University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 7, 1988
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A 'Royal' rodeo opens in Kansas City
Staton Breidenthal/KANSAN
TOP: A professional rodeo contestant tries to stay on bull for the eight-second ride. The event took place yesterday during the American Royal Roode at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. RIGHT: The color guard from Kemper Military School and College, located in Boonville, Mo., march in the American Royal Parade. The parade opened the American Royal Rodeo Saturday morning.
Kathy Wismer/KANSAN
Bust reaps $40,000 of raw cocaine
By a Kansan reporter
Gregory A. Gibler, 31, and his wife,
Julie Gibler, 25, were arrested at
their house at 318 California St.
More than a pound of raw cocaine and a stolen handgun were seized Thursday evening and three people were arrested, Jim Flory, Douglas County District Attorney said Friday.
In Douglas County District Court on Friday, Gregory Gibber was charged with two foley counts of attempting to deliver cocaine, and single felony counts of possession of cocaine, conspiracy to deliver cocaine and not possessing a state-issued tax stamp.
taken out of the stamp
Julie Gibler was charged with one felony count of possession of cocaine.
Flory said that formal charges had not been filed against the third person arrested in the raid.
Douglas County Undersheriff Loren Anderson said a handgun which had been reported stolen in Lawrence was found in the house, and other handguns were in the house. He also resisted the arrests. He estimated the value of the cocaine seized to be at least $40,000.
Secure Shuttle called inefficient
Flory said the arrests were the result of an eight-month long investigation carried out by the Douglas County Special Investigations and Drug Unit, which is made up of Lawrence Police and Douglas County Sheriff's officers.
Bus system costs more than Secure Cab
By Craig Welch Kansan staff writer
A member of Student Senate said last week that the Secure Shuttle, which was costing the University of Kansas about $37.50 per rider, needed to attract more riders.
Chris Shirling, administrative assistant for Senate, said the shuttle. "We've got a lot of students after they we've been drinking, had too few riders to be cost efficient.
“There are lots of reasons for not having enough riders.” Shirling said. “Some people may not know about it, but they need encouragement because you’t call it up.”
Shirling said the cost of running the shuttle was greater than the cost of running Secure Cab, the shuttle's predecessor. The cost of the shuttle was $17.25 per hour and the cab cost was $2.50 per rider. With few riders on the shuttle each week, the average cost was $37.50 per rider.
Secure Shuttle replaced the Secure Cab, known as "Tipsy Taxi," last year. The cab company, which could be called from anywhere in Lawrence, picked people up from local bars and took them home. It eventually was discontinued because students had to wait too long for the car to arrive and because many students abused the program by using the wrong license. Then off at other bars. Also, the cab company gave the cost charged to Student state for each ride from $2.50 to $4. The shuttle follows a specified route and stops at area bars and campus locations about every half hour. It also can hold more people at the time. The shuttle, owned by corporate Coach of Lawrence, seats 12 people.
"But, if you're at a bar, you're not going to say, 'Oh hell, the Secure Shuttle is here so let's go.' '" Shirling said. "You're going to leave when you're ready."
"You see, it doesn't matter if the shuttle has zero riders or if it's full, it runs anyway."
The shuttle runs from midnight to 3 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Scott Russell, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels, said that about 11 to 15 riders per week took the shuttle home. But, if ridership does not increase within the next month to month and one half, some changes could be made.
Russell said that he planned to increase advertising and general public awareness of the shuttle. He also planned to be developing weekly rideship reports.
"We're going to watch it really closely," he said. "If things don't change we may have to cancel the program and look for alternatives, but we want that to be the last thing we do."
Beginning at Johnny's Up and Under, 401 N. Second St., the shuttle stops at Bogarts of Lawrence, 611 Vermont St.; the Eldridge Hotel 701 Massachusetts St.; the corners of Seventh and New Hampshire, 10th and Massachusetts, 14th and Tennessee, 14th and Ohio, 12th and Oread; and at the Kansas Union and Watson Library. The shuttle then stops at Gammons, 1601 W. 23rd St. It then takes the students home.
