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KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA, KS 66622
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104.NO.107
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1995
(USPS 650-640)
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Valerie Crow / KANSAN
Paul Raphel, Overland Park sophomore, left, and David Spehar, Lenexa sophomore, perform in Phi Delta Theta and Delta Gamma's production of "Home is Where the Heap Is," as part of Rock Chalk Revue.
Rock Chalk shines at Lied Center
Revue donates money, time to United Way
By Ian Ritter
Kansan staff writer
For the dozens of actors, choreographers, set designers, directors and production crew members who devoted the past three months to the 46th annual Rock Chalk Revue, it was all worth it.
The show, which raised $40,000 for the Douglas County United Way, played Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at the Lied Center.
Randy Weinstein, Skokie, Ill., sophomore, stood backstage after a Friday night performance with a drawn-on goatse and black coloring in his hair. Weinstein, a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, said the applause from the crowd and the rush of being onstage made the experience memorable.
"It's such a rush that if you could package it or bottle it, you wouldn't have to do drugs," he said.
Weinstein said that to preserve his voice last week, he gobbled cough drops — two every hour. He also constantly drank water and slept with a humidifier.
Weinstein played a janitor named Charlie Sparks in the performance of "Bug Bytes," performed by Alpha Epsilon Pi and the Alpha Gamma
Rock Chalk Revue
Deltasorority
For Ward Cook, Mission Hills freshman and member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, working on the show was fulfilling.
"These are friendships that will go on for the rest of my college career," Cook said.
He played Ed Traction, the bald owner of a trash dump, in "Home Is Where the Heap is," performed by Delta Gamma and Phi Delta Theta.
Cook has been balding since the seventh grade and was a perfect fit for the part, he said.
Cook, who drew ink tattoos on his arms for the part, including one that read "Mom," said he constantly watched The Nashville Network, a country music channel, to prepare for the part.
"My desire to act overcame my stereotype of trying to be someone else," Cook said, explaining that once he started acting, he realized that it was more than pretending to be someone else.
Cook had not acted before playing Ed Traction. He said that he had to practice for three months to prepare for the part.
Jennifer Hasty, Lenexa junior and member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority, said she tried to get the audience to
react to her performance. Hasty won best supporting actress for her performance as a glitter-covered dancer in "Disco In Orbit," performed by Pi Beta Phi and the Sigma Nu fraternity.
"It becomes a contest to see if you can get them to react and to see if they're alive out there," she said.
But to get that reaction, Rock Chalk actors had to put in many hours honoring their performances.
"It's not that the practices were long, it's just that they were every night," Hasty said.
The telephones of Rock Chalk participants also put in overtime.
Liby Swed, executive director of the show, said the phone at her house rang off the hook for many days in a row.
"My answering machine just blinks constantly now," the Lawrence junior said.
Another pressure that participants dealt with was the fear of being fined by Swed if they showed up late to practice. But everyone followed the rules this year, she said.
"It's kind of funny because you get three people in the cereal aisle singing along to Muzak," she said.
Jennifer Hasty put senior citizen coupons on grocery store products.
Participants also had to perform community service along with their Rock Chalk duties.
"Fines are probably the least of everyone's worries," she said.
Ward Cook said that he painted houses.
And the winner is...
The 1995 Rock Chalk Revue raised $40,000 and completed 19,302 hours of community service for the Douglas County United Way. But students and student groups also received awards on Saturday:
"I had a blast doing it," he said.
BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES
best actor: Trey Hohman, Sigma Nu,
"Disco In Orbit"
Actress: Ashleigh de la Torre, Pi Beta Phi,
"Disco In Orbit" and Jennifer Johnson,
Kappa Alpha Theta, "And the Envelope
Please."
Supporting Supporter: Brian MacDonald, Sigma Nu. "Disco in Orbit"
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hasty, PI Beta Phi, "Disco In Orbit"
Best Show: Delta Upsilon/Kappa Alpha Theta and the Envelope Please
Production Number: Sigma Nu/PI Beta Phi. "Disco In Orbit"
Use Of Music: Sigma Nu/PI Beta Phi,
"Disco In Obit."
**Costumes:** Phi Delta Theta/Delta Gamma, "Home is Where the Heap Is"
**Use of Sets:** Phi Delta Theta/Delta Gamma, "Home is Where the Heap Is"
**Most charitable students** (ticket sellers)
Kari Keating, Kappa Kappa Gamma
Jennifer Sander, Kappa Kappa Gamma
Michael Konen, Sigma Ipsilon
**Most Charitable Sorority/Fraternity** (community service hours)
Chi Omega/Lamda Chi Alpha
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
KANSAN
Bryan Young, Lawrence senior, helps Ryan Waberstroh, a high school junior from De Soto, balance weights on top of a bridge made out of popicle sticks.
