Friday, October 27, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Band will sit by students at football home games
By Kursten Phelps writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Students at tomorrow's home football game should be able to hear the music loud and clear because the Marching Jayhawks will be located right next to them.
The Athletics Department announced Wednesday the marching band would sit next to the student section at tomorrow's game at Memorial Stadium.
Doug Vance, assistant athletics director, said the change would be permanent.
"We felt like it was the overwhelming sentiment that this was in the best interest of the students and the band." Vance said.
Ben Walker, student body president, said he had talked to Pat Warren, assistant athletics director, concerning student complaints about the band's previous location.
He added it also made sense for the band to sit by the student section because its members were students.
The department moved the band to the curved section of the stadium last season because acoustically it provided the loudest effect for most of the stadium. But some students said the band was too far away and hard to hear from the student seats.
"They had legitimate reasons to have the band where they did," Walker said. "But it would better serve students to have the band in the student section."
Randy Foster, a Lawrence senior who has played in the band for five years, said the department made the right decision.
"They did a sound check and said that it was louder in the curved part of the stadium, but it was louder for the alumni, and they're not necessarily the ones that make a difference in the game," Foster said. "Students can really make a difference. They can make enough noise and commotion to distract the other team."
Foster said he hoped the location change would help school spirit at future games.
and help school spirit at future games. "I think it's going to have a great effect on the games," Foster said. "The students will finally be able to hear the fight song again."
— Edited by Shawn Hutchinson
Stuck classroom door traps 20 math students
By Lauren Brandenburg
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staffwriter
Maybe talking to the teacher after class wasn't such a good idea.
Twenty students were trapped for 45 minutes yesterday in a fifth-floor classroom in Snow Hall as they waited after class to get extra help from their instructor.
But when they tried to leave, the classroom door wouldn't open.
Half of the Math 122 students had waited after their 2:30 p.m. class, said Thomas Champion, Lawrence freshman, and about half the students for the next class were already in the room.
He said the teacher's assistant for the next hour's class slipped quizzes and practice problems under the door for his students who were in the room.
Meanwhile, Champion said, the Math 122 TA looked at his students' midterms and helped them
Some of the men in the class threw paper airplanes out the window in a futile attempt to get the attention of passers-by, Champion said.
"The door handle was still on; it just wouldn't open," said Marina Burton, Topeka sophomore. "We couldn't get out, and no one could get in. We tried drop-kicking the door. We tried the credit card thing."
Burton was late to work because of the incident.
Cries of "We're free! We're out!" erupted when a maintenance worker finally opened the door with a crowbar.
with questions.
Champion said his plans mostly were unaffected, although he had to postpone taking an exam he had wanted to take after class.
Another student who was parked in the Jayhawk Bookstore parking lot was probably not so lucky, Champion said. There is a 30-minute limit for its customer only lot.
the teacher could not be reached for comment.
Lawrence dedicates garden
Lawrence mayor Jim Henry and Itsuo Yoshino, Hiratsuka, Japan mayor, cut the ribbon to the new Japanese Friendship Garden near the corner of 11th and Massachusetts streets. Hiratsuka has been Lawrence's sister city for more than ten years. Photo by Craig Bennett/KASNAN
By Matt Merkel-Hess
By Matt Merkel-Hess
writer@kansan staff
Kansas staff writer
A Japanese garden commemorating 10 years of sister city exchanges between Hiratsuka, Japan and Lawrence has created a pocket of tranquility downtown.
The garden, which includes a stone lantern and miniature 13-story pagoda donated by Hiratsuka, is located next to the Douglas County Historical Museum at 11th and Massachusetts streets.
Mayor Jim Henry, the city commission, community members and a 30-member delegation from Hiratsuka were present for a formal dedication last night.
Itsuo Yoshino, mayor of Hiratsuka, said through a translator that before he saw the garden he was worried because the trees were different from Japan.
The garden is a carefully arranged combination of cherry and pine trees, azaleas, wisteria, small pebbles and large stones, creating a mix of Japan and Kansas.
"Today I'm very happy to see this garden because it has a very Japanese atmosphere," Yoshino said.
Toshi Tsuji, a Hiratsuka resident and exchange intern with the City of Lawrence, said Lawrence was beautiful and the people were kind and helpful.
"I'm very appreciative to the Lawrence citizens for building this garden," he said. "This is very similar to a real Japanese garden."
In July, Henry led a delegation of Lawrence citizens to Hiratsuka for a 10-year anniversary and cultural exchange. Henry said he was impressed with the cleanliness of the city and the shopkeepers who cleaned their storefronts every morning.
"They're very proud of their community," he said. "That's a mindset we ought to have."
Faye Watson, chairwoman of the Japanese Garden Project, said the garden had been in planning for five years and was paid for by donations from Hiratsuka, the City of Lawrence and a fund-raiser that took place last May. The total cost was about $23,000.
She said sister city exchanges Lawrence had with Hiratsuka were important to foster understanding of other cultures.
"It gives everybody a chance to come in contact with international people." Watson said. "Our world is so darn big, but it's getting smaller. You can hardly do anything without running into someone that's from another country and has differ ideas about doing things."
Edited by J. R. Mendoza
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