MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.102.NO.21
SPORTS
'Hawks make it a clean sweep
The Kansas volleyball team won all three of its matches last weekend. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Into the streets
Student Senate wants a community service program kick-off week to last all year.
Page 5A.
(USPS 650-640)
NATION
U.S. currency to get facelift
The Treasury Department plans to redesign paper money to thwart counterfeiting. Page 6A.
WORLD
Quebec closer to secession
Canada's Frenchspeaking province will vote Oct. 30 whether to separate from Canada. Page 6A.
WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY
High 80° Low 60°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Opinion . . . . . 4A
National News . . . 6A
World News. . . . 6A
Scoreboard. . . . 2B
Horoscopes . . . 4B
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Meeting with Meyers 'frustrating'
Students say she did not take stand on education cuts
y Sarah Wiese
Kansan staff writer
Rep. Jan Meyers, R-Kan., sat down with seven University of Kansas students Friday afternoon to discuss potential cuts to federal financial aid.
The meeting resulted from a student march to Meyers' Lawrence office Wednesday. The march, in which about 200 people participated, was sponsored by the Student Legislative Awareness Board and was part of a week-long student protest against cutting federal financial aid.
after more than an hour of questions and explanations, students said they had made little progress.
Perhaps the most positive thing about the meeting was the fact that Meyers responded to student concerns in person, said Stevie Case. Olathe sonhomore.
"It was productive in the sense that it was good for her," Case said. "It was one of the few chances for her to hear student voices."
Most of the discussion revolved around the House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill, which would reduce or eliminate federal funding of several financial aid programs.
Meyers voted for the bill, part of a proposal representing the largest cuts in financial aid history.
Case said Meyers avoided taking a stand on whether education should be cut.
Jan Meyers
"It was very frustrating," Case said. "Whenever we tried to get any specific voting commitments from her, she would revert to saying she's always been very supportive of education."
Andy Obermueller, Liberal sophomore and member of the KU College Republicans, met with Meyers shortly before the meeting. Though education is a very small portion of the bill Meyers voted for, it's attracted the most attention, he said.
"It's very difficult to take a vote like she took and come out looking like she supports education," he said. "I think Jan Meyers is a good
representative for the students in her district. Her vote was not so much anti-education as it was proflicial responsibility."
Meyers said education wasn't immune to the cuts other entities were going to take.
"I'm torn between a very strong support for education and the knowledge that we need to reduce the deficit," she said. "I think the compelling reason now for deficit reduction is that the interest on the debt is consuming us."
Interest on the debt accounts for about 15 percent of the nation's budget, she said. Financial aid accounts for about 1 percent.
Jason Schreiner, Wakeeeney sophomore and campus coordinator for the Student Legislative Awareness Board, said that if the cuts to financial aid were as minimal as Meyers suggested, finding the money to sustain the programs
shouldn't be difficult.
"If she is such a staunch supporter of education, she should have either voted against the bill or offered an amendment to preserve the programs that would be cut," he said.
Samantha Bowman, Wichita sophomore and chairwoman of the KU College Republicans, said it was hard for some students to look beyond the cuts to the benefits of reducing the deficit.
"In the long run, it's what's necessary to secure the future of students today," she said.
Although Meyers didn't want to make any commitments, she said she wouldn't vote to cut to the Pell Grant program, which assists lower-income students, or the in-school interest subsidy, in which the government pays the interest on students' loans until they graduate from college.
Children evaluate play
Local grade schoolers help KU students study kids' reactions to drama
Sara Calovich, Shawnee junior, is the butterfly in the play, "The Butterfly." The play will be performed this week for Douglas County school children.
By Novelda Sommers
Kansan staff writer
Ten little hands shot into the air in Crafton-Preyer Theatre Friday night, each belonging to a child hoping to give the right answer.
The children, first-, second-, and third-graders from Lawrence public schools, were invited to evaluate a dress rehearsal of "The Butterfly," performed by The University of Kansas Theatre for Young People.
But, lamented Jeanne Klein, associate professor of theater and film, some of the children were too shy to talk. Klein and Steven Grossman, Chicago graduate student and director of the play, asked the children questions to find out how they interpreted the story line. Klein is researching how children react to theatrical productions.
"Sometimes the outgoing kids are intimidating to the shy ones," said Robin Parks, children's theater assistant and Kansas City, Mo., senior.
In the play, a butterfly runs into a spider's web. Because the butterfly is so beautiful, the spider does not want to eat her. Instead, he sends her away to find other creatures for him to eat.
During her search, the butterfly runs into several insects including a fly and a grasshopper. Each time she finds a creature, she creates a story to lure the insect to go to the spider's web with her. However, she finds that she cannot betray the insects by leading them to certain death in the spider's web.
When she returns to the web, tattered and empty-handed, the spider decides not to eat her because of her kindness.
"Each of the insects teaches the butterfly a lesson about living."
Grossman said.
"The Butterfly" was written by Bjan Mofid in 1973 in Iran.
Grossman said that to prepare for the performance, the play's cast of 10 women learned traditional dances from Iranian dancers. An entomologist also talked to the actors about the movements of insects.