Engineering Expo draws area students Student event celebrates National Engineers' Week
By Robert Allen
Kansan staff writer
On Friday, engineering students replaced lectures with contests for the 1995 Engineering Expo, a showcase of exhibits and events that celebrated last week's National Engineers Week.
More than 1,000 people attended the Expo, which was designed to educate people about the engineering profession, said Katrina Stullen, Topeka junior and president of the Engineering Student Council.
Students from regional elementary, junior high and high school attended and competed in the contests alongside KU students.
In the egg glider contest, students designed gliders to carry an egg for 30 feet without dropping or breaking the egg. Stullken said.
"Over the past several years, we've had towers that held 200 pounds." Stullker said.
In the tower contest, students built towers out of index cards and Elmer's glue. Each tower's strength was tested by stacking weights on it.
Other contests included building a mousetrap-powered airplane and building a Rube Goldberg, or an elaborate contraption that performs a simple function. This year, the Rube Goldbergs had to sound a buzzer. The more steps involved in the Rube Goldberg, the better. An example of a Rube Goldberg is the children's board game, Mousetrap.
More high school students than KU students competed in the Expo, said Hsin-Fu Wu, Wilmette, Ill., senior and vice president of the Engineering Student Council.
"College students are pretty much busy with homework," he said. "There's not a lot of time to devote to a mousetran-nowered airplane."
Friday afternoon was topped off by the Mr. Engineer contest, sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers. The contest was a pageant of sorts, with male engineering students competing in several areas: talent, boxer shorts and ties, business suits, and geek factor.
This year's Mr. Engineer is Brian Peters, Wichita senior.
The No.1 Kansas basketball team's 88-69 victory against No.14 Missouri puts the Jayhawks one half game ahead of Oklahoma State in the Big Eight Conference.The two meet Sunday.
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Two KU students charged in check scam
The Secret Service says that the two were in a group of nine who tried to cash counterfeit mutual-funds checks at Kansas City, Mo., banks.
By Teresa Veazey
Two KU students appeared in federal court on Friday in Kansas City, Mo., on charges of attempting to cash counterfeit mutual-fund checks at two Kansas City, Mt. banks,
Kansan staff writer
Chin Eng Yap, Lawrence junior, was arrested Thursday on a federal warrant and held for the Secret Service at the Douglas County jail, Lawrence police said.
King Yung Lee, Lawrence freshman, also was held by the Secret Service. The service did not release the date of his detainment.
Yap and Lee face one charge each of possessing and attempting to cash counterfeit checks, said Chris Whitley, public affairs officer for the service's Kansas City, Mo., office. They were released Friday afternoon on bond.
Whitley said the two were part of a group of nine defendants, each of whom is charged with trying to pass a counterfeit check. Of the defendants, only Yap and Lee are KU students.
Six of the nine defendants have been arrested and have made court appearances, Whitley said. The remaining three are at large.
Affidavits made by Secret Service agents detailed Yap's and Lee's alleged involvement in the counterfeit-check scam, Whitley said.
On October 20, 1994, a teller at United Missouri Bank in Kansas City, Mo., said Lee had come to her window and had presented her with a Nuveen-Tax-Free mutual-funds check. He showed the teller a Kansas driver's license with his name and picture. The teller became suspicious of Lee's request and called bank security officers, who detained him. A Secret Service agent arrived and spoke with Lee, Whitley said.
According to the agent's affidavit, another person offered Lee 20 percent of the check's amount in return for cashing it.
You also tried to cash a counterfeit check
under the same circumstances, Whitley said
Yap went into a different branch of the United Missouri Bank that same day and attempted to cash a Nuveen-Tax-Free mutual-funds check, Whitely said. The teller called bank security officers, who detained Yap for Secret, Service agents.
According to an agent's affidavit, Yap told him that he was offered 20 percent of the check's amount in return for cashing the check. Yap also told the agents that he had cashed eight checks on Oct. 18 for which he received almost $1,000.
No dates of future court appearances for the two have been set at this time, Whitley said.
The amounts of the counterfeit checks were not revealed in the affidavit, Whitley said. Agents do not know if Lee and Yap know each other or anyone else involved in the scam.
Lee declined to comment about the incident. Yan could not be reached for comment.