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sault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
“[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren’t as effective as they could be if
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
Help top St. George University.
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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The end of the semester hasn't come as a surprise to anyone. Some students are showing up to classes for the first time since September, finals are creeping up, winter is coming and the campus is winding down.
It has been 16 weeks since we first sat down in class. Most of us chose the same seat each day, sitting next to the same person. We might have been strangers at the beginning, but after 16 weeks, wed like to think we know our classmates better and can even count them as our friends.
But how well do you really know them? You may think they're quiet, but they could be a talented violinist outside of biology class. You may glance over at her doodles in her notebook, not knowing she designs compression garments and a fashion line. You may know she's the most dedicated person in class, but you may not know it's because she's a first-generation, student putting herself through college on her own dime.
These are the students featured in this issue of Day in the Life, but they're not the only people at the University with unique stories. People come to Lawrence from all over the country and the world, bringing their specific backgrounds and experiences with them.
Day in the Life celebrates this diversity and uniqueness. From students to faculty to staff, Jayhawks on campus do incredible things, and this is just a sample of it all.
Miranda Treas poses in front of her compression garments
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If you wander into Chalmers Hall any given day of the week, chances are you'll find Miranda Treas working diligently in the senior studio.
The senior textiles major from Kansas City, Kan., spends over 40 hours a week in the room surrounded by fabric samples, bottles of dye and sewing patterns. Her latest work-in-progress, which hangs on the walls, imitates the pinkish sponges of a coral reef. The material itself is felted fur from Treas' own pet rabbit, Aria. Treas said one of her favorite parts of her work is diving into new fabric techniques like felting and weaving.
Most days Treas is here, she is working between classes on fresh color combinations for her projects. On weekends, Treas switches gears from schoolwork to business work. Her underwear line, "Treas" is currently sold in a pop-up shop in Mission Hills as well as a lingerie boutique in Kansas City.
However, Treas' newest endeavor is something that isn't known so much for its style as its function. Earlier this year, Treas began designing and producing compression garments for transgender people.
Treas first started sewing compression garments when she was 15. She spent summers and holiday breaks sewing at a post-surgical garments company where her aunt worked. As of this year, Treas and her aunt started their line of compression garments they design and create together.
In contrast to her fresh colorful creations in the studio, Treas' compression garments are simple and discreet, and that's just how clients want them.
Almost indistinguishable from an average tank top, the garments are light-beige and made of a thin, stretchy material called lyrca. The pieces are meant to be worn under clothing, while inverted seams compress in to give the wearer the desired silhouette.
Treas said her garments are designed to help transgender people feel like themselves.
Although Treas said compression can be an important part of helping a transgender person feel like themselves, it can also be dangerous if not done correctly.
"Before you're able to get surgery, youre stuck with your old body,and these garments help you feel like who you are meant to be and who you want to be,"Treas said.
Through working with the trans community, Treas said she has learned about the dangers of binding and bandaging from stories of injured bodies, even broken ribs.
"There are things in your body that you can't put that much pressure on," Treas said. "People physically hurting themselves because they want to look a certain way just should not be an issue."
Treas and her aunt, Laura Treas,
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garments. Although they do produce
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and underwear, they also do custom
fittings for different body types.
Earlier this fall, the duo decided to switch from offering their products in an online store to offering them
to children's hospitals and foster care systems. Miranda said they are currently in the stages of negotiating contracts to make their products available in those spaces. However, she said it can be difficult to finalize products because, when working with young bodies, they must be very careful.
"The garments they wear can really shape them for life, which can be a good thing but also a really bad thing." Miranda said.
Laura said she is currently working with doctors to see what is correct for developing bodies.
"We've talked about having a little bit lighter compression," Laura said, "but we just want to get doctor's approval before we go forward with that."
Although Miranda and her aunt began making their own line of garments only recently, the pair has been working side-by-side for years to give the best of their sewing and designing skills to transgender people.
Laura said when Miranda first came to work for her at the post-surgical garments company during high school, she found she had quite the knack for sewing. Although she was working alongside well-seasoned industry garment workers, Laura said the high school student was able to work twice as fast as her professional counterparts.
"She taught them a lot," Laura said. "She showed them how to go fast and look very, very calm."
Laura said her niece's proficiency earned her independence and freedom in her work.
"She could not keep her own schedule, she was so fast; everyone just let her come and go," Laura said.
After enrolling in a fashion design program her junior year of high school, Miranda began to expand her skill set. Laura said when she would do custom fittings for clients, Miranda would often be in the room making suggestions and offering advice.
"She was the only other design person in the building besides me," Laura said. "It gave me confidence too, and that was helpful."
Now, as a senior in college, Laura said Miranda is still providing her with support and ideas as they move forward with their independent venture.
"It's so nice to have her now as this creative, young adult that's so smart and brings things to the table," Laura said. "We have different talents; she brings things to the table that I don't think of, and we work together well that way"
In the future, Miranda said she wants to continue working for herself. Right now her bra and underwear line is sold at Birdie's, a lingerie shop in Kansas City as well as the pop-up shop. She hopes to have a website up and running by the time she graduates.
As for her line of compression garments, Miranda said she's going to keep moving forward with her aunt on making them available to those who need them. Miranda said making the compression garments is her way of "doing good."
"It just makes me feel like I'm giving back," Miranda said. "You should just want to do good, and this is something that I feel is good."
AUSTIN, TEXAS, REGIONAL
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No. 14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No. 11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional.
The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
**PREDICTION:** Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m.
central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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Before coming to KU, international student Henry Setton had never left his home country of Brazil. A second semester freshman violin student, all Setton knew about Kansas before leaving his hometown of São Paolo was that it gets tornadoes, as he seen in "The Wizard of Oz."
Setton has been playing the violin since he was 10 years old. There are no other musicians in his family, and he had never picked one up before a dream where he was playing the violin. The dream made him ask his parents if he could take lessons. They agreed but said he would earn it
Setton's parents told him they would only buy him a violin if he continued to get good grades for the rest of the school year. Each side held up their end of the deal. As a child he says he was "talented but nothing crazy."
After skipping a grade in high school, Setton started college in Brazil at age 16 and had completed two years of it when he decided he wanted to study abroad. He felt stuck in Brazil, where he says the schools tend to put all of their money into STEM programs.
"In Brazil, I felt that I was stuck and also that I couldn't grow a lot as a musician," he said. "Even though I had a really great teacher, all the other music classes, they were not strong enough. They would not prepare me for real life or to try to get a Master's abroad, either in the U.S. or in Europe. So I felt that it was too weak."
Assistant Professor in the School of Music Véronique Matheieu, Setton's violin instructor at the University, is originally from Canada. Matheieu received her doctorate from Indiana University and taught at the State University of New York Buffalo before hearing about an open violin professorship in Lawrence. This is her third year at the University.
"I think in a way I can relate better to international students because I also was one during my graduate studies," Mathieu said. "I understand the challenges they face and can help them in various situations."
Mathieu makes yearly trips to Brazil to give master classes. It was during one that she met Setton. They reconnected last summer, and he mentioned to her that he was considering transferring to an American school. Mathieu encouraged him to apply to KU. He agreed, and Mathieu helped make preparations for his audition and transition.
"She would answer one million emails every day for me, and I know she's extremely busy, so, I mean, she's a wonderful person," Setton said.
Even though Setton sent his audition video that fall — after the deadline for the spring 2015 semester — the School of Music made an exception and accepted him. He began classes with Mathieu in January and says the two of them have grown very close.
"I like the way she tries to have a good environment in the studio," Setton said. "Even when she's choosing the students she's going to accept, she doesn't choose any student. It's not only how the student plays; it's also the personality. If she feels the student's too competitive and, like, jealous, she wouldn't accept the student, because her priority is having a good environment for the students. And that's great. I feel the environment here is much better, much less competition [than in Brazil]."
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The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
["Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University. She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
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"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault. "You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
mings, browman said moves a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
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"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN Laura Kimble works on blood samples. They often run tests on blood for students who need medical tests done, ranging from tuberculosis to STDs.
LAURA KIMBLE & PAT MOODY Watkins Health Center lab scientists who draw cartoons on bandages
After a quick procedure, students are rewarded with a hand-drawn bandage that could put a smile on anyone's face.
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As nervous students enter the Watkins Health Center lab for blood tests, they are greeted by a room filled with comfy chairs, countless posters and the smiling faces of Laura Kimble and Pat Moody.
Kimble and Moody, medical laboratory scientists, have been staples at Watkins for a long time. Moody, a University graduate, took her first
"We just wanted to make a better experience for students," Kimble said. "It's a little hug on the Band Aid."
job out of college at Watkins 36 years ago and has been there ever since. Kimble joined the staff 16 years ago after moving to Kansas. The two have become known by students for their hand-drawn bandages.
Many of the students who come into the Watkins lab are anxious about their results or getting their blood drawn. In response to this, Kimble and Moody draw on the bandages in an attempt to put a smile on students' faces before they leave the office.
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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN From left, Laura Kimble and Pat Moody sit down in the blood drawing room to demonstrate what they do.
A DAY IN THE LIVES OF KIMBLE AND MOODY
9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Do different activities as needed, including running tests, ordering supplies, performing maintenance, doing paperwork and drawing blood.
8:30 a.m. Arrive at the lab. Record temperatures and turn on analyzers and computers. Check in and report results from reference lab. Read cultures.
4:45-5 p.m. Shut down machines and put reference lab specimens in lock box for pickup.
5 p.m. Leave lab.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, REGIONAL
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No. 14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No. 11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional.
The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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Kimble was the first to draw on bandages after the state stopped paying for cartoon bandages. She gives students the option of a cat, dog or rabbit. Inspired by her coworker and worried that the students would be missing out if she gave them a bandage, Moody followed suit by drawing Jayhawks for her patients.
"I sat down and figured out how to draw [the Jayhawk], and then I practiced a lot." Moody said.
Drawing blood and drawing on bandages are only small parts of their job descriptions. Work in the lab also involves running tests, including STD tests, tuberculosis tests, and all blood and urine tests. They don't always have a set schedule; they do the work that needs to be done when it comes up.
"That's why I like it — every day is different," Moody said. "It requires me to think."
Both Kimble and Moody said they believe the best part of their work is the opportunity to connect with and help students. They see their job as much more than just drawing blood and running tests — it's an opportunity to help students in need.
"We can kind of give [students] a push in the right direction and say, 'Keep your eye on your goal,' because when you're sick you don't think you can get through your day, much less your semester," Kimble said.
Kimble and Moody said they specifically appreciate the opportunity they have to work with college students for
their "big veins" and their perspective on life.
"They have fresh ideas," Kimble said. "It's fun to see what they plan to do after they leave here."
Both Kimble and Moody's children have come to the University as students, and they both have had their children as patients. Though the women said they don't see most students often enough to remember their faces or names, they still see themselves in motherly roles when dealing with students, and they try to care for the students in a way that goes beyond their job description.
The two have dealt with a wide variety of students, from students getting blood drawn to those going through chemotherapy or dealing with disabilities. From conversation while they draw blood to the hand-drawn bandages, Kimble and Moody try to focus on the student they're seeing.
"In healthcare you're busy. You're doing what you need to do to get the student better, but maybe not necessarily talking to them, and students really appreciate it when you show an interest in what they're doing." Moody said.
"I like to think of it as the next person who comes in is going to be the most fascinating person I see all day long, and it's usually true," Kimble said. "If you feel that, it's going to be a good experience."
"We just wanted to make a better experience for students," Kimble said. "It's a little hug on the Band Aid."
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sault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
"[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University. She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
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"We need to be able to promise them we have their back." Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No. 14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No. 11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional.
The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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"I'll never forget. I just thought, 'What were they thinking?' she said. "I don't want to know what they're doing."
When Sunny Walsh's twin granddaughters were accepted into Pi Beta Phi, Walsh's response was not the typical, congratulatory response expected from a grandmother.
By accepting a bid to Pi Phi, Walsh's granddaughters weren't just entering a society of Greek women — they were committing themselves to living in the same house as their grandmother for two of their college years.
Walsh is the 77-year-old house mother for Pi Phi. First a house mother in Iowa, Walsh came to the University of Kansas in 1988 to be closer to her daughter and granddaughters. Taking a job as a house mother on the University campus was just a convenient way to do that.
"My whole plan was to take one class [of women] through and then go to a different campus," she said. "I thought, 'My gosh, you could live all over the country,' because you don't have to have furniture or anything. But it just worked so well here, so that plan didn't work out, [and] 27 years later, I'm still here."
Walsh compares being a house mother to "running a hotel, only your guests never go home." She's responsible for overseeing the maintenance of the house and its grounds, which is located on 15th Street across from the Jayhawker Towers. That includes
organizing the kitchen, the staff of the house and, of course, caring for the women living inside.
"There isn't really anything you don't do," she said. "It's a challenge every single day, and you just never know what it's going to be."
While Walsh acknowledges the importance of getting to know the 199 women in the house, she also says that it's not her duty to be their "best best friend." Her favorite part of the job is seeing those young women grow.
Before the numbers of sorority women increased, women lived in the house from their sophomore to senior year. Walsh established a habit early on of eating breakfast and dinner in the dining room with the young women, inviting freshmen and
sophomores to eat at her table during dinner.
"Every year, the house has a different personality because the people are different," she said. "You never get tired of it. It's never the same thing every year. I really liked that because whether you had a good group or kind of a tough group, it was always a challenge."
Sydney Chrisco, a sophomore from Baldwin City and a Pi Phi member, said Walsh has always been a welcoming presence in the house.
"It's really personal with her" Chrisco said. "She's like a mom to us."
It's not all fun and games at the house, though. Walsh says snowstorms present difficulties for the women, who share a small parking lot. She also recalled a flooding of the
house that cost $40,000 to repair.
After 27 years of dealing with both mishaps and triumphs, however, Walsh will retire at the beginning of January.
"I'm 77 years old and there aren't very many people who can work like I have done for 27 years," she said. "I have been really blessed, and I've done something that I really enjoyed."
She has no plan yet for post-Pi Phi, but trusts that something will come along.
She does, however, have an idea of what she'll do first.
"I think I'll sleep for six months," she said with a laugh.
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sault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
“[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren’t as effective as they could be if
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"I think KU is positionng itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
long. Brockman said there a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
concern to remain asleep.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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Grecia Rucoba combs through pictures to help create a project dedicated to the retired professor of the Multicultural Scholars Program.
Rucoba, who is a Woman of Distinction, is from a family of Mexican immigrants. She was encouraged to be the first child in her family to attend college.
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It's a weekday in 2012, and in the mix of all the mail at Grecia Rucoba's house lies a blue envelope from the University of Kansas.
It's tangible proof of Rucboa's hard work - her acceptance letter. While some students accepted to the University take it for granted, for first-generation college student Rucboa, it was the biggest deal.
"Every day that I am in class, that is a success to me," she said. "Just to be here on campus is a success to me."
here on campus is a success to me.
Rucuba, a senior at the University and daughter of immigrants from Mexico, said her parents always pushed her to further her education after high school because they never had that opportunity.
"It was never a question to my parents about me going to college," she said. "They were like, 'You are going. Just because we couldn't doesn't mean we are not going to do everything we can to help you.'"
Rucoba said the biggest challenge of being a child of immigrants is money.
"I didn't always have a cell phone and the things that my peers have but I never experienced any kind of hardship like my mom has so I consider myself to be so blessed," she said.
Rucoba works five jobs and has received scholarships to help finance her education. While her parents cannot support her financially, they are her source of moral support.
Rucoba's mother, Lucila Rucoba,
grew up in Jalisco, Mexico. She came to
the United States in 1988 when she
was 31. Rucoba looks to her mother
"Just because the monetary assistance is not there doesn't mean they haven't given me everything I need to the best of their ability," she said.
as her source of inspiration.
"I am inspired by my mom because she grew up with literally nothing," she said. "She had 13 brothers and sisters, and she got her first pair of shoes as a gift for her first communion. When [she] would get a banana, [she] would split it 13 ways for each of her brothers and sisters. I always remember that when I'm having a hard day, I just think about the bananas. That is what keeps me going."
As a senior, Rucoba has made a name for herself on campus through her leadership in the scholarship halls, as well as her involvement in the Multicultural Scholars Program and Multicultural Business Scholars Program. Then this year she received a KU Woman of Distinction award.
"I was shocked that out of the girls in my scholarship hall, Margaret Amiini, I was chosen, and then campus-wide, that was crazy," she said. "So many of the women are so much older and they have PhDs, and it was just such an honor to be included on that list."
As a KU Woman of Distinction, she wants to set an example for other students.
"It has really made me have a deeper appreciation for the type of role model I can be because I am a lot of different things," she said. "I am a woman, I am a first-generation college student, I pay for my own school, I am Hispanic, and I feel like in all of those things I can be a role model to women, to first-generation college students, to all these different groups of students. And each one of those labels comes with their own challenges."
As a Hispanic, Rucoba said she faces many challenges at the University, especially with a lack of diverse role models.
"I will look around and see a room
full of white men in a lot, of my classes, and that is a little bit disheartening just because I don't see strong Hispanic professors or leaders," Rubocba said. "I mean, there's a couple here and there, and I really admire them, but I just wish there were more, especially among my peers. I feel like KU could definitely benefit from diversity, and that is a hard conversation with not a lot of answers."
However, Rucoba finds a sense of community within the Multicultural Scholars Program.
"A lot of those students have parents from different countries, and that feels like the closest to a family that I've had on this campus," she said. "They renew my energy a lot because I see all of them going through similar things."
Rucoba said that in the program, all of the students have similar work hours to her.
"I think we average 22 to 25 hours a week and that is average," she said.
"I know some students who work 30 to 35 hours a week on top of 15 to 16 credit hours. They make it seem easy"
Through all of the challenges, she still remains driven. Rucoba will graduate in May with a major in accounting and will return next fall for the Master's of Accounting program. She has an internship this summer with CBIZ in Kansas City and said she hopes to eventually have a job working with a nonprofit organization.
"I think that it is a really valuable degree. Everyone needs an accountant so I do not think I will ever be out of work, which is reassuring," she said. "I hope to move into a controller or CFO or reporting position in a non-for-profit; that sounds like goals to me."
AUSTIN, TEXAS, REGIONAL
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No. 14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No. 11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional. The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3. The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
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LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30
p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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Green and yellow take up the majority of space — green for the teaching side of her job, yellow for the service, and red for her research responsibilities.
Lizette Peter sits at her desk and turns' her computer screen around. Her calendar stares back with three prominent colors — green, yellow and red — splattered across the screen.
Peter is an associate professor in the School of Education and has been since she joined the department in 2005 after receiving her doctorate from the University of Kansas. Her teaching focuses on second-language acquisition, and most of her research to date has focused on the revitalization of the Cherokee language.
Peter describes her current job as finding the perfect balance between multitudes of responsibilities.
"Finding that balance between 40 percent teaching, 40 percent research and 20 percent service often gets out of whack," she said. "What I find is that my window for conducting research and publishing gets squashed because I spend too much time teaching and advising students and doing service for the University and other places."
professor.
Peter is also the chair of the committee that deals with the KU Core and was on the search committee for the vice provost of undergraduate studies. This qualifies as service, an obligation that falls under one of the requirements of an associate
Despite all the work she does and as full as her calendar is, Peter said she doesn't feel like her plate is too full.
On top of that work for the University, Peter also reviews papers as a member of an editorial board for an academic journal, The Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education, which is independent of the University.
"I think I do enough. Sometimes it's more than others," she said. "Just like with students, we have our cycles. The end of the semester can get pretty busy. I don't think I do too much. I think it's just about right."
The path to being a professor that focuses on language is one that started in Montana, where she grew up. Her family would go to Canada, the way a family in Kansas might go to Colorado or Missouri. While in Canada, she encountered French language, and, from there, her passion grew.
“[1] was always fascinated by the French signs and the French candy wrappers and all of those kinds of things,” Peter said.
Peter went on to obtain her bachelor's degree from the University of Montana. Following college, she spent three years in the Peace Corps in Sri Lanka.
"It was life-changing," she said. "Like I said, I grew up in Montana, so I was pretty callow, even though I had been overseas as an exchange student and did a study abroad in high school. I was never prepared to work or live in an underdeveloped country."
in Peter's heart, as it is where she learned about the influence English has in the world. It's this lesson that she remembers every day and hopes to pass on to students who aspire to teach the English language to people who don't have the same lives and privileges.
Sri Lanka holds a special place
"If I have any impact on my students who want to teach English abroad, it's what I learned from living in a place like Sri Lanka, and realizing that even though English may be seen as a language that will help people gain economic prosperity or find better jobs or find better educational chances, it's also a language that has a lot of power, and that those who are teaching it have to be responsible with that power," Peter said.
Peter says that her main source of joy on a daily basis is teaching and interacting with students.
"I can be having a really crappy day, but, when I can go into a class and get them engaged, so it's not just me lecturing — when you get to that place in your teaching, I think it really charges you and gives you a lot of energy," Peter said.
Going forward, Peter said she sees herself making a positive impact on the University as she takes on more leadership roles and attempts to leave her mark on the lives of students.
"I think me and my colleagues have an opportunity to do things and make changes that will leave a lasting legacy," she said. "There's a lot of potential."
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saut Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
["Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University.
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"You're high-activist,high-energy,and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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In the middle of September, many students are finally grasping the concept of each of their classes. But Graham Wehmeyer, a senior microbiology major, was walking into the dreaded MCAT, or Medical College Admission Test, completely prepared.
Seven and a half hours later, Wehmeyer became one of the few examinees to receive a perfect 45 on the MCAT.
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But the road to this perfect score was not easy.
