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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SOCCER
Sporting KC shows appreciation for young fans
JOEL PETTERSON
jpettterson@kansan.com
Graham Zusi and several partners rode down Jayhawk Boulevard Wednesday afternoon in a large van with decals obscuring the windows, looking for a victim.
They found a student walking back.
we want that generation to adopt Sporting as their team."
Martin Ramos, a senior from Chanute, adopted Sporting a year ago and came to see the practice despite having never attended a Sporting game.
"Since the World Cup, I've been attracted to soccer, and I just needed that fix." Ramos said. "Sporting KC kind of gives me that."
- Edited by Amanda Gage
SCHOOL
GET INVOLVED:
Africa World Documentary Film Festival
Four days, 21 films. //ALLISON BOND
Films submitted from around the world are appearing in the Spencer Museum of Art this week as the University of Kansas hosts its first of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival. Presenting 21 movies from April 25 through 29, the film festival seeks to promote knowledge and the culture of the people of Africa, says Christina Lux, assistant director of African studies. The films range in length and content, focusing on different parts of African culture.
While the media tends to focus on conflict in Africa, Lux says the film festival is a way to expose students to a variety of perspectives and topics. "Students see Africa in a particular way." Lux says. "This features people showing their own voices in their own reality."
Mugabi Byenkya, a sophomore from
Kampala, Uganda, who helped in the selection process of the movies, says that his favorite pick was "Surfing Soweto." It focuses on the lives of three surfers and portrays the lives of a new generation of youth in Soweto, South Africa.
Byenkya believes that in showing documentary films about Africa, students can broaden their perspective on African culture. "If you can step outside of your comfort zone and watch something you normally wouldn't watch, it teaches you to see the world through someone else's eyes." Byenkya says. "It can help you relate with other people.
To learn more about the schedule of movies playing or about the Africa World Documentary Film Festival visit africaworldfilmfestival.com.
THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH, FILM SCHEDULE, SHOWING IN THE SPENCER MUSEUM OF ART:
7:00 p.m. - Surfing Soweto
8:30 p.m. - Street Journeys
9:35 p.m. - The Creators
11:00 p.m. - Shooting
Freetown
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
GET INVOLVED: KU Performance Club Watch, learn, or join in. MEGAN HINMAN
Watch, learn, or join in. //MEGAN HINMAN
If you've ever walked by Budig on a Monday afternoon, you've probably seen the KU Performance Club, a group that recently combined with the KU Juggling Club. The group practices from noon to 4 p.m. every week, and their performances are eye-catching.
Hula hoop, fire staff, levitation stick, and poi are some of the acts Rachel Berry, a sophomore from Johnson County, performs with the group "Occasionally we'll go down to Mass. Street and do little performances down there," Berry says, as she passes her hula hoop to a friend. They might even perform at Busker Festival, a street performers' gathering downtown in August.
The energy within the group of about 15 is high as they practice their different performances, with upbeat music playing from a stereo by one of the trees with a slack line on them. Those
are the flat ropes tied to two trees that you might see people walking or balancing on.
The group will teach you any performance art they can, says leader Shawn Nelson, a sophomore from Overland Park. As he twirls his poi — strings with balls on the end that can be lit on fire for effect — around his body effortlessly, he explains that it doesn't matter if the strings touch his arm. But he wouldn't do that if they were lit, would he? "Oh, absolutely I would," he says.
"It's like running your finger through a candle flame," interjects Bridget Lamb, former Juggling Club President and senior from Exton, Pa. "As long as you don't hold it over it for like, five seconds, you'll be fine."
While many passersby turn their heads shyly to glance at the group, Lamb says aloud what the performers are thinking. "It's okay to watch. It's even better to come try something. You can stop and watch. It's okay."
PHOTO BY MEGAN HINMAN
Shawn Nelson, a sophomore from
Overland Park, performs poi.
BETTER OPTIONS:
Bad Posture
It doesn't look good or feel good. //MEGAN HINMAN
Everyone slouches. That may seem like an exaggeration, but as I looked around one of my classes for a slouching student, no one stuck out. Everyone was slouching, so I didn't have a good-posture comparison.
"If I'm standing and I realize I'm slouching," says Davina De La Torre, a senior from Liberal and one of the students in that room. "I'll straighten up because it looks like you have low self-esteem and you aren't very confident." But she slouches when she's been sitting, working on a paper for a long time, and she notices later that her muscles are sore.
This is easily curable, says Laura Bennett, physical therapist and owner of Lawrence Therapy Services, 2200 Harvard Road. Bennett sees an increase in students with sore
Therapy Services, 2200 Harvard Road. Bennetts sees an necks and backs at the end of each semester, and she suggests taking a study break. "In some ways," she says, "the more you study, the more pain you could have because of static pain," which is what makes you sore after sitting for hours with poor posture.
When you do have to sit at your computer, make sure your screen is eye-level. If you need to pile books underneath your laptop to prop it up, do it, Bennetts says, and attach a separate keyboard that you can keep at a comfortable position. Also, sit in the 90-90-90 position. That means your knees are at a 90-degree angle with your feet resting flat on the floor, your hips are at a 90-degree angle with your legs flat and your back straight, and your elbows are at a 90-degree angle with your wrists straight.
It may seem unnecessary,but these simple steps could really reduce your pain from poor posture.
PHOTO BY MEGAN HINMAN
marketed our team to that generation," said Tretiak. "And
A student using proper posture at a lab computer. PHOTO BY MELGAR HINJANI
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