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Tuesday, November 21, 1995
OPINION
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VIEWPOINT
THE ISSUE: FOOTBALL TEAM
Football support was late
The Kansas football team has completed its best regular season since 1968. While 50,000 people attended each of the last two home games of the season, the attendance at the other home games was not as bountiful. As the success of the Jayhawks grew, so did the number of fans at the games.
While this performancebased attendance may seem logical, in the realm of athletics, it is disappointing. Jayhawk fans should be present at all the games, all the time. Jumping on the bandwagon is a practice reserved for expansion teams and teams that have no natural, loyal affiliation.
Those with natural, loyal affiliation to the Jayhawks are the students, alumni and residents of the surrounding counties and the state of Kansas as a whole. As students at the University of Kansas, each of us has an obligation to support our teams through the good times and the bad.
School pride should propel students and alumni to support Kansas teams by attending all games.
Fortunately, most of us at the University hardly can remember the bad times of the early- and mid-1980s. The more recent Jayhawk football teams have given students something to cheer about each fall when they return to campus.
The alumni are not without obligation as well. Although it is their money that creates the scholarships, equipment and buildings that allow us to field a football team, their presence at games is expected and needed.
The Kansas football team is young, talented and obviously determined to win with or without our support. Why don't we fulfill our obligation to the team? Go to the bowl game if you can, and next year support our team as they contend for the upper echelon of the new Big 12 Conference.
CHRIS VINE FOR THE EDITORIAL BOARD.
THE ISSUE: RACE-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS
Race-based scholarships are necessary in higher education
Race-based scholarships are useful tools for many of the University's students, but these scholarships have been a source of frustration for some of the majority population.
Regardless, donors can place eligibility qualifications for scholarships. Often, the donors are successful people of color who remember the financial difficulties they encountered as students. These people, not the University, set the qualifications for the scholarships they sponsor. The University has to abide by the wishes of the donors and allocate funds within those requirements.
Some have said that these scholarships are compensation for the under-representation of people of color in higher education.
Race-based scholarships are not the only funds that are limited to a
Minority scholarships give many students a chance to play an important part in the University community.
certain group of students
certain group of students religion, field of study and geographic location are other qualifications. Some students receive race-based scholarships after high school, and as long as they continue to excel, they can continue to receive funds based on merit. The demand for these scholarships is there. There are more applicants than there are scholarships, and students who no longer need race-based scholarships should step aside for the more needy applicant.
The race-based scholarships are not meant to cause a separation among the majority and minority populations, and some minority students would not be here if not for these scholarships.
NATHAN TOHTSONI FOR THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Jeff MacNelly / CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Rock Chalk selection mystery is cracked
For the past few weeks, I've been faced with the same question: "Tom, when are you going to choose the five shows for Rock Chalk Revue?"
Allow me to explain. It will make more sense with a little background about Rock Chalk Revue, so I'll begin with some history.
Each time I explain that I have nothing to do with the selection decision. How a show is selected for Rock Chalk Reve persists as one of Rock Chalk's biggest misconceptions. The process may appear complex and mysterious, but it is actually quite simple.
As I'm sure you can imagine, this mouthy Wildcat caused quite a stir on the Hill, and soon Wonder had
In 1949, a highly motivated student named Roy Wonder recognized the need for an all-campus variety show at the University of Kansas. The variety show he conceived bore resemblance to Kansas State University's now-defunct O-Orpheum.
The KU student body at best gave Wonder a lukewarm reception. To light a fire under his fellow students, Wonder asked a friend, who was a K-State student, for some help. His friend, Russ Miller, wrote a letter to the Kansan ridiculing Wonder and all of the University of Kansas for stealing such a strong K-State tradition.
KANSANSTAFF
Each show is identified by random number to ensure that all groups remain anonymous. After the judges vote for the shows, the ballots are tabulated by our faculty adviser and an independent party. The voting results will remain in the adviser's care until I, the executive director, announce which shows will be in Rock Chalk Revue.
The five groups announced last night will begin preparations this semester for the shows on Feb. 22, 23 and 24. During January and February, each group will rehearse seven days a week until the opening night of Rock Chalk Revue 1996, "Behind Closed Doors."
Thanks to all who have participated in this well-loved KU tradition.
Tom Field is an Olathe senior in Slavic languages and business communications.
Letter printed in Kansan was unfair
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
After reading over the shows for two weeks, the judges interview the directors of each group. With every aspect of every show taken into account, the judges finalize their decisions.
This is in response to the letter written by Stephen Pendleton in the Nov. 8 issue of the University Daily Kansan As the writer of the article in question in the letter, I was initially stunned that something written in the publication One Community was getting responded to in the mass media.
with any KU living organization;
none is a KU student or faculty member; all have some knowledge of Rock Chalk Revue, and all have expertise in various aspects of theater.