The costumes, designed by Daisey Hethcoat, Rogersville, Mo., senior, are made with fabric covered in Persian patterns, as well as bright reds and glittering golds.
The spider's costume is worn by two actors at once, so that it looks as if it has eight legs.
After the play, Grossman asked the
children if they thought the spider was scary. Fourteen little heads bobbed up and down.
"The spider kind of concerns me," said Cyril Cook, a second-grader at Broken Arrow Elementary School. "It was kind of nice and kind of not. I don't know why it couldn't just find something to eat that was already dead."
This week, the actors will perform for Lawrence and Douglas County school children. A public performance will be given at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall. Tickets, on sale in KU box offices, are $6 for the public, $5 for senior citizens and $3 for students.
Students scam 'Geraldo'show Paid trip to New York impetus for lies on national television
By Amy McVey
Special to the Kansan
Last month, one KU student and two Johnson County Community College students skipped half of the first week of classes to be on a segment of the talk show "Geraldo," which was titled, "Partying Pregnant Girls."
They told a shocking tale of sex, pregnancy and partying. There was only one problem — a tale is all it was.
Despite the legal contract that the students signed, which stated that they would not lie, the three pulled one over on the show's audience.
"It was fun, but I'm afraid because it's going to be on national TV," said Matt Gist, Overland Park sophomore.
Now that the segment is airing at 3 p.m. today, the students are having second thoughts.
It was national TV," said Matt Gist, Overland Park sophomore. Jen Bishop, a sophomore at Johnson County, and Melinda Sikkel, a freshman at Johnson County, contacted Gist during the summer and asked him if he wanted to go on an all-expense-paid-trip to New York City to be on "Geraldo." There was a catch, though—he had to lie.
The two girls needed Gist to play the part of Bishop's boyfriend and father of her baby. Sikkel had to play the role of Bishop's best friend, upset with her because she was three months pregnant and still partying.
"I said I'd do it, second-guessing myself the whole time." Gist said. "I lied, even though it wasn't my idea."
Even though Bishop wasn't pregnant, and Gist was only a friend, the three lied because they wanted to go to New York City, they said.
Bishop said being a guest on a talk show had been a goal of hers and Sikkel's ever since they moved in together. She and Sikkel called a number of other talk shows, but the "Geraldo" show was the only one that called them back.
Sikkel would not comment about the incident.
Sikket would not have arrived When the three teenagers arrived in New York City, they were greeted at the Newark Airport by a limousine and taken to the Hotel Loews in downtown New York, where two suites and a $150 tab were waiting for them --- complimentes of the show.
On Aug. 23, the panel members were taken to the studio, where they prepared to start taping the segment. Gist said panel members were told to prepare for a rude audience, but the audience shouldn't stop them from
See GERALDO, Page 3A.
Task force wants to narrow Jayhawk Boulevard
By Craig Lang
Kansan staff writer
To improve the quality of KU's campus, a University task force is proposing to make Jayhawk Boulevard more pedestrian-friendly.
The physical development planning task force, which has been working for two years to develop a plan to improve the University's campus, wants to make improvements during the next 20 years. Transportation has been under scrutiny.
"We want to retain a pedestrian campus," said Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor. "We don't want to risk becoming an urban campus."
Meyen said that a review of academic programs was completed in fall of 1992 so that the University
Now that a draft of suggested improvements has been made, the task force is planning to meet with various student, faculty and neighborhood organizations to resolve any concerns about the plans.
had a better idea of its needs. Therefore, a task force of students, faculty and alumni was composed to create a plan using practical applications to ensure the quality of the campus.
"This phase is a step of bringing forward suggestions," said Thomas Waechter, KU's planning coordinator.
The plan's recommendations include:
Closing Jayhawk Boulevard to private vehicles and making it a one-way street, east to west, for buses. The street would be narrowed, providing more
space for additional sidewalks,
bike paths and lawn space.
Establishing a park-and-ride system at the Lied Center, which would allow people to park at the center and ride a shuttle to campus.
Demolition of several building annexes, including those at Lindley and Bailey halls and using the extra space for parking, new buildings or more lawn space.
"It would be nice by the end of the semester to resolve major issues and start on putting together steps toward implementation," he said.
Waechter said that although many of the recommendations were long-term improvements, he hoped to begin work on some of the plans shortly after the last of the task force meetings.
Tomorrow Introductory Session with student and faculty leadership groups; 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall Oct. 3 Faculty and Staff Open Forum: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall
Oct. 10 Student Leadership Groups: Presidents' Roundtable: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union Oct. 11 Faculty and Staff Open Forum: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall
The physical development task force will present its draft of the 20-year campus plan to the following organizations:
Oct. 17 Student Presentation — Open Forum, Questions and Answers: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union
Oct. 24 Student Open Forum: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kansas
Room in the Kansas Union
Times, dates and places are subject to change.
The plan will be displayed:
Sept. 26 to Oct. 6 Marvin Hall Jury Room
Oct. 6 to Oct. 23 Kansas Union display cases
Oct. 23 to Oct. 28multimedia display in the Kansas Union Gallery
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