THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN

MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2015 | VOLUME 129 ISSUE 03

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YOU NEED TO KNOW

TUITION INCREASE:
Board raises tuition by
3.6 percent

News PAGE 02
MONARCH WATCH:
Center aims to stop
population decline

News PAGE 04

GUEST COLUMN: Do
black lives matter at KU?
Opinion PAGE 05
MUST-SEE MOVIES:
Summer lineup packs a
punch

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Some students tuition and fees to increase

communications. They will not be
able to bring in that much revenue.
Compared to the other regents
Some students at state universities schools, tuition at the University
in Kansas, including the University of Kansas and University of Kansas
of Kansas, face a tuition increase Medical Center is already the most
that could cost them anywhere be- expensive. However, the limit makes
tween $150 to $400 per semester.
sure the extra money paid helps the
About one-third of incoming
state
rebound
freshmen, transfer and
from its $406 milcurrent students will
lion budget defibe affected by a 3.6 There will, Im sure, be consecit.
percent tuition rate in- quences [for] what had been
The limit on
crease at state schools, envisioned for [the University of
the tuition hike
decided Thursday. But Kansas] next year.
means it wont
students with fixed tuaffect some stuition, which is about
BREEZE RICHARDSON dents.
two-thirds of the stuKBOR spokesperson
Because of the
dent population, will
four year tuition
not see an increase
compact that [the
this fall.
Kansas
Board
The hike in tuition and fees will of Regents] signed into motion in
cost undergraduate students up to 2012, [the tuition increase] hasn't
several hundred dollars per semes- affected me at all, said Haley Beckter. For example, an out-of-state er, a senior majoring in unified early
undergraduates tuition would in- childhood education from Springcrease by $413.25, or 3.6 percent of field, Mo. Without the guarantee
$11,473.50 cost per semester, and that my tuition would not be raised,
in-state by $158.25, according to the assuming I graduate in the traditionRegents tuition and fees report for al four years, I would have not been
2015-16.
able to afford going to KU.
After the initial proposal on
The tuition compact, also known
Wednesday to hike up tuition rates, as guaranteed tuition, was signed in
the new plan limits increases at state 2012 and means the tuition is fixed
schools effective this fall. This sum- for first-time freshmen all four years
mers tuition is not affected.
they are at a university. The limit
There will, Im sure, be conse- approved by legislators and regents
quences [for] what had been envi- makes sure tuition and fees cannot
sioned for [the University of Kansas] exceed an increase of more than 3.6
next year, said Breeze Richardson, percent for all students not under
Kansas Board of Regents director of compact tuition, whether resident
VICKY DIAZ-CAMACHO
@vickyd_c

or nonresident, this coming academic year.

Per protocol, each year every Regents university submits a detailed
tuition and fees proposal that goes
through a review process that lasts
almost the entire year. In that time,
Richardson said the Board of Regents looks at what programs need
what resources, the financial aid the
University wants to provide, where
costs are kept down, the projected
enrollment and where adjustments
are proposed.
That process had begun earlier
this year, so the proposals, its fair
to say, were originally drafted before
the legislature took action, Richardson said.
The legislature and regents focused
on six campuses over two days of
session and there was a lot of con-

versation, Richardson said.

The Regents, especially those
who work on committee, spend a lot
of time to know what the need is and
are in a better position to determine
tuition rates than the legislature is,
she said. The spirit was to hold this
to a lesser increase. Thats what was
done.
The original proposed tuition increase was 3.8 percent for both outof-state and in-state undergraduate
and graduate students and a 6 percent increase for in-state and out-ofstate KU Medical School students.
For in-state University of Kansas
students, that increase would have
also hiked the total tuition and fee
amount pay up to 4.9 percent.
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But legislators decided the 3.6 percent limited increase should include
both tuition and fees.
In the past, tuition has substantially
increased, according to the Kansas
Board of Regents data report from
2014. Tuition has risen approximately 35.5 percent since 2009. The
average tuition at the University in
2009 was $3,521 with required fees.
In the academic year 2014, tuition
rose to $4,639, also including required fees.
When I was [at the University] I
always wanted simple justification
for the increases, said Kent Lee, a
2013 graduate from Lawrence who
majored in political science. It
always bothered me that wealthy
alumni would donate money to
build projects, but students had to
pick up the maintenance. Personally
I'd take classes in a steel nondescript
building if the education was the
same.

