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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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TOPEKA, KS 66612
VOL.104.NO.36
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1994
Haunted houses are a real scream
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ABOVE: The Edge of Hell werewolf preys on the screaming patrons in Kansas City, Mo. Patrons enter rooms such as the morgue, graveyard and heaven during their trek through the haunted house.
By Ashley Miller Kansan staff writer
A lone wolf howls long into the night, and a shiver runs down your back. Your palms grow sweaty as you prepare to face the deadly animal.
Suddenly, a terror-filled scream rips through the darkness somewhere ahead of you. But you can't turn back.
You paid $8.50 to be scared to death.
"People love to be scared," said Dave Norphy, a floorwalker at The Beast, a haunted house in Kansas City. Moe, "It's an adrenaline rush."
This adrenaline rush explains the strange attraction people have for haunted houses such as The Beast, 1401 W. 13th St., one of many haunted houses in the Kansas City area this Halloween season.
"I wanted to be scared," said Jennifer Fox, who Saturday night walked through The Beast and The Edge of Hell, 1300 W. 12th St. "It's worth the money."
Fox, Kansas City, Mo., resident, said she thought The Edge of Hell was scarier than The Beast because it is more of a classic haunted house with meat cleavers, snakes and rattling chains. The Beast is more artistic, with a werewolf forest, Merlin the Magician and intricate and confusing mazes.
Greg Vandergrift, another floorwalker at the Beast, said that scarring people often ended with the customer having a little accident.
"There are people wetting their
dants all the time." he said.
Vandergriff said that the spooks working at The Beast set the house apart from others and gave the house its scrape reputation.
"Some of them are so into it," he said. "They're here to scare you, and some guarantee that they will get you."
BELOW: Jack the Ripper finds some unsuspecting patrons at The Beast haunted house
In fact, some spooks don't consider the night a success unless a customer has an accident.
"Fear has a smell — like a bathroom." said Dan Bugbee, a spook at The Beast.
Bugbee said the occasional troublemaker made his job a lot tougher on some nights. Customers sometimes cuss, hurt themselves or hit a spook when they are scared.
"It's not as easy as it looks," he said.
Dean Boese, another spook at The Beast, agreed.
"If you're doing it for the money, you're in the wrong business," he said. "But it's better than flipping burgers."
Spook work at The Beast starts at about $5 an hour.
Vandergift said that the success of the house was not measured by profits but by how many people went through the house.
"We measure success by how long the line is down the street." he said.
"We make everything as real as we
At times, the line trails around the block.
Both The Beast and The Edge of Hell are owned by Full Moon Productions, a group comprised of seven family members.
possibly can," said LaRetta Summers, one of the owners. "We entertain the people here."
Summers said that The Edge of Hell had more scares normally associated with a haunted house while The Beast had more of a theatrical feel to it.
The trees in the werewolf forest are real, and the swamp in The Beast was created after some of the owners visited the Everglades in Florida.
The Beast also boasts a mansion room, complete with floating skeletons, a deserted London scene with Jack the Ripper and two slides.
"That's something you'll have to find out," Dandergirl said.
And what awaits customers at the ends of the slides?
C'mon, get scared
Haunted houses in Kansas City, Mo., this Halloween season:
EEEEEK!: Haunted house patrons are scared silly on page 5A.
The Beast, 1401 W. 13th St.
n The Edge of Hell, 1300 W. 12th
St.
Catacombs, 1100 Santa Fe Ave
Devils Dark Side, 1200 W. 12th
St.
Dr. Deadly's Haunted Hospital, 1826 Forest St.
Main Street Morgue, 1325 Main St.
Gallery of Terror, 1211 Grand Ave.
Madhouse.1327 Main St.
Source: Kansan Staff research
Gay minorities face sexual and racial dilemmas
Social pressures make coming out a difficult choice
By Nathan Olson
Kansan staff writer
Thérèse Martin did not intend to tell her classmates she was bisexual.
"I went to all the girls Catholic high school," said Martin, Kansas City, Mo. junior. "When I was a junior, one Sunday night I was out with my lover, and some of my classmates saw me. By Monday morning, everyone in my class knew."
Two years later, she told her mother.
Melissa Lacey/KANSAN
"There were so many emotions about coming out to her," she said. "I felt fear, anxiety, joy, relief — just about everything. I feel so much more comfortable now that I've come out."
Martin's story is familiar to many who finally announce their homosexuality or bisexuality. But her story is different in one respect: Martin is Filipino. She also is one of many people who face the double pressure of being both an ethnic minority and a homosexual or bisexual.
