Tuesday, May 2, 1989 / University Daily Kansan Disney-MGM park has grand opening The Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Disney-MGM Studios yesterday opened its $400 million theme park, hoping to lure the nostalgic to its version of Hollywood's golden era and thrill seekers to rides that will take them to places like Catastrophe Canyon. The 135-acre complex blends film making with backstage studio tours and ride-through, walk-through attractions. Movie and TV production begin last summer on its three locations of studios and back of street scenes. The new attraction on the entertainment giant's 43-square-mile Central Florida resort complements its other two theme parks. The hotel, which it has its own admission fee, $29 for adults and $29 for children aged 3-9. Disney Chairman Michael Eisner and comedian Bob Hope conducted the opening-day ceremonies on an outdoor stage in front of a re-creation of Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. "It's the largest theme park run by actors or cartoon characters, unless you want to count Washington, D.C." Hope said. Eisner said, "The world you have entered was created by the Walt Disney Company and is dedicated to giving back that never was and always will be." A Pennsylvania carpenter and his family led the way through the gates. becoming the first visitors to the Florida attraction. "We wanted to be first and beat the crowd, but we never expected anything like this," said Allan Gutierrez, 37, as he and his wife, two daughters and father-in-law strolled into the park. Disney officials will not disclose attendance figures, but at least 15,000 were expected for opening day. Most attractions were crowded, and Disney officials had to close the parking lot at 9:15 a.m., just an hour after opening. The lot was reopened at 2 p.m. p. m. Disney hopes to attract 3 million to 5 million visitors a year. The grand opening followed a star-studded weekend of parties and previews for 3,000 journalists and family members, plus thousands of other About 40 movie and television stars attended a Saturday night gala and paraded down the park's Hollywood Boulevard in vintage automobiles. Among them were Bette Midler, Lauren Bacall, George Burns, Audrey Hepburn, Betty White and Kevin Costner. At the same time as Disney was opening its new park, Eisner announced another project — a second nighttime entertainment attraction to be called *Pandora* (the princess villains, retail shops and nightclubs reminiscent of Atlantic City in the 1930s and 1940s). Boardwalk is expected to open in 1992. WASHINGTON — Cartoonist Berke Bredhews said he will discontinue his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip "Bloom County" on Aug. 6, and begin a new, Sunday-only strip the next month. Cartoonist to quit 'Bloom County' The Associated Press other characters from the fictional location, quickly became one of the nation's most popular comic strips after its introduction in December 2000. It was now carried annually 800 daily and college newspapers. The announcement from the Washington Post Writers Group was reported in today's edition of the Post. It quoted Breathed as saying "A good comic strip is no more eternal than a ripe melon." "Bloom County," featuring Opus the penguin and a cast of Breathed, 31, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished cartooning in 1987. stretch marks show." In the announcement, Breathed said: "The ugly truth is that in most cases, comics age less gracefully." The author of Coupity, is retiring before the The cartoonist declined to comment beyond the prepared statement. But William Dickinson, general manager and editorial director of the Writers Group, which distributes "Bloom County," said Breathed had been considering such a move for about a year. "This was not an impetuous decision on Berke's part," Dickinson said. "He thinks the strip may have been written in which which isn't true, but that's his decision." He declined to elaborate. Dickinson declined to give details about the new strip planned by Breathed. "It will have a different name," he said. Asked if any of the "Bloom County" characters might appear in the new strip, he said. "Apparently not, with maybe one exception." He declared to elaborate: Six collections of "Bloom County" strips have been published by Little, Brown and Co., with 4 million sold, the Writers Group said. School says no grades,no parties The Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. — Scott Leffel straddled a motor scooter behind the Sigma Alpha Episcion house and reflected on a future prerequisite for teaching at Washington State University. good grades "I'm not too happy with it, actually," said Leffel, a sophomore. "It seems like the university is continually working against us rather than with us." But the "no grades, no parties" rule that will take effect next year wasn't the brainstorm of a scheming college dean trying to rid the campus of an "Animal House." The greeks, often considered synonymous with the Athenians, themselves to bolster back image and academic status. Beginning next spring semester, a fraternity will have to forgo parties for two weeks for every 0.05 point that its grade-point average for the preceding fall semester falls below the average GPA for all male undergraduates. The rule, thought to be the first of its kind for an entire campus fraternity system, was adopted by the Intrafraternity Council on a 22-1 vote of the board. The program includes 25 fraternities with a total of about 1,400 members. 