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$35,000

$10,448

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Monarch Watch aims to conserve pollinator population

going to impact our food sources.
There are countless reasons why
they should care; theyre generally
Each winter, thousands of acres in very receptive.
Mexico are taken over by the MonTaylor said the problem lies not
arch butterflies that migrate from all only with the decline of monarchs
over North America to the warmer but of all pollinators.
climate. The spectacle carries on
Pollinators are essential, Taylor
roughly four months, and when said. They pollinate about 70 perwinter is over, theyll all have a 1,500 cent of the vegetation out there. If
mile or more trip home. However, you take them out of the system,
over the last decade, the number of plants will disappear. Thats why
monarch butterflies making the an- monarchs are important; they repnual migration has dwindled.
resent every other pollinator out
Chip Taylor, professor in the there.
ecology and evolutionary biology
Removing pollinators from the
departments, is the founder and di- ecosystem would be tragic, Taylor
rector of Monarch Watch a non- said.
profit education, conservation and
If we pull apart the ecosystem,
research program located on West we create less stable ecosystems, he
Campus. He said the beauty of the said. Biodiversity and complexity
migration is something youd have leads to stability.
to see to fully comprehend.
Taylor began Monarch Watch in
This is a spectacular migration, 1992 with an emphasis on educaone of the most spectacular on the tion and research. He previously
planet, Taylor said. You would studied bees, but when he knew his
have to almost walk into that forest funding was soon to be revoked and
down in Mexico where you have 25 diverted elsewhere, he opened Monmillion butterflies in every acre. Its arch Watch. The team there studies
one of our most mysterious but in- migration patterns and tags the butteresting phenomena on the planet. terflies in the fall to track their path.
Part of the education aspect of
We built an organization based on
Monarch Watch involves hosting the idea more research was needed
educational programs
on the monarchs,
for children as well as
and we needed
hosting open houses
public
interest,
for the public. Travis [Monarch migration] is one of our
and then we alMartin, a fifth-year most mysterious but interesting
ways
thought
physics major from phenomena on the planet.
conservation was
Wichita, said whether
important, but we
CHIP TAYLOR didn't know how
people know about
Monarch Watch Director important itd rethe plight of the monarchs or not, theyre
ally become, Tayall very receptive when they learn lor said.
the monarchs numbers are dwinIn the early 2000s, herbicides and
dling.
weed-resistant plants were heavily
When little kids come to [the implemented in farming, thus deopen houses] and you get to teach stroying the monarchs food supply
them about everything, thats re- of milkweed the weed on which
ally fun, Martin said. People who they feed exclusively. Milkweed is
arent familiar are really receptive to commonly found among corn and
what we do when we tell them were soybean crops. When the monarch
losing our pollinators, and thats population began to drop, Taylor
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Founder and Director of Monarch Watch Chip Taylor evaluates new monarch eggs. The female monarch
butterflies have small tags on their wings to identify their sex.

began a conservation effort in 2005

and later a Bring Back the Monarchs program.
In 2007, President George W. Bush
signed a Renewable Fuels Standard
designed to convert corn to ethanol,
and because of that, there was a massive boom of corn being planted and
produced. Since many crops have
been modified and made weed-resistant, milkweed hasnt been able to
thrive in these new crop fields as it
once would have.
In the five years following that
program, we saw 28 million acres
converted to corn and soybeans,
Taylor said. They took all sorts of
habitats and that contributed to the
decline of the Monarchs.
In 2014, President Barack Obama
brought together 60 specialists to
discuss what could be done to prevent even more deterioration of the
species. Taylor was one of those 60.

A few months later, Obama came

out with a memorandum instructing the 14 federal agencies to move
forward toward making any of their
landholding a safe habitat for pollinators.
We need to bring industry together with government agencies to rectify and make habitat for monarchs
and pollinators, Taylor said. Im
getting calls virtually every week on
these kinds of things.
Monarch Watch, along with striving to rectify the monarch problem,
employs students, most of whom
are hired in September. Martin became involved when his sister began
volunteering two years ago.
After graduation, Ill still come
back here from time to time because
I like this place, but it wont be my
career, Martin said. Im a physics major so it doesnt really line up
with what I want to do, but I really

like being here.

Martin said this job is unlike any
other hes had because he feels
like hes making a difference in the
world.
With everything we do with education and conservation programs,
I really feel like Im contributing to
help save the monarch butterflies,
he said. I feel like Im making a difference.
Although there is much work to
be done and its too soon to tell if
the presidents memorandum has
worked, Taylor said individuals have
the opportunity and obligation to
improve the ecosystem.
We have to recognize what keeps
the system together, and we have
to decrease the amount of mowing
we do, the amount of herbicides
we use, he said. Value those marginal areas. Let the creatures live out
there.

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Text your #FFA

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View faith as a relationship, not a religion

Dont understand how

people stay in law over
the summer without
working or taking classes.
What do you do? Why
are you here??

Anissa Fritz
@anissafritzz

All dresses need pockets!

