, purchased his wire glasses at an auction.
Shirley Shackelford is in charge of curling the false snow-white beard and wig and putting them on her husband's head just right. She also helps rosy his cheeks with a little make-up.
Because the spectacles are hard to see out of, she also helps drive him to his visits.
But Paul Shackelford does more for each visit than dress the part, he said.
A good Santa has to know tricks to play the part convincingly, he said. Because he doesn't see children when they're sleepy or know when they're awake, he uses parents to learn something about the children.
"They look at you and say, 'How do you know all this stuff,'" he said.
See SANTA, p. 6, col. 1
Vending machines fill craving with sales of candy bars, pop
By JORN E. KAALSTAD
Staff writer
Coca-Cola and Snickers candy bars are best-selling campus tongue ticklers, whereas root beer and Jujuy fruits seem to be turn-offs n the $1 million a-year vending business on campus.
KU Concessions, a department of the Kansas and Burge unions, runs vending operations on campus. The department has a proposed budget for fiscal 1988 of $660,000, said Bob Derby, director of concessions.
Last month, people consumed about 30,000 cans of Coca-Cola, compared with about 200 cans of the worst seller — root beer.
Every day, campus soda machines spit out an average of 4,484 cups of pop with nearly 9,000 quarters passing through the slots.
Also, about 2,600 snack items such as chips, candy bars and chewing gum are purchased daily from 54 machines. Snickers bars are the most popular sweet on campus, Derby said.
However, Jujyfruits candy and wintergreencandy have been sales failures, he said.
concessions is thinking about removing ice cream from the vending menu on campus.
"Tell you what, college students don't go for artificially colored and flavored Jujuy fruits," Berdy said.
Derby attributed the low ice cream sales to the fact that residence halls serve ice cream with dinners.
As pop and candy are selling in the thousands, ice cream sales have declined so much that KU
About 95 packs of cigarettes are sold every day from campus vending machines. In spite of the new anti-smoking law on campus, that's an increase from last year's sales. Derby said.
Last month, the six ice cream machines brought in about $650.
Selling cigarettes on campus is a touchy issue, Derby said. Two
Lawrence Schuemann. Lawrence vending worker, fills a Coke machine in Wescoe cafeteria.
See VENDING, p. 6, col.1
Muslim women are devout in spite of new world at KU
But she didn't come here to fit in. Although she often wonders at the different, relatively haphazard lives led by the American students she walks among, their influence does not change the life she has chosen.
"One reason United States is very good is everyone can lead any kind of life they want," said Mahim Jouya, touching her scarf.
She is different. That is obvious.
Her dress and quiet mannerisms cause her to stand apart on this campus of 25,000 students, most of them white, young natives of the Midwest.
Staff writer
For Jouya, one of about 300 Muslims at the University of Kansas, Islam is a way of life.
Jouya believes in a strict interpretation of the Koran, the holy book of the Muslims that she believes was revealed by Allah to the prophet Mohammed in the seventh century.
She walks down Jayhawk Boulevard, head shrouded in a beige scarf, dark eyes peering from behind wire-rimmed glasses, speaking softly with friends.
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG Staff writer
Jouya is a native of Tehran, Iran, who joined her husband and daughter in Lawrence two years ago to continue her education. She is one of 850 million people around the world who adhere to the Islamic religion.
"They think you're in a trance, because you're not allowed to talk," one Muslim woman said. "They don't really understand."
Some students stare at and even speak rudely to such scarf-clad women on the hill, the women say. But Jouya and her friends attribute that rudeness to ignorance of Islamic custom and the reasons behind the actions of Muslims. For instance, Muslims pray five times daily, and although most praying is done in private, public prayer, like other Islamic customs, is often misconstrued.
Behind the veil
Jeffrey Lang, professor of mathematics and convert to Islam, said many also might feel afraid they cannot prove their beliefs or be misunderstood.
"To say something false in a religious matter is not a good thing for Muslims," Lang said.
Jeffrey Lang, professor of math
This story comes from interviews with Mahim Jouya, who agreed to have her name used, and about six men, women, men, who requested anonymity.
Some feared retribution from the University of Kansas if they said anything unflattering about the school.
Editor's note: The beliefs of Islamic women are obvious in the unwillingness of many to have their names and stories in the Kansan.
"We have come to think of this veil as a form of oppression," he said. "The culture may oppress them, but the religion doesn't."
and a converted Muslim, says the American perception that Islamic women cover themselves with scarves as an act of subjugation is wrong.
"It's more a code of modesty. It has nothing to do with subjugating women. The Koran says they should do it." he said.
Llang said that 1,400 years ago the Koran granted Islamic women many rights that were unique, such as the right to propose marriage, get a divorce, own property, teach at Muslim universities, take part in political activity and volunteer for the armed forces.
Women took an active role in the society as was accorded by Islam, Lang said. Although some nations have taken away some of those rights, Muslim women still are given much respect. Only out of modesty they cover themselves with scarves, Lang said.
Sandy Zimdars-Swartz, associate professor of religious studies, said that wearing the veil actually freed Islamic women from being sex
But Jouya had much to say about the role of women in the United States.
In Islam, women often are the preservers of tradition. Swartz said.
Lang pointed out that Muslims have stereotypes about Americans just as Americans have stereotypes about Muslims. Although Muslims see in Americans the spirit of many Islamic teachings, such as the freedoms Americans enjoy, they see the culture as preoccupied with sex.
Lang said that if seen in their native environment, Islamic women might not seem so timid. Not only are their numbers small, Lang said, but they look quite different. They may feel intimidated.
She is incensed by television advertisements that use women to sell products. "Which one they want to sell, the woman or something else?" she asked.
objects, allowing them their modesty.
Not all Muslims follow the strict interpretation of the Koran calling for women to wear scarves, just as not all Roman Catholics agree with a ban on contraceptives. But Jouya and her friends adhere to the strict interpretation and cover themselves, making themselves the most visible minority group on campus.
For a foreigner first setting foot in the states, sexual freedom is painfully apparent in television and unchaperoned dating of young people. Lang said. Even the evening news heralding which politician is sleeping with whom gives such an impression.
Such open sexuality, coupled with drinking alcohol in any context, is not in sync with Islamic teaching.
Lang said that one Muslim friend told him, "If Americans could just give up adultery and alcohol, they'd make great Muslims."
Jouya said that women, as the rearers of children, should be respected rather than hailed as sex objects. If not, the society will suffer, she said.
See WOMEN, p. 7, col. 1