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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, September 17. 1991
Former Haskell student sues nightclub
By Melissa Rodgers Kansan staff writer
A former Haskell Indian Junior College student has filed a $50,000 lawsuit against a Lawrence nightclub for injuries she says she sustained there in September 1990.
According to Douglas County District Court records, bouncers at Pizzaw, now the Power Plant, 901 Mississippi St., rammed Carla J. Bell's head into a paper-towel dispenser in the women's restroom Sept. 14, 1990.
The bouncers then told her that because she was an American Indian, they could kill her and no one would care, according to the suit.
Bell, who lives in Arlington, Texas, was attending Haskell at the time of the incident, said Theodore Lickteig, Bell's attorney.
Suit seeks $50,000 from Pizazz owner, bouncers
Lickteig filed the lawsuit Sept. 11 and is
seeking damages from Power Plant's owner, Donald Schmidt of Hays, who owned Pizzazz at the time of the incident.
Also named as defendants are two bouncers who worked at the nightclub at the time of the incident, Cale Nossman and Mark McInture both of Lawrence.
Lickiegis said he waited until recently to file the law because he wanted to investigate the matter thoroughly to determine if there was a breach. All were several witnesses, he said.
The lawsuit alleges that Bell, while in a hall in the women's restroom, heard a loud cacophony of screams.
As she was leaving the restroom, the suit stated, the room was empty, and a large mirror was shattered on the restroom floor.
At that point, Bell was confronted by the bouncers, Nossaman and McIntyre. She denied breaking the mirror and attempted to leave the restroom.
Then Nossaman and McIntyre rammed Bell's head into the towel dispenser and threw her to the floor, the suit stated.
Nossaman said yesterday that the incident occurred when he and McIntyre asked Bell to stay and talk to the manager. She tried to leave, and they stood in front of her to prevent her from leaving, Nossaman said.
Nossaman said Bell then began to throw punches at him and McIntyre, striking McIntyre. While the three were in the restroom, Bell grabbed a glass and tried to stab them both, Nossaman said.
He said he did not make a racial slur against Bell.
"I got a laceration on my stomach," Nossam said.
Nossman said he worked at Pizazz for three or four months.
"That is completely absurd," Nossman said. "I was a racially mixed place, and I would not have been working there if I had had any prejudices."
After the incident, Bell was arrested on a battery charge, said Officer Ernie Gwin of Lawrence police. The charge was later discharged. Jackson County District Attorney's office
Martin Miller, Douglas County assistant district attorney, said the charge against Bell was dismissed July 15, 1991, because an outstate state was outside the state and could not be fraud.
Bellcouldnotbereachedforcomment.
KU professor's talent featured in art exhibition
By Mauricio Rios
Kansan staff writer
When Judith Burns-McCrea came to the University of Kansas to teach drawing and painting a year ago, she brought not only a long experience, but also her life experience.
Burns-McCrea, who graduated with a master's degree in fine arts in 1970 from Wichita College University, said 10 years ofeling in Latin America influenced her work.
“Viajes y Mudanaz,” Spanish for journeys and changes, is the title of Burns-McCrea's new exhibition at Artists En Masse. 803/1/2 Massachusetts St.
Before coming to KU. Burns-McCrea
taught drawing and painting at Bethany College in Lindsborg. She also has had exhibitions in the United States and abroad.
Burns-McCrea said her paintings were not realistic images. Rather, they reflected her experiences in an abstract and figurative way.
"I am not trying to illustrate but to embody these ideas," she said.
One important aspect of Latin America that Burns-McCrea tries to capture in her paper is how to "build" a culture.
Dark-skinned faces are predominant in her new work.
"I like to paint dark skin because they are close to the earth," she said.
The color white is associated with spirits.
she said. But deep colors, like red, symbolize life.
She said that when she visited South Africa, she specifically asked her supervisors especially about a night.
"My sense of color and space change in another culture," she said. "But it has to be
Burns-McCrea said her pictures reflected the destruction as well as the construc-
tion.
"When you destroy, other forms develop. shesaid. "It's challenging."
Challenging and provocative are the words that best describe Burns-McCrea's work, say Lynne Green, owner and director of Artists En Masse.
It provokes mixed reactions, and that is the desired effect, she said.
The function of an art gallery is to educate people regardless of the reactions an artist may have.
Burns-McCrea has won several awards, including the Hallmark Corporation Purchase Award, the Juror's Purchase Award and the from the National Drawing Competition.
She also was selected to represent Kansas in 1986 as artist-in-residence during the Partners of America program in Asuncion, Paraguay.
The show will run through Oct. 13. Gallery tours are Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phi Psi members welcome changes of renovations
The smell of fresh paint still lingers in the air, and there still are boxes to be unpacked, but as far as the members of Phi Kappa Pi fraternity are concerned, their house is home sweet home again.
Kansanstaffreport
The renovations, which began in May 1990 and were completed last month, include a new sleeping dorm, new paint and wallpaper, new furniture and the addition of a second library.
Renovations at the fraternity house, 1602 W. 15th St., were completed last month, and the men are adjusting to the larger space and new surroundings.
The $2.4 million renovation was the first since the house was constructed in 1964. The money was raised through Phi Kappa Psi alumni.
All 87 fraternity members lived in Jayhawker Towers last year until construction was completed
Fraternity members said they were pleased with the new house.
He said the most important addition was the new sleeping dorm.
"It is definitely more study-conducive," said Brian Seaton, vice president of Phi Kappa Psi.
Residents now sleep two to a room instead of four, he said.
The house now has four sleeping dorms.
He said the fraternity also added another library to provide students with more room to study, and computers also are expected sometime this week.
Every room will have a computer terminal that will be connected to the campus computer system, he said.
The fraternity plans to have a dedication ceremony Oct. 19 to honor the aiumni for their support. A plaque also will be displayed.
More than 1,500 invitations will be sent out next week, said Jihon Tikwar, Westwood Hills senior.
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