Window shopping at
a mall is one thing.
Window shopping at
garage sales is just sad.
#helpmeimpoor
Maybe if you hadnt
started on DAY 89
Government, what are we
going to do with you?!
You can catch more flies
with honey, but you catch
more honeys bein fly.
Im glad theres a
YouTube video with Blake
Griffin explaining the
lyrics for trap queen.
Frank is bad at bowling.
I think I have more PostIts than I have friends :(
Beyonce on the ten dollar
bill would only make the
phrase got my mind
on my money and my
money on my mind even
more relevant

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efore I came to college, I

went to church every Sunday. Throughout my childhood I went to youth group, and I
even spent a few years working in
my churchs childcare facility. But
when I went to college eight hours
away from home, in a different state,
and only knowing two other people,
my habits of being involved in a
church began to fade.

I am sure that others have gone

through the same struggle: the difficult balancing act of school and a
social life along with keeping true to
your faith. But as Miley Cyrus said,
Going out doesnt make you a bad
person. Just like going to church
doesnt make you a good person.
Just because you dont go to church
or pray every night before you go
to bed does not mean that you are
straying from your beliefs. When
trying to decide how to act out our
faith on a daily basis, we should
look at it as a relationship, not a
religion.
When I began to look at my
religion as a relationship with God,
things started to change. I looked at
Him as a friend, rather than some
high-up figure in the sky who would
strike me with lightning if I didnt

go to church. Regardless of your religious beliefs, think of your higher

power as you would your childhood
best friend. If you talked to your
friends the same way every day and
told them the same things, your relationship would lack depth and be
boring. If you saw them only once a
week on Sunday for two hours and
they had so much to share with you,
but you just sat there and focused
on not falling asleep, that would
hurt any friends feelings. Both of
these things apply to how we pray
or spend time with the higher being
that we believe in.
Once you make the ideological
shift from looking at your faith as
a religion and instead looking at it
as a relationship, you also tend to
care more about how you live out
your beliefs. Going to church no

longer seemed like a chore; when I

could go, I was excited. Praying was
no longer something I did before
every meal, but throughout the day
whenever I needed to vent or ask
for help. Because thats what friends
are for, right?
I have nothing against churches or
organized religion. But I do believe
that in order to strengthen and fully
embrace the hope and love that
religion offers to millions of people,
we must look at it as a relationship
rather than a chore. When this
change occurs, what was once a god
that condemned you when you forgot to tithe becomes your ultimate
best friend.

Anissa Fritz is a junior

from Dallas studying

journalism and sociology.

GUEST COLUMN

Do black lives matter at KU?

Cassandra Osei
@prismspice

o black lives matter at the

University of Kansas?
This is a question I have
routinely asked this past year. I
have demanded an answer from the
chancellor, the provost, Student
Senate, the University Daily Kansan, KU Athletics, the University
Honors Program, the Undergradu-

ate Advising Center, friends who

are no longer friends and fellow
peers. I never get straight yes or
no answers. Instead, I receive suggestions that are non-verbalized
nos.
Today, I received another negative suggestion. As the Office of
Multicultural Affairs is one of the
few spaces endowed with integrity on campus, they were the sole
University entity to issue a state-

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ment on the June 17 Charleston

terrorist attacks. Typically, they are
the only University entity to state
any kind of concern or solidarity for
marginalized students on campus.
They are always the first and the last
to issue statements on police brutality and state-sanctioned violence
against black people. The OMA was
also the sole University center that
offered its space to all Universityaffiliated individuals to come for

support, dialogue, and community

discussion over the Charleston terrorist attacks. Non-OMA affiliated
groups on campus usually applaud
the OMA for their efforts in providing safer spaces for their marginalized students on campus. I also
applaud the OMA staff; their names
are Precious Porras, Cody Charles,
Mauricio Gomez, Camille Clark,

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and Melody Henning. They are

exceptional people with integrity.
To be exceptional, however, is
often to be lonely. I would also say
that it is a health hazard when an
environment is toxic. Before preparing for the discussion, I saw these
same exceptional, brilliant people
teary-eyed, fatigued, anxious, and
depressed. In addition to finding
a way to get it together in time
for the forum, they also had to put
on their brave faces as orientation
facilitators. They smile and laugh
through the pain as predominantly
white freshmen and their families
smile and laugh with them, clueless
and unassuming of their lives beyond that particular moment. Imagine how damaging it is to routinely
be alone in your fight for equity and
inclusion, ignored or reprimanded
by your boss and peers for doing
the right thing, and still expected to
go about your day as if nothing has
happened. You are in the twilight
zone, routinely asking yourself, Am
I crazy?
On top of asking if black lives
matter at KU, I also asked myself
if I was crazy. How is it that the

