THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 2013
CAMPUS
Seniors design elaborate fashions for final
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MADDIE FARBER
mfarber@kansan.com
Olathe senior Chante Gossett designed this dress as part of her final project. Gossett showed some of her creations at a fashion show in Kansas City over the summer.
A few talented seniors in the University's art department are "going out with a bang," as senior John Dennis puts it. The University students have used their various talents in textile art to create fashion statements.
The students are currently creating pieces for their senior projects. Critiques will take place during finals week this December. Their final projects are a reflection of their progress throughout the whole semester. Along with their professors, seniors will have the chance to critique their classmates' final pieces.
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"My art is different because it has a functional aspect," said Dennis, a senior from Kansas City, Mo.
"I've always been trying to find a merger between architecture and fashion. What I'm doing draws back to my roots in architecture; I'm always looking for structure."
Dennis has hand made a button-down shirt and then dyed it with indigo. He is currently crocheting a cardigan to accompany the shirt.
Dennis has interned with emerging fashion designers in New York City, and said he would like to work with smaller-scale designers after he graduates to have a more
hands-on experience with fashion and production.
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Sarah Travis, a senior from Overland Park, is also a textile design student. She is currently working part time at Altar Bridal, a high-end bridal store in Kansas City, where she works one-on-one with designers.
Travis has applied her talents in embroidery to her passion for bridal wear.
"I'm creating something that isn't along the lines of what you expect to see from an art student," Travis said. "I wanted to show that bridal isn't just a white dress. In my work, the dresses are pieces of art."
After trying her hand at making a wedding dress, Travis then moved on to embroidered-collared necklaces.
Other than working with Altar Bridal, Travis also works as an apprentice to a bridal accessory designer in Kansas City.
Chante Gossett, a senior from Olathe, has taken her senior project to the next level: she showed her five-piece collection at the West 18th Street Fashion Show this past summer in Kansas City, Mo.
ters. She has hand dyed and hand printed all of her fabrics through an intensive process using disperse dye to transfer her patterns to fabric in a heat press.
all becoming real now."
"I have a lot of confidence in what I'm doing." Gossett said. "I'm coming out with something I can offer immediately. It's functional but still an art form."
on Nov. 19, where she is expecting an audience of about 250-300 people.
Gossett has taken the initiative to put on a showcase for her ten-piece Spring 2014 collection, "Confetti." Her collection will be shown at The Bauer in Kansas City
"I think I can really start this [line] and make it something," Gossett said. "After 18th Street, I had a big realization that I have an amazing support system here. It's
Gossett plans to develop a full line of hand-dyed and hand-printed garments
To find out more about about Gossett and her collections, visit her website at http://www.chantegossett.com.
Gossett started developing her work over the past three semes-
Edited by Paige Lytle
STATE
Kobach seeks opinion on guns at polling places
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TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has asked Attorney General Derek Schmidt for a ruling on whether a new state law allowing concealed carry in most public buildings includes polling places.
Polling sites in Kansas are often found in places where guns are not usually allowed, such as churches, schools, universities and charity organizations, The Wichita Eagle reported. Guns
have also been prohibited as a general rule from polling places to prevent voter intimidation or interference with elections, Kobach said.
But there is "some ambiguity in the law" over whether Kansas polling places would be considered "leased" property under the new concealed-carry law. If they are, the law says licensed gun owners must be allowed to carry their weapons on the premises, unless the county files a detailed security plan for each site and
We've invited the attorney general to weigh in before we issue any guidance to the counties," Kobach told the newspaper.
Robot out the news paper.
Public officials can request an attorney general's opinion on legal questions that haven't been decided by a court. The opinions aren't considered law but can be used as guidance until an issue is tested.
provides protective measures such as metal detectors and guards to run them.
Brad Bryant, elections director
in the Secretary of State's Office, gave election commissioners and county clerks from around Kansas an update on the issue during a recent convention in Wichita.
Rep. Tom Sawyer of Wichita, ranking Democrat on the House elections committee, said there could be difficulties in finding polling sites if weapons have to be allowed. He said some churches and nonprofit groups that open their property for voting sites may have second thoughts if they have to allow guns.
Our understanding right now is that a building, a facility, that is owned or leased by a municipality, including for a polling place, would be subject to the (concealed carry) law," he said. "When you lease a private property, it becomes a municipal property on Election Day, that's our understanding."
"It's hard enough as it is to come up with a building that's going to be open all day and that's handicapped-accessible," he said.
POLICE REPORTS
Information based on the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap.
- A 58-year-old man was arrested yesterday on the 1500 block of Church Street on suspicion of the second offense of operating while under the influence. A $1100 bond was paid.
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- A 51-year-old woman was arrested Saturday on the 2500 block of Redbud Lane on suspicion of domestic battery and aggravated assault. A $7500 bond was paid.
- A 23-year-old man was arrested yesterday on the 1000 block of W.6th Street on suspicion of operating while under the influence. A $500 bond was paid.
Katie McBride
the sense of the value. What's not irrelevant is the commitment they bring to it, the energy they bring to it. That's valuable in the long run." Christine Harwood, a masters student in Studio 804 from St. Louis, reiterated that personally designing and building the Forum provides a unique experience for her that other schools of architecture can't.
"I was attracted to KU five years ago because of this program," Harwood said. "When you see a design process all the way through, to now when we're building it ourselves, I'll be so much more knowledgeable. And when you know the process as it goes down the hands, you can create those details better too."
Edited by Casey Hutchins