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Tuesday, September 27, 1994
CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Ballet to help the Lied Center celebrate anniversary
Festivities planned for season opener
By Shannon Newton Kansan staff writer
The New York City Principal Ballet Dancers will help celebrate the first anniversary of the Lied Center's opening tomorrow.
The company, which will perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the center, also will begin the 1994-95 season of the center, which opened last Sept. 28 with a performance of "The Secret Garden."
Jackie Davis, director of the center, planned the anniversary festivities.
Davis said that the opening of the center had allowed quality performances to come to Lawrence. She said management companies had become aware of the center's capabilities.
"When the Principal Dancers decided to go on tour, the management called me to see if I was interested," Davis said. "It was a great performance to have on the center's year anniversary."
Before the ballet there will be a dinner at the Adams Alumni Center for the Friends of the Lied Center and the members of the alumni center's Learned Club and a presentation from Jerel Hilding, assistant professor of dance, about the ballet.
Hilding said his presentation would educate people about the history of the ballet company and about what to
"His driving force behind the formation of the ballet was to create a truly American form," Hilding said. "He wanted to employ American personalities into the dance."
Hilding said the ballet company was founded by Russian George Balanchine in 1932.
look for in the dance.
Hilding said Balanchine wanted to add a quick, bold style to the ballet.
He said Balanchine's work had influenced many ballets including the San Francisco Ballet, the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Joffrey Ballet, which Hilding danced with from 1975 to 1989.
"His work has become the aesthetic for ballet throughout the world," Hilding said. "Other companies have reproduced his work."
Hilding said Balanchine died in 1983 but that his work never would be forgotten in the industry.
"Companies will always take the seeds of what he originally sowed," he said.
Hilding said his presentation before the performance would contrast Balanchine's ballet to other styles.
"The ballet in Europe is heavier compared to the speed of Balanchine's work," Hilding said. "I want to explain to them the contrast and show them what to look for."
Alex Sulzer, Lawrence graduate student, works at the center's box office and said that tomorrow night's performance was close to being sold out. Sulzer said that as of yesterday, about 100 tickets were available.
"I've taken a lot of phone calls for people that want tickets," he said. "There has been a lot of interest."
Those interested in purchasing a ticket should call the Lied Center Box Office at 864-2787.
The New York City Principal Ballet Dancers Heather Watts and Lindsay Fischer perform "Apollo."
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10. 15 Prisoner in custody.
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By Manny Lopez
Kansan staff writer
source: Lawrence Police
While many people have no idea that the call meant a fight was in progress and officers had arrived at the scene, more people on campus and throughout Lawrence are listening to scanners and learning the language.
In between the crackle of radio fuzz, a police dispatcher calls out a 10-95 on Massachusetts Street. But by the time officers 10-23, everything is calm.
"Everyone from all aspects of the community — men, women, students, adults — are buying scanners," said Chuck Johnson, manager of Radio Shack, 601 Kasold drive.
"A lot of people are interested in what's going on around town," said Sgt. Rick Nickell of the Lawrence police department.
Scanners make it possible to intercept conversations broadcast over public access frequencies. And, according to Lawrence police, people all over town are doing just that.
People listen to scanners to track the course of a
storm, find out where the latest fire has broken out or to find out if their friends or neighbors are being chased by the police.
Ward, a crime and delinquencies studies major said he was considering a career in law enforcement. He said he owned a portable scanner but was planning on buying a more powerful home-base unit.
"I'm from a small town," said Derek Ward, Pittsburg senior. "We'd listen to see if we knew anyone who was in trouble. It's still a lot of fun."
After buying a scanner, people need to learn the codes to decipher what is being said. Nickell said the police department, fire department, emergency squad, weather services and city government all had their own frequencies. So a lack of things to listen to is not a problem.
Police said they were not worried about the proliferation of scanners in Lawrence.
Although some criminals could avoid police by monitoring a scanner, Nickell said the Lawrence police department had been helped by residents listening to the police frequency. He also said there
were a few times people had beaten the police to the scene of an accident, which was something he said people should not do.