During his junior and senior year of high school, Wehmeyer said he was lucky enough to take part in a bioscience program at Blue Valley's Center for Advanced Professional Studies. This program focused on exposing students
However, even with an academic-heavy family, Wehmeyer said he struggled with academics in high school. He had trouble understanding how he could connect the material he learned with how to use it.
It began during Wehmeyer's childhood. He was always interested in sciences, especially biology, and was raised in a strongly academic family.
"I was lucky enough to have a family that understood the importance of academics — my dad has been a professor at KU since 1999 and is currently the director of the Beach Center on Disability and the co-director of the KU Center on Developmental Disabilities — and encouraged me to pursue my interests at every opportunity," he said.
The program sparked Wehmeyer's interest for molecular bioscience and paved the way to his microbiology major. He was able to obtain a position in a molecular bioscience lab at the University before he was a freshman.
to how they could apply bioscience to the real world. This included learning correct lab techniques, knowing how to design and perform research projects and understanding scientific literature.
Despite his difficult major, Wehmeyer said he had to adjust to a heavy load to study for the MCAT.
"It takes time and practice," Wehmeyer said. "The test that you take, it plays to your strengths, it plays to your weaknesses."
The menu Wehmeyer had created for himself looks to be rigorous to the normal student; however, Wehmeyer made sure to leave room for pleasure within his schedule. He said he believes a student will not be able to perform well when under the constant stress of the MCAT, and must leave room for relaxation and a social life.
"It's important to not get too caught up in studying all the time," Wehmeyer said, "If you study 24/7, you'll burn yourself out and you won't do as well."
Whmeyer began studying for the MCAT in May, allowing him flexibility between juggling studying, volunteering at Heartland Community Health Center and a job at a microbial genetics research lab with Susan Egan.
"[Studying] didn't [affect my daily life] that much actually which was nice", he said,
"The lab I'm in is really great because it's pretty flexible...I could fit 4-5 hours of research in a day and then go study and still be done at 8 or 9 and go watch a movie or go out."
The Heartland Community Health Center is a clinic based in Lawrence dedicated to providing service to underserved and uninsured people. Wehmeyer did not have much extra time while studying for the MCAT, but still volunteered at the health center.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS. REGIONAL
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No. 14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No. 11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional.
The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
**PREDICTION:** Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
The Husks and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m.
central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The pass en a said close
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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When Tony Bolden, an associate professor and undergraduate adviser of African and African American Studies, was young, he considered himself an artist.
But when he uses the term artist, he doesn't mean a singer or rapper — he means a reader.
Though reading didn't become a passion until later, growing up, Bolden always wanted to be a writer and said he understood that the two were closely related.
When he was a child in the 1960s in Berkeley, Calif., his mother used to play BB King and Aretha Franklin in their home, which Bolden remembers giving him a warm feeling. His father was a reader, and though his father never went to college, he studied jazz on his own. Bolden's father also studied Egyptology and taught himself how to read hieroglyphs.
Bolden's father would also read to him. Bolden fought it at that age, but he would realize its importance later.
When Bolden was a soldier in Korea, he had a negative emotional experience and, while he still doesn't know why, the next day he went to the local library and picked up a book by James Baldwin called "Go Tell It on the Mountain."
'When I read the book — remember, I am 19 years old and thousands of miles away — and I couldn't understand what I understand now, but all those characters reminded me of my aunts and uncles and gave me a really warm feeling," Bolden said. "That's where I started."
When Bolden returned home, he moved back to California and went to school at Merritt College in Oakland. At the time, his father lived in Oakland, so he would stop by on his way home to Berkeley, and his dad would teach him the history of jazz.
"He taught me how to identify the sounds of individual instruments and individual instrumentalists, and then he taught me how to listen for certain kinds of sounds that sort of reflect certain feelings or moods or ideas," Bolden said.
His father also taught him genealogies of musicians and who had influenced whom. They would sit and listen to music for hours, and when he visited him on the weekends, his father would take him to the living room and put on the record player with music from 1945-70.
Despite his father's focus on music, Bolden's attraction to being a writer and a literary artist remained. For him, an artist meant an intellectual.
"I aspired to be an artist, and one thing that happened was one of the older artists I knew told me in a formal voice, 'Tony, if all you want to do is read and write, why don't you go and pick up a master's degree somewhere?" Bolden said.
That's exactly what Bolden did. After enlisting in the army in 1975, he moved south, went to college and started a family. He received his bachelor's degree in English at Dillard University in New Orleans, his master's degree in African-American Studies at the University of Iowa, and has his doctorate in English from Louisiana State University.
His first job was teaching at the University of Alabama, and he came to the University of Kansas in 2009.
"I had been organizing a symposium on funk music at the University of Alabama, and the chair at KU said I could do that here, so I came for a campus visit and really loved the energy of the place," Bolden said.
Though Bolden isn't teaching any classes at the University this semester, in the past his classes have focused on music. He has taught black popular music and the introductory course of African and African American Studies. He also created a course called "The Life and Times of limi Hendrix."
Bolden said his students learn critical skills, how to phrase questions and how to evaluate and formulate their own arguments. He said these are life skills that students can always use in any real sort of endeavor.
["What I teach my students] is also important in terms of the history of the country in many ways," Bolden said. "I know [my classes are about] entertainment but in many ways these musicians exuded democratic principles and they reconciled the conflict between the interest of the individual and the collective."
Aside from teaching classes, Bolden achieved his goal of becoming a writer, focusing on funk and blues music. He currently has three published books and has been working on his current book, "Blue Funk: Performing the Grooves in Black Cultural Philosophy," for 10 years.
The reason it took so long, he said,
is because he is a literary scholar and
his training is in how to interpret literature. While he writes the book, he reads on his own and trains himself
on the information he is learning.
"Blue Funk" traces the history of the concept of funk from its early beginnings.
"The best way to explain ['Funk'] is: Have you ever danced before and had fun? That feeling you get, the goosepimply feeling, well in African-American cultures way back when, that was all expressed religiously." Bolden said.
Dancing was the way people praised God, but after slavery, there was a split in the church, where dancing had previously been allowed, Bolden said. Young people couldn't express what they had experienced because church rituals had become conservative. Because of this lack of space for expression, blues music was created.
"The test of good blues music was to create that feeling that you feel in dancing, but within a profane or secular context, so I'm tracking that feeling and how those ideas get expressed in music," Bolden said.
Despite working on the book for years, Bolden said he hasn't been discouraged.
"I have a high standard, so when I put my name on something I want it to mean something." Bolden said.
While teaching at Alabama, Bolden met Willie King, a singer and guitarist who would go out into the woods to perform. Bolden joined and watched the performances.
Bolden recounts that it was almost like going back in time because there
"Out in the country, everybody danced, and there was no taboo," Bolden said. "The only taboo was disrespect, and that was the only thing that wasn't allowed, so it was a really spiritual thing."
were no paved roads and there were barbed wire fences. He said it was like an "old dilapidated juke joint" with plywood floors.
"There were very poor people, but they had all this dignity and there was just a beauty to the music," Bolden said. "You had the entire community there, from 18 to 78, and everyone from 25 up would dance, and they could all dance and they had their own movement."
This experience not only plays into his book writing, he said, but also in the way he teaches.
Tara Green, a professor and director of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, was a student of Bolden when he was teaching at Dillard University.
Green said Bolden has a clear and broad outreach, he is very comfortable and always very willing to give parts of himself to other students to help them be at the level he is now.
"I don't recall any other professor I had bringing music into the classroom, and I think, for me, that was something that stuck with me, because when I teach now, I teach music," Green said.
Starting from listening to blues and jazz music in his home at a young age to writing books about blues and jazz, Bolden has come full circle.
"But having listened to the blues, I began to understand it wasn't just entertainment," Bolden said. "There was a logic to this, and it had to do with a philosophy of life."
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tion Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
“[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren’t as effective as they could be if
Tattle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University.
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a coma few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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DAY IN THE LIFE
PAMELA
RODRIGUEZ
MONTERO
Makeup and stage designer for University Theatre
Pamela Rodriquez Montero, a graduate student from Costa Rica, has worked on four Universitys plavs. including "Johanna: Facing Forward."
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Pamela Rodriguez Montero arrives at Murphy Hall around 9 a.m. each day. On her way to work — the backstage world of — her students and fellow theater lovers greet her.
"Theater has something about a community that is just so beautiful," she said. "Everyone involved does some part, and then everything comes together in a whole big thing. It's just magical."
Rodriguez Montero is a graduate student from Costa Rica pursuing her master's degree in scenography the integrated study of all the visual elements in the theater, like sets, makeup and lighting. She also works as a makeup and stage designer for University Theatre.
"Theater is inclusive of everyone and has the ability to work with any
department," she said. "You can combine theater with any other discipline, which is something I love."
One of the biggest discoveries she made during her experience at the University is her passion for teaching. Before that, she never considered teaching as a career path. When she was told she had to teach a class as part of her program, she said she was a little worried about it.
This love ultimately led her to choose scenography as her study focus.
"I was scared, at first because English is not my first language, and I thought they wouldn't understand me through my accent, but it turned out fine," she said.
She now says she enjoys watching her students grow and gain more confidence in their talents throughout the semester.
"She is so inspirational and has opened so many doors for me," Smeltzer said. "I have never done makeup before, but I want to do it professionally now."
"It's really rewarding," she said.
Smeltzer said she did not expect being handed so much responsibility in the development of the play from the very beginning, but that's what happened. She said that on the first day of work, Rodriguez Montero put her in charge of the papers — an important part of the "Johanna" set.
When working for "Johanna: Facing Forward," her second play working with Rodriguez Montero, junior Kate Smeltzer would see Rodriguez Montero for hours each day. As a result, she even has her Jimmy John's order memorized.
"It's like she never doubts a person for a second that they are capable of
doing something," she said.
Smeltzer said that quality also speaks about Rodriguez Montero's teaching skills.
"As a teacher, she is so patient and calm, but most of all, so encouraging," Smeltzer said. "She gets excited to see us growing as students."
Since Rodriguez Montero has been at the University, she has participated in four plays, designing the sets, stages and makeup. The most significant play she has designed so far is "Johanna: Facing Forward," which is based on a real-life story about a Latina teenager who survived abuse.
"The story was so powerful, and I got to meet with the real Johanna," she said. "It was an amazing experience."
She studied as an undergraduate in Costa Rica, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in visual arts. Ever
since high school she has been actively involved in the theater world, and one of her dreams was studying in the United States. The prolific theater industry the U.S. has to offer, she said, put the country as her next stop. She said studying abroad has been a powerful opportunity.
"You learn a lot of things about yourself and about the world," she said. "You become more attached to your country, your traditions."
And the food?
"Definitely, the food," she said,
laughing. "I cry when I find some of it in the supermarket."
But the University environment and the Lawrence community as a whole have made her transition to the United States easier. The Small World, a nonprofit organization, in Lawrence, is the place that helped her the most those first few months, she said. She
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The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
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The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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I’m open for everything, whether it’s here in the U.S. or Costa Rica, or anywhere else in the world,” Rodriguez Montero said. “After all, you just have one life.”
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"[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University. She has since gone on to
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"You're high-activist,high-energy,and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
mings Brookman said there a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
comes to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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At 5:30 a.m., when most students are still asleep and the sun hasn't yet risen, Tad Carpenter is awake and ready for the gym. He's running two miles, taking a moment to de-stress and collect his thoughts before beginning the long day ahead.
Carpenter's gym routine is similar to the rest of his day — always varving.
From 5:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Carpenter is running around. This is typical for the University graphic design instructor and owner of Carpenter Collective, a design firm in Kansas City, Mo.
At the University, Carpenter teaches a visual communications class. At Carpenter Collective, he designs everything from book illustrations and designs to branding for microbrewer-
ies and salons.
"I'd say creating brand identities is probably one of my favorite things to do just because it encompasses so many different elements and applications," Carpenter said. "I mean, to be honest, even when I design a book or anything like that I kind of approach it from a brand identity standpoint just because you're creating a little identity in itself with pallet and type recommendations and style."
Carpenter said it probably sounds like "the most boring job" but his love for design runs deep. His father, an illustrator, is a lifelong employee for Hallmark Cards.
"I'm lucky that I've been around design and art my whole life, more or less," Carpenter said. "A lot of kids growing up wanted to be firemen or policemen or football players, and yeah, maybe a little part of me wanted
Carpenter said each day is different. On Tuesdays and Thursdays he teaches Visual Communications 204 at the University, leaving less time to work for his clients at Carpenter Collective. He said his clients are brave and willing to take risks when it comes to design.
"I want them to trust us and be willing to take risks, and those are the kind of clients we want to continue to work with," he said. "We've been lucky to work with a lot of people like that. We hope that those are the kind of people we can continue to work with and just continue to do the kind of stuff that we really enjoy doing."
Sally Carmichael, a former intern at Carpenter Collective and student of Carpenter's in 2011, is now a designer
those things, but when I was a kid I knew I always wanted to be an artist or designer."
"He's an insane powerhouse basically," Carmichael said. "It's insane how great he is. He's incredibly efficient."
for Airbnb in San Francisco. She said Carpenter makes flawless designs and is also a kind, personal person, making him a great business owner.
When Carmichael worked with him, she said she remembered he would print designs, talk to clients on the phone and prepare for a presentation, all while trying to eat lunch.
"I don't know how he does it," Carmichael continued.
The Carpenter Collective office is a short walk down two flights of stairs. Carpenter and his wife converted an old house in West Plaza into a live/ work space. The top two levels are for living, and the bottom level is a walkout office space where he works. Living so close to work makes it hard for Carpenter to take a break, but he
doesn't mind.
"It can be an early Sunday morning when I can't sleep, and instead of going to watch TV, I typically find myself going to the office, making stuff," he said.
Carpenter's wife works for Carpenter Collective, too, which is a great part of their relationship, he said. While he's in Lawrence teaching, his wife is making progress on deadlines at the office.
"So I might be here [in Lawrence] teaching, but the train's still on the tracks," he said.
Before beginning work in the office, Carpenter works out. With such a busy schedule of teaching and consulting, this is a release for Carpenter
"It just makes me more focused," he said. "It makes me more productive, just stronger in general, if I can do some sort of physical activity, because
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The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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if I don't I'm a very big jerk. If I don't my wife can always tell -she's like, 'You haven't worked out in the past day have you?' You need to go do your gym thing."
When Carpenter begins work in the office, he starts by shifting through a stack of emails before designing. An hour later, Carpenter begins working on one of many projects. He said each project is a different level of completion because some may be put on hold while his clients wait for approval or investors. This means Carpenter could be doing a variety of work, from branding a new brewery in St. Louis or a new salon in Kansas City to branding an international freight shipping company in Dallas. Sometimes Carpenter takes on designing and illustrating children's books.
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In Carpenter's eyes, the best part of designing is the exploration process. Carpenter explores and creates new designs every day.
Carpenter said there is still room for improvement though.
Deadlines for Carpenter vary. Some projects take months, while others need to be finished in a few hours. Carpenter Collective does a lot of branding projects, which typically last two to four weeks before showing the client a design.
"You're getting to make something out of nothing every single day in some form or fashion, and that's what's awesome about our process and what we get to do," he said.
"We've been doing this for 10 or 11 years, and I still feel like [Carpenter Collective] can always be a little bit better and can do a little bit more, and that's a healthy thing to feel and continue to try to strive for," Carpenter said. "And I think just getting new, exciting work all the time is very motivational."
Illustrating books is a whole new game, Carpenter said. It's normally a six-month, multi-step project from the time he receives the manuscript to when he releases the project to the printer.
Carpenter said the first step is sharing style ideas with the client. Then he sketches the whole book by pencil or concept, gets approval of the client and makes revisions. After revisions, Carpenter adds color to the pages, gets the client's approval, makes revisions and sends it to the printer.
To Carpenter, books are a "labor of love."
"They are such a pain in the ass, and you tell yourself, 'Alright, I can't do
one of these for a while. This one was just too much,'<sup>br</sup> Carpenter said. "But then the book arrives on your doorstep and you get this thing that you made. You did the whole thing, you know, and you're like, 'Oh man, that was fun. I could do another one of those', and you do another one."
"You're getting to make something out of nothing every single day in some form or fashion, and that's what's awesome about our process and what we get to do."
"But, in the end of the day we are lucky to do this," he said. "There's nothing that's really chapping my hide over and over again other things that are just are things that all people collaborating on work have to deal with in any industry."
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Similar to any job, Carpenter experiences frustrations with time restrictions and changing gears'in the middle of a project.
In the midst of a semester, Carpenter typically works late into the night.
"Now that I'm getting older, I try not to pull like the 3 a.m. nonsense anymore. It just ain't helping nobody." Carpenter said. "So I would normally say I do the 8:30 to 11 p.m., a lot of times maybe midnight. Are these nights that I work until 1 in the morning or 2? Yeah, it happens, like you just have to get stuff done, but I'm also one of those people that's very lucky that I don't need a ton of sleep to function."
"It's not ideal by any means, but it's also the only like 45 to 50 minutes [when] I'm forced to not do anything," Carpenter said. "And I think that's probably a healthy thing for me. I'm not good at not doing anything."
"What I took away from my grand-
parents was the importance of hard
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, when Carpenter teaches, he drives from his office Kansas City, Mo., to Lawrence.
During the drive, Carpenter gets lost in the music of Johnny Cash, Buck Owens and Willie Nelson. The music reminds him of a slower pace and simpler time, bringing him back to memories of driving through small towns in Kansas with his grandpa.
work," he said. "My grandfather Boehme was a state trooper and Grandfather Carpenter worked in the concrete industry — both no-nonsense, roll[-up].your-sleeve, get-shit-done kind of jobs. That work ethic has always stayed with me."
Carpenter began teaching in fall 2009. His class this semester is the first of four classes students take before being accepted into the School of Graphic Design. When the four classes are complete, students turn in all of their work to design professors to be reviewed, he said.
Megan Snelten, a junior from Lake Zurich, Ill., is an intern at Carpenter Collective and was in Carpenter's class last year. Snelten said Carpenter brings a lot of energy and passion to his class. She also said Carpenter gears class projects towards real world applications which helps keep everyone inspired.
Carpenter particularly likes teaching the class because of the youth of his students and their dedication.
"I love this class because everyone's on pins and needles a little bit. Everyone's willing to work hard because it is a big semester and it is a big class, but also like the kids aren't too cool for school yet, like they don't know anything, man," Carpenter said. "So it's cool to kind of introduce them to some things and get them excited about stuff and motivate them."
He loves watching students formulate their own ideas and become passionate about design the way he is.
"I wish so badly that I didn't enjoy teaching because it's one of those things, man. It's really hard when you run your own business and you have a lot of clients and a lot of work and a lot of stuff going on, and then to basically take two days out of the week and come teach — you have to love it, because if not it would be an easy thing to remove," he said. "I always joke a little bit that I'm like this is probably my last semester teaching, but the problem is it's addictive and you enjoy it. Like, you really get a lot out of it and you love it."
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tion Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
"[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a coma few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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the Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m.
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PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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sault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
take on sexual assault.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
ming, brookman said there a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
comes to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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It all came down to the fifth set. If the Jayhawks won, they would be Omaha-bound. If they lost? The unprecedented season would come to a screeching halt.
Somehow Kansas found a way, outlasting and upsetting the No.1 USC Trojans for the first Final Four bid in Kansas volleyball history.
Prior to this year, Kansas had not previously advanced to the Elite Eight. Never before had Kansas defeated a No.1 ranked team.
Entering the Elite Eight match, Kansas was 0-10 all-time against No. 1 teams, only managing to win 2 of 30 sets in those matches.
That all changed Friday.
No. 9 Kansas (30-2) rolled out to a 2-0 set lead over No. 1 USC. But the Trojans weren't going down without a fight. USC (33-3) came out of intermission fired up and squashed late Kansas rallies in the third and fourth sets. In the fifth set, Kansas had a late start, finding itself in a 0-4 hole. But that didn't stop the Javahays.
The USC fans in the Jenny Craig Pavilion were stunned. Dropping a set to a non-conference team? That's unlike the Trojans.
Set 1: Kansas wins (25-18)
The Jayhawks got out to a 5-3 lead, in part to attack errors by Samantha Bri.
cio and Alyse Ford, a service error and a bad set by Baylee Johnson. The only offensive point for Kansas in that run was a service ace.
The set went back and forth, last tied at 14-all when sophomore setter Ainise Havili threw down her first kill of the match. Back-to-back errors from USC's Johnson gave Kansas the 16-14 lead. USC couldn't recover, and Kansas went streaking, rolling to a 25-18 set victory.
Set 2: Kansas wins (25-21)
USC ran out to a 4-1 lead off of two Bricio killies. USC's lead grew to 6-2 and then 9-5. But Kansas rallied, capitalizing off of two Bricio attack errors and kills from sophomore right side hitter Kelsie Payne, senior outside hitter Tiana Dockery and junior middle blocker Janae Hall. Hall's kill tied the set up at 12 apiece. An attack error from USC's Allicia Ogoms gave Kansas the lead.
Ogoms needed to be seen by athletic training staff, as she was visibly in pain in a violent coughing episode. It was later disclosed that Ogorms had an asthma attack.
Once Kansas gained the lead at 14-13, USC couldn't make a comeback, throwing up attack error after attack error.
After intermission was when things got sticky. USC leapt out to a 9-2 lead. Kills from Brittany Aerbromcib, Ford
The final nail in the coffin before the intermission was a kill from Payne. Set 3: USC wins (25-22)
Set 3: USC wins (25-22)
and Bricio paired with service aces helped the Trojans' cause.
The closest the Jayhawks would get it was 19-all from a kill by Payne. But she committed an attack error on the ensuing point. Then Havilli had a rare bad set, and just like that, USC was up 21-19.
