Thursday March 31, 1988
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Vol. 98, No. 124 (USPS 650-640)
Student body leader vows to veto budget amended by Senate Krakow objects for $1,600 for Crew
By Jeff Moberg
By Jeff Moberg Kansan staff writer
Student body president Jason Krakow last night vowed to veto any budget that contained additional money for the KU Crew.
"If this is the only capital expenditure request made, I don't think it's a sound budget and I will veto it," Krakaw said during a special budget session of Student Senate. "It's not consistent."
Senate last night amended the Senate Finance Committee's proposed budget and voted to give KU Crew an additional $1,600 to buy a set of eight oars. The committee's original recommendation called for KU Crew to receive $7,875. Krakow said it would not be fair to other student organizations to give only the crew team money for capital expenses.
Krakow also objected to KU Crew's request for more equipment so soon.
"Obviously, that was not the case," Krakow said. "I thought they would stick to what they said last year with a good faith agreement."
Earlier in the evening, John Cassel, liberal arts senator, made a motion to restore a request from KU Crew that would have used Senate money to buy a four-man shell costing $8,200. This request was denied by the Finance Committee during budget hearings because the committee was hesitant to finance any large expenditure unless it was necessary for a group's survival.
Cissell said that KU Crew deserved the new shell as well as the set of oars.
"They not only bring good times and an education, but they bring recognition to the University," he said.
David Brandt, KU Crew captain,
said that the club needed the new
Glenn Shirtliff, Finance Committee chairman, said that the Senate should not finance the shell because of the cost and because KU Crew needed to plan for future expenditures.
"If this goes through, they are going to walk out of here with one-fourth of the budget," Shrilufte said. "I really have some problem with that."
Roger Templin, Nunemaker senator, noted the amount of money KU Crew had received in the past.
"We do have a fixed amount of money and there will be future requests," Templin said. "The question for this body to decide is whether they want to spend that much on one organization, especially with the large amounts we've spent in the past."
By 10:30 p.m. yesterday, the Senate had approved the bill.
MAHLATHINI, "The Lion Of Soweto" (Earthworks/Virgin)
This album is a surprise, though. Mahlathini has a low-down, nasty voice, like he drank too much absinthe and is going to unleash his fury on the listening public. Go for it!
Faui Simon makes a million dollars swiping native South African music, and we're supposed to thank him for allowing South African acts the chance to score a big Yankee recording contract. Great. So Miriam Makeba, the Barbra Streisand of South Africa, is back in vogue.
VOLCANO SUNS, "Bumper Crop" (Home-stead)
This is the third and best Volcano Suns LP. Nothing here is quite as infectious and sing-along as their best song, "White
Everything in "The Third Man" is strangely captivating, from Anton Karas' Oscar-winning zither score to the tilting camera angles, to Welles' portrayal of the black market kingpin Harry Lime. And a climactic chase scene through the sewers of Vienna rivals any car chase on the screen today.
Keith Carradine and Powers Boote the star as two self-described "weekend warriors" on maneuvers with the Louisiana National Guard. The men are assigned to traverse the bayou using only a compass, a map and their skills. But they quickly tire of the mission and begin looking for ways to stir up trouble.
"Predator" places Arnold Schwarzenegger against an invisible space creature in a Latin American jungle, but "Southern Comfort" pitts nine National Guardsmen against invisible Cajun trappers in the Louisiana bayou. The film was dismissed by critics after its 1981 release as a weak Vietnam allegory. Still, "Southern Comfort" is a well-directed adventure film that features strong performances.
writer of pulp westerns, returns to visit his best friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). But upon his arrival, Holly discovers that Harry has been murdered. He tries to uncover the circumstances of Harry's death from a British Army officer (Trevor Howard), but details are sketchy. So Holly decides to investigate the murder and begins his search by locating a "third man" who someone saw at the murder scene. Holly's search provides him with more answers than he bargained for.
Director Carol Reed orchestrates every element in "The Third Man" as if he had conducted it. This is an example of a film that makes one exclaim, "They don't make 'em like they used to!"
Can't find "Predator"? Try "Southern Comfort."
Elephant," from their second album, "All-Night Lotus Party." Still, all the songs are pretty good, making for a far more pleasurable 45 minutes of listening than "Bright Orange Years" or "All-Night Lotus Party."
