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Café gets charity from campus concert
BY COURTNEY CONDRON cccondron@kansan.com
A concert benefiting Jubilee Café tonight will feature three local bands, and 100 percent of the profit will go toward the cafe.
The concert is in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union at 7 p.m. The bands performing are The Noise FM, Midnight Vinyl and Darren Denney. There is no admission fee, but those who attend are asked to donate $5.
Jubilee Café is constantly in need of funding, and Mark Darling. Leavenworth senior and organizer of the event, hopes the event, which he has been planning since September, will raise several hundred dollars.
Bryan Wassenberg, Marysville junior and coordinator of the cafe, said the hoped the donations from the concert, along with other recent donations, would give the cafe enough money for the holiday season. The cafe needs about $300 a week to function.
"The busy parts of the year get really hard because it takes students to set things up and get things running, and when midterms are coming around, funding gets put to the wayside," Wassenberg said. "Right now everyone is getting ready for finals and not really thinking about that stuff."
Darren Denney, Leavenworth freshman and singer and guitarist of his band, said this was the perfect way for him to help a good cause.
"There's not too many places like Jubilee to begin with," Denney said. "Students can come to the show and have a good time, and beyond that, they are helping people eat, and that's especially important around the holidays."
Denney said his band played alternative music similar to Incubus or the Foo Fighters. The Noise FM is an alternative band that plays shows across the Midwest. Midnight Vinyl is a ska band that has won the McColum Hall battle of the bands recently.
Jubilee Café serves breakfast to those in need every Tuesday and Friday morning in restaurant style at First United Methodist Church.
Kelli Stout, Derby senior, is the co-director of the Center for Community Outreach, which is sponsoring the concert. "Jubilee Café is such a great thing, because it has been around so long and it goes through winter break," Stout said. "It's something these people count on, and it's so important that the students here connect with the community."
- Edited by Jeff Briscoe
MIDDLE, Student Union Activities held the Battle of the Halls bands competition last night in the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Acts competed for prizes for their hall and for personal pay-outs as well.
ABOVE, Jamie Thompson, Overland Park freshman, sings a cover of Nelly Furtado's "Torn" in front of audience and judges in Woodruff Auditorium last night in the Battle of the Halls.
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ABOVE, Cameron Casady, Lawrence freshman, looks on as bandmate Nick Garret, Burlington freshman, raps some of his lyrics during the Battle of the Halls last night. Both are members of a four-piece band called Seven South, named after the floor and wing they live on in McCollum Hall. The band took second place and won the biggest fan support and a Nintendo Wii for their residence hall.
LEFT, Megan Pasley, Olathe freshman, performs an original song at the Battle of the Halls music competition.
The audience voted Pasley the winner of the six-act battle, which got her the $100 first prize.
SUA features open mic night
BY MATT LINDBERG
mlindberg@kansan.com
It may not have been a stadium venue, but everyone who wanted to roc-themic had a chance to Thursday night in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Student Union Activities held a "Battle of the Halls" competition, giving students a chance to entertain and win a Nintendo Wii for their respective halls.
Megan Pasley, Olathe freshman, a resident of Hashinger Hall, won the individual prize, a $100 gift card which was valid on all of Massachusetts Street. Pasley, a singer, songwriter and pianist, said her previous musical endeavors inspired her composing today.
"I did a lot of musical theater in high school and then I picked up playing piano again when I was a sophomore in high school," Pasley said. Pasley, who cited Alicia Keys as inspiration, said it was good to win again.
"The goal is for people to listen and
like your music, so it's nice to have won because I guess I did that." Pasley said.
Although Pasley walked away winning the individual challenge, McCollum locked up the Nintendo Wii, which was given to the hall that had those most representatives show up at the competition. Twenty-one McCollum residences showed up to represent McCollum's own "Seven South." The group, which consists of four members, is known for their guitar comedy, "Seven South" went through a medley of its hits, including the cult favorites "Cherry Ice Cream" and "Egg Nog" as the crowd stood up and cheered in front of the stage.
said the group were all friends and came together after randomly being put on the seventh floor of McCollum this year.
"We always play in elevators and we won in McCollum's open-mic night, so that is why we decided to join this competition." Morrow said.
The group came in second overall and won a $75 gift card which could be used on Massachusetts Street.
Mitchell Morrow, Lawrence freshman.
"We always have an open mic night, and this was a chance to attract more people."
In addition to Pasley and Seven South, a comedian, folk-rock singer and another singer-songwriter rocked the stage, but Essence Nichelson, Manhattan freshman, managed to come in third place with a rendition of Alicia Keys' latest single, "No One." Nichelson said she had been singing her entire life and started in church.
STEPHANIE ALTORO SUA Student Coordinator
"My dad
enjoyed the song.
"My dad was a pastor before he passed away, and I would say church is where I got a powerful voice," Nichelson said. "Gospel and R&B definitely inspires me."
Nichelson said she chose the Alica Keys song because the words matched her style and because she
"It was perfect for my voice because she had a deep message. She's saying no one can pull her away from who she is speaking about. It's powerful, and it's why I listen to it 10 times a day."
Stephanie Altoro, Brooklyn, N.Y., junior, is the SUA student coordinator. She said the event was about bringing people out to have a good time.
"We always have an open mic night, and this was a chance to attract more people," Altoro said. "This was a chance to bring a bigger market with the residence halls."
Edited by Rachael Gray
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