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November 11, 1998
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Vol. 109 • No. 58
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Freshman guard Jeff Boschee led the men's basketball team to a 140-78 win against Australia Geelong last night at Allen Field House.
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Waterboy makes big splash
Movie patrons pack theaters to see Sandler
By Jeremy M. Doherty Kansan movie critic
When it rains, it pours, and The Waterboy proved too much of a temptation for Lawrence moviegoers this weekend.
Nick Guinan, general manager of Southwind 12,3433 Iowa St., said the Adam Sandler comedy attracted sell-out crowds throughout its opening weekend. But audience response to the critically blasted film varied, leading some students to question whether the sports comedy will be able to retain its audience.
Guinan said The Waterboy brought more substantial crowds to Southwind than any film since Saving PrIVATE Ryan, the Steven Spielberg D-Day epic that has become one of 1998's biggest hits. This newer film, about a college team's waterboy who ascends to football stardom, held an advantage, he said.
"This was better," Guinan said. "One thing that hurt Private Ryan was that it was a long film. We couldn't get as many showtimes into it."
The 160-minute Saving Private Ryan grossed $30.6 million during its first week in release in July. By contrast, The Waterboy, which can provide theaters with multiple viewings because of its 85-minute running time, took in an estimated $39.1 million nationwide.
The high numbers on the nation were repeated at Southwind. Guinan said The Waterboy played on two screens; one theater
seats 300 people, and the other has a capacity of 265. Despite providing crowds with 11 different showtimes, the theater still sold out the majority of its showings and had to call in extra workers to help with the evening crowds, Guinan said.
"I knew it'd be busy, but I didn't anticomp-
it it doing as well as it did," he said.
The Waterboy faces new competition this week from Meet Joe Black,starring Brad Pitt,and the horror sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. Guinan said he hoped The Waterboy would sustain its popularity, but University of Kansas students who attended the movie this weekend were divided on its quality.
"I didn't like it at all," said Jon Heinz, Minapolis senior. "There were certain funny parts, but the plot was cheesy."
Mike Cline, Leawood freshman, said people who enjoyed Sandler's romantic comedy The Wedding Singer would probably balk at this new flick's rough humor.
"It's not the same kind of comedy." Cline said. "It's like Billy Madison, less concerned with story. It was Adam Sandler comedy at its best. There were a lot of good lines, and it was a funny story."
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E-mail error leads to page mix-up
By Pallavi Agarwal
Kansan staff writer
A glitch in an e-mail transmission to the Lawrence JournalWorld on Monday night led to the reprint of the The University Daily Kansan's Oct. 30 sports front yesterday.
The Kansan e-mails its pages to the Journal-World, which is the Kansan's printer.
Matt Friedrichs, Kansan sports editor and proctor at Stephenson Scholarship Hall, said he learned of the mistake from Jennifer Wamelink, assistant director of student housing.
"I didn't understand how it could have happened because we have designers and news editors who look at the pages before they are emailed," he said. "When I got to the newsroom, I apologized to all of my reporters who didn't get their stories printed yesterday."
Jodie Chester, Kansan editor, said that the mistake was unfortunate and that readers could find what they had missed on the third page of today's sports section
Reprinting the Oct. 30 page was a technical problem, said Ralph Gage. Journal-World general manager.
On Monday night, the Journal- World computer used for receiving the Kansan's e-mail locked up. A back-up computer was used to attempt to retrieve the page.
Gage said the employee who was looking for yesterday's page found the Oct. 30 page, which had not been deleted from the computer system.
Tom Eblen, Kansan general manager, said everyone was embarrassed, but it wasn't the mistake of the Kansan.
Sending the pages through e-mail almost always works, but occasionally a few mistakes take place, he said.
He said that despite the error, the Kansan valued its relationship with the Journal-World.
"The Journal-World was responsive to the concerns of the Kansan," he said.
Yesterday's Page 1B was found on the Journal-World's computer system yesterday morning. It was the only page that did not arrive at the Journal-World on Monday night.
Hemenway: More minority faculty
Yesterday's edition of Page 1B can be found on the third page of today's sports section. The page was not printed yesterday because of an e-mail error.
University wants at least 200 by the year 2000
Kansan staff writer
By Steph Brewer
Now that minority enrollment numbers at the University of Kansas are up 12 percent from 1994, the challenge is to hire more minority faculty.
Minority faculty increased from 125 members in Fall 1995 to 152 members in 1998, said Cancellor Robert Hemenway.
"I think we've made progress, but this is an area where we need to make more progress," Hemenway said.
Hemenway said the University hired 18
minority faculty last year. He wanted to have 200 minority faculty by the year 2000.
"The numeric goal is a very noble and dignified attempt at integrating the minority faculty pool," said Sherwood Thompson, director of the Office of Minority Affairs.
Thompson said it would be a
tremendous challenge to meet that goal by 2000.
He said that one way to attract minority faculty to a predominantly white campus would be to develop new academic programs for them within their departments.
Hemenway said the University was looking for minority scholars across the nation. He said the administration would not stop recruiting even after fulfilling the year 2000 goal.
"We're not going to reach 200 and say we have the percentage," he said.
The University also had made an aggressive attempt at increasing minor-
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University festivities honor Veterans Day
The University of Kansas ROTC program holds a candlelight vigil in front of Strong Hall in honor of American soldiers who were, or still are, missing in action or prisoners of war. The ROTC program started its Veterans Day festivities yesterday. Photo by Kate Levenson/KANSAN
Bv Keith Burner
Kansan staff writer
Festivities continue today when University of Kansas ROTC members talk to students at McClouth High School and Washburn University about the importance of Veterans Day.
Local military groups kicked off Veterans Day festivities yesterday with two on-camp events.
The candlelight vigil began in front of Strong Hall and was in honor of American soldiers who were, or still are, missing in action or prisoners of war.
"It's a way for us to show them our appreciation for everything they've done for us," said Lt. Col. Anthony Gasbarre, KU ROTC coordinator.
Following the brief ceremony, the lamp was carried to the Veterans Memorial, just west of Strong Hall, where it would be guarded for 24 hours by ROTC members, he said.
During yesterday's events, the ROTC program began a candlelight vigil, and the University of Kansas Veterans Service Office held a veterans' appreciation reception.
He said members would guard the flame in one-hour shifts.
The Veterans' appreciation reception was held at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
making sacrifices to protect America's freedom.
The reception dealt with national and local veterans' issues and honored veterans for
Marla Herron, event coordinator and assistant registrar, said the event recognized sacrifices made by veterans and that it was right to honor them for their services.
"I're really glad that we can do this for veterans," she said. "It's important for them to
see how much we appreciate them."
The keynote speaker for the reception was decorated Vietnam veteran John Musgrave, who periodically speaks to University classes about his experiences in Vietnam.
Besides these events, the University also honored veterans during halftime of Saturday's football game.
Nature calls
Tommy Scheck, 10, and Annie Schack, 8, both of Columbus, Ohio, study the wildlife display at the Natural History Museum. Visitors from Lawrence and beyond come to the museum through the year. Photo by Jeff Severin/KANSAN
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