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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, March 4, 1996
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KU baseball player suspended from team
By Dan Gelston and Amy McVey Kensan staff writers
Kansas baseball player Mario Opipari has been suspended from the team after he was arrested on a charge of operating under the influence early Friday morning.
ence early Friday. Opipari said he was on his way home from Cadillac Ranch, 2515 W. 6th Street, when a KU police officer pulled him over at the corner of University Drive and Naismith Drive for speeding. The police officer smelled alcohol and administered field sobriety tests, all of which Opipari failed, KU police reported.
Opipari then was taken to the
Douglas County Jail and admitted at 3:30 a.m. He was released at 4:05 a.m on a $500 bond.
Kansas baseball coach Bobby Randall said Opipari has been suspended until the resolution of the case.
case.
"It's certainly unfortunate and a not a very wise decision," Randall said. "Being a baseball player and an athlete, he has a certain responsibility to the people of the school. It's disappointing when they don't live up to them. We'll deal with it and we'll move on."
Kansas senior pitcher, and Opipi's roommate, Josh Belovsky, said the team would stand behind Opipi.
Joppa:
"This is a minor setback for us."
he said. "Teams are always faced with adversity — this happens to be ours. The team's supporting him."
Opipari is a junior transfer from Cypress Community College. He split limited playing time this season between the outfield and the pitching staff.
pitting star.
He failed to collect a hit in two atbats, and was 0-0 with a 21.00 ERA in three relief appearances.
Oipipari said that he regretted his acups.
actions.
"It was stupid, and I screwed up," Oppiari said. "It is something that I'm not proud of."
Oipiatp is scheduled to appear in front of a judge 7:45 a.m. March 13 in Douglas County Municipal Court.
Community Garden yields chance to all without land to till
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Dave Loewenstein, project founder, said the garden had been so popular that there would be two locations this year; the original garden, behind the Community Mercantile, 901 Mississippi St., and the new location at the Lawrence Indian Center, 1423 Haskell Ave.
Project harvests success
The Lawrence Community Garden Project is suffering from some growing pains this year.
income people who don't have the yard or resources to have a garden at their homes. Gardeners keep what they grow.
can handle it. The mission of the garden is to provide land, fertilizer, tools, seeds and instruction for low- to moderate-
"We are really trying to live up to our mission," Loewenstein said. "But the money is coming out of our pockets right now. I don't know how long we can keep that up."
But the success and expansion of the project has brought some financial hardship, Loewenstein said.
The project did not get a grant last year. Loewenstein said he hoped to get assistance from grants and local sources for financing. For now, the garden relies on donations, volunteers and some money raised by garden participants through T-shirt sales and a harvest festival.
"We are having a difficult time with funding," Loewenstein said. "There is a lot of need and interest in the community for what we are doing. The real worry is that the community may see this wonderful organization and not realize that we need money."
Wes Wack, doctoral student, sailed he and his family had benefited from
the project. They grew a garden last year, and he said he hoped to participate again this year.
"I really enjoyed taking my daughter down there and meeting different people. She enjoys looking at the plants, tugging on them and eating different vegetables." Flack said... "We live in a place where we don't have any land or opportunity to garden."
Despite the financial concerns, Loewenstein said the garden would expand from 20 plots to 35. The 15 new plots will be available behind the Lawrence Indian Center. Applications will be accepted until March 15, and plots are given out on a first-come, first-serve basis. Members of the Lawrence Indian Center will be given first priority for plots at that location.
Applications are available at the Community Mercantile, the Lawrence Indian Center, and the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont.
Steve Bates, 16, performs a trumpet solo at the 19th annual KU Jazz Festival clinic. Bates played with the Hickman High School Purple Jazz Band of Columbia, Mo.
Jazz clinic notes harmony among musicians
By David Teska
Kansan staff writer
For three days, the Lied Center became the largest classroom at the University of Kansas.
As part of the 19th annual KU Jazz Festival, high school and college jazz musicians congregated in Lawrence and participated in three days of jazz clinics. For many, it was a chance to play in a concert hall the size of the Lied Center and to do so in front of accomplished musicians from the world of jazz.
