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Monday, March 27, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
AIDS claims rapper Eazy-E
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Eazy-E, whose pioneering "gangsta" group N.W.A. helped bring the rawness of innercity rap to suburbia, died yesterday of AIDS complications. He was 31.
The rapper, whose real name was Eric Wright, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized Feb. 24 with asthma, the hospital said.
In announcing his condition on March 16, Wright said he didn't know how he contracted AIDS but wanted to warn "all my homeboys and their kin." His hospitalization prompted so many well-wishing telephone calls the hospital had to hire more operators.
"I've learned in the last week that this thing is real and it doesn't discriminate. It affects everyone," Wright said in a statement read by his attorney.
A former drug dealer who claimed to have fathered seven children by six different women, Wright brought a brutal vision of Los Angeles-area ghetto to life to popular art.
N. W.A., which stands for Niggers With Attitude, scored a hit in 1988 with "Straight Outta Compton," using a thumping beat to tell crude tales of drive-by shootings, drugs and police harassment in the tough Los Angeles suburb.
The album sold more than 2 million copies despite lack of radio play.
Wright's high-pitched voice anchored the song "F—Tha Police," which prompted an FBI protest that it advocated violence against law enforcement. The view of police as racists came years before the 1991 Rodney King beating.
N. W.A. eventually broke up amidst artistic and money disputes but proved hugely influential.
N. W.A's follow-up record, 1901's "Niggaz4Life," sold nearly 1 million copies in its first weeks of release to become the hardcore rap album to hit No. 1 on the charts.
Former members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre went on to successful solo careers, and gangsta rap spread into the white, suburban teen-age market to become mainstream.
Spring blizzard blasts Plains states
The Associated Press
A raging blizzard packing winds up to 60 mph barreled across the Plains yesterday, closing hundreds of miles of interstate and stranding motorists.
In Nebraska, where up to 10 inches of snow fell, about 200 miles of Interstate 80 — about half its length — was closed from the Colorado line to Lexington, Neb.
"we have a huge parking lot, and it's jammed to the hilt with truckers," said Deon Evans, a gas station and convenience store clerk in Kimball in far western Nebraska.
Shelters for stranded motorists were opened in North Platte and Ogallala, Neb., where winds were gusting up to 48 mph.
The blowing snow and near-zero visibility forced police to close about 150 miles of 1-70 in eastern Colorado, from Burlington east to Watkins, and 80 miles of the interstate in Kansas, from the Colorado border east to Oakley.
In northwestern Kansas, St. Francis got 10 inches of snow and Goodland got 7 inches with winds up to 60 mph.
"We've had crews out trying to clean off the roads, and it just blows right back," sheriff's dispatcher Anna Peptis said in Colby, where 5 inches of snow fell.
More than 100 students on four buses headed west on I-70 were staying in an armory in Colby, National Guard spokeswoman Joy Moser said.
Recently, we talked with Commerce Board Members about the changes at Commerce Bank, their president, Jerry Samp and their vision for the future of Lawrence.
Dan Simons Has News For Lawrence
Dan Simons believes for a business or a community to thrive, they cannot accept complacency.
Dan may well be the local expert. He and his family have owned the Lawrence Journal World for nearly 105 years.In their tenure,they've watched more than a hundred news publications open and fold in Lawrence. Yet the Journal
"The predominant feeling is that growth is good or at least a must. But people must recognize the consequences of rapid growth."
World under their leadership has grown and diversified.
Dan's lack of complacency is most evident when he's asked about the future growth of Lawrence.
Dan feels Lawrence must continue to build and expand
"Lawrence is on the verge of a potentially huge growth spurt. Construction is up, with heavy expansion south and west. We're beginning to see the benefits of the K-10 Corridor."
in order to prosper. However, he also cautions against uncontrolled expansion.
variances may become issues."
In his view, Lawrence must manage growth through structured planning and guidelines for expansion. "Each day, 5000 cars leave Lawrence to commute to Kansas City and Topeka. Without core jobs and good, quality businesses, we could become a bedroom community. I'm not sure that's where we want to go."
"The predominant feeling is that growth is good or at least a must. But people must recognize the consequences of rapid growth. Water management has already become a problem. Increased taxes, zoning and
"Commerce Bankers are involved in many ways. I know they participate in many local organizations. Jerry Samp, for instance, serves on the United Way Allocations Committee. His involvement helps all of us learn about the needs of this community."
Dan has similar opinions when it comes to the changes banks have brought to Lawrence. "A bank can get lost in change because they see Lawrence as a Monopoly piece. One way for a bank to differentiate itself is through real community involvement. They have to show they're giving something back."
All in all, that sounds like good news for Lawrence.
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