Tuesday, September 14, 1976
University Daily Kansan
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Two-pierce earlobe Staff photo by DAVE REGIEI
Are two earrings better than one? This ear and these earrings belong to Stephanie Aboud, Wichita sophomore.
Twin-pierced ears new fashion trend
More may not always be better but—according to some women who have had two holes pierced in an earlobe—it can be fashionable.
Twin ear piercing is what it's called and it's nothing more than having two holes, instead of the customary one, pierced in each earlobe. The fashion trend, which supposedly began in Europe, became popular on the East and West coasts of the United States before reaching Kansas.
According to two Lawrence jewelers who perform the service, the trend is reflected in the growing number of students requesting twin-pierced ears.
One KU student said last week that she decided to twin-piece her ears last May when she saw a picture of tennis player Chris Evert sporting a loop with a star above it. The student said she thought it looked "cool."
Most women with twin-pierced ears wear a hoop in the lower hole and a small stud in the upper hole, one ear
mucer said, but any kind of combination of earrings can be worn.
"It's up to their imagination," the ear piercer said. "That's what's kind of nice about it."
Suzanne Schmidt, Wichita sophora, said she had received many favorable comments about her ears, but had also received a few negative ones—mostly from men who don't like pierced ears.
But men aren't the only people turned off by the fad.
Tisha Padilla, Topeka freshman,
said, "If that's what they like more
power to them, but that's not what I
like."
Padilla said she once saw a woman with three holes in one earlobe and thought it "ridiculous."
In spite of the love-hate attitude potential customers have toward the fashion, at least one party seems to enjoy the fad's success.
"We're going to sell more earrings and do more piercing jobs," one jeweler said.
City to discuss planning
City planning probably will occupy most of tonight's Lawrence City Commission meeting.
Several items referred to the commission from the planning staff are on the agenda for discussion at the meeting, which will begin at 7:30 p.m., one-half hour later than usual so that commissioners can attend a KU Affairs Mixer.
One of the planning items on the agenda concerns an amendment to the code that deals with the storage of recreational vehicles on private property.
Commissioners will discuss where and how campers, boat and other recreational vehicles will be stored.
Another item to be reviewed by the commission is a request to rezone the area of 1329 to 1347 Massachusetts St. from a general area to a general commercial area.
The commission will consider a request to simeax about 146 acres near 27th Street and Lakeview Drive.
The commission also will read an alarm ordinance designed to reduce the number of false alarms received by the fire and police departments.
The commission has to make a decision on this ordinance so, that any new procedures can be in effect when the police department moves into the new Douglas County Law Enforcement Center next month.
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Three years of dry weather is damaging the University of Kansas landscape, and has taxed the talents of the campus grounds crew.
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Earl Van Meter, director of the Douglas county extension office, said Friday that rainfall in the Lawrence area was six inches below normal for this time of year.
"We're in pretty bad shape now, but not deserate." Bitch said.
KU College of Health Science
By RICK PADDEN
Campus trees suffer in drought
EVEN THOUGH the grounds crew is using all available resources to combat the dry weather. Bitch said "we are having trees, even some old, established trees."
Older trees require a tremendous amount of moisture to survive, Biltch said, and through extensive root systems beneath the soil, these trees can contain 100 gallons of water or more in one day.
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Kansas City, Kansas 66103
The unseasonably low precipitation level has forced Harold Blitch, KU grounds supervisor, and his landscape workers to their efforts to keep the campus green.
He said younger trees and newly planted trees required even more help through watering, because their root systems weren't fully developed.
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He said that some trees would lose their leaves, wilt, burn, change color or otherwise die.
BLITCH SAID that lawn areas around the outer edges of the lawn were also being
Bluegrass, which is planted in some areas of the campus, can survive better than other types, he said, because it has a tendency to dry out. For grasses, dry, dry weather and can be revived later.
affected by the dryness, because watering was concentrated around central campus
The severity of the damage to lawns would vary with different types of grass.
Bilchick said the Lawrence area definitely was in a drought area and damage to foliage on the campus was increasing despite a stepped-up watering program.
"There will be some places that will have to be reseeded," he said, "Without moisture in the west campus areas, we're not going to get seed to germinate."
HE SAID the summer crew began watering in the latter part of June, and the campus has been heavily watered nearly every day since then.
The fall semester grounds crew of 26 full-time employees and 10 to 12 student workers is smaller than the summer crew—usually 50 people—and has been hard-pressed to keep up with necessary watering projects, Biltch said.
He said KU was fortunate to have a good aluminum sprinkler system, which can put out one quarter inch of moisture in one revolution, at 100 to 150 pounds pressure.
"We will continue to water, if absolutely necessary," he said. "Water starts freezing in the pipes." he said.
BLITCH, WHO has been grounds
supervisor for 22 years, said that he had seen the campus under better conditions, and that this year's waivering program was still ongoing. He said with some years when rainfall was adequate.
Along with water established trees and shrubs on campus, he said, the crew will use large amounts of water when landscaping new areas, such as around the sites of the new law school, the visual arts building and the Helen Poresman Spencer Museum of Art.
GENE VOGT, director of utilities for the Lawrence Lawrence, said that the Lawrence water is sufficient pumping capacity and supply to up with the increased demand for water.
Vogt said that the city of Lawrence didn't placed limits on the amount of water used on campus or in the rest of the city, and that he didn't see any imminent water shortage.
increase in plant diseases since the drought began.
Blitch said that the campus hadn't had an
"My experience has been that fungus diseases, for example, which account for the biggest part of plant diseases, are more difficult than you have a cool, moist situation," he said.
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Spencer Library features writings of Joyce, Yeats
The Literary works of James Joyce and William Butler Yeats are among the historic works on display in the Spencer Library at the University of Kansas.
Located in the two cases in the north gallery, the display gives a "panoramic view of the history and culture of Ireland," characterized by rich details. The Collection librarian, said yesterday.
The display, titled "The Cause of Ireland," was organized to draw attention to "Irish History and Culture," a book written by members of the KU faculty, she said.
The book, which was published in August,
was edited by Harold Orel, professor of
writing.
The display includes the documents and books researched to write the book.
irish farmer's account book showing a contract between a land owner and tenant.
The works on display have been drawn from the James Joyce Collection, the P. S. O'Hegarty Library and the William Butler Yeats Collection.
"This is just a little dent in what we have," Hagedorn said. "Spencer is a very strong resource in Irish history and literature."
Also displayed are the typescript and final copy of a page from "The Uses" by Joyce and an introduction by "Uses".
The display includes documents and political cartoons showing the progression of Ireland from a union to the 1916 Easter Rising, a rebellion that established the Republic of Ireland.
The collections, which are owned by Spencer Research Library, include extensive first edition books and manuscripts, she said.
Contributors to the book include Robert J. Smith, associate professor of anthropology; Norman Yetman, associate professor of American studies; Henry Snyder, professor of art history; and two Lawrence graduate students, Linda Gill and Mary Jean Nelson.