USC went up 12-3 after back-to-back-to-back kills, one from Ford and two from Elise Ruddins. But Kansas fought back, getting the set back within reach at 10-13. Four USC attack errors provided some cushion.
A kill from Abercrombie ended set three.
Kansas hadn't dropped a fourth set all season. The Jayhawks were 10-0 in needed four frames. Until this one.
Set 4: USC wins (25-19)
The Jayhawks were out to a slow start, falling behind 5-11 and then 7-15. But, again, Kansas rallied. A kill from junior middle blocker Taylor Soucie got the ball rolling, and a service ace followed. Then a kill from sophomore outside hitter Madison Rigdon. Two kills and an ace later, Kansas was only down by three at 15-18.
A few points later, Kansas was down by three again at 16-19, but it wasn't going to be enough.
Two service aces for USC, paired with kills from Bricio, swung the momentum in USC's favor. A Bricio kill ended the set.
Set 5: Kansas wins (15-13)
The set for all sets. Kansas had only
played one match to five sets. That was when No. 2 Texas came to Lawrence
The fifth set was off to a rocky start. Kansas was in a 0-4 hole. It didn't look good.
The Lajhawks' first point of the match was a kill from Hall. USC went up 1-5 in part to a Kansas service error.
But then, magic happened.
Back-to-back kills from Payne put Kansas down by two. An attack error from Brisco put Kansas down by one.
As the set progressed, USC went up 7-10, then 9-13, and Kansas' hopes of making the Final Four looked dashed.
Kansas was down by four points USC only needed two to win the match. But insanity overtook Jenny Craig Pavilion.
Hall threw down a kill. 10-13.
Johnson had a bad set. 11-13.
Bricio faulted on her attack. 12-13.
Junior libero Cassie Wait put up a service ace. 13-13.
Payne hammered out a kill. Kill. 14-13.
Ridgdon sealed the deal. Kill. 15-13
Stat breakdown
Payne recorded 18 kills. Hall, Ridgon and Soucie all had 10 kills apiece. Havili had 48 assists. Wait flew all over for 28 digs. Havili recorded 22 digs and senior outside hitter Tiana Dockery compiled 14 digs. Hall led the team in blocks with five.
Up next
No. 9 Kansas faces the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (30-4) on Thursday, Dec. 17.
AUSTIN, TEXAS. REGIONAL
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No.14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No.6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No.11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional. The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3. The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3. PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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sault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
["Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University.
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
take on sexual assault
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
ming, brockman said there a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
comes to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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CAROLINE HISS/KANSAN Devonte' Graham plays to the crowd before the team's game against Harvard, wearing a hairband from his sister on his right wrist.
Devonte' Graham sits at his locker, getting ready for the upcoming game. He reviews a gameday text from his mom, throws on his jersey and enjoys a pre-game meal of Fruit Gushers. He sees the trainer to get his ankles taped — always the left before the right —
always the left arm to help provide some comfort to what he describes as a sore elbow.
However, there's one more thing he has to do before he's ready.
He reaches down and pulls a hairband off his right wrist. He tosses it to one of the managers to keep until after the game.
That hairband, something that might be disregarded by many, carries special meaning to Devonte', now in his second year as a point guard at the University.
"I got it from my sister," he said. "Every time I look at it, I just think about her."
Devonte's been wearing the hairband long enough for it to feel like second nature. He says he keeps it with him wherever he goes, and he doesn't quite feel right without the reminder of his 13-year-old sister.
However, he has to take the hairband off during games because of the league rules, although he's quick to ask for it back after the buzzer sounds.
And one time, he even managed to sneak it into a game — well, sort of.
At Late Night in the Phog, which is technically classified as a practice, Devonte' played in the scrimmage with the hairband on his wrist. And even though his coach — Bill Self — has a strict rule about players wearing various items during games, Devonte' wasn't too concerned about sporting the hairband.
"[Coach] probably didn't even notice," he said with a laugh.
For Devonte', basketball has always been more than a shared experience with his teammates, and it's evident in almost everything he does. He began playing the sport at just four years old when his mother, who was 18 at the
time, put a basketball in his hands, something he hasn't forgotten about to this day.
"That's kind of why I wear the number four," Devonte' said. "It just puts a smile on my face."
Sports has always been a family affair for Devonte'. Back in Raleigh, North Carolina, he'd go with his mother and sister to a nearby Buffalo Wild Wings to eat as a family and watch some games, although that tradition hasn't quite died now that he's in Lawrence.
Devonte' said his mother and sister still go there on Tuesdays, though he isn't always completely removed from the dinners; they pay special attention to the televisions when Kansas is playing.
"My three girls"
Even when Devonte' takes off the jersey, there are reminders of his family everywhere. He has tattoos representing his sister, mother and grandmother — all of whom played a significant role in his upbringing.
"Those are my three girls," Devonte said. "They're my rock."
Dewanna King, Devonte's mother, had him when she was just 14 years old. They first lived with Graham's grandmother, Doris, in the Southgate Community of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Later, Devonte' and Dewanna would experience a slight change in scenery, moving to Crawford Drive, about a block down the road. There. The two would bond over basketball — among other things — something that has continued to keep them connected.
Before every game, there's usually some kind of communication between the two of them, whether it's over text, phone call or FaceTime. And after, Dewanna usually has some words of wisdom for her son, though that's not always how he views it.
"Well, my mom criticizes me after every game," Devonte' said with a smile. "She's just straightforward. If I suck, she'll be like, 'You sucked tonight.'"
Dewanna views the conversations a little bit differently. She said her message varies game to game, though
she's never going to sugarcoat her thoughts.
"The truth never hurt anybody," Dewanna said. "They just tell you it hurts."
Meanwhile, Devonte's sister, Shamaria Massenburg goes about those postgame phone calls in a different way. Devonte' said regardless of how he thinks he played, she always tells him "good game." He said he feels like he can't let her down on the court, and, in the end, their conversation is usually the same.
"I always play good, to her," Devonte said.
However, while it may not be as unconditionally positive, Dewanna's postgame critique comes from a place of love. Dewanna, who said she cherishes the time she gets to spend with her son, has only been able to see him in-person twice since August.
She'll see him just once more this year — at Christmas, when the team gets two days off — and she expects it to be just as emotional as every other time they've seen each other since he arrived at the University.
"Chest bumping" with little sis
"When I see him, when I have to leave him, I'm always crying," Dewanna said. "Words can't really explain how proud I am."
The bond Devonte' shares with his mother is special to him, as is the one he shares with his sister, Shamaria. Devonte' was seven years old when she was born, and as the big brother, he quickly found his way.
In many ways, Devonte' is the same as every big brother. He said he and his sister would get along well most of the time, but he also found chances to mess with her and then cover it up by offering her some candy before she ratted him out to their mom.
However, as time has gone on, the relationship between them has matured, something that's apparent every time he comes home.
With Devonte' in Lawrence for most of the year, that "chest bumping" is reserved for only special occasions. However, even when Devonte' and Shamaria don't see each other, they text and talk on the phone throughout the week, even when there's nothing much to say other than a simple, "How's it going?"
"You can tell they really care about each other," Dewanna said. "And you can see it even more now that he's been gone. When he comes home, they're kind of chest bumping and doing the 'I miss you stuff'."
Devonte' said he's come a long way since the days of ducking out of family photos and trying to get on his sister's nerves, though that doesn't mean
they don't still have a healthy sibling rivalry.
Devonte' said Shamaria will come with him to the gym and try to play him 1-on-1, even though she's more of a volleyball player and cheerleader, as described by her brother. And with the seven-year age gap between them, she really doesn't pose much of a challenge to her 20-year-old brother, but he's not taking it easy on her.
Does Devonte' win a lot?
Has she ever beaten him?
"No. No chance."
"Can't do that."
Would he ever let her win?
For Devonte', everything he does has family written all over it. The reminders of where he comes from and all the people who have helped make him who is are everywhere.
As he's grown, he's learned to appreciate all the things his mother did for him, especially growing up in a single-parent household. He's learned to be more hands-on and protective as a brother. He's learned to appreciate everything that comes with family.
For Devonte' his relationship with his mother and sister is a huge part of where he is.
And that's why the point guard for the No.2 ranked college basketball team in the country sports a hairband on his wrist.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, REGIONAL
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No. 14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No. 11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional.
The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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sault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
"[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
HON WORK.
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"You're high-activist,high-energy,and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
take on sexual assault.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a comming, brockman said there a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
comes to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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This appeared in the Kansan on Oct. 15 Local artist and University alumna Leslie Kuluva, known on social media as "Leslie Kay" has worked in various media throughout her career, but she is best known for her screen printing: LFK.
Although the meaning of acronym "LFK" can't be explicitly published in this paper, it's Lawrence's most beloved slang term. LFK shirts and stickers are found on campus and in the greater Lawrence area almost as often as University merchandise.
Kulva moved to Lawrence from Kansas City in 1999 to study art and design at the University, where she gradually developed her artistry. She was working toward a degree in textiles until she discovered printmaking and "just fell in love with it," she said.
Kuluva would steal away to the textiles department at night to make t-shirts for her friends. Much of her work was done in her living room where shed make prints on her coffee table and dry shirts on her couch.
She added: "Textiles [class] was upstairs. It was basically all female... [printmaking] was downstairs and all dudes, and they were all making, like, penis prints. And I was like 'I think I'm a printmaker!'"
"All the grad students kept telling me I was a printmaker, and I had no idea what that even meant," she said. "Finally I took a printmaking class and it was like the exact opposite."
Kulua created LFK when she unwittingly made the first LFK spray paint stencil in 2001.
The original LFK design was spurred by a road trip. Kuluva went on several road trips around the Midwest, usually traveling with friends to see a concert, and shed make a new spray paint stencil for every trip to
tag the destination. They usually said something like "Lawrence Pride" or "14th Street Pride." LFK was inspired by the reaction Kuluva got when she told people where she was from.
"I would travel and people would say 'Where are you from?' and I'd say 'I'm from Kansas' and theyd be like 'Oh... Kansas' and then I would say 'Lawrence, Kansas' and their face would change," she said. "Theyd be like 'Oh, Lawrence, Kansas! That place is really cool...it's just funny how Lawrence was viewed. So I made a [LFK] stencil."
The design took off. The first LFK shirts were made by Kuluva and a friend used the original stencil. When people wore them in other places, the shirts were recognized and Kuluva's name would come up.
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The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No. 14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No. 11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional.
The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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sault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
"[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
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Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
take on sexual assault.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
ming, brockman said theres a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
comes to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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Editor's note: Two of the people quoted in this story are described only by their first initial or first name in order to protect their privacy.
On a cool, gray evening I entered an indoor swimming facility about 45 minutes away from Lawrence to meet up with the Heartland Naturists, a group that practices nudism. Adrenaline shot through me as I prepared for what I thought would be a wild night of skinny dipping.
Since its inception in 1982, the Heartland Naturists has been a group for those who want to experience life without the typical threads. The members of the community participate in a wide range of activities; one night they'll socialize in a coffee shop, the next they'll jam out to '80s music while doing jello shots — all of this completely nude.
For one night I decided to follow their
lead and see if the freedom of nudity would overtake me or if I would fall victim to embarrassment.
I had no experience with anything like what I was walking into. In the high school locker room, guys tried to dress as quickly as possible. At home, clothing is the only acceptable option. Inside my dorm, the shower is the only place I'm ever nude.
To see how comfortable people were with leaving all their clothes behind and stepping into the pool was odd. I knew what would happen, but — similar to how Hunter Mickelson is never as tall as he is when he is standing next to you — the Heartland Naturists were never as naked as they were until I was among them.
Inside the swimming facility, there was no turning back. The longer I chose to stay clothed, the more I would stand out. Before I could talk myself into anything else, I undressed and got in the pool.
The initial feeling is one of personal
shock. "Am I really doing this?" I thought to myself.
I bobbed around in the water, taking in some of the faces surrounding me. People chatted each other up about the recent events in each others lives and said hello to those whom theyd missed the past couple weeks. There were men who looked like TV politicians, couples who looked like they were from a bad romantic comedy, and someone else who looked like my brother's best friend from college.
It was an overwhelmingly normal group of people, which shouldn't have been a shock — but it was.
My first encounter was with a fellow student, L. A junior, L. had been a member of the group since the spring.
"It's just fun being nude," L. said. "I never really understood what the big deal is. Back when I was in Germany there were magazines out in the open with nudity in them. In America [being nude] is such a big deal."
L's friends around campus are unaware of L's nudist habits, but at the end of the day, L. said secrecy is no big deal.
"I'm just not an open book that opens up about everything," L. said. "No one ever really asks, and I just tell them I'm going out."
For others in the group, though, secrecy is crucial.
"Some people in here keep this away from their spouses or other people like that in their lives," said Scott Haines, the group's PR director. "A lot of people don't get what it is that we do here. Most people think it's one big sex orgy when the truth is there is nothing sexual about what we do. We just like to be naked.
"Anytime I've told a girl about this, things have gone downhill pretty quickly."
Ray, a man in his 60s who told his family about his membership with the group, was disregarded by his children when he opened up about his lifestyle.
"I told my daughters and they just
don't get it" Ray said. "They can't really comprehend what it is I do so they don't really speak with me anymore."
The general sentiment among the group: Other people can't seem to comprehend the freedom of the people inside of the group. They can't fathom a group that sees each other nude more than they do clothed and has no sexual desire for each other, Haines said.
I'm not one to step into people's minds, but the only reason I can imagine people having such a visceral reaction to people coming out as nudists is that they haven't seen it themselves. Sure, it's easy to see the group as a place to fill sexual fantasies if you've never been there. But even if you spend the smallest amount of time with the group, all predetermined conclusions will go by the wayside.
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saunt Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
["Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
Step from Gonzaga University. She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
ming, Brookman said there a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
comes to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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The Student Executive Committee called for the resignations of Student Body President Jessie Pringle, Vice President Zach George and Chief of Staff Adam Moon at a meeting on Nov. 13.
Pringle, George, Moon, Communications Director Isaac Bahney, Development Director Tomas Green and Government Relations Director Stephonn Alcorn were in Texas at the Big 12 conference student government meeting, but attended the Committee meeting via Skype. Members of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk also attended.
tee.
The Student Executive Committee voted to reduce the general elections spending cap to $1,000.
There was also a "motion of no confidence in the leadership" of Pringle, George and Moon, according to a statement presented by the Commit-
"We demand that all three resign their positions by 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 18, 2015. If they fail to submit their resignations, we ask that the Full Student Senate body take up a bill of impeachment and adopt the measure according to Student Senate Rules and Regulations Article V Section 16.4; read the statement.
Pringle, Moon and George did not resign and impeachment proceedings have begun for Moon.
At the meeting on Nov. 13, Tyler Childress, the finance committee chair, said the Student Executive Committee supports Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
"I'm first proposing that we support Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk and the 15 demands that they have made to the University," Childress said. "I think they're really quite simple and tame demands. They could be demanding a lot more, and I think we need to get behind them now on these."
One of the reasons calling for the resignations was that students at the Nov.11 town hall meeting "spoke of the disconnect between Student Senate and its black constituents," according to the document presented to attendees.
The conversation on Nov. 13 then divided into other issues listed in the document, including Pringle and George not standing when white students were asked to stand and proclaim that black lives matter at the town hall meeting. Another issue was the silence from Senate in regard to Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk's demands. Bahney said Pringle and George stood at that time, but did not stand when the audience was asked to stand in support of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk's demands.
"We are pissed, and we are livid, and you guys are incompetent," said Kynnedi Grant, president of Black Student Union and a member of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk. "Zach
even said he didn't know that all these multicultural organizations that he cares so much about are having a food drive. How do you not know when you are constantly engaged?"
"I really need you to engage about everything else that you haven't done for the rest of these students for the entirety of the semester. I really don't care anymore about whether or not you were standing up at this one event. You've been absent at literally every other conversation," said Shegufa Huma, vice president of University Senate.
George, who was on staff last year, said this Senate has exceeded what was done last year. He said that Student Senate has regular meetings with the Office of Multicultural Affairs and president roundtable meetings.
"You have an entire group of the student body that don't think that you represent them anymore and that the Senate is illegitimate in their eyes because the Senate doesn't represent
them anymore," Childress said. "That threatens the integrity of this institution. And quite frankly, if you think that you've done enough when you have students at a forum, students on social media, students talking to other senators saying that we aren't doing enough, but you think that we are because you are meeting with some administrators, but you're really not going out and mixing with students that are facing these concerns on a day to day basis, that's the premise of why I have no confidence in your leadership anymore."
Pringle said she agrees with a lot of the demands from Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk but would like to know more about the demands. Pringle said the problem is that campus isn't educated and that some people do not believe there is racism on campus.
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Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
["Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
sault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
Stop from Gonzaga University. She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
"You're high-activist, high-energy,and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
convicts to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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"There's always a sense of loss, be it culturally or physically, through the loss of land for the Osage people and others like us," Akers said. "I never meant for my art to be political, but being a part of the Osage Nation, when I express my experiences, it's almost impossible for them to not become politicized."
For artist and University of Kansas associate professor of visual art Norman Akers, identity and boundaries have played a leading role in his recent works. Brightly rendered images of U.S. president's faces inside spacey aircrafts are layered over sketched historical scenes and vintage-looking road maps.
Akers is known — in his own words — for portraying topics of "personal and cultural loss," and seeks to express the world in a light that the majority of Americans wouldn't be able to see.
Akers grew up in Oklahoma on the Osage reservations, which is part of what inspired his work.
Akers's most recent exhibit, "Contested Territories," is a series of 20 monoprints that will be displayed on Sept. 25 at the Percolator Art Space. Akers uses layers to express his experience with the difficulty of "finding one's space" in a land that uses boundaries and titles to fit individuals into his or her own "specific hole," he said.
"Even there is an issue of having multiple separate names for one place. The Osage people call it the reservation, while the state refers to it as Osage County," he said.
Bobbie Rahder, a board member for the Percolator Art Space who was inspired by Akers's conclusion on space and how it can define not only individuals but whole peoples, took it upon herself to propose showing "Contested Territories."
Akers came to the University first in 2002 and then in 2007 as a visiting artist. He said he liked the towns ambiance.
Shortly after his second visit, Akers was offered a teaching position by the University's art department.
"It's a good place for an artist, and I enjoy the idea of having a challenge in exposing my art to a new audience," he said.
important and interesting challenge to move to a place outside of where I had been comfortable," Akers said of the different demographic of people he would meet in Kansas.
"I enjoyed the atmosphere here and I thought it was going to be an
"I always found it interesting, when I would be driving home to Oklahoma, how there would always be sign telling you exactly where you were. But for natives, that sense of place simply doesn't correlate," Akers said. "When I drive to my mother's house down a small dirt road where boundaries don't matter, that's when I have a true sense of place and feel a belonging."
He added: "I also thought it was important that I come here and share what I know and a bit of my culture especially since Haskell is down the road."
Akers became increasingly concerned about this "lack of identity" as he traveled for work, which can be seen in the use of mapping throughout his piece. Akers said that over the years he has come up with his own "personal symbolic styles," like in his most recent piece, which shows bright, contrasting colors, asymmetrical linear patterns and layered images.
Now that he's in Lawrence, Akers still needs to make the trip to and from Oklahoma to visit his family and friends he's left behind. The struggle of being caught between the home of his birth and the home of his people has been the core inspiration for his most recent work.
For Akers — and he said he believes for other natures such as himself — finding a sense of identity in his home has been a difficult process. Not only are there borders in America that rarely coincide with the First Nations ethnic and cultural borders, but even the language used to describe people and where they belong can feel "ostracizing."
Growing up in Oklahoma meant being separated from his ancestral home, which had been described to him as the land of his people, given that the Osage Nation once existed in Missouri and Kansas.
"We use words such as 'indigenous,' native,' immigrant' and others to dictate where someone may belong," Akers said. "But that rarely covers the whole subiect."
Rahder agreed with this sentiment, and said she believes it's necessary to educate through art. She said it would
help others understand how to look beyond what they've experienced.
"I want the audience to see his work and understand what it is that he is trying to convey." Rahder said. "I hope that at least some people become interested in his art and what it means."
"I don't want to scream and yell about politics, but this issue of not knowing one's sense of place and not understanding one's ancestral homeland is a real issue that I have had a personal experience with and one that I know others like me have had experiences with," Akers said.
"Contested Territories" is an effort to address several parts of identity, including contesting common stereotypes associated with native peoples and examining what is alien as the natives become foreigners in their own land.
This series of monoprints will be the first major show that Akers will present in Lawrence. Having done most of his work while living in Oklahoma and New Mexico, Akers could not predict how local people would react to his art.
"As an artist, I want to create something that makes people think and hopefully enriches their lives," Akers said. "This is an issue that needs to be addressed. I don't think that my work fits the stereotypical model of what native art is, so I hope it appeals to many people in that I want to them look at my work, I want them to learn something and come to their own conclusion, hopefully starting a dialogue."
Although this September will mark his first in public exhibit in Lawrence, he's already managed to make a positive impact on campus. An art student of his, Hannah Soor, said she enjoys his work because of its "connection to his Native American heritage and the way he addresses sense of place."
"Some of my favorite moments were learning how to build our canvas frames and panels, and when he would suggest artists that we might be interested in looking at that related to the work we were making." Soor said. "I also liked taking trips to the Spencer and having discussions about certain styles and techniques of paintings — it helped connect the past with what we were doing in class."
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AUSTIN, TEXAS, REGIONAL
The No. 3 Texas Longhorns (27-2), the No. 14 UCLA Bruins (25-7), the No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers (28-6) and the No. 11 Florida Gators (24-6) make up the Austin, Texas, Regional.