25 fraternities with incarcerated Vice president Tom Gallagher said his fraternity had ada Alpha Chi Alpha, would have been pinched if partying penalties had been imposed based on last fall's grades. But that hasn't dampened his enthusiasm for the rule he helped develop. Gallagher and council president Gary Downing said the policy attracted much interest at a Western regional conference of fraternities they attended recently in Oakland, Calif. "The IFC leadership wanted to send a message that kind of flew in the face of the stereotypical perception of great Burkes. Burkes, fraternal coordinator for the Residence Life and Housing office. He said he wasn't aware of a similar campus-wide rule anywhere else. "Maybe the problem isn't just with the partying; maybe it's with the teachers and stuff, you know?" said Leffel of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. "I mean, a lot of my TA's (teaching assistants) are from foreign countries, and when I go in there to try and talk econ' I can't even understand this guy." Some fraternity brothers question the correlation between grade point average and keggers, though. "You can party as much as you want and still make good grades," said a member of Alpha Gamma Rho who was among a group soaking up the event. "It's not exactly. It's just a matter of budgeting your time." Radio's importance to be displayed by 30 silent seconds Some fraternity members claim the university pressured the fraternity council to adopt the rule, with some suggesting that President Sam Smith is bent on making the campus dry. The Associated Press LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Virtually all commercial radio stations in the country will go silent for 30 seconds on May 26. broadcasters said yesterday, and the network will show the The 30 seconds of dead air time — "The day the radio stopped" — will mark the beginning of a $100 million campaign with the theme: "Radio. What would life be without it?" The booming voice of actor James Earl Jones will tell listeners that "or the next 30 seconds this station and others would like you to imagine your life without radio. Imagine if all your days sounded like this." After the 30 seconds of silence, Jones will say: "Thirty seconds seems like a long time, doesn't it? Now think how radio fills that silence for you." The radio campaign was announced at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Chicago. the NAB's broadcasting AIB is The radio awareness campaign is a joint effort by NAB and the Radio Advertising Bureau. sportscaster Red Barber and pioneer Spani- ter Carlos Martinez of Nathan Sairf in the NA3's Broadcasting Hall to the NALS. The bottom line, he said, "is to increase radio's share of advertising dollars." NAB President Eddie Fritts said, "this unprecedented collective action by commercial radio stations marks a new marketing era" based on psychological research that shows "radio is a vital part of people's daily lives that they take for granted." Buried in RAB President Warren Potash said, "The campaign is intended to increase awareness and appreciation for radio with advertisers and opinion makers and to remind us all that radio's influence is large and powerful." Jerry Lyman, president of Radio Ventures L.P., said 10,000 stations are expected to go silent at 7:42 a.m. local time across the country. mine if the campaign has increased awareness of radio. Fritts said 228 million U.S. citizens listen to radio an average of three hours and seven minutes a day. "Not everyone has committed" at this time, said Steve Berger, president of Nation-wide Communications. But Lynan said he believed the company owner so far saying he would not participate. Advertise in the Kansan SEE THE CLASSIFIEDS YOU DON'T NEED A COUPON! for Students 445 Burge Union 911) 800-8000 Legal Services Appointment Necessary 148 Burge Union (913) 864-5665 COMPUTERS The Future's Built In KAYPRO FUJITSU $1795 COMPLETE Right now, with the purchase at regular price ($1795) of the expandable, powerful, fully IBM compatible Kaypro PC equipped with 512KB RAM memory, 20MB Hard Drive and Monochrome monitor you pay just for the computer! Everything else is FREE! 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