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After graduation, sports fans unite
BY RACHEL BURCHFIELD
Danae DeShazer, Overland Park 2008 graduate, center, gathers with friends in the Village Pourhouse, a bar in the East Village of New York City, to cheer on the Jayhawks from afar. Although it is a 40-minute subway ride from her home, she makes the trip twice a month to relive the feeling of watching KU sports in Lawrence.
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In the thick of the Big 12 tournament and with the NCAA tournament on the horizon, March Madness is under way, and Lawrence has basketball fever once again. But what happens at tournament time after layahyaks graduate and fly away to somewhere else?
Aaron Dickson can't imagine it. Now an upperclassman, the Kansas City, Kan., junior will soon have to face the reality that he won't be in Lawrence forever. No longer will he arrive at Allen Fieldhouse three and a half hours before game time, wearing his lucky shorts and hat, newspaper in hand to rip up. Instead, he will have to find somewhere else to watch his boys in blue. Though he said he planned to buy a big screen television with a large surround sound system, Dickson said he would also consider watching basketball games at one of the KU Alumni Association's basketball watch sites, which pop up all across the country.
"It won't be the same as Allen Fieldhouse," Dickson said. "But it will be very similar to being in Lawrence."
The Alumni Association provides a list of watch sites on its Web site, places that have committed to show KU games when they air. Nineteen states have at least one watch site, and they range from coast to coast.
"It was a really, really fun experience. I thought, 'Where am I right now, at The Wheel?"
Jennifer Alderdice, assistant vice president of student programs for the Alumni Association, said the watch sites develop lasting friendships and renew old ones.
"Designated KU watch sites were created to help Jayhawks gather together to cheer on KU sports teams, from basketball to football." Alderdice said. "It's always fun to find a place where other KU fans are watching the games."
DANAE DESHAZER 2008 graduate
Miami. Florida's watch site, located on South Beach, is called Quarterdeck.
Sean Maher, managing partner, said he had seen Jayhawk fans in his establishment and called them a good group with a recognizable chant. Maher, an alumnus
of the University of Florida, said that Jayhawk fans came out in their school colors to Quarterdeck and that they made a good showing.
"Loyal fans stay loyal after they graduate," Maher said. "I'm from Gator Nation, so for KU I'm assuming it's similar."
Danae DeShazer, Overland Park
2008 graduate, had an internship in New York City for one of her classes the winter break of her senior year. During her visit, DeShazer visited the Village Pourhouse, an East Village bar where KU sports frees
quently gather. There she watched the Orange Bowl with fellow lahawks.
"It was so awesome." DeShazer said. "We were all packed up against each other. I was around all these people dressed in KU blue, jumping up and down and going crazy — waving the wheat and of course doing the Rock Chalk chant. It was a really, really fun experience. I thought, "Where am I right now, at the Wheel?"
'I'll keep my closet
shock full of blue, and
'I'll always wear it on
game day."
DeShazer moved to New York City permanently on July 31, and since then has taken the 35 to 40 minute subway ride to the Pourhouse about two weekends a month, she said. The Pourhouse, which DeShazer called the haven
AARON DICKSON Kansas City, Kan., Junior
for all KU alumni that live in New York City is a place where, DeShazer and her friends go even when there isn't a game playing because of its young, hip vibe. She said she would definitely watch NCAA tournament games there this month.
Dickson calls himself a Jayhawk since birth. Though his accounting
"I'll definitely be there," DeShazer said. "March Madness is my favorite, favorite holiday of the year. I want to feel like I'm still a part of it and the Pourhouse is the perfect place to do that."
