University Daily Kansan / Monday, January 25, 1988
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Britt York, Salina junior, ponders a question during the College Quiz Bowl. The competition took place Saturday at the Kansas Union.
Trivia rules
KU quiz bowl champs get chance to win regional tourney title
By Stacy Foster
Kansan staff writer
Don't let their name fool you. The Apathetics do care about something. On Saturday they won KU's double
On Saturday they won KU's double elimination college quiz bowl tournament
communication college at Boyd University. They will advance to the regional quiz bowl tournament Feb. 26-27 at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Okla.
Brent Ellerts, Hutchinson junior and team captain, said he was glad his team won the game.
"I formed the team when I was a freshman, but we had never won. We got close last year when we took second." Ellerts said.
The other team members are Brian Leslie, Hutchinson junior, Laura Lorson, Olathe junior and Frank Partnoy, Overland Park junior.
Lorson said she was looking forward to the regional tournament.
"I've never even been to Oklahoma," she said.
Scott Daniel, Lenexa graduate student,
said he had played a lot of Trivial Pursuit
and thought the college quiz bowl would be
interesting. He did it for fun and never
thought his team, the Ex-Mamasons, would
win in the championship match
Saturday.
This is the 12th year for KU's quiz bowl tournament. The Association of College Unions-International sponsors the tournament nationally, and Student Union Activities and Lambda Sigma, sophomore honor society, sponsored the campus tournament.
"We did nothing to prepare. I was really suprised we went as far as we did. We only had three players. Two of us are science majors, and we didn't have anyone that
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We did nothing to prepare. I was really suprised we went as far as we did. We only had three players. Two of us are science majors, and we didn't have anyone that was in history or humanities.'
- Scott Daniel
- Scott Daniel
Lenexa graduate student
was in history or humanities," Daniel said
The other two team members for the Ex-maniacs were Don Payne, Haysville senior, and Pracheta Mukherjee, Kanpur, India, graduate student.
Nineteen teams competed in two 7-minute halves. Questions covered such topics as sports, literature, history, science, religion and philosophy.
There were a few questions on movies. For example, one question asked the city settings for the movies Dragnet, Flashdance and the Untouchables. Answer: Los Angeles, Pittsburg and Chicago.
Gene Wee, SUA advisor, said that the competition was usually relaxed and fun, but that there were times when a participant protested a decision. The Lambda Sigma protest committee was set to hear complaints, but no decisions were appealed.
SUA will sponsor the team's trip to Oklahoma. Regional winners advance in the spring to the national competition in Orlando, Fla. Walt Disney World sponsors teams at the national tournament.
Legislative reports presented
Kansan staff writer
By Brenda Finnell
Because legislative decisions greatly affect campus personnel and students, the University of Kansas is offering weekly updates for people who want to keep informed about what is happening in the Statehouse.
"Issues develop overnight," said Jon Josserand, assistant for government relations at KU. "This is a good communication link."
At the Saturday updates, which began two weeks ago. University officials who work with legislative issues review the week's activities and preview the next week's schedule.
The meetings will cover both Regents and non-Regents topics. A question and answer period will follow each meeting.
Josserand said the meetings would continue for the remainder of the legislative session.
At Saturday's briefing, Josserand
talk about 25 people that meetings
between legislators and students lobbying for the Margin of Excellence were the week's highlight.
Josserand predicted that this would be a slow week in the Legislature. Tax reform and AIDS issues will receive the most attention, he said.
He said that Stanley Kopik, executive director of the Board of Regents, would present a Regents budget overview Wednesday to the House Appropriations Committee.
Josserman said the beginning of each legislative session traditionally was slower than the latter part of the session. He also said legislators' preliminary comments about higher education had been positive.
"We'll have to wait and find out," he said.
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, said she strongly supported the meetings.
important they be current on all relevant issues," he said.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig said the legislative update meetings were organized because faculty and staff in Statehouse are interested in Statehouse activities.
"The chancellor has a strong commitment to giving people information on a timely basis," she said. "Everyone will be affected by the outcome of the legislative session."
Jane Hutchinson, director of the KU chapter of the Associated Students of Kansas, said she was optimistic about the legislative session and pleased by the interest students had in legislative issues.
"They want to be helpful, but it is
"I think there is a lot we can do." she said.
The legislative updates will help faculty, staff and students work together to improve the financial condition of the University, Hutchinson said.
The next legislative update will be at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Kansas Union Pine Room.
Change in University policy would restrict logo use by student and non-profit groups
The University of Kansas is considering policy changes that could restrict the use of its logo, seal, name or other identifying marks by student groups and non-profit organizations.
Currently, campus or non-profit organizations can use KU emblems without paying a royalty fee to the University.
Mike Reid, KU licensing director,
said that an option the University
By a Kansan reporter
Organizations would have to submit a sample or design of a product to the University's licensing agent, and then enterprises Inc., for approval, he said.
was considering would require student organizations to be license in
Last year the University made $40,000 in licensing royalties, Reid said. That money went into scholarship funds.
A decision on the policy probably won't be made until July 1, Reid said. Chancellor Gene A. Budg would make the final decision about licensing changes.
"The policy could mean more money for scholarships." he said.
"We're looking into licensing at a lot of other schools right now," Reid said.
The University has not taken formal action on any plan yet.
Jane Krueger, center, Shawnee, has her wrist measured by Danielte Knownton, Lawrence. Krueger and her twin sister, Judy Marleen, right, Mission, were at KU's first Twin Fair on Saturday.
Twins share histories at fair
By Christine Martin
Kansan staff writer
Thirty sets of twins from Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska participated in KU's first Twin Fair on Saturday at Robinson Gymnastium.
The Midwest Twin Register, which sponsored the Twin Fair, was started this year in order to compile medical histories and other data from twins, said Michael Crawford, professor of anthropology and director of the register.
Researchers use the data collected from twins to study which medical conditions, such as migraine headaches and scoliosis, are caused by genetics or environment. Researchers also may be investigating identical or similar genetic factors.
up a self-selected regional sample of twins in Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska and eventually to obtain a list of all the twins born in Kansas in the last 50 years, Crawford said.
So far, the register has a list of 450 sets of twins. Crawford said he hoped to get a list of 6,000 to 10,000 sets of twins.
The twin register's goals are to set
The Midwest Twin Register is holding another Twin Fair on Feb. 13, Crawford said. Interested twins may contact the department of anthropology to make an appointment. There is no fee.
Researchers from the departments of anthropology, psychology, human development and family life, and music education and music therapy took part in collecting various data from the twins.
On Saturday, the twins were asked to list their general medical history, give finger and palm prints, give a recording of their voices and have their pictures taken. They also were given blood sample tests, had their blood pressures taken, had measurements taken of their faces, heads, arms, legs, hands, shoulders and backs, took a musical aptitude test and went through a fitness clinic.
Crawford said that there was no problem in getting twins to partici-
"Twins are unique people," he said. "They want to know everything they can about themselves."
Crawford said that twins were born one out of every 100 births.
THE
BLACK STUDENT UNION
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
JANUARY, 25,1988 at 6:30 p.m.
JAYHAWK ROOM KANSAS UNION
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