Volume 124 Issue 108
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10 things you didn't know about:
Teller's
//BRITTNEY HAYNES
PHOTO BY BRITTNEY HAYNES
Teller's is a World Cuisine restaurant and bar located at 746 Massachusetts St. Owner Tom Wilson and general manager Philip Wilson provided these 10 facts about the establishment, which has been open since 1992.
1. The building that now houses Teller's was built in 1889 and was originally known as Merchant's Bank. In 1930, the bank was remodeled and renamed The First National Bank of Lawrence.
2. In 1932, after checking into the Eldridge Hotel and staking out the bank for three days, Clyde Barrow and two other men robbed the bank, getting away with $33,000. It was their biggest job, and the first bank they robbed in a string of robberies by a group that would be infamously known as the Bonnie & Clyde gang.
3. In 1970, the bank moved locations and the building was used by the KU Department of Theatre for rehearsals.
5. The bathrooms in the restaurant are located in the bank's original safe. There are two mores safes in the basement.
4. The building underwent a $600,000 renovation in 1992 and was re-named Teller's Restaurant and Bar.
6. Teller's has an apprenticeship program with the Johnson County School of Culinary Arts. The restaurant always has two apprentices on hand.
7. The current executive chef at Teller's, Chef Patrick Chow-Yuen, trained with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay from Hell's Kitchen. He also opened a restaurant called Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, which was awarded three Michelin stars.
8. Teller's uses two wood -fired ovens and supports local food suppliers when possible. The restaurant's fish comes straight from source, and the beef and chicken come straight from local farms and are hormone-free.
9. The restaurant changes its food and drink menus four times a year to accommodate the seasons.
10. The wall murals in Teller's were done by local artist, Stan Herd. The murals are all canvas and were only the second abstract works he'd done at the time.
national player of the year honors after losing three of his closest family members is something to admire.
If you think you're going through hard times because you're struggling with class, you broke up with your partner, you're struggling with your relationships with your family and friends or undergoing financial hardship, just take a good, hard look at what Robinson has endured.
He has responded to his misfortune by committing himself, whether it's by taking care of his younger sister Jayla, or being the best basketball player he can possibly be. He doesn't want people to feel sorry for him. He is a symbol of hope, determination, strength and perseverance.
Losing your mother and grand-parents at 19 is something nobody should have to go through.
I know senior day is a day to honor the seniors, but Robinson should be honored as well. If you aren't planning to attend Saturday's game against Texas, I strongly urge you to go because it's probably the last time you'll see Robinson play at Allen Fieldhouse.
Edited by Jeff Karr
Coming into the season, the Kansas baseball team knew it would be facing the best pitchers of each team it plays. That's the price that comes with being a member of the Big 12 conference.
Coach Ritch Price said that a tournament format allows for teams to choose who they want to throw their best arms against. In a normal three-game series format, the teams match up their number one, two and three pitchers.
The layhawks will play in their third preseason tournament, The University of Texas — San Antonio tournament, this weekend in San Antonio, Texas. In each of the three tournaments, Kansas has been one of the marquee teams.
"I told our team in a short team meeting that the advantage of playing at the University of Kansas is going to a tournament and getting everybody's best guys," Price said. "Those are the guys we're going to see in
against opposing pitchers. In seven games so far, no starting pitcher for the opposing team has made it past the fifth inning against the Jayhawks. Senior infielder Zac Elgie knows that getting starting pitchers out of the game early will lead to success.
"That's one of the big things when we start playing conference series," Elgie said. "If we can use the bulpkin the first couple days, that leaves them kind of shorthanded for the weekend. The more you can do that the more you can wear them out and they can't use their best pitchers later on."
While the Jayhawks have been able to get players on base often, the clutch hit has proved elusive. Kansas has left 63 runners on base already this season, which averages to nine runners left on base a game. Senior catcher James Stanfield said the team needs to lay off sliders down in the strike zone, and look for fastballs.
Stanfield said the team has to make sure they stay patient later in the game because that's when the at-bats are the most important.
Price said the team would need to be confident and relaxed at the plate to be successful.
the times in the those situations you just need a ground ball to the right side or a fly ball to the outfield."
"The hardest part about baseball is that it beats you up mentally, at any level." Price said.
The Jayhawks will look to build off of their 14-1 victory over Mississippi Valley State last Sunday in San Antonio.
"Anytime you're successful offensively, you're successful one-through-nine in the lineup." Price said. "The first couple of weekends we've had two or three of our key guys who are off to a slow start, but all it takes is one good weekend to turn it all around."
Edited by Katie James
BY THE NUMBERS
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5. 0 The most innings an opposing starting pitcher has lasted against Kansas.
63 The number of runners Kansas has left on base in seven games.
10 The number of runs Kansas scored in the first inning Sunday against Mississippi Valley State.
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39 The number of runs Kansas has scored in seven games.
11 The number of runs Kansai was allowed in seven games.
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