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Tuesday, February 24, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
No place like home
The Kansas Jayhaws have found out what Dorothy has known for a long time — there is no place like home.
The Jayhawks tied the Oklahoma Sooners for the Big Eight Conference home court winning streak of 48 games when the Jayhawks whipped Kansas State 84-67 Thursday.
The fans also deserve a lot of the credit. The cheering and stomping of one sell-out crowd after another has made Allen Field House a horror chamber for opponents.
The streak is impressive considering the parity in college basketball today. Upsets are not as uncommon today, yet Kansas has continued to knock off one opponent after another, since Oklahoma beat
the jayhawks 92-82 in over time Feb. 22, 1984. Since then, Kansas has had three consecutive undefeated seasons in the field house.
Another thing that is impressive of the streak that is Kansas is a young team. When Kansas lost Ron Kellogg, Calvin Thompson and Greg Dreiling, there was talk that the streak would come to an end this season. But 15 opponents, including the fifth-ranked Temple Owls, couldn't end it.
Next season, Kansas can set the record in its first game and extend the longest home court winning streak in Division I basketball, which is just another one of the many honors Jayhawk basketball has brought to the University.
Stop financing losers
Congress finally may be coming to the realization that the only real victories the Nicaraguan rebels have won in the last few years have been in the fight for U.S. aid.
army.
The flood of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to the rebels has been controversial, to say the least, from the very beginning. But with growing public resentment of the unaccountability of money that went to the contras from arms deals with Iran, accusations of human rights violations by contra forces, and rebel leadership in disarray, Congress soon may be putting the brakes on the gravy train.
Recently, two members of the three-man directorate of the United Nicaraguan Opposition, which represents opposition to the Sandinista government, threatened to resign in a dispute with the third member. But last week, that third member, Adolfo Calero, beat them to the punch when he announced his resignation. Calero will remain the leader of a 10,000-member rebel
In light of this, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 11-9 to cut off assistance to the contras, including $40 million of the $100 million in aid approved by Congress last year.
The contras have gained no ground in their fight to overthrow the Nicaraguan government. If anything, the Nicaraguan government is stronger politically and militarily today than at any previous time.
It is time that the U.S. government realize that the way to better relations in Latin America is not by wasting millions of dollars in aid on a rebel force that even backers admit ultimately will fail. We must channel as much energy, time, money and concern into trying to get along with the Nicaraguan government as we have trying to tear it down. In that way we have the possibility of positive results and can hold our heads up high in the international community.
A test of honesty
If you live in Topeka,you have a 50/50 chance of being an honest person.
These results supposedly indicate that about 50 percent of Topekans are honest. The news team compared these results with similar tests done
This discovery recently was uncovered on Channel 49's nightly news. The news program put Topekans to an honesty test last week by dropping 12 wallets with $20 and a phone number in various parts of the city. The station filmed the people who picked up the wallets and waited for a phone call from the finders.
Six people phoned to return the wallets to their "rightful owners" and were guaranteed a news spot to explain why they returned the wallets. Of course, all those who returned them did it because "whoever they belonged to probably wanted them back."
in New York and San Francisco. In both these cities, six out of 12 wallets were returned. By this we can infer that people living on the east and west coasts are equally honest as those in the Midwest. Because some of the baited people were city workers and some were workers in private firms, we can infer that regardless of where one works, there's an equal likelihood of being honest.
But do we need the news to discover this? On any other day with 12 other people the results could have been the return of all 12 wallets. Would this indicate that Topekans are in general honest folk and it's OK for them to leave their front doors unlocked?
Unnecessary generalizations based on a small sample of individuals are not very reliable nor very newsworthy when "put to the test."
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Greek university life anything but dull
I was traveling in Greece last summer when I decided to visit a university to see how much it differed from KU. I hired a guide to show me around the campus. His name was George Padapoulous.
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George said the tour of the university would take about two days and told me the best place to stay during my visit. "Try the Grecodome. It has an indoor pool."
So, the Grecodome it was
We strolled down the main avenue of campus and made our way down the mountainside. Near the foot of the building, several large and ornate buildings.
George picked me up early the first day. We looked at the many pleasant statues, fountains and gardens on campus. He showed me the stadium where the university team always was beaten.
"What are those buildings?" I asked.
"I'm afraid that they're not very skilled." he said.
"That is where some of our students live," George replied. "They are a rather curious lot. I am certain they know much about our students such as these in your country."
"Don't be too sure, George," I said, thinking of some of the weirdos I had encountered during the past four years.
"Surely there are none such as these?" George asked, while pointing to a group of four men. "They wear a uniform that never changes.
"They wear baseball hats everywhere, even indoors. They attire themselves in pants that come only on the knee and are in hideous colors."
"Yes, it is true. See? All of them wear it," George said. "Also, they wear the sailing shoes but with no socks. They never go skiing, though."
