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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, December 9, 1997
Area shows mellow during holidays
By Tom Winter
By John Writer
twinter@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The following shows will play from Dec. 9 to Dec. 31.
The Bottleneck;
- Tonight -- O'Jeez plus Dave Pirner solo acoustic ($5/$6)
Dec. 11 - Shiner, Season To Risk, The String &
Return $4,$5)
Dec. 12 - Band that Saved the World, Sugar Daddies ($4/$5)
Dec. 14 - Swing Set ($3/$4)
Dec. 13 - Dr. Zhivegas ($5/$6)
Dec.17 - Swing Set Live; Jeffrey Lee & The Pale Moon Kings (N/A)
Dec. 18 -- Tim Mahoney & The Meanies, Blue Moon Moothe ($4/$5)
Dec. 20 - TV Fifty, The Anniversary (formerly The Broadcast), The Wonzers ($3/$4)
Dec. 19 - Spam Skinners, Fear & Whiskey,
Rex Hobart ($4/$5)
- Dec. 21 - Swing Set ($$>$)
- Dec. 22 - Open mike
Dec. 23 - Ska Fest; Gadjits, O'Phil, Low Brows. Norman 360, Rouskabouts ($$)
Dec. 26 -- Return of Anti-Fest: Coalesce,
Derailer, Esoteric, Down by Anger, One Concern
($$)
- Dec. 27 - The Blackwater, Shallow ($4/$5)
Dec. 30 -- Amanda's Totally Weird Human
Tricks Talent Contest (donations)
Dec.28--Swing Set
Dec. 31.-Danger Bob, Scroat Belly ($8)
The Granada;
Dec. 29 - Open mike
Tonight -- Art Whore Presents: No Holds Barred Spoken Word
Dec. 10 -- Switch Blade Symphony ($10 Advance Tickets)
Dec. 31 - New Year's Eve w/ DJ Roland ($$)
Liberty Hall:
Dec. 12, -- The Deftones, Limp bizkit, Willhain
(h12.50 Advance Tickets)
Dec. 13 - KANU Good Time Radio Revue ($10)
Dec. 31 - Kelly Hurly ($15)
Dec. 13 - St. Petersburg State Ice Ball in The Nutcracker ($10/$7.50 for KU students)
Dec. 14 -- St. Petersburg State Ice Ballet in Swan Lake ($10/$7.50 for KU students).
Munster Hall (Kansas City)
Memorial Hall (Kansas City)
Dec. 19 --Lazer Christmas Show: The Urge,
金 finger, K's Choice, Bloodhound Gang, Limp
bizkit Buck O'Nine ($12.50)
Dec. 10 - Ultimate Fakebook, Blackwater (free)
Jazzhaus:
■Dec. 11 - Dallas Sharp, Bogarts ($2)
Dec. 12 - Common Ground ($4)
Dec. 13 - Sugar Daddies ($3)
Dec. 17 - Glitter Kicks, What Gives ($3)
Dec. 18 -- Jeffrey Lee & the Pale Moon Kings
(#23)
Dec. 19 - Soros Starcase ($)
Dec. 20 - Jazbaz Band ($5)
■ Dec. 19 - Son of Starchild ($5)
Dec. 20 - Jazhauss Big Band ($5)
Dec. 27 - Mike Hosty Trip($3)
Dec. 27 - Mike Hosty Trio (ooo)
Replay Lounge:
Dec. 9 - Monto Generator, Cocknoose ($2)
Dec. 14 - Get up Kids, Jimmy Eat Worl
- World Cup Genderblood COVID-19
Dec 14 - Get up Kids, Jimmy Bat World
$0/$0/
- Dec. 17 - The Trail of Dead ($2)
- Phlebsis
Dec. 10 -- Dean Hagland from "The X-Files" will perform stand up comedy ($)
Josh Hunt, Avalanche Productions booking agent, said the best bet was the Lazer Christmas show.
"Overall there are some pretty good shows. There's a lot of local stuff going on, which is a good thing." Hunt said.
Jacki Becker, publicity director for Pipeline Productions, said during the holiday break shows mellowed out and became more locally oriented.
"Most bands are wise enough to know not to drive through Kansas during the winter," Beckersaid.
