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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, November 12, 1999
Build a better mousetrap car
David Dunn, Tim Ostrander and Randy Ross, Lawrence High School students, repair their mousetrap race car before a race. Students from across Kansas competed yesterday in the Kansas Union in an engineering design competition to propel a can of soda 25 feet powered only by a mousetrap. Students have spent the last six weeks developing ideas for the contest. Photo by Aaron Lindbergh/KANSAN
Weekend trip to New York up for grabs at suitcase dance
By Lori O'Otole
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff writer
Two dollars and two cans of food will be the small price one student will pay for a trip for two to New York this weekend.
The trip will be the grand prize of the semi-formal New York-themed suitcase dance from 9 to midnight tonight at Ellsworth Hall.
The winner of the trip will leave via limousine from the dance with a guest of his or her choice to spend the night in a Kansas City hotel.
Jessica Fishback, Ellsworth Hall president and Florissant, Mo., sophomore, said that all students were invited to attend, and that they should bring a suitcase packed for the weekend in case they win the trip.
Tomorrow morning, the two will fly to New York. The students will return to Lawrence Monday afternoon. The prize will include the transportation and hotel fees as well as $200 for each person for spending money.
The dance, which will be sponsored by Ellsworth, Lewis and Templin hall gov-
errments, is the third consecutive Daisy Hill suitcase dance.
"It's been a traditional program, and we want to keep it going," Fishback said. "It will be a lot of fun."
WILL be a lot of fun.
She said the food and money collected would be donated to an adopted family for their Thanksgiving dinner.
Jennifer Timmer, Lawrence sophmore and Templin Hall vice president, said the money for the dance came from the three halls' budgets. The Association of University Residence Halls donated $600, and Continental Airlines donated the plane tickets.
Although the grand prize will not be awarded until midnight, Timmer said other smaller prizes, such as CDs, movie tickets and restaurant gift certificates, would be awarded throughout the night.
In past years, about 200 people attended the dances.
"There's always the skeptics that don't think they have chance," Timmer said. "But then there's the people who just think it's a fun dance, and beyond that, they have a chance to win a great prize."
Mindi Nielsen, Colby junior, won the
trip to New York two years ago. She and her former Ellsworth Hall roommate, Topeka junior Abbecy Baker, packed the afternoon before the dance and agreed to take each other as her guest if one of them won.
"This little thing inside me said I was going to win." Nielsen said.
While in New York City, the two visited the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Broadway. They attended the Today Show and appeared on television.
"My favorite part was just the fact that I went to New York City by myself without my parents during my freshman year," Nielsen said, adding that it had been one of the most exciting things she had done during college.
Study breaks, pizza and beer contribute to 'freshman 15'
She also offered an important packing tip to those who planned to attend the dance this year.
"Make sure you bring gloves and a coat," Nielsen said. "It's colder up there than it is down here. We didn't have the right clothes, and we were cold the whole time we were there."
Edited by Warisa Chulindra
By Amber Stuever writer@kansan.com Kanson staff writer
All-you-can-eat buffets. Fast food. Pizza delivery at 2 a.m. Sega. Study breaks. Beer. It's no wonder the freshman 15 is no myth for college freshmen.
Jay Falley, Topeka sophomore, said the 15-pound weight gain that many say is inevitable, crept up on him and his friends.
"One of my friends blew up really bad," Falley said. "He worked some of it off, but he looked like he was having a baby."
Falley gained 15 pounds himself give or take a few. He attributed the weight gain to the change in the social scene — study snack breaks, a lack of available healthy food, and of course, the pizza.
"I would never memorize the number to Pizza Shuttle," he said. "That probably did it for me."
"Weight gain is common among college students," she said. "It's due in part to a more sedentary lifestyle, to alcohol consumption and to higher-fat food."
Ann Chapman, Watkins Memorial Health Center dietitian said that although it was not as inevitable as it seems, weight gain often started freshman year and could continue throughout anyone's college career.
