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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009
WWW.KANSAN.COM
VOLUME 120 ISSUE 142
ECO-FRIENDLY FASHION
Sustainable Style
Local designers will showcase their sustainable clothing at a fashion show for Spencer's Spring Student Night
The museum's Student Advisory Board is sponsoring the event, which lasts from 6 to 8 p.m., and is part of the University's "From Blue to Green: Conserve KU" month.
While the fashion show will be the focus of the evening, other activities will also adhere to the night's green theme, based on the "Climate Change at the Poles" and the "Trees & Other Ramifications" exhibitions at the museum.
Throughout the evening, Wang Tiande, the museum's artist in-residence from China, will demonstrate calligraphy on the sidewalks in front of the museum, and students can also decorate reusable grocery bags with nature stencils. A live bluegrass band and DJ Stackswell will provide music.
To help attract more students to the museum's exhibitions, advisory board member Sarah Bluvas said the fashion show's catwalk would be in the galleries.
"We're trying to get students into the museum and engaging them with the arts and starting new conversations with art." Bluvas, Atlanta junior, said.
The fashion show will include outfits from five
"ART ON THE GREEN"
**WHAT:** Spencer Museum of Art Student Advisory Board's Spring Student Night. A night featuring a sustainable fashion show, live music and an artist's demonstration
**WHEN:** 6 to 8 tonight
**WHERE:** Spencer Museum of Art
**COST:** Free
local designers and stores, including Eco Boutique, White Chocolate and Magic Carpet Traveler, Liz Kowalchuk, associate professor of design, and Meghan Arthur, Columbia, Mo., senior, will both have items in the show.
Kowalchuk will show 10 scarves that she made from clothing she found at local thrift stores. She has been creating scarves out of silk clothing for more than five years.
"I like the idea that finding the pieces is part of the creative challenge," said Kowalchuk,
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Above: Lindsay Major, Chicago senior, left, and Naomi Schulman, 2008 KU graduate, participate in a fitting at White Chocolate.
ENVIRONMENT
Volunteers complete rain garden on Earth Day
BY AMANDA THOMPSON athompson@kansan.com
More than 200 community volunteers came to help put the finishing touches on the rain garden located on the north side of the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. A total of 2,500 plants were successfully plant-
tnan 200 student and
"I think from day one on this site student initiative was number one."
ed in the garden yesterday, which was Earth Day.
with rainwater that runs off the roof of the recreation center, was completed yesterday after nearly two years of planning. Seven students saw the project through from beginning to end, including students studying
The 5,500 square-foot rain garden, which will be watered
MARY CHAPPELL Recreation center director
Laura Foster, St. Louis senior in architecture, said because of the existing construction at the recreation center throughout the last two years, it was easier to add the rain garden into the construction plans.
England Porter, Independence senior in environmental studies, said the garden was supposed to be planted last Earth Day, but delays in the recreation
engineering, architecture and environmental studies.
SEE GARDEN ON PAGE 5A
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England Porter, Independence senior, laughs with her friend Lauren Ashman, St. Louis sophomore, while working on the rain garden planted beside the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center on Wednesday afternoon.
MONEY
Finance class gives advice on saving
BY MICOLE ARONOWITZ maronowitz@kansan.com
As stories of the recession continue to dominate the news, many students are growing increasingly concerned about their own money situations. Students who take FIN 101, a personal finance class, get the help they need to be not only more fiscally savvy, but also to be more independent once they graduate.
"I figured when I'm out of college I should have some basic knowledge of the financial world," Hans Tregear, Wichita senior, said. "This class teaches all the basics I need to know as far as surviving financially."
The topics discussed help students both in the shortterm with tips on budgeting, loans and reading the fine print on credit card statements, while also preparing them for the future by covering how to invest in stocks and bonds, file taxes and save for retirement.
Students learn how to budget their money by preparing a balance sheet, which helps them keep track of their expenses by computing how much money they have and what money they have to spend.
"I actually sat down and wrote out in detail what I had to pay with what money I actually had," Tregear said. "It made me more financially responsible."
course description
FIN 101:
Personal Finance
This course provides students with the basic knowledge to understand and improve decisions regarding their financial future.Topics discussed include: credit cards, loans insurance, mortgages investments, stocks and bonds and saving for retirement.The concept of time value of money will provide a foundation for developing a sound financial future. The tools and terminology learned will help students devise solutions for various financial problems.
Location:
427 Summerfield
Instructor:
William Lewis
Source: Enroll and Pay Web site
SEE FINANCE ON PAGE 5A
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Crossword...6A Sports...1B
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