The Longhorns and the Bruins face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Badgers and the Gators face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Texas tops UCLA, and Wisconsin defeats Florida, with Texas upending Wisconsin for a bid to the Final Four.
LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m.
central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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Senior Tiana Dockery rose up above the net, found a lane, and slammed the ball to the hardwood court; the thunderous collision between ball and floor shook through Horeisi Family Athletic Center. Point, Kansas.
On the edge of the bench closest to the net, coach Ray Bechard eagerly jumped out of his seat and shouted a few words of encouragement.
Another coach sat 10 rows behind him, between sections A and B. She gazed at the court with her eyes wide, startled by what Dockery had just done. This coach, though, was retired, more relaxed, and rather removed — yet equally important
— to what became a 19-game win streak for Kansas volleyball on that Wednesday night.
It's Marlene Mawson.
"They're not good," Mawson said, looking onto the court. "They're fantastic."
For most of the match, Mawson, who is considered the mother of women's athletics at Kansas, sat with her fingers locked in her lap, with a quiet comment or criticism of the game here or there every so often. She twiddles her thumbs — maybe a sign of the investment she has in the team.
She breaks her folded hands to join in the applause with the 1,520 people in attendance. But, even then, her hands seem to end up back in her lap, her thumbs fidgeting.
Mawson knows what it's like to be in the position Bechard is today; she's been there. In fact, she might be the reason it exists.
"She got women's athletics off the ground here!" Bechard said. "She just gave females a chance to compete."
In 1968, Mawson was tasked with establishing an intercollegiate women's sports program at the University of Kansas with a budget of only $2,000 per year to cover for six sports. That $2,000 covered equipment, uniforms and travel, and comes to about $13,675, accounting for inflation. So, on top of her physical education faculty position, Mawson was suddenly coaching four women's sports — volleyball among them.
"We did not have floods of money, so a lot of the people who were coaching would coach two or three or four sports," said Kerry Kapfer, who played for Mawson in the early 1970s and is in the Kansas Volleyball Association Hall of Fame for her efforts at Shawnee Heights over 26 years. "Without her, I really don't know what would have happened at KU."
Mawson coached the volleyball team for five years and also contributed to building women's basketball, softball and field hockey programs. Then, even though on a much smaller budget and with fewer resources,
the programs were much different.
When Kapfer played for Mawson, the team traveled in station wagons and played in generic uniforms. Now, it has hotels, identifiable Adidas-sponsored uniforms, and charter busses or — on occasion — planes. Mawson was major player in that transition, especially before she left the University in 1990.
"For all the things that we get from the standpoint of Adidas, and travel, and opportunities, we should look back at those that didn't have anything and still competed because they loved the sport," Bechard said.
"It's exciting to just to see the changes in sports for women over the last 40 years," Kapfer said. "It's a different world, and it's better. It's really the way it should be."
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director of the new Ocala Paslau Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
["Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Step from Gonzaga University. She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
tion work."
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
take on sexual assault.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault. "You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
ming, Brockman said there's a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
comes to sexual assault.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL
The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional.
The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3.
PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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Timeline: What led to the current campus climate
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After the town hall meeting on Nov. 11, racism and discrimination at the University has become the dominant conversation. Throughout the semester, several events have contributed to the current campus climate.
The next week, campus leaders said they were striving to engage all students in conversations about racial inequality.
Sept. 9: The Office of Multicultural Affairs hosts "Making Black Lives Matter: One Year in the Movement," facilitated by Olubukola Gbadegesin of Saint Louis University and a panel of speakers.
Oct. 5: KU students join students from the University of Missouri in expressing frustration over an incident of racism on campus, using the hashtag #KUstandswithMU.
At Missouri, an inebriated white man interrupts the rehearsal of an African-American student group's Homecoming performance. The man argues with members of the group before calling them a racial slur while on the phone with someone else.
Nov. 9: After more incidents of racism, student protests at the University of Missouri result in the resignation of UM System President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin.
The protests begin to reverberate throughout the country as national news outlets pick up the story.
At KU, students show support for protesters at Missouri again with the hashtag #KUstandswithMU.
Nov. 9: At a Black Student Union meeting, students share stories of experiencing racism at KU, posting on social media using #RockChalkInvisibleHawk, a hashtag created last year
Nov. 10: Kynnedi Grant, president of Black Student Union, posts a status on Facebook saying she and her friends were attacked and a gun was pulled on her friends at a party in Lawrence on Halloween. It was shared more than 500 times.
Nov. 11: Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little moderates a town hall forum on race, respect and responsibility in response to events at MU and other universities. More than 1,000 people attend.
During the forum, a student group named Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk takes the stage to introduce a list of 15 demands for the University, including hiring a director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs by December and banning concealed carry on campus.
Nov. 12: In Wescoe Beach, Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk members stand
Nov. 11: Later that evening, the Student Senate Rights Committee eventually passes a resolution in support of the 15 demands.
in solidarity with Concerned Student 1950 at the University of Missouri
1950 at the University of Missouri. Katherine Rainey, a member of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk, says a large focus of the group is making all students feel included at the University.
"We truly are looking to bring other students into this space to make sure that they are able to have a conversation, able to feel safe at KU — to feel supported, to feel respected, to feel like they can succeed," Rainey said.
Nov. 13: Gray-Little releases a statement, saying that KU would begin sharing "information on how we will move forward on this issue together" early next week.
Other departments, senates and student groups also begin to release statements in support of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk and student calls for change. Nov. 13: A graduate student, Johnny Cowan, starts a hunger strike until the University responds to the 15 demands of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
Nov. 13: Later that evening, the Student Executive Committee calls for the resignations of Student Body President Jessie Pringle, Student Body Vice President Zach George and Chief of Staff Adam Moon by Nov. 18 at 5 p.m.
Tyler Childress, finance committee chair, presented a document detailing reasons for a vote of no confidence in their leadership.
Nov. 14: Pringle, George and Moon respond to the calls for resignation
with a statement saying that they would publish a plan to address Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk's 15 demands early the next week.
Nov. 15: An online petition surfaces calling for Pringle, George and Moon to resign.
Nov.16: An online counter-petition surfaces calling for Pringle, George and Moon to stay in office and for senators to reject any impeachment measures.
Nov. 16: Cowan ends his hunger strike after more than 70 hours without food. In a statement, he said he was ending it because it was gaining attention for the wrong reasons.
Nov. 16 Student Senate releases an 11-item action plan to address issues of diversity, discrimination and other issues. The first issue and subpoints refer to making Senate more inclusive.
Nov. 17: Provost Jeffrey Vitter, in a campus-wide email, asserts that "the institution we are today is not the institution we strive to be, or need to be."
"We are assembling a small advisory team of faculty, students, staff, and administrators. The group will deliver an action plan by mid-January that addresses challenges put forward by Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk, as well as concerns from others at the forum," he wrote in the email. "The action plan will target retention and graduation rates of students, in addition to mandatory education, through facilitated
sessions, on inclusion and belonging for all students, faculty, staff, and administrators and a plan for accountability.
Nov. 17: A screenshot circulating on social media purports to show a conversation between Black Student Union President Kynnedi Grant and University Senate Vice President Shegufa Huma. The conversation as it appeared in the screenshot shows Huma editing Grant's written account of a hate crime
Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk releases a statement saying that the screenshots were fabricated.
Dec. 9: Almost 100 members of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk and supporting students, faculty and staff occupied the chancellor's office to continue discussions of how University administration could address racial discrimination on campus. It was part of demonstrations that started in classrooms, moved to the School of Social Welfare, then Wescoe Beach and finally into the chancellor's office.
The group was calling for solidarity and administrative action.
This timeline will be updated online at Kansan.com as this story develops.
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director of the new Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
["Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
tion work."
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
take on sexual assault.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
nion and education programming, Brockman said there's a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a com-
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
help and taking action when it comes to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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LEXINGTON, KY., REGIONAL The No. 5 Washington Huskies (30-2), the No. 12 Ohio State Buckeyes (25-9), the No. 4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (28-4) and the No. 13 BYU Cougars (28-3) make up the Lexington, Ky., Regional. The Huskies and the Buckeyes face off on Friday, Dec. 11 at 6:30 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3. The Huskers and the Cougars play on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. central time. The match will be streamed on ESPN3. PREDICTION: Washington defeats Ohio State, and Nebraska tops BYU. Nebraska edges out Washington for a Final Four bid.
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While marriage age is trending upwards, some young people still opt for marrying younger
Ben Guver didn't date during his first year of graduate school. He threw himself into his work, studying religion for his master's at Florida State University.
"The thrilling thing about grad school is that you get to throw yourself into this thing you love doing without all those gen ed and other elective requirements, and you're doing it at a really high level," Ben said.
When he later met his now-wife Rachel, he was nearly out the door of his program. When he left to pursue his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas, Rachel still had a year of her undergraduate degree left in Florida. They had been dating for about eight months. They would then spend two and a half years in a long-distance relationship.
"I promised myself I would never move anywhere for
anybody but me," Rachei said about the time she and Ben spent in a long-distance relationship. "I had friends who moved to places for relationships and had that not really work out so great, so I wanted to be in a position where I was a bit more independent before making a decision like moving half-way across the country."
Young people are continuing to put off marriage and place larger emphasis on completing degrees, establishing careers and making the best of their 20s. Those modern priorities are driving the average age at first marriage up. For some, like Ben and Rachel, that might be the right choice.
Others buck the trend.
While a perfect age isn't an exact science, some data indicates that the ideal time is when the couple is in their late 20s.
Articles bemoaning young marriage tout divorce rates, lost youth and financial struggle. However, the success of a marriage may be more tied to other factors than solely age.
Galena Rhoades, a researcher at the University of Denver who worked on a study sponsored by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, said she thought there was a greater connection between premarital decisions and marital quality.
Those who consciously decide to make a commitment have better marriages than those who "slide" into phase after phase of their relationship, she said. Couples who attend premarital workshops or counseling also have better marriages than those who don't.
Before Ben and Rachel got married, she moved to Oregon and then Texas, where she interned on a wildlife reserve. For the months she was working at the reserve, Rachel had no cell phone service. She could only talk to Ben if she went to the community building and talked to him on video chat — or she could drive into town for cell phone reception.
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Source: Census Data — Estimated Median Age at First, Marriage, by Sex: 1890 to the Present
Data collected in 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1947 to present.
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Sexual Assault Center's new director says she'll focus on prevention methods
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The University has named Jennifer Brockman as the first director of the new Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center.
The center was established in October to centralize the University's sexual assault prevention methods. Previously, education and prevention efforts were coming from several different offices, including Public Safety, Student Affairs, Watkins Health Center and the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access.
Vice Provost of Student Affairs Jane Tuttle said the new center will initiate its own programs as well as help steer other offices to ensure all components are on the same page.
"[Before the center], there [were] no centralized folks, so sometimes our efforts weren't as effective as they could be if
they were coordinating." Tuttle said. "So this is an office that's set up to coordinate those, to collaborate with those, to expand what we do and to do more prevention and education work."
Brockman, who will begin Jan. 20, has a history of tackling sexual assault issues. After getting a bachelor's degree in criminology and sociology with a focus in victimology from Drury University, Brockman went on to get her master's in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University
Tuttle said she believes Brockman is the best person for the director position because of her experience.
Brockman served as a sexual assault prevention educator at the University of Arkansas, and most recently, executive
Step from González University. She has since gone on to work in several sexual assault prevention coalitions in the Midwest.
Brockman said she hopes to bring her experience to the University as it prepares to take on sexual assault.
"I think KU is positioning itself well to really have an intentional approach and effort to curb and eliminate sexual violence on the campus," Brockman said.
"You're high-activist, high-energy, and you've got students who already ready to go," Brockman said.
Brockman said she thinks University students are poised for helping prevent assault.
director of the University of Iowa's Rape Victim Advocacy Program.
The first item on her to-do list is to build trust and cooperation within the community by understanding the culture and the components at work, Brockman said.
"I think the first step is to really understand KU's culture and make myself available and
meet with people in the program," Brockman said, "I think that it's important that I've got an overview."
The University currently offers several options for students who have experienced sexual violence, including off-campus advocates, medical and psychological counselors and resources for filing a complaint and pressing charges.
When it comes to prevention and education programming, Brockman said there's a few ideas she's got in mind. The center's main focus will be prevention work, offender accountability and behavior recidivism work, that is, working to curb patterns of repeating sexual violence.
Brockman also said she looks forward to working with the University to make sure its policies are "reflective of the work and the philosophical standing of the center's charter" as well as developing victim resources.
Brockman said the center will hire two more employees sometime in the spring. She said the hires will be two educators, one focused on male engagement and bystander intervention, and the other on dating and healthy relationships.
Brockman said she hopes that through campus education, survivors will feel more comfortable about receiving help and taking action when it comes to sexual assault.
"We need to be able to promise them we have their back," Brockman said.
Although Brockman said she feels nervous about being the first director of the newly-established center, she's said she's excited to get started.
"There's a lot of unknown, but this is really the opportunity to create something amazing from scratch," Brockman said.
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Mori Weinstein, 21, a University senior from Chicago, and Lanny Patrick Sack, 20, a former University student, died this Jan-
The canoe reportedly capsized, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that also deemed the incident an accident.
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The two were canoeing with two other friends when they were reported missing Jan. 3 to the authorities in Walworth County, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Re-
uary while on vacation in Wisconsin.
Weinstein's friends and fellow Jayhawks said they
hope he's remembered as an intelligent, compassionate man.
"He always had something good to say," said Daniel Superina, a senior from Toronto and childhood friend of Weinstein. "I've known him since I was three years old, and he was my very first really good friend after moving from Toronto."
"Even if you had a really embarrassing question that you didn't think you could ask anyone else, Mori would be there for you and make it really easy to talk about," Superina said. "He was just that guy that you could go and talk to about anything. But he wasn't just kind, he had such an open mind and was really adventurous and would try something new just for the fun of it."
Superina said Weinstein was approachable and easy to talk to.
Superina said he was amazed at Weinstein's intelligence, saying that the 21-year-old was "freakishly good at statistics."
"I would look over at his notes in class and he had
just a sentence or something written down but when I'd ask for help later he had nailed it all just by sitting through one lecture," he said. "He was incredibly intelligent."
Lauren Mars, a junior from Mahtomedi, Minn., had a similar experience with Weinstein.
"There aren't even really words to explain how fond people were of Mori," Mars said. "Mori was truly one of a kind. He knew what to say to everyone he spoke to and he always made people comfortable."
Mars, who lived in the same dorm as Weinstein her freshman year, said he was easy to get along with.
"He was super shy at first, but then slowly started to open up," Mars said. "He was so intelligent and interesting and could answer any question we had for him with confidence. He was so kind and open-hearted. We all loved him."
Mars added: "I will never understand why bad things happen to such good people, but I know that we will all grow and become better people in his memory."
New Immediate Care Clinic open to staff and faculty
Workine Health Center opened its Immediate Care Clinic Nov. 30. The clinic serves University and faculty staff exclusively.
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The release said the clinic "treats acute onset problems such as bone and joint, respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary and skin issues."
The clinic will be available to faculty, staff and University-affiliated corporations such as KU Athletics, KU Memorial Unions, Alumni Association, Endowment Association, Hilltop Child Development Center and the ROTC program, according to the release.
Previously, staff and faculty could be treated at Watkins, but Watkins primarily serves students. The new clinic opened Nov. 30.
Douglas Dechairo, director and chief of staff at Watkins, said he expects patient turnout to increase when the spring semester begins.
"[The opening has] probably been as expected," he said. "When you start up a new clinic, they don't come
rushing necessarily. But, you know, we've been seeing patients every day from the faculty and staff. Our average has probably been around one to two staff members per day."
Dechairo, who took over the director position two years ago, said he began discussing the idea of a staff clinic with fellow faculty members when he took the position. They received approval from the Provost's Office in August of 2015 to open the clinic.
The second floor of Watkins previously housed a sports medicine clinic, which closed several years ago. The lofter medical office equipment is now in use for the staff clinic. Watkins also hired a nurse practitioner for the new clinic who will help with the student clinic when there are no employee patients to be seen.
what it costs to run a clinic, and it's not a lot. Our break even is about four patients per day, and anything over and above that is revenue that can be used for other services for students."
"A lot of funding is transparent," he said. "We used to run a sports medicine clinic up here, and then that closed down, and that space was idle space and has been. It has already been equipped as a medical office space because of that. It was just sitting there. So we really had very little costs to get ourselves operational."
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and walkin appointments are welcome.
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Eli Mitchell started his second semester of sophomore year in spring 2014 with a 3.8 GPA and was eligible for enough scholarship money to pay full tuition and even have some funds left over. But despite his early success at the University, he said he found it difficult to adjust.
"I was so stressed about not doing as well as I wanted to and had trouble getting out of bed," Mitchell said. "So I basically stopped going to classes that semester."
For some, like Mitchell, a strong start isn't always enough. Workload, stress or a host of other problems
can lower a good GPA in a single semester and cause students to lose their scholarships. In the 2013-14 school year, 858 students lost renewable scholarships for failing to meet academic requirements, said Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of news and media relations for the University. Their scholarships ranged from $1,000 to $10,000.
In order to keep a scholarship all four years, the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships requires students to complete a minimum of 30 University hours each year and maintain a certain cumulative GPA. If students fail to meet these requirements, they are notified of their status and lose their scholarships.
When Mitchell dropped
out, the GPA requirement was a 3.25. This past summer, it was raised to a 3.4 for incoming students, which is the second-highest of all Big 12 schools. The median GPA requirement for renewable scholarships in the Big 12 is 3.0, while Kansas State has the highest at 3.5.
Matt Melvin, vice provost of enrollment management, said the University decided to set the GPA requirement at 3.4 with the understanding that performance of students on scholarship would be evaluated on a yearly basis. Currently, there are 2,322 freshmen and new transfer students on scholarship this year who must maintain a 3.4 GPA.
While it will take time to gather data from a four-year
cycle, Melvin says freshmen performance numbers serve as a good indicator of later performance.
"Positive academic momentum in the first year typically carries through to subsequent years, which is the reason we encourage students to get out of the blocks fast." Melvin said.
In the 2014-15 school year,674 freshmen alone failed to meet the 3.25 GPA requirement at the completion of their first year and were ineligible to receive their scholarships for this year. Numbers were not available for the other classes.
Had the new 3.4 GPA requirement been in effect, an additional 441 students in all grade levels would have lost their scholarships
Students who lose their scholarships can earn them back if they meet requirements in future semesters, Barcomb-Peterson said.
as well.
"Every dollar that is returned to Endowment is spent on students," she said. "It is possible that it may not be spent in that exact year — for instance, if a donor stipulates a nonrenewable scholarship for a student from the donor's home county and no student from that county is eligible in that given year. But it will be spent on students."
But for Mitchell, paying for future semesters of school without scholarship money was out of the question.
school teacher, and his dad is disabled and living with Mitchell's grandmother, so he said affordability was the biggest factor in his college decision.
"No school gave me as much money and made it as affordable and easy to go to school as KU," he said.
Mitchell's mom is a high
However, he said the University was no longer affordable.
Mitchell has since started a job he enjoys at the Granada Theater and continues to apply for scholarships, but he acknowledges how costly a slipping GPA can be.
"That's probably one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made — messing up that one semester," he said.
MARRIAGE FROM PAGE1
"I had never moved anywhere else, but I wanted to see Oregon. I moved out there with my brother for a little bit and lived with his family, then looked really hard for about five months for an internship and found one," Rachel said. "It happened to be in Texas and took some time to move there and kind of get my feet wet in a potential career path. [I] did that, and, at that point, after I had completed that internship, I felt a little bit homesick for Ben to be honest."
Now they're in the same state. But between teaching, working and taking classes, married graduate students have their fair share of obstacles. One of the biggest challenges is "sharing a car," Rachel joked.
Finding the time to manage it all can be tough, too.
Bien said graduate school is a 60-hour-a-week, sevent-day-a-week commitment,
which can be exhausting.
"Friday night is the closest thing we get to kind of like a date night, but some Fridays it's just like, 'I wanna go home and get a pizza and just do nothing,'" Ben said. "I think that it's just the time commitment. And you can lose yourself in your work."
Ben added: "For both of us, I think we've done a good job not doing that, but at the same time, we haven't gone on vacation since our honeymoon."
For Rachel, being able to rely on Ben has been important as she works through graduate school.
"I know that there have been times when I've really relied on you to pick up a lot of my slack in terms of you
know, like domestic responsibilities and contributing to a household," Rachel said to Ben. "There are times when it's just impossible because the work week is just really intense."
"And I did." Ben joked.
As Rachel is wrapping up her master's degree and Ben finishes his Ph.D., the two are planning their first vacation since their honeymoon.
While marital age is trending upward, some buck the trend
Markisha, 23, and Cliff Rangel, 21, got married last summer.
Markisha, a fifth-year senior at the University, said the couple knew they were young but thought marriage was the right choice. That doesn't mean it was easy, though.
She said she thought students had a generally negative perception of getting married in college.
"For the most part, I think that students think that it's dumb," she said. "I know a couple of my friends have been like, 'Well, why get married?' You guys are just in a relationship. You're in a relationship, and what's the rush to get married?"
The two tied the knot at
Being young doesn't put a strain on the couple's relationship, but juggling responsibilities can be a challenge. Markisha said.
"I wouldn't say that we haven't had time for each other, but we haven't really had time for each other with him working all the time and then me taking care of this one," she said looking at Angelo, her son, sleeping in her arms, "and doing school work, it's kind of busy, but it's still great."
the courthouse but invited so many friends and family members that the judge said they should have just thrown a wedding, Markisha recalled, laughing.
