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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday December 3,1987 Vol.98,No.71
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
Census will alter way of counting city's KU students
By VIRGINIA McGRATH
Staff writer
Staff writer
Kansas will begin its once-a-decade census this January to reposition legislative districts according to population.
A bill passed by the Legislature last session will change the way KU students are counted but will not affect where they are registered to vote.
VOTE:
Under the new law, students who are not permanent residents of the state districts in Lawrence will be counted in the district where their permanent residence is.
"Students should be counted at home unless they have abandoned that residence and established a new permanent legal residence at college," said Frank Ybarra, co-director of public relations for Secretary of State Bill Graves. The census will be conducted by Graves' office.
be conducted by
Beginning Jan. 8, Graves' office
will send cards to every household in
Kansas asking them to list all members of the household and designate those who are college students.
Census workers then will match that information against lists of students given to them by universities to ensure that students aren't counted twice. It also will determine those students who were not registered on one of the cards.
In February, census takers will go door to door in Lawrence and across the state to obtain information from those who have not been counted.
State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Rawrence, said the new way of counting students was a bad idea. Winter said he represented everyone in his district, whether they did or didn't vote for him, whether they were registered voters, residents or neither.
If students were not counted, Winter's senate district and Lawrence area house districts could be re-portioned. That would result in area legislators representing more people in a larger area, he said.
A Girls' Night Out at 'Just A Playhouse'
"It treats students as not being here when they really are," Winter said.
See CENSUS, p. 6, col. 3
Photo by Lisa Jones
Story by Liza Van Mol
Take It All Off!'
Marty "Stoney" Schien receives looks and tips at "Just A Playhouse."
Editor's note: Liza Van Mol, Kansas City, Kan., senior, is a waitress at Just A Playhouse. This article deals with her experiences and the sights of the club.
'Take It Off!
It's 8:05. Two women walk in the door and peek timidly around the corner. The club is already pretty crowded, but they finally see two other women they recognize sitting at a table nearby. They rush over, laughing and shouting hello to their friends.
"It's male burlesque night at "Just A Playhouse," and the club is full of excited women. They've been coming in since 7 p.m. The show was scheduled to start at 8 p.m., and the women are beginning to get impatient. The conversations have gradually become louder and more animated. The louder the women get, the louder the music is turned up.
"Hey, where are the dancers?" one woman shouts to a waitress as she walks by. "We want 'em now!"
want et row flow.
With that request, Vince "The Italian Stallion" Millan, of Kansas City, Mo., comes running onto the dance floor. He's wearing white pleated pants and a white jacket unzipped halfway down his tan chest. As he starts to dance in the middle of the crowd of expectant women, he looks more like the boy next door at a block party than the stereotypical image of a male burlesque dancer.
"The shows are really good if they have good dancers that have rhythm and know how to shake their body," she said. She smiles as she watches Vince smoothly slipping his jacket and pants off. "It takes imagination."
"Basically, we're all clean-cut fellows." Millan said.
Imaat image remains until he starts to strip. The women aren't rushing him, though. Technique is important here. Connie Shull, Lawrence resident, agreed.
tion.
Shull's sister, Maggie, also of Lawrence, wasn't sure what to expect from the show.
"This is my first time; it's still kind of new," she said. "It'll take a couple more beers to get me to tip one. I wouldn't kiss one."
Maggie Shull left her husband at home to baby-sit their three children. The owners of the club, Jim and Leslie Elkins, Lawrence residents, said that was not uncommon.
"it's a night that the gals can come out and let their hair down without having guys around to be embarrassed, Jim Elkins said. "A lot of times husbands and
boyfriends will come out after the show to meet them."
the snow to help her.
Renee Henderson, Berrington resident, said her husband wouldn't actually come out to meet her but he didn't mind that she came.
"My husband knows I don't come to pick up men," she said, "just to have a good time with the girls."
The Elkins started having male burlesque about six years ago. They now have a show the first Thursday of every month, except December and January.
The dancers work for "First Class Males," a male burlesque show company in Kansas City. One of the dancers, Mark Anthony, of Kansas City, Mo., said that the popularity of male burlesque was going strong.
"It was very in vogue for a while to have male dancers at parties for wives and mistresses," he said. "This is a trend of the '80s."
