2008 08 18 - Back To School 2008

Back to School
Monday, august 18, 2008 special section

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T
o kick off the year as a Jayhawk,
join KU Hillel and the KU Alumni
Association for the inaugural
Crimson and Blue Shabbat. Services will be
held as usual at 6 p.m. in the Kansas Union,
but we are going to spread the crimson and
blue spirit at the Adams Alumni Center
with free dinner and lots of giveaways!
Rock Chalk!
Questions? Contact Stefani Gerson
(sgerson@kualumni.org, 785-864-4760) or
Jay Lewis (jlewis@kuhillel.org, 785-749-5397).
Crimson
and Blue
Shabbat
67 p.m.
Shabbat Service
Malott Room, Kansas Union
78 p.m.
Shabbat Dinner
Bruckmiller Room,
Adams Alumni Center
Friday, Aug. 22
Co-sponsored by the
KU Alumni Association and KU Hillel
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Transportation
campus traditions
Refund checks
Football facilities
Greek life
withdrawal
Organizations
Hawk week
Intramural sports
Religious groups
Steam whistle
Rec center
Budget
Student senate
Boathouse
Fire alarms
International students
Beak-em bucks
Residence halls
campus jobs
watkins Health center
Health tips
Study abroad
EcM
EGARc
New basketball players
Best of campus
Beauty pageants
Jaybowl
Bars
Entertainment
Restaurant guide
New restaurants
Voting
Food prices
Drinking consequences
kansas city
Vodka
Video games
Freshmen
GLBTIQ community
Roller derby
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meet your goals this semester.
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Student Health Services makes it easier for you to achieve and maintain
your health goals by being open 7 days a week with a convenient locaon right
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knowing your health care needs will be met.
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a Pharmacy thats open 7 days a week, physical therapy services and a travel
clinic? Were here to help, so call 785.864.9507 to make an appointment when
you need us.
Student Health Services...because healthy living is vital to success.
Our comprehensive list of services include:
Allergy Injecon Clinic
General Medicine
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Immunizaon & Vaccinaon Services
Laboratory & Tesng Services
Nutrion Counseling
Pharmacy
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Radiology
Travel Care & Consultaon
Urgent Care Clinic
Wellness Resource Center, oering CPR classes
and Smoking Cessaon programs
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By Kristin Hoppa
khoppa@kansan.com
The University Transit
Commission is on a roll with new
changes for the KU on Wheels bus
system this fall.
When classes resume Thursday,
students can expect to see changes
when it comes to their commute
around campus.
On campus, all students, faculty,
staff and retirees may ride any bus
for free. Off campus, riders will only
need to show their valid KUID to
board. Passengers without a KUID
will pay $1 to ride.
This decision came after the
Spring 2008 election when students
passed the fare-free bus system by a
64 percent margin.
Although students with a valid
KUID will no longer be required to
pay the one-dollar fee to board a bus,
each student pays $64 per semester
in student fees whether they ride the
bus or not.
Danny Kaiser, assistant director
of Parking and Transit, said the fees
took care of operational and bus
purchasing costs. Kaiser said opera-
tional costs increased $16 from last
year, but the bus purchasing cost
remained the same.
An additional $10 fee included
in the required campus fees will
support the SafeRide and SafeBus
system.
Route changes and names of
routes will also
start in August.
A two-bus
route will oper-
ate to Sixth and
Crestline streets
as well as a two-
bus Park and
Ride addition
that will oper-
ate during peak
demand.
Another new
route will merge
the 23rd and
Louisiana route with the Naismith/
Oliver stop. The new service will
provide both stops with a 30-minute
stop frequency.
The Night Campus Express route
will be removed during the 2008-2009
school year.
Students must
use Park and
Ride for ser-
vice to and from
Daisy Hill.
S t u d e n t s
who use the
Park & Ride
service will also
experience new
changes.
Park & Ride
route times
changed for
the fall semester, ranging wait times
between bus stops.
Park & Ride permits prices were
lowered to $90 per year starting
University bus routes, prices change for fall
Buses are free for students with a KUID,
and the cost is compensated for by the
$64 each student pays in student fees.
Bus route name
changes for 2008-2009
Naismith/Oliver merger
with 23rd and Louisiana
Stewart/Louisiana
Sixth and crestline Sixth
Via Emery
15th and crestline Bob
Billings & kasold
24th & Ridgecourt 25th &
Melrose
new park & ride stop
at daisy Hill
Southwest side of Engel and
Irving Hill Roads
detours
Because of construction,
southbound buses to the
kansas Union will be redi-
rected up Mississippi Street.
Northbound buses will stop
at the Spencer Museum of
Art, north of the museum.
JRP circulator will be redi-
rected through Lot 91 down
by the Memorial Stadium.
For additional updates, check
http://www.parkandride.
ku.edu/
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KU buses are free beginning this fall for anyone with a KUID. Passengers without a KUID can pay $1 to ride.
Student fees covered opera-
tional and bus purchasing
costs. The operational costs
increased $16 for last year,
but bus purchasing cost re-
mained the same.
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new park & ride route
schedule
Beginning Thursday, Monday
through Thursday:
6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. - Stops
every 15 minutes
8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. - Stops
every 5 minutes
2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. -
Stops every 10 minutes
5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. - Stops
every 30 minutes
Service will end at 7 p.m. on
Fridays.
when classes are not in ses-
sion, Park & Ride buses will
run every 30 minutes 6:30
a.m. to 6 p.m.
in the fall. The permit will no lon-
ger include a bus pass since KU on
Wheels buses will be free with a valid
KUID.
Derek Meier, KU on Wheels stu-
dent transportation coordinator, said
that all the changes would be to the
benefit of students.
The goal of KU on Wheels will
remain to get students to and from
class effectively and efficiently, Meier
said.
Valid KUID holders will also be
able to travel around town for free
in August.
The Lawrence City Commission
unanimously agreed June 24 to
approve a proposal that will allow
students, faculty and staff to ride the
Lawrence Public Transit, or the T, for
free if they show a KUID.
The new policy will also allow
city residents who purchased a T bus
pass to ride the University buses for
no fare.
Cliff Galante, Lawrence Public
Transit Administrator who has been
working closely with University
officials during the last three years,
said working together, the city and
University will be able to offer more
public transportation options to stu-
dents and T riders.
Im sure that cash strapped stu-
dents that may have trouble paying
to put gas in their cars will find the
newly adopted policy between the
city and University to be beneficial,
Galante said.
For more information on bus
schedules, rules and maps, check
http://www.parkandride.ku.edu/
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By ReBekah ScapeRlanda
rscaperlanda@kansan.com
Its that time again. Youre stand-
ing before a game and the people
next to you put their arms around
you. No, theyre not being extra
friendly because of pregame activi-
ties. Its time to sing the Alma Mater.
If this is one of the Universitys
traditions you have yet to learn,
youre in luck, because the lyrics are
displayed on the big screen. There
are many other KU traditions for
students to learn, and whether the
history behind them is folklore or
fact, its important to familiarize
yourself with them.
Jennifer Jackson Sanner, senior
vice president for communications
of the KU Alumni Association,
said learning KU traditions was
like learning how Grandma and
Grandpa met: its part of your KU
family history.
Learning the origins of our tra-
ditions is just as important as the
knowing the lore of your own fam-
ily, Sanner said. The Jayhawk fam-
ily prides itself on its history and on
the traditions that new generations
add to the KU story.
KU Info and KU Alumni
Association helped make the stories
behind these traditions as clear as
the water in the Chi Omega foun-
tain.
Fight song
According to KU Info, the KU
fight song Im a Jayhawk, was
written by George Dumpy Bowles
in 1912. Bowles, a student with the
class of 1892, produced musicals
for the University. In 1912 Im a
Jayhawk appeared in one of Bowles
shows.
The song was dormant until 1920
when the song added to the fund
raising efforts for the Million Dollar
Drive, which funded both Memorial
Stadium and the Kansas Union as
well as World War I memorials.
Fifty years later, the clapping
began. Clapping along to the fight
song began as a cheer that KU flag
corps created. Apparently it took
several years to catch on, but now
students and alumni participate in
the clap at every game.
If youre not exactly clapping
coordinated, listen to an mp3 of the
fight song on the KU Info Web site
and practice before a game. Visit
www.kuinfo.ku.edu, and search
clap.
swimming in the Chi
omega Fountain
This refreshing tradition may not
be found on KU Web sites or info
pages. KU Info said the unofficial
tradition had been spread simply by
word of mouth. Contrary to some
students belief, it is legal to swim
or wade in the water, but not to
climb it.
The Chi Omega Fountain itself
was a gift from the Chi Omega
Sorority in 1955. KU Info said the
fountain holds 8,500 gallons of
water. A KU tour brochure said
since its installation it has been
an irresistible Mecca for youthful
springtime frivolity.
After we beat North Carolina
during march madness, my friends
and I were walking home from Allen
Fieldhouse, said Jenny Mohwinkle,
Topeka senior. There were a whole
bunch of people splashing around
in the fountain. I definitely think
its a KU tradition worth taking
part in.
walking through the
Campanile
Curtis Marsh, KU Info program
director, said walking through the
Campanile was one of the tradi-
tions where the facts got a little
fuzzy. The first commencement for
the University was in 1873, but they
didnt start walking down the hill
until 1924. Walking down the hill
for graduation is a tradition from
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Campus traditions unify Jayhawk mindset
Talk about the Sooners
The cowboys and the Bufs,
Talk about the Tiger and his tail,
Talk about the wildcats,
and those cornhuskin boys, But
Im the bird to make em weep
and wail.
cHORUS:
cause Im a Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
Up at Lawrence on the kaw
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
with a sis-boom, hip hoorah.
Got a bill thats big enough
To twist the Tigers tail
Husk some corn and listen
To the cornhuskers wail-
Jay, Jay, Jayhawk,
Riding on a kansas gale.
im a Jayhawk
Jon goering/KanSan
Students are allowed to swim and wade in the Chi Omega fountain, which was a gift from Chi
Omega sorority in 1955. The tradition of swimming in the fountain was spread by word ofmouth.
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when the classes graduating were
much smaller. He said the students
used to walk through campus.
The walk through the Campanile
started a little later. The Campanile
was dedicated as a war memorial
in 1951. Marsh said it was very
likely that soon after the campanile
was built, the tradition of walking
through started. Its been a unique
tradition for KU students since.
KU Info does say that for College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences and
graduate students, it takes about 300
steps to make it from the entrance
of Campanile to the bottom of the
hill where the two trails combine to
enter the stadium.
Graduates from the professional
schools have 28 stairs at the begin-
ning of their walk making about
330 steps total for them. Rumor
has it that if you walk through
the Campanile before your com-
mencement, you wont make it to
graduation. So undergraduates,
steer clear.
Jackson Sanner of the KU alumni
association said that walking through
the campanile at Commencement
was KUs most cherished tradition,
because KU grads for generations
have looked forward to this rite of
passage and no other school boasts
such an unusual ceremony. Walking
down the Hill connects us all.
At KU, people dont ask wheth-
er youve graduated, but whether
youve walked down the Hill, said
Stefani Gerson, coordinator of
student programs for KU Alumni
Association and a two-time KU
graduate. The phrase is part of our
Jayhawk language.
AlmA mAter And
rock chAlk chAnt
KU Info said Professor George
Barlow Penny wanted the Glee and
Mandolin Club to sing a school
song in 1891. He didnt find a
song that pleased him until right
before leaving on tour, when he
thought of Cornells Far Above
Cayugas Waters. Barlow Penny
changed some of the words to fit
the University, taught it to the glee
club and the campus has been sing-
ing our alma mater, Crimson and
the Blue, ever since.
Following singing of the alma
mater at games is the Rock Chalk
Chant, the chant that President
Teddy Roosevelt called the greatest
college chant he had ever heard.
Although its now gained in pop-
ularity, the chant started in 1886
when the KU science club offi-
cially adopted it. As the story goes,
chemistry professor E.H.S. Bailey
and some of his colleagues were on
a train back to Lawrence return-
ing from a conference. They were
discussing the need for a good,
rousing yell, and the train wheels
suggested a nice rhythm.
The first version of the chant was
yelling Rah, Rah, Jayhawk KU,
three times. An English professor
later suggested Rock Chalk in
honor of the limestone found on
Mount Oread. The rest is history.
Were lucky to have game day
traditions that provide an adrena-
line rush many times throughout
the year, Sanner said. The Rock
Chalk Chant can give you goose
bumps no matter what the season.
WAving the WheAt
Marsh said KU Info had done a
lot of digging and couldnt find the
date that this tradition began, but
there was evidence that it had been
happening since the late 1920s.
Regardless of the original date,
students wave the wheat, or wave
their arms over their heads, when
scores are made during football
games, when an opponents player
fouls out during a basketball game,
and at the end of victories in both
football or basketball. The sea of
students and alumni waving with
their arms in the air look like a field
of wheat waving in the wind.
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TradiTion (Continued from page 6)
alma Mater, Crimson and the Blue
Far above the golden valley
Glorious to view,
Stands our noble Alma Mater,
Towering toward the blue.
cHORUS:
Lift the chorus ever onward,
crimson and the blue
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater
Hail to old kU.
Far above the distant humming
Of the busy town,
Reared against the dome of
heaven.
Looks she proudly down.
(REPEAT cHORUS)
Greet we then our foster mother,
Noble friend so true,
we will ever sing her praises,
Hail to old kU.
(REPEAT cHORUS)
(Follow with Rock chalk chant)
KanSan FiLE PHoTo
a KU band leader pumps up the KU band and students during a football game. The band plays the
KU fght song to invigorate the crowd and keep up Jayhawk spirit.
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By Deepa Sampat
dsampat@kansan.com
Students will no longer be able to
pick up refund
checks from
their tuition.
Starting this
fall, refunds will
either be direct-
ly deposited into
students bank
accounts or
mailed to them.
J e a n n e
Rooney, associ-
ate comptroller,
said the bur-
sars office had
already seen a
decrease in the number of students
who were picking up checks.
She said last spring about 700
students picked up checks, com-
pared to 2,200
students two
years ago. She
said about
7,000 total stu-
dents received
refund checks.
We thought
the students
were saying,
We want to do
direct deposit,
Rooney said.
The money
instantaneously hits your bank
account, which is the direction we
want students to go because you
directly get your money.
If students elect not to have their
refund directly deposited, a refund
check will be mailed to them as
soon as their refund is calculated.
Rooney said that in the past when
students didnt pick up their checks,
the checks werent mailed out until
several days later.
We thought,
lets go ahead
and speed the
whole process
up for every-
body, Rooney
said. We think
the students
are just telling
us, Just give us
the money the
fastest way pos-
sible.
This is the
first semester
that Tasia Rayton, Austin, Texas,
senior, will receive a refund check.
She said she set up a direct deposit
account and wouldnt have picked up
her check even
if that were an
option.
D i r e c t
deposit is conve-
nient and Ill get
it immediately,
she said.
She said she
thought students
wouldnt care
about not being
able to pick up
their check.
I dont think people will mind
as long as their money is getting to
them, she said. Most students have
bank accounts anyway.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
Financial aid
refund check
options decrease,
become faster
Students can no longer pick up their
checks starting this fall; they can either
use direct deposit or receive them by mail.
We think the students are
just telling us, Just give us
the money the fastest way
possible.
JeANNe ROONeY
associate comptroller
I dont think people will
mind as long as their
money is getting to them.
TASiA RAYTON
Austin, Texas, senior
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BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
The Kansas football team just
couldnt keep up with its Big 12
Conference competitors for more
than a decade.
The Jayhawks had never put
together a winning conference record
since the Big 12s inception in 1996
until last season. But Kansas staunch
competition off the field was just as
significant.
Nearby universities such as
Kansas State and Oklahoma could
lure recruits to their programs by
showing off multi-million dollar
football facilities. Kansas didnt have
that luxury.
Until now. The $33 million, 80,000
square-foot Anderson Family Football
Complex, where the team just moved
into two weeks ago, changes every-
thing. Associate Athletics Director
Chris Howard said Kansas football
facility was now one of the two best
in the conference.
We will not lose a recruit because
of facilities, Howard said.
The athletics department did its
best to make sure of that. The room
straight ahead from the front door
is dedicated to making sure recruits
enjoy their visits to Memorial
Stadium on game days.
Its loaded with a pull-down pro-
jection screen television, plaques of
the 11 Jayhawk All-Americans and a
balcony overlooking Kivisto Field.
It doesnt end there. Although the
rest of the building is dedicated to the
current coaches and players, recruits
will be shown the entire facility on
their visits. And the athletics depart-
New sports complex upsizes Kansas
The Universitys new Anderson Family Football Complex provides some clout against competing schools such as Kansas State and Oklahoma.
See football on page 12
Mindy Ricketts/KanSan
Coach Mark Manginos new ofce overlooks Memorial Stadium. He can control all of the elec-
tronic features of the ofce from his desk.
Mindy Ricketts/KanSan
Video taken from the practice felds or Memorial Stadium can be streamed directly back to
these screens. This room also controls the complexs 58 high-defnition fat-screen televisions.
ment intends for the high-schoolers
to come away impressed.
Its as good of a place as anywhere
Ive seen in the country, Kansas
Athletics Director Lew Perkins said.
And it certainly contains the
technology to rival any other foot-
ball teams facility. Fifty-eight high-
definition flat-screen televisions are
sprinkled throughout the facility.
From the
video room, a
coordinator can
type in a mes-
sage that will
scroll across all
58 TVs. The
same room con-
tains piles of
video record-
ing equipment,
making it easy
to compile film
scouting upcom-
ing opponents
for all of the players.
But recruits might be most
impressed by the players lounge on
the lower level. Its a living-room
sized area dedicated solely to the
players. Three 35-inch flat screen
televisions are mounted on the wall
and accompanied by game systems.
Parents of the recruits dont have
to worry about their children being
hauled off to a hospital in case of
an injury. The complex contains all
of the necessary equipment to treat
injuries on the spot.
If its that severe of an injury, we
can take them straight to the X-ray
room, Associate Athletics Director
Brad Nachtigal said.
The technological trend continues
with workout options in the facility.
The athletics department purchased
the most advanced hydrotherapy pool
in the world
where players
can work out
with adjust-
able water and
current levels.
If the player is
rehabbing from
an injury, the
pool can film
his workout so a
trainer can make
sure recovering
is going accord-
ing to plan.
Perkins thinks the combination of
the atmosphere at Memorial Stadium
during game days and the newest
football facility in the nation makes
Kansas an attractive destination for
high school football players.
People dont realize how good of a
stadium we have, Perkins said. Now,
this last piece is really going to put us
in a whole new hemisphere.
People dont realize how good
of a stadium we have. Now, this
last piece is really going to put
us in a whole new hemisphere.
Lew Perkins
kansas Athletics Director
MOnDAY, AUGUsT 18, 2008
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football (CoNtiNued from Page 11)
Mindy Ricketts/KaNSaN
the locker room is connected to all the medical treatment facilities in the Anderson Family Football
Complex. The players moved into the facility in early July.
Mindy Ricketts/KaNSaN
the weight room at the new football facility near Memorial Stadium is underground, largely
to cut energy costs. It has the latest strength-training equipment and an indoor turf practice feld.