"We didn't want to make it a big deal, but we ended up inviting people, and then we were like, 'Oh if we tell this person, we have to tell this person, and we have to tell this person,'" Markisha said. "And so when we got there, it was funny because the judge was like, 'I was expecting there to be like two people,' and then she was like, 'You basically have a wedding. You should've just held it somewhere.'"
The two originally went to the courthouse to get their marriage license, but decided to get married instead. When Cliff called Markisha's grandfather to ask for her hand, her grandfather
was happy to give his blessing. When they told him they wanted to get married the following day, he was taken by surprise.
Independence can be a huge factor in whether students get married young, Markisha said. Markisha said being married young doesn't limit her from doing anything she wants. She is enrolled in online classes as she takes care of their newborn baby.
But trends say young people should make the most of their 20s and put off marriage. Many may ask why Markisha and Cliff married so young, but she said it was the right time for them.
"We knew that we wanted to spend our lives together anyway, so we were like, 'How about we just go ahead and do it?' And we just did it, went with it."
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Political awareness is most important in election year
As President Barack Obama's second term comes to an end, the time to elect the 45th president is growing near.
RYAN LISTON
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While there is always a great deal of fanfare surrounding the national election, many Americans, especially young adults, are seemingly uninterested in politics. Approximately 38
percent of citizens age 18 to 24 voted in the 2012 election, according to the United States Census Bureau. The voting rate for this age group has seen a general decline since 1964.
Although politics are not always entertaining or interesting, we owe it to ourselves and future generations to be educated on current political situations as well as the candidates running for office.
In 2016, we will have a new president, and government holds large influence over many aspects of our lives, so it is beneficial to understand politics. Changes in federal leadership can bring about drastic changes in policy, which then affect
Being politically informed can help ensure that our representatives govern for our best interests and advocate for our ideas. When people are uneducated about politics, it is easier for
self-serving or unqualified politicians to win elections
With a broader understanding of the political issues that face a country, citizens of that country can better interpret the implications of actions that attempt to address those issues. Citizens can then more effectively vocalize their concerns or desires to the government, leading to an increase in the accountability of the government towards its citizens.
the majority of citizens.
As citizens, we should care enough about the well-being of our nation to play an active role in our political system. Since our time at college is a period of learning and involvement, it is the perfect time to start.
Ryan Liston is a freshman from Lawrence studying journalism.
Straight Outta Nomination: 'Compton' deserved more Oscar noms
MADDY MIKINSKI
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Although 2016 is only beginning, awards show season is moving steadily towards its end. In February, the Academy Awards will mark the prestigious close to months of crossed fingers, red carpet appearances and press conference gaffes. The Oscars are the last stop, but certainly not the least. The O-word is constantly dropped throughout the year as a hint to a particular movie's potential greatness. Often times winners of this award rocket to another level of fame practically overnight.
Since August, "Straight Outta Compton", a biopic that recounts the origins of renowned gangster rap group N.W.A, has been tossed around as a possible Best Picture nominee. Last year, "Compton" crashed into the box office with a whopping $56.1 million opening, according to the LA Times. During its stint in theaters, Box Office Mojo reports, the film made over $200 million worldwide.
Released amongst the escalation of racial tension in the country as well as pressures for the Academy to diversify itself, "Compton" seemed, in an ideal world, like a shoo-in to win an Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role, at the very least.
The buzz surrounding the film was deafening. "Compton" seemed to connect with everyone who bought a ticket. O'Shea Jackson, Jr., was meticulous in his portrayal of his father, former N.W.A. member and "Compton" producer Ice Cube. Jason Mitchell's moving portrayal of the late Eazy-E sealed the deal as an audience favorite. Manohla Dargis of
began trending on Twitter. Many people feel as if actors such as Will Smith ("Concussion"), Michael B. Jordan ("Creed"), and, of course, the "Compton" cast were robbed of their nominations.
The New York Times called the picture and its rags-to-riches storyline "as blissfully American as apple pie, low riders and gangster rap itself."
Executive producer Will Packer wrote a Facebook post saying, "in 2016, it's a complete embarrassment to say that the heights of cinematic achievement have only been reached by white people. The Academy, which decidedly has the strength to change racial bias in Hollywood, has not been sending the correct message."
Last Thursday, Oscar nominations were announced, and "Compton" managed only one mention - Original Screenplay. This year's nominees for the major acting categories are blindingly white. Many critics likened this discrepancy to last year's "Selma" snub. Last week the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite
This year's "Compton" snub is equally annoying and baffling. The biopic resonated with critics and audiences alike.Likewise, the connection that the
actors had with the film (and, yes, the screenplay) is obvious. The film also worked to showcase the birth of a music genre that, though it still gets criticism today, changed the industry as a whole. It's an unapologetic, uncompromising look at some of the early movers and shakers of the rap industry. For all of these things, "Straight Outta Compton" deserves the Academy's recognition and more.
Maddy Mikinski is a senior from Linwood studying English and journalism.
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Aries (March 21-April 19)
Wait on a final decision.
The facts you need can be found. Get help from your crew. Let your partner take the lead
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Foreign contacts love your ideas. It's a good time to ask for money. Don't brag ... your work speaks for itself. Your influence is spreading. Focus on each activity. Good news comes from far away
Justin Wesley searches for a Kansas City style away from the runway
CHRISTIAN HARDY/KANSAN Justin Wesley, former KU basketball player and creator of clothing line JustinKC
from far away.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) Friends help you make an important connection. There's more work coming
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Cancer (June 21-July 22) Work doesn't go according to plan. Finish up old business so you can invest in your dream. Calm another's fears Explore your passions. You can make it happen. Consult a significant other. Love gives you
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Listening is more powerful than speaking, especially today. Sudden outbursts
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Justin Wesley stood in a large, bright room in a hotel in downtown Kansas City, staring down a runway, surrounded by the fashion moguls of Kansas City. Wesley, the creator and designer of JustinKC, and his co-creative director, Taylor Kalush, were two of dozens peering at a runway, watching models they had never met before - models who probably didn't know who he was - oscillate on and off.
It was a session for Kansas City Fashion Week, with just a few weeks to go before the show. Surrounding Wesley, other than the models who walked the runway with jobs on the line, there was a whole lot of chatter: which model was going to make it, which model a designer wanted to display his or her line in the upcoming fashion week, which model didn't belong here at all.
In that moment, as he watched models stride back-and-forth, Wesley said he realized something: he didn't belong here either.
His line, his brand, everything he had created and worked toward since graduating from the University of Kansas was a square peg that conflicted with the somewhat bourgeois, round hole of Kansas City Fashion Week.
"I decided right then and there," Wesley said. "You watched the models walk out, and it was the most uncomfortable feeling I've got... I just couldn't sit there and choose like that. There was something about it that I just didn't like."
When Wesley's line, JustinKC, was offered a spot in Kansas City Fashion Week a few months before the model session, he was ecstatic. But because he didn't expect to get a spot, he didn't have anything prepared. Wesley didn't have any pieces completed for the runway, not even samples. He lacked a social media presence and had not established a website. Even his logo was not completely refined. He was offered a spot strictly based on his sketches.
Wesley, 24, and his co-creative director, Taylor Kalush, who still attends the University, scrambled for something material to present at the event. Mood boards, sketches, JustinKC
in words — anything to give JustinKC some legs. Eventually, with no pieces, Wesley had to drop out of the event.
"Once we got in, we were just thinking, "This isn't really our scene," Kalush said. "It's not just with the samples. It was more like, this is not who we were trying to cater to. It was a blessing in disguise, not being ready to show."
JustinKC began at different times in Wesley's life. In essence, there doesn't seem to be one singular starting point. If a timeline of JustinKC's history was created, there would be neither a day nor month that pin-pointed the inception of the brand.
One could say it started in middle school, when he already found himself struck by garments - what he was wearing, what the people around him were wearing, how he could fit in. In middle school, he went to a school where urban style dominated the scene, and he was infatuated with Jordan sneakers. He recalled once wanting to wear an Allen Iverson jersey, and his mom laid out navy sweat shorts for him to wear. He wanted to wear jean shorts (which were all dirty).
"I almost lost my mind, and I was in tears just thinking, 'I can't go to school wearing this,'" Wesley said.
In high school, Wesley began to craft the foothold of what his brand is today: sketches. Then, he started drawing shoes.
He wore the sweat shorts anyway.
He was a liberal arts major while he played basketball at the University. He refined his sketches there, as well as other artistic bases. Then, when he realized he wouldn't be playing basketball beyond his four-year career at the University, he started to look into creative career spaces, from acting — which he did a bit of while in school — to advertising.
"Back to high school, when I was really into basketball, I had this grand vision that I was going to have a Nike deal, and I was going to have my own shoe line," Wesley said.
The winter of his senior year, he reached out to Baldwin KC, a denim company in Kansas City, while at the same time he tried his hand at designing clothes and kept working at it. He landed an internship with the
company for the summer. There, too, he struggled with trying to fit into the mold of the brand's style.
"Baldwin is a great brand, but we're just not the same style. He's obviously unbelievable and he's done great work, but at that point I knew I wanted to do clothing and I wanted to do it a certain way," Wesley said.
Wesley, since the line began, has wanted to create "American workwear" - a goal that has remained constant throughout the process of creating the brand. Everything else, seemingly, has either changed, been learned, been relearned and retooled, or just completely scrapped.
Wesley said it takes about two or three years for a brand to develop its concept and its aesthetic. Learning how he wanted people to look in his clothes, understanding the direction he wanted the brand to go in, and how people felt in his clothes had to be honed in on and perfected — it's taken about that long.
And since it began, it's completely been rebranded. It's not geared toward athletes, as one might expect (though with his 6-foot-9 frame, he plans to make sure he leaves no one guessing on the measurements of his pieces. He knows what that's like.) It's not geared toward New York, or Los Angeles — markets that have been covered twice over.
"Some people may call it kind of hipster-y, but I want it to be in a rebellious way to chic, high-end wear, but not exactly streetwear," Wesley said. "I'd rather have more people wearing my stuff than just to have the top 10 percent wearing it."
Justin's brand is still shaping itself. It will until he finalizes the pieces for the fall collection and sends them off for manufacturing, and beyond that, too. But Kansas City, he's said, is where it's based — not only in location but in aesthetic and presentation.
As of now, it seems, Kansas City's fashion bubble hasn't been filled, though there's plenty of space to make a mark. Charlie Hustle hats exploded and, eventually, were mass-produced. However, the heart-design hasn't created a style, but a singular garment Kansas City can call an icon. Learning from Chase McNulty, the owner of the Charlie
Hustle, has been one of the benefits for Wesley's development in Kansas City. The city, collectively, seems to be moving toward edgier, more urban wear.
"Charlie Hustle is not a style; it's just an iconic thing," Kalush said. "Maybe it's the development of creating a Kansas City style. Maybe that's the goal."
Wesley has a chance to fill that void of a clearly-defined Kansas City style. His line will be something that sticks to the classics but is still rebellious to trends. He wants something that's his own, for himself and for Kansas City, but also something that can make an impact beyond just here.
"The spirit of Kansas City has — the entrepreneurial spirit, and how they support anything local - [it's] something you can't find anywhere else," Wesley said. "I don't only want to do it in KC; I want to do it throughout the Midwest, but Kansas City is where I've got to start with it, because Kansas City inspired that entrepreneurial fire within me."
With JustinKC, Wesley is shooting for high-quality garments with high-quality fabrics which look and feel like a one-of-one but maintain a price that is affordable. That, of course, will be a challenge, but it's a mission he's built up through months and months of trial-and-error and learning the processes of the fashion industry directly from the source.
"School had nothing to do with it. The most I learned from school is just noticing other people's fashion," Wesley said. "That's it."
School was not the reason Wesley went to Kansas. Basketball was.
There's no sign of basketball in Wesley's loft in downtown Kansas City, though he hasn't downplayed the importance of connections from the basketball program. His space is heavy on brick, with a high-ceiling. A couple of his skateboards cover one wall, while art hangs on every other.
One piece that stands out is a canvas print of a crossarmed Frank Sinatra with the quote, "CONFIDENCE IS KING," sitting over a low-lying sofa in his living room. That is, more than anything he accomplished on a basketball court, telling of who Wesley is.
Wesley is, well, exactly
that: confident. On a bomber jacket he wore both times we met, is a patch embroidered on the neck which reads, "the world leaves a bitter taste in my mouth" below a rose and two initials, representing he and his girlfriend's first initials. He designed it himself.
He's assertive in his designs and what he wants to do with the brand, though he does always take people's thoughts into consideration. In his designs, he sticks with classic styles and outerwear (he feels most comfortable and safe with both).
Most importantly, he wants everything to be perfect; he wants to see his designs all the way through, from his head to paper to reality. When Kalush was asked what makes Wesley different, she named his commitment to perfection. When she talked of the current goal — getting the final product in hand — she said she realized that's only going to happen if it's perfect to Wesley.
There's a lot more to come for Wesley as far as the line goes. He has to finalize a look-book, a website design, and get product photos. That's all after he finds a manufacturer, which is after he finalizes the samples. He wants to do a limited run of womenswear in 2017, with mostly outerwear. As of now, he plans on another men's collection in the fall of 2017. None of these, though, have exact dates.
"I won't feel its perfect until I say we're live at midnight or whatever," Wesley said. "When I get that first purchase, then I'll crack a smile."
Just as there's no date for that smile, there's no date or timeline for him to find his space or place in the Kansas City fashion scene or maybe beyond. But after two years of learning, honing in on his brand and realizing how to perfect what he wants, he knows what space isn't for him to thrive in: fashion shows.
"I'd rather just do a collection showing that's open to anyone that wants to come, and just talk about each piece instead of making it this big deal," Wesley said. "The more my brand started to shape itself, and its personality started to shape itself, I just realized that I don't ever want to do fashion shows."
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The winter months — December to February — are the dark months of music. I've always felt this way.In the winter of 2013 into 2014, we had Childish Gambino's "Because the Internet" and Young Thug's "Bloody Portland."
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Kevin Abstract — "Echo
Kevin Abstract's first album "MTV1987" is in my top favorites of 2014. This album was produced entirely by Romil, and so was this song, but sonically, this track completely shifts away from the rap-heavy 2014 record and into a more sing-song Abstract sound. This song reminded me of Kanye West's "808s and Heartbreak" on first listen, and the lyrics, paired with the
melodic production, cut hard just as they do on West's 2008 album. With the track, Kevin Abstract announced that his sophomore album "They Shoot Horses" will be released in 2016 after focusing on the Brockhampton collection for most of 2015.
Best line: "I'm afraid I'll be just like my friends / I'm afraid I ain't gon' have no friends"
Allan Kingdom - "Hypocrite" ft. Jared Evan
before some woodblock and bass kick in as the energy slowly rears itself up. Kingdom is the type of rapper you have to warm up to - his voice is a bit harsh, and his flow bites hard.
Allan Kingdom is one of the most successful artists to come off SoundCloud. He boosted his clout with a Kanye West co-sign on "All Day" and has sort of spidered across the internet since. This track was my favorite off of his newest album "Northern Lights." The track starts with hymnlike instrumentation
Best line: "I'm all up on your neck like Dracula / Then Imma tell you this isn't bad for us"
In 2014-15, the winter months were quiet until Drake saved it with the surprise drop of "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" in mid-February. This year, it's much of the same, except this time we're waiting on Kanye West.
G. O.O.D. Fridays have made that wait a bit less painful, but underground music can too. Here are some tracks that have helped me through not only winter break but also through the wait for
Kanye West's album.
Nova - "I Just"
Produced by a 16-year-old, who has been part of Lowkey Listen playlists before, this trap-infused beat really goes. Both of these guys are grinders — selling beats, regularly releasing new stuff, having a nice base in a handful of different rap styles. The first half of this track is bling hiphop with hi-hats, drums and some glossy synths riding in the background, but the second
is where the bass gets even heavier and Nova pounds you with every word he says. The second half is rattling, jarring, with more realistic lyrics than in the first half.
Best line: "I show the red in my eyes / I let them I let them know I got nothing to hide / I let them know every time that I'm high"
Lund - "Broken"
This is the third time Lund has showed up in Lowkey Listens; I really can't overstate how talented he is. "Alone" was arguably one of the best SoundCloud tracks of 2015 - a year where Lund really grew. This track was actually a response to reaching 10,000 followers on SoundCloud. And he didn't only produce it, like some of his other
stuff, but he wrote and performed it as well. It's a very chill instrumental featuring guitar and, of course, drums and hi-hats, both Lund staples. It's one of my favorites that he's made in his time on SoundCloud.
Best line: "Will you take my soul / In the midnight rain / While I'm falling apart / While I'm going insane"
Brick Grillins — "SkinnyScumbag"
It's hard to learn much about Brick Grillins. He's from Toronto, Canada. He's part of the collective, People and Places. He's expected to release an EP titled "BiPolar" soon. That's about all I could gather. I mean, really, I know very little about him. But I do know this about his music: It mostly sticks with trap-infused beats that progress slowly until Grillins' voice comes in. And Grillins' voice
is probably what stuck with me the most with this track; it's grimy, it projects confidence and it doesn't seem phony. That's all so important if you're trying to make music you'd play at a party. With this track, Grillins does just that.
Best line: "Sick of the kids who be smiling when nothing when nothing is funny / Ain't got to tell me that my time is coming"
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The Jayhawks are coming off a bounce back win over TCU that was much closer than anticipated. In the seven-point win, the two freshmen big men got much needed playing time. Now the attention turns to a pair of very winnable games against Oklahoma State on the road and Texas at home. If the Jayhawks want to avoid falling behind early on the Big 12 race they must win these two games.
PLAYER TO WATCH
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Carlton Bragg
Bragg is coming off his best game of his young Kansas career. The freshman forward had a career high 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the floor against TCU on Saturday. He logged 16 minutes, including the final 10 minutes in the first half, aiding in Kansas' 16-2 run to close out the first half. Bragg certainly proved he could score the basketball on Saturday at an efficient rate. If he can continue to avoid committing freshman mistakes, he will make a case for more minutes, and perhaps a spot in the starting lineup.
QUESTION MARK
Will one of the freshmen start?
Bragg wasn't the only freshman big who highlighted the seven-point victory against TCU. Cheick Diallo logged 21 minutes on Saturday; he scored nine points, hauled in nine rebounds and recorded five blocks. He was a factor in just about every area in arguably his coming out party. Kansas coach Bill Self said after the game that he thought about starting one of the freshmen against TCU. Based on their play Saturday, there is a really good chance one of them will be in the starting lineup in Stillwater, Okla.
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Frank Mason III,junior, guard Mason has sort of flown under the radar with the emergence of Selden early in the season. Still, the junior guard is averaging 12.5 points per game, good for fourth on the team. He does lead the
team in assists, with 5.7 dimes per contest. Selden may be emerging as the scorer, but Mason is still the most important player on the team with his ability to score and distribute.
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Devonte' Graham, sophomore, guard
If it wasn't for oversleeping one morning, Devonte' Graham would have also started in all 17 games. Instead the sophomore has started
in 16 contests, averaging 30.9 minutes per game. Graham currently averages 10.5 points and 3.5 assists per game thus far. One area of improvement for the sophomore is his ability to knock down the long ball. Graham is shooting 44 percent from downtown this year.
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Wayne Selden Jr., junior, guard Selden has cooled off the last few games, after storming through the non-conference schedule. Still the junior guard averages 14.9 points per contest, which is the second
highest average on the team. Selden is shooting 49.4 percent from long range, with 44 of 89 three-point attempts.
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Perry Ellis, senior, power for ward
The senior forward leads the team in scoring with 15.9 points per contest. After the TCU game, Graham admitted that the offense
goes through Ellis. Even though this is a well-balanced scoring attack, it is clear Ellis is the first option and rightfully so. Through 17 games Ellis has made 100 of his 200 shot attempts, and he is also shooting 52 percent from three.
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Hunter Mickelson, senior, center Mickelson has started the last 10 contests, but still only logs 9.6 minutes per game. In limited time he is averaging three points and nearly three rebounds per game.The last
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The freshman has been the Cowboys' best player all season, and his confidence is growing by the day. Last Wednesday against Oklahoma, the freshman put up a career-high 42 points. He shoots well from everywhere, which makes him tough to defend.
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Newberry is the Cowboys' second leading scorer at 11.6 points per game, but he has not been a consistent scorer this season. He's shot below 50 percent from the field in 12 games, and scored fewer than ten points in seven games. If the athletic guard gets hot, he has the ability to cause problems for the Jayhawks.
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Jeffery Carroll, sophomore, forward
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Carroll has put up decent numbers at 8.9 points per game, but he has really struggled with his shot, shooting just below 30 percent on the season. However, like Newberry, Carroll is a streaky shooter who can get hot at anytime.
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Hammonds is coming off his best game of the season against Texas where he put up 18 points and nine rebounds. He's averaging just less than 10 points per game this season, but like everybody on the Cowboys roster outside of Evans, he can't be relied upon on a nightly basis to be productive.
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At just 3.3 points per game, Solomon isn't somebody who the Cowboys look to for points. He's had some moments this year rebounding the ball and getting in the passing lanes, but he's nothing more than a role player who isn't much of a threat on offense.
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Coming off four straight losses and sitting at 9-8, Oklahoma State desperately needs a win. Oklahoma State has had a difficult schedule to begin conference play, with losses at Baylor, West Virginia and Texas. They proved they can play with anybody at home when they gave Oklahowa a scare last Wednesday, but they still ultimately came up short, 74-72. Although the Cowboys are struggling, they aren't a team the Jayhawks can overlook, as they've been upset in their last two trips to Stillwater, Okla.
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Jawun Evans freshman,guard
Evans is less than a week removed from a career-high 42 points against Oklahoma. To make it even more impressive, he took just two three pointers and five free throws in the entire game. He scored in double figures in six of his last seven games, and, if he finds a rhythm, Oklahoma State will have a puncher's chance against Kansas.
