FRIDAY, APRIL 19. 2002
CAMPUS NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
Day on the Hill will feature more local bands, festivities
By Jessica Tims Kansan staff writer
Day on the Hill, the annual band showcase that takes place on the Campanile hill, will have more than just music this year.
Dawn Patterson, program advisor for Student Union Activities, said the 2002 Day on the Hill would have attractions such as mauseuses, a snow-cone machine and free tie-dying. SUA sponsors the free event, which will take place Saturday, April 27.
"In past years it has just been all about music," she said. "If you don't like the band that is playing, that's a hour and a half that you have to sit in the sun. So this year it will be much more like a festival."
Another noticeable change to the showcase is the absence of a big name headliner, Patterson said.
She said the SUA chose not to invite a national act to Day on the Hill for a number of reasons.
"We didn't feel like we were being fair to local musicians," Patterson said. "Also with the way the music industry changed we can afford bands like that. Places like the Bottleneck can because they charge. But Day on the Hill is free and we just can't do that for an outdoor concert."
Patterson said SUA began discussing changing to an all local music lineup after the area band Pomeroy received a bigger response than headliner Fastball last year.
Traci Pillard, SUA live music coordinator and Lawrence junior, said budget cuts also
"We didn't feel like we were being fair to local musicians."
Dawn Patterson Union Activities
program advisor for Student Union Activities
affected Day on the Hill. She couldn't say exactly what the budget for the event was.
"Our budget was much smaller this year," she said. "About half of what it was last year. It makes it difficult to plan an event like this."
But Pillard said she didn't expect music fans to have to pay to attend Day on the Hill anytime in the future.
"Day on the Hill would be impossible to sell tickets for," she said. "It would end before we would start charging."
The festival will start at noon, Saturday, April 27. Bands that are scheduled to perform are King James Verzion, No Lessons, Hotsauce, Emilia Dahlin, The Anniversary and the winner of KJHK's Farmer's Ball. The finals of the Farmer's Ball take place tonight at the Bottleneck.
The SUA is still looking for student volunteers to help set up the stage on April 26 and work security on April 27, the day of the show.
Those interested should call or stop by the SUA box office on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
contact Tims at jtims@kansan.com. This story was edited by Gillian Titus.
Researchers say pill could substitute need for exercise
By Summer Lewis Kansan staff writer
Williams' team has created mice that continually produce muscle tissue. Even when the mice just sat around, their muscle cells thought they were exercising, which caused the mice to look physically fit. This finding could lead to the production of new drugs that would allow people
Students may soon be able to sit and build muscle at the same time.
Williams' team has been studying the biochemistry of muscles for 20 years. It has been learning how muscle cells "know" that they are being exercised, and then translate that information into the messages within the body that produce physical change.
R. Sanders Williams, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and senior author of a study published in an April 12 issue of Science said researchers had found the chemical pathways that muscle cells use to build strength and endurance. With this knowledge, they may be able to develop a pill that pumps up muscle cells without having to exercise. He said in the article that this meant people who don't work out could build muscle by doing nothing but taking pills.
to have the health benefits of regular exercise without ever breaking a sweat, said Williams in the article.
Darren Anderson, a personal trainer at Lawrence Athletic Club, said he did not think a pill could ever replace the same physical stimulus of exercising.
"When a person exercises, he is developing muscle tone, strength, and physical health," Anderson said. "There are so many other physical aspects also, such as tendon growth and blood flow that exercise does for the body that a pill can't."
He said exercise did more than make a person look good by making them feel good also.
"Beyond just the physical benefits, I think there is a psychological feeling that goes along with the process of exercise." Anderson said. "It is hard to believe that a pill can actually mimic all of these benefits."
Ann Chapman, nutritionist at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said it was not safe for people to think they could take a pill and be healthy.
"Everyone wants a miracle," Chapman said. "There is not a pill that can offer all of the benefits that exercising gives the body."
She said people did not exercise just to get a muscular body.
"Exercising helps with sleep patterns, self-esteem, relaxation and to relieve stress," Chapman said. "The payoffs and benefits that go along with working out can not be replaced just by taking a pill."
Melissa Christoffel, Green Oaks,
Ill. freshman, said she may try an
exercise pill, but that wouldn't stop her
from exercising.
"I think that an exercise pill would just be a quick fix," Christoffel said. "A person is going to continue their bad habits, such as eating bad foods. I would consider the pill but wouldn't depend upon it."
Amik Ahmad, New York, N.Y. junior and member of the KU track team, said he would not consider trying a pill to replace exercise. He said he worked out everyday.
"I would have to know if the muscle was as functional and strong as one that is naturally developed," Ahmad said.
He said he didn't like the fact that a pill wouldn't require any work.
"Exercising has a mental toughness that goes along with it," Ahmad said. "With a pill, there are no goals involved."
Contact Lewis at slewis@kansan.com
This story was edited by Gillian Titus.
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both groups donated to the collection.
"There are a lot of heated emotions on both sides, but we're just here for peace." Raschke said.
The cause of the demonstrations stemmed from the escalation of violence in Israel in recent months. After a round of suicide bombings against civilians in Israel, defense troops have occupied the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
According to the Associated
Press yesterday, Israel said its troops would leave the West Bank cities of Nablus, Jenin and parts of Ramallah by Sunday but would still enclose Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound.
The standoff between troops and Palestinian militants also continues in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell recently returned from the Middle East where he tried to negotiate a cease-fire.
Phara Charmchi, Halstead graduate student and protester, said she wanted students to
know that U.S. taxpayers' money supported the occupation of Palestinian territories.
"I want students to oppose U.S. support of this occupation," Charmchi said.
Almas Sayeed, Wichita senior, also participated in the demonstration. She said protesters also wanted to raise awareness about the issues so people could make up their own minds.
Ophra Leyser, Tel Aviv, Israel,
graduate student and protester,
has a dual citizenship with the
United States and Israel. She
said she thought it would be diffi-
"There are a lot of heated emotions on both sides, but we're just here for peace."
Lisa Raschke assistant director of Hillel
cutt for Palestinians and Israelis to decide what was the best step for peace, but said it was up to Israel to make the first move by moving out.
"I believe the more prosperous the Palestinians are and the more
autonomous they are, the less apt they will be to respond with violence." Levers said.
Tracy Altman, Overland Park freshman who handed out fliers for Hillel, said she had just returned from a rally in support of Israel that took place in Washington, D.C.
She agreed that it was difficult to decide just what should be done first to have peace, but she didn't think Israel could remove its troops because of the potential for more suicide bombings.
Stacy Greenbaum, Overland Park senior, also passed out filers
and wore blue and white ribbons, the color of the Israeli flag. She said getting the truth about the violent situation was complicated.
"We're just trying to get a more objective version of events out there," she said.
Contact Shaffer at Ishaffer@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Jenna Goepfert.