Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 14, 1987
3
Local Briefs
Fire in Parrott may have been case of arson
KU police suspect arson in a fire that broke out in the football dressing room at Parrott Athletic Center early Monday morning, KU police spokesman Sgt. John Brothers said vesterday.
According to police, someone apparently set a towel cart on fire between midnight and 7 a.m. Monday after the laundry attendant off duty. KU police are investigating the incident but have no leads.
Floyd Temple, assistant athletic director, said yesterday that the fire caused about 5500 damage to the room. Towels, wraps and part of the carpet were burned. Temple said the damage estimate could increase if carpeting had to be replaced.
Michigan runaways caught in Lawrence
Lawrence police apprehended two runaway teenagers from Kalamazoo, Mich., who were caught early yesterday with a stolen 1984 Ford Bronco II valued at $10,000, the police reported.
Police spotted three teenagers after they drove through a stop sign at 11th and Connecticut streets. The police officer chased them in the squad car, and then chased them on foot.
The chase ended in a field near East Eighth Street, where a 15-year-old and 17-year-old were apprehended. The police are looking for a third teenager that escaped on foot in the field.
Police said that the teenagers would be turned over to Michigan juvenile authorities.
Accident victims critical, serious
Eric William Lienhard, Lawrence senior, remained in critical condition yesterday at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., according to a hospital spokesman. Lienhard suffered a head injury in one-car accident early Saturday morning at 15th and Westbrooke streets.
Jonathan Crowell, 16, 2500 West
Sixth St., remained in serious
condition yesterday at the Med
Center, a hospital spokesman said.
Crowell was injured in a two-ear
fall on the sidewalk during in
the 1300 block of Iowa Street.
Robert Markley, 94. Route 2, was upgraded to serious condition at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka, a hospital spokesman said. Markley was injured in a car accident Wednesday at 31st and Iowa streets.
Seniors to narrow HOPE award field
Seniors may participate today and tomorrow in the selection of semi-finalists for the HOPE award.
Seniors can obtain a ballot in the dean's office of their schools. Participants will be choosing from 42 faculty members nominated by seniors over the past two weeks.
Because of a reporter's error, information about an incident last month on Jayhawk Boulevard involving a bicycle and a bus was incorrectly reported in yesterday's Kansan. Neither the bicyclist nor the Lawrence Bus Co. was issued a citation.
Correction
City commits $40,000 to development plan
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG Staff writer
From staff and wire reports.
The Lawrence City Commission committed itself and an initial investment of $40,000 last night to developing a plan for retail expansion in downtown Lawrence.
itaff writer
In a 3-1 vote, commissioners approved hiring Zuchelli, Hunter and Associates, an Annapolis, Md., consulting firm, at a cost of $35,000 to design and implement a plan for downtown development.
The commission also hired the KU Institute for Public Policy and Business Research at a cost of $4,510 to
The Downtown Improvement Association, an advisory committee to the commission, had recommended both actions.
complete a public opinion and marketing survey for the project.
Mayor Mike Amyx, who voted against the contract, said that considering the amount of city money to be spent, it was time that the commission decided the extent of its financial participation.
Amyx said that he'd been elected on the platform that no public money would be spent on a downtown project.
In a 3-1 vote, commissioners approved hiring Zuchelli, Hunter and Associates, an Annapolis, Md., consulting firm, at a cost of $35,000 to design and implement a plan for downtown development.
The mayor was outnumbered by the other commissioners.
Commissioners Dennis Constance, Bob Schumm and Mike Rundel spoke in favor of the commission's taking a major role in backing the project.
Schumm said, "I don't see how we can do the downtown development without commitment from the city commission.
"If we're going to do this thing, we have to have to spend some money, he said.
Constance said that hiring ZHA was worth the expense because of the fact that she had a high skill set.
munities similar to Lawrence, its contacts in the development industry, and its willingness to work with them to create a project tailored to the city's needs.
Commissioner Sandra Praeger was absent from last night's meeting.
In other action, the Commission:
■ Approved plans to buy an integrated computer financial system for the city offices. Software for the project will cost $155,310 and hardware will cost $285,094, said Julie Karr, city finance director.
Firm may topple fraternity house
By VALOREE ARMSTRONG Staff writer
Another housing development in Lawrence will mean the end of the old Theta Chi fraterity house and a KU legend.
A Salina architecture firm applied this week for permission to demolish the structure near Ninth Street and Emery Road to make way for a housing development.
John Shaver, of the Shaver Partnership, said the firm planned to develop the $4\frac{1}{2}$-acre site that comprises the old fraternity house and an adjacent lot to the south.
But Shaver said the plans hinged on the city's approval of a demolition permit and a site plan.
Planning director Price Banks said the city had been working closely with Shaver for several months on a plan for the development.
Shaver's firm also will consider the economic feasibility of the project before going ahead with it.
The firm is conducting a study that will compare the capital investment, including land and construction costs, with the cost of building a similar house.
Shaver said that both the owner of the Theta Chi property and the owner of an adjacent piece of land to the south were interested in the development.
One neighbor said it would be a relief to eliminate the eyesore but was concerned about the increasing number of apartment complexes in Lawrence.
"The market is saturated," said Kim Collie, assistant manager for Property Management Services, which manages the company's buildings.
The building may be an eyesore, but it is one steeped in legend.
Brian Chaffin, Theta Chi fraternity member, said stories about the structure's history continued to float among fraternity members.
The house was designed by a KU architecture student and built in 1969.
