THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PUBLISHED SINCE 1889 BY THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(USPS 650-640)
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1989
VOL.99,NO.106
'Phantom' fans stage fund-raiser
Lawrence residents enjoy hors d'oeuvres at "An Evening With the Phantom" at Liberty Hall. Guests were invited to wear costumes.
Masked fun aids theater
John Holzhuter, Lawrence resident, sings the theme from Phantom of the Opera." Songs from the musical were performed by various guests.
by Christine Winner Kansan staff writer
He descended from the stage, and with furtive glances at an unseen pursuer, he shank among the crowd, from table to table, before making an exit out the back door.
The lights dimmed as the gold, shirred curtain dropped. A cloud of smoke rolled from backstage as a group of students in dresses and with a rose between his teeth.
This phantom was one of four who appeared Friday night at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. The Lawrence Community Theater sponsored "An Evening with the Phantom" for their annual benefit. Music from the Broadway musical "Phantom of the Opera" was performed and Chuck Berg's Jazz Band provided dance music.
Steve Bruner, Lawrence resident, was one of the mystery phantoms who made a guest appearance. The audience had to guess his and the other phantoms' true identities. He also performed "All I Ask of You," one of the musical's songs, with his sister, Vicki Louvier, who is also a Lawrence resident.
Lawrence I found out about 6:30 tonight to be playing this phantom part." Bruner said, "But it's fun. Everybody likes to be a harm." At the end of the evening, the audience selected Charles Oldfather, owner of Liberty Hall, as the most popular phantom of the evening.
popular philanthropist Louvier said she felt fortunate that she was able to see 'Phantom of the Opera' while in London.
or other ticket.
"Wowed to get tickets but were told they were sold out for nine months in advance," she said.
"But my daughter picked up the phone, and they just happened to have two tickets.
"It was a dramatic presentation. The story is just delightful and the music is melodic, which makes it very enjoyable."
Mary Doveton, managing director of the theater, said the idea of the phantom was used because it was a way to many ways to expand on the theme.
Many guests were masks that were decorated with feathers, flowers, glitter, netting and sequins.
Ione Unruh, Lawrence resident was stationed behind a long, lace
covered table. On the table were a small wooden chest with red and black scarves spilling out of the drawers, candles, roses, and dozens of masks. She said that women than men wore the masks.
Tense Oldfather, Lawrence resident, said she had been a supporter of the Lawrence Community Theatre since its beginning, and that the benefit was great for people to participate in.
"It's not quite as well attended as past ones, but it's a terrible night out," she said.
Doveton said that the event had several purposes.
"It's a fund-raising event, but we also do it for visibility," she said. "But at this point, we're not ready with everyone having a good time."
Doveton said she would not know how much money was raised until all the receipts were received and bills were paid.
Several couples dance to the music of The Chuck Berg Jazz Band. The band performed Friday at Liberty Hall for "An Evening With the Phantom," a benefit for the Lawrence Community Theatre.
Finance committee starts investigation of hiring at KJHK
by Stan Diel Kansan staff writer
At a revenue code hearing yesterday, the Student Senate Finance Committee voted to begin an information hearing for hiring practices of KJHK-FM radio.
If a formal investigation found that KJHK was using unfair hiring practices, th. radio station could lose its Senate financing.
See related story p. 3, col. 2
Michael Foubert, the finance committee member who called for the investigation, said that there had been complaints that KJHK based its haircut on customer accounts. We was about the station's formal and not applicants' qualifications.
practice quality.
"I don't think it's appropriate for groups to use Senate funding to foster a particular view." Foubert said.
Laura Round, Overland Park sophomore and finance committee member, said that she thought people with views inconsistent with those of the KJHK staff were not being hired.
"They're trying to monopolize the type of opinion they have there instead of having a diversity," Round said.
Mike Ulin, KJHK's station manager, denied the allegations of unfair hiring practices.
"My hiring practices were completely in line with what was put forth by the KJHBC Board." "Ulma said, 'We do our job.' and manual we do when hire."
"If someone is hired or not, it's based on his or her qualifications and whether he will do harm to the station." KJHK hires about 110 people a semester from a field of about 200 applicants. Ulin said.
Paul Leader, Derby junior and finance committee co-chairman, said that he and Pat Warren, Overland Park sophomore and also co-chairman, would conduct an informal investigation and the finance committee would then decide whether to conduct a formal investigation.
Warren said KJHK's application for financing as a revenue code group would not be affected by the investigation.
"This is an informal investigation for the purpose of fact-finding." Leader said.
Legislators could alter agenda for KU affairs
by Candy Niemann
Japan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas has a lot riding on the legislative session.
The Margin of Excellence, Gov. Mike Hayden's proposed Margin of Excellence Partnership Act. qualified admissions and the new Regents Center all are at stake.
