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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Friday, Oct. 18, 1985
Photographer shows Kansas impressions
Of the Kansan staff
By Jill White Of the Kansan staff
National Geographic photographer Cotton Coulson, who shot pictures of Kansas that appeared in the magazine, showed his slides last night in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
More than 250 people viewed some of Coulson's slides of works that weren't published with the "Home to Influence" issue and a member issue of National Geographic.
Coulson also showed pictures from Europe and the Caribbean Sea that were never published.
A native of New York, Coulson came to Kansas for the first time in 1983 and spent several months during a season to get the feeling of the area.
"I always wanted to come to Kansas to show visually what life was really like behind the clichés that people in the East talk about," Coulson said. "I'm glad I took the challenge."
More than 18 months and 350 rolls of film later, Coulson and his editors put together a 32-page spread with color photos and an extensive map that tried to touch upon all angles of Kansas, he said.
Coulson said he was fascinated with design and shape of form and
liked to experiment with different types of light and shadow.
Jon Blumb, photographer for Spencer, said Coulson shot successful pictures because he was a good researcher. When Coulson came to Kansas, he wasn't given any leads on where to start.
"He had to do all his own research, and it shows up really well in his photographs," Blumb said. "Besides research, he's also able to make good and efficient use of his photo skills when he's there."
"I would say the strength of his work is getting the composition that's good, but also getting a photograph that's bold, to the point and readable." Blumb said. "You have to have that certain amount of impact to go with the story. It's something Coulson does well."
Gary Mason, associate professor of journalism, said Coulson spent the afternoon with students, showing pictures from his private portfolio. About 50 students participated in the afternoon session.
Cotton Coulson started taking photographs in eighth grade. After studying commercial photography at New York's High School of Art and Design, he pursued a degree in film at New York University.
In 1974, the summer before his senior year, Coulson devoted his
'He had to do all his own research, and it shows up really well in his photographs. Besides research, he's also able to make good and efficient use of his photo skills when he's there.'
John Blumb photographer, Spencer Museum of Art, on Cotton Coulson
vacation in Scotland to a possible article for National Geographic. His work was promising enough for the magazine to send him back that Christmas to finish the essay.
Coulson eventually settled in a Washington suburb and became a contract photographer for the Geographic.
National Geographic photographer Cotton Coulson spoke to art and journalism photography students and faculty at the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art yesterday afternoon. He showed slides of his work to a group of more than 250 last night in the auditorium at Spencer Museum.
Chad DeShazoKANSAN
Commander urges cadets to say 'no
"Saying 'no' is an art," says Lt. Col. Phil Litts, new commander of the KU Air Force ROTC. "If you say 'yes,' that's fine. But after awhile, people may take advantage of you."
By John Williams Of the Kansan staff
"Yes, sir," permeates the speech of ROTC cadets. But if the new KU Air Force ROTC commander gets his way, he'll teach his cadets to say
"Saying 'no' is an art," he said. "If you say 'yes', that's fine. But after awhile, people may take advantage of you.
"But, just once in a while," Lt. Colonel Phillip Litts, the commander, said Wednesday.
"It also want my cadets to make mistakes here where they are free. If they make them in the real world, they may lose their lives or jobs."
Litts, who replaced Lt. Colonel Charles W. Mosely in July, said he felt as if he was getting paid at the University for having fun — exactly what he was doing Wednesday afternoon when he listened to the St. Louis Cardinals-Los Angeles Dodgers baseball playoff game.
But Lits' fun is still work, he said. Before relaxing to catch a good Cardinal play on the radio, he had visited a cadet's dean's office. Later, he was rushing off to speak to about 6,000 students and parents at Shawnee Mission North High School in Mission.
From commanding a B-52 bomber to being responsible for 100 cadets as an Air Force Academy commander, Litts said, recruiting is the most rewarding and pivotal position he has held.
"The cadets are the ones who are going to take my place," he said.
