Volume 124 Issue 43
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Monday, October 24, 2011
DOING WITHOUT // A BACKPACK
> Absence makes the heart grow...?
MANUAL
My crazy class schedule means spending all day on campus and hauling around a ton of stuff. It was difficult to try and keep my things (three notebooks, my computer, computer charger, planner, assorted works by Shakespeare, psych textbook, water bottle and car keys) together without having anything to put them in. This was the most challenging thing I've temporarily given up this semester.
Keeping everything together with a backpack is convenient, but can also affect your health if not packed properly, "Your backpack shouldn't weigh more than 15 percent of your body weight and you want to put the heaviest books closest to your body," says Jeff Schroeder, owner of Schroeder Chiropractic. "More weight pulls too much on your spine and can lead to back problems in the future, like headaches and spinal arthritis," he says.
Not having my usual throw-it-in-the-bag-and-go routine made me constantly feel like I was forgetting something. After every class, instead of just walking out, I had to stop and check that I had everything. It was weird to only be able to have one hand free.
I did notice that my back felt better this
week, but I'll be really happy to have my bag back. While packing for campus from now on, I'm going to keep Schroeder's advice in my mind and simplify the amount of things I bring with me, to prevent pain in my future.
KATIE JAMES
Photo by Katie James Pack It Up: James struggled to stay organized for one week without the help of a backpack.
GET SOME CULTURE // INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS
> It's not all about fast food and beer pong.
A mash-up of a live-action radio play and graphic novel set in the 1930s, Intergalactic Nemesis provides an innovative audio-visual experience for its audience. The performance consists of three actors who voice the characters, a foley artist who makes hundreds of sound effects, music and more than 1,200 comic book images projected onto a screen. These elements come together to tell the story of reporter Molly Sloan, her assistant, Timmy Mendez, and a librarian named Ben Wilcott, who face the threat of an approaching invasion of sludge monsters from the planet Zygon.
Show creator Jason Neulander says the idea originally started out as a radio play performed in a small coffee shop and then evolved. "We were invited to a larger venue, and it felt too big for a radio format. I had the idea to have big comic book images on the screen that could reach all the way to the audience at the back of the theater," he says. "I created a hybrid of the comic script and the live script. There's more humor and dialog seeing it live than when just reading a comic."
The out-of-the-box performance style appeals to all ages. "It's comic, action, theater
and music that can appeal to everyone people who normally wouldn't be interested in comics," says Michele Berendsen, marketing director for the Lied Center. The performance will be Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. There will be pre-performance activities at 6 p.m., starting with an all-ages costume contest that's followed by a discussion on the art of graphic novel illustration. After the show, there will be post-performance coffee and conversation with the performers.
Tickets are $21 for adults and $10 for stu dents and youth.
KATIE JAMES
Contributed Photo
Comic Relief: Intergalactic Nemesis, a live-action radio play and graphic novel, combines comic book images and acting.
WILD MAN VINTAGE
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SARA SNEATH
ssneath@kansan.com
In the last 10 months, there have been four public censuses of University of Kansas faculty. The first of the recent public notices oc-
curled in the december of 2010, prior to which the University had not censured a faculty member since 1993. David Guth, an associate professor of journalism, was censured last December for engaging in unprofessional, threatening and abusive behavior toward ar
Guth
Lushington
other faculty member. Following Guth's censure, Dennis Sander, an associate professor of architecture, was censured in July on similar premises. Mahesh Vlsvanathan, a courtesy assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer sciences, was
Hummert said the University's public censures have always been published in the University's newsletter. All four censures were an-
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censured for plagiarism in October along with Gerald Lushington, a courtesy associate professor in the department of medicinal chemistry.
"The events that precipitated the censures are rare occurrences that simply happened to occur within a short time frame," said Mary Lee Hummert, University vice provost.
SEE CENSURE PAGE 3
Index
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OPINION 5
Whether it's the threat of eviction from an apartment or securing a copyright for a work of art, the office of Legal Services for Students offers critical advice, representation and education for many legal challenges students may encounter while at the University.
MARSHALL SCHMIDT mschmidt@kansan.com
"We try to do preventative education, and when something does occur, we are here to help students make good choices," said Jo Hardesty, a managing attorney and the office's director since 1987.
The office began in 1979 as a campaign promise by then student body president Steve Leben, who now serves as a judge on the state's
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"A lot of people don't know what landlords are required to provide," Hardesty said. The office sees cases in which students are living with perpetual health and safety code violations, such as electrical problems and malfunctioning fire extinguishers, that go unattended by landlords. The office helps students report any violations to the city and represents them in court if needed. Oftentimes these issues
Alyssa Boone, a third-year law student from Wichita, works as an intern in the office and has first-hand experience with the advice that the office gives. Two years ago, an apartment leak caused property damage and she disputed the lease she had signed.
Court of Appeals.
Funded through a student fee of less than $11 per person, the office does not charge additional fees for its services, which are provided by attorneys and law students under attorney supervision. The office assists many students in setting disputes with their landlords.
"I came and talked to one of the attorneys here, and he showed me how I can hold the landlord accountable for sub-standard conditions," Boone said. "He gave me an objective perspective about the legal context of what I was going
create security deposit refund disputes between tenant and landlord, which the office also deals with.
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Don't forget
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SEE LEGAL PAGE 3.
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SUA is hosting Open Mic Night in the Hawk's Nest on level 1 of the Kansas Union from 7 to 9 p.m.
Today's Weather
Forecasts done by
University students. For
a more detailed forecast,
see page 2A.
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HI: 81
LO: 59
A sunny start to the week