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By Mike NolaN
mnolan@kansan.com
Freshmen and transfer students
have multiple opportunities to get
involved in campus life. Joining a fra-
ternity or sorority is one of the most
popular ways for new students to
immerse themselves in the tradition
and school spirit on campus.
Going Greek at the University is a
choice made by roughly one in every
five students on campus.
The Greek system is made up of
three governing bodies: Interfraternity
Council (IFC), which oversees frater-
nities, National Pan-Hellenic Council
(NPHC), which consists of the histori-
cal African-American fraternities and
sororities, and Panhellenic Association
(PHA), which oversees the sororities.
Male students can choose from 25
fraternities, 21 IFC and 4 NPHC, and
female students can choose from 16
sororities, 13 PHA and 3 NPHC.
The Greek community began at
the University in 1873 when Beta
Theta Pi Fraternity and Pi Beta Phi
Sorority opened their doors.
During the last 135 years, the
Greek community has been an agent
of service, leadership and school
spirit on campus.
Each house has a philanthropy
chairperson, who organizes com-
munity service projects to help the
Lawrence and the University com-
munities. Greek houses also play a
major role in the annual homecoming
parade by chalking campus sidewalks
and building floats for the parade.
These projects serve as opportu-
nities for Greek members to show
leadership skills and demonstrate
their commitment to the University.
I learned so many invaluable
lessons participating in Greek proj-
ects like Rock Chalk Revue and DG
Anchor Splash, said Lindsay Fetter,
St. Louis senior, and former member
of Delta Gamma.
Fetter said Greek leadership expe-
riences also helped her while inter-
viewing for real world jobs.
The Greek community also pro-
vides students a chance to apply their
competitive spirit through intramu-
ral sports.
For a guy like me who misses
high school sports, inter-fraternity
competition is the next best thing,
said Jake Finnicum, Omaha senior.
These extracurricular activities
are advantages to joining a frater-
nity or sorority, but the most lasting
experience that truly satisfies the
communitys members are the life-
long bonds that students make while
living in the houses.
The friends I made at Delta
Gamma are by the most important
thing I will take away from living in
a sorority, Fetter said.
Formal rush for fraternities
has already taken place, but the
Interfraternity Council sponsors infor-
mal rush throughout the fall semester.
The Panhellenic Associations for-
mal recruitment for sororities began
from August 15. The eight-day pro-
cess will give women a chance to visit
each house and meet the women of
each sorority.
Students interested in National
Pan-Hellenic Council frater-
nities and sororities can par-
ticipate in informal recruit-
ment throughout the entire year.
Greek community
connects students
with traditions, people
The greek community ofers tradition and
opportunities for students to gain leadership
experience and participate in service learning.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Members of the greek community perform in the annual Rock Chalk Revue, a large fundraiser opportunity on campus. Members of fraternities and
sororities team up to put on skits in a competition at the Lied Center.
Interfraternity council
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Alpha kappa Lambda
Beta Theta Pi
Delta chi
Delta Upsilon
kappa Sigma
Lambda chi Alpha
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji)
Phi kappa Psi
Phi kappa Tau
Pi kappa Alpha
Pi kappa Phi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Tau kappa Epsilon
Theta chi
Triangle
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Alpha chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Gamma Delta
chi Omega
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Delta Gamma
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By Deepa Sampat
dsampat@kansan.com
This year, students who want to
drop a class will see a different mark
on their transcripts and wont have to
get their instructors permission.
University Senate passed a new
withdrawal policy, which will be
implemented in the fall. Instead of
receiving a WP, withdrawn passing,
or a WF, withdrawn failing, after
students drop a class, they will sim-
ply receive a W, withdrawn. Also,
students will no longer be required
to obtain a signature to drop a class
from their instructor. Instead, they
must follow the drop procedures
required by the specific school in
which they are enrolled.
Joan Hahn, assistant registrar
at the Office of the University
Registrar, said when a student
dropped a class, they automatically
received a W. She said she thought
students would benefit from the
new policy because it would provide
consistency in marks and because it
eliminated the use of discretion by
the instructor.
It provides more opportunity
for equity for the students, Hahn
said.
Rick Levy, former president of
Faculty Senate, said the Academic
Policies and Procedures Committee
recommended the change of policy
for two reasons. He said instructors
had no consistent understanding of
what warranted a WF or WP
mark. For example, some instruc-
tors would give students a WF if
they never came to class, even if they
meant to drop the class but just for-
got to do so.
The intention was not to penal-
ize students but help students that
withdrew, Levy said.
Another reason for the revision
was the hassle of obtaining instruc-
tors signatures to drop a course.
Levy said that many times students
were waiting until the last minute to
drop a course and were unable to get
a signature by the deadline.
Students werent necessarily plan-
ning far enough in advance, Levy
said. They didnt know whether the
faculty member was going to be in
town or out of town.
Marianne Berry, University
Senate president, said she didnt have
a strong opinion about whether to
change the policy, but she thought
the new policy would make the with-
drawal process more convenient for
students because they didnt have to
obtain an instructors permission to
drop a class.
It makes it more straightfor-
ward, Berry said. They could do
it more quickly and be in charge of
their own destiny.
Levy said the original proposal
had to be reworded to clarify ambi-
guities. The revisions to the pro-
posal clarified that a mark of W
would not be included in a students
grade point average, that neither an
instructor nor a school could with-
hold a students withdrawal in the
second withdrawal period, and that
it was the students responsibility to
complete the withdrawal procedures
of his or her school.
None of those changes were actu-
al changes to the policy, Levy said.
Those were all things that were
understood but not explicit.
Geraldo de Sousa, chair of
Academic Policies and Procedures,
said University Senate showed
widespread support for the policy
change.
The new policy greatly simpli-
fies the course withdrawal process,
he said.
The withdrawal policy affects stu-
dents who drop a class in the second
withdrawal period, which is the 16th
though the 60th instructional day of
the semester.
Edited by Mandy Earles
New withdrawal
policy begins this
fall semester
Students will no longer need permission from their
professors to withdraw from a class; WF and WP
marks will also be replaced with a W mark.
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Students can make friends, expe-
rience diversity and gain leader-
ship skills through extracurricular
activities.
Aaron Quisenberry, associate
director of Student Involvement and
Leadership Center, said 560 student
groups registered at the center last
year.
Campus is a big place and
some students are overwhelmed,
Quisenberry said. The big campus
can start to become manageable if
you participate in a student group.
It makes you feel like you belong
here.
Quisenberry said the centers
Web site would give an overview of
KU student groups and guide stu-
dents to their best matched group,
based on their interests, majors and
goals. For example, if a student is
interested in campus political orga-
nizations, the student could go to
the directory of student organiza-
tions and try the category search.
This would narrow down the stu-
dents options.
Quisenberry said students could
talk to representatives of student
groups during
Hawk Week.
One hundred
of the groups
will participate
in two informa-
tion fairs dur-
ing the week.
One is sched-
uled on Aug. 19
from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m. in front
of Wescoe Hall.
The other is on
Aug. 22 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kansas
Union. He said any student would
be welcome to the fairs.
The 560 available groups cover a
variety of topics, from dance to out-
door activities to cultural activities.
The Ball Room Dance Club offers
beginner level and intermediate
level classes for dances like the salsa.
Members will pay $30 a semester
and take up to 15 lessons.
Kellen Voss,
Shawnee grad-
uate student
and president
of the club, said
beginners were
always welcome
and could par-
ticipate in either
the salsa lesson
or the begin-
ners lesson,
which features
different forms
of dances like
the waltz and tango.
We dont do competition, Voss
said. We just promote ball dance
and have a fun time.
Voss said ball dance could be
athletic and a good workout.
Brandon Hidaka, Overland Park
senior and president, teaches Yoga
in the Burge Union once a week for
free. He started the Yoga Club a year
and half ago to increase the aware-
ness of Yoga on campus.
Hidaka said Yoga would improve
health through a blend of breathing
and stretching. It has also calming
effect and relives stress.
People in all shapes and sizes
can join. Whether you are flexible
or strong doesnt matter, he said. It
improves what you already have.
Groups like the Nontraditional
Student Foundation connect stu-
dents who share similar interests or
backgrounds.
Trish Jackson, Sterling graduate
student, finds it hard to split time
between raising her son and social-
izing with her classmates. Although
Organizations ofer unique experiences
Student can get
involved with more
than 500 groups on
campus this year.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Lindsay Major, Chicago, Ill. senior, practices yoga with the Yoga Club in the Burge Union. Yoga Club ofers free yoga every Tuesday for students who are interested.
The big campus can start
to become manageable if
you participate in a student
group.
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she wishes to know more about her
classmates, she doesnt have time at
night or on the weekend.
Jackson became the president
of the Nontraditional Student
Foundation, hoping to create more
connections and communication
among members who have different
backgrounds, including veterans,
parents and older students.
The foundation serves as a repos-
itory of information for nontradi-
tional students on campus. It holds
two information fairs every year and
recruits members.
Jackson said she planned to orga-
nize more social events to encour-
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talking people who shared similar
experiences could make them feel
connected to campus and encourag-
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By Deepa Sampat
dsampat@kansan.com
The teaching environment and
sense of pride toward the institu-
tion were two of the reasons the
University was named one of the
Great Colleges to Work For by the
Chronicle of Higher Education.
This recognition confirms what
we know KU is a great place to
be, Chancellor Robert Hemenway
said in a statement. And it is a trib-
ute to our community of students,
faculty and staff who create and
support the KU
environment.
H e l e n
Alexander, pro-
fessor of ecol-
ogy and evolu-
tionary biology,
was featured
on the cover of
the magazine,
which came
out July 14. She
said the maga-
zine was look-
ing through file
photos and selected one of her.
Honestly, I have no special
involvement in the story, she said.
I do think KU is a great pace to
work and is deserving.
Alexander cited the Universitys
faculty, staff, students and facility
as top reasons she liked working for
the University.
After looking at the criteria for
the survey, Mary Klayder, University
honors lecturer, wasnt surprised
that the University made the list.
I think the size of the town and
the sense of community helps you
integrate your personal life and pro-
fessional life, Klayder said.
Klayder said she also thought that
the University let faculty explore
their interests.
Ive carved out a niche of
what Ive really liked to do and
received complete support from
the University,
she said, not-
ing that she
had created two
study abroad
programs and
was encour-
aged by the
University to
do so. If some-
thing strikes
your fancy there
seems to be a lot
of support.
The survey
was based on responses of more
than 15,000 administrators, faculty
and staff members of 89 universi-
ties. The University was named top
five in 12 out of 27 categories for
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By Bryan Cisler
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mondAy, August 18:
Ice Cream Social: From 6:30 p.m. to
8 p.m. in front of the Alumni Center
enjoy free ice cream with other ice
cream enthusiasts. Students also get
the opportunity to tour the Alumni
Center.
Traditions Night: Learn how to
wave the wheat after KU touch-
downs, because you will more than
likely be doing it a lot at the K-State
game this year.
A special twist this year will be
a concert afterwards on top of the
hill. SUA worker Lauren Lakebrink
thinks the concert will be a memo-
rable moment for students.
Walking up the hill will be a
significant time to start their careers
at KU as it will be when they walk
down the hill four years later for
graduation, Lakebrink said.
Personal class schedules will be avail-
able Monday through Wednesday.
Personal class schedule tours:
Current students will show incoming
freshmen and new transfer students
how to get around campus by bus
and how to get to classes and between
buildings in the
most efficient
ways possible.
On Monday,
Tuesday and
We d n e s d a y,
you take your
schedule to the
bronze Jayhawk
in front of Strong
Hall in the cen-
ter of Jayhawk
Boulevard, and
the department
of New Student
Orientation will lead the tours, which
begin at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
each day.
Night on the Hill concert: Ben
Kweller headlines this free event on
Campinle Hill after Traditions Night
in Memorial Stadium. The estimated
start time is 9 p.m. and the concert will
wrap up at 10:30.
tuesdAy, August 19:
Beach n Boulevard featuring Info
Fair: Now that you have been away
from home for several days now,
the next step is
to get involved.
More then 400
student groups
will be on the
lawn in front
of Strong Hall.
SUA worker
Susan Hoffman
said the fair was
a good oppor-
tunity for col-
lege students to
take advantage
of what the
University has
to offer.
You dont want to be out of
college and think Wow, I wish I
would have gone to that, Hoffman
said.
If you feel overwhelmed by the
numerous people trying to recruit
you to their organization, take a
break and head to Wescoe Beach
where you will find volleyball, bad-
minton and sno cones.
Red Dogs Dog Days: Lawrence
community members gather at
Memorial Stadium at 6 a.m. and 6
p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday for
hour-long workouts. Every person
works out at his or her own level
and speed. You must sign a waiv-
er in order to participate, but the
workouts are free.
Hawk Link Block Party: Gather
on Wescoe Beach from 9 p.m. to 11
p.m. for a hoppin mix of R&B, Hip-
Hop, Latin, and Reggaeton music.
Win free giveaways and learn about
Hawk Link, a multicultural reten-
tion program.
Rock-a-Hawk: To continue the good
times into the morning hours, head
over to the Visitor Center, attached
to Templin Hall, from 10 p.m. to 12
a.m for a dance party with music,
snacks and games.
wednesdAy, August 20:
University Theater Rally: Whether
you have dreams of making it in
Hollywood, or you have fond memo-
ries of your third grade play, the
theater rally is where you want to be.
At 7:00 p.m. in Murphy Hall, you
have the opportunity to meet with
theater professors and find out when
auditions are.
thursdAy, August 21:
First day of school: Get to class! The
fall semester gets under way with the
first two days of class this week before
the usual two-day weekend gives
students an immediate break before
entering the grind of the semester.
Hawk Week Film: Back to the
Future If you still havent found
a way to break the ice with your
roommate, head to the Spencer
Museum of Art auditorium at 7:00
p.m. for a free showing of Back to the
Future, because if your roommate
cant respect Marty McFly and Doc
Brown, then maybe its time to think
about switching rooms.
Red Dogs Dog Days: Memorial
Stadium, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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You dont have to be a varsity
athlete to participate in competi-
tive sports at the University. Thats
because the University offers plenty
of options for students at the intra-
mural sports level.
Last year, 11 team sports and nine
individual sports including ten-
nis, racquetball, table tennis and golf
were offered during the course of
the fall and spring semesters.
It is a chance to meet new people
and try new things, said Ben Prahl,
graduate assistant for intramural
sports at KU. We try to offer at least
one thing that appeals to everyone.
Prahl said that about 11,000 stu-
dents participated in intramural
sports at the University during the
2007-2008 school year, and he was
hoping to see that number increase
this year.
So is new intramural sports coor-
dinator Matt Beck, who held the
same position at Oklahoma State
before coming to Kansas.
Beck said he was working on a
way to increase participation num-
bers at Kansas. He said Oklahoma
States numbers were about 5,000
more than Kansas.
One way Beck hopes to drive up
participation is by looking into the
possibility of getting lights and add-
ing field turf to the Shenk Complex
at 23rd and Iowa streets. The out-
door venue gives priority to KU
student sporting events, and lights
would allow for more teams to par-
ticipate in intramurals at night.
In order to sign up for an intra-
mural sport, students must follow
the steps online. The captain of each
team must also agree to pay a basic
entry fee. For the bigger sports, such
as flag football, soccer and basket-
ball, that fee is $20, which Beck said
was comparable to other schools. He
said Ohio State and Louisiana State
even charged upwards of $100 per
team for basketball. Smaller sports
such as sand volleyball, dodgeball
and 3-on-3 soccer cost $10 per team
at the University.
But no intramural sport is more
popular than basketball at Kansas.
Beck said there were 230 teams that
competed in basketball last season,
which was 120 more teams than the
second most popular sport, flag foot-
ball. The intramural program offers
smaller basketball tournaments in
the fall and a larger league during
the spring.
Basketball is the biggest thing,
Beck said. Its one thing that I really
enjoy here. All games have three offi-
cials per court. No other school in
the country can claim that because
they cant afford to. But KU has put
an importance on basketball here.
Mark Capodagli, 2006 graduate,
participated in intramural basketball
for four seasons at the University and
said he enjoyed his experience.
The highlight came when he got
to play in Allen Fieldhouse, the site
of all intramural basketball champi-
onship games.
If you can make Allen Fieldhouse,
its like a whole new experience,
Capodagli said. You feel like a KU
star.
Brittney Swift, Oklahoma City,
Okla. senior, has played on six intra-
mural basketball teams in her first
three years at KU three on a
co-ed team and three on an all-girls
squad and she said she had been
to the finals in Allen Fieldhouse all
six times.
Swift said she played on intramu-
ral basketball teams with friends at
both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State,
but nothing compared to Kansas.
Its not as big as it is here, Swift
said. The competition here is really
good, and I think people take it to
another level. The whole basketball
tradition here is pretty important,
even in intramurals.
Beck said that despite basketballs
popularity at the intramural level at
the University, he wanted students
to know that there were many more
options and he was trying to bring
in even more.
Some people like playing foos-
ball, air hockey, cards, chess or video
games, Beck said. We want to be
able to market to everybody. We want
to be activities and not just sports.
Capodagli said the key to getting
involved in any intramural sport was
being organized.
Make sure youve got everything
ready for sign-up, he said. It goes
faster than you think, and sometimes
you get left out.
KU sports not
just for the pros
anymore
The University ofers 11 intramural team sports
and nine individual sports at an afordable price
for students to get involved with athletics.
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Brian Van Horn, Overland Park sophomore, goes in for a layup during a championship game at Allen Fieldhouse. The University ofers multiple
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Religious groups welcome incoming students
Organizations contacted freshmen via e-mail and Facebook this past
summer to help with the transition to college and a new church.
Kansan file photo
Miranda spini receives a cross on her forehead during an Ash Wednesday service at the St. Lawrence
Catholic Campus Center. The center is one of many religious groups for students on campus.
By Gretchen Gier
ggier@kansan.com
As part of their back-to-school
preparations, religious organizations
sent e-mails and posted Facebook
messages to potential synagogue
and church
m e m b e r s .
Cultivating a
r el at i ons hi p
with students
before August
is as important
as welcome
barbecues and
Sunday School.
Jay Lewis,
executive direc-
tor of KU Hillel,
said his goal was
to contact 200
Jewish freshmen during the summer
via e-mail and Facebook.
We want to make the transition
from their home communities to the
KU community as seamless as we
can, Lewis said.
Hillel will also have a strong pres-
ence at Naismith Hall, where many
Jewish students live, during move-in
and a welcome back BBQ on tradi-
tions night.
Hawk Week culminates in a crim-
son and blue Chabad, a big kick-
off dinner, to welcome and connect
freshmen to the
KU communi-
ty, Lewis said.
Father Steve
Beseau, director
of St. Lawrence
Catholic Campus
Center, said he
wanted to make
students happier
and healthier by
creating a space
for them in the
Catholic com-
munity.
Beseau said that St. Lawrence
reached out to incoming freshmen
through Facebook, and that the
Catholic Center would be present at
orientation.
In a situation like KU, which is
so large, its a place where people can
feel at home, Beseau said about the
center.
The center plans to use its open-
ing barbecue during Hawk Week to
encourage Catholic students to con-
tact St. Lawrence and get involved.
Lutheran Campus Ministry pas-
tor, Shawn Norris, used e-mails and
phone calls to let freshmen know
they had a Lutheran link to the
University.
