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Contest compares book collections
By Mike Gilligan Kansan staff writer
Students could become $850 richer by entering their book collections in the 46th annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest, sponsored by University of Kansas Libraries.
The contest includes separate graduate and undergraduate divisions, with the first-place winner in each category receiving $850 and second-place winner receiving $500. First and second-place winners also receive a gift certificate to Mount Oread Bookshop on the second floor of the Kansas Union for $100 and $50, respectively.
The winner of last year's undergraduate contest, James Abraham, Lenexa senior, submitted a
Abraham, who entered 25 books in the contest, said he wanted to learn more about his culture when he traveled to India during winter break of his freshman year.
"I came home with about 10 books and added to the collection." Abraham said.
collection of books on Indian literature.
Sarah Goodwin Thiel, digital project librarian at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, said the collections usually had a theme.
"One student entered a collection of books she had from the military." Thiel said. "She traded books with people from around the world and submitted that collection."
Angela Rathmel, library assistant at Watson Library and member of the Snyder Book Collecting Committee, said the committee wasn't looking for specific books.
"It's more about the method of collecting and how your collection has been developed," she said.
Rathmel said there were different divisions for undergraduate and graduate students because their levels of collecting were different.
"Graduate students might have more experience in collecting," she said. "A lot of times their books are related to the thesis they are working on."
Rathmel said five judges determined the winners. She said the committee tried to get a variety of committee to judge the collections.
"This year the judges are a professor from KU, a Lawrence book dealer, two people working at libraries, and last year's winner James Abraham," Rathmel said.
Students who want to enter the contest should submit a bibliography and a two-to-eight page essay explaining the purpose of their collection and the method they used to build it. Rathmel said collections should be between 25 and 50 books and did not have to be expensive.
Students should submit their collections to the Reader Services Department at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library by March 29. Winners will be announced April 16.
Contact Gilligan at mgilligan@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brandon Stinnett.
Student plays in Limp Bizkit search
By Jessica Tims Kansan staff writer
Jordan Tucker, Kingman senior, practices guitar in full performance attire. Tucker recently tried out for the band Limp Bizkit, as part of a national search. He plays in a Kansas City country band.
Jordan Tucker wants to form his own band,with his own music.
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But when rock group Limp Bizkiz announced its "Put Your Guitar Where Your Mouth is Tour," a nationwide search for a new guitarist, the Kingman senior decided to try out to fill the void left by former band member Wes Borland.
"My dad saw that they were looking for a guitar player in the Wichita paper," he said. "Then it was on MTV, in a guitar magazine and on the Internet."
Although he is not a fan of the group, Tucker said he admired the marketing strategy of front man Fred Durst. Tucker said he made the decision to go to the open tryout "just for the hell of it."
Tucker auditioned January 20 in Oklahoma City at a guitar store. He arrived at the venue early, as advised by the tour promotion, but sign-up started late. He said it was the first of many disappointments that day.
"I got there really early in the morning and stood outside in the freezing cold to wait to sign up at seven," he said. "Fred and the guys were supposed to get there at 9:30 and we were going to start at 10, but the band didn't even show up until 11:30."
He said he and others waiting to audition were worried that standing in the cold for five hours would make it difficult to play.
"Your hands were so frozen you could barely get your hand to work to write to fill out the paperwork," Tucker said. "The guy behind me was saying 'Dude, if I can't write, how am I going to play?'
wnen the auditions started, Tucker said he and the other prospective band members learned that the band would not sit in on the tryouts, as advertised in the tour promotion. He said the band sat in its bus while he and others performed in front of a
band representative. The representatives scout talent for the music industry by working with managers and record companies to sign new artists.
Before playing a one-minute original piece of music, Tucker said he had to sign a waiver saying that his performance could be videotaped, that any musical riffs could be used by Limp Bizkit and that the person who wrote it would receive no royalties.
"I think the whole thing was a publicity stunt," Tucker said. "It was like they were on tour to find new music."
Tucker is not the only guitarist to think this way. Other people who have auditioned around the country have made the same allegations, prompting Durst to post a statement on the band's Web site denying that his band took any of the music.
"Everything we, Limp Bizkit, do is motivated and driven by our love for our fans and love for what
we do," Durst's statement said. "People who are auditioning are asked to sign a release so their images and likenesses can be used in any documentary that Limp Bizkit would like to make. In no way, whatsoever would Limp Bizkit steal or ever take anything (music, riffs) from anyone on this planet!!"
Even though the tryout was not what Tucker expected, he said some good came out of the trip.
"He game me his card and told me when I get a band together to send him a demo." Tucker said.
Tucker's mother, Donna, a jazz singer under contract in western Tokyo, said that in the music business, getting attention from someone who represented a band like Limp Bizkit was not easy.
Hesaid the band's representative asked Tucker if he was in a band.
"He told him to send stuff and keep sending it," she said. "They don't do that for a lot of people."
Although Donna Tucker is in the music industry, she said it was not something she would like her son to do.
"It's maybe that I want it to be easier on him," she said. "Art is not an easy profession."
Donna Tucker said there was nothing she could do to stop her son from becoming a professional musician.
"I asked him, 'Jordan, you are getting a degree in classical literature from the University of Kansas, what are you going to be when you grow up?' He said 'Mom, I'm going to be a rock star,' she said.
"He is outstanding. I don't want him in this business. I would like like to say he is going to stay out of it, but he is just outstanding."
Contact Tims at
Contact Tims at jtims@kansan.com. This story was edited by Eve Lamborn.
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