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Calendar
Wednesday, Nov. 5
What: Lunch N Learn
When: Noon to 1 p.m.
Where: Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, Room 202
About: A workshop about the benefits of massage therapy.
What: Pause 4 Pups
When: 8-9 p.m.
Where: Ellsworth Hall
About: Hang out with the therapy dogs provided by Loving Paws.
Thursday, Nov. 6
What: Tea @ Three
When: 3-4 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union
About: Drink tea and meet up with friends between classes.
What: Student Night
When: 5:30-7 p.m.
Where: Spencer Museum of Art
About: A casual event based off the themes of "Holding Pattern."
Friday, Nov. 7
What: International Coffee Hour
When: 3 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus Ministries
About: A social event open to international students.
What: Slavic Folk Dance Workshop
When: 4-5.30 p.m.
Where: Burge Union, Gridiron Room
About: A workshop hosted by the Department of Slavic Languages &
Literatures.
Saturday, Nov. 8
What: Electronic Recycling Event When: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: KU Park & Ride parking lot About: Items accepted include televisions, printers, microwaves and cell phones.
What: Tea, Love, War and Detention
When: 1:30-4 p.m.
Where: Lawrence Arts Center
About: An art exhibit including stories and poetry.
Bar takes unusual approach to fake IDs
DALTON KINGERY
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A wall at Cork and Barrel, 2000 W. 23rd St., shows students the consequences of using a fake ID when trying to buy alcohol. Louise's has a similar wall.
They've been doing it for as long as Bretta Mick can remember.
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At Louise's, a bar located at 1009 Massachusetts St., they take a hard stance on fake IDs, with a sign posted outside the entrance warning patrons the bar will confiscate IDs that they suspect are fake. This warning doesn't deter the bravest among underage drinkers from making the attempt anyway. Those that do are usually caught, and become immortalized by having their ID stapled to the wall of the bar. As of today, there are 1,036 fake IDs lining the walls of Louise's.
Other bars confiscate fake IDs — the Bottleneck turns away underage drinkers at the door and throws the IDs away, while Johnny's Tavern North takes the IDs and seals them away in a drawer. But only Louise's incorporates comedic public shaming into the process.
"Once taken, they are stapled to our wall of fame, or shame, however you'd like to look at it," said Mick, who has been a bartender at Louise's for three and a half years and was an employee when the bar hit the 1,000 ID mark in February of 2014. "No one really gets in trouble, they're not turned over to the police. The police really respect us for not allowing underage drinking in our bar."
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Mick said the tradition of stapling IDs to the wall has been around since long before she began working there.
When their IDs are taken,
most people are embarrassed
and don't try to argue.
However, some get mad or
try to argue that the ID is, in fact, theirs.
Brock Sheldon, a doorman at Louise's, said these arguments are usually short-circuited by the doormen offering to call the police to come and verify the legitimacy of the identification.
"People freak out about how the ID is really theirs, and we usually just tell them that they can call the cops if they want to, and if they don't, then it was obviously fake," said Sheldon, a senior from Emporia who has worked at Louise's since last April. "If it really is their ID and they want to call the cops to come and scan it, then that's fine. The cops know we're just trying to do our jobs."
Part of the reason for the emphasis on not allowing underage drinkers into Louise's is the bar's need to protect itself. The Kansas Department of Revenue's Alcohol Beverage Control
People have tried unusual tactics to get their IDs back when confiscated. One man went so far as to offer the doorman more than $300 cash to give his ID back.
Although the employees admit that preventing
division is tasked with enforcing alcohol laws, and will send agents posing as regular bar patrons using fake IDs into bars to determine if an establishment is doing its due diligence in keeping out underage drinkers, Mick said. If an agent is able to enter the establishment and is served alcohol, it will typically result in a monetary fine of $100-$250 for the establishment, according to the ABC's website.
"You know, as long as I've been here, we haven't really had problems with underage people," Mick said. "We've actually never gotten fined to my knowledge."
"There's so many bars here that you can get into no matter how old you are. I mean, we don't have the little kids coming in and getting way too drunk and acting stupid," Sheldon said.
Mick also said the bar's well-known way of handling fake IDs results in an older and more mature crowd of patrons, a sentiment echoed by Sheldon.
WHAT A DOORMAN LOOKS FOR:
Brock Sheldon, a doorman at Louise's, said there are a number of different things he looks for when trying to determine the authenticity of an ID.
- The first is the corners and edges of the card itself, typically IDs that are not authentic will have noticeably worn edges and peeling in corners.
- Another giveaway is blurred lettering in parts of the ID, which isn't seen in authentic IDs.
Sheldon doesn't rely solely on the IDs appearance either. Paying attention to potential customers' body language is important.
- If they won't look up or try to keep their face from being looked at, that usually tells Sheldon something is off.
- Other tactics include trying to slip in with groups of patrons that are of age,with some in front and some behind the underage person.
"We want kids to be safe,
that's our No. 1 thing. You're
not supposed to be drinking
underage people from patronizing their establishment is in their best interests, they say the biggest reason they handle IDs the way they do is out of concern for the underage drinkers.
underage, and there are cops all over down here," Mick said. "If you get caught or get a DUI, that's really going to mess things up for you, so just wait until you're 21."
Edited by Ashley Peralta
Hawks Helping Hawks releases applications
MIRANDA DAVIS
Hawks Helping Hawks, a student organization that raises money to aid students who have fallen on hard times financially, released its first application this week. Hawks Helping Hawks started last year with fundraising efforts that raised around $6,000. The organization plans to distribute the money once it receives and reviews applications.
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The financial award packets, which the group calls Hawk Aid, is need-based. Those applying are required to fill out a financial need form as well as
The group states on the application that it plans to give out aid between $250 and $2,000. It will start reviewing applications Monday.
"We believe that when you come to KU, you become part of the Jayhawk family and any good family looks after each other and makes sure that everyone is doing OK," Bayer said.
Cal Bayer, a senior from Kansas City, Mo., and president of Hawks Helping Hawks, said the organization fosters the idea of a KU family that helps each other out when in need.
Bayer said one in four Jayhawks don't make it to their sophomore year, and while there are many reasons they leave, Hawks Helping Hawks wants to prevent financial burdens from being a reason.
"If you come into a
community and you already know that people are looking out for each other and care about you, and you can care about other people, we think that's going to be beneficial to any student that comes to KU," Bayer said.
Dalton Willey, a sophomore from Salina and vice president of the organization, said his passion for Hawks Helping Hawks comes from his desire to help other first generation college students and help all students realize they are a part of a community.
"I think that we help kids realize that we're not each single individuals going about our day-to-day lives with our own independent struggles, but our struggles can always be helped by the University as a whole and that if everybody's there for each other, every day
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The group has done several events this year to help raise funds. The group held "puppy parties" to get donations and spread the group's message. The majority of the money for the aid is donated from other University students.
can be a lot easier for each student here," Willey said.
The applications are accepted on a rolling basis and students can apply at any time of the year. The committee of students that reviews the applications will look over applications whenever needed.
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Hawks, the choice to get involved stems from a love of the University.
"If I couldn't go to KU, that would be devastating for me, and I wouldn't want that to happen to anybody," Bayer said.
Edited by Ketsey Phillips
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