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Kansas sophomore guards Jerod Haase and Jacque Vaughn complement each other on the court. Page 1B
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Candidates for the Lawrence City Commission squared off in debate yesterday. Page 7A High 58° Low 28° Weather: Page 2A.
THE UNIVED FAMILY KARJSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104.NO.105
THURSDAY,FEBRUARY 23,1995
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Edmee Rodriguez / KANSAN
Actors from Delta Gamma and Phi Delta Theta practice "Home is Where the Heap is" in preparation for tonight's presentation of Rock Chalk Revue.
Rock Chalk Revue will open tonight
By Ian Ritter Kansan staff writer
Men wore strange makeup, people dressed as pieces of garbage and acapella singers strolled around the Lied Center Tuesday night, practicing for this year's Rock Chalk Revue.
Rock Chalk Revue, the highest grossing philanthropy on campus, will take place at 7:30 tonight, Friday and Saturday at the Lied Center.
This year's show, "Caught In the Act," will feature five short musicals presented by 10 fraternities and sororites.
"Bug Bytes" will be performed by Alpha
Gamma Delta and Alpha Epsilon Pi.
"Bug Bytes" brings together super heroes, janitors and a computer virus.
The story takes place in Headquarters where super heroes do their mingling.
Dana Hess, a director of "Bytes," plays the virus.
A group of power-seeking janitors who work at the headquarters engage in battle with a ladybug computer virus inside a super computer
"She wants to take over the computer," Hess said of her character. "She's very demoral."
"..And the Envelope Please" will be performed by Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Upsilon.
Rock Chalk Revue
"It's about a guy who is on
director of the musical.
Rock Chalk Revue
"A Hair Erasing Experience' is about a quaint little factory, a shampoo factory, that is taken over by a maniacal bald guy," said Steve Davis, a
**Where:** The Lied Center
**When:** 7:30 tonight, Friday and Saturday.
the way to his wedding, and his car breaks down in a small town," said Stephanie Childs, director of "Envelope." "The only way to get to his wedding is to enter a beauty pageant."
et prices: Tonight, $8.
Friday, $10.
Saturday, $15.
Director Sara Rose plays a bald character named Scarlet No'Hara.
"We were just trying to come up with an idea that hadn't been done in the past." Childs said
The stage set for "Hair" will contain brightly painted plastic pipes and a huge tanker of shampoo.
"Home Is Where the Heap Is" will be per-formed by Delta Gamma and Phi Delta Theta
"A Hair Erasing Experience" will be performed by Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
"Basically, she kind of sets up the evil forces entrance," she said. "She's really kind of evil, a strange bird."
Tickets are available at the Lied Center box office and the Student Union Activities box office in the Kansas Union. All proceeds from the event go to the Douglas County United Way.
The character enters the Miss Pigskin Pageant in drag and competes against women.
Different articles of garbage will be trying to save the dump from a takeover by an evil business woman who wants to build an outlet mall.
Manan Bleck, a director, plays a thrown away baseball trophy that lives in a trash dump.
KANSAN
The takeover becomes a concern after the owner of the dump accidentally signs over some papers to the woman and is tricked into thinking that she will help him save the dump from financial failure.
and Sigma Nu.
"Disco In Orbit" will
In her quest for fame, de la Torre's character tries to obtain a pair of leg warmers called the golden groove tubes so that she can dance as well as the Martians.
"Basically these Martians are dancing maniacs," said Ashleigh de la Torre, a director who
The story is set in space, featuring the crash of a vessel on a strange planet containing life.
A band that features drums, bass, saxophone, flute, guitar and keyboards will play the music for all of the performances.
Between the musicals, students will be performing different singing acts.
8:1, an acappella group, will perform and will also sing in the lobby before the show.
Lisa Perry/KANSAN
Les Cattin, KU pilot, checks his instrument panel in preparation for a flight to Great Bend. KU's two planes are kept at the Lawrence Municipal Airport and average two flights per day.
JAYHAWKS TAKE TO THE SKY
KU'S AIRPLANES FLY THEM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY FOR FREE
By Paul Todd
Kansan staff writer
At 3:45 p.m. yesterday, a1977 King Air turbo-prop jet with a Jayhawk painted on the tail took off from the Lawrence Municipal Airport for Great Bend.
