MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
SECTION A VOL.102, NO.31
ADVERTISING 864-4358
(USPS 650-640
SPORTS
Serving the community
KU student-athletes held Camp Jayhawk on Saturday. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Who — or what is Rice?
Religious organizations are keeping a lid on promotions for upcoming event. Page 3A
NATION
U. S. convicts conspirators
Ten Muslims yesterday were convicted of conspiring to bomb the United Nations. Page 5A
WORLD
Quake strikes Turkey
At least 14 people died in a strong earthquake that struck western Turkey yesterday. Page 5A
WEATHER CLOUDY
High 74°
Low 53°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Scoreboard...2B
Horoscopes ...4B
National News ...5A
World News...5A
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Task force seeks leaner,meaner KU
Members of the Task Force on Administration and Re-engineering are putting out the suggestion box.
The 21-member group, appointed last month by Chancellor Robert Hemenway, is seeking advice and input from students, faculty and staff on ways to streamline University administration and cut costs, said Stephen Schroeder, co-chairman of the group.
Schroeder has requested that suggestions be addressed to him and submitted no later than 5 p.m. Friday. Letters should be two pages or fewer and sent either to 1052 Dole or by e-mail to schroeder@yahoo.com
schroede@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu. Suggestions will remain confidential.
Schroeder said response had been
slow so far.
"We expect it to pick up this week," he said. "But the responses that we've gotten have addressed almost everything — from what should be done with library fines to suggestions on the reorganization of the administration."
Schroeder said the group's eclectic makeup was one of its strengths.
"The people were chosen to represent every aspect of the University," he said. "We've got professors, students and deans."
Hemenway last month asked the group to find ways to increase efficiency, reduce expenses and make the University's administration more student-focused.
The University has been forced to make at least $3 million in budget cuts this year.
Projections for fiscal year 1997, which begins next July, show the
Members of the University Task Force on Administration and Reengineering
Stephen Schroeder, director,
Institute for Life Span Studies
Deborah Teeter, director, Office of Institutional Research and Planning
William Andrews, Joyce Hall distinguished professor of American literature
Mike Auchard, mason, student housing department
Daryle Busch, Roy A. Roberts distinguished professor of chemistry
The group has a Jan, 1, 1996, deadline for suggestions on administrative streamlining and a June 1, 1996
necessity for similar cuts.
The downsizers
Christine Cameron, graduate student
Kim Cocks, student body president
Joseph Collins, zoologist/editor, Natural History Museum Susan Craig librarian
Victor Frost, associate professor of electrical engineering
Diane Hoose Goddard, associate director, comptrollers office
Don Green, Gonger-Gable distinguished professor of chemical and petroleum engineering
Chico Herbison, director,
McNair Scholars Program
deadline for recommendations on re-engineering possibilities.
"I asked a lot of people for advice on who had the skills and specialties
Douglas Houston, professor of business
O. Maurice Joy, Joyce Hall distinguished professor of business
James Long, director, Kansas Union
Mary Michaelis, professor of pharmacology and toxicology
Fred Rodriguez, associate professor of curriculum
Elaine Sharp, professor of political science
Ann Weick, dean of social welfare
to serve on the group." Hemenway said. "The basic idea was to find ways to operate more efficiently and to better serve students."
Norman Yetman, professor of American studies
Basketball unites students
Creating community
The Black Stu-
The Black Student Union sponsored a three-on three tournament to bring students together for fast-paced competition
By Hannah Naughton Kansan staff writer
It was a contest reminiscent of the showdown between David and Goliath. A team of three short and wiry players slung stones at a team that towered on them on the courts at Robinson Center yesterday.
"It looks like they're playing their dads," said one of the 30 onlookers at the three-on-three tournament, which was sponsored by the Black Student Union.
The smaller team held the score close, but it was beaten by two points.
Six teams participated in the Black Student Union's three-on-three tournament for first- and second-place prizes.
"When it's time to take a stand on more urgent issues, we're going to be there together as a strong Black community," Jones said.
The tournament was one of many programs the Black Student Union sponsors to bring students together in a positive manner, said Dion Jones, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, freshman and vice president. The purpose of the programs is to unite the Black student community.
Being on a predominantly white campus can be intimidating and
Anthony Hersey, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, drives around Chris Howard, St. Louis, Mo., graduate student, during the Black Student Union's three-on-three basketball tournament Sunday at Robinson Center.
"There are a few people up here who are African-American, and you like to get to know them," said
isolating, said Ruth Pope, Aurora, III., sophomore and contest scorekeeper. Meeting people of similar backgrounds helps build a needed support system, she said.
Jacinta Carter, Omaha, Neb., senior and programming committee chairwoman. "It's all a part of KU, being involved. This gives them a sense of pride in KU."
