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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Friday October 2,1987 Vol.98,No.30
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
Earthquake rocks Los Angeles area
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A severe earthquake and 16 strong aftershocks rumbled across Southern California on Thursday, destroying buildings, damaging hundreds of houses, closing freeways and setting off dozens of fires. At least six people were killed and more than 100 injured.
In downtown Los Angeles, the quake sent thousands into the streets as buildings were temporarily evacuated and power was knocked out for nearly an hour. Landmark buildings dating to Spanish colonial times were damaged. Shattered glass and of debris rained into the street, and a large amount of smoke from a shopping center fire rose south of the downtown area.
"All at once there was a whoosh of wind, and I walked over to a brick wall until everything stopped shaking," said Gerald Liveey, a security guard at one downtown building. "Everyone is coming out, circulating, not knowing what to do.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered 6.1 on the Richter scale, making it the strongest to hit Los Angeles since the 6.5 San Fernando Valley quake of 1971 that killed 65 people.
"This one scared me," he said. "I was outside, and I mean it was really shaking. I thought it was the biggie. I
thought there wasn't going to be anything left."
The quake hit at 7:42 a.m. local time and lasted 15 to 30 seconds, depending on nearness to the epicenter, which was about seven miles south-southeast of Pasadena at the north end of the Whittier-Elsinore Fault. At least 16 aftershocks measuring 3 or more on the Richter scale followed by late afternoon, and more were expected.
Damage was worst in Whittier, the closest suburban area to the epicenter, although no homes were destroyed. City officials said eight to 10 buildings collapsed. Marsha Snyder, a phytberian intercommunity Hospital said 50 to 60 people were treated for injuries.
In Whittier's older residential neighborhoods, porches collapsed onto lawns, chimneys toppled, windows were shattered, and most residents sat outside on chairs, afraid to return inside.
"The houses up here in the hills are all a mess," said Dennis Huff, Whittier, whose ceiling caved in. "I'm from Ohio, and I'm going back."
Police Officer Mike Willis said Whittier's uptown area in the city of 71,000 "suffered considerable damage. It been closed off."
Mayor Gene H. Chandler declared a state of emergency and two shell-
Knight-Ridder:Kansan Graphic
ters were established for people to stay overnight. By midafternoon about 100 people had asked to stay in them.
sustained at least some damage, including at least one collapsed roof. The nearby Whittier Narrows Dam apparently escaped structural damage.
A trip through the city showed hundreds of buildings and houses
See QUAKE, p. 6, col. 1
Tremors hit home for many students
By BRAD ADDINGTON
Staff writer
Placido Macaurea, Diamond Bar, Calif., senior, called his parents last night after hearing about the earthquake.
Several KU students felt the earthquake that shook Southern California early yesterday morning. They felt it through the words of their friends and relatives who lived through the quake.
"They were kind of excited about it." Macarage said.
He said his family had moved to Diamond Bar only two or three months ago from Whittier, which apparently was the city hardest hit by the earthquake. Diamond Bar is about 20 miles away from Whittier, Macaraeg said.
Macaraeg said his parents had just arrived home from church when they felt and heard the initial oak.
The earthquake did not cause much damage in Diamond Bar, but there were several television news updates about damage in Whittier and East Los Angeles, Macaraeg said.
"My dad works in a clinic in East LA., and he had to go home early from work so they could make sure the building was safe." he said.
He said his parents had talked to some of their former neighbors in Whittier. The earthquake caused a small parking lot near the Macaraegs' former residence to cave in, the neighbors told Macaraegs's parents. The earthquake also caused extensive damage to eight or nine buildings in downtown Whittier, they said.
Rebecca Comfort, Wells, Calif,
senior, said her boyfriend, who is
the California Institute of
Technology in Pasadena, felt the
earthquake
Comfort said her boyfriend, Mark Phillips, graduated from KU last year and was a former Lawrence resident.
She said Phillips had already eaten breakfast and was in his residence hall when the earthquake hit.
"He couldn't keep his balance and he had to grab a desk," Comfort said. "He could hear some tall bushes outside shaking."
Phillips said the earthquake lasted about 25 seconds. Upon entering the hall, he encountered a seismologist dancing around excitedly. The seismologist hurriedly dressed and rushed to the other side of the campus to measure the size of the earthquake.
Sports tickets in hands of fans
Staff writer
By MIKE CONSIDINE
By now, all the all-sports tickets that will be claimed, have been claimed. While visions of Danny Manning's senior season dance in the heads of 7,500 student ticket holders, many who wanted but couldn't get tickets hope for a small miracle or big bucks.
The athletic ticket office said 35
tickets remained unclaimed at 4 p.m.
yesterday.
Ticket manager Diana Wehmeyer said that a decision about whether to sell the tickets should be reached by Tuesday. Last year, the five tickets that remained were not sold.
See related stories, p.9.
Regardless of their decision, a large number of people who want to see Jiahawk basketball will be without season tickets.
All-sports ticket applications were mailed in June to all KU students who were enrolled for the fall semester. The tickets provide admission to all home basketball and football clubs and the Kansas Relays for $80.
