University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 27, 1989
Klan access more difficult in Lawrence
by Candy Niemann Kansan staff writer
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When the Missouri Knights of the Ku Klux Klan sought to broadcast their views on a Kansas City area public access channel last summer, the Kansas City council changed the American Cablevision station's for public "access" to "community" access, giving programmers editorial control.
The Missouri Knights, the group that participated in a controversial free speech forum at the University last spring, is suing the council for its move to deny the group access to cable television.
If the Klan had wanted to broadcast its views on cable in Lawrence, it would have found the word "public" missing altogether.
missing attestor Mike Wildgen, assistant city manager, said that Lawrence does not have a public access channel.
"There has never been a felt need here to have one." Wilden said. "Sometimes in the future, it may be a method used by the city; but for now, it just doesn't fit in with our programming."
Pam Simons, acting general manager of Sunflower Cablevision, said that the Klan would have needed to appeal to the cable company if it had wanted to appear on television in Lawrence.
First, Simpson said, a group must apply to the cable company. Officials then view the tape the group wishes o broadcast and decide whether or not the show follows guidelines on absency, libel, slander and defamation.
Jr. "Ultimately, we want to serve the
rights of our subscribers in determining what would and would not be objectionable," Simons said.
objective. Teel, an independent public access producer and plaintiff in the Kansas City lawsuit, said that he abhorred the Klan's ideas but viewed the case as an issue of defense of First Amendment rights.
stale them. However, Lisa Thompson, St. Louis senior and corresponding secretary of Black Student Union, said that because of the violence the Klan had advocated in the past, it should not have the right to express itself
Dick Kurtenbach, an executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said that although the ACLU disagreed with the Klan's views, it felt that the Klan's right to state them must be protected.
"I've been struggling with this
issue, but I've decided that if they had just said they don't like blacks it would be OK." Thompson said. "It is what we want the threats that are the problem."
Thompson stressed that this was her own personal opinion and not necessarily that of BSU.
No matter which way the decision goes in the Kansas City case, Kurttenbach said, it should set a precedent for public access channels because it is the first case of its kind in that area.
If the Klan wins, he said, it might be deemed unconstitutional for public access channels to be altered to deny specific groups access.
If the council wins, city councils may earn the right to alter cable programming as they see fit.
Display on history of basketball highlights KU
by Stan Diel
Kansan staff writer
On Feb. 3, 1899, the University of Kansas basketball team played its first game, losing to the Topeka YMCA 16-5. On Feb. 10, 1899, the Jayhaws discovered their running game, and in a 31-6 rematch rout, a tradition was born.
"Basketball is not just a game in this community; it is a story that is particularly ours." Jansen
said.
rematch rout, a trade from the Jawhawk Kiwanis Club last night, Steve Jansen, director of the Watkins Community Museum, lauded the KU basketball tradition, saying that basketball could easily have been very different than it is today.
James Naismith had to invent a game in 1891 for a class for the YMCA school in Springfield, Mo., Janssen said. He decided on a large ball because he thought it would simplify the game.
Naismith came to KU literally by accident. In an 1898撞灾, accident a boy was killed at the Springfield YMCA. As a result, Naismith left, Jansen said, and came to KU as the chapel director, director of physical education, and coach.
KU basketball legend Phog Allen, meanwhile, had to choose between KU and the University of Missouri, Jansen said.
"He chose Lawrence because Lawrence had paved streets and glassened store fronts, while the streets of Columbia were muddy," Jansen said.
However it was more than he bargained for. For two years, Allen coached at Baker University in the morning, Haskell Indian Junior College in the afternoon and KU in the evening.
Allen never scheduled games between his teams and in one year won 75 games.
a taste of the history and tradition of KU basketball can be viewed today in "The Basketball Men," on display at Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St. It is free and open to the public.
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