A mix of music Symphony celebrates Australian birthday
Bv Katv Monk
By Katy Monk
Kansan staff writer
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra celebrated Australia's 200th birthday with its first-ever trip to the United States, and Lawrence celebrated the orchestra's appearance at KU by proclaiming last week the "Week Down Under."
The orchestra played Saturday night at Hoch Auditorium in a performance sponsored by the University of Kansas. The orchestra headed for their home base at the Sydney Opera House.
Lawrence was the next-to-last stop on the orchestra's 12-city tour, which included a percussion section.
the KU audience of more than 2,000 rose for the orchestra's opening works: the American and Australian national anthems.
The third work of the performance was of particular interest to one member of the audi-
Australian composer Carl Vine, touring with the orchestra, wrote "Symphony No. 2" in Paris in 1940.
it only seven times.
The work started with a collective pluck from the orchestra. It proceeded with rhythmic undertones from the string section, changing moods abruptly from contemplative to driven and sometimes even humorous.
At a reception at the Eldridge Hotel later that night, Vine said he was happy with the perform-
"It's been getting better each time I hear it," he said.
Also touring with the orchestra was master pianist Shura Cerkassky, whose performance in a piano and orchestra concerto by Camille Poulenc drew cries of "Bravo" from the audience.
The final work of the night was "Symphony No. 5," by Dmitri Shostakovich. The orchestra's large string section was well represented in the symphony, which sometimes moved into a marchette tempo that had bows advancing and cadence like cadence like columns of stick figure soldiers.
Although one or two pianissimo moments
were lost amid Hoch's notoriously bad acoustics, conductor Stuart Challendar later had no complaints about the auditorium.
Challendar said that acoustics in the United States were not what the orchestra was used to, but he thought the performance had gone well.
The United States tour had been built around an invitation by the United Nations to perform in honor of the bicentennial, orchestra manager Ann Hoban said.
State and city officials recognized the orchestra's role in assisting the country and to Kansas with a good report on its activities.
At the opening of the performance, Judith Ramaley, KU executive vice chancellor, read a proclamation by Gov. Mike Hayden declaring Nov. 17 "Australia-America Friendship Week." Mayor Bob Schumm was at the performance to declare Lawrence's "Week Down Under."
Concertmaster Donald Hazelwood accepted the honors with humor, saying, "It's a delight to know that even if we're not the flavor of the month, we are the taste of the week."
Oingo Boingo concert draws crowd of all ages
By Deb Gruver Kansan staff writer
Oingo Bongo welcomed Lawrence to their concert with their song "Dead Man's Party" as a crowd of all ages rushed the stage after the lights went off.
Danny Elfman, lead song writer for the band,
screamed "Welcome to the dead man's party."
to the crowd of about 1,000 people in Hoch
Auditorium to begin the concert.
The concert was sponsored by Student Union Association, New West Presentations and radio station KY-17.
Susan Levinson, director of SUA special events, said it cost $8,500 to bring Oingo Boingo to Lawrence.
Levinson said that it cost $5,000 to hire the band and $3,500 to rent the lighting and sound
equipment that was brought by the band. The total fee was split by New West and SUA.
Sitting in the second row, Rick Rhoads, adjunior at Emporia State University, traveled to see the band with a group of friends from Emporia.
"I've been a fan for about eight years, really when they first came out," Rhohsad said. "This is the second time I've seen them — saw them in Davenport, (Iowa) too."
This year marks the Los Angeles-based band's 10th anniversary. They have recently released a compilation of their songs called "Oingo Boingo Alive: A Celebration of a Nine Songs" on cassette and album have 21 songs. Nine songss have been added to the compact disc.
music, including rock'n'roll, jazz, West African
reggae and other types of multi-ethnic sounds
It was a family affair for Kris, Joe and Ellie Gillespie.
The eight-member band plays a variety of
Glaspee.
Kris, a senior at Lawrence High School, said he brought his younger brother and sister to see the show.
"I've always been a fan," said Joe, 9, who mouthed the words to the opening song.
His sister Ellie, 13, said that Joe was probably the family's biggest fan.
The Gillespies were standing in front of the stage barrier. KU student volunteers manned both the doors and the stage.
Charles Walther, a Pittsburgh sophomore wore a white shirt and thought about 1,080 people attended the show.
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