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KU Bucket List TWENTY THINGS TO DO BEFORE LEAVING KU
KU students — in Anschutz Library, The Underground, Watson Library and the Kansas Union — were asked "What is one thing every KU student must do before leaving campus?" Forty-one students were interviewed. Below are the top 20 must-dos as well as a few honorable mentions.
20. Go to jaybowl: "At least once, it's pretty neat. Go there on a Saturday when they bring out the neon lights. It's free."
- Wyatt Robinson, a junior from Hill City
Fact: Jaybowl, a bowling alley on the first floor of the Kansas Union, has free cosmic bowling after 10 p.m. on Saturdays.
19. Go to a class that you're not enrolled in: "I swung the door open — it was like a 50-person class — and I was like, 'It's my birthday!'" — Danny Woodroof, a junior from Kansas City, Kan.
18. Get a close-up of the steam whistle: "I want to go to the building and see how it works." — Tayler Marquess, a freshman from Scottsdale, Ariz.
Fact: The KU steam whistle, also known as Big Tooter, began signaling the end of classes on March 25, 1912, according to kuhistory.com.
17. Get a picture with a KU basketball player: "It was something I wanted to do all year. I finally got a picture a couple weeks ago with Conner Teahan. It was pretty great." — Liv Hunter, a freshman from Madison, Wis.
16. Run around Memorial Stadium: "Mizzou does that. They run around the stadium and lie on the tiger. I think it would
be cool if we did something similar"
— Maia Bridges, a sophomore from O'Fallon, Ill.
15. Meet Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, "I'd like to talk to the chancellor."
— Goyland Williams, a graduate student from Houston, Texas
14. Chalk Jayhawk Boulevard: "We played a prank on our guy friends and we chalked the entire campus with all of their names saying that they were having a party at their house and that everyone was invited. It rained the next day." Abby Vickers, a junior from Kansas City, Kan.
13. Storm Mass Street when we win the national championship: "WHEN we win, because we will...next year." — James Hennahane, a sophomore from Leawood
12. Get a picture with Big Jay: "I want to take a picture with him outside of the Kansas Union." — Karen Nitisingkarin, a graduate student from Bangkok, Thailand
11. Walk under the Campanile: "But not until I graduate." — Andrew Saunders, a junior from Overland Park.
Fact: Myth has it that those KU students who walk through the Campanile before they graduate will not graduate on time.
10. See Bill Self without his toupee:
"That's something I've always been interested in. It looks so real. I think he has the sides still, but not the top." — Killian Cull,
a sophomore from Overland Park.
Fact: Bill Self's toupee has a Twitter account. The bio for the account says, "Bill
Self doesn't wear me. I wear Bill Self.
9. Streak through campus: "It's hot outside you know. It makes sense." — Maggie Swanston, a junior from Southlake, Texas
8. Tailgate for a KU football game: "It just seems like a cool thing to do."
— Josh Wichman, a junior from Milwaukee, Wis.
7. Go to every bar in Lawrence: "Every bar in Lawrence before I graduate, but not in one night." — Jackie Wing, a sophomore from Shawnee
6. Be on the cover of the UDK; "I want to get my picture on the cover." — Sarah Cazares, a freshman from Overland Park
5. Sit front row at a KU basketball game: "We've gotten close, but not front row." — Mackenzie Viets, a freshman from Greenwood, Mo. and Abby Lewis, a freshman from Tulsa, Okla.
4. Campout on a building on Jayhawk Boulevard: "I want to camp out on Lip-pincott. I was told it's really easy to get up there and I feel it would be a really good view of campus. I've never actually even been in the building, but I'd like to be on top of it, for sure." — Max Bearce, a freshman from Johnson City
3. Jump in the Chi Omega Fountain: "On a hot summer day it would be fun to go and do something spontaneous."—Mai Chieu, Lawrence
2. Sled down Mount Oread: "Last year there wasn't any snow really. I felt like I was missing an opportunity." — Josh House, a junior from Stillwater, Okla.
1. Camp for a KU basketball game: "I've never had to, but I think that would be really neat." — Amanda Croker, a sophomore from Wichita
Honorable mention:
Go to the Hawk with Dan the bus driver:
"Is that socially acceptable?" — Meryl
Higgins, a freshman from Omaha, Neb.
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