QUESTION MARK
Can the Cowboys keep the Jayhawks off the glass?
Oklahoma State is 53rd in offensive rebounds given up this year and ranks 213th in total rebounds per game. If the Cowboys are going to stand a chance, they can't allow the Jayhawks to get offensive rebounds, and they will have to get some offensive rebounds of their own, which won't be easy against the Jayhawks, who rank 61st in the nation in rebounds per game.
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As the first half between the Kansas Jayhawks and TCU Horned Frogs wrapped up, the Jayhawks found themselves in front by double digits, despite trailing at various points in the period. However, given the expected outcome and the circumstances coming into the game, which Kansas won 70-63, the final margin wasn't quite as important to many as the play of the freshmen big men - Carlton Bragg Jr. and Check Diallo - who have been glued to the bench for much of the year.
In the first half, Bragg made his mark with eight points and four rebounds, which were just one and two respectively off his career-high marks for a game. Diallo made his presence felt in a different manner.
With 1:26 to play in the first half, Diallo blocked a floater by forward Devonta Abron, which fell back into the clutches of TCU. As the Horned Frogs reset, Diallo paused, raised his arm in the air and performed his rendition of the Dikembe Mutombo finger wag, drawing a chuckle from those who saw.
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"He does that a lot in practice too," sophomore point guard Devonte Graham said. "He tells us, 'Today's going to be a block party' ... and then he blocks a lot of shots."
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For Diallo, it was another flash of potential in a season that hasn't quite lived up to the hype, though it was far from his only highlight in the game.
Moments earlier, as TCU forward Chris Washburn attempted a scoop shot from in close, Diallo sent it back with a block that looked more like a volleyball spike than a basketball play. As the ball squirted out toward the baseline, Diallo hit the floor, drawing some applause from Kansas coach Bill Self and assistant coach Jerrance Howard, among others on the bench.
That play came in the midst of a 16-2 run for the Jayhawks, as they took advantage of the game and would lead the rest of the way.
"We did have balance. The shot distribution was pretty even for the most part," Self said after the game. "I (still) don't think we're playing with near as much energy as what we did a week ago." Early on, the lack of energy showed itself, as the
game went back and forth between the two teams. That came as a surprise to many considering that, in addition to being a 23-point favorite, Kansas had also put together some of its best performances on the season after facing adversity.
Most notably, the Jayhawks responded to dropping their second game of the year against Michigan State with a 51-point blowout win over Chaminade. And later, when Kansas played its closest home game of the non-conference slate — a six-point win over Harvard — the team followed that up with a 33-point win over Holy Cross.
However, at least early on, that was not the case against TCU.
The Horned Frogs started the game shooting 5-of-6 from three, jumping out to a 19-15 advantage. The team relied on a 10-0 spurt to get to that point, which featured two threes from TCU guard Chauncey Collins. However, that run would be wiped out by Kansas' own 16-2 stretch later
"I thought [TCU] competed hard." Self said. "We didn't give anything for the crowd to get excited about for the most part."
in the period.
"They made three-pointers early. We just had to buckle in," Graham said. "We just had to lock in defensively."
Graham led all players in the first half with 10 points and five assists, while Bragg and junior guard Wayne Selden Jr. combined for 17 of team's 37 points.
Up just nine at the half, the Jayhawks found a bit of separation early in the second period. Junior guard Frank Mason III and senior forward Perry Ellis scored 14 of the team's first 20 points, as the lead increased to 16.
However, while the veterans shouldered much of the load on the court, it was the extended minutes of Bragg, Diallo and sophomore guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk that were as crucial as anything.
"They're playing for the right guy," TCU coach Trent Johnson said of Diallo and Bragg. "They're going to be good players — great players probably ... I hope they leave after this year."
With Diallo playing 15 minutes in the second half, the Jayhawks would go on to win by seven, improving to 15-2 on the year and 4-1 in Big 12 play.
Six different Jayhawks, including Bragg and Diallo, would score at least nine points in the win. Bragg finished with career high in points (10), while Diallo led the team with five blocks; that total marked a career-high for him, as did the 21 minutes he played in the game.
Next up, the team will hit the road to take on Oklahoma State, before returning home for a showdown with Texas.
Jayhawk softball prepares through winter in new indoor facility
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After a successful 40-win season that included an NCAA tournament appearance, the Jayhawks have returned to Arrocha Ballpark to begin practice for the spring season.
Head coach Megan Smith returns many of the key contributors from last season, including sophomore Daniella Chavez and senior Chaley Brickey. This season will also be T.J. Hubbard's debut as the Jayhawks' hitting coach.
"We are together all the time for the week and a half
and it's a great opportunity for us to set goals and commit to those goals," coach Smith said in a press release. "Then, [we have to] put in the work and lay the foundation as we move into the season."
Despite starting the season in sunny Jacksonville, Fla., the Jayhawks still have to practice in Lawrence. Kansas began practices on Jan. 10, but the improved Arrocha Ballpark gives the team some much-needed shelter from the cold.
In 2014, Rock Chalk Park officially opened, giving the Jayhawks a new home for softball. Although the
ballpark moved further away from campus, it added a key new addition to the Jayhawks training: A state of the art indoor training facility.
This new arrival is described as being an 11,000-square feet venue which features a turf field with four drop down automatic batting cages, according to KU Athletics. With the Jayhawks playing in both the fall and mid-winter, coach Megan Smith knows the impact of this new facility.
"Having our own indoor [facility] is unbelievable for us because, obviously,
the last few days have been chilly and we've been able to get everything we need to done," Smith said. "We don't miss a beat with that and are really lucky to have a facility like that."
With the temperatures in Lawrence hovering around 40 degrees in January and February, the benefits are huge for the Jayhawks and their training staff. The Jayhawks may not play a home game until March 11, but when they come back from three early season tournaments, spring will be right around the corner.
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After a strong 4-2 start to the season, a young, Brandon Schneider-led Kansas women's basketball team has fallen off, especially in conference play. The Jayhawks have now lost eight straight games, including six games in conference play.
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"We've had a tough start. I also think we have played some of the better competition that we will face in the league," Schneider said. "I think you have got to focus on the next practice and the next game, especially with the team that we have."
While losing streaks aren't fun for anyone, the young team has been able to acquire crucial experience while using conference play as a chance to learn and improve — something veteran-led teams with higher expectations, such as the men's team at the University, aren't always able to afford.
Most of the losses in conference play have been blowouts in favor of the other team, but, to be fair, the Jayhawks have faced
top-ranked competition, including a No.4 Texas squad. The Longhorns trounced the Jayhawks 75-38, and while blowouts are difficult to swallow, Schneider has managed to find a silver lining.
A rotation like the one the Jayhawks use, consisting of mostly freshmen and sophomores, has made it difficult for Kansas to compete against more-developed teams that have played together for a longer time. In-game mistakes have come plenty and Schneider attributes much of that to youth.
["We] use moments when you're down by a significant margin to continue to stay focused and try to make the next possession better than the previous one," Schneider said.
"We get a little sped up sometimes, and I really need to stop saying that these are youthful mistakes, but that is the first thing that comes to mind," Schneider said.
In their most recent outing, the Jayhawks lost to the West Virginia Mountaineers 72-35, leaving them still winless on the road. Sophomore guard Lauren Aldridge was the only player for the
Jayhawks to score in double-figures, with 10 points.
In the game, Schneider played four freshmen for a combined total of 90 minutes, nearly half of
the minutes logged for the team. Youth makes up the team, which may mean more tough games for the Jayhawks but also a lot of learning experiences that
will make them an even better team by the end of the season, and, perhaps more importantly, going into upcoming seasons.
"Well, I think with this
particular team, regardless of time or score, you have to coach these young guys every possession," Schneider said. "Every opportunity is a chance to get better."
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RCIH pushes for change through advocacy and demonstrations
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Last semester, a student-advocacy group called Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk presented a list of demands to the University to foster a more diverse and inclusive campus.
From the steps of Wesooe Hall to the late-night senate meetings to the Chancellor's office, here is a recount of RCIH's work from the fall 2015 semester.
Nov. 9 -#RockChalkInvisibleHawk speaks out on Twitter
The University's Black Student Union began the meeting with a discussion of discrimination in light of recent racially-charged events on University of Missouri and Yale campuses. The organization shared the experiences on social media, using the hashtag #RockChalkInvisibleHawk, which was created by a previous student about one year ago.
One of the tweets read, "We have first hand accounts of derogatory statements happening right on campus at KU."
On Nov.11, in response to the events and protests at the University of Missouri and Yale University, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little held a Town Hall meeting discussing race, respect and responsibility.
Nov. 11 - Town Hall Meeting on Race, Respect and Responsibility
After a few minutes of opening remarks, audience members were invited to speak. For two hours, those seated in the overflowing Woodruff auditorium heard grievances, suggestions and many stories of discrimination.
One of those stories was from BSU president Kynnedi Grant. As Gray-Little began to wrap up, Grant took to the stage, accompanied by fellow students dressed in all black and holding signs that read "I Will Not Be Silenced," "Black Lives Matter" and "I'm Not Paco."
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staff, faculty and administration, and a thorough plan of action from the University by Jan.19,2016
"We are here. We are aware. We are powerful, and you cannot keep pushing us away," said one member of the group at the forum.
On stage, Grant recounted her experience with a hate crime. Grant and the others onstage announced themselves to be a new group called Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk and presented a list of 15 demands aimed at the University administration.
The demands included consistent hiring of diverse faculty and staff, mandatory intense inclusion and belonging training for all levels of students,
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Nov. 11 - RCIH goes to Senate
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Later that evening, members of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk attended Student Senate Rights Committee. Members of the advocacy group explained in further detail to members committee their 15 demands presented at the Town Hall meeting. Two of the demands involved Student Senate: immediate amendments to the Senate Election Code and the establishment of a Multicultural Student Government independent of Senate.
Although there was reluctance from certain senate members, the evening ended with the Rights committee passing two resolutions: One saying the Rights Committee supports Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk's demands, and the other promising that full Senate would see the first resolution next week.
Nov. 13 - The Chancellor Responds
"Diversity and equity are foundational values for our university. But as we heard Wednesday, we are not living up to these values. Not when our own students, faculty and staff feel unsafe or unwelcome on our campuses. We can do better. We must do better. And we will do better," Gray-Little said in the release.
Two days later, on Nov. 13, Gray-Little issued a formal response to the events of the Town Hall Meeting. In the message, the chancellor said she was committed to making the University a safe place for everyone.
Nov. 13 - Senate Leadership gets a vote of no confidence
During its Nov. 13 meeting, the Student Executive Committee passed a motion of no confidence and called for the resignations of Student Body President Jessie Pringle, Student Body Vice President Zack George and Chief of Staff Adam Moon.
In a statement, the committee said it does not trust the leadership of Pringle or George because they did not stand during the Town Hall Meeting when audience
members were asked to rise and show solidarity for black students. It also stated that Adam Moon had attempted to "prevent discussion on these matters," by trying to move the time of the meeting. For these reasons, the committee called for the resignation of all three officers.
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"The inaction of President Pringle, Vice President George and Chief of Staff Moon have damaged the institution of the Student Senate, and, most importantly, have failed to meet the needs of our Black student peers. Without the respect and support of our Black student peers, the student senate loses its legitimacy as the student voice," the statement said.
Nov. 16 - Senate's 11-item action plan
On Nov. 16, Student Senate released an 11-item plan of action to address the racially charged discussions being led by Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
Before listing items, the statement affirmed that student senate is supportive of the cause "championed by Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk."
Items included increasing funding for the Office of Multicultural Affairs, working with the Counseling and Psychological Services to increase resources for multicultural students and addressing guns on campus. The plan was signed by Pringle, George and Moon.
Nov. 18 - Senate moves to impeach leadership
Despite requests from the Student Executive Committee, Pringle, George and Moon announce their refusals to resign at the Nov. 18 meeting of full senate. They said they want to stay and help tackle the issues presented by Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
Shegufa Hurma, vice president of University Senate and a Student Senator, outlined a bill of impeachment that was served to Senate. The meeting lasted six hours. Members of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk spoke as well, explaining their 15 demands and taking questions from the audience.
By the end of the night, full senate passed a resolution to support the 15 demands after the Rights Committee passed it the previous week. Senate also passed a bill to lower the elections spending cap back to $1,000, after it had been raised to $2,000 earlier in the semester. This was another one of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk's demands.
Nov. 24 - Creation of Diversity, and Inclusion advisory group
In a University-wide email, interim Provost and Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Sara Rosen announced the creation of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group.
In the email, Rosen said the advisory group, which would consist of students, faculty and staff, would work to "address key issues and concerns integral to greater campus inclusion."
The group would address several issues, including, but not limited to, increasing hiring of diverse faculty and staff, training and rehiring IOA staff, implementing accountability measures and issuing a climate survey.
Nov. 30 - Forums
Several schools within the University hosted forums to address diversity and inclusion following the events of the Town Hall meeting. These included the School of Business and School of Edu
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Several members of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk are students in the school of social welfare, and said they felt that because the group was advocating for issues of social justice, the school should be in full support of its actions. At the time of the forum, the school had issued no formal statement aligning itself with Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
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During the forum, students and faculty discussed areas for improvement and also debated the role of the school when it comes to racially-charged issues on campus. Several members of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk called the leadership of School of Social Welfare Dean Paul Smokowski into question during the forum.
"When will you be capable of providing the leadership we're asking from you?" Trinity Carpenter, a junior, asked Smokowski.
After the forum, Smokowski said he was glad students had a chance to voice their opinions.
"I think that our purpose was to allow a space for students in particular, faculty and staff to talk about their experiences, and I welcome that," Smokowski said. "And I think that was very helpful for us to hear and acknowledge."
Dec. 9 - One Last Rally
That morning, about 10 members of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk took to the hallways of Blake and Fraser halls, walking unannounced into classrooms and calling for students to show their allyship and join them on the steps of Wescoe.
"We're tired of silence from administration. We've been waiting. We've been getting small responses. There's been no action, no conversation about what to do, how to go forward with this — with students — and we are tired of waiting on that," said Katherine Rainey, a member of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
By noon, a group of roughly 50 people had gathered on the steps of Wescoe Hall, showing their support for the group.
The group then moved into the office of School of Social Welfare Dean Paul Smokowski, demanding that he send a school-wide email calling for support of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
After an hour, the protest
had grown to over 100 people. At 1:10 p.m. the group walked to Strong Hall and into the Chancellor's office, where they stayed for two hours speaking with administrators.
Sarah Rosen, interim provost, Nate Thomas, vice provost for diversity and equity, Tammara Durham, vice provost for student affairs and Mary Lee Hummert, vice provost for faculty development spoke with members of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.
Discussions touched on many of the same things Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk had been advocating for over the past month. There were conversations about climate surveys, the student code of conduct and banning Yik-Yak, which has been used to post racial slurs.
The sit-in ended with plans for a continued discussion with Rosen later that week, capping off an emotional semester for all involved.
"People see us as leaders and as people that they trust to use their voices." Kynnedi Grant, a member of Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk, said. "They trust us to voice on behalf of them, because they either can't physically do it themselves, they're not able, or they vocally can't articulate what they're experiencing. And it's just the most humbling thing to have people that trust what you're saying and trust that you're going to be representative and inclusive all the time."
Dec. 11- Update on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Board
Rosen released a list of student and staff members who will help address issues of marginalized students on campus.
In the statement, Rosen said the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board will "have independence and flexibility to identify and report new and rising concerns, and provide recommendations that lead to a more supportive and respectful environment at KU."
The board is chaired by Clarence Lang, Chair of the Department of African & African-American Studies, and Sheahon Zenger, Athletics Director. The group also includes six staff members and six students from a variety of professions and diverse backgrounds.
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Mayonnaise on a paint spackle and potato salad spilled out on a picnic blanket might not sound like much in the way of art, but University senior Grace Pritchett may disagree. With a bubbly personality and an easy smile, however, it's easy to imagine her making a sandwich on a workbench in the hopes of telling an ambiguous story.
"I like to tell stories," Pritchett, a student in the art department with an emphasis in photography, said. "But instead of telling the whole story, I let the viewer come to their own conclusion as to just how that sandwich ended up there."
Pritchett, as an only child, had little to distract her from what she wanted, which turned out to be taking pictures and making messes in the kitchen.
"My parents gave me those little disposable cameras to keep me busy," Pritchett said. "I've always been someone who would run around taking pictures of everything I saw, and I think that it just grew from there."
Pritchett's narrative style has managed to garner her a few hundred followers on her Instagram account and will hopefully land her a position with a magazine that shares her same artistic goals.
"I like to keep things random, but with a purpose," Pritchett said. "I love to make a mess but make it look real. I did a 'brunch gone wrong' with syrup everywhere and what would've been a really attractive meal was all messy."
She added: "I want the viewer to look at it and say, 'How'd that happen?' Basically, I just want to make people stop and think."
Kaitlin Obermeyer, a fellow photo major, says she's learned a lot by watching her friend develop artistically over the years.
"The great thing about being an art student is that everyone around you has a different style or perspective so it's hard not to learn from others," Obermeyer said. "But when I'm looking at Grace's photos I always admire her eye for detail. She's done a lot of styles, but whatever it is she's doing, you know it will be done with purpose and very meticulous attention to detail."
Even at the very edge of a photo, each part of the image plays a role in telling, or more accurately, asking the question that Pritchett
wants the viewer to see. Her current project, mixing crime scene photography mixed with food styling, embodies this idea, telling a story with every individual piece.
"Grace has two very different passions in food and photography," Obermeyer said. "But she's managed to combine those two to make something really cool in her work."
Pritchett said she loves food as much as photography because she was taught to cook by her mother, who had in turn been taught by her mother.
"Cooking runs in my family," Pritchett said. "I love how cooking has the same storytelling style that I use. You start with ingredients and step-by-step end up with a new result."
Pritchett said she hopes to go into food photography professionally after school
and is even working on her own cookbook of sorts.
"When I'm done with my current project I want to compile it all into a 'mock cookbook,'" Pritchett said. "I like to include humor into my photos, so I thought it would be funny to take weird pictures and add some text trying to explain how that pickle ended up there or how to make a sandwich on a workbench."
Obermeyer said having seen Pritchett work since their freshman year, she can't wait to see how she will make people think this time.
"I'm really excited to see her final project," Obermeyer said. "Seeing her work with her two passions and knowing she'll go somewhere crazy with it makes me excited to see it."
school but hopes to land a gig at a magazine focusing on food photography. She still agrees that, as an artist, she should keep her options open.
Pritchett said she's still looking into options for when she's done with
"I definitely think that having an online presence with blogs and Instagram is very important for a new artist," Pritchett said. "I'm trying to build my brand and while I hope to be a food photographer with a magazine, some people are making some serious dough online so I'll keep an eye on that."
Online or in a magazine, keeping an eye on where Pritchett's work goes from here could be interesting just follow the trail of syrup and whiskey.
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As a senior in high school, Colin McLaughlin wanted to start a band, and he didn't care what kind.
"I just kind of wanted to play some music," McLaughlin said. "As long as I had creative freedom to do what I want to do, I was really down for whatever. I could have done strictly blues. I could have done straight, hard rock music. As long as I had a say in our creative process, I didn't really care what came out."
A University freshman, McLaughlin is lead guitarist of Shades of Blue, a "blues-infused rock band" started last April with other Kansas residents. While attending high school in Lenexa, a friend introduced McLaughlin to Christian Sanchez. The two found that they share a love of blues and rock music, citing Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, The Black Keys and others as influences.
Shades of Blue's self-titled album debuted last month.
"We like all sorts of different genres of music, but for some reason it just seems like the whole core of music is to speak to the emotions that you can't really speak in general," Sanchez said.
He quoted Aldous Huxley, saying, "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
Sanchez and McLaughlin agreed that blues was the right genre to "portray a message." Together McLaughlin and Sanchez, with Sanchez acting as the band's manager, recruited bassist Tommy O'Halloran, drummer Thomas Pribyl and singer Alex Haywood, who was a finalist in the KC Superstar competition.
Shades of Blue recorded its album with Kansas Citybased producer Christian Horton. Everyone in the band is a student, which made scheduling "a struggle," Sanchez said. The band hit the studio four
weekends in a row, would spend all day playing, and then celebrate a hard day's work with a trip to Pepperjax.
All songs on Shades of Blue's ten-track album were written by McLaughlin and Sanchez. Sanchez is a fan of folk music as well as blues, and he tries to imitate the storytelling quality of traditional folk songs with tracks such as "Soul Cancer," about becoming lost in one's own misery, and "Mr. Afghan," from the perspective of a young boy whose father is going off to war.
The songwriting process usually starts when McLaughlin comes up with a guitar riff and Sanchez begins writing lyrics. When they feel like they have something with potential, they play it for their bandmates who help them finish the song.
McLaughlin has been playing guitar since elementary school. After quitting his lessons and forgetting about the instrument for a
few years, he picked it back up four years ago and began teaching himself using YouTube videos. He says musician John Mayer was a big influence on him during this time, and he originally taught himself some of Mayer's songs to impress a girl but then "[fell] in love" with blues music because of Mayer's style.
Since Shades of Blue's founding, the group has played live shows and open mic nights at multiple venues in and around Kansas City. The band is in talks to play a Missouri Mavericks hockey game and participate in battle of the bands competitions at the Nelson-Atkins Museum and at Rockhurst University, where O'Halleran and Pribyl are upperclassmen.
Live shows are one of McLaughlin's favorite parts of being in a band. He says he loves the opportunity live blues music gives him to improvise.
"A lot of blues is kind of improvised and kind of on
feeling, so I'm not worried about trying to put something together and not mess that up and worry about doing exactly what's on paper," he said. "I kind of just go with what I'm feeling. And it's kind of relieving, just to be able to play and not have to worry about that."