"Southern Comfort" is just one of many great action films by director Walter Hill, whose work includes "48 Hrs." and his most recent film, "Extreme Pressure." In "Southern Comfort," as well as in Hill's films "The Warriors" and "The Long Riders", he recounts an almost Homeric odyssey of a group of fighters returning from battle.
Although none of the music approaches the work of drummer and singer Peter Prescott's former band, Mission of Burma, these guys clearly are working. The piano on "Offsprings" adds greatly to the song, as does ex-Suns, current Big Dipper Gary Walek's guest appearance on "The Central." This album shows the Suns' willingness to experiment and grow. Here's looking to their fourth.
john Henderson runs "Time to Develop," Lawrence-based independent record label.
Hill squeeze tension from every element in "Southern Comfort." From the tougher-than-tough acting of Boote and Fred Ward to the murky lighting of the forest, to the twanging steel guitar music of Ry Cooder, this film is intense.
Can't find "Spaceballs"? Try "Dark Star."
Can't find "Spaceballs"? Try "Dark Star." This 1972 science fiction comedy is the first feature-length film by director John Carpenter. And although the laughs come from slapstick and satire than parody, as in Mel Brooks' "Spaceballs," the film is still a funny look at a sometimes too serious genre.
The film tells the story of the four-man crew of the space cruiser Dark Star. The crew's mission is to search out any unstable planets in the space sector and blow them up with robotic bombs. Although the bombs are delighted to explode and serve their purpose for existing, the men aboard the ship are bored and constantly grate on each other's nerves. They roam the船, looking in vain for some distraction. Their wish for excitement is fulfilled when the Dark Star is damaged in an asteroid storm and Bomb 2 concludes that it must explode on board to comply with its programming.
The movie is crudely filmed, and most of the special effects seem homemade by today's standards. But the humor in "Dark Star" lies in Carpenter's screenplay. The frustration the crew experiences while trying to convince Bomb 20 not to explode is funny. Sometimes "Dark Star" drags, but that comes mostly from the desire to see more of Dan O'Bannon as crew member Sergeant Pinback. His performance is professional but undeniably good. Some may recognize O'Bannon as a co-writer of "Alien" and as the writer-director of the hilarious "The Return of the Living Dead."
Those who have seen John Carpenter's suspense films, such as "Hallowen," "Escape From New York," and "The Thing," might be unaware of his flair for humor. And science fiction comedies are hard films to come by. "Dark Star" proves the existence of both.
Kevin Dilmore is an Abilene senior majoring in film studies and journalism. He also is a Kansan staff writer.
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KANSAN MAGAZINE March 30,1988
Alan Lehman/Special to the KANSAN
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observe Land Day
Khalid Najib, president of the group, said that the purpose of the exhibit was to show the American people that Palestinians are a people who are proud of their heritage and customs. Najib's family was forced to leave the West Bank in 1948.
The group also sponsored a demonstration yesterday. Najib said that approximately 40 students participated in a peaceful march from the Kansas Union to Strong Hall and back.
Kansan reporter Kathleen Faddis contributed information to this story.
lans to defy pulpit ban
Treeby said that the national Presbytery might dismiss Swaggart from the denomination if he resumed preaching May 22 but that Swaggart could appeal that.
Juleen Turnage, a spokeswoman for the national office of the Assembles of God in Springfield, Mo., said Swaggart's option to return after three months "does not exist anymore."
"The General Presbytery overwhelmingly and without a dissenting vote affirmed the authority of the Executive Presbytery to make decisions on matters concerning ministerial credentials," she said yesterday.
Although the 13-member Executive Presbytery, which acts as the church board of directors, interrupted its regular bimonthly meeting to watch Treebury's televised news conference, "We don't consider that we've heard from Jimmy Swaggart, because we don't communicate through television news conferences with our disciplined ministers," Turnage said.
The Rev. G. Raymond Carlson, he Assemblies' general superinvented, said Tuesday that if swaggart did not accept its ruling, 'the Executive Presbytery would do doubt take action to dismiss um."
Asked if Swaggart had considered leaving the Assemblies, Freey said, "He is considering his possibility of an appeal.