THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.102, NO.53
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SPORTS
Hitting the books
Six members of the Kansas cross country team earned all-academic honors. Page 1B
CAMPUS
The Real World Web style
Five college students will have their lives taped and shown on the Internet. Page 5A
WORLD
Yugoslavian talks begin
Secretary of State Warren Christopher warned leaders that fate of future generations depended on successful negotiations. Page 6A
WORLD
Muslims mourn slain leader
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the assassination of the leader of the Islamic Jihad. Page 6A
WEATHER
CHANCE FOR RAIN
(USPS 650-640)
High 39° Low 30°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Scoreboard...2B
Horoscopes...4B
National News ...6A
World News...6A
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Sam Fisk temporarily has taken charge of KLZR's "Nocturnal Transmissions" show. Fisk's alter ego, DJ Sam I Am, also does the Green Eggs and Ham show on KJHK.
Jammin' with Green Eggs and Ham
Ev Brenden Sager
Kansan staff writer
Sam I Am has grown out of "Green Eggs and Ham" and into "Nocturnal Transmissions."
KLZR disc jockey DJ Ray Velasquez needed someone to take over his radio show "Nocturnal Transmissions" after he suffered a brain aneurysm on Oct. 2. Sam I Am, better known to his colleagues as Sam Fisk, Galesburg, Ill., junior was to get the job — kind of
"It was kind of a double-edged sword," Fisk said.
He said that he was glad he got the job but that he was sorry it was because of Velasmez's illness.
Velasquez needed someone to do the show while he was recovering at home, and he chose Fisk.
"I like Sam because he is sincere," Velasquez said. "I knew he wouldn't have a difficult time."
Until Velasquez can go back to work, Fisk will be the host of "Nocturnal Transmissions," which is from 11 p.m.
to 1 a.m. every Sunday. Fisk is donating his salary from KLZR to help Velasquez pay his medical bills.
Velasquez said the two met at Velasquez's Mondo Disco show at the Granada theater several months ago. He said they both shared a similar interest in the style of music they played, although their styles were not completely alike.
"His stuff is more dancey, and mine is more headache," Velasquez said.
Fisk said that he had been interested in disk jockeying since his freshman year at the University of South Dakota, when he had a radio show on the university's radio station.
"That's one of the reasons I'm still a DJ," he said "I've gotten a really good response."
mty radio show
Fisk's "Green Eggs and Ham" show has been on KJHK for the past three semesters. He has become KJHK's techno-house-experimental man from 10 p.m. to midnight on Fridays, and the show has been well received, he said.
Jay Berberick, Lee's Summit, Mo.,
Sam puts a lot of work into it," Berbierick said. "He's developed more and more of a following."
senior and KJHK station manager, said that "Green Eggs and Ham" had been increasing in popularity.
Fisk will continue to do the "Green Eggs and Ham" show while he does the "Nocturnal Transmissions" show for KLZR.
But now that Fisk has started doing "Nocturnal Transmissions," his fans have diversified. He said that he enjoyed talking to 15 year olds in Kansas City just as much as pig farmers outside of Manhattan.
One of his listeners was an unidentified rancher who lived outside of Manhattan. The rancher would call and request songs to put his pigs to sleep, Fisk said.
Fisk said the music was more to him than just playing songs. He talks to his audience and tries to explain the music beyond merely playing it, he said.
"I like to take people on a journey," he said.
Gunmen nab jewelry and dogs in robbery
Assailants force their way into East Lawrence home
By Scott Worthington Kansan staff writer
Three men, armed with two Tec-9 handguns and a shotgun, broke through the front door of a New Jersey Street house late Tuesday night, robbed the residents and fled with more than $1,500 in jewelry and dogs.
They were arrested by Lawrence police about an hour later just east of Lawrence on the turnpike.
Ray Evans, 29, Elzie Goodwin, 26, and Shawn Hicks, 24, all of Kansas City, Kan., were charged with aggravated robbery for forcing their way into the residence, in the 800 block of New Jersey, around 11:50 p.m. Tuesday and stealing four rings, two watches and two ninemonth-old pit bull terriers. Mark Brantley, 28, also of Kansas City, Kan., was charged with aggravated robbery for driving the get-away car, the police report stated.