Norris said Lutheran Campus
Ministry would help new students
with move-in day, and invite them to
an end of Hawk Week barbecue.
Were down-playing beer at
the welcome barbecue because it
excludes freshmen, Norris said.
Lutheran Campus Ministrys ulti-
mate goal is to help freshmen explore
their faith tradition and develop rela-
tionships.
Were not beating-people-
over-the-head-with-a-baseball-bat
Christians, Norris said. We want
them to know were here, and how
we can connect to them.
religious organizations available on campus
American Baptist Student Fel-
lowship
Amitabha Buddhist Association
Athletes In Action
Bahai campus Association
Beta Sigma chi christian
Sorority, Inc. Gamma Leviticus
chapter
campus christians (Inter-de-
nominational christian Student
Fellowship)
campus crusade for christ -
cRU
chabad Jewish Student Group
christian Legal Society
Ecumenical christian Ministries
(EcM)
Exit 29
Fellowship of christian Athletes
Footprint Radio Broadcasting
Ministry
Grace collegiate Ministries (col-
lege Ministry of Grace Evangeli-
cal Presbyterian church)
Greek Impact
Hawks for christ
Hillel, kU
IcHTHUS
Inspirational Gospel Voices
International Friends
InterVarsity christian Fellow-
ship/ International
J. Reuben clark Law Society
kansas University Religious
Advisors
korean christian Fellowship
kU cauldron
Latter-Day Saint Student Orga-
nization
Lawrence chinese Evangelical
church
Lawrence Life Fellowship (LLF)
Beyond campus Ministries
Lutheran campus Ministry
Lutheran Student Fellowship
Midwest Student Ministries
Muslim Student Association
Nation 2 Nation
Navigators, kU
Orthodox christian Fellowship
Renaissance church
St. Lawrence catholic campus
center
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By MIKE NOLAN
mnolan@kansan.com
The loud blast that rings
throughout campus every 50 min-
utes might startle those new to
the University, but campus rook-
ies should not be alarmed. It is no
reason to take
cover; it is just
the Universitys
not - s o- s ubt l e
way of signaling
the end of the
class period.
The whistle
has blown on
campus for
nearly 100 years.
According to
KU Info, the
University originally used the
steam whistle to signal curfew for
students, but in 1912 it began using
the whistle to announce the end of
each class period.
The whistle, which sits on top
of the power plant next to Watson
Library, is the third version of the
original whistle.
The first whistle lasted until
World War II in the early 1940s.
The second whistle survived for
almost 60 years
until it suffered
an unfixable
crack in January
2003.
The campus
went silent from
Jan. 22, 2003,
until April 25,
2003.
The new
whistle, which
is the whistle
that currently
sits on top of the power plant, was
made possible by a donation to
the Kansas University Endowment
Association that covered the cost
of the manufac-
ture and instal-
lation of a new
whistle.
The whistle
is so loud that
people can hear
it from one end
Lawrence to the
other.
I could hear
that thing blow
when in my apartment at Tuckaway,
and when I was playing softball in
East Lawrence,
said Will Allen,
2008 graduate.
The steam
whistle has
been a question
of concern for
some students,
but they admit
it serves as a
nice reminder
throughout the
day.
I cannot stand the sound of
that thing, but I think I would feel
weird if I didnt hear it at the end
of class, Erik Harms, Springfield,
Mo., senior, said. Its a nice cue to
leave class.
No matter what students think,
the steam whistle will continue to
blow throughout the school year
and for most students it will be a
reminder of good news: class is
over.
Weston White/KANSAN
The University has used a steam whistle to signal the end of class periods since 1912.
Campus whistle sparks mixed feelings
I could hear that thing blow
when in my apartment at Tuck-
away, and when I was playing
softball in East Lawrence.
will AlleN
2008 Alumnus
I cannot stand the sound of
that thing, but I think I would
feel weird if I didnt hear it at the
end of class.
erik hArMS
Springfeld, Mo., senior
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Expanding exercise options for students
By Deepa Sampat
dsampat@kansan.com
The freshman 15 can be a harsh
reality for new students. However,
that doesnt have to be a concern if
students take advantage of work-
out options provided by the Student
Recreation Fitness Center.
The $6.3 million expansion to the
recreation center, which began in
May 2007, is slated to be completed
by mid-September. New additions
include four multipurpose courts, a
martial arts room, two racquetball
courts and a virtual golf course.
Whats really fun about it is its
all student initiative, said Mary
Chappell, director of the recreation
center. Students are here wanting to
make the University better.
The expanded portion will open
on Oct. 24, which is the Friday of
Homecoming weekend. The rec-
reation center will also be formal-
ly renamed the David A. Ambler
Student Recreation Fitness Center
at a naming ceremony the same day.
Ambler was former vice chancellor
of student affairs. He held the posi-
tion from 1977 to 2002.
Another addition to the recre-
ation center was provided by the
2008 senior class. The senior class
gift, a KU inlay, will be placed in
the sidewalk in front of the center.
Overall, people think its a nice
symbol for students to give back to
the University, Lori Reesor, associate
vice provost for student success and
senior class adviser said.
Students pay $74.50 in student fees
for the recreation center. Chappell
said students should take advantage
of the recreation center because they
were paying for it.
Every student has ownership in
Martial arts room, racquetball course,
virtual golf await students at the rec
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Emily Hendricks, overland park senior, walks the track as a cool down after her workout at the Student Recreation Center. Hendricks primarily uses
the track but wishes there were more weights and cardio equipment available. Hendricks also said that she would probably just use the expanded track; I
do not really play the other sports,in regards to the new expansion at the Student Fitness Recreation Center.
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it, she said.
The recreation center will con-
tinue to offer its past programs.
One of the most prominent fea-
tures in the recreation center, the
rock wall, is part of the outdoor
pursuits program. Backpacks, tents,
canoes and kayaks are all available
for rent.
Its pretty cheap to go on a canoe
trip for the weekend, Chappell said.
During the Wakarusa Festival all the
inventory was out.
The KU Fit program offers more
than 40 aerobic exercise classes,
all taught by students. Lexi Childs,
Wichita senior, teaches a Pilates class
and a cardio dance party class.
Its a blast helping other people
work out and helping them work out
in a fun atmosphere, Childs said. It
gets bored working out at the same
level on machines. When youre in
a group setting it makes it a little
more fun.
Stacey Pope, Topeka junior and
kickboxing instructor, agreed that
exercising in a group provided a
different dynamic than working out
alone.
Theres a sense of solidarity with-
in all the girls in the class, she said.
Forty free personal training ses-
sions are offered every two weeks.
All the personal trainers are also
students and are health, sports and
exercise majors or have certification.
Childs said she recommended stu-
dents take advantage of the personal
training sessions to help them devel-
op a workout routine.
A lot of times people arent moti-
vated because they might not know
what to do, she said. You have an
instructor motivating you instead of
you motivating yourself.
Chappell said that no matter
where students exercised, it was
important that they get in the habit
of working out.
Its a lifestyle hopefully everyone
can engage in, Chappell said.
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Students participate in a yoga class at the Student Recreation Fitness Center. The rec began a $6.3 million expansion in May 2007.
Budgeting important for students
BY Christine DAmiCo
cdamico@ku.edu
coLLEGE BudGETInG
Congratulations! Youve success-
fully entered the ranks of college and
begun the path to join 34 percent of
U.S. citizens with a college degree.
But thats not all youve signed up
for. Youve also landed a four-year
tuition bill of $27,510, or if not a
Kansas resident, $72,246.
But lets be honest. Its doubtful
youll stay in a dorm room for four
years. With bars, restaurants, parties
and new friends, disposable income
costs are high as well.
Budgeting is part of growing up.
But in college, with multiple distrac-
tions, it can be hard to ground your
spending.
Margie Gallaway, Overland Park
mother of an incoming freshman, is
preparing to send her child away to
Lawrence for college. Gallaway and
her daughter have begun to discuss
spending in the form of a monthly
stipend, like most of her friends are
receiving. According to the Student
Monitor, the average monthly allow-
ance for an undergraduate at a four-
year college is $208.
In order to stretch those dollars as
far as possible, here are some tips to
tailor budgets to a college environ-
ment.
AT THE GrocErY sTorE
Jenny Mohwinkle, Topeka senior,
learned that hard way that the gro-
cery store saves money.
I dont buy anything I dont need,
Mohwinkle said.
Unfortunately, her slimming
down at the grocery store led to
more and more eating out. To really
pinch pennies, make the grocery
store part of your weekly routine.
Youll save money and maybe even
learn to cook.
Another way to watch your wallet
at the grocery store is to buy generic
brands. They taste just as delicious
and leave you with more money.
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If you take out the cash you need
from your account and only spend
the cash, leaving you card at home,
youll come out ahead at the end of
the night. Credit cards or debit cards
can be swiped mindlessly, where-
as when money starts to disappear
youll notice.
If you leave your parking spot at
the dorms, there is a good chance
that another one wont be available.
Carpool if you need to run an errand.
It saves the grief of trying to park
your car, along with gas money.
Your parents might push for good
grades, but there might be more
incentive than that. The better scores
you receive the more chances you
have for scholarships.

ouT on THE ToWn
Before there is a party, there is
usually a pre-game. During the pre-
game, students save money by pur-
chasing a bottle of alcohol together.
That way bar bills dont get out of
control.
Above all, when out on the town,
avoid opening a tab. Tabs run up
quickly and can be a devastating
receipt to wake up to the next morn-
ing.
One solution to tight budgets is
the college job. John Hale, Kansas
City, Kan., father of an incoming
freshman, said he encouraged his
soon-to-be freshman daughter to
take on financial responsibilities of
her own. Although he doesnt want
her grades to drop, he doesnt want
to foot all of the college bills either.
Shes worked before, Hale said.
Its time for her to work again.
Student Senate leaders
receive compensation
BY DeepA sAmpAt
dsampat@kansan.com
Under a new policy Student Senate
leaders will now receive an award
compensation funded by a University
Endowment Senate account. Adam
McGonigle, Wichita junior and stu-
dent body president, said the new pol-
icy had passed through the necessary
channels and would be implemented
this fall. Senate leaders will no longer
be granted tuition sponsorships by
Student Success funds.
The new policy, proposed by for-
mer student body president Hannah
Love and former student body vice
president Ray Wittlinger, provided
compensation to six Student Senate
positions. The student body president
and vice president will receive $3,000
per semester; Student Executive com-
mittee chair, legislative director and
graduate affairs representative will
receive $2,000 per semester and
student body treasurer will receive
$1,500 per semester.
McGonigle said he first learned
that Student Success would not pro-
vide tuition sponsorships last April.
The tuition sponsorships provided
leaders with in-state tuition. He said
thats when Love and Wittlinger came
up with the new proposal.
It was too late in the year for
student senators to consider any sort
of compensation increase on their
own, McGonigle said.
The student senators who will
receive the compensation are also
paid $8.50 an hour for 15-20 hours
of work per week.
Edited by Rustin Dodd
Executive Awards Compensation
Ofce Semester Compensation
President $3,000
Vice President $3,000
StudEx Chair $2,000
Legislative Director $2,000
Graduate Afairs $2,000
Treasurer $1,500
Total $13,500
Hourly salary for 15 to 20 hours of work per week
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Inclement weather has frequently
inconvenienced junior rower Stacy
Rachow during the past two years.
If it was raining too hard or was
too windy, the rowing team either
had to leave its Burcham Park head-
quarters and come back to campus to
work out or wait to see if the weather
would calm down.
Thats not the only nuisance the
team had to deal with. Rain created
puddles in the outdoor cage where
Rachow and her teammates would
have to go daily to get the boats out
for practice.
Your socks would get all wet,
Rachow said. It would be freezing
outside so youd have wet socks and
youd be rowing. It would be a pain.
Rachow has dry socks to look for-
ward to and a lot more before
the spring season begins for the
Jayhawks. Thats when the rowers
will move into their new $6 million
boathouse at Burcham Park, Second
and Indiana streets.
All the teams boats and work-
out equipment will be stored there,
making it a more comfortable place
to practice. The 2,000-square-foot
building will also contain a locker
room, study room and team room.
This is a tribute to the people
that believe rowing is going to be
an important part of the athletic
future at the University of Kansas,
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said
at the boathouses groundbreaking
ceremony.
But its not only the Universitys
rowing team that will benefit from
the new facility. The KU club crew
team will also have access to the
building and will store its boats
there.
Will Hecht, president of the club
crew team, said the club already
possessed credibility for its tradition
and performance. But with a brand
new facility to show off, the team
has more to look forward to than
ever before.
Its going to help our member-
ship a whole bunch, Hecht said.
Because whenever we actually show
people the place we call home, it
just makes us seem that much more
legitimate.
While the club team hopes to
impress incoming students, the
University squad hopes the boathouse
courts rowing recruits. Rachow said
one of the most exciting parts of the
new facility was that it would provide
something for coach Rob Catloth to
sell to prospective team members.
In addition to its indoor amenities,
a unique infrastructure accompanies
the boathouse. Its being designed to
be able to withstand floods of up to
eight feet so that even if the Kansas
River rises to a higher level than nor-
mal, everything inside will be safe.
Rachow cant wait to move in.
Everything about the building
sounds exciting to her. But more
than anything, she said her team-
mates were happy that after nearly 15
years, the Kansas rowing team has a
building of its own.
They are all just really excited to
have a place we can call home other
than a cage, Rachow said.
New boathouse for rowing team excites team, prospective members
The teams upgraded home from a cage is more
comfortable, puts faith back into rowing team.
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The new boathouse reinvigorates the rowing team and is an upgrade for what members called a cage.
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BY CHRISTINE DAMICO
cdamico@kansan.com
It was a spring day on campus and
Pat, who prefers to remain anony-
mous, just bombed an accounting
test. In moments of great desperation
such a this, Lawrence used to ofer a
little piece of heaven known as Te
Crossing.
Pitchers of beer and an enticing
front porch greeted guests and helped
to comb over problems of the day.
Pat decided to cool of from his
accounting test with a cold brew.
However, it was midday on cam-
pus, and all the partygoers were
locked in classrooms. Class or no
class, Pat wasnt going to drink
alone.
His friend was in the middle of a
lecture at Wescoe Hall when he tex-
ted him his master plan.
Pat walked through the lower
foors of the building, found a fre
alarm, pulled on the handle and
walked calmly away. But it was his
frst time in the building and he had
trouble fnding his way out.
I kept trying to leave but it took
me a while to fnd an exit, he said.
As the sirens went of, Pat took a
seat outside Strong Hall and patiently
waited for his friend to arrive.
When the fre trucks got there
we decided to head out, Pat said.
Pulling the
fre alarm has
become a pop-
ular prank on
college campus-
es. False alarms
in residence
halls wake stu-
dents at all hours
of the night and
force them to sit
outside while no
fre is found.
Diana Rob-
ertson, director
of student hous-
ing, said fre alarm pranks could usu-
ally be linked to frequent pullers. In
the past, a student who has pulled the
alarm once will usually do it again. In
her years as director, she has seen the
frequency of false alarms fuctuate.
Its an annoying prank, Rob-
ertson said. Usually students will
report whoever is pulling the alarm
because they get tired of it.
According to Robertson, false fre
alarms are usually set of by some-
ones cooking catastrophes or faulty
alarms. Prank
alarms are low
but carry heavy
consequences.
S t u d e n t s
sometimes get
lulled by false
alarms and fnd
a way not to
evacuate, Rob-
ertson said.
Unfortunately,
when there is
a real fre, the
students who
remain in the
building could risk their lives.
If an alarm is pulled, the ofce of
student housing and police work to-
gether in order to prosecute ofend-
ers to the fullest extent of the law.
Te department of student hous-
ing holds educational meetings about
fre safety every year. Te meetings
emphasize the importance of re-
sponding to alarms in a routine pat-
tern for student safety.
Rich Barr, division chief with Law-
rence Fire and Medical, assists with
the educational meeting every fall.
He said there had been years where
the fre department had responded to
upwards of 80 residence hall calls. He
said most alarms were pulled during
midterms and fnals.
We want students to understand
that it may be fun to hear sirens and
upset friends, but that someone could
be harmed, Barr said. It takes 1 of
900 residents to upset a building.
Although false alarms on cam-
pus do happen, by far the most false
alarms are from the residence halls.
Barr said Oliver, McCollum and Nai-
smith halls had alarms pulled most
ofen.
Tis college prank carries legal
consequences as well. In Kansas, giv-
ing a false alarm is a class-A misde-
meanor. For a get-out-of-a-test-free
card, ofenders could land themselves
in jail for up to a year. It could also
cost ofenders with fnes going up to
$2,500.
Pat and his friend lef without so
much as a question.
Te next day he picked up the
campus paper, while reading the free
for all, one entry in particular caught
his attention.
For whoever pulled the fre
alarm in Wescoe yesterday, thanks,
the entry read.
The common prank occurs most in residence halls, punishment
could include fnes up to $2,500 and a year of jail time
False fre alarms frequent campus
Usually students will
report whoever is pulling
the alarm because they get
tired of it.
DiANA rOberTSON
director of student housing
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Sachiko Miyakawa
More than 30 groups serve as
cultural ambassadors on campus,
including international and area
studies clubs. International students
can share their experiences and find
friends from their home countries
and domestic students can explore
different cultures through the activi-
ties of the groups.
Yong Zhang Chengdu, China,
sophomore, recently started a stu-
dent group, All About China!, to
respond to students increasing
interests in China and promote bet-
ter understanding about the coun-
try.
Zhang said the group would col-
laborate with Chinese Students and
Scholars Friendship Association
and organize cultural workshops
in the fall. The group sponsored a
T-shirt design contest in the sum-
mer to raise money for victims of
the Sichuan earthquake in China.
Zhang said although more
American students showed interest
in China, some of them had misun-
derstandings about the Chinese.
Some of them think all Chinese
are brainwashed by the Chinese gov-
ernment, Zhang said. They think
we are not so open-minded.
Zhang said he hoped the group
would help students to explore
Chinese culture and bring more
communication between Chinese
students and American and other
international students on campus.
Dinesh Raveendran, Chennai,
India, graduate student, said that
he participated
in Cultural
Indian Club, an
Indian student
association at
the University,
because he
wanted to cel-
ebrate tradi-
tional Indian
events. The
club sponsors
several events
through the
year, including
an indepen-
dence day cel-
ebration, pot lucks and traditional
dancing displays. Raveendran said
he liked to attend Indian festivals,
such as Diya, a festival of lights.
Allen Lien, Taipei, Taiwan,
graduate student, said that while
the Taiwanese Student Association
served to help Taiwanese students
at the University, it held events to
inform people of Taiwanese culture.
Lien, former vice president of the
association, said the Chinese new
year was one of the biggest events.
The event featured a dinner party,
game night and a show of Taiwanese
performances.
He said the dinner party attracted
many people, and many Americans
gained interest
in Taiwan after
they ate food
or enjoyed
Taiwanese danc-
ing and songs.
I think the
easiest way is
food, Lien said.
I think most
Americans try
food first.
He said any-
one was wel-
come to join
the association
and attend the
events. He said the association served
as a bridge to connect Taiwanese
students to different groups of peo-
ple on campus, including American
students who practiced their lan-
guage skills and other international
student groups.