WATCH SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY Alabama:
Alabama:
Indigo Joe's Sports Pub and Restaurant in Madison
Arizona:
Fort Lowell Depot Bar and Grill in Tucson
Buffalo Wild Wings in Bentonville
Arkansas:
California:
Victory Grill in Fresno Players Sports Pub and Grill in Fair Oaks
Connecticut:
Connecticut:
Buffalo Wild Wings in Windsor
Florida:
Nick and Stella's Family Sports
Pub in Fort Meyers
Quarterdeck in Miami
JB'S Sports Restaurant in
Orlando
Beef O'Brady's in Tampa
Beef O'Brady's in Wildwood
Illinois:
Hot Shots Bar in O'Fallon
Kentucky:
Beaumont Bar and Grill in Lexington
Champps Americana in Livonia
Michigan:
Classics Sports Café in Spring field
Missouri:
New Mexico:
The Game in Las Cruces
New Mexico:
North Carolina:
Dilworth Neighborhood Grill in Charlotte
Mulligans Hyde Park in Cincinnati
Ohio:
Oklahoma:
Leon's in Tulsa
South Carolina:
Kings' Street Grill in Mt. Pleasant
Tennessee:
Sams Sports Bar and Grill in Nashville
Texas:
Hummer's Sports Café in Amarillo
Humberdin's in Arlington
Utah:
Iggy's Sports Grill in Midvale
degree may not keep him in Law-
rence, he said he would be jayhawk
proud forever.
Wisconsin:
"I have been so far," Dickson said. "I'll keep my closet chck full of blue, and I'll always wear it on game day."
The Irish Pub in Milwaukee
Source: www.kualumni.org
Edited by Justin Leverett
Student group works at Jo Shmo's for a worthy cause
PHILANTHROPY
Nine members are waiting tables and donating tips to battered women's shelter
BY MICHELLE SPREHE
msprehe@kansan.com
Members of the graduate student group Masters in Social Welfare will be serving customers Monday night at 10 Shmo's to raise money for Women's Transitional Care Services, Inc.
The tips earned from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. will go to WTCS, which is a local shelter for battered women and their children.
Kavya Velagapudi, Denver graduate student, said MSW members voted to raise money for WTCS because it was a familiar program within the community.
Rena Reynolds, Lawrence graduate student and social chairperson for MSW, said she hoped for a good turn out.
"I think we'll have a lot of com-munity support," Reynolds said.
This is the first event of its kind at Jo Shmo's, 724 Massachusetts St., owner Josh Mochel said.
"We'll make sure everything goes well," Mochel said. "We're looking forward to having people out and supporting the cause and I think it should be a good time."
WHAT: Master Social Welfare Mutual Aid Society Fundraiser
"I think the MSW student group is an opportunity for students to get involved in all aspects of the school," Kim said. "It's important to have a student voice and this is an opportunity for students to get their ideas heard."
After becoming an official student group last year, MSW held multiple social events, however this is its first fundraiser for a nonprofit organization. Previous events hosted by the group have included a MSW launch party, an election watch party and a Christmas party.
WHERE: Jo Shmo's, 724
Massachusetts St.
WHEN: Monday, 5 p.m. to
9 p.m.
"We think that'll be part of the funny part, we have no idea what to do." Reynolds said. "We're hoping people understand it's for charity and we hope that's going to make it more fun"
Tips will go to Women's Transitional Care Services, Inc.
"It's important to have a student voice and this is an opportunity for students to get their ideas heard."
serving food had one training session at Jo Shmo's on Tuesday.
Johnny Kim, assistant profes-
JOHNNY KIM Assistant professor
The nine members who will be
assistant professor in the School of Social Welfare and MSW faculty advisor, said he planned to go to the event.
"The events I'll attend will be to show my support in terms of fund-raising," Kim said. "I wanted
to support them in whatever way possible."
So far this year, members of MSW have used their own money to support the events. But the group started selling School of Social Welfare T-shirts last week to assist with group events, Velagapudi said.
"We're hoping we don't have to rely on someone else to fund us." Velagapudi said. "Right now, students are just pitching in personal money for fliers and posters so this is an opportunity to raise funds so individual students don't have to pay."
Edited by Sam Speer
CRIME
53-year-old convicted in shooting of KC policeman
The Kansas City Star is reporting that Wyandotte County jurors found 53-year-old Nolden Garner guilty Thursday of several charges, including attempted second-degree murder. Garner also was charged with attempted capital murder, but the jurors opted for the lesser charge.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A second man has been convicted in a shooting that wounded an off-duty officer guarding a vault at the Kansas Speedway.
A co-defendant, Fredrick Douglas, was sentenced last month to more than 48 years in prison for the October 2006 shooting of Kansas City Police Det. Susan Brown. She was working security at the track for a NASCAR race.
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