majority are not affected by seeing

black people be murdered every
week? How am I expected to attend
class, study and ace exams when Im
constantly reminded that I can be
murdered for eating Skittles, wearing hoodies, swimming, driving,
asking for help, playing in the park,
breathing, shopping, minding my
own business or going to church?
Is it normal for me and other affected students to greet each other
with weary faces, tense nerves, and
cynical comments about how were
next? Where do I look for support,
if my natural allies themselves are
too weary, if my administrators are
too afraid of political fallout, if my
professors and University employees are intimidated by potential
backlash or accusations of favoritism? What if this stress is building
off of unaddressed trauma, from
being kicked out of a historically
white fraternity house for not being a pretty white girl to seeing
resident assistants laugh and do
nothing when I see f*** n***ers,
feed n***ers, and kill n***ers on a
floormates calendar in the dorms?
When Im expressing my fears and
concerns, why are they dismissed
by demanding that I remember that

Jayhawks come from all different

backgrounds and some of them
have never interacted with black
people before coming to KU?
Why are those threatening that I
be lynched on YikYak never told
racism is not tolerated here? How
am I supposed to feel when I hear
rumors that an administrator supposedly shot down a suggestion for
increasing black student enrollment
by claiming an increased presence
would drive white Johnson County
students away? All of these are
suggestions that affirm that indeed
black lives dont matter here.
Chancellor Gray-Little has expressed that we seek help through
counseling services at Watkins
to get through our stress. Underresourced, underpaid, and hyperstressed staff do not make it an
ideal space for all Jayhawks, but the
lack of ethnic and racial diversity
makes it especially daunting for
students of color to seek services to
discuss mental health, racism and
trauma. When I brought this up to
the Chancellor, she noted that if a
white psychologist can do their job
competently, they should be able to
work with any student regardless of
race and ethnicity. This is no solace

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for the many students of color
who have already been dismissed
by their professors, staff members,
peers, and administrators; why
should they be forced to automatically put their faith in folks who
may not have specific training in
addressing trauma from racism? If
the University community chiseled
through that trust PR disaster after
PR disaster, from #rockchalkinvisiblehawk to #imnotpaco, how can
we consider presenting our most
vulnerable selves to those who may
chisel at what is left of us? Will my
campus, its black students and their
allies drop dead from stress, killing
us with its own handcrafted bullet?
I dont know how many black
students KU lost this year due to its
failure to address anti-black racism
within and outside its campus, and
following that, our collective mental
health. After #rockchalkinvisiblehawk and #imnotpaco, the PR
threat pushed KU administrators
to act. This op-ed may encourage
action, or it may be ignored another suggestion that affirms black
lives dont matter.
To those who want to prevent KU
from depleting its black student
population, and people of color at

large, I encourage you to give your

stressed peers a hand. Address injustice on campus wherever you see
it; do not leave the aggrieved population to be the sole group pained
by police brutality, xenophobia,
Islamophobia and transphobia; and
motivate your respective departments and centers to push forward
reform from within. Write your
statements of support to students,
facilitate your own workshops or
forums, and reach out to campus
community members in your own
spaces. Visibly and vocally maintain
that we matter, put your support
behind efforts to increase funding for psychological services and
retention programs, and treat us like
we exist, rather than invisible exotic
monsters. That lends to a more productive, healthy campus community and the confirmation that, yes,
black lives matter here at KU.

Cassandra Osei is a 2015

graduate from Shawnee
majoring in history and Latin
American and Caribbean
studies. She is also a recipient of the Rusty Leffel Concerned Student Award.

Women need to practice strength training

Jessica Gomez
@jessicataylurr

hether we want to admit

it or not, bikini season
is here. It came out of
nowhere and hit us like a truck,
leaving us with regret over the decision to hit the sheets with Netflix

instead of the gym.

Luckily, there are multiple types
of workouts one can choose from
between cardio and strength to
help solve this problem. But many
women stay away from lifting
weights because they think doing so
will give them a bulkier build. This
is entirely a myth.
Only about 20 percent of women
practice strength training every
week even though lifting just
twice a week can reduce body fat
by 3 percent in 10 weeks, according
to the National Center for Health
Statistics. Strength training burns
more calories because they will continue to burn off after the workout.

