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University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 1, 1988
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Goal of fund drive is new mascot suits
By Joel Zeff
Kansan staff writer
Debi Moore slipped the worn and tattered Baby Jay costume on for Sunday's KU basketball game and almost cried.
"In 1975, I wore the Baby Jay costume. It was a very special time for me." Moore said. "I put the suit on and noticed the palm of the hands were worn through, the tail was falling off, the chest was caving in and the boots were worn through. I about cried."
Before and after the game in Pontiac, Mich., Moore recruited State Sen. Wint Winter, R-Lawrence, and Emerson Hazlett, the director of the KU Center for Economic Education, to help with the fund-raising.
Moore, director of small business and community affairs for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, decided that something had to be done about the condition of the KU mascot costumes.
Hazlett approached people before the game, and Moore and Winter raised funds at an aftergame celebration at a local bar.
"It was a very spontaneous thing," Hazlett said. "I approached I knew in the
euphoria of the moment. Everyone was feeling good and excited."
Moore said that she had raised almost $2,400 and that to purchase two professionally made suits would cost about $5,000. Donations ranged from $5 to $100.
Donations can be made through the Chamber of Commerce or through a fund set up at the Kansas University Endowment Association.
"I was happy to be pressed into service," Winter said. "At the bar, Deli had me yelling 'Buy Hawks, not beer!' to everyone."
Moore said she received donations even from K-State people during the excitement.
"All the people who gave, no matter how much their donation, know that they had helped a special cause," Moore said.
Bill Sheeby, Leavenworth senior and captain of the KMusco team, said Moore accomplished more than she realized.
"We've been trying to raise money for two years for the mascots and have hit a dead end everywhere we've gone." Sheehy said. "For her to raise that kind of money in a day is phenomenal."
Festivities planned for fans Alumni Association sponsoring several events
The University of Kansas Alumni Association has set up some festivities Saturday for KU alumni, students and fans to cheer on the Jaya-hawks when the team plays Duke in the Final Four.
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The Alumni Association will sponsor two functions at the Marriott Plaza Hotel, 4445 Main St., in Kansas City. Mo., and has designated other bars throughout the Kansas City area as sites for KU fans to watch the game.
On Saturday, alumni can attend a party at the Mariotti from 1 to 3 p.m in the Grand Ballroom. There will be $d$ o'neurves, a cash bar and a pep rally with the KU Spirit Squad and Band.
Reservations are required because space is limited to 750 people. The cost is $15 a person.
Reservations can be made through the Alumni Association office or the Alumni Association table Friday in the lobby of the Marriott from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Mike Davis, coordinator of membership development for the Alumni Association, said half of the snacks at the event had already been filled.
There also will be a function for alumni, students and fans starting at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in Marriott's Reunion Bar. The bar, which will be renamed the Jayhawk Bar and Grill during the Final Four, will have a cash bar, a pep rally with the KU Spirit Squad and seven televisions for fans to watch the game. No registration is required, but there is a space limitation of 500 people. There will be no cover charge.
People who want to see the game and want to be in a Jayhawk-friendly environment - that will be available Saturday.'
Clyde Guinn
general manager, Marriott Plaza Hotel
Clyde Guinn, general manager of the Marriott, said the bar would be a great place for Kansas fans to watch the game.
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"People who want to see the game and want to be in a Jayhawk-friendly environment — that will be available Saturday." Guinn said.
be available separately at the Mariotti, the Alumni Association has selected other places in the area for KU fans to watch the game.
They recommended ranso shs The Lone Star, 4117 Mill St.
- Kelly's Westport Inn, 500 Westport Road.
* Fred P. Oft's Bar and Grill, at both 4770 J.C.
Nichols Parkway and the AT&T Pavilion, 1111
Main St.
Man St.
Tanner's, at both 12906 W. 87th Parkway in Lenexa and 10146 W. 119 St. in the Highland Plaza Shopping Center in Overland Park.
Many of the bars are bracing for crowds of KU fans to come and watch the game Saturday.
"We fill up every weekend," said Mark Weber, manager of Kelly's Westport inn. "We expect a lot at Christmas."
Heather Warren, manager of the Lone Star
said, "I think it's going to get pretty crazy around here."
If KU defeats Duke, the festivities at the Marriott will be repeated on Monday. The Grand Ballroom will be open for alumni from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and the Reunion Bar will be open for alumni, students and fans beginning at 5 p.m.
Two other local organizations have planned activities of their own.
The Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Drive, will sponsor a congratulatory scroll telegram to be delivered tomorrow to Kansas coach Larry Brown and members of his team. The telegram will be delivered to Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. It will be set up in the front lobby of the Holidome today.
The cost to sign the telegraph is $1 a person. The fee will be used to pay the cost of the telegram; any money left over will be donated to the Kansas basketball program.