Bonkyoung Ku, Seoul senior,
said the Korean Student Association
focused on supporting Korean stu-
dents on campus. The members of
the association holds social events
and talk with students when they
have problems.
Ku, president of the association,
said when new students came to the
University, he would pick up them
from the airport, show them around
Lawrence and help them find a place
to live. If they did not have a car,
the members provided a ride for
shopping.
I think Im repaying what I got,
Ku said. When I got help, they just
told me you dont have to pay back
to me, pay back to new comers.
Ku said he picked up new stu-
dents from the Kansas City airport
more than 10 times in the past fall
semester. He said he had written a
check for their housing several times
because the housing office didnt
accept any cash and many Koreans
didnt have a banking account when
they just arrived.
This is kind of too much, but
we usually do like this, Ku said. I
think this is a good tradition for
Korean Student Association, and I
just try.
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Incoming international students get involved
Cultural clubs
help introduce
foreign students
to college life,
other students
around campus
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From left, Natalie Aaron, St. Louis graduate student, Mustafa Yilmaz, Izmir, Turkey, Claudio Jimenez, Concepcin, Chile, post doctoral researcher, and Rebecca Welch Weigel, Lawrence
graduate student, discuss the metric system during a meeting of an Applied English Center Conversation Group. The groups help students of English practice conversation in a more casual, natural setting.
I think Im repaying what
I got. When I got help they
just told me you dont have
to pay back to me, pay back
to newcomers.
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Eating around Lawrence contin-
ues to get a little tastier for KU stu-
dents this fall.
Students can use their KU Card
Beak Em Bucks
account to eat at
several on- and
off-campus loca-
tions instead of
carrying cash
or using a debit
card.
Beak Em
Bucks is a stored-
value account
that students can
deposit money
into and then
use on campus for various services.
Students may also use their Beak
Em Bucks account at off-campus
locations and for pizza delivery.
The student accounts can earn
Beak Em Bucks reward points every
time the account is used at specific
locations.
Beak Em Bucks rewards are
earned through purchases made
on the account. Students must sign
up online to activate the rewards
account. As points add up, students
can view prizes
they are eligible
for on the KU
Card Web site.
There are
more than 20
locations where
students can
use Beak Em
Bucks accounts,
including Biggs
BBQ, 2429 Iowa
St., Chilis Grill
& Bar, 2319 Iowa
St., CVS Pharmacy, 2300 Iowa St.,
and SunKissed Tan, 2540 Iowa St.
On-campus purchases can be
made at food, coffee and Hawk Food
Stop locations as well as vending
machines, residence hall laundry
facilities and libraries for printing
and photocopying.
The Beak Em Bucks account is
automatically set up for students
when they receive their KU cards.
Students may then add money to
their account online, by cash-to-cash
machines on campus or through
optional campus fees.
Nancy Miles, director of KU Card
Center, said the Beak Em Bucks
account provides a convenience fac-
tor to students.
Not all students have a debit
card, Miles said. Most students
always carry their KUID cards on
them.
Miles said the Beak Em Bucks
accounts act similar to debit cards
but can also be used for services that
normally do not accept debit card
payments, like on-campus printing
and photocopying.
Unlike a debit card, cash with-
drawals are not allowed through
Beak Em Bucks accounts. Students
also may not use their accounts
to purchase tobacco or alcohol
products.
Michelle Archambault,
Flemington, N.J. senior, said she
occasionally used her Beak Em
Bucks at Chilis, 2429 Iowa St. She
said the account was just as easy
to use on-campus as it is off-cam-
pus, but there was a downside.
It can be a pain in the butt
to go online and put money on
your card, Archambault said.
But it just depends on how you
budget.
Students can go to the KU Card
Center Web site at http://www.
kucard.ku.edu/beak_em_bucks/
for updates on participating Beak
Em Bucks merchants.
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Burrito King - 900 Illinois St.
Celsius Tannery - 4637 W. Sixth St.
Chilis Grill & Bar - 2319 Iowa St.
CVS/pharmacy - 2300 Iowa St.
Dominos Pizza (delivery),
(785)841-8002
Endless Summer Tan - 2223 Louisi-
ana St.
Gumbys Pizza - 1445 W. 23rd St.
Kwik Shop - 7 Lawrence locations
On the Border Mexican Grill & Can-
tina - 3080 Iowa St.
Perkins Restaurant - 1711 W. 23rd
St.
Pizza Shuttle - 1601 W. 23rd St.
Sun Resorts Tanning - 1410 Kasold
Drive
SunKissed Tan- 2540 Iowa St.
Taco Johns - 3 Lawrence locations
University Book Shop - 1116 W.
23rd St.
Wendys - 2 Lawrence locations
Wheat State Pizza - 711 W. 23rd St.
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automatically set up for students
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How to make your dorm home away from home
By Brieun Scott
bscott@kansan.com
Living in a new surrounding with
new people and new cultures could
be difficult to adjust to. You could
face difficult roommates and loud
neighbors. Heres some sound advice
and knowledge of how to survive the
dorm life.
To students living in the residence
halls, life can be fun and possibly
overwhelming. Staff and resident
assistants try to make students feel
welcome.
Erica Rowe smiled when she
thought of her first year in the resi-
dence halls.
I would say it was good. They
did good welcoming incoming fresh-
man, Rowe said.
Rowe, Kansas City, Mo., graduate
of 2008, lived in Lewis Hall her first
semester and moved to Ellsworth
Hall the second semester. She said
one thing she liked about living in
the residence halls was the help she
received.
The upperclassmen were there if
we had any questions, she said.
Rowe said she liked how conve-
nient living on campus was. She said
that she had the option of riding the
bus or walking to school. She said
that although she lived on campus,
she was still able to separate herself
from the University.
Rowe said she was glad to stay on
campus her first year and thought all
students should experience it.
Living in the dorms force you to
meet new people, Rowe said.
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Diana Salisbury, Overland Park
junior, said her experience in the
residence halls was a good one, but
that it sometimes became distract-
ing. She said to find time to study,
she and her roommate, a childhood
friend, would compromise.
We made an agreement for when
we wanted to study, Salisbury said.
We didnt have company over on
the days we studied.
She also said that living on cam-
pus was a good way to meet people.
She met friends in the community
bathroom.
Its weird, but you get to know a
lot of people that way, she laughed.
You kind of get to know when
people go to the bathroom.
Salisbury said she thought fresh-
men should live in the residence
halls at least once.
I think its an experience you
should have. You get to know a lot
of people in the same situation as
yours, Salisbury said.
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Brittney Chandler, Kansas City,
Kan., senior, lived in GSP-Corbin
Hall her freshman year in school.
She said she learned how to make
time for studying. She said if stu-
dents slacked off on their grades, it
would definitely show.
Study, dont party like a rock
star, Chandler said. Because get-
ting your GPA up is no joke.
Chandler, psychology major, said
her dorm life was a good one. She
said she was at advantage from other
residence halls on the hill because
she didnt have to experience as
many disturbances.
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Lawrence native Noah Hoelscher,
junior, never lived on campus, but
said he spent a lot of his time at the
residence halls because several of his
friends lived there.
Although Hoelscher didnt live
there, he said he enjoyed going to
visit friends. He said he heard good
things about living on campus.
Everybody I know had a positive
experience, he said.
Hes also heard the not so good
things.
Ive heard stories of getting stuck
with bad roommates, Hoelscher
laughed.
Despite what has been said,
Hoelscher said he would have liked
to live on campus and he thought
everyone should.
It might have been more fun to
stay on campus, Hoelscher said. Its
a good way to meet people.
By Brieun Scott
bscott@kansan.com
KU Student Housing took
precautions to assure the safety
of students living in residence
halls by installing a card access
system.
Students living at residence
halls will use KUID cards to
enter into building. Students
visiting the residence halls can
use courtesy phones located
near the entrance to be allowed
access.
Jennifer Wamelink, associate
director of Student Housing,
said the purpose for the access
system was to provide addi-
tional security for students.
She said student housing had
planned to install a new access
system, but the Virginia Tech
incident confirmed the deci-
sion.
We want to be able to
balance the security of get-
ting access to the building,
Wamelink said.
The system was installed in
residence halls in fall 2007 and
spring 2008.
Billy Massey, desk manager
at Hashinger Hall, said he felt
the key card machines were
serving the purpose of provid-
ing extra security.
It will keep people we dont
know out, Massey said.
Massey, Hoyt senior, said
within hours of getting the
machines, he had an incident
and the machines helped mini-
mize the time it would have
taken to resolve the problem.
Hashinger was the last resi-
dence hall to get the key card
machines installed. Massey
said he would try to prepare
employees to assure the safety
of students living in Hashinger.
Ill definitely say that Im
going to train employees to not
let any unknown person in the
dorm, he said.
Security increases in on-campus housing
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Allie Cleary, Council Grove freshman, swipes her KUID card to enter Ellsworth. A new card system was installed in residence halls last year.
New card swipe system ensures
limited access to residence halls
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By Mandy EarlEs
mearles@ku.edu
The University offers a variety of
jobs including anything from an active
job such as a personal trainer to a
more discreet job such as stocking
shelves at the libraries.
The KU Public Safety Office is hir-
ing for its security monitoring position.
Schuyler Bailey, captain of the police
support unit, said they were looking to
fill this position year-round.
Students will monitor the student
cameras, assist at athletic events and
work security at the library in the eve-
ning hours, Bailey said.
Bailey said this job was ideal for any
night owls because the hours were
usually from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. He said
the job was also beneficial to those
who wanted to get into law enforce-
ment because it would give them the
inside scoop on how it was done.
For a more laid-back atmosphere,
students may also want to check out
the four positions open for the KU
Libraries.
Rebecca Smith, director of com-
munications and advancement for
KU Libraries, said they had positions
for just about every type of student.
She said some positions required stu-
dents to work closely with other stu-
dents while other positions were more
solitary because students spent time
restocking shelves.
Students who work for the librar-
ies get a leg up on research, Smith
said. They learn how to utilize the
libraries and know what services are
available for them.
Ann Hartley, associate director of
the University Career Center, said the
University made sure students had
other options besides on-campus jobs.
She said the University posted off-
campus positions through the Web
site, kucareerhawk.com. She said that
by August, the site should have more
than 150 postings.
Students also can find convenient
jobs in the same place that they live.
Jennifer Wamelink, associate direc-
tor for Residence Life, said Student
Housing had several different posi-
tions open for the spring semester.
Wamelink said students working
where they lived had its benefits.
You live at the dorms and can go
down the hall to work, Wamelink
said. It is also more flexible because
we work with students schedules.
Another department that might
offer more unique opportunities for
students is the Student Recreation
Fitness Center.
The recreation center is cur-
rently hiring for two positions. Mary
Chappell, director of KU recreation
services, said that the positions didnt
necessarily require previous experi-
ence.
Most of the positions have on-the-
job training, Chappell said. We will
take most anyone.
Chappell also said one of the ben-
efits of working for the recreation
center was being able to cross train.
She said if students started out with
yoga classes, they could switch to kick-
boxing or anything else they might be
interested in.
Chappell said the big benefit was
working on campus.
You can work for a few hours, go
to class, and come back and work a few
more hours, Chappell said.
The largest employer on campus is
also hiring and always has open posi-
tions for every type of job imaginable.
KU Dining Services has more than
500 student employees, and about
40 of those students work for The
Underground, a food court located in
the lower level of Wescoe Hall.
Jason Arnett, manager of The
Underground, said they were always
looking to hire new students through-
out the semester, and that students
didnt need previous experience for
most positions.
Alecia Stultz, assistant direc-
tor for Retail Dining Services, said
the best part about working at The
Underground was the environment
for students.
Its a real community, like a family,
she said. It can be a lot of hard work,
but it can also be a lot of fun.
Stultz said maybe the best benefit
for students was the location. She said
it was in the middle of campus, and
if students spent a lot of their time
on campus, they might as well work
there too.
Jobs of all trades exist for students
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Naomi Wilferd, Boston, Mass. junior, hands back a student identifcation card after checking in a basketball to Brandt Pyle, Halstead, Kan., sixth year undergraduate. Wilferd has worked at the Student Recreation Center for one year and said she "liked it a
lot. It is a good environment."
By Brieun Scott
bscott@kansan.com
Watkins Memorial Health Center
offers students services to help get
through the school year.
Watkins has 13 departments
where students can get information
and services.
Student Health Services is com-
prehensive within the student col-
lege life, offering various services
such as general medicine, pharmacy,
physical therapy and lab. There are
10 state board certified physicians
on staff to assist students with any
health concerns.
Heidi Garica, manager of the
Wellness Resource Center, said that
the location of the services was con-
venient for students because it was
located under one roof. Watkins,
1200 Schwegler Dr., is north of the
Student Recreation Fitness Center.
Amanda Steffan, Lawrence soph-
omore, said that she often went to
Watkins for its resources. She said
she went this summer for counseling
and liked how convenient it was to
get in and see someone.
It was nice to go somewhere
where you can get an unbiased opin-
ion, Steffan said. The staff was very
helpful.
The Wellness Resource Center
is another part of student services
offered at Watkins. The resource
center offers assistance to students in
areas from on where to go to get help
on a paper to helping resident assis-
tance with their bulletin boards.
Garcia said that aside from those
things, they did have five priori-
ties, which were alcohol and drugs,
tobacco, nutrition, sexual health and
stress reduction.
Throughout the school year,
Garica said student services did dif-
ferent events and programs to give
students information and make
them aware of the resources. She
said one of the most popular was the
Health Hut, which would be located
throughout campus.
Were here for the students,
Garcia said. We want students to
realize its the student health center.
Other resources offered within
Student Health Services are dietician
counseling, which requires an addi-
tional fee, and the tobacco program
called KanUquit, implemented last
December by Ken Sarber, adminis-
trator at Watkins.
Garcia said that Student Health
Services was always available for stu-
dents.
Students should be proac-
tive in there health care, she said.
Somebody is always here to help.
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The watkins Memorial Health
center welcomes back stu-
dents with health events and
resources on how to have a
productive school year.
Health Fair
Sept. 10
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Student Health Services will
have a booth set up in front
of Strong Hall. Students get
to experience all of what
Student Health Services
has to ofer. The student
services will talk about how
to stay healthy. watkins will
be joined by other student
services such as Student Rec-
reation Fitness center and
The Emily Taylor Resource
center.
Ku smoke-out Week
Sept. 17
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
During this event, a booth
will be set up in front of
wescoe Hall and the Student
Health Services will en-
courage students to give
up tobacco and enjoy a
smoke-free life. They will give
information on additional
smoke-free programs.
15 minutes of Freedom
Sept. 24
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On the frst foor of watkins,
Student Health Services
invites Pinnacle career Insti-
tute to give free massages to
students and talk about the
campus resources on how
to relieve stress. carole Guil-
laume, physician at wakins,
specializes in sleep disorder
and will inform students on
how to handle sleep disor-
ders. The counseling and
Psychological Services (cAPS)
will also be in attendance .
Get sick much? Go to Watkins for the cure
The campus health
center features
pharamcy, lab, the
Wellness Resource
Center, counseling
and other amenities.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Watkins Memorial Health Center has many options for students to take advantage of when feeling under the weather or need a routine checkup. The
center ofers a pharmacy, lab, Wellness Resource Center and counseling services for students.
BY BRIEUN SCOTT
bscott@kansan.com
Its the frst year of college, but its
also a time for re-occurring viruses
and illnesses. With students from
diferent places and backgrounds,
encountering diferent sicknesses is
expected.
Alice Zarda, Manhattan freshman,
said she couldnt believe that she had
to get a meningitis shot to prepare for
college.
It freaks me out that we have to get
a shot to live in the dorm, Zarda said.
But this is one precaution students
should take to prepare themselves for
school.
Patricia Denning, physician and
chief of medical staf at the Watkins
Memorial Health Center, gave rec-
ommendations on how to prepare
and avoid viruses and disease for the
school year.
Denning said the best way for stu-
dents to prepare for school is to get an
update on their health status.
Students should make sure theyre
updated with all medications and
shots before school, Denning said.
She said she also recommended
students visit their regular physician.
Fall
Te start of the school year always
opens with various outdoor activities
to welcome both new and returning
students.
Denning said the fall was the peak
season for outside-related illnesses
such as allergies, asthma, poison ivy
and sport injuries.
She said for students who didnt or-
dinarily live in Kansas, allergies could
be a problem. She said students should
be aware of symptoms and should
try to remain indoors if they noticed
them.
Poison ivy is at its peak during the
start of the semester.
Students should recognize what it
looks like and should avoid getting in
contact, Denning said. If leaves are
three, leave it be.
She said long sleeve pants and long
sleeve shirts are good for areas where
poison ivy would be located.
Winter
Te chill of winter brings in vari-
ous colds and viruses. Te most com-
mon during this season are the fu and
stomach viruses.
Denning said the best way students
could avoid viruses was making sure
they washed their hands afer cough-
ing or sneezing and before eating. She
said students should also avoid eating
and drinking afer friends.
Jennifer Jensen, Goodland senior,
said she avoided illnesses by staying
away from heavy-trafc areas.
Any place where its populated,
you should be concerned about viral
things, Jensen said.
Jensen said she also regularly
washed her hands and used hand
sanitizer to minimize her exposure to
germs.
Denning said getting a fu shots
was another way to assure a virus-free
school year.
Te fu vaccination clinics, which
will be set up in various locations
around campus, will open from late
October to early November. Te clin-
ics are also available in early January
when students return from the holi-
days.
Denning said it would be conve-
nient and cheaper for students than
people not attending the University.
Flu shots were $15 last year.
Spring
Tis is the time of the year when
students spend more time outside,
socializing and enjoying the nice
weather. Its also the time for high hor-
mones.
Denning said Watkins see more
cases during spring of students com-
ing in for sexually transmitted infec-
tion, or STIs, and pregnancy.
One way to avoid unplanned preg-
nancies and STIs is to get checked
regularly.
Denning said that the health cen-
ter had a gynecology department for
women and the Wellness Center of-
fered counseling for all students on
how to be sexually safe. She said staf
at the health center frst tried to en-
courage abstinence, but diferent de-
partments were available for students
for guidance on safe sexual methods.
Clinics and counseling are also of-
fered throughout the school year for
students traveling abroad.
Watkins physician discusses seasonal health tips
BY ASHER FUSCO
afusco@kansan.com
The KU Study Abroad program is
not growing as quickly as it used to,
partly because of the weak U.S. dollar,
which has made necessities such as
food and transportation more expen-
sive for students.
Susan Gronbeck-Tedesco, director
of the Office of Study Abroad, said the
weak dollar had caused a noticeable
decline in study abroad interest.
Summer 2008 enrollment is up
just 0.6 percent over Summer 2007.
Normally, we would expect a greater
increase.
According to the KU Office of Study
Abroad, participation in the program
grew at an average of 8 percent each
year from 2004 to 2007.
While the basic cost of enroll-
ment in study abroad programs has
not changed drastically, the dollars
weak exchange rate has raised the cost
of overseas goods in comparison to
domestic items. As of Monday, one
euro was worth $1.56, meaning the
dollar has depreciated by about 20
cents in the past year.
Jordan Kallas, a 2008 graduate who
studied abroad in Australia last year,
said the cost of food made his trip
more expensive than expected.
Im still recovering from the trip,
and it was a year ago, Kallas said.