Steve Lenhert, director of the Park Hill High School Jazz Band from Kansas City, Mo., has brought his students to the clinic for two years. He said the clinics were a positive experience because students didn't play competitively.
meaul, he said.
One of his students, senior trum-bonist Jason Kersey, said he was nervous during his solo performance, but he really liked being able to play in a great hall like the Lied Center.
"You play for the music and not the medal," he said.
express himself musically.
he said.
After Lenhert's band played its three selections, it had a 20-minute critique session with Paul McKee, a director of the clinic and an instructor in jazz at DePaul University.
for itzaza at Deer Valley.
McKee said he was impressed and had only a few pointers for the bands.
"It's just you doing your own thing," he said.
bands.
McKee said he wasn't surprised when some of the students said they listened to recordings of Charlie Parker or John Coltrane. That, and
the influence of their band director, was evident in their music.
was evident in their music their director knows something about jazz," McKee said.
The festival also allowed individual musicians to perform solo acts as part of their school's repertoire. Darin Fincham, Wamego High School junior, brandished his skills during a drum solo.
He said he enjoyed jazz because the music always seemed to change.
"It's something new to do, new beats and all that stuff," he said.
Students find direction at careers conference
International seminar includes forum panelists and wealth of information
By Susanna Lööf
Kansan staff writer
Many KU students dream about a career abroad.
career aide ofl About 125 such students attended the 10th annual International Careers Conference in the Kansas Union on Saturday. The one-day conference attracted 250 college students, high school students and teachers.
teachers. The conference included international career forums, which were presented by 40 panelists.The conference also included an information fair with 25 organizations that have international contacts.
international contact For Andrew Les, Pittsburgh senior, a forum on teaching English abroad was especially informative.
"It pretty much answered all my questions," he said.
Lees plans to teach English.in Indonesia.
He said he had learned at the conference that it would be better to apply for jobs once he is in Indonesia rather than applying from the United States.
Brian Griffin, a Derby senior who wants to work in international business, did not find the day as useful. He said his overall impression had been good but that some of the forums had been too elementary.
fortunes had been too good,
"It was all good information, but at this point in my education I already knew much of it," he said. "It seemed like the later part of the day was geared more toward high school students."
For Marian Sheeran, Overland Park graduate student, the greatest benefit of the conference was not the information itself.
information need.
"Just the feeling that having a job in the international field is possible and realistic was affirmative," she said.
Sheeran has taught English in Japan, and she hopes to do so again. She said she wished she had known what she had learned at the conference before she had gone to Japan the first time.
the first instructor.
Carine Ullom, project coordinator at the Office of International Studies, coordinated the conference. She said
Prepare for the big world
Daniel J. Markowitz, an attorney with offices in Overland Park and Budapest, Hungary, was keynote speaker of the conference. He gave tips on how to prepare for an international career.
International Studies foreign languages and English.
Study history so you can understand why people are different.
Study cultures by watching the Discovery Channel and reading National Geographic, for example.
Learn to use computers and the Internet.
Travel.
yourself.
Learn enough language of the country you are going to so you can be polite.
Don't be afraid of people just because they are different.
- Travel.
- Make friends with somebody from a different culture than yours.
Don't be afraid to create your own opportunities, or to create a job for yourself.
Learn the field you are studying well.
weh. KU students interested in international careers can find information at the Office of International Studies, 108 Lippincott Hall, and the University Placement Center, 110 Burge Union
KU students' dreams about international careers were feasible.
"They are definitely realistic," she said. "Especially the people that are so driven that they pay money and get up early on a Saturday morning to be here."
The conference cost $10 for KU students to attend. Ullom said that money had gone to marketing and material costs. The panelists and presenters were not paid for participating in the conference.
Although students' dreams about international careers are realistic, Ullom said their immediate hopes could be harder to fulfill.
"Some students come here thinking When I graduate, I am going to work international," she said. "But very often you need experience."