Shades of Blue's second album is currently in the works. McLaughlin and Sanchez are writing, and recording is set to start in the spring. McLaughlin is taking the lead on some of the lyrics. He has high expectations for the sophomore album.
"I love the first album, but I think it's a great starting point because we kinda —we'd never really done this before, and I think for our first album it's really good," McLaughlin said. Not to sound conceited or anything, but I'm really proud of what we've done."
After the second album is released, the future of the band is uncertain. Two of
its members, Sanchez and Haywood, are still seniors in high school. While Sanchez is planning to attend the University next year and room with McLaughlin, none of the members are sure where they're going to end up after graduating from their respective schools.
"I'm just kind of expecting that the band is going to eventually break up because people are going to leave," McLaughlin said. "My goal is I want to play as many live shows as I possibly can before we're done, and get our music out there as we can. I mean, this is my first experience in a band so I'm just kind of feeling it out, seeing what it's all about. And I think we can do a lot."
Shades of Blue's self-titled album is available on Spotify and iTunes. Copies of the album can also be purchased at live shows. More information can be found on the band's website, shadesofbluekc.wix.com.
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JORDAN STRAUSS/AP PHOTO Aziz Ansari arrives at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Calif.
Many of you may still be sweating over what Claire Underwood is capable of heading into season four of "House Of Cards." You may still be recovering from whatever hallucinogens seeped through your laptop keyboard as the cast of "Orange Is The New Black" splashed around the Litchfield pond in a euphoric, yet dysfunctional attempt to recreate the famed "Charriots of Fire" opening scene with last summer's season three finale.
A carryover from 2015, Netflix original "Master of None" offers touching vignettes of the life of a commercial actor in his early 30s, Dev, played by the show's creator Aziz Ansari.
But, nonetheless, 2016 is here, so get it together. It's time to break another sweat and get in game shape before midterms with four of the best shows on TV or streaming that will leave audiences craving for either some of Chang's Frito Fritter's or a way to break out of the encumbering madness of the binge-watch.
"Master of None"
Dev, surrounded by a group of quirky, socially-conscious friends along with parents Ramesh and Nisha, is faced with the proverbial fork in the road: either choose to stay the status quo and keep with his mediocrity or challenge himself to find love in the labyrinth that is New York City, all while uncovering hypocritical paradigms that brings most of the charm and satire in the show's 10-episode run to light.
Series creator/head actor Ansari successfully blends current social issues - such as LGBT acceptance, racial equality, and economic status with relatable anxieties many young adults face in the everyday life such as intimacy, friendship and parenthood.
"Transparent"
Staying on the subject of
Nominated for a Golden Globe and two Critics Choice TV awards, this revitalizing take on modern insecurities deserves a full look before a second season comes around the corner.
modern insecurities, Amazon Prime's "Transparent" successfully takes what would be a cheap ploy and evolves the show into a self-realizing, progressive piece non-complacent with the simple laugh track.
The show focuses on the patriarch of the family, Mort Pfefferman, played by Jeffrey Tambor, as he transitions into the matriarch Maura. Maura, left to take on her superficial L.A family, is cleverly positioned by show creator Jill Soloway as a catalyst capable of transitioning the audience itself into buying into her and her family's strife while actualizing the future family archetype.
Already capped off with a full season two available for streaming, a third installment will come sometime in 2016, according to Cinema Blend. "Transparent" has 25 recognized wins out of 37 nominations, catapulting Amazon Studios as a viable competitor in the television market.
"Making a Murderer"
Making a Murderer
As if the current tensions between the justice system and civilians was ever more
The subject of the 10-part documentary, the now-poster child for future college law lectures Stephen Avery, is based upon a man once wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. Avery, who sues the justice department for mishandling his case, is found a prime suspect in the disappearance and murder of one Teresa Halbach.
While the documentary has had its controversy due to the use of editing and cinematic landscaping that puts the audience behind Stephen Averv, it is a rare
charged, Netflix's "Making a Murderer" slides in just before the end of 2015 and cranks up the heat to a scathing high.
Based around a fictionalized 1970's record label facing boom or bust, show creator and one-man mob squad Martin Scorsese
A wild card pick, as its first season is set for this Valentine's Day, HBO's "Vinyl" is poised to make major headway for the rock-'n-roll television genre.
vehicle that manifests a side to the story for the convicted that one rarely sees. It successfully uses gripping, emotional storytelling that has its seeds in classic, fictionalized films such as "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "12 Angry Men" that pierces the hearts of many even today.
"Vinyl"
partnered with writer Terence Winter ("Wolf of Wall Street," "Boardwalk Empire") and Mick Jagger as executive producer to create a juggernaut — a show capable of waiting at your doorstep with a pack of blow and Hardballer tucked into its breast pocket, ready to make you swallow your teeth and forget your morning breakfast.
Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, and Ray Romano are the tip of the iceberg for the deep "Vinyl" call sheet, one already dripping in brio and strutting vivacy, making it the head of the table as far as hot TV commodities go.
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There ain't no mountain high enough and there ain't no valley low enough to keep Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) from getting his sweet, sweet revenge. After all, "revenant" means "one that returns after death or a long absence." If anything is going to stop Glass, it isn't death.
The film is set in the Great Plains of the late-19th century. It's based on the true story of Hugh Glass, a trapper, as he bests harsh conditions and even death in order to find and kill the man responsible for his son's murder. Unending, rapid-fire intensity lingers throughout the entirety of the film, directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu. It's quite difficult to break eye contact with the screen as the breathtaking locations and top-notch acting provide an incredible feast for the eyes. Yet, the many gruesome moments of painstakingly
realistic blood and gore may prove enough to turn more than a few heads. Alas, this is a film of great beauty with unapologetic stakes.
We first find DiCaprio as he tiptoes along a plaintive stream with a gun in hand, pursuing what appears to be his next meal. His grungy, unkempt look starkly contrasts from the usual "pretty boy" aesthetic in most of his other movies. The first words uttered in the film require subtitles because the beginning script is in another Native American language. English and French become integrated in soon after, though. This film has little dialogue and relies heavily on the incredible nonverbal performances of its cast, led by DiCaprio's physically demanding role.
ple, well-placed stabs to its jugular, they both tumble down a hill. As luck would have it, the grizzly makes a nice landing directly over Glass's freshly clawed and bitten body. His wounds prove severe, leaving him immobile and mute.
The real work for DiCaprio begins when his character crosses paths with a ticked off momma bear, which doesn't end very well for him. Even though he pulls off an amazing feat by killing the bear with a cou-
cold on the planet Hoth
From this moment on, Glass just can't catch a break. His son is murdered by a man responsible for caring for him, he is left for dead by the same man, and he narrowly escapes a tribe of Native Americans multiple times. On one occasion, his horse runs off a cliff, carrying him along. Having survived the fall, he then removes the innards of the lifeless horse carcass and climbs right inside like a sleeping bag in order to withstand the harsh winter conditions. It bears a striking similarity to "Star Wars Episode V: Return of the Jedi" when Han Solo cuts open a dead tauntaun and inserts an unconscious Luke Skywalker in order to shield him from the unforgiving
This is a film that could have easily been executed poorly. With little dialogue and a plot driven by nonverbal actions, a less satisfactory cast could have clumsily removed the power and intent present from the talents of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhall Gleeson and others. Iñarritu and director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki have proved to be a dynamic duo - first evident in their last film "Birdman" and even more apparent in "The Revenant." This is a film at its finest from beginning to end. It's well worth to see in theaters. Iñarritu has managed to pull off something that is as unrelentingly entertaining and intense as it is moving, beautiful and artistic.
5 out of 5 stars.
Academy Award Nominations for 'The Revenant': Best motion picture of the year Actor in a leading role (Leonardo DiCaprio)
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Rogers: Embrace the return of LCD Soundsystem
JARRET ROGERS
@JarretRogers
In bands, we see something that tends to be more than just a couple of people banging on some fancy sound makers. In our favorites, we see something like a best friend, someone who was there through that bad break-up or when a close family member passed.
But, what do we do when one of our favorites says they're going away forever? This is what I was faced with in 2011 when LCD Soundsystem announced they were disbanding. Lead man James Murphy had had enough of the band and was ready to move on. No bad wounds that needed healing - just a natural cycle of life. It was understandable but heart-breaking.
I was five years old when LCD Soundsystem came out and nine when the first song of theirs I heard, "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House," came out. I wasn't there to see them in person or grow with their music. I hopped on the bandwagon too late, and it was all coming to an end, leaving only past records.
The years went by and little was heard from the group. Rumors of reunions surfaced here and there, but nothing ever proved true.
Then, they released a Christmas song in December. Then there was a rumor about Coachella, followed by a confirmation. And then, what we all thought was going to happen was official: LCD Soundsystem was back for good. There is going to
be new music and more shows.
The return was tossed back and forth by fans, some happy and others not so happy. Some people felt betrayed, like Murphy had lied to them and that he was going against his word. And he is, but that's okay.
I say all this selfishly, of course. I want to experience what this group has in them after four years of silence. But on a less selfish note, I want people my age that missed LCD Soundsystem the first time to experience them this time.
A band of Soundsystem's popularity and age will never be the leading voice of this generation in music, but what they can become is a band this generation will learn to look up to.
After the passing of David Bowie, we saw an outcry of support from people across all age groups. People largely admired the legend, no matter what race or background, because he made music that unified all. His music was for anyone and everyone willing to listen. LCD Soundsystem isn't Bowie; no one is. They are unifying, though. They make music that diverse groups of people can listen to and appreciate on multiple levels and for that they should be praised in their comeback. The band is not just returning to me or other fans. They're returning to the world. Their new music can now reach the ears of thousands who have never heard of the group.
LCD Soundsystem is back, and it can be your new best friend.
TV Stock Market: NBC rises while Comedy Central falls
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Now more than ever, dedicated fans of television are facing a critical window of opportunity to try and latch onto the next hottest and most talked about drama, comedy, news, or reality shows before anyone else.
The final season of AMC's "Mad Men" was a safe, secure hit, while "Making a Murderer" on Netflix blew viewers out of the water without a split second of preparation.
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everything there is to know about the best upcoming content, follow closely with the TV Stock Market and be ahead of the latest trends. Take a crack at it; try and sell high on by-gone networks and shows, but buy low on sneaky good television that will have the best Stock Market connoisseur's ahead of the game.
NBC: Trending UP
Ahh, Jennifer Lopez is at it again. With the surprisingly successful premiere of the new crime drama "Shades of Blue" as part of NBC's Thursday night slate on January 7th, the revival
of NBC primetime television finally has some signs of life after several recent failures tainted their image. Among them were the convoluted, high-roller crime drama "The Player" and the continuing sad attempt to dip into the old pot of gold with "Heroes Reborn".
While "Shades of Blue" doesn't exactly have the "Empire" grit to lift an entire network out of the ashes, NBC can round out their schedule with new variety show "Little Big Shots," a children's talent competition spearheaded by both Ellen DeGeneres and Steve Harvey, along with a fresh,
original series directed by the highly-touted Michael Pearlman ("Chopped", "Project Runway"). "First Dates," which will center around various real-life interactions in the 60-minute format, will offer a "voyeuristic look at a variety of real first dates happening throughout one night at the same restaurant," according to the show's info page.
PBS: Trending DOWN
Alright, let's not act like the last time many have watched PBS was in the heyday of "Sesame Street" and "Arthur," but for the
older audience, "Downton Abbey" was a havern for spunky aristocrats and too-good-to-be-true British accents.
With the series finished and firmly cemented as PBS's crown jewel in the last decade, PBS President Paula Kerger is scraping for stories of a similar ilk. Civil War hospital drama "Mercy Street" came in Downtown Abbey's coat tails. While some early returns are giving "Mercy Street" very respectable reviews — it premieres on January 17th — the underwhelming PBS slate for 2016 proves it's riding largely on its success, which spells trouble for the hit-or-miss network.
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HBO: Trending UP
HBO is booming, and I mean booming. HBO, for premium television watchers out there, has been swinging for the fences with a bevy of originals and news programs and hitting them out of the park like a seasoned slugger.
Early 2016 will be no different: sports journalism's biggest free agent Bill Simmons signed on and has begun the building of a new sports and pop culture empire with television content slated to come around March; Martin Scorsese comes in with the help of (like he needs it) legendary writer Terence Winter ("Wolf of Wall Street", "Boardwalk Empire") to launch the brand new drama "Vinyl", that
has critics raving even with a month left until its premiere; then there's "Westworld," developed by Johnathon Nolan, the brother of acclaimed director Christopher Nolan. "Westworld" very well might surpass the over-the-top mind blow's that Christopher's film "Inception" delivered in 2010.
It doesn't help that John Stewart and Stephen Colbert jumped ship in the last year. With replacements Larry Wilmore and Trevor Noah's hot starts now fizzling out, Comedy Central has to try to take a stab at a new creative approach soon for the network not to fall eternally in the shadows of MTV.
While remnants of the audience are still there, marketing to the inappropriate, edgy teenager isn't as hot as in year's past. Flagship shows such as "Workaholics" and "Tosh.o" have simply sputtered to regain momentum with the 18-49 demographic, hovering around subpar rating averages in the .5-.7 range.
Comedy Central:
Trending DOWN
Shows such as "Nathan For You" and the angsty, preteen gospel "South Park" are capable enough to keep them afloat for the time being, but what will continue to hurt them is the flow of comedy content heading online. The truth of the matter is that comedy is ideal for the perfect binge watch, and with four of the six Golden Globe nominations for "Best Television Series: Musical or Comedy" coming from Hulu, Amazon Prime, or Netflix, it's hard to refute.
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Chasen: Former Jayhawk Tarik Black making strides in the NBA as a leader
SCOTT CHASEN @SCHasenKU
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ven though he only called Lawrence home for one year, Los Angeles Lakers
big man Tarik Black certainly made his mark at the University. And that mark wasn't just shown on the court — which is where Black started several games only to eventually lose his spot to a talented freshman named Joel Embid.
Instead, Black left his mark on the team through leadership, something often overlooked as class after class of new players comes in, showcasing their unique skill sets and winning over the hearts of the Kansas-faithful with flashes of athleticism, shooting and the occasional "Mailman-style," hand-behind-the-head dunk.
D-League - with the Los Angeles D-Fenders.
But to Black, leadership was part of the skill set, and that is not something that has dropped off as he has spent time in both the NBA — with the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers — and NBA
"It's a real pleasure to coach him. He's got a great personality, and I think it shows on the floor," said Casey Owens, Black's D-League coach. "When he's off [the court], he is an outstanding teammate very vocal, incredibly encouraging and supportive." Since getting to the NBA, Black said he feels his game has definitely developed. He was undrafted in 2014, before finding a home on the Houston Rockets. After getting waived later in the season, he was grabbed by the Los Angeles Lakers, where he finished out the year.
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With the Lakers, Black averaged more than seven points and six rebounds per game as a rookie. That NBA season, Kentucky product Nerlens Noel was the only other first-year player to put up those numbers. And since that time, Black has only gotten better.
“[My game has matured] a lot. And it's not even just
Freshman center Joel Embib high fives teammate senior forward Tarik Black during the game on Friday, Nov. 23 in Allen Fieldhouse where Kansas defeated Towson, 88-58.
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STEVE WILSON/AP PHOTO Los Angeles Lakers center Tarik Black (28) dunks the ball late in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz Jan. 16 in Salt Lake City. The Jazz won 109-82.
my game. It's my mentality toward the game," Black said. "How confident I am and the way I play nowadays — I've matured a lot." As to what specifically Black has done to develop, he talked about slowing himself down and maturing as a player. That's a part of the reason he's been fairly successful in the NBA, at least for a player who spent four years at the college level. However, off the court, there's something else that has helped him stick around in the league and something that helped him earn a shot in the first place: Leadership.
"I have this leadership quality that, whether I'm older or younger than you, [I'll try to] motivate you and push you to be the best you can be," Black said. "That's me naturally. Whether I'm with [the D-Fenders] or I'm with the Lakers — even when I was with Houston — I'm just that type of person."
Black is one of the most intelligent basketball players in the league. Like LeBron James, he can recall statistics and plays from games that happened days and, in some cases, weeks earlier — though that's where the comparisons between the two players end.
But with Black, it isn't just basketball knowledge. Black was able to transfer from the University of Memphis to Kansas without sitting out a year because he had completed his undergraduate degree by the time his fourth and final year of eligibility began.
And after spending a year at Kansas, Black has returned to Lawrence, taking some classes over the summer. He plans on getting his master's degree from the University, which would make him one of the few professional athletes — let alone professional athletes under 25 — with that distinction.
Few are wired like Tarik Black. Few get to the point where he is and still want to keep learning, but that's who he is. That's what makes him different.
Black and his coach aren't the only ones noticing his intelligence and vocal leadership. Black's teammates feel the same way.
"He's always talking to guys, trying to figure things out during the game and trying to communicate," Los Angeles Lakers forward Ryan Kelly said. "That's one of his best attributes."
Kelly and Owens reiterated and complimented Black's professionalism in bouncing between the NBA and D-League, something many players have struggled with. However, Black didn't take too much credit for that. Instead, he said he really didn't see too much of an adjustment in fitting in.
"It doesn't take me any time at all. I feel like my back and forth - my swing - has been pretty fluent," Black said.
"Basketball is basketball... As long as it's still a 10-foot hoop and 94 feet of floor, I'm good."
Basketball is basketball.
Basketball is basketball.
As complex as the game can seem at times, Black seems to have his side of it figured out. Odds are, he's not going to become the next Charles Barkley, Wes Unseld or "even" Zach Randolph — or whichever name of a great, undersized big man you care to throw out.
But that doesn't mean he isn't valuable, especially in how professional he's been embracing his role, which dates back to college.
Black began his lone season at Kansas as a starter, but he would not retain that role for long. Embiid developed at an unexpected rate, pulling off moves like the "dream shake" in just his 10th game at the college level. And since
Black has moved on, that rapid development hasn't quite materialized for Kansas with the freshmen big men that have joined the program.
Last year, a freshman Cliff Alexander struggled to get things figured out, as it seemed Kansas coach Bill Self never really got to the point where he was comfortable playing him for extended stretches.
Meanwhile, nearly half way through this college basketball season, freshman Cheick Diallo is still trying to earn playing time in a fairly deep Kansas frontcourt, though Diallo is much more raw than Alexander was as a freshman.
Still, Embiid definitely deserves a lot of credit for separating himself so quickly, but Black's presence almost certainly had an effect on him as well. After all, assistant coach Norm Roberts told Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star that Black was the "best teammate ever."
Later, Byron Scott, the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, referred to Black as very intelligent, while noting he has the ability to elevate the play of everyone else on the court, according to ESPN's Baxter Holmes.
It's very possible — quite likely in fact — that Black's level of intelligence and intensity, especially in practice, was something that pushed Embid to reach the heights he did.
After all, despite injury concerns, Embiid was selected third in the 2014 NBA Draft, falling behind one of his Kansas teammates in Andrew Wiggins, in addition to another freshman phenom in Jabari Parker, something no one expected of Embiid coming into the year.
Embiid was supposed to be a two-year project, and really, that was an optimistic view. Instead, he became a presence on both sides of the court, which led some, including CBS Sports Zach Harper, to suggest he should even be selected with the top pick in the draft.
Simply put, Embiid deserves a huge amount of credit for his own development. He put in the work to get better, and it really started to click for him. However, one would have to imagine his path would be a little bit different without Black working with and facing off against him in practice every day.
And for that, the next step for Black seems pretty logical. After Black's playing career wraps up, it seems like a coaching position would suit him nicely. After all, "the best teammate ever" couldn't really be a detriment to a coaching staff.
However, for the foreseeable future, that's not Black's plan.
"I don't ever see myself coaching. I know I can definitely be a great coach though," Black said. "There are just some other things I want to get involved with."
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Daily Debate: Should KU be ranked No.2 this week?
NICK GEIDNER
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For the third consecutive year the Kansas Jayhawks lost to the West Virginia Mountaineers in Morgantown. Only this time, the Jayhawks had more at stake, as they were ranked the No.1 overall seed for the first time this season.
After a stormed court and a disappointing exit for the Jayhawks, many Kansas fans are left on the edges of their seats, fearing the team will drop back down in the polls after being No.1 for just one short week. But that isn't necessarily going to happen.
Coming into the game against TCU, the Jayhawks were averaging the fourth-most points per game in all of Division I with 86.8. A lot
of that can be credited to the volume of pure shooters on the team, as the Jayhawks are ranked second in three point shooting team in Division I with a percentage of .449.
What makes this team so great is the depth of players Kansas coach Bill Self has to work with. With Perry Ellis returning for his senior season and Wayne Selden Jr. and Frank Mason III each returning for their junior seasons, Self doesn't need to rely on his freshmen to get the job done.
Perry Ellis has been outstanding for the Jayhawks so far this season. Not only is his presence in the paint a big factor in the team's success but also his dramatically-improved shooting ability, as he is shooting an unbelievable .520 from beyond the arc.
Other players shooting
well from beyond the arc are Kansas' three starting guards: Selden, Mason and sophomore point guard Devonte Graham, who each give Kansas many valuable minutes game after game. Mason can be a force in all areas of the game, while Graham is more of a true point guard. Meanwhile, Selden is having the breakout season many thought he would have last year.
And about halfway through the season, and still fairly early in conference play, Kansas has proven to be deserving of a top-two ranking in the nation, with Oklahoma occupying the top spot, at least for now.
Kansas is too good of a squad to fall, especially given the No.3 and No. 4 teams in the nation both lost.And that's the bottom line.
