Friday, October 27, 1967
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Life is hard inside Hawk costume
BIG BIRD'S MOBILE NEST
Rusty Wells, Portland, Ore., junior (left), and fraternity brother Phil Harmon, Tulsa, Okla., junior, show why the 45-pound Jayhawk costume can't easily be transported to out-of-state games. Wells once crammed the entire bird in a VW but hardly got in himself.
By Beth Caeddert Kansan Staff Reporter
Ever notice how many times you put your hand on your face to scratch your nose or brush hair out of your eyes?
Rusty Wells, Portland, Ore., junior, noticed that it happens quite often the first time he wore the Jayhawk mascot outfit at the Nebraska game.
"The first time I started to scratch my nose I almost put the wing right through the wire mesh over my face," he said. "But I found out I could scratch my nose by pushing my hand against the temple of the bird, right below the eyes, and then push my nose as far in that corner as I could get."
Made of pipe
Wells said the Jayhawk, made of thin steel pipe, chicken wire and felt, weighs about 45 pounds and "yes it's hot." Under it he wears "as little as possible—gym shorts or a T-shirt."
Besides the weight, awkwardness and warmth of the outfit "the boots are size 10 and my feet are size 12. Something's got to give and it isn't my feet," he said. "I don't have the money to buy a new pair and there's not much else you can do with a pair of yellow boots anyway."
Wells said the outfit he wears, costing around $1,000, was made about eight years ago by an Ames, Iowa, company which has since lost the plans for it. The Alumni Association considered having a new, lighter aluminum one made but found the bird would have to be taken to the company and completely dismantled to make a
new form. It was reupholstered about a year and a half ago, he said.
Wells said the animated mascot idea has been used at KU for at least two decades.
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AUSTIN, Tex. — (UPI) — Texas gets additional money for its tourism and parks program through sale of made-to-order license plates that cost $10 over the price of the regular plates.
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October 31, 1967
Because it is the only one of its kind and so expensive to replace, and because transporting it presents a problem, the policy is to use the Jayhawk at home games only.
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It went to the Oklahoma State game, though, strapped beneath the baggage compartment in the team bus.
"I think it really means something to the guys. When they come running out and see five cheerleaders and the Jayhawk, it makes them feel a little more at
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