University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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JAYHAWKER NEWS! September 1989 Hurricane Hugo hit . . coast Carolinas, Puerto Rico battered Alter slamming into Puerto Rico and leaving 14 dead, 27,000 homeless and food shortages, Hurri- cane Hugo battered the southeastern coast of the U.S. Sept. 21. Vlhnds up to 135 mph hit Charleston, S.C., leaving thousands homeless and destroying 30 major build- ings. Several islands off the coast were demolished. The hurricane, its eye 10 miles across and preceded by an abnormally high tide of 12-17 feet, moved inland, leaving 85 !o of Charlotte, N.C., without power and dumping heavy rain as far south as Savannah, Ga. In Myrtle Beach, S.C., officials ordered all electricity shut off to avoid fires and electrical accidents. The storm moved north through Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania before moving eastward through New York and New England and then back out to sea. ,Au . - The Associated Press Charleston, S.C., felt the full force of Hugo's gale-force winds. Congress approved 31.1 billion in emergency aid for victims of the hurricane, the largest disaster relief package in history. Ir ing Berlin dies 'Deutsch double' repeats Composer was 101 lrving Berlin, 'America's Composer,' died Sept. 2 at age 101. He had lived in the U.S. for 96 years after emigrat- ing from Russia in 1893. The composer of more than 1,500 songs, Berlin never learned to read or write music, and he never composed in any key but F sharp. He wrote scores to 19 Broadway plays and 18 Hollywood films. A list of his hits includes 'God Bless America,' 'White Christmas, 'Annie Get Your Gun, 'A Pretty Girl Is Like a Meoldy, 'Puttin' On the Ritz,' Oh, How I Hate To Get Up in the Morning,' and There's No Business Like Show Business. Berlin was awarded the medal for merit in 1945 for 'This is the Army,' a musical comedy that he wrote. Baseball commissioner Criammatti dead at 51 Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giammatti, who recently banned Pete Rose from the game for life, died of a heart attack Sept. 1 at his summer home on Martha's Vineyard. He was 51. Giammatti had been the youngest ever president of Yale University at age 40. He had served in that post from 1978 to 1986 after being a professor for 11 years. He had attended Yale as an undergraduate and graduate and taken his first job at Princeton University before returning to Yale in 1978. He was admired by older and younger faculty alike. He had written several books, including works on Dante and Spenser. The Associated Press Steffi Graf and Boris Becker, both of West Germany, repeated their Vlhmbledon W triumphs, sweeping the U.S. Open tennis singles titles. Graf downed Martina Navratilova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the final, after beating Gabriela Sabatini 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals. Navratilova had beaten Zina Garrison, who had ousted Chris Evert in her last U.S. Open, in the semifinals 7-6, 6-2. Down a set and 3-4 in the second, Graf reeled off nine of the next 12 games to win her second title in New York. Becker won his first U.S. Open title, defeating lvan Lendl, who was trying forhis fourth. Becker had defeated American Aaron Krickstein in the semifinals 6-4, 6- 3, 6-4. Lendl defeated American defeated Andre Agassi 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6- 1 in the semifinals and reached his eighth straight final. Dinkins, Giuliani Win N.Y. primary Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins, vying to become New York City's first black mayor, defeated incumbent Ed Koch, who was trying for an unprece- dented fourth term, in the Sept. 12 mayoral Democratic primary. j Dinkins, who enjoyed an early lead and the benefit of many problems still being 4 unsolved in Koch's 12 years in office, fought off a late-campaign by Koch, including ,Y several allegations that Dinkins evaded paying taxes. Dinkins received 51M of the votes, and Koch received 42 !o. Richard Ravitch got 4170, and City Comptroller J. Harrison Goldin gOt 3 !o. 1 Former state attorney general Rudolph Giuliani defeated Ronald Lauder, son of T cosmetics giant Estee Lauder, in the Republican primary. Giuliani enjoyed a l' commanding lead in the polls throughout the campaign, even though Lauder spent more than S8 millionxon negative television ads. Giuliani received 67 !s ofthe vote, and Lauder got 33 !o. , ony buys Columbia Picturesl The Sony corporatio n of Japan bought Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. 