The fraternity abandoned the building in 1972 after dwindling membership forced the chapter to close. The chapter has since returned to KU. But for the most part, the building has been left vacant.
Chaffin said the building's design was unique.
"It looks like something from 'The Jetsons,'" he said, referring to the concrete tower and flat roof.
Off to dinner
Maricela Enriquez, Chesterfield, Mo., sophomore, jokes with her boyfriend, Imad Abdulsater, Beiruit, Lebanon, junior. The two had left Fraser Hall yesterday and were on their way to dinner.
Landon's burial to be tomorrow
By VIRGINIA McGRATH Staff writer
Staff writer
Funeral arrangements for Alf Landon, the state's most respected elder statesmen, were completed today.
The body of the former governor, who died Monday, will lie in state for 24 hours at the Capitol building in Topeka beginning this morning. A memorial service and burial will take place tomorrow morning.
Members of the Kansas National Guard Honor Guard will stand at each end of the closed casket for 24 hours. Mike Hayden will participate in a brief wreath-laying ceremony at 10 a.m. today.
A memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow. The casket will be moved to the steps on the south side of the statehouse.
Pall bearers will be five of Landon's grandsons, William Mills Jr. of Hutchinson, John Kassebaum of Charleston, S.C., Richard Kassebaum of Los Angeles, Bike Kassebaum of Lawrence, and Michael Landon of Westwood, Kan, and three of Landon's friends, Lew Ferguson, Elon Torrence and Gray, all of Topeka.
Members of the Kansas National Guard will deliver a 19-gun salute, and taps will be played. Hayden and Landon family members will attend.
A private burial will take place at Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka.
Landon was a 1908 graduate of the KU School of Law. His daughter, Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., also graduated from the University of Kansas, and his grandson, Bill Kassebaum, is a law student at KU.
Flags will fly by half-staff at KU until midnight tomorrow.
Landon's last appearance was Sept. 19 at KU's Parents Day
Low-profile bar draws many gays and lesbians
By JADEY ANFINSON
Special to the Kansan
By day it looks vacant. No signs identify it, except for the white number "530" to indicate its address on Wisconsin Street. But at night, the dark brown building comes alive.
Dymzn is one of the newest bars in Lawrence and the only one that caters primarily to a gay clientele. Dymzn is the creation of Toby Nunn, its general manager, and a friend of his, who owns it. The owner, who wishes to remain silent, prefers to open the bar in January. The two men have tried to keep a low profile for the bar to avoid negative publicity.
Nunn said he and the owner were afraid that Lawrence was not ready to accept a bar that
But the bar has turned a profit for three months, and the owner said he had made $20,000, which he reinvested in the bar.
Kansas City area, and "Bob Damron's Address Book," a national guide to gay establishments, Nunn said. Nunn and the owner work closely with Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas and get many of their members through that organization.
A GLSOK office worker, Jarrod Brown, goes to Dymmz on Tuesday, alternate music night. Brown, Olathe freshman, said Dymmz was not a cruising bar. It's just a place to have a good time and feel comfortable. He tells people who call the GLSOK office about Dymmz, he said.
The bar has been advertised only in the Alternate News, a gay publication in the
Many people, Nunn said, are shocked when they enter Dymmz and realize it's a gay bar. He said he'd had no trouble with harassment. So he told the people will drive by and shout "fagot," he said.
"As long as they are not packing guns I don't care." Num said. "Lawrence is a mature community with enough sense to know that people are people."
Gene McGrew, a bartender, is pleased with the diverse mix of people who find their way into the secluded bar.
lesbians, heterosexuals, older people and college students mingle in two music-filled rooms, which can hold up to 130 people. Nunn said it is difficult to accommodate all their tastes in music.
Although Dymz is a predominantly gay bar, it attracts a wide range of gays. Gays
"I think it would be rather boring having all one sex here," he said. "When I was young, it was chic to go to gay bars, and I still think it is."
Nunn is pleased with the heterosexual turn-out. A married couple wanted a membership but were afraid Nunn wanted the bar to be exclusively for gays.
"'t told them, 'Baby, your money is green too.'" Nunn said.
Dymzn has more than 250 paid members, Nunn said. It is a Class B private club. It admits people as young as it provided they do not have the necessary membership charges $25 for a first-time member, and
Nunn said that he screened all applicants to keep "rifffraff" out. As a private club, Dymzn club is required to submit all applications to the state for screening.
"This is not just a place where we can scream and be faggots. We are a big bar."
Many of the patrons on a recent Saturday night, including a 50-year-old woman and her 40-year-old female companion, said that they planned to come back in the near future.
their hands are stamped with a red star. People over 21 are charged $15 for their first-time membership. "Everyone is checked at the door." Nunn said.
The 50-year-old said, "It's a lot different from the lesbian bars I went to when I was young. Then, women dressed in their clothes." She also said she wasn't not anist me."She said she felt at home in Dymnz
The patrons weren't willing to give their names. "We have to keep a low profile, you know," the 50-year-old woman said.
Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity Professional Business Fraternity
Announces:
The suspension of all operations of the Psi Chapter at The University of Kansas
For further information:
Mr. Kenneth B. Hastey
Central Regional Director
6424 East Ct.
St. Louis, MO 63116
(314) 351-3307
--frozen Yogurt & Confections Chocolate or Vanilla Waffle Cone
Fall Into the Flavors!
Regular $1.39 With coupon 99 your choice of yogurt
Twin Oaks Center 7 days a week 9th & Indiana 11a.m.-midnight
Not in conjunction with other specials.
Offer expires 10/20/87
---