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16C HOMECOMING
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
PARADE
Filling the boulevard with Jayhawk spirit
Student organizations compete for parade title
BY KATHERINE LESLIE
editor@kansan.com
Every year thousands of students, alumni and Kansas fans line Jayhawk Boulevard to watch the Homecoming Parade. The parade
will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Kansas Union and follow Jayhawk Boulevard to the Chi Omega fountain. The parade will last 30 to 45 minutes.
Student life and greek organizations compete in the parade using
"There will be plenty of variety to this year's parade, ranging from KU organizational floats and banners, to a large, floating Chipotle burrito."
DAVID WILCOX Parade co-chairman
floats, decorated vehicles and banners.
ber of points for first, second and third place. The points are based on the difficulty of creating the floats and banners. Moving parts floats receive 200, 175 and 150 points for first, second and third place, respectively. Thirty-five points are award
Groups can participate in one of four categories to earn points: floats with moving parts, floats with non-moving parts, decorated vehicles and banners. First, second and third places and honorable mentions will be awarded in each division.
In addition to participation points, each division allots a num-
ed for participation:
nonmoving parts floats
receive 175, 150,
and 125 points
with 30 points
for participation;
and decorated
vehicles and banners receive 100,
75 and 50 points
with 25 points
for participation.
Banners are worth
20 points.
General guidelines participants must follow during the parade include sticking to the jayhawk Nation theme and having escape hatches on the moving parts floats in case of fire. Parade cochairwoman Alyson Rodee, Wichita junior, said that participants could not endanger small children with vehicles or candy.
This year's parade will feature the Marching Jayhawks and the
Marching Cobras, a world-famous Kansas City, Mo., drill team. The Rock Chaik dancers will also perform. The Grand Marshall for this year's parade is Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebellus, a University of Kansas alumna.
"There will be plenty of variety to this year's parade, ranging from KU organizational floats and banners, to a large, floating Chipotle burrito," said parade co-chairman David Wilcox. Manhattan sophomore.
Student life and greek organizations compete in the parade using floats, decorated vehicles and banners.
Brittani
Brittani Johnson, Denver senior, described her sorority's plans for their float.
"For this year's theme, we're having a layhawk on a throne with a crown on his head, with stalks of corn as his subjects," she said.
Johnson said her sorority had placed well during her time at the University and she expected the same results at this year's parade.
"We've been in the top three ever since I was a freshman," she said. "We got second place last year. We're hoping for another victory this year."
— Edited by Rachael Gray
JAYPLAY = 11.01.2007
reviews
THE DARJEELING LIMITED
Most problems in films are a result of a mishandling of tone. That's where Wes Anderson's last film, The Life Aquatic, failed. He has always balanced serio-comic tales of dysfunction and ennui, but there was something too laconic and shaggy-dogged about Aquatic for any real emotional investment, especially because The Royal Tenenbaums found the perfect balance of tragedy and comedy. However, his new film, The Darjeeling Limited, cobbled together with co-writers Roman Coppola and Jason Swartzman, maintains its introspective tone without undercutting it with non-sequiters and indulgent set pieces.
Three brothers meet on the Darjeeling Limited, a long-range train through India. Having not spoken to each other in more than a year—since their father's death—Francis Whitman (Owen Wilson) arranges
this trip to bring his estranged brothers closer. Jack (Jason Swartzman) is an expatriate writer running from his lover. Peter (Adrien Brody) is uneasy about his life, facing upcoming fatherhood. All suffer from spiritual emptiness and self-medicate themselves through sex, social withdrawal, and Indian "cough syrup."
The dialogue remains witty, dry and detached; the story and overall presentation never borders the pretentiousness of Anderson's last film. Rather, The Darjeeling Limited, though building from the same song Anderson has singing since Bottle Rocket, feels less cluttered by his aesthetic choices and more open to space. It's a freer movie, reminding us that Anderson—for better or worse—is still one of the most original voices in American cinema.
Bickering between the brothers gets them kicked off the train, rendering Francis' laminated itineraries useless. Faced with the problem of getting back to civilization, their real walkabout begins, constituting some of the film's most poignant scenes. Anderson asserts that the journey that happens instead of the journey you plan is the one that really matters. Even a mapped-out spirit quest can lead to moments of self-discovery, especially when you stop trying to get with the plan and get with the plan.
Chance Dibben
★★★★
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★★★★
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