University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Scot Hill, Wichita junior, editor of The Oread Review, works on copy. The newspaper expresses altemative view points from the mainstream press, the University Daily Kansan. J xphoto by Renee Knoeber icviiilm e 'F 501554: from iff' , Ihfll 7i n. Vifliosinations, distributed on campus for the first time in the fall, was an alternative monthly paper that offered more liberal subject matter than than mainstream press. It was also distributed in Lawrence bars, music stores, and restaurants. Publisher Greg Clootz Lawrence se' nior, said he was excited that Wfhosinations was distributed on campus. l-le said the paper offered views overlooked by the mainstream press, the Kansan. The Kansan does a good job, but they are very one-sidedf, Clootz said. I feel we are a public voice. He said that he decided to help start the paper because he did not want to work for the Kansan. Clootz said there were more views to be shown by a publication than the the Kansan offered its readers. Wflwsinations had a SOOO-newspaper circulation. The paper added Kansas City and Manhattan to its circulation area. Clootz said that they had received letters wanting informa- tion on subscriptions from places as close as Wichita and as far as Alaska. That was a real ego-booster, he said. Our biggest goal is to hand the paper down. We don't want the paper to end when we graduate. It is an important thing. On the opposite end of the spectrum, The Oread Review had been circulated since March, l992. The Oread Society distributed the paper monthly. The Review was a campusfori- ented paper, and was a more conservative paper than the mainstream press. Vice president Bob Schaffer, l-loxie senior, said the paper was founded for several reasons. Most importantly, it was a response to the prevailing attitudes of the students, he said. Also, there was already a liberalist paper, and Student Life 27 we wanted to provide journalism students with another way to gain experience. Schaffer said he did not help start the paper as a response to anything printed in the Kansan. The Review dealt with local issues. Schaffer said it printed stories and opinions that he said might not appear in the Karisan. l-le said the paper's views were open and often humorf ous, The Review had a 7500-newspaper cir- culation. It was distributed in Lawrence. The paper had a staff of 15 people. Kim Cox, Deslvioines, lowa, senior, said she was familiar with all three papers and preferred to read Wfbosinatioris. ul just feel Wfhosinations is more cre- ative, like they aren't afraid of stepping on any toes, she said. The Kansan seems to print only appropriate stories. Cox said she still read the Kansan to keep up on everyday events. Belinda Bellet, Stilwell, senior, said she read anything she could get her hands on. l don't really have a preference, she said. l usually read them for entertainment and information. Sometimes l wonder if the UDK prints both sides, though. Dedric Moore, Kansas City, Kan., se- nior, said she read Wfliosinations and the Kansan. 'gl read VVho5inations to see what band they wrote about, l read the Kansan to see whois playing where or anything else interesting, she said.

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All ends of the spectrum are represented in campus publications . by jessica jones Iternative Presses gfml RAW eKPff55 l ,mir wilt' hen rnost students were on campus, many irnpulsively picked up a copy of The Unif versity Daily Kansan to read between classes or to read in class. The Kansan had the largest circu- lation of the campus newspapers, but it was not the only newspaper available to students. Each Student Life 26 -e month, students also had the opportunity to gf' two other publications, The Oreagl Review ani tag mosinations. All three publications were free It students. That was where their similaritie ended. il. ' UMD 1 dw lb' i

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Delivery man encounters the most interesting customers during latef night shift by Kris belden ate PIZ im jones, Wichita sophomore, grabbed five pizzas from the window and stuffed them into his insulated hot pack. He ran out the back door and jumped into his 1983 Honda Accord hatchback, radio set on 98.9 The Rock, music blaring, pizzas riding shotgun in the passenger seat. This was a full run,', and one of about 30 runs back to Pizza Shuttle, 1601 W. 23rd St., that jones would make before he got to go home at 3:30 a.m. Each run consisted of about five deliveries. Q jones grabbed a flashlight and shined it on each of the boxes, memorizing the address on each. He drove down the 10th block of Missouri Street, rechecking the addresses on the pizza boxes with his flashlight and looking out of his fogged windows. My biggest pet peeve is this-houses that are hard to find or have no addresses, Jones said. Student Life Z8 i9 Z3 jones was one of about 12 pizza deliv erers working Friday night at Pizza Shuttle fron 5 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. He worked two 10112-how delivery shifts each week, on Thursday HDL Fridays, and took 15 hours of classes at th University.