Also, at 5 p.m. today, KJHK will have a KU basketball call called "KU's Road to City City." The show will take a comprehensive look at the Jayhawks and how they made it to the final Four. The program will include a guest appearance by former Kansas forward Ron Kellogg, live reports from Kemper Arena and Westport, and a look at tomorrow's Kansas-Duke match.
Clayton Reid, assistant sports director at KJHK, will be the program's host.
Kansan sportswriters Elaine Sung and Keith Stroker contributed information to this story.
A closer look Mark Porter KANSAN
Left: Marjorie Kleinberg, Los Angeles resident, looks at a print in the Innovators of American Illustration exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art. The exhibit may be seen during normal museum hours until May 29. Two of the artists featured in the show will speak at the museum this month. Barbara Nessim will speak at 7 p.m. April 11 in the Spencer Auditorium, and Tom Allen will speak at 2 p.m. April 24 in the museum's White Gallery. Above: "Reagan in Trouble," by Robert Grossman.
Ukrainians produce unique Easter eggs
By James Buckman
Kansan staff writer
With a fine-tipped instrument and wax, dyes of many colors and, of course, an egg, the people of the Ukraine create Easter eggs unmatched throughout the world.
Some of those eggs, along with Ukrainian embroideries, are currently on display at Watson Library. The display is part of a personal collection of Michael Palij, retired Slavic bibliographer at the University of Kansas.
Unlike typical eggs painted for Easter in the United States, the Ukrainian eggs, called "pysanka," from a verb meaning "to write," are tiny marvels. On common, grade-A eggs, the craftsmans have created artistic masterpieces.
Paliq said the designs were written on the egg with a fine-painted stylus that had been
dipped in melted wax. The egg is then dipped in the various dyes, going from lightest to darkest, to create the final product.
Each new generation in the Ukraine worked for greater perfection, beauty and intricacy in its eggs, he said.
"They put into their eggs like a painter does his painting, or a composer his music," Pali said.
Almost everyone in the Ukraine, a rich agricultural region much like Kansas, paints eggs. Before Christianity came to the region, the eggs symbolized the passing into spring. When Christianity was introduced in 998 A.D., the eggs became a symbol of the rebirth of life, of the resurrection of Christ.
The tradition of the pysanka has spread to other countries, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Slovakia.
I have never seen such beautiful eggs as the Ukrainians are painting. Nobody achieves the perfection of the Ukrainians.'
Michael Paunj retired Slavic bibliographer
and the United States, for example.
But the Ukrainians, with their designs.
colors and detail, remain the masters of their creations.
"I have never seen such beautiful eggs as the Ukrainians are painting," said Palij. "Nobody achieves the perfection of the Ukrainians."
One of the magical features of the Ukrainian eggs is that the people who make them resist the temptation to make the eggs for
profit even though they probably could make a lot of money from them.
Palij said Ukrainian families continued to paint Easter eggs for one reason.
they love to do it," he said. "It is dedication and tradition. It is not a business." "It is for Easter, so they take pleasure in giving them to friends and family."
Palij said that the Ukrainian style of egg painting had become popular in the United States. He has purchased many of his eggs in New York City and Minneapolis, though all of his eggs are of Ukraineian style.
The difference in painters' traditions was reflected in the eggs, Paljían了。Ukrainian eggs have more detail than most other styles and usually have either geometric designs or floral and animated designs, depending on the region of the country the eggs come from.
Prairie Room opening is set for Monday
Rv Donna Stokes
Kansan staff writer
The Prairie Room, a sit-down dining room and the last of the new food service areas on level 3 of the Kansas Union, will open for business Monday.
The Prairie Room seats about 100 people, and an adjoining room, the Sunset Room, can be reserved for private dining.
Also beginning Monday, the Hawk's Nest will be open until 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
"We've been trying for that for a long time," said Bob Richeson, manager of food services at the Union. "Students have shown an interest, and we want to have something available later in the evening."
Current hours for the food service area will be
- On Saturday, Inion Square will be open from 8 a.m. to 23 p.m., the Hawk's Nest will be open from 2:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., and the Prairie Room will be closed.
■ Monday through Friday, Union Square will be open 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Hawk's Nest will be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., and the Prairie Room will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On Sunday, the Hawk's Nest will be the only food area open, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Richeson said that an official grand opening for the entire food service area might be planned for a future date but that no definite plans had been made.
"We're still making minor changes," he said. "We still need to resolve all the issues that arise."
"Overall, we have been very,very pleased with the way everything is working.Most of it has worked extremely well."
Specials involving 50-percent-off coupons and free-drink coupons still are being accepted, he said.
"We really do appreciate how patient students have been with us," Richeson said. "We're hoping to cut down on the amount of time spent waiting in line. Just hang in there, and we'll get it straightened out."
About 4,000 to 4,500 people go through the registers a day. he said.
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