Wednesday, April 5. 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
Haskell to hold Muzic Fest
Event to feature Native-American music groups
By Kursten Phelps Special to the Kansan
Haskell Indian Nations University will be a little noisier Saturday, when seven Native-American bands from Arizona, Oklahoma and Lawrence perform at the "Haskell Native
Muzic Fest 2000."
The concert, which will start at 3 p.m. at Haskell Stadium, will feature hip-hop, heavy metal and alternative music. The event is being sponsored by the university's Diné (Navajo) Club and is free for Haskell students, $5 for high school or college students with a school ID and $10 for the general public. The concert will be moved to Haskell Auditorium in case of rain.
"We wanted to bring something fun and some music to the university, as well as promote it as
an alcohol- and drug-free event," said Diné Club vice president Michael Begay. "We've been told no other club has put on something this big, so we're pretty excited. We've gotten a lot of positive feedback about it."
Begay said the club recruited the bands through contacts in the Southwest, the center for the Diné Nation. Scheduled performers included Rez-Erect, a rap duo of Haskell students, and hip-hop disc jockey Brian Freio from Oklahoma. Also performing will be hip-hop group Tribal
Live, alternative band Black Fire, hip-hop DJ Skye and heavymetal bands BodyPartRain and Ethnic De Generation, all are from Arizona.
Begay said the group hoped to turn the concert into an annual event.
"We want to make it bigger and with a broader spectrum of music," he said. "Right now, we're focusing on Native-American bands, but we may expand that in the future and have a variety of musical talent."
Fantasy football, beer spawns student executives
Aaron Tallen, Harveyville senior, and Chris Perrin, Warrensburg, Mo. senior, started their own computer programming company, Perrin-Tallen Technologies, in January of 1999. The company designs Web pages and software for companies. Photo by Christina Neff/KANSAN
By Jaya Hodge
Special to the Kansan
Many students work part time, but few run their own companies.
However, University of Kansas seniors Aaron Tallen and Chris Perrin work full time as executive officers in their own computer programming company.
Their company, Perrin-Tallen Technologies, began when Aaron Tallen, Harveyville senior, and Chris Perrin, Warrensburg Mo., senior, met in McCollum Hall in January 1999. Their common interest in fantasy football made them friends. And their need for beer money made them business partners.
After becoming close, Tallen, a sports management major, and Perrin, an English and computer science major, saw an opportunity to combine their talents and make money in the computer software business.
"Chris and I saw a demand for companies in search for programmers, but the companies) couldn't afford to keep them on staff." Perrin said.
ers for the new company. With little start-up revenue, they worked other part-time jobs to support their company until they saved enough money to work exclusively for their business.
The two began working out of their rooms using their personal comput-
The money earned from part-time work went into the company, Perrin
said.
Perrin -Tallen Technologies got customers by word of mouth. Once established as a business, they charged $30 to $60 an hour programming customized software and designing Web pages.
family members and then fellow students with an interest in computers.
Their employees work from their own computers at home because the company has no office. The company designs Web pages and software with a staff of six designers and programmers.
"Our company is fairly broad right now," Perrin said. "We try to do just about anything software related, but we seem to be concentrating on two areas — Windows software and Web pages."
They also have hired friends and
They have served clients ranging from local shops to major advertising firms in the Kansas City metro area.
"I wanted to be successful, and each day I am getting closer to that goal," Tallen said.
With their growing business, Perrin and Tallen plan to rent office space, enlarge their staff and eventually expand the company's scope to the global market.
It feels great to be a student entrepreneur. Perrin said.
A lot of people never get the chance to be their own boss or work the job they love. I get to do both, and I love it," Perrin said. "Even if my company crashes tomorrow, I won't regret a thing."
By Paula Spreitzer Special to the Kansan
Many courses have been using class Web sites for years, but it is a relatively new idea in the department of art history.
Of the 20 art history classes this semester, only three have Web sites. But students and teachers alike are embracing the technology in an area of study that, by nature, is less reliant on technology, said Noelle Giuffrida, art history graduate teaching assistant.
Giuffrida said Web sites were more common for classes taught by an individual from a younger generation who had grown up with the technology.
"You don't see more established professors doing it, because they're not as computer literate," she said.
Guffrida created a Web site for Art and Culture of China, which she is teaching this semester.
Becky Stammer, St. Louis freshman, in Gluiffra's class.
"Quite honestly, I think the books have not been helpful," she said. "I think the Web site is a lot better than the books."
She also said that the Web site was a good supplement for specialized classes because it was difficult to find one textbook and that textbooks often included printing errors or black-and-white images.
Giuffrida said her Web site made things more accessible for students because she posted a database of images they studied in class.
Patrick Frank, assistant professor of art history, said it might be some time before class Web sites become the norm in the department. Although Frank has employed full use of the technology for his classes, he said it was not absolutely necessary.
David Cateforis, professor of art history, said he had not used a Web site yet but that he thought he would eventually. He is on sabbatical this semester and is spending the time thinking about ways to improve his teaching.
"A part of that would be an intercomponent." he said.
Internet component," he said.
But he said he did not think Web sites would be required anytime soon.
"Until paper is completely eliminated from our culture, I don't think it will be necessary," Cateforis said.
In the meantime, student demand may encourage teachers to create Web sites, said Steve Goddard, professor of art history and curator of prints for the Spencer Museum of Art. He has created the museum's site for its print collection and for his classes.
"I think students will increasingly expect it once they realize what an aid it can be," Goddard said.
There are some disadvantages though.
Giuffrida said one drawback was that students might rely on the Web too much, without consulting their books or other materials.
"Some students use it as a crutch," she said. "It should be a supplement to the class."
And sometimes the quality of an image is sacrificed when scanned, Goddard said.
"You wouldn't want to base conclusions on scanned images," he said. "The color may be way off, the resolution may not be accurate, it doesn't convey the three-dimensional characteristics."
Putting together a Web site also is time consuming, but Frank said it was worth it.
"The initial time commitment is major," he said. "But it's going to be there in the future."
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As a result of the many students saving furniture and art objects while providing invaluable service to fire-fighters during the Kansas Union fire on April 20, 1970, insurance carriers decided to present the Kansas Union with a gift. Every year,the Student Union Activities Board awards several scholarships to deserving students who have made significant contributions to the University and Lawrence communities.
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