Volume 124 Issue 57
kansan.com
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN UDK
the student voice since 1904
"I don't like how they're leaving. They don't deserve to be in our fight song," he said. "If Nebraska was taken out, I think we should take Missouri out too."
Although the "I'm A Jawhawk" tune and off-setting claps are familiar to students, many do not know the song has lyrics. Even so, sophomore Jordan Rothschiller said references to Missouri shouldn't be in the fight song.
Jennifer Sanner, senior vice president of communications for the KU Alumni Association, said the fight song likely will not change. She said the traditions of the University are what set it apart from other universities, and with conference realignment so shaky right now, it is not likely "I'm a jayhawk" will see rewrites now or in the future.
RIVALRY
The changes to the lyrics last year replaced references to Nebraska and Colorado with Texas A& M and the University of Texas. And although the lyrics to the fight song are safe for now, the same cannot be said for the constantly changing conference.
JULIANNA TIDWELL itidwell@kansan.com
"I'm A Jayhawk," also known as the KU Fight Song, changed last year to remove references old opponents who had left the Big 12 conference. This change, which was the first in 50 years, makes students and alumni both question if the lyrics will change again with the recent loss of Missouri.
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"I'M A JAYHAWK"
BY GEORGE "DUMPY"
BOWLES
(Revised in Fall 2010 due to changes in the Big 12;
new lyrics by Matt Schoenfeld).
Talk about the Sooners,
Cowboys and the Bears,
Aggies and the Tiger and
his tail.
Talk about the Wildcats,
and the Cyclone boys,
But I'm the bird to make
'em weep and wail
CHORUS:
'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jayhawk,
Up at Lawrence on the
Kaw-
'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay, Jay,
Jay, Jayhawk,
With a sis-boom, hip
hoorah,
Got a bill that's big enough To twist a Tiger's tail, Rope some 'Horns and Iisten
To the Red Raiders wail-'Cause I'm a Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jayhawk, Riding on a Kansas gale.
-SOURCE: KU.EDU
Kansas-Missouri game time moved
The announcement comes two days after Missouri announced it was switching to the Southeastern Conference. So far, there has no indication that the two schools will continue the nation's second oldest rivalry after Missouri leaves the Big 12 conference.
Currently, the series is tied 55-55-9. Missouri has won three of the four games played at Arrowhead Stadium.
ETHAN PADWAY
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ETHAN PADWAY
The Kansas-Missouri football game time has been moved to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26. The Big 12 announced the time change Tuesday afternoon.
Edited by Stefanie Penn
Originally, the Border Showdown was to start at 11 a.m., but the Big 12 and Fox Sports agreed to change it to a later time. The game will still take place at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. for a fifth consecutive year.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN
HEALTH
Exercisers find massages, information at Rec
DANA MEREDITH
dmeredith@kansan.com
Students stopping by the Ambler Student Recreation Center Tuesday afternoon walked away with more than just a good workout.
Student Health Services (SHS) held a wellness fair, offering information on everything from how to improve stress management and eat a balanced diet to preventing back pain and achieving financial wellness.
A professional massage therapist was also on-hand, offering free, 10-minute massages, and students could pick up free drawstring backpacks, towels and nutrition bars.
Ken Sarber, public health director for SHS, said that a balanced
Becky Bickel, a sophomore from Topeka, said that the fair was a "nice surprise" to explore before her workout. She stopped by the table offering information on how to quit smoking.
"Just having balance is key, and that's what they can get out of this wellness fair," Sarber said. "We have a little bit of something for everyone."
"My mom's a smoker, and she and I have argued about that a lot," Bickel said. "Seeing a year's worth of tar from smoking was pretty disgusting."
lifestyle was vital to staying healthy, especially approaching finals time.
The wellness fair had strong student input, from being organized by an intern in the health education office to being mainly staffed by BSH'S peer health educators.
Kat Songer, a junior from Overland Park, was one of those volunteers. She was offering students tips on stress management, a focus of the fair.
"I feel like students always try to cram for tests, but they don't realize how important sleeping is to consolidating all of the knowledge and things they're learning," Songer said.
She also recommended students stay organized by making to-do lists.
Her favorite tip for reducing stress? Getting enough sleep.
"If you have a to-do list and you're able to strike things off, it makes you feel better to see everything that you accomplished that day" she said.
Students who don't think back pain will affect them might want to think again.
Karen Loudon, a physical therapist at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that the health center sees a fair amount of students complaining of lower backaches.
She offered some advice at the wellness fair yesterday for how to stop back pain from forming.
- When lifting heavy objects, use your legs, not your back.
- Don't sit in a slouched position for a long amount of time
- Wear your backpack on both shoulders.
* Pack the heaviest items closest to your spine.
- Make sure you're using proper form when weight-lifting
Students who missed the fair will have more opportunities to attend a fair later this year. SHS puts on four wellness fairs every school year in
SOURCE: KU.EDU
an effort to reach as many students as possible.
"We weren't going to be able to reach all of the students with one wellness fair." Sarber said. "If they see 'wellness fair' coming up over
and over, then they can start to adapt a change."
- Edited by Jonathan Shorman