THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 101, No. 116
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY, MARCH 25; 1991
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'Hawk fans go wild for Roy's Boys
Thousands greet team at Forbes and field house
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By S. J. Bailey Kansan staff writer
Nearly 14,000 Jayhawk fans were dancing to the Field House Rock on Saturday night as they waited for the Kansas men's basketball team to return from its triumphant weekend in Charlotte, N.C.
An estimated 5,000 fans mobbed Forbes Field in Topeka when the Jayhawks' chartered plane touched back home in the Sunflower场.
The eager crowd then sped back to Allen Field House to await the arri-
tance.
About 11:30 p.m. Jayhawk Time, the team marched through the tunnel and made its way to center court, and mass hysteria erupted through the waves of Kansas (ans). As hundreds of fans rushed the team at center court, a voice boomed through the loudspeakers, scolding.
"This is exactly what we told you
not to do. It is exactly what Roy
wil not to do. The Jayhawks do not
wil not to do.
It was minutes before the crowd quieted enough to let the players spin.
"Dick Vitale said we wouldn't beat Indiana, and we beat them by 20," a euphoric Adonis Jordan shouted to the crowd. "Then we were down to Arkansas by 12 and we beat them by now we're going to the Final Four."
"There are a lot of things we like to keep in the family that we don't tell the press." Williams said. "But I'm going to let you on a secret. Before the game, I told the team it wasn't going to be 40 minutes of hell — it was going to be 80 because we were gonna be there too."
Coach Roy Williams told the Allen crazies once again that the field house was the best arena in the country.
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Jayhawk victory fosters frenzy for Final Four shirts
We're in!
By Lara Gold
Kansan staff writer
Paul Herpich waited for more than a half hour for a T-shirt with the "Ar" slashed out of Arkansas.
Kansan staff write
"This shirt is a little extra special," said Heriph, Lawrence sophomore. "They had already beaten four of us last night. We were the first to beat them.
Larry Liber, Lawrence resident,
bought Final Four T-shirts for his
wife, his brother-in-law and himself.
"I didn't think we had a chance."
Heriph was one of about 700 people who were in and out of Jayhawk Spirit, 935 Massachusetts St., yesterday, buying Final Four and KU memorabilia following the men's basketball team's 93-81 win against Arkansas on Saturday for a berth in the NCAA Final Four tournament.
"I didn't think we had a chance," he said referring to the Final Four.
Christina Shirel, Jayhawk Spirit employee, said people had been in line for the 'Arkansas' T-shirts all day.
Around Lawrence, other retailers were experiencing the same sort of
The store estimated it sold more than 1,000 T-shirts yesterday.
"We are bringing them down every five to 10 minutes," she said.
Tom Wilkerson, owner of Jayhawk Spirit, said the store had been packed since it opened at 8:30 a.m. yesterday.
The store usually opens at noon on Sunday.
"There have been a million phone calls today to see if we are open," he
People also were buying KU sweatshirts, hats, pencils, post-cards, sweatpants, pompons and more.
Coach Roy Williams raises his fists in victory Saturday as the 'Hawks secure a spot in the Final Four.
response to KU's victory
many paragary, supervisor of gifts and clothing at the KU Bookstore in the Kansas Union, said the bookstore had been busy all day.
Patrick Turner, co-owner of Prairie Graphics, 2317 Ponderosa St., said yesterday that the store had sold more than 2,000 T-shirts since Saturdays.
"We got in 172 shirts," she said.
"We've probably sold about 100 of them."
Prairie Graphics had outdoor Tairn stands at 9th and 11th, 23rd and Naismith, 23rd and Haskell, and 23rd and Alabama streets, he said.
She said the store would stay open later if customers were still there.
Muggy said yesterday that the store had sold more than 150 Final Four T-shirts since it opened.
"The second the game was over we started printing," Turner said.
"People are buying everything and anything that has Kansas on it," she said.
"Anything that is associated with Kansas and anything associated with basketball is selling," he said.
Bill Muggy, manager of the Jay hawk Bookstore, agreed.
Kansas will face North Carolina, and Duke will battle UNLV in the semifinals beginning at 4:40 p.m. Saturday.
NCAA Roundup
Fans crowd in front of Wescoe Hall and celebrate the win.
Ticket Distribution
Information on who is eligible to receive Final Four tickets and how and where to get them.
See Page 8.
Jubilant KU fans familiar to police
By Mike L. Vargas
Kansan staff writer
Local authorities expected the swarm of fans on Jayhawk Boulevard, where beer-drinking, bottle-rocket dodging and shinnying up street light posts were part of Saturday's campus celebration.
