Friday, Jan. 24, 1986
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Date set for hearing on murder charges
The date for the preliminary hearing for the man charged with first-degree murder and felony theft in connection with the death of a KU professor was set yesterday in Douglas County District Court.
Eugene Avis Jr., Kansas City, Mo., is accused of killing George V. Hixson, professor of interior design. Hixson was found dead in his apartment on Dec. 2.
Associate District Judge Jean Shepherd set bond for Avis at $50,000 after hearing arguments from District Attorney Jim Flory. The preliminary hearing for Avis will be at 3 p.m., on Feb. 3.
Tree trimmer dies
Shepherd appointed Milton Allen Jr. to represent Avis.
A Tonganoxie man died Wednesday afternoon after touching a power line. Lawrence police said
Leroy Campbell, 50, was trimming tree limbs for the KPL Gas Service Co. when he brushed against a nearby power line. He received 7,200 volts of electricity and fell 35 feet. Campbell was rushed to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and died shortly after arrival.
Journalist to speak
A South African journalist who was exiled for his opposition to apartheid will speak at 8 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Donald Woods, the journalist,
will speak on "Aparthad and the Titanic."
The speech is sponsored by the University Lecture Series and is part of a University effort to promote an understanding of apartheid. There is no admission fee.
ETs to be pursued
Frank D. Drake, dean of the division of natural sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will give a lecture Monday night on "The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligent Life."
Paul Goodman/KANSAN
The speech will be at 8 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom and is free and open to the public.
The speech is part of the KU Astronomy Centennial Series and the University of Kansas Spencer Lecture Series.
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For questions or complaints, ask for Michael Totty, editor, or Lauretta McMillen, managing editor.
For sports, ask for Dave Giles,
sports editor. For photographs,
ask for Brice Waddill, photo
editor.
For advertising questions, call the Kansas business office at 864-4358.
Today will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain, which could change to wet snow in the afternoon. The high will be in the low 40s with southerly winds from 15 to 25 mph. Tonight will be cloudy with a 40 percent chance of wet snow and a low in the mid-20s. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow and a high in the low to mid-30s.
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Aqua-aerobics build body Splashy start for wet class
Debbie Roberts, out of pool, leads a class in aqua-aerobics at Robinson Center. Roberts, assistant director of recreational services, was teaching the class last night. The class meets every Tuesday and Thursday night.
By Grant W. Butler
Staff writer
They jog in place, lift their knees to their elbows, stretch, and do all the exercises one might expect an aerobics class to do — except they work out in a swimming pool.
The idea that aerobics in a pool is exercise for the weak is wrong, Debbie Roberts, assistant director of recreational services, said yesterday. Aqua-aerobics can challenge anybody.
Roberts instructs an aqua-aerobics class that meets in Robinson Center. There were 28 people at her first session last night.
The non-credit course is open to students and faculty, and will meet for the next six weeks on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 p.m.
Because of the good showing last night, Roberts said she would offer a second class at 6:45 p.m.
She said she had expected only about 20 people and was encouraged by the attendance.
Phyllis Lewis, Wichita senior, said she was taking the course because she had done aqua-aerobics before and enjoined it.
"I's a lot like regular aerobics," she said, but I think it is a little harder because you have resistance from the water. It's like working out with weights because you have to work against the water, not just air."
Joe Gress, Seneca, Kan., graduate student, said he felt awkward because he was the only man in the class, but he said he had a good time.
"I was curious what it would be like," he said. "It was a good stretch, and the exercise was really fun."
Aqua-aerobics is an ideal exercise for people with problems in their joints from activities such as running. Roberts said.
"You can get a good workout," she said. "It might not seem as painful as other types of exercise, and it's good because you don't even have to know how to swim."
Most of the exercises will be done in the shallow part of the pool, Roberts said. If people can swim, they also can tread water to improve their heart rates.
"It can increase your muscle tone and strength, your aerobic conditioning, your heart rate, and it's not hard on your body because the water supports you." she said.
Aqua- aerobics also is good for someone who is just starting an exercise program, or for someone who likes exercise, but doesn't want to sweat, she said.
'Even though you do sweat in a pool, you don't notice it,' and you don't get as hot because of the
water." she said.
Gary Kempf, head swimming coach, said swimming was a good form of exercise because more of the body's muscles were used.
"Swimming gives you more of a workout overall with your body than with any other sport," he said. "It gives you a good cardiovascular workout, and it strengthens your upper and lower body. It's a good strength producing exercise."
Roberts said she first heard about aqua-aerobics about five years ago and became interested in it as a way
"Hopefully we can convince some people here that a pool can be used for more than just laps," she said. "Lap swimming is pretty popular here, but there's more that you can do in the pool."
to use pools for something other than swimming laps.
She said aerobic activities, both in and out of the water, were fun because they could be done in a group. Aerobics is ideal for people who need group support to keep up with their exercise.
People in the United States need to have more exercise, she said. They should have at least three 30-minute workouts a week.
Group OKs extension on classified research
By Abbie Jones Staff writer
The Faculty Council yesterday approved a controversial proposal to extend to three years the amount of time that some research methods and results be kept classified.
The Faculty Senate now must vote on the plan by mail ballot in the next week before it goes before Chancellor Gene A. Budig for final approval.
The University's current policy allows research to be classified for one year.
Proponents of the plan had said the increased time allowed for classification would attract more research projects to KU.
"If it passes, it will give our faculty somewhat more flexibility," said Frances Horowitz, vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service.
