UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, December 9, 1996
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Students to grace calendars
KU men, women to compete in March
By Jeff Ruby
Kansan staff writer
Time to dust off your Ab Roller and get the old Thishmaster out of the closet.
Bill Price, a Portsmouth, Va. senior at Kansas State University who has produced the popular "Men of Kansas State" calendars for the past two years, is looking to expand into Javhawk territory.
A modeling contest will be held in March at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. Then 12 fortunate KU men and 12 KU women will be chosen for the pages of Price's 1998 calendars, "The Men of KU" and "The Women of KU."
Price said that he expected 45 to 60 people to compete in the competition, which will be judged by a panel of KU students and sponsors.
"This isn't a contest simply about exploitation," he said. "It's the farthest thing from it. This is a way for an ordinary student on campus who might not be active in other areas in the University to actually come out and receive some recognition for themselves."
Greg Mitchell, Kansas State junior from Austin, Texas, posed in Price's first calendar in 1995. He said that he had to be talked into the competition because he was too shv.
"I got a lot of publicity from doing the calendar," he said. "I manage a movie theater, and I'll be in there wearing my suit, looking all proper, and these old ladies will come in and say, 'You look good with less on.'"
Price said that judges would look for contestants possessing poise, a stage presence, personality and beauty. In addition to appearing in the calendar, Price said that the 24 winners would participate in a model search contest in April 1997 in Manhattan.
"The top one person out of the whole contest receives a modeling scholarship, which will either come from John Casablanca out of Kansas City or Elite out of Chicago," Price said.
Entry forms are available at Lawrence calendar sponsors: KLZR FM 105.9, 3035 Iowa St; Ultimate Tan, 2449 Iowa St; The Sun Deck, 701 W. Ninth St.; Total Fitness Athletic Center, 2108 W. 27th St. and Copy Co Inc., 1401 W. 23rd St.
Price said he hoped to do a calendar at each Big 12 Conference school and eventually produce "Men of the Big 12" and "Women of the Big 12" calendars.
"It goes along with health and fitness, and it's going to get the KU community involved," said Keith Corder, general manager of Total Fitness Athletic Center and a Kansas State graduate. "Hopefully it's not too vain."
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
These photos are Included in a calendar created by Bill Price, a Portsmouth, Va., senior at Kansas State University.
Milosevic won't share power, visiting professor tells group
By Dave Breitenstein Kansan staff writer
When Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic didn't like the results of recent elections, he decided to ignore them, critics say.
Milosevic nullified elections in 15 of 18 major Yugoslavian cities that voted for the democratic opposition party.
"Milosevic decided to annul the elections, partly because he is an autocrat who simply cannot tolerate any small sharing of power, and partly because he knew if the democratic opposition takes over all of the positions, they would expose all of the things done by Milosevic and others," said Svetozar Stojanovic, distinguished visiting professor of Russian and European studies and adviser to Together, a coalition of four democratic opposition parties in Serbia.
Stoianovic spoke Friday in the International Room of the Kansas Union about Milosevic, communism and the future of Serbia. His speech was part of the Office of International Programs "Worldview Brown Bag Lectures" series.
The main topic Stojanovic addressed was the extensive power Milosevic exhibited. After the president nullified the elections of Nov. 17, more than 100,000 angry demonstrators packed the streets of Belgrade to show their opposition to Milosevic's decision.
"He is a ruthless and radical opportunist," Stojanovic said. "The subordinate position of the federal government has become so customary that Milosevic does not even consider it necessary to hand down a purely formal decision, albeit an unconstitutional one, to so empower Milosevic."
Stojanovic said Milosevic violated the federal constitution by his actions. He
called for an annulment of the annulment and predicted that dual power would soon rule the country.
Anne Merydith-Wolf, project coordinator for the Office of International Programs, said she was pleased with the turnout of about 25 people.
"I think the most interesting part of it was knowing all the different players, how Milosevic has been responding to this by ignoring it, and how it's not working," she said. "He provided some good information to people about another international topic."
people use our software trainer at the Computer Center, said she attended the lecture for personal reasons.
"My brother lives in Bosnia, and I'm always interested in what I can learn about that region," she said. "I want my brother to come home safely. I was afraid the whole region would erupt."
Geology project could alleviate roadwork woes
By Ashleigh Roberts
Kansan staff writer
Kansas motorists may see less road construction in the next couple of years, thanks to a new project involving KU geologists.
"Specifically, we are researching which types of rocks will produce durable highways based on their mineral composition," said Evan Franseen, associate scientist at the Kansas Geological Survey.
The Kansas Department of Transportation will give the department of geology and the Kansas Geological survey a $32,000 grant during the next year and a half to finance the project. The recipients were selected by the transportation department from a statewide applicant pool.
KDOT's existing tests for the physical durability of different concrete samples take six months to perform and are costly.
Robert Goldstein, professor of geology, said the project would try to discover shorter and cheaper methods to test for rock deposits that could be used to make durable concrete.
Concrete contained a lot of crushed-up limestone in addition to cement, Goldstein said. The mineral composition in rock deposits determine how long the road will last.
"Unsuitable construction materials can cause highways to deteriorate rapidly and require tax dollars for repairing or replacing roads," he said. "We'll work with the Kansas Department of Transportation to develop new methods of finding the kind of rock that's suitable for making concrete."
Franseen and Goldstein will visit quarries in eastern Kansas later this month to select different research sites. By analyzing the composition of the rock from each quarry, Franseen said they would learn more about the environment under which the rocks were deposited.
"The rocks in eastern Kansas quarries vary considerably, even across a small area," he said. "The rock quality depends on the geologic conditions at the time the rock layers were deposited. We will develop methods that will help the Kansas Department of Transportation predict where appropriate rock deposits are located and some simple tests to help identify the kinds of rock they need."
Goldstein said they would look at fossils, texture and the mineral content of the rocks.
The geologists will compare the results to KDOT's physical tests of durability to come up with the geological durability of a rock's properties.
Goldstein said pinpointing the geological durability would ensure long-lasting roads because it would show where the durable rocks could be found before the concrete was produced.
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