Kansan Summer Weekly/Wednesday, June 24, 1987
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Local Briefs
Local Rotarians select women club members
The Lawrence Rotary Club for the first time has nominated four women to join the club
The women nominated were: State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence; Sandra Praeger, city commissioner and former Lawrence mayor; Nancy Longhurst, manager of Eldridge Hotel; and Sandra Shaw, executive director of the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.
Branson said the Lawrence Rotarians were "forward-thinking" in admitting women before they were legally obligated to do. John Hill Jr., president of the Lawrence club, said Rotary officials thought women would be canable members.
After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upheld a California law preventing Rotary International from disbanding local clubs that admitted women, regional Rotary officials said they were certain Kansas law would allow women to join the club.
The four women will join the club officially July 2 if the club's board of directors receives no objections.
Escape artist visits Lawrence this week
Escape artist Mario Manzini will perform in Lawrence this week.
Manzini will attempt to defy death by leaping into the Elks Club swimming pool while heavily shackled and handcuffed.
The performance will take place at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Lawrence Elks Club swimming pool, 3705 Clinton Parkway.
Admission is free to see the escape attempt.
Manzini said he would attempt to break his Guinness Book of World Records underwater escape.
Manzini will also perform his two-hour stage show, "Mario Manzini's Chamber of Mysteries," at 7 p.m. on Monday at Hoch Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for children and can be purchased at the door.
Public can view stars Fridays at Lindley Hall
Throughout the summer, the Astronomy Associates of Lawrence will continue to have public telescope observing sessions on clear Friday nights.
This Friday the program will begin at 8:30 p.m. in 412 Lindley Hall with a slide show called "Enjoying the Summer Constellations" July 3 and July 10, the observing sessions will be at 11 p.m. on Broken Arrow Park, 31st and Louisiana.
All other sessions will be from 9 to 10:30 p.m. at the Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory, 500 Lindley Hall.
If the weather is unfavorable on any Friday night, people may call 864-3186 for information.
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Campus and Area
Lawrence area snags third movie in 5 years
By CAROLINE REDDICK
Art. editoe
Another movie crew will be rolling into Lawrence soon.
The Lawrence area will be the site for the production of the film, Kansas, scheduled to begin July 29.
Arts editor
Kansas will be the third movie produced by the Lawrence area in the last decade.
Art Seidel, unit production manager of the film, said the movie was a contemporary story of two bank robbers, played by Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy, who hide from the law in a small Kansas town.
"It's an American tragedy and a lo-er model said. It's a very well-written piece."
"The film is about Kansas life, and it seemed that the locations and atmosphere of the Lawrence area were appropriate for the story." Litto said. "We're trying to make a statement about the uniqueness and beauty of the Midwest.
George Litto, producer of the film, said the Lawrence area was chosen for several reasons.
"The Lawrence area is also very convenient to a major airport, which is always a big consideration," he said.
Seidel said most of the film would be shot outside Lawrence but some scenes involving municipal buildings might be done in Lawrence.
Lawrence," Seidel said. "It's more like Baldwin City or Valley Falls, towns of that size. One of the towns the director likes a lot is Valley Falls."
"The town they're in is not like
The production company, Trans World Entertainment, of Los Angeles, still is negotiating to shoot scenes in area towns and farms, he said. The company headquarters is in Lawrence and will remain here for the duration of filming.
Auditions for most of the roles will be held in a couple of weeks in Lawrence. Seidel said the movie had 50 speaking roles, and about 42 of those would be cast with people from the Kansas City and Lawrence area. The movie will also have crowd
scenes with more than 500 people.
"For the large crowd scenes, we're hoping we could invite people down to participate and then invite them to lunch," he said.
"We would like to do the film for under $10 million, which is a relatively low budget. One way we hope to do it is to hire local help wherever we can."
Judy Billings, director of the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau, said her office estimated that the film would bring about $2 million into the Lawrence area.
"Anytime you have a project of this size in a community, it's bound to have some impact," she said.