The celebration was a result of the Jayhawks' 93-81 victory against the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday, which placed the KU men's basketball team in the NCAA Final Four tournament.
Local authorities were better prepared for jubilant fans this year than they were in 1988, said James Denney, KU police director.
In 1988, when the Jayhawks headed to and eventually won the Final Four, KU police had to deal with medical emergencies that occurred during campus celebrations, Denney said. During Saturday's campus celebration, there were no serious medical emergencies.
'All in all, considering the activities and the excitement, the cleanup was nominal. Next week, if things go well with the team, we will have a tremendous cleanup.'
Bob Porter assistant director of plant maintenance
To make the celebration safer than in 1988, KU police began setting up a command post in a parking lot south of Marvin Hall 20 minutes before the event.
KU police officers were strategically placed throughout campus, he said.
Two Lawrence police officers on motorcycles patrolled the perimeters of the campus, and two Douglas nurses assisted KU police, Denney said.
In addition, the Douglas County Ambulance Service positioned one ambulance at the corner of Jayhawk Boulevard and Poplar Lane and another at the corner of 11th and Mississippi streets.
Rob Kort, Douglas County Ambulance Service assistant supervisor, said ambulances arrived five minutes before the game ended, because in 1988, ambulances had a difficult time getting past traffic and responding to medical emergencies on campus.
In 1988 celebrations, many serious head injuries occurred when people fell from moving cars. Kort said, they also posed a threat to reckelers.
But this year, vehicle traffic was blocked off along Jayhawk Boulevard between the Chi Omega founders Road to prevent vehicle accidents.
Although KU police were in charge of maintaining safety and preventing traffic jams, facilities operations was in charge of the cleanup.
Bob Porter, assistant director of plant maintenance, said there were beer cans and bottles everywhere in the house wrapped around trees and shrubs.
"All in all, considering the activities and the excitement, the cleanup was nothing more. We thought we could go well with the team, we will have a tremendous cleanup."
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iraq yesterday denounced U.S. terms for a permanent Persian Gulf War cease-fire, and opposition groups said troops battled anti-government protesters in the streets of
The Associated Press
The opposition groups also described renewed fighting in cities of the Shite Muslim south, where government soldiers earlier appeared to have gained the upper hand.
A permanent cease-fire has not been signed yet, and the United
States said it would not agree to one unless Iraq destroyed all its chemical, biological and nuclear materials under U.N. supervision.
Money shortage causes shelter to close
There was no further word yesterday on the government changes announced a day earlier three weeks ago signed by Saddam Hussein.
Dissident groups, meanwhile, claimed that rebellion continued to rock the war-battered country from the Kurdish north to the Shiite south, as well as in the capital.
By Vanessa Fuhrmans Kansan staff writer
Mounting debts and a shortfall in finances have forced a local homeless shelter to shut down.
The Salvation Army Safe House, 924 New Hampshire St., will close April 1 because it has incurred about $70,000 in debts and failed to a consistent source of financial support, the Salvation Army's advisory board announced Friday.
"It's a real tragedy," said Pete Hermes, a volunteer worker at the Safe House.
Salvation Army officials estimate that more than 350 people have taken part in the exercise.
Salvation Army cites $70,000 in debts
Jeanne Blankenship, who also works at the Safe House, said the shelter's 19 beds were full every night.
Richard Zinn, chairperson for the advisory board, said the shelter's shutdown would have a serious impact on how many homeless problem in Lawrence.
in January 1990
Zinn said that the decision to close
"The shelter tried to drive a wedge into the pattern of the homeless," Zinn said. "Those people aren't just the problem. These people are from right here."
The annual operation cost for the
"We feel we can provide the necessary help," Zinn said, "but the funding just hasn't been there."
the shelter was based on the recommendations of a task force established to find possible solutions to the shelter's financial crisis.
The shelter relied on city and state grants and United Way donations last year, but a sound base of financial support never was established, Zinn said. The Salvation Army had hoped for larger donations from the city and United Way this year but did not receive additional money.
Safe House was about $100.000.
The Salvation Army created the Safe House to provide both permanent shelter and offer residents transitional counseling.
The advisory board announced that the Salvation Army would still provide an emergency shelter program by allowing people to live in a small apartment adjacent to the gymnasium at the Salvation Army building on St. Zinn said that about 10 people could live at the emergency shelter.
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The emergency shelter, which opened in 1986, was designed to give homeless people temporary shelter during especially cold weather.