"That is a sacred trust not all jobs can offer."
Litts teaches AS 284 and AS 288, Aerospace History, a sophomore cadet class that teaches traditions, war stories and heroes of the Air Force. he said.
"History and tradition in the military are important, especially during peacetime when it is hard to
motivate young people into military careers." he said
"The war stories get better, like wine, and are embellished with age. Instead of three surface-to-air missiles coming at you over Southeast Asia, it becomes hundreds and hundreds."
Before coming to KU, Litts was stationed at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, and was a course instructor at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Colo., where he was also in charge of the Academy cheerleaders.
He said the hills at KU reminded him of the University of California at Berkeley campus, where he attended school from 1862 to 1966.
Litts, an avid Star Trek and science fiction fan, owns an extensive collection of Marvel Comic books, and has received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal, Honorary Service Medal, Combat Readiness Medal and several foreign decorations.
Although he misses flying, the 41-year-old commander said his eyes were not as sharp as they once were and he could see nothing. "Not pung, but it's time to let go."
"Not much, but it's time to let someone else fly." he said.
He has logged more than 2,000 flying hours, 427 in combat over Southeast Asia during 1970 and 1971, he said.
Litts and his wife, Patty, who have a son, 4, and a newborn daughter, met through involvement in the Special Olympics, the biggest non-curricular, non-family thing he does, Litts said.
Special Olympics allows Lits to what he said he enjoys best — making people laugh. And it also helps with the cadets.
"I have very few inhibitions, and people go crazy when I put my Captain America or Superman costume on." he said.
Loyal Letterman fans organize student club
By Theresa Scott Of the Kansan staff
"Late Night with David Letterman" has broadcast studios pet tricks and "Mr. Curious" film clips into living rooms across the country for years, and two KU students think the movie for a David Letterman fan club.
Dave Johnson and Stewart Bailey, who say they haven't missed a Late Night show in three years, have started the David Letterman fan club, hoping to expand it to a national group, Bailey said yesterday.
Jack Rollins, Letterman's manager, said he was not aware of any Letterman fan clubs in the city. Jack Rollins said, he thinks it is a good idea
"Sure it'a a good idea if people get fun out of it," Rollins said.
Bailey, Topeka freshman, said he started the club because "It's fun to talk about Letterman. The purpose of the club is to have fun."
Bailey said he and Johnson, Overland Park freshman, had started David Letterman fan clubs in
their high schools. He said he thought those clubs were still intact.
Bailey said he and Johnson wanted to establish a KU fan club and eventually a Midwestern club by advertising in area newspapers and Rolling Stone magazine.
Although Bailey has never met Letterman or spoken with him, he had a friend who was a roommate of Letterman's niece. He said he planned to visit the Letterman in early 2015 and the Letterman and tell him about the fan club.
Rollins said it would be difficult for Bailey and Johnson to ever meet the late-night comedian because Letterman was under a lot of pressure doing a daily show.
"We get an enormous amount of requests for people to meet him." Rollins said. "So, our policy is not to let people meet him."
Bailey and Johnson began placing ads about the club in local papers on Tuesday and already have received many calls and letters about it, Bailey said.
"It's amazing." he said. "I think we just hit the right button."
Racers to dash for research
By a Kansan reporter
A $7 fee is due by tomorrow and late registration is $9, but the entry fee is waived if a participant collects $50 in pledges. The deadline for pledges is Nov. 26.
The Diabetes Dash, a five-kilometer race and a one-mile run, will be at 8 a.m. Oct. 26 at the Med Center.
The University of Kansas Medical Center next week will sponsor a race to benefit diabetes research.
A grand prize for pledge collection will be awarded to the individual who
collects the largest contribution exceeding $400. The prize is two round-trip Delta Airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States.
Diabetes strikes about 20 million people in the United States each year and medical costs from it exceed $10 billion annually to a researcher at the Med Center.
All race proceeds and pledges will be benefited diabetes research at the Med Center.
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