On board were two students and some members of the Alumni
The passengers didn't get any in-night peanuts, but they didn't have to fly to fly either. The University picked up the tab.
The University of Kansas' two airplanes, the seven-seat King Air and a six-seat 1984 Cessna twin engine,飞 professors, administrators, coaches and students around the Midwest for everything from athlete recruitment to medical conferences.
But flying KU's friendly skies does not come cheap for the University.
In the 1994-95 budget, $191,738 was set aside to pay for pilots' salaries, fuel and upkeep for the two planes.
Callumn and Steven Hanna, two of the pilots, are paid about $30,000 each from the Lawrence campus budget. Bob Custer, the chief pilot, is paid by the University of Kansas Medical
The planes' supplies and expenses cost about $109,120.
Cattin, who has flown the University's planes for 11 years, said the Med Center used the red-and-white striped Cessna — also adorned with a Jayhawk — to fly doctors and nurses to see patients and to conferences.
The King Air is shared by the Lawrence campus and the Med Center, he said.
The King Air flies
administrators, deans and alumni to conferences and meetings at other Big Eight universities and elsewhere.
The planes also fly coaches and assistants to see KU's future star athletes. However, the destinations are kept secret because of recruiting esionage.
"If we a coach the week before last, 'Catlin said. 'But we're not supposed to tell where we take coaches because they are usually on recruiting trips, and they don't want to let other schools know where they're looking."
Linda Speicher, who is in charge of scheduling flights, said the planes could be reserved by filling out a form at the business affairs office.
are about the
The planes are kept in a dark yellow hangar at the airport, which is about one mile east of North Second Street. About two flights leave the runway each day. The pilots fly on rotation.
The planes are by no means Air Force One and Two, Catlin said.
size of a
"The King Air seats a pilot and usually about six passengers," he said. "Both planes are about the size of a mini van, and about that comfortable."
minivan and about that
Les Catlin pilot for University airplane
comfortable."
Les Catlin,
KU pilot,
climbs into
one of the
University's
two planes,
a 1977 King
Air turbo-prop.
jet.
Lisa Perry / KANSAN
Warm winter is a blessing for KU workers
Lack of snow this winter
saves facilities operations both time and money. Workers are able to work on other jobs.
By Brian Vandervillet
Kansan staff writer
In 1993, the KU campus was blanketed by snow and ice for much of the winter. Facilities operations workers put in long hours battling to keep the roads and sidewalks safe.
But not this year, said Lonnie Welsh, assistant director of construction. Sand, salt and overtime hours have not been needed much during a winter with mid-February temperatures in the 70s.
"This year has been much milder than usual," said Welsh, whose tanned face and polarized glasses have been darkened by a bright sky.
On average, facilities operations spends about $10,000 a year in overtime and expenses for snow and ice removal. Welsh said.
During the long, cold winter two years ago, more than $30,000 was spent to keep the campus roads and sidewalks safe. An independent contractor had to be hired to help with the task.
"Weather-wise and budget-wise it has been pretty nice."
Mike Richardson director of facilities operations
But the snow deficit has not created a time surplus. Welsh said.
"We've always got plenty of work to do in the winter but not enough time to do it," he said. "We've been able to work on other jobs more."
So far this season, Welsh said, only about $1,000 had been spent for snow removal and few overtime hours had been necessary. The campus has been treated with sand, salt and calcium chloride only five times this winter.
Those other jobs have included sidewalk repair, landscaping and construction of new access ramps for disabled persons, said Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations.
Steve Green, finance officer for facilities operations, said that until the end of the year, it would be difficult to determine savings. There could, however, be extra money to buy new equipment.
"Weather-wise and budget-wise, it has been nice." Richardson said.
"It's not really as much savings as it has been cost avoidance," Green said. "We don't actually budget for projects like that."
In past winters, when overtime hours were needed, facilities operations had imposed hiring freezes to meet budget constraints, Green said.
For Wayne Reusch, physical plant supervisor, the mild winter has been a blessing. In the past, he often has worked long nights in freezing temperatures supervising snow and ice removal.
"Snow removal is hard on everybody," he said
"As you get older, the cold weather gets to you."
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