THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007
City meets discusses residential concerns
Lawrence City Commissioners and the Oread Neighborhood Association met to hear concerns of unkept housing and excessive partying.
Association members said that the main issue was trash and dilapidated houses. They said the majority of the residents were renters who weren't conscientious of the condition of the neighborhood and how it affected Lawrence.
Another concern was excessive partying in the area. Beth Reiber, association member, said a student was killed in front of her house last year, and the drunkenness wasn't only a disturbance, but it scared her too. Members said they wanted the University to help with law enforcement.
The meeting also focused on permit parking, trash policies and rental registration to improve the neighborhood.
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MONEY BALL
Bars benefit from home game hype
BY SARAH NEFF sneff@kansan.com
The Kansas football team's nine-game winning streak has caused an increase in traffic at some local bars.
Dan Koehn, owner of Setem Up Jacks, 1800 E. 23rd St., said he had definitely seen more people coming in after home games than usual. He said people already came in to watch away games on the bar's 22-foot projector and 10 big screen TVs. Sometimes the
Brent Schultz, Baldem City senior, said he usually went to Setém Up Jacks on Mondays to watch NFL games, and on Saturdays to watch the football team's away games. He said the bar was a lot more crowded when the Kansas football team played.
"It's really crowded, like a good tailgate party but you have waiters and waitresses," Schultz said.
wait for a table can be up to an hour. Koehn said the bar offers Big Blue Margaritas on game days.
Aubrey McCalman, manager at Henry T's Bar & Grill, 3520 W. 6th St., said she had seen more customers come in for this year's football season because of the team's winning streak. The wait for a table lasts between 20 and 30 minutes. The bar always has people come in after games, but now there are more people and they are more excited, McCalman said.
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"We have more people singing karaoke," she said.
& Deli, 615 Massachusetts St., said he hadn't seen much of a change at his business from last year to this year. He said football home game days had always been good days for business.
"If they can run the table and make it to the conference game, I am expecting to see an increase just because of the excitement in the town," Gaudreau said.
Steve Gaudreau, owner of Quinton's Bar
CAMPUS
College Bowl tests students' knowledge
Students have the chance to test their trivia knowledge at the College Bowl at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Kansas Union.
The College Bowl is a nationwide trivia tournament where teams compete first at their own schools, with the winning team advancing to the regional competition and potentially qualifying for the finals.
Chad Davis, Overland Park Junior, will compete in his third College Bowl. His team, Sects Sects
Sects, has won the KU tournament the past two years and has advanced to regionals. Davis said people shouldn't shy away from competing because they could learn something new and have a great time at the event.
"I would say that it's a fun time and although the idea of College Bowl may seem nerdy or intimidating, I think everyone just has a fun time with it." he said.
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MUSIC
Reliving the past became a reality last week when '90s pop stars Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys released new albums. Fans in Lawrence flocked to stores to get their hands on the new releases.
Andrew Kuttler, El Dorado senior, a Britney Spears fan, said Spears' latest release, "Blackout," was some of the best work she has put out in her career.
Fans support '90s icons, others shocked by success
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Britney Spears' new album was released on Oct. 30: "Blackout" debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Spears shared the release day with the Backstreet Boys.
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