"This is a uniform?" I asked, incredulous.
"For a time I thought they were sailors, for they also wear the collar of an old ship."
I saw that this also was true. "Tell me more about these men." I said.
"Certainly, it is a hobby of mine to them," he replied beaming broadly.
"They could live in the apartments in town, but instead they choose to live in huge groups and surrender their privacy." George explained.
"Can anyone live in these buildings?"
"All except the Norwegian students — their skin is so white! It makes no difference, because the Norwegians have a building of their own."
"In some of these large buildings, the men sleep all in one room." George said, getting back to the subject.
"That must be tough if one of them wanted to entertain friends or even a young lady." I said, and winked at someone seemed to have an eye for the ladies.
"Yes, that is true," he said. "I have observed that these men prefer a certain type of women. Their women, first of all, must come from those large buildings over there," he said, pointing to another collection of large and orate structures.
"Yes, that is also true. Many of
what have you call, the alloy
wheels."
"They seem attracted to the women with the largest hair ribbons and who have as many shoes as Imela Marcos."
"I notice that the parking lots behind these buildings are filled with very nice cars." I said.
"Yes, it appears that they do." I replied.
"At any rate, the better the car a
man has, the larger a hair ribbon he can get."
"What do these guys do for fun?" I asked.
"They attend social functions that are set up by the leaders of the building. Most often it is with the women of that building," he said, pointing to one of the largest structures.
"Many of the men have plenty of money that is provided by their aathers. If they must work, it is usually as a bartender. They cannot work in a restaurant because that is eeneah them."
"What do they do with this money?" I asked.
"Some of it they spend in all-they can-eat restaurants, and some of it they give to charities. They raise money for one charity each year."
To what organization do the men of this building give their money?" I ask.
"I have been told that they are raising money to send underprivileged debutantes to cheerleading camp."
"That is generous, I have one last question. What do you call these buildings? Do they have a special name?"
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"Yes," George said. "They are called 'fraternity.'"
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Explaining theme
We are women, daughters, sisters, students and members of the Sigma Delta Tau sorority.
We sent out valentines to our friends and ate heart-shaped cookies on Valentine's Day.
In response to Celia R. Hooper, who commented about our Valentine's day ad in the Feb. 18 issue of the Kansan, we would like to explain exactly what the theme of the party was.
The point of this theme was to have fun on Valentine's Day by using the suspense of not knowing your date was going to be. The party proved to be a big success. This same idea also has been used in residence halls with the title
Each of the sisters in the sorority was given another sister's name to set her up with a date for evening. The girls did not know who their dates were going to be, so she "screwed" by going with someone they would not normally choose to be with.
"Screw Your Roommate."
We suggest that Ms. Hooper look into what the theme of the party is before she jumps to conclusions about the WOMEN in the sorority.
Amy Rodenberg, president
Sigma Delta Tau
Joelie Goldman, vice president
Sigma Delta Tau
The editorial chastised the Student Senate for appropriating $24,000 to support the KU Crew's purchase of two, eight-person shells. The implicit issue raised is: Who should control participation in collegiate sports, students or paid staff?
Address the issue
On Feb. 17, an editorial titled "A Ridiculous Request" appeared in the Kansan, and though pecuniary in focus, raises serious issues concerning the role of athletics at the University of Kansas.
Crew is a student-run sport, with the students raising all of their own operating funds. It is these students who then hire the coach
who works directly for them, not the University or the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation. Crew at KU is open to all students, independent of age, sex, ability or financial status, and yet the KU team has national caliber teams which have gained national recognition.
Remember, non-revenue sports are appropriated 30 times the per-student funding requested by the crew. With the crew numbering three, it has two-thirds the participation, and the non-revenue sports combined.
Rather than criticizing a helping hand to the student-run crew, the Kansan needs to address the appropriateness of student funds being used to the proposed tune of *Mary Had a Little Christmas* select few athletes at a University dedicated to providing a quality, liberal education to all Kansans.
The KU Crew team runs an athletic program in keeping with the best traditions of the student-athlete, and one central to the concept of the liberal education which KU strives to provide.
The Kansan seems to have things a bit backwards.
Steven P. Hamburg
Assistant professor
Systemics and ecology
A big power trip?
Is Brandy Stanton enjoying his power trip? Last week Stanton veted the KU Crew's finance bill." Stanton is not the fellow student we selected to make decisions in our interests. He has risen above the students and their Senate to become the lord who doles out allowances from our money.
The Kansas Crew is a unique organization. Any student can join and expect to compete on the field, in sports and in schools. All it takes is hard work.
More than two-thirds of the Senate supported the team in sending the bill to Stanton. These senators need to stand up and voice the student support for the Crew.
Kurt Kraus Hays senior
BLOOM COUNTY
by Berke Breathed