"I get a double whammy sometimes
"from Americans," she said. "The
Claude Howard, Lawrence sophomore, left, and Joe Cuevas, Topeka freshman, both face the challenge of being a minority and gay in today's society.
American culture is ruled by an upper-middle class white culture. It doesn't know what to do with a Filinio bisexual."
The Filipino culture, by contrast, was not as discriminatory. Martin said she visited the country many times, and each time it appeared open
See OUT, Page 6A.
Gays to celebrate Coming Out Day
By Nathan Olson
Kansan staff writer
The proverbial closet could be a little emptier by day's end.
The reason is National Coming Out Day, a celebration of gays, bisexuals and lesbians who have openly announced their sexual orientations or are about to.
The day began after the second gay rights march in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 11, 1987. The first march was in 1978.
Eric Moore, president of LesBiGay Services of Kansas, said that the day served two main functions.
"First, the day encourages people to take the next step in their coming out process, whatever that step should be," he said. "Second, the day commemorates the gay rights march in 1987."
The nation-wide theme this year is "come out at work."
At the University of Kansas, a few activities are planned. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of Wescoe Hall, LesBiGayS OK will sponsor a Come-Out-Athon, which will consist of gays, lesbians and bisexuals reading coming out stories. Moore said this was the fourth such event at KU.
The stories will help bring the homosexual community together, Moore said.
"Everyone I've talked to has said, no matter how horrific their stories have been, coming out is better than being closeted."
Straight Allies will sponsor an informational booth about homosexuality in front of Wescoe Hall. Tonight, Hideaway, 106 N. Park St., is having a National Coming Out Day party and is opening its doors to all people 18 and older.
Moore said the day was designed to reach people.
"Also, the day is a thank you to KU for fostering an atmosphere of tolerance," he said.
Helen Johnson, Boulder junior, said she helped organize last year's event.
"I think a day like Coming Out Day leads to a heightened awareness of being gay," she said. "It's easier to come out then because there are so many people around you supporting you."
The women's rugby team is fighting stereotypes and low student interest to develop a strong following at Kansas.
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Not all celebrate Columbus Day
By Shannon Newton Kansan staff writer
Patrick Lozares, Haskell Indian Nations University sophomore, didn't have to go to classes yesterday because it was Columbus Day.
Classes at Haskell, which is a federally-funded university, were canceled yesterday in observance of the national holiday. However, Lozares, a Native American, was not celebrating.
"Native Americans have tried to teach Americans about our culture and our land," said Lozares, treasurer of Haskell's student senate. "But I think people are still far from the actual facts."
Many Native Americans do not recognize the anniversary of Columbus' 1492 arrival to America since their ancestors already occupied the land at the time. Some Native Americans said that non-Indians in Lawrence
Lozares said that because of the high concentration of Native Americans in Lawrence, the community had been educated about the existence of Native Americans in America before Columbus.
"I think any place where a large amount of people are educated, they will understand and are more aware," he said. "But in general, society is definitely far from truth and understanding."
were becoming more sensitive to their feelings.
"Many cities that used to have parades to celebrate Columbus Day aren't having the parades anymore," he said.
Dan Wildcat, chairman of the natural and social sciences department at Haskell, said he thought society's perceptions about Christopher Columbus were coming into focus.
KU's Native American Student Association had planned a performance in front of Watson Library for yesterday afternoon, said Dewayne Thomas, Gallup, N.M., junior and a member of the association.
"The myth about Christopher Columbus is dying a slow death," he said. "People are beginning to understand the contact between Columbus and the indigenous people of the land. Teachers are doing a better job
He said a group from Haskell was supposed to perform a dance to honor Native Americans and to educate non-Indians about the culture. But because of scheduling conflicts, the dancers were not able to come.
"We wanted to educate people and have them acknowledge that Native Americans are still here," Thomas said.
Wildcat said that although Columbus Day was a federal holiday, few cities still had celebrations.
of teaching the truth."
Clinton said Saddam could not be trusted to keep his word. White House officials said the first real test of Iraq's intentions would come today.
WASHINGTON — Unmoved by Iraq's promise to pull back its troops from the border of Kuwait, President Clinton yesterday ordered an additional 350 warplanes — including B-52 bombers and advanced fighter jets — to the Persian Gulf in a muscle-flexing warning to Saddam Hussein.
Clinton warns Iraq in address
In a nationally broadcast address from the Oval Office, Clinton said sanctions imposed after the 1991 Gulf War would not be lifted despite Iraq's demands for relief.
"Our objectives are clear, our forces are strong and our cause is right," Clinton said.
"We will not allow Saddam Hussein to defy the will of the United States and the international com-
See IRAQ, Page 8A