While the statement in question was taken completely out of context, that is something I will take up with my critic. My beefs with the Kansan are:
COLLEEN MCCAIN
Editor
DAVID WILSON
Managing editor, news
ASHLEY MILLER
Managing editor, planning & design
TOM EBLEN
General manager, news adviser
The name Rock Chalk Revue came from a campus-wide contest in which the winner won $10.
Rock Chalk
Revue premiered
April 1, 1950, in
hoch Auditorium.
(For you
new Jayhawks,
Hoch is the mass
of construction
between Wescoe
plenty of campus support.
Here's how we put on the Revue. Throughout the first semester, members of the greek system, scholarship halls and residence halls form groups — 13 this year. Each group writes an original 15-minute musical and submits it for judging.
1. How did you get Mr. Pendleton's response in print the day after our paper came out? It seems like you were lying in wait to criticize us.
The show has encountered changes in its format, its location and its judging process during the years.
An independent panel of judges select the five Rock Chalk Revue finalists. The judges range in age and background.
and Marvin Halls, You may know Hoch by its new name, Budig Hall.
They do, however, have a few things in common: None is affiliated
Here's how we put on the Revue.
Editors
Sean Fradieu
GUEST COLUMNIST
Heway & Special Sections...Dedra Allison
Editorial ...Heather Lawrence
Associate Editorial ...Sarah Morrison
Campus ...Virginia Marghelim
Associate Campus ..Teresa Vaezay
Associate Campus ..Paul Todd
Sports ..Jennel Carlson
Associate Sports ..Temma Pellott
Parking ..Paul Kotz
Wire ..Robert Allen
On-Line coordinator ..Tina Passett
Applications are now available for positions of editorial board members, columnists, and cartoonists.
Do you think the opinion page is too liberal? Do we infuriate you? Well, get off your couch and apply for the Kansan opinion page.
2. Since you've decided to print
If you are interested, you may pick up an application at 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. They will be due Tuesday, November 28 by 5 p.m.
How to submit letters to the editor
If you have questions, please call Ashley Miller or Heather Lawrence at 864-4810.
Make your voice heard
Letters: Should be double-spaced typed and fewer than 200 words. Letters must include the author's signature, name, address and telephone number plus class and hometown if a University student. Faculty or staff must identify their positions.
Kansas City, Kan., freshman
letters responding to our articles,
the least you could do is print the
full article so the reading public
could get the full story. That is your
job, isn't it?
Don't let anyone else speak for you. Get involved.
I can understand why the politicians gave up. Competing with Sesame Street is difficult to do, and they are bound to lose. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't try. For the most part, adults don't watch the Muppets. Among children, Muppets will win hands down, but adults might try to follow the example of the nation's leaders. Granted, it is a small chance, but if Washington can start to cooperate (or Shirley, if you prefer that term), then anyone can. Maybe then, politicians can begin to compete with Sesame Street.
All letters and guest columns should be submitted to the Kansan newsroom,111 Stauffer Flint Hall.
Stacy Nagy in a Topoka sophomore In Russian.
Unfortunately, many people were affected by the shutdown of the government. Unemployment lines grew throughout the week. Many people were not able to receive Medicare benefits or veterans' benefits. Basic services were cut off. Claims and complaints were not processed. And the people who were hurt by the standoff were the people who work the hardest for the least amount of credit. But these facts don't seem to affect the everyday politics of Washington.
Sesame Street lessons could help Congress cooperate
Polls indicate that the Democrats are winning the battle of public opinion. In Congress, the Republicans won enough votes to pass a bill but not enough to override a veto. The only losers, the U.S. citizens, were ignored.
was two Muppets trying to get apples from a tree. Each Muppet tried unsuccessfully to pick an apple. Only when they finally decided to work together did they both get to eat. I remember the final line of the skirt: "Let's call it cooperation." "No, let's call it Shirley."
When I was little, I was a Sesame Street addict. I remember sitting down every day to
Cooperation has become underrated in our society. But I finally understand why. Adults don't have the same great examples to follow that children do. I mean, really, who can compete with the Muppets? Obviously, the federal government can't. Many politicians finally might have realized this fact last week, as the leaders in Washington stopped working together and started pointing fingers so much that some federal offices had to close for almost a week.
STAFF
COLUMNIST
I'm not sure with whom I agree — Shirley is a good name. But either way, it is a good concept. Sesame Street is great because it teaches important ideas to children. If adults would watch the show, maybe we wouldn't have some of today's problems.
watch it, and
each day, I
learned something new.
I learned how to
ask for water if
I am in a desert
in a Spanish-
speaking country.
I learned the catchy song
that taught me
to count from
one to 12.
In fact, I still refer
to it today. But
the skit I remember best
The fight to balance the budget started the disagreement. Republicans want to do it in seven years. Democrats want longer. Instead of sitting down to solve the problems that each side had, the only thing that was accomplished is a great amount of name calling.
By Greg Hardin