"We work really hard with production companies to make sure that everything runs smoothly for them and for local residents. Anytime you do a project of this nature, it takes a lot of effort on everyone's part."
"It's just going to be wonderful,
but the more movies we have,
the better."
Jack Wright, professor of theater and media arts and artistic director for University Theatre, said he thought the movie would benefit the community.
The Day After and Nice Girls Don't Explode were the first two movies filmed here.
France is still hot spot for study abroad
Bv CARLA PATINO
Billings said another movie, Spring Chicken, may be produced in the lawrence area soon.
Staff writer
STUDENTS ABROAD
France has remained, for the last three summers, the favorite study abroad program of KU students.
Laura Rauch, Kansas City, Kan senior, went to Paris last summer. She said her trip gave her a good perspective of another language and different cultural values.
"It was one of the best things I could do," she said. "As soon as I graduate, I'm planning to do some more travelled."
KANSAS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GOING
ABROAD FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS
Norris Lacy, chairman of the department of French and Italian, said some students go to France for cultural reasons, others to finish their language requirements and the rest to have fun, as well as to study.
1985 1986 1987
FRANCE 36 26 35
GERMANY 16 22 31
GREAT BRITAIN 28 16 26
TALIA 23 8 13
MEXICO 18 15 12
SPAIN 27 19 26
Lacy said more students went abroad this summer than last summer.
The foreign language departments are not the only ones to offer study abroad programs. The departments
"Last summer there was everything from riots in Paris to the Chernobyl incident," he said. "This summer, the number of students is back up. It usually ranges from 35 to 40."
Janis Perkins, adviser of the study abroad program, said her office works closely with the different departments that offer summer language, art, business and humanities-oriented programs in other countries.
of design, history, art history, English and the School of Business also have programs abroad available for students, Perkins said.
The study abroad office's main purpose is to arrange U.S. students' trips abroad and to bring foreign students to KU through an exchange program, she said.
Richard Stewart/Kansan Graphic
Usually 75 percent of the students in the summer program are KU students, she said, while 25 percent are students from other universities. The study abroad program is a nationally advertised program.
To help students pay for the programs, summer scholarships are provided by the departments of French and Italian, Germanic languages and literatures and design.
But Perkins said it wasn't easy to help in the summer from the final round.
available through financial aid for summer." Perkins said. "I suppose the federal government thinks students work during summer."
"There is not a lot of money
She said the study abroad office also has a summer scholarship fund available for students who can prove they need help. The fund provided about $16,000 this summer. she said.
"It was fantastic. The money is nothing for the experience you get," she said. "It was worth taking the loan.
Marienne L. Schaefer, Lenexa
senior, who studied in Paris last
summer, said she received a guaranteed
student loan to pay for the trim.
"Students have the opportunity to live in other countries, see the difference in the academic system and increase their awareness of what is going on in the world."
Ramona Medina, Lawrence graduate student, said she enjoyed the time
she spent in Spain last summer taking Spanish literature classes.
"I learned the need to try and communicate with other people," she said.
Although France has been the country with the highest number of students the last three years, Germany experienced a considerable increase of students this summer.
Last summer, 31 students went to Germany; this summer 43 went, study abroad figures show.
Donald Watkins, chairman of the department of Germanic languages and literatures, said that this summer the number of students increased because the terrorism scare did not influence students' participation in the program.
David Shulenburger, associate dean of business, said the school offered a summer program in Manchester, England, in 1984, 1985 and 1987.
Watkins said several thousand dollars a year are available in scholarship and prize money at the German department. He said these money awards are based on students' merits.
He said international marketing and finance courses were offered.
"The University of Manchester has the advantage of having a similar program to KU's," he said. "The faculty members are specialized in international business. England has a much more open economy than the United States."
By KRISTEN HAYS
Staff writer
Kassebaum stresses need for education
Commission approves BID plans
After more than two years of rigorous debate, the Lawrence city commissioners last night approved a movement District, with an $44.81 billion grant.