A study by the Journal of Strength

and Conditioning Research found
that if you do an hour of strength
training, you burn an additional 100
calories the following day.
An article on Healthline explains
how adding weights to your exercise
routines benefits you in a variety of
ways. Strength training creates and
preserves muscle mass. As women
grow older, their percentage of body
fat increases if they dont keep creating muscle. Lifting reduces the risk
of many issues, such as osteoporosis
and future injuries. Making lifting
weights a routine slows down bone
deterioration and makes them
stronger while increasing your

balance and coordination, which is

crucial as you age.
According to the Womens Heart
Foundation, because women have
high levels of estrogen it is difficult
to become overly muscular. Something that often gets overlooked is
the importance and impact of diet.
The word diet doesnt necessarily
mean juicing or no carbs; it relates
more to your eating habits and
schedule. Consuming higher levels
of protein is what builds muscle.
An article on Breaking Muscle
states protein is the most important
factor in maintaining lean muscle
mass. Eating on a college budget
is difficult but can be done. I know

how hard it is to stay away from

Burger Stand and Pizza Shuttle,
but there are alternatives. You can
exchange beef for turkey at Burger
Stand for free.
The idea that lifting weights will
automatically make women bulky
is a lie, so grab some dumbbells and
work toward a healthier lifestyle
without the fear of looking like the
Hulk in a few weeks.

Jessica Gomez is a senior

from Baldwin City studying
journalism and global
studies.

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Boulevardia draws crowds during three-day festival

MADI SCHULZ
@Mad_Dawgg

GARRETT LONG
@garrettkenlong

Boulevardia kicked off last weekend in Kansas Citys West Bottoms

with music, vendors, food and, of
course, beer.
The festival, named for Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas
City, Mo., featured a wide range of
Boulevards choice beer lineup as
well as other brands, including the
Lawrence-based Free State Brewing
Company.
This years festivities brought a renewed focus to recycling and a plan
to have a zero-waste event by 2018,
meaning that all waste is planned
for reuse, compost or recycling to
some extent. For example, next year

vendors are required to use compostable napkins, plates and utensils

at the festival.
As part of its push for sustainability, Boulevardia dubbed a section of
the festival Greenville. Greenville
featured stands displaying visual
and interactive displays about recycling and minimizing environmental
impact. Volunteers stood at the 20
waste, recycling, and compost stations throughout the entire event to
ensure materials made it in the right
bins. Various sustainability agencies
in the Kansas City area, such as Habitat for Humanity and Better Block
KC, lent a hand to the sustainability
efforts and provided further information about their agencies.
A festival with so much emphasis
on the environment was bound to
bring in equally passionate volunteers. Volunteer Cristian Miranda

said he wanted a cleaner world by

doing rather than just talking.
I just want to be a part of the solution, Miranda said.
David Johnson and Leanne Breiby,
who graduated from the University in 1995 and 2006, respectively,
represented Better Block, a nationwide movement looking to improve
neighborhoods
block-by-block.
Recently, Better Block has worked
on integrating more protected bike
lanes in Kansas City.
Johnson and Breiby handed out
chalk and encouraged festival-goers
to write on the large blackboards
behind them that read What would
make your block better? Responses
ranged from light-hearted to serious. Ideas such as more ping-pong
parties focused on fun, while comments like less judgement concentrated on underlying issues.

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Les Izmore, frontman of Kansas City band Hearts of Darkness,
performs on the Boulevard Main Stage at Boulevardia.

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Alumni tell Lawrence history

through work at Watkins Museum
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VALERIE HAAG/KANSAN
Top: Brittany Keegan, one of the museums curators, shows off her
favorite artifact, a 1950s x-ray that measured feet and shoe size in
shoe stores.
Bottom: Cole Finley, collections assistant, explains how to retrieve
a basketball from a peachbasket used in the original versions of
basketball. The artifacts are on display at Watkins Museum.

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On the northwest corner of Massachusetts and 11th Streets, the big

red building has stood since 1888,
a tribute to Lawrences rich history.
Fittingly enough, it houses an homage to that very history the Watkins Museum.
Exhibiting history and artifacts from
as early as the 1850s, the Watkins
Museum turns 40 this year. While
multitudes of University students
have explored the Museum during
a walk along Massachusetts Street,
some of them wandered in and never left.
Brittany Keegan and Cole Finley
are just two among a plentiful staff
of University alumni and students
within the museum. Both began as
volunteers while studying toward
their bachelors degrees in history,
deciding to stay with the museum
after graduating.
With a job like this, you would
think its a day after day kind of
thing, but its not, said Finley, a collections assistant and 2014 graduate.
You never know what to expect.
Whether it be planning and implementing new exhibits, categorizing
collections and new donations or
answering questions from researchers, the museum keeps the two of
them busy.
It seems like all the time were
looking for something, Finley said.
Thats always something to look
forward to the surprises that
come along.
Keegan and Finley both emphasized the storytelling of history as
their main interest. History is always