John Keating, professor of econom-
ics, said that the exchange rate usually
levels out in the long-run, but could be
unpredictable in the near future a
bad sign for students planning sum-
mer or fall travel.
When the value of the dollar goes
down your dollars arent going to buy
as much foreign currency, Keating
said. The consequence is a much big-
ger cost of living. Its got to be painful
to go overseas right now.
In a national poll conducted last
spring by the Institute of International
Education, 43 percent of students
said they had changed their travel
plans because of the weakening dol-
lar. Institute president Allen Goodman
said studying abroad could be afford-
able if students altered their approach.
Students should look for desti-
nations like India or Southeast Asia,
where their dollar will go further,
Goodman said. There are a lot of
ways to make it work.
Because of students like Kallas, who
said his trip was worth the financial
strain, studying abroad expensive
as it may be has not gone out of
style. According to the Institute of
International Education, more than
2,000 students from the state of Kansas
studied abroad last year.
You want to travel when you study
abroad, Kallas said. You want to
make the most of the trip, and that
means spending money.
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Shannon Gorres is the facilitator
of the Social Justice Action Wing
at her church in Lawrence. Gorres,
New Ulm, Minn., graduate student,
said for people to get up and do
something, even if its just riding a
bike to church to save energy. Gorres
said she believed that man isnt a
Lord over the Earth, but part of a
large ecological system. She wants
to live in harmony with nature, and
figure out if she should become a
pastor.
Gorres dedication to social justice
and environmental causes are creat-
ing a new direction for programs at
the Ecumenical Christian Ministries.
Im the first ever intern to work
with Rev. Thad Holcombe at the
ECM, Gorres said. I share my orga-
nizing skills and learn about campus
ministry life while I consider semi-
nary.
Scheduled to begin this fall is
Cloud Watching and Music Jam for
Peace. Once a week, people are
invited to bring their blankets, drums
and guitars, and watch the clouds roll
by at they sing for peace. Making
music for justice and world peace is
part of the ECMs vision of hospital-
ity it embraces to make the building
a comfortable gathering place for all
people.
Thad Holcombe said the hospital-
ity vision was a result of the growing
numbers of people who gathered to
eat and drink at the ECM and used
its space for community projects.
The vision is also based on a mes-
sage from the Center for Progressive
Christianity, that states,
We have committed ourselves to
equipping one another for the work
we feel called to do: striving for peace
and justice among all people, pro-
tecting and restoring the integrity of
all Gods creation, and bringing hope
to those Jesus called the least of his
sisters and brothers.
There are also plans this fall to
grow a garden on the front lawn of
the ECM, to help feed the growing
number of attendees to Veggie Lunch
on Thursdays. The produce is anoth-
er way to promote sustainability by
eating locally grown food.
Of course, well be doing regu-
lar programming like Eco-Justice,
Sexuality, and Alternative Breaks,
Gorres said. But KU students should
expect to see winter vegetables com-
ing up!
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The Ecumenical Christian Ministries plays host to a variety of events for students to attend. This fall, Cloud Watching and Music Jam for Peace will be
available for students to have fun at the ECM.
Campuss Ecumenical Christian Ministries will
play host to Cloud Watching and Music Jam
for Peace, gardening growing this fall.
ECM contributes to vision
of community, hospitality
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By Sachiko Miyakawa
Memorizing vocabularies and
grammar rules and listening to a
dialogue on a DVD thats one way
to study a foreign language. Students
can also explore different cultures
and boost their foreign language
skill by watching foreign films and
news programs.
Multimedia resources of the
Ermal Garinger Academic Resource
Center, or EGARC, will add variety
to the way students learn foreign
languages and cultures.
EGARC is located on the fourth
floor of Wescoe Hall. It includes a
computer lab and two classrooms
that provide language-learning tools
and DVD/VHS players. Students
can use the rooms when class is
not in session. EGARC also lends
out digital equipment to instruc-
tors and students. The equipment
includes digital cameras, iPods and
voice recorders.
Jonathan Perkins, director of
EGARC, said the center served to
support students and instructors of
humanity courses through the use
of technology.
EGARC stores a variety of DVD
and VHS collections, including for-
eign films and educational resources
about languages, humanities and
social studies. The collection has
more than 30 categories. Language
and humanity departments selected
the collection of videos and often
use them for class. Students can
check out a video overnight if it is
not in use.
Perkins said EGARCs collection
was stronger for European regions. For
example, the Russian collection has
more than 500 titles and the French
collection has about 400 titles.
Gilles Viennot, Paris graduate
student and instructor of French,
said EGARC had a good selection
of French movies, especially classic
ones. He sometimes shows those
films in his class. He said he encour-
aged his students to learn French
through movies and helped interest-
ed students find movies at EGARC.
Viennot said most movies of the
center had subtitles and could be a
good practice for students listening
skills.
Viennot said students could learn
French culture from a film and
could find different values look-
ing at the behaviors of characters.
He said sometimes students found
French films slower and less visually
dynamic than American films.
Its still challenging for first-year
students to understand the language.
You dont hear proper French,
Viennot said. Learning culture is
important for them.
Perkins said 70 percent of
EGARCs collection was on VHS.
The center received a fund to buy
more DVDs each year. He said he
wanted to add more variety and also
needed to replace VHS tapes with
the same titles of DVDs.
Students can also learn a for-
eign language and culture without
going to the center. EGARC pro-
vides a world news program named
SCOLA Satellite Service on its Web
site. It offers five channels, broad-
casting news and entertainment TV
programs from different regions,
including Europe, Middle East,
Africa and Asia.
Perkins said this would be a good
way for students and instructors
to learn foreign languages because
they could hear a live language. The
program allowed them to adjust the
speed if they found it too fast.
Its for language learners,
Perkins said. But I think anyone
whos interested in the culture and
the country, this is the way to get
real information very quickly from
the country.
SCOLA stores programs for a
week after their broadcast.
Perkins said since EGARC intro-
duced the online SCOLA service in
2006, the program had been used
for 440 hours, which he said was
not much. He said he might have
to discontinue the program if more
people didnt use it.
Maria Carlson, professor of
Slavic languages and literature, used
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for her students to learn about the
subject although they did not under-
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The visual is worth a million
words, being able to see how they
dress, what they do, what their
actions are, Carlson said. This is
very useful.
For more information about the
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site at http://egarc.ku.edu/index.
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By Case Keefer
ckeefer@kansan.com
Incoming guard Tyrone Appleton
and the eight Jayhawks returning
from last years team have
something in common
theyre all former national
champions.
Appleton led his junior
college team, Midland
College, to a national
championship his fresh-
man year. Now, the junior
joins a team defending the
Division I national title
next season.
Its a big adjustment, Appleton
said. But if youre a basketball play-
er, youve got to get used to it.
Championships arent where the
similarities between Midland and
Kansas end. Much like the Jayhawks
last season, the Chaparrals relied on
a number of players to score equally
instead of following the lead of a
superstar.
Appleton was the second leading
scorer on the team with 13 points
per game. He also dished out five
assists and grabbed nearly two steals
per game. Kansas coach Bill Self said
he thought Appleton would fit right
in as a Jayhawk.
Tyrone has won big at the junior
college level and certainly has sac-
rificed individual statistics
for the betterment of his
team, Self said when he
signed Appleton. We were
sold on Tyrone when we
first came into contact with
him.
Self also likes that
Appletons game is versa-
tile. Appleton can play any
guard position on the floor.
But he prefers playing point guard.
His only weakness is said to be his
jump-shot. Appleton, however, said
his shot was fine. He said he gained
the reputation because hed rather
penetrate the lane than pull up for
a shot.
I can shoot it, Appleton said.
But Im more of a drive-first type
guy. Look-first, pass-first.
Fellow junior college transfer
Mario Little agreed that Appleton
could shoot if he had to. Little played
against Appleton in junior college
and the two have played regularly
this summer.
They also grew up near each
other. Appleton comes from Gary,
Ind., less than an hour away from
Littles native Chicago.
Hes a tough city kid, Little said.
Hell bring toughness to the team.
And Appleton is just getting
tougher. He said the biggest adjust-
ment from junior college to Kansas
so far was the sessions in the weight-
room.
Strength coach Andrea Hudy
is keeping Appleton busy between
attending classes and playing pick-
up basketball this summer.
As a JUCO, you hit the weights
a little bit, Appleton said. But our
strength and conditioning coach
here shes real tough.
Appleton is hoping the hard work
will pay off. As a junior, hes one of
the only veterans on the team and
Self said he expected Appleton to
serve as a leader. Hes got a champi-
onship to prove hes capable of it.
Incoming freshman travels abroad before KU
Appleton
Freshman has a lot to live up to
Incoming guard Appleton was a former national champion
By rustin DoDD
dodd@kansan.com
Travis Releford sightings have
been scarce this summer at the
Releford household in Kansas City,
Mo.
Releford, an incoming freshman
on the Kansas basketball team and
one of seven newcomers to the pro-
gram, settled into the Jayhawker
Towers in June, enrolled in sum-
mer classes and started preparing for
his first season of college basketball.
Relefords younger brother, Trevor,
has hardly seen him since.
Of course, thats partly because
Releford spent the last three weeks
playing for USA Basketball at
the 2008 FIBA Americas Under
18 Championship in Formosa,
Argentina. The U.S. won the silver
medal.
Lets see: 18 years old, athletically
gifted and traveling in Argentina.
Sounds like a pretty nice way to
spend the summer, huh? But accord-
ing to Trevor, going to Argentina
wasnt the real thrill.
Hes played in China and
Germany before, Trevor said, so big
brother wasnt easily awed by inter-
national travel.
No, the real joy came from sur-
viving the teams tryout camp in
Washington, D.C., earlier this month.
Releford proved himself against
some of the best young players in
the country.
He made it over Lance
Stephenson, Trevor said. So he was
real excited about that.
For the uninitiated, Stephenson is
one of the top high school players in
the 2009 recruiting class.
Releford and his teammates won
their first four games at the champi-
onships, advancing to the gold medal
game. But they had to settle for silver
after losing 77-64 to Argentina in the
final. Releford scored 12 points on
5-of-8 shooting against Argentina,
and averaged 7.2 points per game
during the tournament.
Releford returns home this week,
but Trevor still might not be seeing
much of his older brother. Growing
up in Kansas City, it didnt take much
for Releford to say no to a list of
schools that included Missouri and
Oklahoma amongst others.
Relefords mother, Venita Vann,
said Releford leaned toward Kansas.
There were other choices, but he
was going to go with KU all the way,
Venita Vann said in January while
watching her son finish up his high
school career at Bishop Miege in
Kansas City.
And thanks to the departure of
five Kansas guards from last years
team Russell Robinson, Brandon
Rush, Mario Chalmers and Roderick
Stewart Releford, a 6-foot-5 guard,
should get ample opportunity for
playing time this season.
So if the Releford family wants to
see Travis this winter, the best place
to do it might be on the floor of
Allen Fieldhouse.
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Travis Releford, incoming freshman for the mens basketball team, sits with a fellow teammate while watching a basketball game. Releford
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By Asher Fusco
afusco@kansan.com
Marcus
Kansas has plenty of questions
to answer heading into next season.
After all, losing an entire starting
lineup tends to shake things up.
One of the new Jayhawks could
provide an answer to the teams per-
sonnel problems at more than one
position. Freshman forward Marcus
Morris is big enough to battle in the
post and athletic enough to play on
the perimeter.
My best strength is that Im versa-
tile, Morris said. I can play a lot of
positions on the court, and Ill play
wherever coach Self puts me.
Morris played the role of scor-
er at Prep Charter High School in
Philadelphia, averaging 27 points and
12 rebounds per game. Rivals.com
ranked Marcus the 29th-best overall
player and eighth-best small forward
in his class.
ESPN.coms recruiting service said
Morris was a reliable shooter but
lacked advanced ball-handling skills.
But freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor
said the 220-pound Morris had the
athleticism necessary to play away
from the basket.
Marcus is 6-8 but he can play on
the wing, Taylor said. If you put
a big on him, hell beat him off the
dribble. If the defender is small, he
can post him up.
In the absence of NBA draftee
and former Jayhawk Brandon Rush,
Morris could fight for an immedi-
ate spot in Kansas starting lineup.
Morris will compete against junior
college transfer Mario Little and
sophomore guard Tyrel Reed for
minutes, against whom he has a dis-
tinct advantage: height.
At 6-8, Morris is three inches tall-
er than Little and five inches taller
than Reed. He is two inches taller
than Rush, who was big enough to
create mismatches against smaller
wing players.
If Marcus secures a place in the
Jayhawks rotation, he would prob-
ably play alongside his brother,
Markieff. He said the connection he
had with his brother felt like second-
nature.
Its special, Marcus said. Weve
been playing with each other all
our lives so its never anything dif-
ferent. I always know where he is
going to be its just always been
that way.
Morris said friendly summer
pickup games with his new team-
mates were not the toughest part of
his summer he said he was more
concerned with adjusting to college
life off of the court.
Im just not used to being at
college yet, but KU is a great place,
Morris said.
Markieff
Markieff Morris speaks in sub-
dued tones, his deep voice granting
brief glimpses of the freshman for-
wards demeanor. When asked about
his basketball skills, he strays from
adjectives in favor of the humble
basics.
According to one of his more talk-
ative teammates, the power forwards
ability to take his cool and collected
style onto the court is a positive.
Whenever Markieff is in the
post, hes really smooth, said fresh-
man guard Tyshawn Taylor. A lot
of big guys get worked up and get
too aggressive down low, but hes got
some finesse. Hes polished around
the basket.
Markieff is the larger and less-
heralded half of the Morris twins, a
pair of incoming freshmen brothers
from Philadelphia.
At 6-foot-10 and 230 pounds,
Markieff is cut from the same physi-
cal cloth as former Kansas stand-
out Darrell Arthur. Though Morris
didnt draw as much praise as Arthur
through high school, their specialties
are similar.
In 2007 at Philadelphias Prep
Charter High School, Morris aver-
aged 23 points and 15 rebounds per
game. Earlier this year, playing for
post-grad school APEX Academy in
Pennsauken, N.J., he posted 37 points
and made 10 three-pointers in one
game.
I can do a lot of things, whether
Im in the paint or anywhere, Morris
said. I scored a lot in high school,
but Ill do whatever coach needs me
to do. I just want to get out there and
play.
Morris should have ample oppor-
tunity to play early in his career at
Kansas. The departure of top posts
Arthur, Sasha Kaun and Darnell
Jackson means Kansas coach Bill
Self will divide playing time between
Morris, sophomore center Cole
Aldrich and freshman forward
Quintrell Thomas.
Aldrich played well down the
stretch last season and put himself
in position to start this season.
Recruiting Web site Rivals.com
lists Morris as the 50th-best pros-
pect in the 2008 class and Thomas
at 150th.
When Markieff committed to
Kansas in November, Self said he
thought Markieff was one of the
most underrated players in the coun-
try. Self said the forwards ability to
play inside and out was his best skill.
Markieff is a big forward that can
play either spot on your front line,
Self said. He is a very good low post
player.
Neither Markieff nor his brother
Marcus have met the NCAAs aca-
demic qualifications yet, but are fin-
ishing up their first summer school
sessions at the University. Marcus
said they were very close to quali-
fying, and that they needed to finish
one core course to become eligible.
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Will twin talents bring double the points?
Contributed photo
Marcus, left, and Markief Morris both averaged more than 20 points and 10 rebounds at their
Pennsylvania high school, and both could contribute early in their Jayhawk careers.
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Athlete generates hype, joins Jayhawks
By Case Keefer
ckeefer@kansan.com
Hes 6-foot-6 and weighs 210 pounds.
He can play multiple positions and says
defense is his biggest strength.
No, not Brandon Rush hes gone. But
junior college transfer Mario Littles profile
does sound like a duplicate of Rushs.
Its no easy task following one of the
greatest Kansas basketball players of all time,
but Little isnt worried about it.
Thats what Ive been doing all my life
stepping up big in big games, Little said.
Little, a junior guard, will have an oppor-
tunity to step up right away for the Jayhawks
this season. Kansas coach Bill Self recruited
him to do just that.
Rated as the No. 1 junior college player
in the nation last year by Rivals.com, Little
led Chipola College in Marianna, Fla. to a
35-2 record and a tournament appearance.
But he played his last game as an Indian
in March. He started to concentrate on
schoolwork and qualifying academically for
the next three months, which left barely any
time for basketball.
His Kansas debut in June was even more
impressive considering he hadnt played
regularly. Only a little more than 12 hours
after moving to Lawrence, Little played in
a scrimmage game with teammates and
alumni as part of Selfs youth basketball
camp.
The campers chanted the name of cur-
rent NBA forward Julian Wright when
he entered the gym. The player who had
to guard Wright, Little, didnt garner any
applause.
But Little got the best of Wright on that
day. Littles team won the game after he
held Wright to three rebounds.
Hes coming here and expecting to
produce, Wright said. I think thats the
thing hes going to do. Hes long and athletic
so he can give people fits on the defensive
end.
The scrimmage wasnt Wrights first
run-in with Little. The two used to play
together on a Chicago-based AAU team.
Wright said some people made a mistake
and forgot about Little after he went to
junior college.
Fellow junior college transfer Tyrone
Appleton had no trouble remembering
him. Appletons junior college, Midland,
beat Little and Chipola in the junior col-
lege national championship two years ago.
Appleton said he joked with Little about it
but that he looked forward to being team-
mates at Kansas.
We should be pretty good together
this year, Appleton said. Hes a great player
and I like to play with good people.
And hes got the measurements and
qualities that should remind Jayhawk fans
of a great player.
Mario Little rated best junior college player in nation; expects to step up big in big games
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHIPOLA COLLEGE
Mario Little, a junior guard, makes a shot. Little was recruited by Kansas coach Bill Self to join the
Jayhawks and has often been compared with former Jayhawk Brandon Rush. Hes long and athletic
so he can give people fts on the defensive end,said Julian Wright, NBA forward and former Jayhawk.
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Freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor has known nothing but winning during his basketball career. During his senior year at St. Anthony High School in
Jersey City, N.J., his team went 32-0, won the state championship and fnished with a No. 1 national ranking in the USA Today and ESPN polls.
Thomas starts trend
of Jersey Jayhawks
New recruit Taylor
rides victory streak
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By Rustin DoDD
dodd@kansan.com
Beware Kansas fans, the bad puns
involving the state of New Jersey are
coming shortly. Thats what happens
when four of the seven newcomers
to the Kansas basketball program
played their high school basketball in
the Garden State.
Kansas coach Bill Self ventured
from the fruited plains and found
four top prep players along the Jersey
turnpike.
Incoming guard Tyshawn Taylor
played at St. Anthony in Jersey City,
NJ., and incoming forwards Marcus
and Markieff Morris who actually
By Jesse temple
jtemple@kansan.com
Tyshawn Taylor reaches back into
his basketball-playing memory bank,
searching for an answer.
Asked to name the last time he
played on a losing basketball team,
the Universitys newest point guard
prospect is coming up blank.
No season stands out dur-
ing his elementary school days in
Hoboken, N.J. His junior high teams
in Clearwater, Fla. were pretty good,
too.
