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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-adecade census this January to report 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.
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.
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-Lawrence, 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 reapportioned. That would result in area legislators representing more people in a larger area, he said.
"It treats students as not being here when they really are," Winter said.
Laughs in Clubs
See CENSUS, p. 6, col. 3
Photos by David Gaines
tailored his jokes to the region a little.
While driving to the show, "I got stopped by a Nebraska highway patrolman, which is real scary because I didn't know their tractors went that fast," he said.
"Half of you are laughing," he said. "The other half are saying, The fat boy is going to hell."
Gisser talked about television, sex and feminine hygiene. But his Catholic jokes went over the best.
Scott Russell, El Dorado senior, said that the humor was sometimes X-rated.
"I've been here when it's really hilarious and not that raunchy, and I've been here when it's real bad," he said. "I don't think the raunchy stuff goes over very well."
Bill Cardell, Overland Park senior, said, "You get a few scum bags in here, but most of the time they're all right."
The Gammon's comedy shows are good, he said, but Lawrence can't attract the big name comedians that perform in the Kansas City area.
Mike Sparks, manager at Stanford and Sons Comedy House in the Westport area of Kansas City, Mo., said comedians such as Robin Williams had performed there. Stanford and Sons shows are adult-oriented, too.
"Unless you're pretty tacky around the house, you shouldn't have them (children) in here," he said. The youngest members of their audiences are usually 21 years old, he said. And they are treated no better than at Gammon's.
"now old are you?" asked Roger Rittenhouse, a Denver comedian who opened at Stanford and Sons on a recent Saturday. A member of the audience who was celebrating a birthday said, "21."
"In't that cute?" Rittenhouse said. "Are you going to rent a clown after the show? How about a big piece of chocolate cake?"
Rittenhouse combined jokes about age and sex.
"You know you've got a young gal when you get her back to your place and she just wants to jump on the bed," he said.
Many stand-up comedians use props in their acts, but Rittenhouse's is a little unusual. He doesn't have a left hand. Attached to his left arm is a steel artificial hand that resembles a hook.
Halloween is getting old for him, he said. "I'm sick of being a pirate, every year. I had a Frankenstein mask on and people are still going, 'Hey, look, a pirate.'"
Mike Lindsay, a comedian from South Dakota, followed Rittenhouse at the Comedy Club, which sold out its 295 seats right.
Comedians must use original material, he said.
"If you get a reputation as someone who steals material, you'll have a hard time getting booked, comedians won't want to work with you, and you'll get some bones broken, I hope."
Lindsay did routines about pornography, politics and sex. He even recited a love poem:
The first night of our union Foretold of what would follow We were like two love birds Me a pecker, you a swallow
The audience laughed. That makes his job easier, Lindsay said after the show.
"Their response makes you feel more comfortable and relaxed," he said. "You build a bond. If they're comfortable, you're comfortable, and my gosh, if you're not careful, you can end up having an orgasm on stage.
"I feed off the crowds a lot," he said. "My act is so high energy that if I'm not getting anything in return, it's like, 'Why am I putting this energy out?'"
"That can be risky," de saur
Harry Milkee, the featured co-
ditioner that night also said
audience reaction was important.
Milkee does a lot of comic characters. He sometimes steps off the stage and walks in the audience during his routines.
and going beyond that," he said.
Craig and Diane Storlie of Lincoln, Neb., said they loved Milkee's show. They had wanted to see a comedy show while they were in town. Diane Storlie said.
"It's a nice change of pace, other than sitting around listening to a band. You can think," she said.
tudious during "I like breaking that barrier and going beyond that." be said.
"Comedy across the country is just booming," he said. "If you can't make it in the '80s as a comedian, you should go back to Amway."
Lindsay said that a lot of people were turning to comedy clubs for evening entertainment.
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KANSAN MAGAZINE December 2, 1987
ts Iowa top post
nate October, Iowa released the ten of four potential candidates the university presidency, includ- horowitz. Challoner was added to list of candidates in November the other candidates for the posi nare Nils Hasselmo, provost at University of Arizona at Tucson; nald N. Langenberg, chancellor at University of Illinois-Chicago; Robert Stein, dean of law at theiversity of Minnesota-Minnepo
forowitz said that she was intered in the position because she served her doctorate at Iowa, and liked the thought of returning to alma mater as president.
lam Becker, president of the arch committee, said yesterday it committee members would beiding Horowitz about her leadership persistence, her vision for Iowa and understanding of issues facingidents and faculty.
forowitz has taught at the University of Kansas for the last 26 years, e began in 1961 as a research sociate in the Bureau of Child search. In 1978 she became the st vice chancellor for research, aduate studies and public service. forowitz received a bachelor of s degree from Anti-Terrorism in Yellow Springs, Ohio, e received a master's degree in cation from Goucher College in wson, Md.
iowa is a Big Ten conference hool and has garnered a reputation a major research university in the idwest. Its enrollment this fall was out 29,000.
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