Milan isn't the only dancer here tonight. Two others perform, and they all take turns entertaining the women. They run out onto the dance floor and dance to a song while they strip down to their G-strings. During the next two songs, they舞 from table to table, wherever they see a woman holding up a dollar for a kiss. And it's not a peck on the cheek, either. These women want to get their money's worth.
Lesie Elkins said that many of the women were regulars on male burlesque night. "It's not just watch guys take their clothes off; it's a good, clean, entertaining show. It's a chance for the girls to have a night out and let loose."
All three dancers said tips varied between $50 and $100 a night, depending on how good the crowd and show were. "The amount of tips you make depends on how good a dancer you are and if the crowd digs you or not." Milan said.
Marty "Stoney" Schien of Grandview, Mo., takes the stage after Millan, wearing a cowboy hat, a vest and chaps- and that's all. Marty Ragel, Lawrence resident, watched Stoney intently.
"I come out here to see men's bodies, "Over a night, I probably tip them five dollars if they're good for it. Sometimes I kiss them, but usually I just hug them a little or pat them in just the right spots." Ragel said while
Stoney saw the dollar Rugel was waving and headed for her table. A waitress had to step quickly to get out of the line of action. The waitresses have to watch their step on burlesque nights because when the dancers are nearby, the customers have eyes for only one thing. And remembering how to order a beer and being understandable doing it can be difficult for the customers while the dancers are on the floor.
waving a dollar.
"Imiam Mark" Anthony was the third dancer to take the stage, with ZZ Top's "Sharp-dressed Man" playing. Two women at a nearby table stood up and looked at each other. "Ready!" one asked "Ready!" the other answered. They ran onto the dance floor and hugged Anthony, smothering him in kisses. The look on Anthony's face told them they had gone back to their table too soon.
"I started stripping because I
Throughout the show, the women slowly edged closer and closer to the dance floor. Rows of women were sitting or standing along the banisters around the dance floor when Anthony danced to "The Stripper," and they were chanting, "Take it off! Take it off!"
worked for a bank and got bored,
so I answered an ad in the
paper," Anthony said. "The first
time I worked, I got my clothes
torn off. I felt like an hors d'oeuvre.
But I love it. I've always been
kind of a hot dog. It helps to have
an extroverted, positive personality."
For the grand finale, all of the dancers came onto the dance floor together and had the women join them to dance to "Rock Steady" and "The Bird." The dancers were lucky to stay on their feet the way the women mobbed them.
best party table. The disk jockey announced the name of each dancer as they pranced around the dance floor. The women went crazy, and the dancers looked for the loudest, wildest tables. Each dancer picked a favorite, and then the three tables competed to see which group could make the most noise for its dancer.
After the show was over, some of the women started to leave. Maggie Schull shouted to a waitress as she walked by, "I did it! I tucked a dollar into one! I'm going home to my husband and kids now. He'll probably pat me on the back and say, 'Good for you!' when I tell him what I did."
As soon as the women calmed down, the dance floor was cleared for a contest to judge the
While some of the women filed out, the men that had been waiting at the door started filing in. They all clustered together in small groups, looking around wide-eyed as if they were trying to figure out just what was going on in "Just A Playhouse" before they got in.
its Iowa top post
The other candidates for the position are Nils Hasslemo, provost at the University of Arizona at Tucson; Jonald N. Langenberg, chancellor at the University of Illinois-Chicago; and Robert Stein, dean of law at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis.
In late October, Iowa released the names of four potential candidates or the university presidency, including Horowitz. Challoner was added to the list of candidates in November.
Sam Becker, president of theearch committee, said yesterdayhat committee members would beasking Horowitz about her leadershipexperience, her vision for Iowa andher understanding of issues facingstudents and faculty.
Horowitz received a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She received a master's degree in education from Goucher College in Towson, Md.
Iowa is a Big Ten conference school and has garnered a reputation as a major research university in the Midwest. Its enrollment this fall was about 29,000.
Horowitz has taught at the University of Kansas for the last 26 years. she began in 1961 as a research associate in the Bureau of Child Research. In 1978 she became the first vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service.
Horowitz said that she was interested in the position because she received her doctorate at Iowa, and she liked the thought of returning to ter alma mater as president.
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off-campus senator, speaks in
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