The University Daily Kansan Thursday, October 12, 2000
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Book offers simplistic view
By Michael Newman Kansan book reviewer
Kansas is hard to market.
Although sunflowers might have universal appeal, Oz doesn't. And recent news coming out of Kansas — Fred Phelps and evolution controversies — is enough to defeat even the most brilliant marketing strategist.
So it is no surprise that Brent Green, marketing strategist turned-novelist, retreats to the radical late 1960s at the University of Kansas in his novel, Noble Chaos, to portray Kansas in a more progressive light.
It is about that time when Green's novel begins — it's also about the time when Green's nobility ends.
The novel's October release mirrors the 31st anniversary of the Oct. 15, 1969, student moratorium march when students wearing black arm bands marched down Jayhawk Boulevard in protest of the Vietnam War.
From the outset, it's easy to see that the transition to novelist is not an easy or straightforward one for the author. Although Green's prose shows he has a vast vocabulary, he has not learned to use it comfortably within the context of a novel.
Similarly, Green has not fully considered the boundaries between historical fact and fiction in his novel, which is set on the University of Kansas campus in 1969 and 1970.
In addition to the literal rendering of place, Green renders people and their personal details in an equally basic sense.
People are largely characterized in terms of their jeans, bell bottoms and dingo boots — the same stereotypes many of us hold, without reading 256 pages of prose.
While the use of campus landmarks may be interesting to KU students, his embellishment of historical events is misleading to the extent that it is requires the warning that this book is not history in any sense — reconstructed or not.
When Green delves into ideas, he unleashes the same well.
worn arguments that have come down to us through the 60s-stereotype mill, along with LSD and long hair. He has done nothing for fair representation of the Vietnam War generation and its ideas
Noble Chaos leaves Kansas where it already was — unkindly viewed.
Sunday:
Contemporary Photos:
Rethinking the Genres opens at the Spencer Museum of Art.
"The Populist March of Anne Diggs" by Joan Stone, a dance performance at 2 p.m. at Central Court.
BEER BLAST at Rocky's
Angels in America, Part I:
Millennium Approaches, 7:30
p.m. at the Crafton-Preyer
Theatre. $16, public. $8, KU
student. $15, senior citizen.
Chamber Choir, 7:30 p.m. at St. John's Catholic Church, 1229 Vermont St. Free.
Fine Arts
Little Women, 7 p.m. at the Spencer Museum of Art. Free.
Saturdav:
Hours
Tomorrow:
Tonight:
Friday & Saturday Night 10¢ Wings & $1.50 21oz. Beers
Man of La Mancha, B p.m. at the Lied Center. $40, $34, $34; public; $20, $17, students; $39, $33, senior citizens.
Angels in America, Part I: 7:30 Millennium Approaches, 7:30 p.m. at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre, $16, public; $8, KU student; $15, senior citizen.
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Party indulgences could hinder fitness training
By David Pilarim
Kansan fitness columnist
The weekend is just around the corner, and you might be planning to attend a big party or go clubbing. The last thing you want to worry about is fitness.
You should take a look at that hard-earned muscle in the mirror before you leave — it might not be around for long.
Studies suggest that as many as two-thirds of all alcohol abusers lose up to 20 percent of their entire muscle mass because of continuous alcohol consumption, a condition called alcoholic myopathy.
If you're trying to add muscle and lose fat, these shifts in your
endocrine status could lead to an abrupt halt to your gains in the gym.
THC (the chemical in marijuana responsible for its effects) has been shown to inhibit various cellular processes of the
Alcohol also causes excretion of body fluids and electrolyte stores, which can lead to dehydration and rapid muscle fatigue. Increased calorie intake from alcohol consumption also can contribute to weight gain, hence the "beer belly."
As for other festive substances, arguments about whether marijuana use has negative side effects are ongoing. Some health problems have been found, though.
testes — including testosterone synthesis, nucleic synthesis, local protein synthesis, sperm motility and production.
Quite possibly the most devastating effect on physical training from marijuana is the decrease in testosterone production and the altered balance between androgens and estrogens.
Because adequate testosterone levels are necessary for recovery and repair of muscle tissue between workouts, a marijuana-induced decrease of these levels will decrease your ability to recuperate.
On the other hand, the increase of estrogen caused by marijuana will cause an
Fitness Columnist
David Pilgrim
jayplay@kansan.com
increase in fat mass and prevent maximum fat loss during dieting.
I hope this information will help some of you out in the future, so you won't have to say goodbye to your hard-earned six-pack. E-mail questions or concerns to
locnkey@hotmail.com.
Pilgrim is a Lawrence freshman and KU Fit trainer.
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