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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, March 18, 1997
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Bettors don't fear the law
By Kevin Bates Kensan staff writer
March Madness is in full swing, and students are betting on their abilities to pick the winners.
Across campus, students are forking over a few dollars to fill out an NCAA basketball tournament bracket and entering themselves in betting pools. But most do not appear to care that the whole business is against the law.
"Ive either run one or been in a pool since I was about 12," he said. "It worries me about as much as getting a cold."
Mike, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, who did not want his last name used, said he didn't think twice when he decided to enter a pool.
Brandon, Derby sophomore, who also did not want his last name used, said he also had bet on college basketball since high school and did not worry about the law.
"It's really no big deal," he said. "It's just a friendly bet between friends. I think the police have a lot worse things to worry about than investigating NCAA pools."
Brandon said betting on basketball proliferated on campus.
"You can find pools in any dorm and any office you look through," he said. "Obviously, they're not well-publicized, but anywhere you look, you should be able to find one."
"A bet's a bet in the state of Kansas," Keary said. "If we get word of something that's going on, we have to investigate and take appropriate action."
KU police Sgt. Chris Keary was a $2 bet was just as illegal as organizing a pool and keeping track of 50 entries.
Keary said that while gambling increased during national tournament time, KU police didn't look into it heavily.
"I'm sure it happens quite a bit," he said, "but we don't get very many complaints. We looked into one last year, but no bets had been placed."
Quang Lam, Lansing senior, said he didn't worry about getting in trouble for placing a friendly wager.
"It doesn't really bother me." Lam said. "Everybody and his brother does it."
Lam said he organized a pool for this year's tournament and charged $5 per bracket entered.
"It's usually only one or two dollars to enter," Lam said. "This one's for the high rollers."
Mary Horsch, director of communications for the attorney general of Kansas, said people entering in tournament pools usually did not suffer consequences
Everyone knows it happens a lot, but it's one of those crimes that are difficult to prosecute, "she said.
Ad hoc group studies parking
By Stephanie McDuff Kansan staff writer
University officials have yet to make final decisions about ways to improve campus transportation and parking problems, despite many proposals.
A decision is expected in early April after Chancellor Robert Hemenway reviews the final recommendations of a special ad hoc committee.
Hemenway created the committee to review the many proposals and opinions brought forth in an effort to solve parking and transportation problems at the University.
Proposals include the construction of a parking garage near the Kansas Union, placing gates around certain parking lots on campus, reconfiguring existing parking lots, constructing a visitor's center and implementing a park-and-ride shuttle service.
The committee met yesterday afternoon to review the information it had received and discuss possible recommendations for the chancellor, said Tom Mulinazzi, associate dean of engineering and committee member.
The committee plans to meet again after spring break to finalize the proposal by reviewing both public input and recommendations made by the parking board, Student Senate and the University Council.
In its report, the parking board told the committee it would support the construction of a new parking facility at the north end of campus. The board voted not to support the creation of a shuttle system proposed in the Campus Access Proposal.
"Why spend millions of dollars on 18- to 20-year-olds to shuttle them around?" said Morris Faiman, member of the
parking board and professor of pharmacology and toxicology.
The Student Senate report called for the construction of a $10 million parking garage north of the Kansas Union. Senate also asked that additional surface lots be built and that gated lots be implemented near the core of the campus. Senate voted to support the proposed campus shuttle system.
The University Council said it would support the restripping and reconfiguration of existing lots to gain more parking spaces.
The council did not favor the proposed shuttle service or the concept of gated lots, but it was in favor of a visitor's center at Templin Residence Hall that would need a shuttle service connecting to the main campus.
The council was divided on the issue of the five-level garage being built near the Kansas Union.
Waving o' the green
Sarah Jordan, this year's St. Patrick's Day parade queen and Ottawa sophomore, waves to the crowd along the parade route. The parade traveled down Massachusetts Street yesterday afternoon.
GR Gordon-Ross/KANSAN
Action comes first for dance group
By Amanda Arbuckle
Kansan staff writer
Streb's dancers slam their bodies against walls, perform suicide dives off platforms and plummet to the floor with bone-crushing abandon.
These fearless performers are no strangers to broken noses, fractured wrists and sprained fingers.
"I expect my dancers to have brave hearts," said Elizabeth Streb, creator of Streb/Ringside. "Their work forces them to meet their demons every day."
StrebRingside will be performing at the Lied Center tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are available through the Lied Center and Murphy Hall-box offices. They cost between $9 and $11 for students.
Streb, who described traditional dance forms such as ballet and modern as "elitist," wanted to create an art form where the focus was on the action, not the dancer's body.
"Action is narrative — it's real," Streb said. "When a tree falls, it doesn't Swan Lake on its way down."
Streb coined the term "pop action" to describe her work, which critics have described as a meshing of ultraathletic ballet, slam dancing and circus-style acrobatics.
The only sound that accompanies Streb's works are the noises of bodies crashing into mats and dancers yelling to avoid crashing and landing on one another.
"Music is the true enemy of dance," Streb said. "Dance skipped a huge step in its development by borrowing from another art form. The action, not the music, tells you what the timing is."
Angela Arnold, Columbia, Mo., junior, experienced Streb's pop action when Streb held a clinic with the Crimson Girls.
"She made me do things I had never thought were possible, and I had to use muscles I didn't know I had," Arnold said. "Basically, we rolled around a lot and threw ourselves on the floor. I was sore for the next three days."
Streb said that of everything she's created, her favorite piece is always her next one.
"I don't care about what I've already done," Streb said. "If I thought about them too much, I'd probably ditch them all."
James Grau / KAN$AN
New York choreographer Elizabeth Streb gives members of the KU Crimson crew a lesson in balance. Streb's company, *Streb/Ringside*, which has done pieces for MTV, CNN and World News Today, will perform,tonight at the Lied Center.
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