According to the Federal Communications Commission, tuning in to listen to people's cellular phone calls is illegal.
Last April, scanner manufacturers had to stop producing scanners that could pick up cellular phone frequencies because those lines were private. Most scanners also can pick up conversations by cordless phone users. Cordless telephone lines are transmitted over two-way radio lines and are not regulated the same way cellular phones are, an official in the Kansas City, Mo., FCC office said.
Regardless of the reason, scanner sales are a steady business at Radio Shack. Johnson said he sold about one scanner a week and that prices ranged from $99 to $400 for hand-held units, portable car units or home-base units. He said the hand-held units were the most popular. Radio Shack also sells a scanner code listing book for $9.99.
As the police would say, 10-24. Finished with the last assignment.
Latino fraternity may not serve its purpose
Kansan staff writer
By Ashley Miller Kansan staff writer
Octavio Hinojosa, Hutchinson senior, wanted to establish a Latino fraternity at the University of Kansas last year.
But when he met several students from other schools at a conference in Chicago last year that were actively involved in a Latino Greek community, he was unimpressed.
"I'm very uncomfortable with the idea," Hinojosa said. "It tends to defeat the purpose of a fraternity."
He said that by establishing a separate fraternity for Latinos, the kinship from participating in a fraternity was lost. Instead, Latinos seemed to form one group against all others.
"A fraternity should be as inclusive as possible. "Hinojosa said.
Although Hinojosa did not pursue the idea when he returned from Chicago
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and only a few students have demonstrated an interest this year, he said the desire for a Latino fraternity stemmed from a need to know about the Latino culture.
"Being at this level of education, one wants to know about his or her background," Ilinoja said.
He said that most fraternities on campus did not satisfy the need for Latino culture, especially the need to learn and communicate in Spanish.
When Hinojosa was in Chicago, he spoke with Juan Rodriguez, the former
international president of Sigma Lambda Beta, a Latino fraternity. Rodriguez now is the national vice president of programming for Sigma Lambda Beta.
Rodriguez said the reaction to a Latino fraternity on most campuses was neither opposing nor welcoming. The fraternities already on campus acknowledged that a Latino fraternity existed and accepted the fact.
Sigma Lambda Beta has established chapters at universities in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Colorado, Texas and Kansas, including Kansas State University.
Carmen Sanchez is the president of Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity at K-State. He said that the fraternity started last year and would be a chapter by Nov. 1.
The chapter has to finish an expansion process developed by the international organization, which includes getting
information from interested students, grade point averages of members and a list of other organizations on campus. Although the fraternity is directed toward the interests of Latino students, all male students are welcome.
Sanchez said the K-State chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta was still debating over whether the fraternity should be affiliated with Interfraternity Council or Black Panhellenic.
Bill Nelson, assistant director of the Organizations and Activities Center and coordinator of greek programs at KU, said he could understand why the fraternity might want to affiliate with Black Panhellenic because Latino fraternities were closer to Black fraternities in number of members.
"Their reason for existence is very similar," Nelson said. "They are providing a support network to students on what are predominately white campuses."
AREA BRIEF Charges dropped against protester
Kansan staff report
A Lawrence resident, arrested Saturday during a protest of the South Lawrence Trafficway, will not be charged in court.
Douglas County court officials said that Mary Gray, 39, would not be charged with failure to abide by lawful order, a misdemeanor. She was released from Douglas County Jail without bond shortly before 3 p.m. yesterday.
Gray was arrested and charged Saturday afternoon after uprooting six surveying stakes following a protest at the traffway's construction site at U.S. Highway 40 and Douglas County Road 13.
Lena Johnson of the Alliance for Environmental Justice said Sunday that Gray had gone on a hunger strike while in jail and would not stop until a member of the county commission visited her. But jail officials said Gray had eaten breakfast yesterday.
Gray could not be reached for comment yesterday
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