Carolyn Cross, director of research support and grants administration, said the three-year period would accommodate agencies which might require that the research results remain classified while they use the information for product development
Opponents said the proposal conflicted with the University's ideals of
'It treats the pursuit of knowledge and dissemination of knowledge as a private good. The University is committed to the idea of knowledge as a public good and not a classified commodity.'
— Arthur Skidmore
Associate professor of
philosophy
free and open discussion
Arthur Skidmore, associate professor of philosophy, said, "It treats the pursuit of knowledge and dissemination of knowledge as a private good. The University is committed to the idea of knowledge as a public good."
Commission bars rezoning of Jayhawk Cafe property
By Brian Kaberline
Staff writer
According to the Lawrence's zoning laws, they're right.
Many KU students would agree that the Jayhawk Cape, 1340 Ohio St., is a one-of-a-kind establishment that could never be replaced.
Ken Wallace, who operates the tavern commonly known as the Hawk, and the building's owners, John and Eugenia Emick, unsuccessfully petitioned the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission to designate the northeast corner of 14th and Ohio streets as a residential commercial zone on Wednesday.
The motion was denied by a 7-2 vote, with Commissioners John Scheirman and Mary Prewitt opposed to the denial.
The Hawk is now in a residential-dormitory zone, which normally would prevent the establishment of a tavern. It is allowed to remain because it was in business before the zoning laws for the area went into effect.
Paul Bahnmaier, chairman of the planning commission, said that under the current zoning designation, if the building was destroyed, no
other business could be put in the location.
The proposed change in the zoning to C-1, inner-neighborhood commercial, would have allowed the owners to begin some kind of business other than a tavern.
Wallace said he was just trying to protect his investment.
He was not angered by the denial, he said, and might attempt to have the Hawk rezoned at a later date. Meanwhile, Wallace said no changes were planned concerning the Hawk.
"It's just business as usual," he said.
Bahmaier said he voted against the change because the Hawk's status would not change and he saw no need for any other commercial districts in the area.
Trudy Rice, planning commissioner, said she opposed the plan because of the parking problem in the neighborhood and because it did not agree with the city's comprehensive plan for the future.
The city's plan, she said, calls for the area to remain a high-density residential zone.
Partial tax exemption bill reviewed for alumni center
Staff writer
By Frank Ybarra
A measure to allow Douglas County to partially exempt the Adams Alumni Center from paying taxes is under consideration, said Rep. Jessie Branson. D-Lawrence.
Branson said the Lawrence legislative delegation would consider introducing a bill to the House and Senate if the State Board of Tax Appeals didn't reverse a decision made in September that required the center to be put on Douglas County tax rolls.
The board ruled that because the association's membership was not restricted to alumni, it was not a true alumni association and could not be tax-exempt.
The members of the delegation are Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence; Rep. Betty Jo Charlton, D-Dlawrence; Rep. John Solbach, D-Dlawrence and Branson.
"We don't intend to push for action right away," Branson said.
begun to draw up a bill that would ask that the part of the center used for educational and charitable purposes be declared tax-exempt.
The center, 1266 Oread Ave., is used for meetings, conventions, and providing visitation alumni with a place to stay. It also has a private club.
Winter, who would introduce the bill to the Senate, said the delegation would not decide on what action to take until the bill had been written
Smoot said the center should be completely exempt because it, like the tax-exempt Kansas Union, was used for educational as well as commercial purposes.
Fred Weaver, chairman of the tax appeals board, said the decision concerning the center's tax-exempt status would not be made for two or three weeks.
Brad Smooth, attorney for the Alumni Association, said he wasn't sure a partial exemption would be legal.
"It' an option that we want to look at." Winter said.
Branson said the delegation had
Open-mike night a success
Restaurant harvests area stars
Pop-artist Andy Warhol once said that in the future, everyone will get to be a star for 15 minutes. For musicians and poets at the Harvest's open-mike night, the future is here.
Von Shroeder, the owner of the Harvest, 745 New Hampshire St., said she was very enthusiastic about her restaurant's open-mike night. She described it as a mecca for Lawrence folk singers.
"I love it," she said. "When I looked at the restaurant, my first evening was spent at the open-mike, and that kind of helped me make the decision to buy (the Harvest)."
Rv. James Larson
A bearded young man ambled to the stage area with his guitar. He said he thought he'd just drop by and play a few songs. He played and sang, filling the cobblestone-floored room with the "urban-
Special to the Kansan
He was followed by two more men who played mandolins, banjos, guitars and fiddles. Open-mike night was in full swing.
But not everyone conforms to this non-conformist atmosphere.
"That was a medley of 'Fool for a Cigarette' and 'Feeling Good'," he said, and waded through the applause to his seat.
John Andrews is 38 years old and has a bachelor's degree in voice from KU. He has performed in operas on campus and has auditioned for the Chicago Lyric Opera six times.
"I feel like I get a little closer each time," he said.
Andrews was dressed in a suit and tie and had his shor. hair combed back, much different from the beards and blue jeans favored by the other performers.
He started his tape machine.
folk" sounds the listeners came to hear.
"There used to be a good folk scene in Lawrence back in the early 70s, but it dwindled out," he said. "So I talked to Jeff Morrow (owner of the Harvest at the time) about an open-mike. It started April 1, and we hope to keep it going."
Friedman said he wanted a restaurant atmosphere to encourage people who don't ordinarily attend open-mike and jam sessions.
"We were in smoky barrooms," he said, "but many people don't like bars.
Rick Friedman, a KU law student and songwriter, originated the open-mike as a way to revive the local folk-music scene. *
His song was followed by wild applause.
the Sanctuary
turned to the audience and sang:
"A peppermint for you. A peanut
for me! A heart, that's made of
choc'late candy!"
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