He didnt lose much with the
Westchester Hawks, his AAU team in
high school. Defeat rarely occurred
when he played for St. Anthony High
School in New Jersey perhaps the
winningest program in high school
basketball history.
He settles on his freshman year in
high school, before he moved back to
New Jersey. At the time, Taylor was
attending Countryside High School
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at Apex Academy in Pennsauken,
N.J..
But its Quintrell Thomas, a
6-foot-8 incoming freshman for-
ward, who can be blamed with start-
ing the trend.
Thomas, a native of Elizabeth,
N.J., committed to play at Kansas last
October. The Morrises and Taylor
followed, and now Kansas is stocked
with East Coast talent, a commod-
ity that was once quite scarce in
Lawrence.
As an undersized power for-
ward, a few recruiting experts have
likened Thomas game to that of
former Jayhawk Darnell Jackson.
Thomas showed glimpses of that
game at two alumni scrimmages
earlier this summer. Thomas was
physical and an active rebound-
er, although while standing next
to former Jayhawk Julian Wright,
Thomas showed he might be closer
to 6-foot-6 than the 6-foot-8 he has
often been listed at.
With Darnell Jackson, Sasha Kaun
graduated and Darrell Arthurs early
entry into the NBA draft, sophomore
Cole Aldrich is Kansas only return-
ing front court player.
The Jayhawks may need Thomas
to play an important role early on in
his career. And if Thomas and mates
from New Jersey are successful, fans
may hope Self journeys out to the
Jersey shore more often.
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008 45 around town
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in Florida. And even that team fin-
ished either 10-9 or 10-8, Taylor
said.
Ive never played on a losing
team in my life, Taylor said. I just
cant do it.
It should seem only natural then
that Taylors winding recruiting
path led him to Kansas. Originally
committed to Marquette University,
Taylor opted out in April when the
coach there left for another job.
Taylor then became enamored with
the Jayhawks a team that hasnt
finished with a losing record in
25 years. Thats seven years before
Taylor was even born.
This is a winning tradition,
Taylor said of the University. I think
it is incredible.
Last year, Taylors St. Anthony
team finished as state champions
in New Jersey at 32-0. The Friars
also ended their season as the No.
1-ranked high school basketball
team in the nation in both the USA
Today and ESPN polls.
The University, meanwhile, didnt
perform too shabbily, either, going
37-3 and winning its first national
championship in 20 years.
That means only Taylor can lay
claim to going from the high school
national champion to the college
national champion.
It sounds like a match made in
crimson and blue heaven. But will
the lanky, 6-foot-3 guards play mesh
as seamlessly on the court at the
University as his winning back-
ground does?
I know when he gets to college
he is going to play because he is
hungry, hes team oriented and he
has a lot of intangibles, said Bob
Hurley, Taylors high school coach at
St. Anthony. I dont know if all these
other players have those things that
he possesses. I think he is going to
find his way.
Taylor brings what he has dubbed
an east coast swagger to Kansas,
displaying a quiet confidence on the
court, precision passing skills and
nasty blow-by moves on defenders
to get to the rim all qualities
that helped St. Anthony to an 86-4
record during Taylors three seasons
there.
Hes unique, Hurley said of
Taylor, who averaged 10 points and
five assists per game in high school
last season. Hes one of those few
guys that can be on both ends of an
alley-oop dunk.
According to KU assistant coach
Kurtis Townsend, Taylor has also
demonstrated two important intan-
gibles since arriving at the University
for summer classes last month: a
strong work ethic and a willingness
to learn.
Townsend, who isnt allowed to
watch Taylor or the six other KU
newcomers until classes begin in
the fall, said he had heard only posi-
tive reviews about Taylor. He said
Taylor had been spending hours in
the weight room to bulk up his thin,
170-pound frame.
Hes a guy getting everyone
together trying to play pick up,
Townsend said. He seems like a
natural leader and a guy who wants
to get better everyday and will do
whatever it takes.
Fairly or unfairly, the compari-
sons of Taylors game have already
begun to match up against two of
the Universitys recently departed
guards from that national champi-
onship team: Russell Robinson and
Mario Chalmers. Taylor, who should
see plenty of their minutes next sea-
son and is two inches taller than
both, brings an east coast toughness
to Kansas just as Robinson did. And
Taylor will wear Chalmers old dig-
its next season No. 15.
He might have the leadership
qualities of Russell, said Townsend,
not wanting to bunch the three
guards together. I dont know if he
quite shoots it as good as Mario, but
he knows how to score. I think hes
got some qualities the other guys
have, but I think hes going to be his
own player.
Taylor said the toughest part of
moving to the Midwest was leav-
ing his family members behind.
Maintaining a winning tradition at
the University just as the previous
guards did should make him feel
right at home.
taylor (continued from 44)
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Freshman guard tyshawn taylor was part of the undefeated No. 1 high school team in the nation
last year at St. Anthony in New Jersey. He called the Universitys winning tradition incredible.
thomas (continued from 44)
Contributed photo
Freshman forward Quintrell thomas led a rush of East Coasters who focked to play basketball at
Kansas. Thomas, from Elizabeth, N.J., has been likened to former Jayhawk Darnell Jackson.
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Staff &
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Best of the best for everything campus
By Bryan Cisler
bcisler@kansan.com
Best place to sleep
Bottom floor of Anschutz
Library: Its air conditioned, quiet,
and if you wake up wanting to read
engineering literature from the 1950s,
well, you have it all right there. It is
pretty much an ideal spot if you need
to squeeze in a nap between classes.
Tish Barnett, Ozark, Mo., senior, said
the best time to go was at night.
No one is ever there and it is so
quiet, Barnett said.
Back row of Budig Auditorum:
Usually you have at least three empty
rows between you and the next per-
son, so you dont have to worry if you
accidently snore. Plus, if you sleep
into the next class, the auditorium is
so big you can quietly excuse your-
self and nobody will know.
Fourth floor of the Kansas
Union: The biggest asset the Kansas
Union has is plenty of couches. Also,
if you come at the right time of day,
you can grab some doughnuts and
orange juice put for the high school
kids who visit. Its pretty much like a
free bed and breakfast. How can you
not love that?
Best place to
people watch
Wescoe Beach: This is an easy
one. You can watch White Owl
scream about KU athletics or listen
to different preachers tell us were
all going to hell. You will always see
something new at Wescoe Beach.
In front of The Wheel:
Technically it isnt on campus, but
its close enough. The best time to
watch is when the bars get out at 2
a.m. Some nights you can watch a
fight on one side of the street, and
a drunk girl tripping over a curb on
the other. Its good to have options.
KU buses: From the girl talking
too loud on her cell phone about her
awful roommate or the people run-
ning to catch up to the bus: There is
always something going on.
Best restroom
Budig restroom: It does get a
lot of traffic, but there are plenty of
stalls so theres never a line. One
feature stands out the most to Emily
Hendricks, Overland Park senior.
There is a full length mirror,
need I say more? Hendricks said.
First floor of the Kansas Union:
With all the new visitors and pro-
spective students who walk through
that area, you know these bathrooms
are kept clean. Also, theyre located
close to the bowling alley, so you
wont miss your turn if nature calls
between frames.
Anschutz Library, first floor: It
is so far out-of-the-way it gets only a
few users a day. Its a great place if you
like to do your business in peace.
Best place to tan
Chancellors fountain: Before the
fall kicks in, enjoy the sun while you
can. The best place to get a tan is the
Chancellors fountain, located next
to his house. Hendricks said it was
one of the more underrated tanning
places on campus.
Its really unknown to most stu-
dents but it is secluded and peaceful,
Hendricks said.
And you never know, you could
see the chancellor out there soaking
some sun as well.
Chi Omega fountain: Sure you
might get a whiff of car fumes if you
decide to get your dose of sun by the
Universitys most famous fountain,
but you also get one of the prime
tanning locations on campus. For
Amanda Steffen, Shawnee sopho-
more, the fountain also has one more
perk.
I like it because its next to all the
fraternity boys, Steffen said.
Grass in front of Watson Library:
With the tall trees its an easy spot to
find some shade if you get too hot.
Just watch out for the ultimate fris-
bee games that tend to break out in
that area.
Best place to eat
Brellas: A good place to take your
family or friends visiting campus.
One of the only sit down restaurants
at KU, it has a variety of food options
to choose from and great service.
Pizza Hut: The main advantage of
Pizza Hut is that its cheap and you
hardly ever have to wait in a line.
Sure the pizza taste like grease and
cheese, but who doesnt like bread
sticks?
Chick-Fil-A: The only one of its
kind in Lawrence, and its on cam-
pus. Its cheap, and the chicken nug-
gets make a great snack for class.
Beauty pageants more than just a hand wave
By Bryan Cisler
bcisler@kansan.com
Staci Klinginsmith cant help it,
but when the National American
Miss Kansas Pageant rolls around
next month she knows she will be on
the edge of her seat. Klinginsmith,
Overland Park senior, has been
competing in beauty pageants since
she was young, but the last several
years she has put her performing
dreams on hold.
To help pay for college,
Klinginsmith now trains younger
contestants for the pageant.
I get more nervous watching
the girls compete than when I actu-
ally compete because I invest so
much time and energy in helping
them succeed, Klinginsmith said.
It feels like they are my children
on stage.
One thing that bothers
Klinginsmith is the stereotypes
others have regarding beauty pag-
eants.
People just think we are pretty
girls without anything going on
upstairs, Klinginsmith said.
Klinginsmith, who plans to
graduate next year with a business
finance degree, said that beauty
pageants helped
prepare girls for
life in the real
world.
Natalie Hays,
one of the girls
Kl i ngi ns mi t h
trains, said
before she start-
ed competing,
she was terri-
fied of public
speaking, but
now because
of the pageants she said she has
become a better communicator.
Klinginsmith said the pageants
were designed to teach girls self-
confidence.
It is just putting these girls one
step ahead, Klinginsmith said.
Klinginsmith trains the girls
in everything from helping them
prepare for the judges questions
during interviews to aiding the
girls with picking the right dress.
Klinginsmith said it had been easy
adapting to her new role.
I am more critical of them than
I was on myself when I competed
because I want them to do so well,
Klinginsmith said. I try to watch
every little detail I can think of so
they can go in with their best foot
forward.
Teresa Hays,
Natalies mother,
said her daugh-
ter had benefit-
ed greatly from
pageants.
She is learn-
ing life-long les-
sons, Hays said.
The process
has really pre-
pared her for the
future.
Klinginsmith also serves as a
judge for pageants. She said being
on the other side of the table for
one-on-one interviews would be
an experience that would help her
when she decided to compete again
after college.
I wont be as nervous during
the interview process, because
it is not as stressful of a situa-
tion as I thought it was before,
Klinginsmith said.
People just think we are pretty
girls without anything going on
upstairs.
STAci KliNGiNSMiTh
Overland Park senior
By Deepa Sampat
dsampat@kansan.com
Jaybowl patrons will not be able
to sip a beer while bowling, despite
a proposal passed by the Memorial
Union Corporation Board last
semester.
The proposal for cereal malt
beverage sales in the Jaybowl was
recently rejected by Provost Richard
Lariviere.
Given the social issues regard-
ing alcohol and the serious nature
of alcohol abuse among college stu-
dents, it is not in the Universitys best
interest to resume the sales of alcohol
in the Kansas Union, Lariviere said
in a brief memo to the board.
Aly Rodee, member of the board
and Wichita senior, said she wasnt
surprised by the Provosts decision
but was happy to hear a final deci-
sion. She said the proposal was a way
to show students they could drink
socially without getting intoxicated.
Drinking isnt a horrible thing,
Rodee said. You can drink one or
two beers and be responsible. I guess
he didnt see it
that way.
The propos-
al would have
allowed students
at least 21 years
old to purchase
3.2 percent alco-
hol beer, which
is a lower alcohol
content beer than
sold in liquor
stores. Students
would have
been limited to two beers. Jaybowl
employees would have scanned stu-
dents IDs and given those at least
21 years old a wristband to prevent
underage drinking.
Lynn Bretz, director of University
communications, said Provost
Lariviere carefully looked at the pro-
posal and considered several factors
in his decision.
He thought the proposal was well
prepared and thoughtful, Bretz said.
He acknowledged they looked at
the issue in great detail.
Bretz said in making his deci-
sion, the Provost also took into
account that the Jaybowl was open
to high school, middle school and
grade school
students. Also,
a survey con-
ducted by David
Mucci, director
of KU Memorial
Unions, found
that only four
of the Big 12
schools served
alcohol.
Bill Walberg,
member of the
board and El Dorado Hills, Calif.,
senior, said he was initially disap-
pointed with the Provosts decision,
but could understand why he reject-
ed the proposal.
Its a damned if you do, damned
if you dont situation, he said.
The board will discuss the
Provosts decision at its Aug. 23
meeting.
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No beer for bowlers; Jaybowl to remain dry
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Trent Overbey, assistant recreation coordinator for Kansas Memorial Unions, helps LeeAnn Shaw and her son Mason, 3, at Jaybowl. A proposal to sell cereal malt beverages in Jaybowl was rejected.
Provost Lariviere
rejects proposal
to sell cereal malt
beverages in Union
It is not in the Universitys best
interest to resume the sales of
alcohol in the Kansas Union.
RichARD lARivieRe
Provost
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008 48 Around Town
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By Ramsey Cox
rcox@kansan.com
Lawrence has a plethora of bars
and several of the best are located
downtown off Massachusetts Street.
Here are some of current and former
students favorites:
The replay Lounge
946 Massachusetts St.
At the Replay, the outdoor beer
garden patio is twice as big as the
inside of the bar, with picnic tables,
beer and barbe-
cue. The patio
is packed on
summer nights.
Outdoor heaters
keep the smokers
warm in the win-
ter. The Replay
has a live band
almost every
night, so a $2
cover is standard.
The friendly
environment for
smokers and indie rockers attracts
Lawrences alternative crowd.
Jamie Supica, Olathe senior,
said he liked to people watch at the
Replay .
There are a lot of freaks here.
Its the best people watching ever,
Supica said. Most people here are
pretty approachable and interesting
to talk to.
The Sandbar
17 E. Eighth St.
The Sandbar
has beach party
scenery with
fish tanks, sand,
mermaids and a
nightly hurricane
r e e na c t me nt .
That tropical
ambience costs
$2 to get in.
Tracy Simon,
2008 graduate,
said her favorite
part was the sand floor upstairs and a
drink called the Shark Attack.
I feel like I am away from
Lawrence when in the Sandbar,
Simon said. Because it is always like
a beach party.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The Sand Bar, 17 E. Eighth St, ofers patrons a Florida vibe. Upstairs, they can take of their shoes and dig their toes into a sandbox.
Downtown Lawrence ofers
a wide selection of bars
Unique atmospheres attract a variety of customers,
provide live music, dancing, entertainment
There are a lot of freaks here.
Its the best people watching
ever. Most people here are pretty
approachable and interesting to
talk to.
JAMiE SUpicA
Olathe senior
Henrys on Eighth
11 E. Eighth St.
Henrys is a European style cof-
fee shop on the first floor. The sec-
ond floor bar opens at 5 p.m. The
small building lends itself to calm
and quiet groups. Classic rock n
roll music plays while several small
groups of friends gather around
tables.
Matt Brown, 2006 graduate, said
he liked Henrys because it was dif-
ferent from other Lawrence bars.
Its not as obnoxious as other bars
in Lawrence, Brown said. Its laid
back and its not Brothers.
Its Brothers Bar and Grill
Brothers is one of the most popu-
lar bars for younger people. Crowds
of at least 15 people can be seen
waiting to get in Thursday through
Saturday after 11 p.m. A dance
floor and cheap drink specials draw
crowds.
Denise Vanna, Kuwait City,
Kuwait, senior, said her favorite
drink special at Brothers was the
Thursday night Mug Club, where if
you buy a $3 mug of anything and
refills are only $1.
Brothers is a perfect hangout for
dancing, Vanna said. Its very chill
and not so clubby.
At Brothers every night is ladies
night. There is no cover charge for
women, but a $5 cover for men.
Surprisingly, this does not dissuade
men from going to Brothers, which
could have to do with the large beer-
on-tap selection, darts and pool
tables.
Louises Downtown
Louises is a smaller dark bar
with a few pool tables and intimate
booths. It is a good bar to unwind at
before going home.
Erin Graham, Neodesha senior,
said she liked the atmosphere at
Louises.
Its chill and relaxed, Graham
said. Its a place to have a good time
and not have to hooch out.

We have it.
928 Massachusetts
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-843-0611
www.theetcshop.com
1741 Massachusetts
(across from dillons)
785-856-2870
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KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The Replay Lounge is well-known even outside of Lawrence. Esquire Magazine named the Replay to its list of the top 50 bars
in America in 2007. With its location on Massachusetts Street, students and Lawrence residents often frequent the place.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Henrys on Eigth features a lower-level cofee shop and second-foor bar that opens in the evenings. Students often head
there in the afternoon to sip on a latte and fnish homework before going upstairs for some classic rock n roll music and relaxing.
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50 Around town
By ReBekah ScapeRlanda
rscaperlanda@kansan.com
Coming to college for the first
time, freshmen may feel excited
about their newfound freedom.
Instead of wasting parent-free time,
plenty of activities exist for freshmen
to take part in.
Go to SPortInG EVEntS
The University has an amazing
atmosphere for sports. When you go
to a football or basketball game, go
all out. Wear your Jayhawk T-shirt
with pride, sport a temporary tat-
too and make a day of it. Meet
with your friends beforehand to
have your own pre-game tradition.
Maybe you watch basketball videos
on YouTube before heading to Allen
Fieldhouse or maybe you all go out
to eat for barbecue before walking to
Memorial Stadium. Whatever tradi-
tion you choose, make it your own.
Take advantage of your on-campus
location while you can you dont
have to worry about parking,
BowL
Lucky for us, the University has
its very own bowling lanes right on
campus. The Jaybowl on the first
floor of the Kansas Union is open
year round for students to enjoy. For
students, bowling is $2.50 per game
or $18 for an hour per lane. Friday
and Saturday from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Jaybowl has cosmic bowling, which
is bowling under a black light and
free for students.
Enjoy thE thEAtrE
The University has both University
Theatre productions and Lied Center
productions right at our fingertips.
Students can enjoy a taste of the
Big Apple with the Lied Centers
Broadway Series. Five Broadway
style musicals are coming to Lawrence
this year including Sweeney Todd.
Students can also attend productions
with student actors put on by The
University Theatre. The University
Theatre season includes four shows
each semester. If you feel youre better
suited on stage rather than watching
the stage, brush up your monologue
and prepare for the spring round of
auditions. Auditions are not just for
theater students, any student can get
involved in University Theatre.
FrEE ActIVItIES At thE
unIon
Student Union Activities (SUA)
provides weekly free activities for
students to enjoy. Every Thursday
students can take a break from their
busy schedules and enjoy tea time
at 3 p.m. Tea and cookies are served
in the lobby of the Kansas Union. If
youre more of a rocker than a tea
connoisseur, enjoy free music on the
Union plaza at noon on Fridays.
