THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(USPS 650-640)
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1989
VOL.99, NO.119
Four Oscars presented to 'Rain Man'
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — “Rain Man,” the story of a comming car salesman who learns to love his autistic brother, won the Oscar for best picture Wednesday night and brought up honors to actor Dustin Hoffman and director Barry Levinson. Jodie Foster, who played the victim of a gang rape in “The Accused,” was named best actress.
"Cruelty be human and might be cultural, but it's not acce- able, and that's what this movie does. It's a memoir of the char star who won her first Oscar."
“Rain Man” also brought an award to Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow for their original screenplay, bringing its total to four Oscarists at the 61st Academy Awards. Tying with three each were “Dangerous Liaisons”, the orate drama of drawing room, and “Lion King,” France, and the brilliant combination of live action and animation, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”
Geena Davis, the free-spirited trainer in "The Accidental Tourist and Kevin Kline, the wild-eyed, ovsexed safecracker in "A Fish Call Wanda," were surprise winners supporting roles.
"I'm supposed to be jaded by tl time, but I not," said Hoffm who also was named best actor "Kramer vs. Kramer." in 1979.
"We tried to be as faithful as we could and be entertaining," said Levinson of the low-key "Rain Man," which also starred Tom Cruise as Hoffman's brother and has grossed $134.6 million at the box office.
embraced loser Gene Hackman on his way to the stage, where he basked in a standing overture in tribute to his monstrously awesomed portraitual of
"This is really about two actors — Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise," Levinson said. "If they didn't deliver the movie, I wouldn't be up here this evening."
Davis said, "First of all, I want to thank Anne Tyler for writing such a wonderful book."
Davis accepted the first prize of the night at the 61st Academy Awards.
If students already have clear enrollment holds, and have receive an adviser's signature and dean stamp on the invalid white perm they do not need to repeat each st with the green form, Guffey sa. Those students in charge should stand on top of the wh permit and go to the enrollment center at the appointment time on green card.
The permits are being reprinted green paper with the correct appointment times. Guffey said.
"The only thing that's change from the regular procedure is that the first permits students got. I appointment time is invalid." Guff
She would not elaborate, sayi only that it was caused by "hum error."
The green permits will be mailed undergraduate students in libe
Living
She has said she read Tyler's novel
Paper fuels controversy at Haskell
Some en cards in Liberal arts f
by Michele Logan Kansan staff writer
Edith Guffey, assistant director the office of student records, s that students should receive the n green forms early next week.
Appointment times are supposed rotate each semester, allowing students who enrolled last in their first year to stay in their the following semester. Gufey sai
Because of an error in enrolllion appointment times, new "permit enroll" forms will be mailed to the university's library of Liberal Arts and Sciences;
The Lawrence City Commission Tuesday night to add two prov amendment requiring sprinkler sy living groups.
Organized living groups are all buildings where group sleeping
If the fire department and the cit their way, all KU Greek houses and will have to install sprinkler system 1988 Uniform Fire Code.
Mike Wilden, assistant city mi
idea when the commission would
could come as early as next week,
of the amendment is scheduled.
"The rotation did not happen Guffey said.
Allegations and accusations are surface from discrepancies involving the publication of the Haskell newspaper, the Indian Leader.
by Kathy Walsh Kansan staff writer
Chris Mulvenon, Lawrence police spokesman, said that Dario Robertson, KU associate professor of law, and Dan Owen, KU law student, report a report at 1:15 a.m. yesterday, alleging that a suspect had made physical contact with Robertson's chest and verbally threatened Owen with bodily harm while they were at Navarre Hall on the Haskell campus.
"It appears to be a dispute over the Indian Leader newspaper dummy sheets and who should have control over them," Mulvenon said.
At 1:24 a.m. James Hills, faculty adviser for the Haskell student newspaper, and his son, Shane, filed a report stating that suspects entered Navarre Hall on the Haskell campus late Tuesday night and removed four of the newspaper's dummy sheets, Mulvenon said.
by Mary Neubauer Kansan staff writer
Dummy sheets are the original