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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013
LAWRENCE
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
The Wheel is ranked third best college bar by USA Today.
The Wagon Wheel makes top college bars
KATIE MCBRIDE
kmcbride@kansan.com
At the Wagon Wheel, one of the University's favorite bars, years of memorabilia and pictures cover the walls. Sharpie signatures fill up the wooden booths and classic oldies spill from the jukebox. Everyone from current students to alums gathers to enjoy drinks and make and share memories.
The Wagon Wheel, more commonly known as The Wheel, was recently ranked third in a list of the best college bars in America by The Daily Meal. The rankings were determined by student requests and a point system based on factors such as drink selection, price, music and proximity to campus.
Rob Farha, who has owned the bar since 1997, said people enjoy the experience of The Wheel because of the sense of history and tradition that it encompasses. He said there have been only two physical changes to the building since it opened in 1955, and everything else has remained consistent.
"When alumni come back to visit on a game day or during homecoming, or while they're moving their son or daughter into the dorms, they want to stop by The Wheel because it brings them back to when they went to school here," Farha said. "They'll usually see someone they know or someone they went to school with, and they'll gather out on the patio and reminisce."
Although decades of classes of
University students have come and gone from campus, The Wheel has always remained the same. Farha said he hasn't changed even small things about the bar, such as the fact that they serve canned beer, because "that's the way things have always been," and have always worked.
"Every KU student has some sort of story or experience that involves the Wheel; it's a staple at KU," Martin said. "I think people enjoy the consistency, because it reminds us of our college years and time
Molly Martin, a 2012 graduate from the University, said returning to The Wheel reminds her of spending time there with her sorority sisters and ending nights with a slice of Wheel pizza.
at KU, and of what it was like. We always know what to expect when we visit."
New customers are drawn to The Wheel for the first time because they've heard about it, and because it's close to campus, Farha said. There have been just three owners since 1955, and each has had a passion for connecting with the customers to keep them coming back.
As far as he knows, Farha doesn't plan on changing anything anytime soon.
"I'm not trying to reinvent The Wheel," Farha said. "I want to keep it rolling."
Edited by Madison Schultz
CRIME
Family of suspect requests paternity tests
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO — The family of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother wants paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the children, a spokesman said Wednesday, a suggestion that was quickly rebutted by the victims' family.
Andrew Spanswick, a spokesman for the family of James Lee DiMaggio, said rumors have circulated on social media that DiMaggio fathered the children and that it was "a little strange" that the suspect named the girl's paternal grandmother as his life insurance beneficiary.
Lora Robinson, DiMaggio's sister and lone survivor of his immediate family, collected DNA from her brother and wants samples from Hannah Anderson and her brother to determine paternity, Spanswick
said. She has not yet asked for the samples but intends to at a later date.
"The biggest issue is, I think, that Lora wants closure on the case," Spanswick said. "As Lora has heard these rumors, she would like to confirm whether they are true or not."
Anderson family spokeswoman Stacy Hess said DiMaggio didn't meet the children's father and mother, Brett and Christina Anderson, un-
gio's burned home, Hess said.
Brett Anderson finds the suggestion that DiMaggio fathered the two children "disgusting." Hess said. She said the family had not yet received a DNA request directly from DiMaggio's family and declined further comment.
"In the beginning I was a victim, but now knowing everyone out there is helping me I consider myself a survivor instead."
Spanswick said the family's interest in paternity tests, which was first reported by KGTV in San Diego, has been "blown way out of proportion" by the media.
til Christina was six months pregnant with Hannah. Investigators used Brett Anderson's DNA to confirm the identity of 8-year-old Ethan Anderson, whose remains were found in the rubble of DiMag-
HANNAH ANDERSON Kidnapping victim
DiMaggio, 405 was like an uncle to the Anderson children and Brett Anderson's best friend. Hannah was rescued Aug 10 when FBI agents killed DiMaggio in the Idaho wilderness, ending a massive search that spanned
"It's just for clarity," he said.
DiMaggio, 40.
Investigators say DiMaggio escaped with Hannah and killed 44-year-old Christina Anderson and her son, whose bodies were discovered after DiMaggio set fire to his home Aug. 4 in Boulevard, a tiny town 65 miles east of San Diego.
much of the western United States and parts of Canada and Mexico.
DiMaggio named Hannah's grandmother, Bernice Anderson, as the sole beneficiary of his employer-issued life insurance policy, making her eligible to receive $112,000, according to Spanswick, who believes the money was intended for Hannah.
Hannah Anderson gave her first news interview since her rescue to the NBC "Today" show. It was scheduled to air Thursday.
"In the beginning I was a victim, but now knowing everyone out there is helping me I consider myself a survivor instead," she said.
Security guard wins appeal, gets new trial
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rican authorities say a security guard who fatally shot an American teenager after mistaking him for an intruder will get a new trial after winning an appeal.
Jorge Guevara was sentenced last year to 15 years in prison for killing 16-year-old Justin Johnston of McLouth, Kansas, inside a hotel in La Fortuna de San Carlos.
Johnston and a group of his friends were returning to his room before dawn through a desolate area when Guevara spotted them and thinking they were thieves opened fire.
Court spokeswoman Marcela Fernandez confirmed Wednesday that Jorge Guevara won an appeal which argued the original trial didn't prove the guard intended to kill the teenager.
Johnston was on a trip to Costa Rica with a dozen other students in the school's Spanish club.
Associated Press
HISTORY
Reliving Quantrill, 150 years later
MARK ARCE
marce@kansan.com
August 21, 1863 is a date that resonates with many Lawrence natives. While the Civil War raged across the nation, citizens of Lawrence endured one of its most heartbreaking legacies: Quantrill's raid. The raid left 185 men and boys dead, and forever changed the city.
For this year's 150th anniversary of the raid, the city of Lawrence and historical organizations like the Watkins Museum of History look back at the stories that shaped Lawrence.
1863 Commemorate Lawrence is a website set up by the city that aggregates all the events happening around town to memorialize Quantrill's Raid.
Watkins opened a new exhibit integrating modern art interpretations of the raid with multimedia presentations and other displays that presented Kansas' history before, during and after
"I thought the new permanent exhibit was fascinating," said Caitlin Doornbs, a senior from Hutchinson, Kansas. She said the exhibit caught her attention because "seeing the charred floorboards from houses in Quantrill's Raid and seeing an original copy of the New York Times talking about the raid made the tragedy of that 1863 day seem much closer to home."
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Watkins also hosted the Kaw Valley Cornet Band, who added to the experience by playing music that was popular during the Civil War. The museum housed several other events, including a walking tour, a cemetery tour and lectures about the raid in the hopes of educating the public. Doornbos said that is important because everyone, especially students, can learn more about the city that surrounds them.
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