BEcomE A PrEFErrEd
StudEnt
SUA preferred student cards help
you get access to all entertainment
put on by SUA. Most Thursdays,
Fridays and Saturdays SUA shows
movies in the Union at 8 p.m. The
preferred student card allows you to
see these for free. Card holders are
also given first priority and discounts
in purchasing tickets on concerts
and guests coming to the University
through SUA. The card costs $30.
chEck out 18+ VEnuES
The Bottleneck hosts two weekly
events open to those who are under-
age. Every Sunday at 8:30 p.m. people
can come to Smackdown Trivia and
Karaoke. Those who dream of being
on a game show can show off their
skills at the weekly trivia game fea-
turing grammar, academia and pop
culture. The $5 cover goes toward
the winners earnings. The Bottleneck
also hosts NEON dance party every
Thursday at 10 p.m. Dancers can
move to hip-hop, rap, pop, funk and
even disco. Cover is $5 for people
under 21.
EScAPE to kAnSAS cIty
There are plenty of activities to
enjoy in our neighboring city. Take
a day to go shopping at Country
Club Plaza and take advantage of
the large concert venues. Coldplay
will perform at the Sprint Center on
Nov. 13 and Maroon 5 and Counting
Crows will perform with Augustana
on Sept. 26 at the Starlight Theatre.
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FREE-TIME FILLERS FOR FRESHMEN
Sports, live entertainment and trips to kansas city are just a few
ways for students to enjoy their time at the University of kansas
Andrew Wacker/KANSAN
Team members bowl side by side during
Monday's bowling practice. Members of the KU
Bowling team can be found practicing at the
Jaybowl fve days a week.
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Matt Graham, Sr., rolls during practice Wednesday afternoon at the Jaybowl. The bowling team
won the championship in 2007.
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or GO HOME
Welcome to College.
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842.9845
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By Mike NolaN
mnolan@kansan.com
One of the best ways Lawrence
shows off its charm and its character
is in its restaurants. From The Wheel
down the hill from campus, to the
sports bars on Massachusetts Street,
Lawrence provides a variety of great
places to grab a bite to eat, get a drink
and bask in the congeniality of this
mid-western college town.
No one will go through four years
at the University and make to every
restaurant in town, but if nothing
else do not miss Jeffersons, 743
Massachusetts St.
Jeffersons has great wings, chicken
fingers and burgers. With an every-
body knows your name environ-
ment and a great location, Jeffersons
is the fundamental college sports bar.
And dont forget to bring markers
because at Jeffersons, patrons can
decorate a dollar any way they want,
and have it added to collage of dollar
bills that covers the walls.
Jeffersons is the perfect col-
lege town restaurant and bar, Bob
Sherrets, Lincoln, Neb., senior, said.
Its location and school spirit make
it perfect for hanging out and enjoy-
ing college.
Other great spots in the Jeffersons
category, which should not be missed,
are The Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin
Lawrence restaurants provide good eats for hungry students
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Jefersons, 743 Massachusetts St., ofers diners an upbeat, sports bar environment. Students often go to sports bars downtown to eat and watch
college sports.
From upscale dining to rowdy sports
bars, Lawrence eateries provide lots of
opportunities to treat your taste buds.
SEE restaurants ON PAgE 52
St., and Johnnys Tavern, 401 N.
Second St.
The Yacht Club is not the snobby
boating community its name refers
to, but actually a rabid sports bar that
has a standing room only crowd on
football and basketball games days.
Plus the food is excellent.
Johnnys Tavern, another clas-
sic Lawrence sports bar, has served
Jayhawk fans since 1957 and offers
great burgers and fantastic pizza. It
sits just north of the Kansas River,
but if there ever was a reason to
travel to north Lawrence, Johnnys
was the reason.
To partake in a Lawrence tradition
and to experience the Universitys
most famous bar head to the Wagon
Wheel, 507 14th St., on weekday
afternoons between 11 a.m. and 2
p.m. The Wheel serves great burg-
ers, chicken sandwiches and fries
during the
afternoon, and
is home to the
famous, thanks
to SportsCenter
anchor Scott
Van Pelt, Wang
Burger.
The Wheel
is like KUs ver-
sion of The Max
from Saved By
the Bell, said P.J.
Owings Kansas
City, MO., 2007 graduate. If you
dont go at least once you are missing
out on a special Kansas tradition.
The last cant miss sports bar in
town is Biggs Barbeque. The best
place for ribs and pulled pork sand-
wiches in town, Biggss also is also
equipped with HDTVs in plain view
from every seat in the house and it
accepts Beak Em Bucks.
From an ethnic standpoint,
Lawrence provides some great local-
ly-owned options. Jade Mongolian
Barbeque, 1511 W. 23rd St., is a
terrific blend of Mongolian grill and
Chinese buffet.
With an all you
can eat buffet,
soft serve ice
cream, and a free
soft drink with a
KUID, students
can stuff their
faces for less
than $10 at Jade
Mongolian.
The for-
mer nightclub
Ei ght One Fi ve
turned into the authentic Mexican
restaurant Cielito Lindo, 815 New
Hampshire St., two years ago this
October. Cielito Lindo offers quality
Mexican food at reasonable prices
and a classic Mexican atmosphere.
The restaurants large patio makes
it a perfect place to eat and drink
outside on a nice day.
For students looking to class it
up, two fine dinning options are
Ten at the Eldridge Hotel, 701
Massachusetts St. and Yokohama,
811 New Hampshire St.
Ten serves great steaks, pastas and
seafood and it might be Lawrences
finest restaurant. It also might be a
little out of the price range for typical
college students. Save Ten for special
occasions or maybe parents week-
end. The atmosphere is as elegant
as elegant gets in a college town and
makes for a great date restaurant or
celebration spot. Plan on spending
$20 to $35 in order to truly enjoy
Ten.
Ten is the best place to go to on
a date, I love the intimate setting
and the food is awesome, said Liz
Grosspietsch, Barrington, Ill., senior.
Yokohama makes customers feel
like they walked out of Lawrence
into a cozy bistro in Tokyo. The best
place to go for sushi in Lawrence,
Yokohama recently moved to its cur-
rent location and created a fashion
forward and stylish restaurant that
complements the quality of the food.
Yokohama is neither overly lavish
nor overpriced, but it will definitely
cost more than an average meal in
Lawrence.
This is by no means a compre-
hensive survey of the Lawrence
restaurant scene, but it marks the
highlights, and each of the afore-
mentioned establishments deserves a
visit from anyone new to Lawrence.
By Asher Fusco
afusco@kansan.com
While students left Lawrence for
internships and vacations, several
restaurants sprung up in Lawrence
over the summer.
n n n
Five Guys Burgers and Fries, 2040
W. 31st Street, opened in late June
adjacent to Best Buy and Longhorn
Steakhouse.
The Virginia-based chain, which
started in 1986 and now claims 292
franchises, offers a straightforward
menu with great hot dogs and burgers,
according to co-owner Mike Richey.
Richey said Five Guys Burgers
and Fries was a
no-frills restau-
rant that stuck
to grilling burg-
ers, fries and hot
dogs instead of
dabbling in sal-
ads and desserts.
The restaurant
offers 15 free top-
pings on burgers
and hot dogs
Richey said bacon
was the most
popular topping.
Despite competition from near-
by restaurants such as Backyard
Burgers and Steak n Shake, Richey
said Five Guys
Burgers and
Fries business
has been robust
in its first few
weeks.
We feel like
the response has
been good and
people seem to
enjoy the prod-
uct, Richey said.
Now were just
anxious to see
some of the students coming back
to town.
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Holiday Plaza shopping center
is home to Paisanos Ristorante,
one of Lawrences top date-night
destinations. As of early July, the
strip mall also has a more laid-back
dining option: The Hut, 2116 W.
25th St..
The Hut is just what it sounds
like: A small hut that wouldnt seem
out of place at the state fair. But its
small size belies its fairly diverse
menu.
The restaurant serves a variety of
simple foods, including open-faced
roast beef sandwiches, frito pies and
sloppy joes. Owner Barry Rogers
said The Huts specialty was Coney
Island-style hot dogs miniature
hot dogs served with onions and
hot sauce.
The Coney Island hot dog obvi-
ously comes from the region in New
York, but it has become more pop-
ular in the South, said The Hut
owner Barry Rogers. Were hoping
itll catch on here.
Rogers said Coney Island-style
food was particularly popular in
Tulsa, Okla., where he previously
owned a restaurant.
The Huts most expensive item
costs less than $5.
Restaurants spring up during summer
New venues ofer good eats ranging from Coney Island cuisine to burgers with tons of toppings.
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ten is the best place to go to on
a date. i love the intimate set-
ting and the food is awesome.
LIZ GrOSSpIeTSch
Barrington, Ill., senior
We feel like the response has
been good and people seem to
enjoy the product. now were
just anxious to see some of the
students coming back to town.
MIke rIcheY
co-owner of Five Guys Burgers and Fries
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By Ramsey Cox
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The 2008 Presidential Election
is Tuesday, November 4. That may
seem like a ways off, but a students
busy schedule can make the voter
registration deadline sneak up. If a
voter is not registered by their states
deadline, they can only cast a pro-
visional ballot in the Presidential
Election, which may or may not be
counted.
The deadline for voter registration
in Kansas is Oct. 20.
Of all the years to become
engaged in the electoral process, this
is the year, said Jenny Davidson,
communication director for the
Kansas Democratic Party. Especially
as a young person were facing
record gas prices, rising food costs,
an out-of-control health care system
and month after month of job losses.
As young Americans, we cant afford
to let the country continue to head
in this direction, but nothing will
change if we dont go to the polls and
vote for change.
The Kansas Democratic Party
and student groups like Young
Democrats, University of Kansas
Students for Barack Obama, KU
College Republicans and Students of
Liberty plan to register students on
campus. Students can also find voter
registration forms at the local library,
post office, city hall and online at the
Kansas Secretary of State Web site,
www.kssos.org.
David Greenwald, Overland Park
senior and KU College Republican,
worked on Republican campaigns,
registering voters during the sum-
mer.
Its important to vote because
18- to 24-year-olds are under repre-
sented, Greenwald said. If we dont,
politicians dont address issues rel-
evant to our age group.
If a student is already registered
to vote, but wants to change where
they are registered because they have
moved to a different district or state,
they need to fill out the same voter
registration form by the deadline.
The same form is also used to change
party affiliation.
Some students register for
advanced mail ballots for conve-
nience or because it is easier to vote
in their home state or district while
living in Lawrence for school. The
Kansas advanced mail ballot reg-
istration deadline is Oct. 31. The
advanced mail ballot forms are avail-
able in the same places as the regu-
lar registration ballots. Mail ballots
are usually sent out 20 days before
Election Day and must be mailed by
noon the day before Election Day.
I think advanced ballots are
wonderful, said David Jones, Kansas
City, Kan., senior, and communi-
ty outreach worker for the Kansas
Democratic Party. It provides an
opportunity to research the people
running who you might not know
about.
Adam Wood, Lawrence senior
and President of Students of Liberty,
said he though students moving to
Lawrence from swing states like Ohio
should stay registered in their home
state as an absentee voter because
Kansas would always vote for a
republican for president through the
Electoral College.
Kansas is most likely going to
McCain, Wood said. Getting out
the vote is great and all, but when
uneducated people vote, bad things
happen like we elect George Bush.
Wood said it was important to
know about the candidates and issues
before voting.
Political knowledge is not a
requirement to vote, but for first time
voters an ID is required. A drivers
license, bank statement, paycheck,
utility bill, military ID, student ID or
passport can be used as ID at Kansas
voting polls.
Election Day
involves more than
showing up to vote
Register before Election Day, get up-to-
date on the issues to make a vote count
By Asher Fusco
afusco@kansan.com
Lost among laptops, textbooks
and pens is a back-to-school neces-
sity that has become more expensive
recently food.
According to the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, food costs are rising
because of stronger global demand,
weather problems in some regions
and the increased use of some foods
to create biofuels. Because of the
rising cost of food commodities, gro-
cery stores and KU Dining facilities
have raised prices since last school
year.
Any sort of food establishment,
whether its fast food or fine din-
ing, is feeling the impact, said KU
Dining Services Marketing Manager
Shant Thomas.
Thomas said students could expect
slightly higher food prices at on-
campus locations such as the Kansas
Union and Wescoe Underground.
He said KU Dining Services only
raised prices enough to offset its own
rising expenditures.
According to the USDA, the cost
of dining out is about 4 percent
higher than it was one year ago.
The meal plans offered by KU
Dining have increased by an average
of almost 10 percent since last year,
but Thomas said the rise in meal
plan pricing was not triggered by
food prices. He said a reorganization
of the Universitys meal plans based
on customer comments may have led
to the increase.
Grocery stores have not escaped
increased food costs. According to
the USDA, purchasing foods at the
supermarket became nearly 6 percent
more expensive in the past year.
Food price inflation is running
the highest its been in 20 years and
a lot of people arent used to it, said
USDA economist Ephraim Leibtag.
Its not ridiculous, but its notice-
able.
The most noticeable price spikes
occurred in eggs, dairy and products
made with wheat or corn. The price
of eggs rose about 18 percent in the
past year, and cheese costs inflated
14 percent. Cereal and bakery food
prices jumped nearly 11 percent.
A 10 to 15 percent price push
each year could punish students
pockets in the long run, but some
arent concerned yet.
Im not too worried about it,
said Justyne Swiercinsky, Clarkston,
Mich., freshman. I worked in high
school to save up money for col-
lege.
Leibtag said continuing issues
with the production of biofuels
would keep grain prices high in the
long-term, but the prices of other
foods could stabilize in the near
future.
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With food prices spiking even for the most basic of food items, such as eggs, cheese and cereal, students will be feeling the pinch at grocery stores around Lawrence.
Rising food prices leave students wallets starved
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Around Town
BY CHRISTINE DAMICO
cdamico@kansan.com
College has long been depicted
as the one place in your life when
drunken debauchery is accepted.
Te antics of John Belushi in Animal
House, Will Ferrell in Old School,
and Paul Rudd in Clueless have set
a benchmark of trouble-making that
college students have tried to mimic
ever since. But how much do the
standard activities cost if Johnny Law
decides to crash the party? Heres a
run down of common ofenses un-
dergraduates collect.
STrEAKInG THrouGH
THE QuAd
Cody Chaplin, Wichita senior, is
a self-proclaimed Dallas Cowboys
fanatic. It was November and the
Cowboys had won in overtime with
a feld goal.
I was so excited I pulled my
clothes of and ran around the block,
Chaplin said.
Chaplin said the November run
through the student ghetto was quite
invigorating.
It was all fun and games for Chap-
lin because he didnt get caught. But
if the police had happened to cruise
by, the next morning Chaplin would
have been greeted by more than a
hangover and a cold.
Streaking is considered by Kansas
law to be a lewd and lascivious act.
Its classifed as a class B non-person
misdemeanor that runs ofenders
$200 to $500 and 100 hours of com-
munity service.
However, if youre still willing to
risk it, make sure to cover up around
people 16 and younger.
If you streak past a child youll
land yourself a level 9 person felony,
getting you jail time and a spot on
the Kansas Sex Ofender registry.
PEEInG In PLAIn SIGHT
Tere was no way Nick Nieses,
23, Wichita, was leaving a KU bas-
ketball game for a bathroom break.
But he couldnt quite make it back to
his friends place to relieve himself
either. Tere was, however, Wescoe
Beach.
Nieses wasnt caught either, but
if the KU police had been combing
the area, he would have received a
lewd and lascivious charge, classifed
as a class B non-person felony and a
minimum $500 fne.
TrYInG To GET LuCKY
wITH THE FrESHMEn
Teyre young and cute, but dan-
gerous, and Erin Alonso, 21, Topeka,
used to be one of them. Her senior
year in high school she attended a
party at a twenty-somethings house
and ended up with more than she
bargained for.
Te previous weekend, police
had been called to the house follow-
ing the report of a false rape claim.
Unaware of the circumstance, the
next weekend Alonso and a group of
friends attended the party.
Soon afer they arrived, the same
police who investigated the report
the weekend before came to serve the
twenty-something with a furnishing
to minors ticket.
While on the couch, one of the
women ofcers broke into tears about
their safety at a house like that.
She was like, I dont want to see
any of you getting hurt, which was
weird because we could hear the guy
who owned the house getting tazed
outside in his front yard, Alonso
said.
Afer the tazing, the twenty-some-
thing landed a furnishing alcohol to
minors violation, or a class B person
misdemeanor. Consequences for this
violation yield a $200 to $500 fne
with 100 hours of community ser-
vice.
FAKE Ids
Stephanie Rhoads, Topeka senior,
was out last year with her boyfriend
and a group of friends. Afer fnd-
ing a place to sit down at a local bar,
Rhoads noticed her friends running
to the back porch and her boyfriends
face go blank.
I knew the cops had targeted me,
Rhoads said.
Te police ofcer escorted Rhoads
outside of the bar to further question
her on the events of the night. While
on her way out the door, she man-
aged to throw her fake ID onto the
patio of Bufalo Wild Wings.
She was able to fnagle her way out
of admitting she had entered the bar
with a fake ID, but the doorman of
the establishment overheard the con-
versation and tried to assist.
He was trying to be ever so help-
ful and went to get the tapes that
proved I showed him a fake ID, so he
could get out of letting a minor into
the bar, Rhoads said.
Rhoads got slapped with an MIP,
carrying a punishment of $100-$250
fne and a maximum 30 day jail
sentence. However, by managing to
ditch her altered ID, she escaped a
level 8 non-person felony.
According to the Student Moni-
tor, the average monthly allowance
for an undergraduate at a four-year
college is $208. Roughly speaking, all
of these violations will force their of-
fenders to forfeit partying for at least
a month, not to mention the commu-
nity service hours that will undoubt-
edly cut into any party schedule, to
pay of the government.
Drunken nights lead to dishing out the dough
College students who fnd
themselves partying too
hard can end up paying for
it in more ways than one.
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By Rustin DoDD
dodd@kansan.com
Jayhawks grinned and Tigers
cringed. All because Hall-of-Famer
and former Kansas City Royal George
Brett made a proclamation on
national television no less.
Living in Kansas City, you got to
be a KU fan, Brett said on-air to a
reporter, as Brett watched a Kansas
basketball game last winter at Allen
Fieldhouse.
Apparently Bretts wife went to
school here, and Brett lives in Mission
Hills, an affluent suburb of Kansas
City and prime Jayhawk territory.
So while Missouri fans in Kansas
City shouted blasphemy, maybe there
was and is a little truth to Bretts
sideline remarks.
The University and Kansas City,
Mo., have seemed intrinsically linked
for years. The University of Kansas
Medical Center is in Kansas City,
Kan., the KU Edwards Campus is in
Overland Park, and more University
alumni live in Kansas City and its
suburbs than any other city in the
country.
Throw in that more than 40 per-
cent of the Universitys student popu-
lation comes from Johnson County,
which sits in the shadow of Kansas
City, Mo., and you start to see where
Brett was coming from.
In some ways, the University is as
much a Kansas City staple as barbe-
cue or fountains.
The Kansas City influence is
everywhere, said Todd Brown,
Shawnee senior. KC is a KU town
and you cant throw a rock on campus
without hitting someone from Kansas
City.
Editedby Matt Hirschfeld
Universitys prevalence exists beyond Lawrence
The medical center, Edwards
Campus and University
alumni are located in and
around Kansas City where
you cant throw a rock on
campus without hitting
someone from Kansas City.
KC eats
n Arthur Bryants, 1727
Brooklyn Ave.: The ulti-
mate kansas city classic.