"We were sitting around with the family, having a few drinks, and then these guys busted in and told every
drinks, and then these guys body to get on the ground," said Robert White, Jr., 23, of Lawrence.
White's father, Robert White, Sr., said he knew one of the men. He speculated the men thought he kept a lot of money in the house.
"They wanted to play trick or treat with my bank account," White said.
White said he owns three houses, and that may have given the men the impression he had a lot of money.
"They were very musled," White said. "Hell, I should have robbed them."
"It wasn't a lot of money, so they decided to take our pit bulls..."
Robert White Lawrence resident
In fact, there was only $15 in the house, White said
In fact, there was only $15 in the house, White said. The men were arrested after a Kansas Highway Patrol officer spotted their 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 going east on I-70.
No one was hurt in the incident, and the stolen items were recovered. Nickell said.
Evans, Goodwin and Hicks are being held in a Douglas County jail on $75,000 bond. Brantley's bond was set at $50,000. All four men face a maximum jail sentence of 206 months and a fine of $300,000.
They will have a preliminary hearing Nov. 7 at 1:45 p.m. in Douglas County District Court.
Native American Heritage Month
Mascots: degrading or harmless? Six KU students discuss the controversy sparked in part by the World Series
"The mascots don't bother me. The fans there (in the stadiums) are making fools of themselves."
Jenni Carlson,
Clav Center Junior
John Rainwater,
Norman, Okla.
graduate student
"Native mascots in general have the effect of portraying people one-dimensionally. I find this to be denigrating."
"Mascots aren't meant to degrade any group. Unfortunately, people have taken them too far."
Terry Brockle,
Ft. Belknap,
Mont., Junior
Yolanda Riddle, Wichita junior
"It makes my heart sad ... there are symbols that are sacred things respected by Indian people, and other people don't even know."
"How dare you tell me not to get upset and that it is not an important issue."
Elyse Towey, Napa, Callf., Junior
"it's not doing children a lot of good to make them embarrassed to be Indian."
By Hannah Naughton
Kansan staff writer
A question of racism versus respect fueled last night's student panel debate on the Native-American mascot issue.
Michael Yellow Bird, assistant professor of social welfare, arranged a debate between two panels to discuss this issue. One panel of four Native-American students opposed Native-American mascots.
The panel which asserted that the mascots weren't offensive was made up of two students. Jenni Carlson, Clay Center, Junior, initially was the only member of the panel, but Bessie James, Lawrence junior
and president of the Native-American Student Association, joined her as the debate began.
"From my prompting, this came about," Yellow Bird said. "I found that the students were really ready to embrace it."
The discussion began with the students introducing themselves and their position on whether Native American mascots, like the Cleveland Indians or the Washington Redskins, led to misconceptions about Native Americans.
"They perpetuate a one dimensional view of what Native people are, what Native traditions are," said John Rainwater, Norman, Okla., second-year-law student and graduate
student. "They are arguably the most prolific images of Native people that we have in society."
Carlson said that she did not come to change anybody's mind and didn't think her mind would be changed.
"Overall the mascots aren't meant to offend," Carlson said. "A positive result of this issue is that it has brought up many other issues. Native Americans are getting a voice to say things that maybe need to have been said."
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James said that Native-Americans needed to address problems within themselves before they could effectively address these other issues.
"I believe it's up to us, ourselves, to try to better ourselves and be one
cohesive group," James said.
"This reflects that this is an issue that is very important to Native people." Rainwater said.
Rainwater sat on the panel that opposed the mascots.
"I did try to find folks who would have ideas stronger, even more so than Jennu's," Yellow Bird said.
Yellow Bird said he had contacted the people who had written letters to the editor that expressed the opinion that the mascots were not offensive, but none could come.
He said that he felt the audience was overwhelmingly opposed to the mascots. He said that he didn't know why supporters of Native-American mascot images didn't attend.
Many of the audience members and the four panel members wanted to address Chris Austin, a columnist at The University Daily Kansan, about a column he had written saying the mascots were not offensive.
Austin wasn't there because the Kansan has a policy that only the editor may speak as a representative of the newspaper.
Carlson, who is the Kansan sports editor, said she was not there to represent the opinion of the Kansan. She also said that her policy on running columns on the sports page was that as long as they were cohesive and had a strong basis, she would give them space in accordance with the First Amendment.