The tournament began with six teams. Each three-player team played two games, and the two teams with the best record played for the top prize — a $250 package of gift certificates donated by area businesses. The first team with 15 points, or the team with the highest score after 20 minutes won. The second prize was $120 in gift certificates. There was a $10 registration fee to cover the cost of t-shirts.
The Sigmas and Prime Time, both 2-0, played in the championship game, which was changed to a five-on-five full court game to make it more exciting. Carter said.
"I like basketball, I play it every day," said Phillipe McCree, Lawrence freshman and contest participant.
McCree said he wasn't a member of the Black Student Union but was considering joining.
"I like these little functions," he said. "It gets people together. You can make new friends and meet new people. Otherwise I'd be sitting at home all the time."
Josh Junghans / KANSAN
Michael Bell, Detroit, Mich., freshman, and Anthony Hersey, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, team up to block a shot during the Black Student Union's basketball tournament.
Def Comedy Jam hits audience with risque humor
After starting 90 minutes
the comedians kept the crowd laughing with jokes about sex, dating and 'ho-ism'
By Hannah Naughton
Kansan staff writer
Their comedy covered topics from heat waves to family relationships to interracial dating to oral sex. It was raunchy at times and often crossed the boundaries of the politically correct.
"My act is not politically correct," said Cheryl Underwood, the headliner comedian from Los Angeles. "I use all seven dirty words. It's triple-X adult material but I do it well. It's well-written."
Underwood and her co-entertainers, Darius Bradford, Roman Murray and Lavell Crawford, all from St. Louis.
The four comedians of the Black Student Union's Def Comedy Jam performed Friday night in the Kansas Union Ballroom to an energized crowd of about 700 people.
said that their material was often seen as too offensive.
The crowd had to wait an hour and a half until members of Black Student Union, Student Union Activities and Kansas Union employees brought larger speakers into the ballroom. The Union's speakers were unable to handle the volume of D.J. Charlie Chan's show. Chan provided music for the show and the dance that took place afterward.
"You need to have a wide-open mind and be subject to anything new, and then you can learn something," Bradford said.
After the show began, the lively crowd laughed at the jokes and moaned with amused disgust at some of the raunchier topics, jumping out of their seats at times.
Bradford announced the acts and performed his own comedy between acts.
Murray performed first with jokes about the difference of working for black and white mangers, the condition of his car, relationships with stepfathers and the differences between male and female hygiene problems.
Crawford took the stage in a Barney-colored suit that covered his large frame. He began with jokes that poked fun at himself and then turned to making jokes about audience members.
"That guy's thinking, 'I'm going to kick some of that purple off your ass and it turn it into a fruit roll-up,'" Crawford said, after making one audience member the brunt of his humor.
In her act, Underwood professed herself to be a card-carrying, professional "ho." She intertwined her pride in her Black culture, the importance of safe sex and the importance of voting with
lewd jokes about oral sex and her professional ho-ism.
Erin James came from Kansas City, Mo., to see the show.
"It was entertaining if you know how to take it," she said. "I wasn't going to be offended about it."
However, James said that at times she thought the comedians joked too much about problems with interracial dating.
Niki Burton, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said that it was easy to relate to things in the humor because she was part of the Black culture, which has gone through hard times.
However, the basic situations themselves were funny and could cross cultural boundaries. Burton said.
Ricky Steele, an audience member from Topeka, said that the show was neat because it brought Black students closer together.
No sleep + too much alcohol + cigarettes = Watkins
By Joann Birk
Kansan staff write
Midterm exams, overindulgence in alcohol and other school-related hazards are raising students' stress levels and sending them coughing and sniffling to the doctor's office.
This is one explanation for the high number of students treated at Watkins Memorial Health Center in the last few weeks — especially on
Mondays.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins, said sleep deprivation, stress and the consumption of alcohol, all of which harm immune systems, seemed to increase during the semester.
"There is a direct correlation between people who go out on Friday and Saturday nights and drink too much alcohol and people who come in on Monday and are sick."
Yockey said.
Sept. 18 was one of the busiest days Watkins had in about five years, Yockey said. On that day, 274 students were treated at Watkins, which was about 50 patients more than an average day and about 30 patients more than the previous Monday.
Yockey said Mondays were almost always the busiest day of the week because students tended to drink
alcohol and deprive themselves of sleep during the weekend.
Smoking also contributes to ill-
nesses. Half of Watkins' patients are smokers, but only ten percent of KU students are smokers, Yockey said.
Administrators, who acknowledge
"One beer sends all your white cells south for three days, and if you do not have any white cells fighting infection, guess who is going to get sick," he said.
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that Mondays usually mean longer lines at Watkins, said there were other reasons for the rush. Jim Strobl, director of student health services at Watkins, said it was more a matter of students getting organized over the weekend and deciding that they needed to see a doctor.
Strobil said that doctors could see all patients even with the larger crowds on Mondays, but that the wait might be a bit longer.