changing despite its age, Keegan

said, and the fluidity of those stories
intrigues her.
History is stories about people in
the past, said Keegan, a curator
and collections manager and a 2010
graduate. I think it gets taught as
very abstract or lesson-based things
you see good guys and bad guys
but its not that.
"Its very much people making the
same decisions we make today in a
different time period with different
technologies or for different reasons. Its as complex as people are,
she said.
The Watkins exhibits are far from
abstract, as the staff aims to continually bring in new audiences to the
museum. The permanent exhibit
displaying Kansas history through
the Civil War and beyond incorporates several multimedia elements.
An exhibit that celebrates John
Brown includes an audio recording
of John Browns Body; visitors
can follow along with General William Quantrills 1863 raid on the
city with an interactive touchscreen
map.
But the museum also features traditional artifacts. Keegans favorite
is a 1950s X-ray machine used for
measuring feet and shoes in shoe
stores, and Finleys is a collection of
artifacts from veterans in World War
II his favorite era of history.
Picturing those objects is my basic
time portal to the past, Finley said.
I can hold an object and its a hundred years old and that connects me
to that time. You have actual stories
of those people who went through
those events. That, I think, is the
best way to learn about history.

Exhibits about the University are

commonplace in the museum; with
the history of Lawrence tied so
closely to that of the Universitys, a
great deal of the artifacts have some
connection to the University.
We try to tell Lawrences story,
Keegan said. Lawrence is many
things its KU, but its also outside
of KU; its Lawrence, but its Douglas County as well and we try to
tie a lot of those things together.
The museum features original hardwood from when basketball was
played in Hoch Auditoria, newspapers from championship basketball
years, and a desk that once belonged
to James Naismith which Finley
likes to believe was what the original
rules of basketball were written on.
For all the exhibits on display in the
museum, there are hundreds more
hidden away in storage in the attic,
as well as off-site. The staff tries to
rotate temporary exhibits out every
three to six months to display artifacts buried in the back of the attic.
The most recent exhibit, one that
Keegan helped to develop during
her time at the University, celebrates
the 150th anniversary of emancipation by exploring the Underground
Railroad.
Through a partnership with the
Museum and the Museum Studies Department at the University,
three graduate students were able
to develop the exhibit five years ago.
Keegan said it aims to tell a different
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MUSEUM FROM PAGE 08

side of the Underground Railroad

story in Lawrence and beyond.
Weve seen sort of a change in the
way the history is being told for the
Underground Railroad, she said.
When I was younger, it focused on
the white people involved. But its
really changed to focus a lot more on
the people that were escaping. This
is the opportunity to really share
that story, show that its not the story
of the conductors, but of the people
bringing themselves to safety.
The Underground Railroad exhibit
will be displayed until Wednesday.
Next up is an exhibit on the 1939
National Cornhusking Contest,
which was held in Lawrence and attracted 130,000 people.

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The Watkins Museum of History is located on the corner of 11th and Massasschusetts Streets in downtown
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Both Keegan and Finley said their

studies at the University impact
how they do their work today. More
than anything, their time in the history department taught them how
to properly research and tell the
truth above all else.
We want to make sure that theres
complexity, and that were not characterizing things as good guys and
bad guys, Keegan said. We know
theres lot of different stories and
that were getting a range of those
stories.
As a historian, Finley said he has to
put aside his school pride, especially
when it comes to the Civil War.
We have to find the absolute truth,
whether you agree with it or not. You
have to forget about the Missouri
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Parkour rolls and

jumps into Lawrence
BRIANNA CHILDERS
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The parkour students at the Lawrence Gymnastics Academy (LGA)

on Sunday nights vault over and
roll under gymnastic beams, jump
over multi-colored foam blocks and
work on their form for rolling under obstacles. Theyre not there for
gymnastics; theyre there to practice
parkour.
Parkour, in its simplest form, is
discipline for flight, said Jason Boyer, one of the instructors at LGA.
Boyer works alongside Sam
Sivagnanam and their instructorin-training, Isaac Bird. Boyer and
Sivagnanam have been teaching parkour in Lawrence for five years and
have taught more than 100 people,
including Bird.
Bird has been learning parkour under Boyer and Sivagnanam for four
years. He began as a gymnast and

when he heard about the class, he

decided it was something he wanted
to try.
I really got into the free flowing
aspect and spiritual sense of it, Bird
said. Its the most efficient way to
get from Point A to Point B.
Boyer got started doing parkour
when he was attending college at
Columbia University in New York
City.
The first introduction to it was so
inviting and that really launched me
into a love of parkour, Boyer said.
Sivagnanam started practicing
parkour after she met Boyer. They
would train together on the Universitys campus where she was
finishing up school. Today, Boyer
and Sivagnanam have 40 students,
ages 8 through 18. Sivagnanam said
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because of school sports schedules.

