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KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
Aries(March 21-April 19)
Look before leaping. Don't get stopped by past failures, but don't start projects either.
New information becomes available, with Mercury trine Mars. The puzzle starts coming together. Reality bursts a fantasy bubble. Guard against breakage.
Taurus(April 20-May 20)
Watch your mouth! Over-sharing comes too easily.
Listen more than you speak
ough review.
... it's about timing. Rewrite the copy, if not the concept. Consider consequences of your words. Finalize and sign documents after thor-
Gemini(May 21-June 20)
Discuss changes you want,
with Mercury trine Mars.
Collect suggestions and
criticism. List negatives and
make corrections. Anticipate
confusion with accurate
data. The potential for error
is high. Avoid an awkward
stall. Messages travel far.
Cancer(June 21-July 22)
An interesting development sends the grapevine buzzing. Get the word out, after scrubbing for public consumption. Keep family confidence. Ask irreverent questions and get surprising answers. Hitch your wagon to a breaking story.
to a breaking story.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Listen for the perfect timing.
Friends follow wherever you lead, as word spreads like wildfire today. Don't tell all you know yet. Keep the conversation going. Dean
versation respectful. Do a good job; important people are watching.
virgo (Aug.23-Sept.22) Don't be hasty. Choose your own path. Follow a dreamer with an enchanting vision. Present arguments tacfully. Surprising reactions can erupt. Relax, and wait for the punch line. Write your own conclusion.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct.22)
Choose your words carefully.
Clear up misunderstandings before they ferment.
Things don't necessarily go by the book. Speak now, or forever hold your peace. Write, record and film. Deliver your heart-felt message.
Scorpio(Oct.23-Nov.21) Sort facts from gossip. The flow of information could seem like a deluge. A possible gain or loss depends on recent actions. Writing projects go further than expected. Post, publish and broadcast
Sagittarius(Nov.22-Dec.21)
Expand your view. Allocate funds for communications. Invest in business promotions. Participate in an intellectual conversation at a higher level. A conflict of interests gets exposed. Truth leads to healing. List limitations and barriers.
Capricorn(Dec.22-Jan.19)
Back up intuition with research. Confer with partners on professional opportunities. The truth is revealed, and it might not be pretty.
Make the case for a new direction. Ask great questions. Fibre: what is fibre?
Share what you learn.
Aquarius Jan.20-Feb.18 Finalize advertising or other public communications. Your income rises as your communications go viral, with Mercury trine Mars. Take the lead. Keep cool as angry rhetoric can backfire. Speak out. Don't be bashful.
Pisces (Feb19-March 20)
Express your views in writing. Discuss the financial implications of your plan.
Use facts to back up your position. Expect criticism, and deflect with a thoughtful response. Persuade, motivate and incite action.
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Senior Kelly Latham, a senior from Lawrence, sits with her illustrations. Latham is an artist and cancer survivor.
Student who overcame cancer explores her artistic talent through experiences abroad and at Disney
▶ COURTNEY BIERMAN
@courtbierman
before finals week of her freshman year, while everyone else was hard at work studying, art student Kelly Latham was being rushed to the hospital. She couldn't breathe, and a CT scan showed abnormalities. The ER doctor told her she might have a blood clot in her lung and listed off three potential diagnoses — the third was cancer.
"I literally said, 'Oh, awesome.' That was my line," Latham said.
One month later, after undergoing a bone marrow harvest, Latham received her diagnosis: Stage IV non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Latham, now a senior, graduated from Lawrence High School in 2011 and started at the University the following fall as a student in the School of the Arts' design program. A lifelong lover of Disney, Latham has a deep interest in concept art, meaning she wants to help design characters and worlds for animated movies and TV shows.
For six months after receiving her diagnosis, Latham's life was a blur of surgeries, appointments and scans. In the morning she went to class, and in the afternoon she received chemotherapy treatments. Latham wasn't fazed by her illness or the treatment. For the most part, she says life went on as
normal.
"I was kind of just along for the ride," she said. "I was like, 'Okay, yeah, tell me what to do, and it'll fix me.'"
Michael, Kelly's younger brother, is a junior studying mechanical engineering at the University. After getting over the initial shock of her diagnosis, Michael and the rest of the Latham family were similarly level-headed.
"It was weird to hear that, you know, that your sister, who's pretty young in her life, has cancer," he said. "But at the same time, I wasn't worried. I knew she would pull through."
The following June, Latham went into remission. The most pressing thing on her mind after receiving a
clean bill of health was being able to work at a summer camp she'd attended in previous years.
"Looking back, I think I was just excited to be able to do normal things again. I didn't realize how limiting cancer was until afterwards because I was like 'Oh, I couldn't have done this six months ago." Latham said.
Latham didn't make a lot of art while she was sick. Her treatment usually left her too tired to do much more than homework and sleep.
"I didn't want to do anything. I did art — do art — about things I like," she said, "Naturally your surroundings influence that whether you want them to or not, so I just didn't. I didn't draw,
hardly."
As an illustration student, she takes classes that teach her skills like storyboarding and concept development.
Professor Barry Fitzgerald currently has Latham for her major's capstone course. He didn't have Latham as a student at the time of her diagnosis, but he has taught her in several courses since then. As Fitzgerald's course is one of the last Latham will ever take at the University, Fitzgerald is helping her hone her skills not only as an artist but as a marketer.
"You need to be making the right kind of art for the right kind of audience," he
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Cuee Wright, a 2015 graduate, wearing Young Intellects, a clothing line she began in 2014.
Alumna finds her calling through clothing line and upcoming nonprofit art studio
BRIANNA CHILDERS @breeanuuh3
Growing up, Cuee Wright dreamed about being a lot of things: a basketball player, a journalist, a videographer and a collegiate dean, but never once did she think she would someday have her own clothing line.
Wright, a 2015 University graduate and Chicago native, created her clothing line, Young Intelcts, in the fall of 2014. But Young Intelcts is more than just a clothing line. It is a brand that encompasses a wide variety of elements varying from fashion to music. Along with that, she is in the process of creating her own non-profit organization, which recently be-
came recognized locally.
The non-profit will be a creative art studio in Lawrence that will allow for students to participate in producing, recording, photography and dance.
"It will be for students third grade up to college, and it's for students who want to participate in creative arts." Wright said.
organization is a work in progress, the clothing line is starting to take off. Prior to the success Wright has already seen, research and brand work had to be done.
Wright was helped in creating this brand by Janet Rose, a professor in the journalism school. Rose said she was giving a lecture in class
While the non-profit
about brand strategy, and Wright approached her about creating her own brand.
"She had an idea that her brand had a purpose but had to formalize it." Rose said. "She understood the things that made it unique, like what it promises, the purpose
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