JOSH MCQUADE
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After a crushing defeat to the West Virginia Mountaineers and a somewhat shaky showing against the TCU Horned Frogs, the Kansas Jayhawks haven't looked the part of the No. 1 team in the nation.
The Jayhawks held the top ranking within both the AP and Coaches' Polls, but the Jayhawks are no longer in the position to hold that spot, and it's definitely fair to suggest they should drop a bit more than one place.
After all, Kansas has lost to two out of the five ranked teams they have played this year, with one of the three wins coming in a triple overtime win. Right now, Kansas is very good but not best-teamin-the-country good.
The Kansas offense is thought to be one of the
best in the nation; however, it's far from perfect. The Jayhawks average 12.1 turnovers per game which is fine, but it also barely ranks within the top 100 in the nation. And defensively, Kansas ranks ninth in KenPom adjusted defense - a really strong mark - but some of the other stats tell a different story.
The Jayhawks are ranked 96th in the nation when it comes to scoring defense (points allowed). Kansas allows 67.5 points per game, playing against an easier schedule than in years past; Kansas has faced off against 11 unranked teams to date.
And all of these things may seem really picky, but that's where it has to be when you're talking about the a top two team in the nation.
Every Kansas starter shoots above 40 percent from the field. The team has four players averaging double digits in scoring,
and ranks in the top five as a team in points per game. The Jayhawks are ranked in the top 15 in both adjusted offense and defense, per KenPom, and have depth that extends further than just about any team in the nation.
However, there are other teams that deserve a shot. Oklahoma should be the obvious No.1, while North Carolina has won nine games in a row.After dropping a game, Maryland looked dominant in its dismantling of Ohio State, while Xavier still sits with just one loss on the year.
It's close right now, but Kansas has to fall outside the top two. That doesn't mean a return trip to No. 1 status isn't in the cards, and it certainly doesn't mean a Big 12 Championship and one-seed in the NCAA Tournament isn't going to happen or is even all that unlikely.
Kansas swimming struggles in southern Florida to begin 2016
ERIK NELSON
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To begin the 2015-16 season, the Kansas swimming team won four out of its first five meets. However, when the calendar year flipped from 2015 to 2016, the team hasn't found that same success. Kansas lost three of its first four meets in the new calendar year, and has won only four out of 32 events.
On Jan. 8, the team faced the Florida International Panthers and North Carolina State Wolfpack in a double duel at the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Center in Miami, Fla., the home pool of Florida international. Kansas' three meet-winning streak
came to an end that day. The hosts, Florida International, defeated Kansas by a score of 150.5-148.5; North Carolina State won by a score of 161-119.
"It was a humbling experience," said head coach Clark Campbell in a KU
Kansas won just two out of the 16 total events. Freshman Haley Bishop won the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 55.81 seconds, while sophomore Madison Straight won the 400 yard individual medley with a time of four minutes,24 seconds,and 51 milliseconds.North Carolina state won the first 10 events, and Florida International won four after Kansas won two straight.
athletics press release." To practice the back-to-back racing is really important as we look ahead to the Big 12 Conference meet." Campbell added: "Today was not a shining moment, but we have another opportunity to put this race out of our minds and go for it again tomorrow. This time of the year the results can be volatile, you just kind of live and learn." The next day, Jan.9, Kansas split its double dual meet against the Miami Hurricanes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights, which took place at the Norman Whitten Pool in Coral Gables, the home pool of the Hurricanes.
Kansas fell to Miami 178- 120, but were victorious
against Rutgers 176.5-
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However, just like the previous meet, the team won just two events. The A relay team of Bishop, juniors Yulia Kuchkarova and Pia Pavlic, and senior Bryce Hinde, won the opening event of the meet, the 400 yard medley relay. Bishop, Hinde, Kuchkarova and Pavlic teamed up to record a time of three minutes,50 seconds,and eight milliseconds. Bishop won Kansas' other event of the meet, the 50 yard freestyle, recording a time of 23.98 seconds.
"Today was a little better than yesterday, but still not great," Campbell said in another KU athletics press release. "Now they
ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN Swimmers prepare to start the backstroke.
know exactly where they are race wise because they hadn't raced for a few weeks until this weekend. The next challenge is to start relating training to what we are doing in competition. So now they know exactly where they are and what they need to work on."
Kansas' next meet is on Jan. 23 against Morningside College, Tabor College, and William Jewell College. Kansas defeated William Jewell on Dec. 4. The meet will begin at 10 a.m. at Robinson Natatorium, and it has been designated as Club Day.
Brew: A look inside the secrecy of winter meetings
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Question: What do two different Marriott Hotels in Nashville and Baltimore have to do with a Four Seasons Resort in Dallas other than both costing $150 per night at the low end and carrying an average 4.2 out of 5 rating?
With three of America's top professional sports on offseason hiatus, a new and different season begins. It takes place behind closed doors, hidden from the public eye inside the finest hotels Nashville Baltimore and Dallas have to offer.
Answer: Major sports executives
In terms of secrecy, winter meetings generally fall somewhere between the porous "Keeping up with the Kardashians" and cryptic election of a new Pope. With the advent of social media and "new age" reporting, nothing is truly secret and winter meetings will never be the clandestine operations of the past. However that doesn't mean the mystery surrounding the wealthiest men in sports meeting has faded.
For reference, the NFL winter meetings - which
Winter meetings are like a car accident on the side of the road — you can't help but turn your head to look, regardless of if you know every detail about the crash or none at all.
are technically owners' meetings that take place regularly throughout the year and change location from time to time — are hosted at the Four Seasons in Irving, Texas. At the meetings, there are a litany of items on the "late night" dining menu, including an 8 oz. black angus burger, chicken tortilla soup and gluten-free chocolate truffle cake. Meanwhile, if you went down for late night food at Oliver Hall, let's say at 1 a.m., you might find the remnants of a crunchy chicken cheddar wrap.
The scariest part for NFL/MLB/MLS fans is that league owners decide some of the most important facets of their favorite sports over secret 1 a.m.
steak dinners, not on the field.
It's not too hard to envision NFL commissioner Roger Goodell sitting in one of those meetings at the head of a very long meeting table, addressing a vote as to which NFL franchise(s) will be ripped up from their current fanbase and transported to LA.
In 2012 the average income for a St. Louis family was $52,343, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. That same St. Louis family could afford to stay at the Four Seasons resort for about half a
Spoiler alert: In this case, it's the St. Louis Rams and maybe the San Diego Chargers.
year, if they didn't eat or have any other expenses besides the room. In comparison, Roger Goodell could afford to stay at the Four Seasons every day for 378 years just based off his 2012 earnings.
Let's take a look at the MLS, which is hosting winter meetings in conjunction with the 2016 MLS SuperDraft. The Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards holds a 4.1 out of 5 star rating and is presumably where the Chicago Fire entertained offers for its No. 1 overall selection which it effectively traded to New York City FC.
As far as the MLB goes, players are routinely traded and signed throughout
a four-day period of winter meetings which happened this year at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, a fourstar hotel with the lowest user-reviewed rating of the group at 3.9/5.
Images of grand hotels, idling black escalades and expensive steak dinners lend themselves to fortune 500 company board meetings more than games that are supposed to be decided on effort and talent.
Next time you or someone you know fires off a tweet, text or post that the [insert sport here] is rigged, think back to images of the Four Seasons Resort and 1 a.m. steak dinner meetings and know they may not be that far off.
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Kansas track and field's first meet of the 2015-16 indoor season in early December kicked off a season
of high expectations for coach Stanley Redwine's team.
After one month off, the Jayhawks returned to Anschutz Sports Pavilion with the same high expectations;
high expectations that they met with flying colors in the two meets of early 2016. On Jan. 8, Kansas returned to competition in the Bill Easton Classic.
The Jayhawks won 22
events, including 15 out of 19 on the women's side. The women won 11 out of 12 events on the track, anchored by the All-American Sydney Conley and breakout runner Zainab Sanni.
Conley won the long jump in one attempt after she jumped 6.02 meters. Then the two faced off in the final of the 60 meter, an event which Sanni won by one-hundredth of a second. Sanni also ran the second leg in the 4x400-meter relay, which Kansas won.
On the men's side, Tre Daniels set a personal best in the 200 meters for the second time this season. The sophomore is one of the athletes who will have to step up on the track in the absence of Michael Stigler, who essentially provided an automatic win every time he competed. Daniels' senior teammate Drew Matthews also set a personal best in the event.
Anastasiya Muchkayev also picked up a victory in
the meet. The senior from Israel dominated the shot put once again with a throw distance of 14.49 meters.
Kansas saw its first true Division I competition of the season a week later, competing in the KU-KSUW-SU Triangular at the Anschutz Sports Pavilion. The Jayhawks picked up another win in the second annual Sunflower State Triangular, helped along by a truly dominating performance by Daina Levy.
Levy set a career best and NCAA-leading mark in the weight throw. She was one of six athletes or relay teams to set a mark in the top 10 in the country this year. On top of that, she has three of the ten best weight throws in Kansas history. Nicolai Ceban, a sophomore from Moldova, also set his personal best in the shot put, out throwing the field by over eight feet.
Daniels and Drew Matthews continued their early season success in the
4x400-meter relay, helping Kansas to a big win in the event. Brandon Bernal picked up an individual win in his second straight competition, this time in the 1,000 meters.
Sharon Lokedi, Kansas' strongest cross country runner, picked up a win in her first event of the indoor season, finishing the mile in under five minutes. Nashia Baker and Jacob Morgan also picked up individual distance wins.
The big performance in the Sunflower State Triangular marked the first time Kansas saw a field of Division I competition after the Jayhawks' previous two meets featured small schools and community colleges. After one of its more successful seasons in recent memory last year, Kansas track and field seems to be getting off on the right foot to start the 2015-16 campaign.
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Nine Jayhawks qualify for NCAA Championships
DYLAN SHERWOOD
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In the final day of the NCAA West Preliminary meet, held at Rock Chalk Park, the Kansas track and field team only had one qualifier heading into the final day. At the end of the meet, Kansas would qualify eight more athletes in three different events.
Saturday morning was an emotional one for Kansas senior thrower Dasha Tsema. After throwing a 53.46 meters （175'5") Tsema went to the officials to see where she finished. She and her teammate, senior Dania Levy, finished 11th and 12th respectively to claim the final two spots to Eugene, Oregon.
"That's the most nervous I've ever been in a meet, but I gave it all I got, because this is the end," Tsema said.
Tsema and Levy are not the only throwers heading to Eugene. Both junior
Mitch Cooper and sophomore Nicolai Ceben were the next to qualify for nationals.
Cooper won the regional meet with a throw of 195'-0", while Ceban had a throw of 192'-9", finishing in fourth place. The throw by Ceban was a personal best. He had been practicing throwing the discus and was glad his performance was good enough to qualify for nationals.
"It was a good thing this happened at the regional meet, which secured me a spot at the national championships," Ceban said. "I'm pretty happy about it."
Cooper came into the meet with the nation's second throw, and said he felt a bit nervous being the best thrower in the regional meet.
"The start of the meet did not go as planned," Cooper said. "I finished strong and I was happy with that."
The final qualifiers were the men's 4x400 meter relay. The team consisting of Ivan Henry, Tre Daniels, Jaron Hartley and Strymar Livingston had the fastest qualifying time among teams that did not receive an automatic bid to Eugene.
"We were very confident we were going to make nationals," Hartley said. "We all decided that if we all split our PRs we would definitely be far enough ahead of what we just did. We wanted to win it, but I think it's a start."
Even with the meet on their home track, Kansas
coach Stanley Redwine said that this was a learning experience for his teams.
"There was definitely added pressure, because you're at home and I think that's going to be a learning experience for when we host more meets of this size in the future," Redwine said in a KU Athletics release.
Sophomore Sharon Lokedi was the lone qualifier on Friday in the 10,000 meter run.
The NCAA Championships will take place June 8-11 in Eugene, Oregon.
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Track:
- Men's 4x400 meter relay: Henry, Hartley, Daniels & Livingston
Semifinal Wednesday June 8 9:48 p.m. CDT
- Women's 10,000 meter run: Sharon Lokedi
Finals Thursday June 9 9 p.m. CDT
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- Men's Discus : Mitch Cooper & Nicohai Ceban Finals Friday June 10 8 p.m. CDT
- Women's Discus: Dasha Tsema & Daina Levy Finals Saturday June 11 4:15 p.m. CDT
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Former student-athlete Daisy Tackett has filed a Title IX lawsuit claiming that the University "created a hostile educational environment" after she said she was sexually assaulted in Jayhawker Towers.
University files motion to dismiss Title IX lawsuit
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Editor's note: The University Daily Kansan generally does not name sexual assault victims in accordance with the Kansan's policy guide. However, in an interview with Dallas Morning News, former student athlete Daisy Tackett requested her name be used.
In a response filed in federal court May 27, the University formally motioned to dismiss the Title IX lawsuit filed by Daisy Tackett, a former student-athlete.
The initial lawsuit, filed in Douglas County District Court on March 21, claims the University "created a hostile educational environment" by not protecting Tackett after she said she was raped by a KU football player in Jayhawker Towers.
The response, authored by Mike Leitch, attorney for the University, states that Tackett's claims have no legitimacy under Title IX because the plaintiff failed to
give the University "actual notice" and that the University did not display deliberate negligence towards Tackett's case.
In addition, the motion stated that the University is not liable for Tackett's alleged incident due to the fact it had no prior knowledge of any ongoing sexual harassment by Tackett's assailant.
However, the motion to dismiss said Tackett's complaint of University negligence has no merit because "the University investigated her complaint of discrimination, provided her an escort on campus, and expelled her assailant."
Tackett's lawsuit claims the University showed deliberate neglect, punishable under Title IX, because it failed to conduct a thorough and speedy investigation, failed to suspend the assailant pending the investigation, and failed to prevent her from subsequent harassment.
"KU may be liable for peer-on-peer harassment only where it has actual knowledge of ongoing sexual harassment and remains
"A motion to dismiss is saying that we haven't plead the facts in a way that can support the cause of action; saying we don't have enough facts in there," he said. "What we put together, we felt like we had ample facts to support the allegations [...] It's very typical for a motion to dismiss to be filed in a civil lawsuit like this, and it's not anything that was unexpected from our end."
Dan Curry, Tackett's lawyer, said they will file a response and ask the federal court to deny the University's motion to dismiss.
deliberately indifferent to it," the motion reads. "Here there were no prior allegations of sexual assault committed by the Plaintiff's assailant, and when Plaintiff reported the rape to KU one year later, KU investigated the matter, provided Plaintiff an escort on campus, and expelled the assailant."
Curry said the response would be filed sometime in the coming weeks, and the court is allowed to grant extensions if needed. He said
the response would clearly arrange the facts they feel support their claim, all of which are already outlined in the initial complaint.
Tackett's case is one of two ongoing Title IX lawsuits the University is involved in. On April 18, another anonymous University athlete filed a lawsuit claiming the University created a hostile education environment after she was also sexually assaulted in Jayhawker Towers, the same location as Tackett, by the same football player.
The unnamed plaintiff also said the University violated the Rehabilitation Act when it discriminated against her because of a disability. The University has not issued a response to the anonymous athlete's complaint.
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Jennifer Hamer will serve as the first associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion program policies for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The University announced the position in a release Thursday.
According to the release, Hamer will begin her position July 1. She is a professor of African and African-American Studies and currently serves as the chair of the Department of American Studies.
"Jennifer possesses an ideal combination of research expertise and hands-on experience in developing environments of mutual respect and individual support. She will be a tremendous leader and advocate in
the College and across campus," Carl Lejuez, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said in the release.
Kristi Henderson, communications director for the College, said the position was a goal of Lejuez's since he took over as dean in February. She said Hamer was selected out of a field of candidates by a search committee chaired by Henry Bial, School of the Arts Associate Dean.
"This was one of [Lejuez's] first priorities: diversity, equity and inclusion. He gave his presentation [for the dean position] in October and talked about it then. He arrived in February, and this was one of his early priorities," she said.
Hamer said one of her main priorities will be creating an environment
where all students feel safe in their educational environment. She said very few, if any, universities are currently doing diversity, equity and inclusion work well, and faculty members at the University can always work towards improving those efforts across campus.
"As it is right now, I think what you're hearing from students is that they don't feel like they're treated the same in the classroom. They don't feel like they're treated fairly when they walk across campus or when they engage with faculty members," she said. "Faculty members, quite honestly, we're also learning. So one of the things we will emphasize in the college is how to do what we do better as faculty members and how to do it in a fair way."
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RYAN LISTON
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Last June, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States. On May 31 of this year, President Obama proclaimed June 2016 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. Bringing recognition to the LGBTQ+ community is important, especially when members of this community still face discrimination and stereotyping.
Sen. Fitzgerald's statement is not only wrong and unsupported by psychological experts, including the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association, his statement also highlights why heightened awareness of LGBTQ+ issues matters.
On June 1, Kansas state Senator Steve Fitzgerald claimed transgender people suffer from "insanity" during a debate over new Title IX guidelines that extend protections for transgender students.
Members of the LGBTQ+ community are often mischaracterized as confused or mentally damaged. This
stigma is harmful because it can cause targeted discrimination, harassment and hostility toward LGBTQ+ individuals and propagate the idea that these individuals are misguided.
Hopefully the introduction of LGBT Pride month will shed light on the issues that these individuals experience and bring about greater acceptance of the
LGBTQ+ community. To truly foster awareness and understanding, we must use this month to advocate for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and recognize the contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
For too long, the LGBTQ+ community has been misunderstood and oppressed. We must work to support LGBTQ+ individuals and assist in making their lives better. Dedicating this month to the LGBTQ+ community is one step toward that goal, but we must continue the advocacy year-round.
Ryan Liston is a sophomore from Lawrence studying Journalism.
Orth: Social media is too quick to condemn others
▶ MAGGIE ORTH
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Last month, Harambe, a 450-pound gorilla, was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after a three-year-old boy fell 12 feet into the gorilla enclosure. By now most people have had enough time to form and voice their opinion via social media. On Twitter, arguments oscillate between whose life was more important, the boy's or the gorillazs. The majority spews vitriolic
My first reaction, like so many on social media, was to point the finger of blame at the mother. That was until I saw a surplus of absurd attacks. People were writing hate posts and saying things like, "I hope mommy also loves being publicly shamed. Because it's coming." Maybe this mother had her head in the wrong
comments like, "If you have to shoot - aim for the least endangered one." Thanks to social media, Harambe's death will never die.
place at the wrong time. Does that response fit her scandal? Sorry to get biblical on you, but let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. Odds are, she will face legal issues and social backlash. Social media allows people to publicly point their digital fingers and spout harassment. Local national, and global tragedies are revealing human insecurities.
Social media has changed the speed at which
we communicate. In our millennial world we have not known a life without Facebook or some other social media platform. But more than just our generation has fallen victim or assailant to the wonderful and cruel freedom that only social media can offer us.In addition to Harambe, there are countless instances where angry commenters have flocked to social media outlets to jump on the bashing bandwagon. The red Starbucks Christmas cup
and the Target Obsessive Christmas disorder sweater are just a few examples of this. Insignificant instances like these cause masses of people to voice their opinions and disrespect others. But what perplexes me is how people are not giving this sort of attention to real problems such as the education system, the media, or the environment.
Every time an accident is smeared across media, some people lose their decency. Did the Cincinnati
gorilla incident not teach us that loud commentary only worsens existing problems? Instead we should be asking ourselves what the bigger problems are. When did the human race become so judgmental? Is technology causing abuse of freedom of speech? Or have the times made us too sensitive?
Maggie Orth is a senior from Overland Park studying business marketing and art history.
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Kansas Board of Regents approves tuition increase for 2017 fiscal year
▶ CONNER MITCHELL
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Members of the Kansas Board of Regents approved university tuition increases ranging from 4.9 to six percent for fiscal year 2017 at a monthly meeting Wednesday.
Specifically, the University will see a five percent increase to the standard tuition rate for both residents and non-residents. Also
approved was a six percent increase to the compact tuition rate, which allows first-year students to lock in their tuition rate for four years.
In a news release, the Board of Regents projects approximately $724 million will be raised in tuition revenues across the state in the upcoming year as a result of the approved increases. Incoming board chair Zoe Newton said raising tuition is never something board
members take lightly.
"Voting to raise tuition is never agreed to lightly. We balance our commitment to keeping tuition affordable against the need to maintain and improve the excellence of our state universities," she said in the release. "Students expect and deserve a quality education, and our state needs high quality doctors, nurses, engineers, teachers ... all of our graduates, in whatever discipline they have
pursued. Maintaining these high standards requires investment to ensure the vitality and excellence of the Kansas public postsecondary educational system."
The statewide push for tuition increases was magnified after Gov. Sam Brownback announced a $97 million cut to the overall state budget in May, which included a
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McLemore and Aldrich headline Rock Chalk Roundball Classic
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When looking back at previous Rock Chalk Roundball Classic events, event director Brian Hanni believes this has been the best one yet in eight years.
The event, which benefited local children battling
cancer, raised an estimated $37,000 according to the event's Facebook page. The event featured over 45 former Jayhawks, including current NBA stars Cole Aldrich and Ben McLemore.
The red squad, led by Aldrich, defeated the blue squad, led by McLemore,
90-83 despite being down 45-34 at halftime.
"We think the entertainment value was as special as it's been," Hanni said. "This was probably the best event that we have ever had."
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After Orlando, LGBTQ+ groups provide support
▶ MATT KAUFMAN
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In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando last week, LGBTQ+ groups in Lawrence are coming together to help their community cope with the horrific tragedy.
Groups such as Spectrum
KU, formerly known as Queers & Allies, and the KU Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity have made their presence known to students who need a group to help them cope with what
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