1 for S3 - S4 billion. The company includes movies, television shows and movie theaters. . Sony had bought CBS Records, a subsidiary of Columibia Pictures, in 1987 forj S2 billnon. Coca-Cola had bought the record company in 1982 but had sold 51 percent of it to Sony in 1987. - Two weeks earlier, Qintex Group of Australia bought MGMIUA Communica-. tions Co. for 51.45 billion. l , l 4 ln Senior t lol ll lr, ,l 'mt l S2 U53 lun Wlmmrj-je llwlttq S2131 had illmlltgm illlliratlt i YQ5l3itlD l F0lEjj illtllllte ka, Hwlllll 'J95 llsm Gltll Slutje

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l i l lsauaecf .lbillion history. llillli heiillmtlf zeainglf iaGa.tic1 l-6, it 1911 129112 W5 gemiinaliif 136. rimall ,e New 1011 ig lor an 11'- ill ,W il0lll9lli5 byK0gl1,lHf- 7. l:llCli1ld aid llildell fl Giuliani 9191 len llolihk 'icturi lnr1i'7 5 Eiilena f n showi aid' gli? piimfesl as aillliomi Zbul JAYHAWKER NEWS! September 1989 H sWin2offirt3 I Shauna Norlleet Senior B.J. Lohsen kicks a field goal. KJ HK fined for iolating FCC rules KJHK, the student-run radio station, was fined 52,000 for violating regulations for stations owning a noncommercial license. A complaint had been filed in spring 1989 that the station had been airing commercials instead of donor announcements. Commercials make qualitative and comparative statements, whereas, donor announce- KJTEIKSFM 9 1 ments simply state the name ofthe sponsor or spon- sors. For example, an announcement saying 'Spon- sored by Joe's. Eat atJoe's. would not be a commer- 41, Montana St. 1 The Jayhawks football team, beginning their historic 100th season, started off fast by winning their first and third games. ln the home opener, KU ran over Montana St. 41-17. lt was the Jayhawks' first home-opener victory since 1985, when they defeated Hawaii 33-27. ln the game, senior quarterback Kelly Donohoe completed 10 of 15 passes for 165 yards. Sophomorer tailback Tony Sands rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns, and senior fullback Maurice Hooks gained 75 yards. Overall, the Jayhawks gained 227 yards on the ground. One touchdown came on a flea-flicker: Donohoe pitched to Sands, who pitched back to Donohoe, who then threw to freshman wide receiver Kenny Drayton for a 34-yard touchdown. Louisville 33, 28 The second game was a loss to Louisville 33-28. The Jayhawks were ahead most of the game, but the Cardinals, coached by former Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger, scored the go-ahead touchdown in the closing minutes of the 8, Kent St. 21 In the third game, Kansas beat Kent St., Coach Glen Mason's former team, 28- 21. Ouarterback Kelly Donohoe completed 12 of 15 passes for 267 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Drayton. Tony Sands gained 146 yards on 22 canies, including a 43-yard touchdown run. game. l Richard Quinn cial. Hgwgver' Saying -Sponsored by Joe's. Eat at Senior Jodi Oelschlager spikes the ball. The Jayhawks won their first tournament since 1986, Joes, its the begtf' would be airing a Commercial, defeating Akron 15-8, 15-3, 15-2 and California- San Diego 15-10, 15-11, 15-6. Oelschlager was named tournament MVP, scoring 22 kills, 8 aces and 46 digs. James Muir, graduate holdover senator and execu- Grad student boycotts tive coordinator of the Graduate Student Council, , walked out of a Student Senate meeting Sept. 13 to Student Senate meetlngs protest what he called inadequate distribution of Student Senate funds. Muir said that graduate students consituted 25 percent of the student body but got only 5.5 percent of student fees. He also said that the boycott had been approved by the Graduate Student council at a Sept. 11 meeting. 27