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Former Jayhawks featured in Roundball Classic

DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

Locals made their way to Lawrence

Free State High School for the 7th
annual Rock Chalk Roundball Classic on Thursday to benefit local kids
fighting cancer and their families.
Former Kansas basketball athletes
and coaches separated into two
teams for an action-packed charity game. The red team, coached
by Kansas basketball legend Isaac
Bud Stallworth, led 50-36 at halftime. It shrunk to a two-point game
in the last two minutes, but late
three-pointers by 2011 alumnus
guard Tyrel Reed allowed the red

team a 102-91 win over the blue

team, coached by 1986 alumnus forward Calvin Thompson.
Its always good to win, but we
like doing it for the kids, Stallworth
said.
Another 2011 alumnus guard, Mario Little, led the way with 36 points
for the red team. Ben McLemore led
the blue team with 33 points.
For event director Brian Hanni,
there were some special moments
in this years event, including the
pregame concert from Topeka band
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Beneficiaries Levi Ross, 18, and
Dade Cannon, 11, were in attendance at the event.
Both of them celebrated the night
as the true stars, Hanni said.
During halftime, Hanni gave Ross
the opportunity to take the trip of
a lifetime to California, thanks to
a donation from Miles Schnaer of
Crown Automotive. Ross threw an
alley-oop to Ben McLemore to win
a Chevrolet Camaro. Ross will go on
the trip with his best friend Colton
Schell.
The two are going to go to Colorado, Mount Rushmore, Montana,
Oregon, Washington, and driving
down the Pacific Coast Highway,
stopping in Baja, Calif., and making
a stop in Las Vegas, said Kelly Potter,
Rosss sister.
McLemore gave his signed, gameworn shoe from the charity game
to Cannon, who said he really liked
meeting the players after the event.
Cannons other favorite player to
meet was Danni Boatwright, because of her sense of humor and
how she liked to have fun, he said.
Most of the players played for entertainment and not just winning or
losing, he said.
Former Kansas players Cole Aldrich and Tyshawn Taylor both donated their court-worn shoes from
the game to a quick auction during
the final timeout of the game. The
shoes brought a total of $500.
It was an impromptu thing that
Cole and Tyshawn wanted to do and
thats rewarding to see, Hanni said.
Aldrich said he appreciated the
fans coming out for him and other
players, even though hes been away
from Lawrence for five years now.
This is his fourth roundball classic.
Every year it gets better, Aldrich
said. Its awesome coming back and

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Tyshawn Taylor comes up against Cole Aldrich as he dribbles down
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[seeing] what Brian [Hanni] and his

crew do for this event every year.
Former Jayhawk and current coach
of the University of San Francisco
mens basketball team Rex Walters
said he liked participating in this
years game.
Its great to be asked [to participate], he said. Bud gave me the
start and we ended up getting the
win.
Christy Cannon, Dades mother,
said she was pleased with the turn-

out for the event.

We are very grateful and thankful that the gym was standing room
only, she said.
Overall, Hanni said this was the
best event of the last six years. The
organization surprised him with a
plaque at halftime honoring him for
the work he has put into the event.
I was surprised, Hanni said. It
meant the world to me to receive
that honor.

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Kansas prepares for World University Games

DYLAN SHERWOOD
@dmantheman2011

Kansas basketball is less than a

week from seeing its first action in
the World University Games.
Before the team leaves for
Ghwangju, South Korea, on June
28, the team will play two exhibition games against Team Canada
on Tuesday and Friday at the Sprint
Center in Kansas City, Mo.
The Jayhawks are missing starting
sophomore guard Devonte Graham
for the tournament. Graham was
ruled out due to a partially torn quad
tendon suffered during a scrimmage
for Bill Self Basketball Camp last
week. No surgery is required, but

Graham will not play in South Korea and may not travel with the team.
Kansas found another guard quickly to fill Grahams spot. On Saturday,
Kansas announced Florida Gulf
Coast senior guard Julian DeBose
will replace Graham on the roster
for the games. DeBose arrived in
Lawrence on Saturday and started
practicing with the team on Sunday.
Joe [Dooley, Florida Gulf Coast
mens basketball coach] had talked
to us about Julian, Self said in a
team release on Saturday. I called
Joe after Devontes injury, and Julian
was able to take the next 25 days off
on three days notice.
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SMU guard Nic Moore will have
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April.
Kansas opponent for the two
exhibition games is the Canadian
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Barnaby Craddock, coach of the
University of Alberta in Edmonton,
Canada, coaches the team. The Canadians will practice in Lawrence on
Friday before leaving for South Korea on June 27.