Many students said the sedentary lifestyle of college easily could contribute to an enlarged gut by Christmas break.
"You're not doing sports two hours every day after school; you're keeping up on schoolwork, deciding what bars to go to," said Dana Bowne, Wheaton, Ill., senior.
Nathan Gonzales, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, said he hadn't seen any major weight gain yet, but he knew his new lifestyle encouraged it.
"Classes take up too much time,"
Gonzales said. "I haven't been able to work out as much as I used to. I'm definitely out of shape."
Bowne said she put on seven or eight pounds her freshman year, but she soon took it off. She overcame the freshman 15, but her friends still joked about the next classes of incoming freshmen.
"They're always so perfect and skinny and we say, 'Wait until they get some beer under their belts,' Bowne said.
The beer, as well as the residence hall food, were other sources of enlarged waistlines.
Jessie Grimes, Wathena sophomore, said she found it was easier to keep weight off when she moved from the Oliver Hall to Alpha Delta Pi sorority.
"The food at the house is healthier and also it's not buffet style," she said. "There's not as much to choose from. You can't go back for seconds and thirds so it's not as easy to eat as much.
Chapman said that despite misconceptions, weight gain was not acceptable as we aged. The excess weight could cause heart disease, the United States' leading cause of death, high blood and cholesterol levels.
"You need to be concerned about your weight gain when it begins to impair your health or puts you at extra risk." Chanman said.
Chapman recommended watching fat intake, eating more fruits and vegetables and getting help from a support group such as Weight Watchers, a health club or a dietitian like herself.
Many older students said they eventually lost their freshman 15. Falley said he lost his gut during the summer break but admitted to putting some of the weight back on.
"Freshman 15, I got rid of that, and I'm working on my sophomore 15," he said.
— Edited by Brad Hallier
Picasso, Einstein share the stage
New University Theatre production was written by actor Steve Martin
By Warisa Chulindra Special to the Konson
Art encounters science when artist Pablo Picasso and scientist Albert Einstein meet at a Paris bar in actor Steve Martin's first play, *Picasso at the Lanin Apile*.
The University Theatre will perform the production this weekend.
"People think that the play will be funny since Steve Martin wrote it," said cast member David Martin, Leawood sophomore. "And it actually is."
Set in 1904 at the dawn of the modern age, the play explores the possibility of Picasso and Einstein meeting and influencing each other. In the play, the two meet three years before Picasso painted "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" and a year before Einstein proposed the theory of relativity.
While the play is fictional, it is set at the Lapin Agile in Paris, a bar Picasso often visited.
Director Doug Weaver said the play was a modern historical treat for audiences.
"Steve Martin was trying to bring together two characters who made important contributions in the dawn of the century," he said. "It's an idea play. Very few plays incorporate humor and ideas so well."
Weaver said the humor used in the play ranged from slap-stick to intelligent. He also said some surprises were in store for the audience but would not comment further.
The play is part of the University of Kansas' Millennium Celebration coordinated by the Hall Center for the Humanities.
There will be a free panel discussing themes of the play, such as art versus science, at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Borders Books and Music, 700 New Hampshire St. Panel members will include Matt Mozier, a composer and musician with the band; Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers; Stan Herd, crop artist; Alfred J. Lata, actor and lecturer of chemistry; and Don Schawang, adjunct instructor of theater.
The play will be at 8 tonight and tomorrow night and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall. There also will be performances at 8 p.m.
Nov. 18 through 20.
Suzanne, played by Lisa Donnelly, Lawrence junior, shares a passionate moment with Pablo Picasso, played by David Martin, Leawood sophomore, during a scene from *Picasso at the Lapin Agile*. The play, written by Steve Martin, opens tonight in the Cafton-Preyer Theatre. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
Tickets are $12 for the public, $11 for
senior citizens and $6 for all students. Tickets can be purchased at the Lied Center, 864-ARTS, Murphy Hall, 864-3982; and the Kansas Union box office, 864-3477.
Edited by Jennifer Roush
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