See related stories p. 6, col. 3
This week is a legislative deadline week, meaning that time limits on most bills must be met and the legislative agenda must be narrowed.
narrowed.
It is an important week for KU,
said Jon Josserand, governmental affairs specialist.
events that will affect the University.
Josserd spoke Saturday at the Kansas Union in an open meeting designed to update the Lawrence community on legislative issues and
The Margin of Excellence has been recommended in full to the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
The Margin of Excellence is the Board of Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers.
The Margin of Excellence Partnership Act, which would make Washburn University a Board of Regents institution to be accredited in college, is scheduled to be debated on the Senate floor later this week.
"My personal opinion is that the focus of the bill is on the wrong issue," said Marina Rein, associate director of business affairs. "The day when Washburn will be a Regents in
See REGENTS, p. 6, col. 1
Eastern pilots refuse to cross picket lines; railroad unions threaten sympathy strikes
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Eastern Airlines warned its pilots that they risked their future by honoring picket lines in the two-day old Machinists' strike, which cut flights drastically, stranded weary passengers at airports and threatened to expand to a nationwide transportation snarl.
Eastern pilots, who shut down the money-losing carrier by honoring picket lines of the striking Machinists' union, are risking not only their careers but "the very existence of the air force" in Eastern spokesman Matiel.
"By continuing to stay out, the pilots are committing economic suicide," he said at a news briefing.
Eastern was hit with a strike at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
Eastern ordinarily schedules 1,000 flights with 100,000 passengers daily. On Saturday just 85 flights took off; expectations yesterday were for 125 flights, Matell said. Nineteen had gone by 1.p.m. CST, the pilots said.
Desegregation attorney dies at Topeka
TOPEKA — Charles S. Scott sr. A topeka attorney who gained fame in the landmark Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education case, died Friday at a Topeka hospital. He was 67.
hospital the wails. In 1961, his brother John J. Scott and their colleague Charles Bledsoe argued the Brown case in federal district court in Topeka. It was filed by the parents of elementary school student Linda Brown, who walked past an all-white school in her neighborhood to attend an all-black school.
attend an all-black school.
The case was later appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Associated Press
where Scott joined Thorpegd Marshall, then an attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Men, in oral arguments. On May 17, 1954, the supreme Court ruled in the Brown case that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Scott was 33 at the time.
was 33 at the time. He could have gone anywhere to practice later, friends said, but he remained in Topeka.
"He maintained his concern for the grassroots people," said Bill Minner, a supervisor with the Kansas Commission on Civil Rights. "He did not abandon the people who needed him."
Kansans may face a water shortage in the years to come
by Max Evans Kansan staff writer
Many experts predict that water will be the biggest environmental and political issue facing the United States in the 21st century. Kansas, already feeling the water crunch, may benefit from two studies being carried out at the University of Kansas aimed at water problems facing the state now, and in the future.
Each of the studies involves one of the two primary sources of water in Kansas, and each paints a bleak picture of future of Kansas water supply.
and aquifers are underground bodies of rock or sediment which hold pockets of water and, through wells, are the primary
The Kansas Geological Survey is engaged in a study of two Kansas aquifers.
Another study by the Kansas Water Resources Research Institute has led to the creation of computer models which could assist in managing the use of surface water, such as rivers and streams, in the eastern part of the state Rivers, streams and reservoirs are the fundamental water supply for the eastern half of the state, and low water levels, compounded by last year's drought, have many Kansans wondering what this summer will bring.
source of water for the western half of Kansas. Overuse of water from one aquifer has communities in many western counties concerned about the quantity and quality of the supply.
Gerhard said that the High Plains aquifer, also known as the Ogilala aquifer, had historically been the main source of water for the city. The reservoir is closer to the surface and easier to access. However, overuse by irri-
what this summer.
Lee Gerhard, director of the Kansas Geological Survey, said his department was studying the two major aquifers that were known to exist in Kansas, the High Plains aquifer and the Dakota aquifer.
gation prompted a state-financed study of the deeper, less accessible Dakota aquifer.
One aquifer exhausted
"The study we're doing of the Dakota aquifer is one of preventive medicine. The one we are doing with our teams is an autopsy." Gerhard said.
Gerhard said the study involved understanding the rock formation that is the fabric of the Dakota aquifer Gerhard said that by better understanding the rocks could aquifer, conservation teams could prevent overuse that has taken place in the High Plains aquifer.
"By the time everyone put a straw in that aquifer it was too late." Gerhard said. "But in 1950 it was hard to convince anyone that there was an exhaustible supply of water."
Gerhard said the High Plains aquifer had provided high quality water that, because of ground water pollution, would probably not be seen again.
not be seen again.
"I don't know of any pristine water left," Gerhard said.
See KU, p. 6, col. 1
Kansas' Water Research