Tuesday, September 15, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Ice T to rap about old days and new ways
By Angola Johnson
Kansan staff writer
KU students have the chance to get a taste of Ice T.
Ice T will speak at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center. The controversial rap artist's topics will include censorship, racism and surviving on the streets of Los Angeles. Tickets are still available at the Student Union Activities box office in the Kansas Union. Contributed photo.
Rap artist Ice T will deliver a speech at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center about censorship, racism, violence and surviving on the streets of Los Angeles.
Cody Simms, forums coordinator for Student Union Activities, said the rapper's lecture would focus on his book. "The Ice Opinion."
"He's going to tell his life story about growing up and eventually his big break as a performer," Simms said. "He's led a life that's different from the mainstream, because he wasn't a studio-made artist. He was a pimp and a gangster first."
Tickets are $2 with a KUID and $4 without. As of yesterday, 1,200 tickets were available from the SUA box office in the Kansas Union.
Simms said that the musician was not trying to glorify a violent lifestyle but that he was touring colleges, high schools and prisons to justify his previous violent nature.
"A lot of the early hardcore rap music was violent, and ice T was really the beginning of the whole underground rap scene." Simms said. "Most of his lyrics reflected how angry he was, and now I think his purpose is to step back and explain why he did this."
The rapper may present "The Ice Opinion," but KU students had differing opinions.
Alfred Harris, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said that Ice T did not need to justify
THE ICE OPINION
**Who:** Rap artist Ice T
**What:** Will speak about violence, censorship and racism
When: 7:30 tonight
Where: The Lied Center
Cost: $2 with a KUID, $4 without. Tickets will be sold leading up to the time of the event. Approximately 1,200 are available.
or explain anything.
"If anything, he's giving back," Harris said. "He understands that not everyone has the social or economic status. He's trying to encourage students to hang in there and on doing what you need to succeed."
Carl Arnold, Omaha, Neb.
senior, said that he was attending tonight's event.
Arnold said he was curious to see what the controversial rapper would speak about.
"He'll be speaking to young adults and adults, so
I'm sure he won't have any problem saying what he feels," Arnold said. "I think he'll be talking about what he's learned. What he may have represented in the past may not be what he represents now."
J. D. Cox, Douglass senior, said the rapper created an image to simply make money.
"It's hard to see him as a hard-core gangster," Cox said. "He did the rap thing for a while, then he went to heavy metal. I'm just not too interested in his message, although I'm sure he'll say he lived a violent lifestyle."
This will not be Ice T's first appearance in Lawrence. The rapper performed at the Granada Aug. 30. Simms said he promoted tonight's event at his earlier performance.
he seemed to really enjoy performing in a small venue like the Granada, and he did a really good job of promoting tonight's event," Simms said.
Budig shines light on glitch with projectors
The University of Kansas has kicked in more than $10,000 to fix up the classroom projectors in Budig Hall.
By Lix Wriston
Kansan staff writer
The three auditoriums in Budig have one thing in common: each has had only two of its three projectors available for class use this semester.
The projector in 120 Budig was fixed this weekend and is now available for use. The other two projectors, in 110 and 130 Budig Hall, are not yet fixed.
Lamps in the projectors burned out, so Jim Vequist, Hoch Complex director in Budig, ordered replacements. Since then, Vequist said he noticed the power supplies in each projector also had quit working.
The University has purchased five new lamps, costing $1,500 each. Three new power supplies also were purchased by the University, which cost $950 each.
"primarily, the projectors go out because we have to replace the lamps each year," Vequist said. "By the time the new lamps came in, we realized that we had failure of the power supplies, so once the new power supplies come in, we will be able to get the projectors up and running again."
The new power supplies arrived Thursday. Vequist said one of the three projectors should be working today, and a second power supply should be installed within the next week.
The projectors allow professors to post course notes and use a special camera to magnify articles. Vequist said he had not received complaints from
Vevquist said he had not received complaints from teachers.
Grover Everett, chemistry professor, said he has survived the situation.
"I don't think it's been a problem because I generally use two out of the three in everyday operations," Everett said. "It has not been a disaster, but it's just a little nicer to have three."
Four projectors have burned out since summer, Veuist said.
"So far, I don't see it as being a problem because my chemistry teacher put notes on one screen and experiments on the other," said Lisa Logan, Overland Park junior.
Brian Anderson, Olathe sophomore, said he saw a problem.
"Without three projectors, I am forced to sit on one side of the room so that I can see the other two screens." Anderson said.
Tim Shafelt, distinguished professor of business, also said that vision had been impaired.
"I've been able to work around it, but I think it probably has caused a few problems for some of the students," Shaftel said.
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