Keith Robison/KANSAN
Staff writer
Bv KFITH RORISON
The BID will assess downtown businesses to pay for its downtown promotions, administrative salaries and maintenance expenses.
years in remarkable fashion.
One of the most important parts of education is learning to appreciate and tolerate the views of others. Sen, Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., said Saturday night at the 1987 Kappa Alpha Theta sorority leadership conference.
Hannes Zacharias, city management analyst, said money would start being collected in January 1988.
"If indeed we learn nothing else, it should be to respect others' views," she said.
U. S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum speaks to members of the Kappa Alpha Theta Leadership Conference at Oliver Hall. Kassebaum addressed the conference Saturday night.
Commissioners Schumm, Praeger,
Constance and Rundle voted to approve the BID, but Mayor Mike Amyx opposed it. He said administering the BID would be too expensive.
Kassebaum spoke in Oliver Hall to more than 600 women from 112 colleges in the United States and Canada. The conference, titled "Nobler Womanhood: A Lifelong Journey," began Thursday and ended Sunday.
Constitution had been thinking of education when they wrote the document.
Kassebaum, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978, also spoke of her constituents' reactions to her voting record.
"I think it's particularly fitting, at this particular academic excellence gathering, that this is the year of celebration of the 200th anniversary of our Constitution, because in many ways what that celebration means to me is a recognition of the importance of education."
Kassebaum said one of the United States' most important goals was to support education.
"Education teaches how to understand nuances and ambiguities. Most issues aren't black and white. They're, unfortunately, a sort of muddy gray."
Kassebaum said the authors of the
"We talk about competitiveness, about the role of the United States in the future. Are we losing out to other nations around the world? If we are not to lose our standing in the world, it will be because we recognize the importance of education," she said.
"We need to put a lid on the amount of spending, and administration spending is too high. If they would lower the budget by $47,000, I'd vote for it," he said.
She said she had received "bitter mail" after she voted for contra aid in the last legislative session.
"The founding fathers were dedicated to understanding themselves, education, political philosophy," she said. "They wrote for us a flexible document that allows us to expand and differ and debate throughout the
Ellis R. Hayden, representing the merchants of Quarrill's Flea Markets in Joshshsshire St., said the BID would take his independence as a businessman.
"Do you vote the way your constituents feel, or do you vote your own judgment?" she asked. "I think you should vote for your constituents and for your feelings."
Going into politics, she said, “is really a willingness to be involved and to care about the issues and one’s role in particular, particularly have a respect for people.”
She said that U.S. debate about aid to the contras would not achieve democracy in Central America.
'If they would lower the budget by $47,000, I'd vote for it.'
"I it's important to get involved, and I encourage us to examine all sides," she said.
"What is important is how we can help countries in Central America develop economic independence. It takes time and patience to cultivate the right atmosphere in which a democracy can flourish.
Kassebuah was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, 1433 Tennessee St., when she attended KU in the early 1950s. She graduated from KU in 1952 with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Lawrence Mayor
-Mike Amyx Lawrence Mayor
"Taxes are going up, and how much more can a billfold stand? When there comes a time when I can't rent or lease a building and pay rising taxes without paying something like this, what's happening in America?" he asked.
Ron Johnson, member of the BID advisory board, said the BID would be a viable entity for the community, with downtown businesses willing to pay for services downtown.
But Eugene Riling, a lawyer whose office is at 808 Massachusetts St., said he thought the downtown area's maintenance was already adequately provided by government services
Mike Vieux, member of the BID advisory board, said, "We are independent business people, and the BID is a chance for us to help ourselves.
"Don't think of the administration; it's a business like a lawyer or a barber, and it provides a service."
Commissioner Sandra Praeger said, "We do have a healthy downtown, and rather than letting it run down before using the BID, we should use it now. It's a service, coordination for getting people to work together."
In other business, a $1,042,000 bid for the construction of Hola Recreation Center was unanimously approved. McPherson Contractors of Topeka submitted the lowest bid out of five contracting companies, including two in Lawrence.
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