Monday, April 30, 1934
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 83 No. 148
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Eain put an end to another sunny weekend Sunday as Lincoln was hit by
the latest in a series cf rainatcms. Flash flood watches were in efTect
y for nest cf Southeastern Nebraska.
SiMdents play ICAOS game
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Dead week could have new meaning
for 23 Abel-Sandoz students as Killing
as an Organized Sport, otherwise known
as ICAOS, enters its third week.
Larry Bouza, a senior in secondary
education, started the game at mid
night April 16 to relieve some of the
pressure students have this time of
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KA(5S originated at a university in
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Inside
Miss Nebraska heads to the
Miss USA pageant with high
hopes Ps3 6
Linebacker Mike Knox, a
three-year letterman, faces a pos
sible redshirt year after a knee
injury in Saturday's Spring
Game Pags 8
Dan Fogelberg turns out to
be a man of few words . . . .
Pg"3 10
Index
Arts and Entertainment.... . 10
Classified 11
Crossword . 12
Editorial . 4
Off Tho Wire 2
Sports S
Southern California, Bouza said. It was
first played at UNL in 1979, he said.
The game goes by many names: Death
Darts, Killer, Assassination and sev
eral others, Bouza said. But, everyone
is familiar with it, although the rules
may vary slightly from game to game.
The object is to "kill" a predetermined
victim with a dart gun, as well as pro
tect yourself from an assassin who has
your name.
To keep control of the game, the
number of players was limited and no
prize was offered, he said. Bouza said
he either knew the people or he took
time to meet them.
"As long as the people don't take it
(the game), too seriously, then every
thing should work out just fine," he
said. '
Most games have money prizes, so
people risk all odds to get it. But, Bouza
said he made sure not to include
incentive to play for a prize.
The actual act of going after some
one to eliminate him from playing is
quite a violent, act. KAOS may have a
lot of bad connotations, Bouza said,
hut people say "I'm gonna kill you," all
the time, he said.
"Murder is not funny, but it happens,"
Bouza said.
"A. lot of people play D & D (Dun
geons and Dragons), and a lot of acci
dents happen in that, too," he said. Yet,
war games, drugs or the "all-powerful"
game of quarters are more dangerous,
he said.
"Even children may play KAOS, but
they don't understand all the complex
ideas behind the game, Bouza said.
They grow up playing cops and robbers,
.'or cowboys and Indians and sense
life's reality cf good and bad, he said.
Fa-e 3
By Jonathan Taylor
The UNL Judicial Board decided
early Saturday morning not to sus
pend Phi Delta Theta as a fraternity
and university-approved housing, but
imposed "restrictions and require
ments . . . which will be fulfilled and
adhered to," the attorney for the fra
ternity said.
The board presented its decision at
2:30 a.m. Saturday after about four
hours of private deliberation. Friday's
hearing, which had been continued
from Thursday, lasted 1 1 hours.
"Phi Delta Theta will continue to be
on campus, and will continue to be an
approved Greek organization "said Mi
chael Levy, an Omaha attorney.
Levy refused to specify on the re
trictions set by the board because "it
would be counterproductive to the
goal of the house, the judicial board
and to the dean of students to go into
any more detail," he said. Levy's son,
Daniel, is a member of Phi Delta Theta.
The investigation' stemmed from a
complaint filed by Delores Simpson
Kirkland, assistant to the dean of stu
dents, following the 1983 arrest of two
former Phi Delta Theta members. An
thony Huffer, an active, and Ronald
Rozanek, a pledge, were charged with
the delivery of cocaine last summer
have been bound over to Lancaster
County District Court for trial.
Tom Easley, Phi Delta Theta chapter
president, said the fraternity may file
an appeal but no decision has been
made yet. The UNL Code of Conduct
states that a written appeal must be
submitted to the judicial board within
three school days after the accused
individuals receive notificaiton of the
decision.
Although he could not specify the
judicial board's decision, UNL Dean of
Students David DeCoster said the admini
stration will carry out the terms of the
decision.
"We're prepared to work with the
conditions and restrictions laid down
by the judicial board for the future
operaton of the Phi Delta Theta house,"
he said.
Levy said that because the board
decided not to suspend the fraternity,
the decision is final and requires no
review by the administration or Greek
councils.
"It's history," Levy said. "What hap
pened has happened. It's the intent of
the membership and responsible alumni
to put the matter to rest and bring the
house back to the position of leader
ship on campus and in the community."
iiCingfs- racism seminar
helps whites empathize
Dy Christopher Burbcch
Charles King's workshop on racism
at the Nebraska Union Friday may
have missed some of its main targets,
but organizers and participants alike
said King met his goals.
"What I'm trying to do is get whites
to understand how we (blacks) feel
and what we know so we don't have to
go through the process of outrageous
protest and conflict," King said.
Two participants in the workshop, a
student organizer of the event, and a
member of the UNL administration,
had similar comments about the suc
cess of the workshop.
"I'm not naive, enough to assume
that there were some minds changed,
but people did start to think," Kenneth
Gilreath, program consultant with Cam
pus Activities and Programs said. "I
guess his (King's) purpose was to get
whites to understand what blacks go
through. I think it was a success accor
ding to his goals to get people to
start to think."
UNL Housing Director Doug Zatechka
said, "I have a greater appreciation for
what black people experience in our
society. I'm going to be more assertive
when I see something that looks like
discrimination and try to do some
thing about it."
King's method is one of intimidation.
He creates a situation in which he is
the only authority. Whites in the room
are powerless and humiliated, a situa
tion common to black and other mino
rities "out there" in the real world,
according to King. .
Gilreath and Zatechka both said
they could not see how someone could
sit through such an experience and
not learn something, or at least begin
to think. --
King said that blacks in white insti-,
tutions, including UNL, are "in a box.
Once you get angry you're gone. Every
culture must survive under he white
system. We learn all your stuff, and you
don't learn anything about us."
In response to King's claims about
racism at UNL, Zatechka said, "If you're
talking about prejudice and discrimi
nation, there's no question. That exists
everywhere. I don't know if I feel as
strongly about it as he does, but what
he says certainly has some merit."
Gilreath said he was not disappointed
with the turnout for the workshop,
with one exception.
"Students were very frustrated be
cause there were no individuals from
the athletic department there," Gil
reath said.
He said the only person from the
athletic department who responded
to the invitation was head football
Coach Tom Osborne, who said he was
unable to attend.
Gilreath also said he hoped King's
workshop would have some effect on
other administrators.
"Students can advocate change," Gil
reath said. "Some black students have
been doing that the whole time they've
been here, but if the administrators
say they don't want any part, nothing
will happen."
King has presented his workshop for
the Central Intelligence Agency, Con
gress, several universities and private
businesses. He is the founder and pres
ident of the Urban Crisis Center in
Atlanta and has served on the Presi
dent's Committee on Civil Disorder. ,
King said this committee found Ame
rica splitting into two societies white
and black.
"I'm one of the only blacks going
around trying to make whites under
stand. Most blacks are either protest
ing or just saying 'Forget it.' If you're
not going to fight for me, forget it," King
said. ',;'-"
The workshop was sponsored by the
University Program Council Tri- culiure
Committee as part of its Unity Weekend.