Its the best barbecue in
a city where people take
their ribs, brisket and
burnt ends seriously.
n Fritzs, 250 N. 18th St,:
Ok, so its not in kansas
city proper, but trust
us, you cant skip this
place, where the crum-
bling walls go unnoticed
while you wolf down
a greasy Poor Dan Sr.
and a creamy chocolate
shake. Order your food
by phone then wait until
a train brings it right to
your table. Remember
to grab a cardboard en-
gineers hat on your way
out. choo-choo!
n Minskys Pizza, 427
Main St.: Its not fat and
big like New York pizza,
deep like chicagos crust
or disgusting like St.
Louiss awkward, thin
contraption. Minskys is
just good, classic pizza.
n Town Topic, 2121
Broadway St. and 1900
Baltimore Ave.: The burg-
ers are small, greasy and
flled with tiny grilled on-
ions. Order at least two,
or maybe three if youre
really hungry, and saddle
up on a stool in this old-
fashioned diner.
n kona Grill, 444 ward
Parkway: A country club
Plaza staple. The food can
be exotic and the atmo-
sphere is relaxing. Plus,
whats kc without a walk
on the Plaza.
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The Plaza shopping area in Kansas City, Mo., is well-known as one of the best shopping districts in the Midwest. On Thanksgiving, a lighting cer-
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did you know?
On average it only takes 40 to 45
minutes to hit downtown kan-
sas city from Lawrence. But that
short trip still might burn a hole
in your wallet. with gas prices
hovering around four dollars per
gallon, that 80 mile round trip to
kansas city can cost you more
than $15 just in gasoline, and
thats if youre driving a car that
gets 20 miles for every gallon
of gas.
Mindy Ricketts/KANSAN
New bars and restaurants in the Kansas City Power & Light District have reinvigorated the areas nightlife, attracting patrons from all over the
metro area.
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Ways to spend your weekends in the KC area
n kaufman Stadium: The kansas city Royals have discounted tickets for
college students on wednesday nights. Or go on Buck Night. The Hot
Dogs are a dollar albeit a little soggy.
n Liberty Memorial, 100 w. 26th St.: Great monument and great museum.
Just be careful there at night not that theres anything wrong with that.
n Negro Leagues Museum, 1616 E. 18th St.: This Museum celebrates
an entire piece of baseball that some people forget. Rest in peace Buck
ONeil. kansas city misses you.
n Nelson Atkins Museum: who said people in the Midwest couldnt be
cultured and sophisticated?
n The country club Plaza: when people think kansas city, they think of
this iconic shopping area. Eat your heart out, Michigan Avenue; the Plaza
is the place to shop in the Midwest.
n The Power and Light District: This new hip and trendy hotspot has be-
come the center for nightlife in kansas city. Might want to wait until you
are 21 though. Your crummy fake ID probably wont work in the big city.
n kc Scout Statue, 2698 Main St.: This one fies way under the radar, per-
haps unfairly. Trek up to Penn Valley Park to look at this statue of a Sioux
Indian on horseback pointing east. Its a beautiful statue with an even
prettier view of downtown.
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by mike nolan
mnolan@kansan.com
Gene Nutt used to drive more
than an hour from his hometown
of New London, Mo., to the nearest
mall to do what he loved most: play
video games. Fast-forward a couple
decades and Nutt has turned a child-
hood passion into a livelihood and is
attempting to bring the dying breed
of arcades back to life in Lawrence.
As the owner of Game Nut, 844
Massachusetts St., Nutts attempt at
recreating the feel of a video game
arcade turned into a reality during
the past six months.
Nutt entered the video game
industry in 1990 working at Software
Etc., a now obsolete video game
chain. He then worked in manage-
ment at EB Games before realizing
he could go into business for him-
self.
After watching someone else
do something for long enough, you
learn how to do it yourself, Nutt
said. Its simple, buy low and sell
high.
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by mike nolan
mnolan@kansan.com
Three years ago Cory Brocks
phone rang. He heard the voice of
his friend Josh Burnett, who was
in Lynchburg, Tenn., at the Jack
Daniels factory, the headquarters of
the world famous whiskey.
Burnett learned in Tennessee that
Jack Daniels started making his own
whiskey as a teenager. He was inspired
to call Brock. When Brock answered
his phone in Kansas, Burnett asked
him to be a partner in the whiskey-
making business.
When Brock received Burnetts
phone call he loved the idea of mak-
ing alcohol, but he recommended
that they make vodka instead.
Josh likes to drink whiskey
so he said whiskey, Brock, a KU
alumnus, said. Me, I am more of
a vodka drinker so I said lets make
vodka.
What started as a phone call
has grown into Honor Distilling, a
Lawrence company that produces
and bottles vodka. The popularity of
the vodka is growing and spreading
to neighboring states.
Brock had a more scientific reason
for encouraging Burnett to try mak-
ing vodka instead. Whiskey needs
to be aged in a charred barrel, while
vodka only needs to be distilled and
mixed with purified water.
The two settled on vodka and
started researching. Brock said he
found information in multiple plac-
es, and after three years of research
with trial and error he finalized a
recipe. Brock called the final prod-
uct Honor Vodka, which is also the
name of his company.
Honestly, our recipe and our
process is a conglomerate of tons of
research, Brock said.
Their recipe consists of a corn and
wheat blend, which is distilled with
100 percent grain alcohol and then
mixed with purified water.
Brock said the Midwest made for
a good place to distill vodka because
of the abundance of grains.
We chose corn and wheat, but
you can actually use any grain prod-
uct to make vodka, Brock said.
The process didnt come easy. Brock
said he and Burnett didnt get it right on
the first try or even the 50th try.
We were scared of the first batch,
Brock said. We looked at each other
like Im not drinking that.
Sixty-three tries later, Brock final-
ized his recipe, which got bottled and
put on the shelves.
Brock, who graduated from the
University of Kansas in 2002 with a
business degree, knew soon after col-
lege that corporate America was not
for him. He moved to Minnesota and
worked for a mortgage broker, but
the job did not motivate him.
I always knew I wanted to own
my own business, said the 30-year-
old Brock.
During college he managed the
Jayhawk Caf, also known as The
Hawk, and bartended at the Ranch.
After working in Minnesota he
owned a company that did promo-
tional work for the Dallas-based alco-
hol-distributing company Glazers.
These experiences gave Brock
confidence that if he could make a
good product, he knew enough peo-
ple in the industry to get the product
in the stores and bars.
The thing about starting your
own business is that you have to have
a lot of people that are willing to help
you out, Brock said.
In order to even begin Honor
Distilling, Brock and Burnett filled
out a mountain of paper work to
gain a federal and state license to
produce alcohol. They do not have a
license to sell alcohol, so they sell to
the distributor Glazers, which then
sells Honor to liquor stores.
Brock said the whole project was
just a hobby that got out of control,
Brock said.
In just two months of opera-
tion, Honor has already spread from
Lawrence into Missouri and received
good reviews.
Dan Blomgren, owner of the Cork
& Barrel liquor stores, said Honor is
better than comparably prices vodkas.
I did a taste test at Quintons and
Honor beat Absolut and Skyy hands
down, Blomgren said.
Brock and Burnett are working
on getting a patent for their process,
which Brock thinks will take the
company to a new level.

Taking a shot at the vodka business
2002 KU graduate Cory
Brock, and partner Josh
Burnett, are turning heads
by producing Honor Vodka
right here in Lawrence.
Lawrence resident
Gene Nutt has turned
the second foor of his
store, Game Nut, into a
palace for area gamers.
Gamer Nutt attempts
to recreate the feel of
old-school arcades
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By Rustin DoDD
dodd@kansan.com
Two girls sit at a table in the cor-
ner of the Kansas Union fourth floor.
One unfolds a pamphlet offering
information about Jayhawk tradi-
tions and when the libraries open.
Young faces float around the rest of
the floor.
Kylinn Gerstner and Paige
Stephens are in no hurry.
Theyre just waiting. You sit
around a lot when you go to sum-
mer orientation.
Were just hanging out, Stephens
said.
Stephens and Gerster learned the
truth about summer orientation on a
humid July day. They chose classes,
finalized living arrangements and
waited. But theyll never have to do it
again. Theyre about to be freshmen,
full-time students at the University,
and members of the class of 2012.
Theyre two of thousands, part of
a group on the precipice of college.
n n n
Stephens and Gerstners home-
town, Colby, is home to five to six
thousand people.
6,000 on a good day, Gerstner
says.
The University can almost multi-
ply that number by five.
But Gerstners not worried. Shes
thinking about majoring in biochem-
istry. She wants to go into medicine.
But mostly, she is looking forward to
dorm life shes living in McCollum
and a wide selection of guys,
Gerstner says.
In July, Gerstner had talked to her
roommate once.
She seems nice, she said.
But shes worried about living
with someone shes never met.
Stephens is worried too. But for
another reason. She says she doesnt
want to live at G.S.P, and as of July,
thats where she was scheduled to
live.
Stephens will be on the KU Crew
team, and shes a second generation
Jayhawk. Her mom went here. Her
sister is coming here too, a transfer
from Colby Community College.
Itll be nice to have her, Stephens
said.
n n n
Gina Cohen listens to music on
her headphones amidst the orga-
nized chaos of orientation. Shes
from Overland Park, just 30 minutes
away.
Cohens brother will be a senior
this year. Her older sister already
graduated. She didnt need to take
one of those campus tours, she says.
She knows Lawrence, and she loves
it.
I like the vibe, Cohen said. It
has a lot of culture, even though
it seems like a small town in the
middle of nowhere.
But Cohen says another thing
pulled her to the University. She was
at her Overland Park home in early
April, with the television on. She
watched Kansas beat Memphis for
the National Championship and she
saw how the students reacted.
I was thinking, Id like to go
there, Cohen said.
n n n
Up the stairs from Cohen, Tim
Ellis, an incoming freshman from
Manhattan, waits for his Mom. Hes
about to walk into another presenta-
tion.
Mario Chalmerss shot didnt
affect Ellis college decision.
The University just gave him
more scholarship money than any-
where else, he says. Hes majoring
in chemical engineering. He wants
to go medical school, or maybe just
focus on research, he says. His test
scores and grades put him in the
honors placement program. Hes a
little concerned about taking sopho-
more English as a freshman. But he
said he was looking forward to living
off-campus with friends and being
on his own.
The presentation is about to begin,
and Ellis needs to go.
Yeah, he says. Just being in
college.
For Gerstner, Stephens and
Cohen, its the same feeling. College,
at last.
Chatting with freshmen about incoming college life
Four freshmen talk about expectations and concerns for their frst year at a major University
Three years ago, he left Topeka for
Lawrence and opened his own store.
When he purchased the property
three years ago, he planned to turn
the second floor into a video game
lounge. He also sold pre-owned mer-
chandise and collected obscure video
game artifacts.
In December 2007, Nutt opened
the Gamer Loft on the second floor
of his store. The loft features 14
HD TVs equipped with every video
game console ever sold. Gamers play
anything from the original Nintendo,
released in 1985, to Playstation 3,
released last year. Nutt offers a snack
bar to keep gamers refreshed as they
compete in video games. He said
most of the gamers were men ages
18 to 25.
Nutt said he did not intend to
make a profit with the Gamer Loft,
but wanted to give gamers a place
where they could play together like
he did in the arcades.
I grew up in arcades, Nutt said.
They do not really exist anymore
and there has been nothing to replace
them. I just wanted to try and bring
it back.
As the host, Nutt does not com-
pete with the gamers who come to
the Gamer Loft, or participate in any
gaming tournaments.
It wouldnt be fair if I went up
there and schooled everyone, Nutt
said.
Nutt said places like the Gamer
Loft existed on the East and the West
Coasts, but in the Midwest there
was nothing like it. Nutt said that if
he could play host to national gam-
ing tournaments at his store, people
from neighboring states would drive
hours to participate.
He said online gaming reener-
gized him for playing new video
games. New games feature online
gaming, where players around the
world compete against each other
in popular games like Grand Theft
Auto IV, Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3.
Nutts next step is to try and link
gamers at the Gamer Loft with other
gaming communities around the
nation and be a host site for national
tournaments.
When he is not attending to other
gamers at the Gamer Loft or work-
ing downstairs in his store, Nutt is a
married father of three girls. He said
being a family man forced him to
balance his gaming time with family
time, but still found time to continue
gaming.
Nutt said he played Atari when
he was a kid and Asteroids was his
favorite game. Today he owns an
Xbox 360, which he uses to play
popular first person shooter titles
such as Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3.
I just want to shoot stuff, Nutt
said.
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Researcher interviews GLBT people in Kansas
By Sachiko Miyakawa
Tami Albin said she was tired of
hearing stereotypes about Kansas,
especially regarding the lives of gay
and lesbian people. Some people
showed Albin, KU undergraduate
instruction and outreach librarian,
pity once they learned she lived in
Kansas.
They made comments, just
derogatory comments that had no
basis, Albin said. Kansas, full of
tumbleweeds, a wasteland, nothing
was happening here. There wasnt
any kind of progressive politics hap-
pening in the entire state.
In response, Albin started an oral
history project, Under the Rainbow,
in the past year to challenge stereo-
types about gay and lesbian people
living in Kansas. She interviews gay,
lesbian, bisexual, transgender, inter-
sex and queer people, or GLBTIQ,
in Kansas to find out how they feel
about living in the state. She received
several research grants, including a
two-year fund from the KU Center
for Research.
I think this project will create a
better understanding, Albin said.
Progress can be gained through
understanding stories of people liv-
ing in Kansas.
About 72,500 gay, lesbian and
bisexual people lived in Kansas as
of 2005, according to the Williams
Institute at University of California-
Los Angeles School of Law.
Albin talked to more than 20 peo-
ple, including Gilbert Baker from
Wichita, who created the Rainbow
Flag in 1978. Albin said more than
90 people across the state had con-
tacted her and wanted to share their
stories. She plans to travel to west-
ern Kansas this summer to conduct
more interviews.
The goal is to keep on going
and do as many as I can in my spare
time, she said. If people want to
talk to me, I should listen.
Albin plans to open a database on
the KU ScholarWorks in September.
Her oral and visual interviews will
be available to any researcher who
is interested in GLBTIQ issues in
Kansas.
Holly Mercer, interim coordinator
for scholar services, said the database
was an innovative use of the KU
ScholarWorks.
Thats a really nice component
not to just read someones story but
to be able to hear them talk about
their stories themselves, Mercer
said.
Milton Wendland, graduate
teaching assistant of womens stud-
ies, contributed research material to
the database along with his students.
Wendland taught the course Gay
and Lesbian Cultures in the United
States last spring. His students
worked on research projects related
to GLBT people in Kansas.
He said the research topics var-
ied from domestic violence in same-
sex relationships to the Gay Games
to how fraternities and sororities at
some Kansas schools had dealt with
homophobia.
Not all LGBT history happens in
New York, L.A. and San Francisco,
Wendland said. This database, I
hope, is going to be like a gold mine
for scholars who are interested in
starting to look beyond the coast.
Matthew Blankers, Claremont,
Calif. junior, conducted research
about violence against queer people
in Kansas and created a bibliography
that would help researchers to learn
about the issue.
One of the biggest things Ive
learned is how difficult it is to find
a lot of information about various
queer people in Kansas, Blankers
said.
Albin said she hoped the proj-
ect would help researchers and also
people who thought they might be
gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender,
intersex or queer.
When you are realizing that you
might be gay or lesbian or any of
these categories, its a really hard and
lonely process, Albin said. Having
access to material that other people
have gone through same things is
very, very helpful.
A database about gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex and queer issues will be available on KU ScholarWorks in the fall.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Tami Albin, KU undergraduate instruction and outreach librarian, started an oral history
project, interviewing people about stereotypes of gay and lesbian people living in Kansas.
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BY BRYAN CISLER
bcisler@kansan.com
Rachael Traders friends couldnt
believe it when she tried out for a
roller derby league in Kansas City.
At the time, Trader was a 19-year-old
biology major working for Sprint
hardly the image of a typical roller
derby girl.
When I tell people I do roller
derby, they say, I dont see you as
that type of girl, but really there
is no that type
of girl. We
have people of
all kinds doing
this, Trader
said.
Once a month
at Hale Arena
in Kansas City,
Mo., 80 girls lace
up their skates
and compete for
the Kansas City
Roller Warriors.
Each player has
a skater name; Trader, a member of
the Dreadnought Dorothys, skates in
front of thousands of people as she
unleashes her alter ego, Archie Lee.
She said it gave her an opportunity
to show fans an aggressive side to her
personality.
You really are a different type of
person, and that is the joy of having a
different kind of name, Trader said.
It is a different feeling to have an
outlet to blow off that steam because
a lot of us dont have a way outside
roller derby to get rid of that stress.
The league was started four years
ago when the girls would practice in
parking lots filled with broken glass
and debris. Word spread about the
women, and the league quickly drew
fans. An average crowd at Hale
Arena ranges from 1,000 to 3,000
people. There are even plans for a
reality TV show about the league,
that will air on Metro Sports in
Kansas City next fall.
Roller derby fans are also passion-
ate about the league.
Mary Burleson drove from
Arkansas to cheer on The Knockouts
in last Saturdays event. Burleson,
who sported a white wig and a long
blue dress, serves as the teams unof-
ficial mascot, and has been a fan of
the league since it began.
You have girls beating up on
each other, Burleson said, There
is no greater entertainment if you
ask me.
The league is trying to showcase
its athletic side, and shed unwanted
stereotypes from its past. In the
1970s, bouts were scripted, put-
ting roller derby in a category with
pro-wrestling, rather than an actual
sport.
Tonya Hagedorn, Lawrence resi-
dent and police
call dispatcher,
is constantly
asked whether
the sport is
real.
We dont
work this hard
in practice
to not try our
hardest to win,
said Hagedorn,
who made the
team despite
breaking her
arm in tryouts.
The girls practice three times a
week, and injuries range from torn
ligaments to concussions.
For Joy Durham, also known as
DurHammer, roller derby takes a lot
more effort than people think.
I played soccer for eight years
and that was nothing compared to
this in terms of how physical this is,
Durham said. You have to be a seri-
ous athlete to play roller derby, you
cant just do this for fun.
Brooke Leavitt, one of the founders
of the Kansas City Roller Warriors,
said she has seen girls try out and
quit after realizing how tough it was.
Leavitt, who skates with only one
arm after a bus accident at the age
of three, said she thought the league
finally had the right mix of girls.
Knowing that there is 80 girls
that come back week after week and
give it their all is what is so special
about this league, Leavitt said.
For Trader, roller derby changed
her life. She is transferring out of the
University and moving to Kansas
City, Mo., in part, so she can focus
on roller derby, and be a part of the
sport as long as she can.
It is nice to have that nervous
feeling then look up in the stands
and see people you love and even
people you dont know cheering you
on, Trader said.
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Roller girls get physical
The Kansas City Roller Warriors leave the sports
scripted past behind to shed their girly image.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The Kansas City Roller Warriors draw crowds of 1,000 to 3,000 people to Hale Arena for their monthly competitions. Every month, 80 girls lace up their
skates, assume their skating alter egos, and battle on the skating rink.
You have girls beating up
on each other. There is no
greater entertainment if you
ask me.
MARY BURLESON
Roller derby fan

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