"The bulk of tickets were ordered through the mail," said Richard Konzem, assistant athletic director. "It's a good system. (The students) can avoid waiting in long lines to buy them or pick them up."
Konzem said that if the Athletic Department decided to charge admission at baseball games, baseball ball tickets. **FIGHTERS 9, n. col. 1**
Tickets also could be purchased at the ticket office in Allen Field House at any time during the summer or during fee payment at Hoch Auditorium. They were claimed by purchasers from Sept. 2, through yesterday.
Twelve of 20 KU students interviewed Wednesday had purchased all-sports tickets. Ten said they had ordered by mail.
"I think it's good because we want to support the whole program," Konzem said. "Hopefully, we've encouraged more students to attend the Kansas Relays. That's why we'd like to do it with baseball."
Konzem said that 1,800 tickets were unsold on Aug. 10. All were sold during the first two days of fall fee payment.
New students — freshmen and transfers — theoretically have two chances to buy all-sports tickets during the summer. In addition to the mailing, an order form is enclose in the summer orientation packet.
The system isn't perfect. Two returning students said they received no information about ticket sales. The other moved during the summer.
Kansas first sold all-sports tickets in 1984. Previously, football and basketball tickets were sold separately.
The razor's edge
By JULIE McMAHON
it seemed like just another normal lunch.
The crowd at Wesco Cafeteria ate and talked yesterday as it did at any other noon hour. But this was to be an unusual lunch.
At about 12:40 a man with shoulder-length hair and wearing a red T-shirt, dark sunglasses and a pencil behind his ear walked into the cafeteria carrying a brown paper sack.
The man, Brian Pyle, Hutchinson junior, sat down at a table where an unsuspecting diner was trying to study. Pyle munched on a carrot and began to Ketchup.
He then casually reached into his bag and pulled out a long electrical cord, went to an outlet in a nearby post and plugged it in.
Then Pyle pulled out an electric razor and plugged it into the extension cord. He then lifted the razor and began shaving the front of his head. His friend, Josh Woodward, Overbrook senior, sat back watching in disbelief.
Soon there was a bald strip on top of Pyle's head. The lunchtime crowd had quieted and attention throughout the cafeteria focused on Pyle.
Pyle shaved his head for his performance arts class. Members of his class were patient, and the performance was videotaped. Pyle said performance art was a form
After a few minutes, only long ponytail-like hair remained on the back of Pyle's otherwise clean-shaven head.
Pyle shaved the back of his head, and the pile of hair on the table grew. He asked Woodward to help shave the remaining hair off the back of his head. Woodward
Pyle thanked him, and shoveled his hair off the table and into the sack. After trying to get Woodward to touch his newly shaved head, he took another bite of his carrot, put his sunglasses back on, and put his pencil back behind his ear.
Dwight Clark, Los Angeles, Calif., senior, took the razor and finished the job as the crowd applauded.
He checked out his new look in the mirror he had brought with him. Satisfied, he then unplugged the razor, gathered his equipment, and left.
then unplugged the razor, gathered his equipment and left. Bob Derby, concessions manager for the University of Kansas, said he wished Pyle had notified the supervisor about what he was doing, but he was glad Pyle cleaned up his mess.
"It's really not that unusual for something going on in this busy building," he said.
Council ponders admission proposal
By NOEL GERDES
Staff writer
University Council members said at a meeting yesterday that they wanted more time to discuss the Board of Regents selective admissions proposals.
"We are being stamped into something about which we know very little," said Evelyn Swartz, Universi-
tarian Executive committee chairman.
The Regents proposed at their Sept. 17 meeting that the University of Kansas use ACT scores, class rank and completion of a recommended high school curriculum as admissions requirements for in-state students. The university mandated an open admissions policy, under which the University must admit anyone with a diploma from an accredited Kansas high school.
The Regents are expected to decide whether they will support a selective admissions policy before the Legislature convenes in January.
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said University administration would support the open admissions policy as long as it was a state law.
But faculty members said they weren't ready to support either open admissions or selective admissions because of the costs and benefits of each policy.
Oliver Phillips, professor of classics, said, "Members of the central administration ought to be careful in speaking for the 'University' in saying "the university is for me." Perhaps they should say the central administration is, but the academic community has not yet been consulted." Sid Shapiro.
professor of law, said the Regents proposed a selective admissions policy because of political motives and that the faculty should find a way to separate the issue from the politics.
He said that, at each session, legislators suggested redistributing students from schools with rising enrollments to schools with falling enrollments. Regents schools receive money according to the number of students enrolled, so schools with falling enrollments face the possibility that the Legislature will reduce their budgets.
"Our Board of Regents continually reacts to what they perceive as the political threat on the horizon," Shapiro said.
He said, "I think we ought to say that these things can't be resolved in a year. They can't be resolved in the Legislature. If this is really going to happen, it will cost more than Kansas, then we ought to put it under some sort of study commission."
At the beginning of the meeting, Don Marquis, associate professor of philosophy, spoke in favor of selective admissions. Ron Francisco, associate professor of political science, spoke against selective admissions.
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