As for New Year's Eve entertainment, Becker said both the Bottleneck and the Granada sold out every year.
"We have champagne and confetti and party hats and all of that good stuff," she said.
SUA to offer preview of 'Still Breathing'
For students who are looking for something to do once classes are over, Student Union Activities is showing a free premiere of the movie "Still Breathing" at 8 p.m. tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Network Event Theater and General Foods International Coffees are co-sponsoring the movie, which will be shown at 29 other schools across the country.
Kansan staff writer
"We are always looking for movies to premiere to the audience," she said.
Fran Troy, campus coordinator for Network Event Theater, said the movie had a light theme.
cmoore@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
his dreams
The film is a romance about a street performer who has a vision of his life-long love. The main character goes on a search to find the woman in
"Still Breathing" was written, produced and directed by James F. Robinson. It is his debut film, and it stars Brendan Fraser from the movie "George of the Jungle" and Goanna Going from the movie "Dark Shadows."
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Ana Calderon, Shawnee senior and SUA feature films coordinator, said SUA had around 1,000 packages of coffee from General Foods International Coffee and around 16 coffee mugs to give away to the audience. Everyone will get a package of coffee, and they will give away the mugs by a raise of hands.
"We usually throw things, but I don't think we'll be throwing the mugs," she said.
Calderon said SUA had free vouchers for the movie available today starting at 8 a.m.
"It will be pretty exciting," she said. "It's the sneak preview of a major motion picture."
Calderon said tonight would be a good night to see a free movie because no one has classes tomorrow.
"I know it's going to be kind of a snowy evening," she said.
Calderon said that students enjoyed seeing movies before anyone else. "I think that the things that go over best are the sneak previews," she said.
This will be the last film SUA shows for the semester, but Calderon said that they have at least 10 films planned to show next semester.
ay Daniel E. Thompson
dthompson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Web site lacks aim abort, retry, fail?
Bretz said committee members included librarians to lend expertise on how libraries organize its information, Academic Computing Services personnel to help with the technical aspects and a graphics designer to ensure visual quality.
Unlike the millions of Web sites on the Web, KUFacts is run like many other university Web sites: by committee. But right now, KU Facts has no controlling committee, only the remnants of an outdated one.
Members of the Gateway Committee continue to oversee KUFacts and the changes that are taking place.
More than a year ago, a committee was formed to redesign and reorganize the University of Kansas Web presence, said Lynn Bretz, associate director of University Relations. It was called the Gateway Committee after the common term for the first page of a site. The www.ukans.edu page.
Most people involved agreed there were some benefits to having a committee.
"We felt like having a University committee would help communication," Bretz said. "We have a working relationship."
But Julie Loats, KU Web administrator, doesn't agree.
While Loats agreed there was some benefit to a committee, she said sometimes it infringed on her ability to do her job.
"I think there has to be a balance. I cannot wait for every change on KUFacts to go through committee, or my job would never happen, and I also don't think that's why I was hired," Loats said. "I was hired because I have ability and an expertise and experience in the field."
Now Loats' position depends on an inadequately formed committee and its insistence or lack of micro-management.
"I think KUFacts ought to have a resource for students current and here today. That's really the nature of the Web. It's changing.It's dynamic."
Julie Loats
KU Web administrator
When the original purpose of the Gateway committee was finished, the committee continued to meet. However, without a purpose or mission, Bretz said the committee dissolved into inaction.
"We kind of served our purpose," she said. "The University is ready for the next stage."
That committee's focus and purpose are up in the air.
The question rests on what the purpose of KUFacts is. University Relations sees it as more than just a tool for KU students and faculty.
"It serves a lot of functions," said Liz Caldwell, network coordinator of University Relations. "It is an information resource for those of us in the University. But in some cases it is the primary view people may have of the University of Kansas. Certainly we would like to have a hand in it. The way this University is viewed is something that is very important to us."
Loats agrees the site serves different purposes. But looking toward the future, she said the site's focus needed to change.
"It needs to be categorized better. The kind of information a parent wants vs. students here vs. potential students are very different," she said. "If I were a current student, I'd like to be able to get on here and see a calendar of today's events."
"I think KUFacts ought to have a resource for students current and here today. That's really the nature of the Web. It's changing. It's dynamic," she said.
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