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in the six-game Baltic Tour of Estonia last summer. Lucas said hes familiar with spending time outside
the U.S.
I kind of understand the cultural
difference and its going to be an experience for all of us, but we will get
through it together, Lucas said.
In addition to the two games in
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The Jayhawks are using their practices to adjust to the International

Basketball Federation (FIBA) rules
and a 24-second shot clock for the
international tournament.
Practices are going pretty good,
senior forward Hunter Mickelson
said. We are getting better as the
summer goes on.
Last August Mickelson traveled to
Estonia and Finland with the USA
East Coast Basketball Team for the
Four Nations Cup, making this his
second trip overseas for collegiate
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Bright future ahead for track star Michael Stigler

DEREK JOHNSON
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Former Kansas track star Michael

Stigler exhausted his collegiate eligibility after the NCAA Outdoor
Championships last week. He immediately goes from top dog at the
NCAA level to the new guy as he
transitions to the professional level.
Stiglers first endeavors beyond the
University begin on June 25 at the
USA Championships.
Now back in Kansas, Stigler is preparing for the 2015 USA Track and
Field Outdoor Championships. He
opted to return to Lawrence instead
of staying in Eugene, Ore., where
both the NCAA and USA Outdoors
are held this year.
As long as [sprints and hurdles]
coach [Elisha] Brewer is here, Im
going to be here, Stigler said. I
trust my coaching staff here. We
have a great coaching staff here
with Coach [Stanley] Redwine and
Coach Brewer.
Stigler will enter the USA Outdoor
Championships as a bit of an underdog. Bershawn Jackson (48.09
seconds), Johnny Dutch (48.13 seconds) and Michael Tinsley (48.34
seconds) have all recorded better
times in the 400-meter hurdles this
year than Stiglers 48.44 seconds.
Stigler needs to finish in the top

three to guarantee a spot at the

World Championships in Beijing.
Tinsley has an automatic bid, so if
Stigler finishes fourth with Tinsley
ahead of him, Stigler would still go
to Beijing.
However, Stigler wont settle for
squeaking into the World Championships.
I know that Im ready to run with
these guys, and Im sure they know
it as well, Stigler said. I know
theyre waiting for me. When the
day comes, well be lacing them up
and ready to go.
Stigler finished second in the USA
Championships in 2014 behind
Johnny Dutch. His first run this year
takes place June 25. The semifinals
and finals kick off on June 26 and
27, respectively.
The next year and a half for track
includes two USA Outdoor Championships, the 2015 World Championships, the Olympic Trials and
the 2016 Olympics. Stigler, fresh off
a national championship, is already
back at work.
Ill be here year-round, he said.
My training pretty much is going
to stay the same continue lifting
and coming out here on the track
busting my tail off to try and make
this world team.
Stiglers personal best of 48.44 seconds at the Texas Relays does not

guarantee him a spot on the Olympic team in 2016. Although his time
gives him the fourth best in the
world, Stigler must compete with
the three ahead of him for limited
spots on the U.S. Track and Field
squad.
The 2020 Olympics provide a
strong backup option for Stigler. He
would get extra time to bulk up and
prepare as a professional. But making the 2016 Olympics is still the
goal.
Personally, I dont think he has to
wait four more years, Brewer said.
I really think he has a great opportunity and a great chance to make
that team next year.
Transitioning to professional life
is tougher for Stigler this year. His
competition consists of experienced
professionals, who have the benefit
of being in the middle of track season. Stigler just finished his collegiate track year and must now begin
a new season.
Jackson, a four-time USA Outdoor
Champion, is helping Stigler bridge
the gap between the collegiate and
professional life.
[ Jacksons] been a mentor for me.
I met him right after high school,
Stigler said. Hes really a guy that I
looked up to and a guy whos going
to help me transition and adjust to
the professional life.

Stigler plans to graduate from the

University in December with a major in communications. Brewer said
Stigler will most likely be an undergraduate coach in the fall and a volunteer coach post-graduation.
Not only will Stigler get to train in
Lawrence after graduation, but he

will also learn about a career he is interested in pursuing after track.

He wants to go into coaching,
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Bloody Mary
Morning Mover
18 oz Schooner $3.99

2pm to 5pm

Margarita Mania
14 oz On the Rocks
$2.00

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thur

Margarita
Monday

Taco Plate
Tuesday

Big Salads
$5.49

Grilled Sandwich
$5.99

Taco Plate
$5.99

$6.99

18 oz Schooner

$3.99

Grilled Fish
Taco

$2.25

Pabst Blue
Ribbon 18 oz
Schooner

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found this little guy swimming in
Clinton Lake #KansanNews
#weeklyspecials

Sat-Sun

(regular $8.24)
Fajita chicken
jumbo burrito
w/ cilantro
lime rice

Big Beers

$6.59

All Day Every Day Specials

$1.50

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Fri

$5.75

Pabst Blue
Ribbon
60 oz Pitcher

$10.00

16 oz Bud Light
can Bucket of 5

18 oz Schooners

Leinie Summer Shandy

$3.00
Angry Orchard (gluten free)
$3.25

$4.00

24 oz Modelo

$3.50

24 oz Tecate