Volume 124 Issue 35
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Friday, October 7, 2011
FEATURE
Photo by Drew Willa
asking if they can blow it or if it's a rape whistle. I find it humorous because their jokes repeatedly lead into a conversation discussing the actually representation behind the whistle," says Schaidle.
In 2009, 267 children were fully rehabilitated and were provided with expression therapy - therapy through music, dance, photography and sports - to lift the shadows of war trauma, psychological support, job training and education because of Falling Whistles.
Just as Invisible Children and Falling Whistles continue to expand and improve the lives of those affected by war in Africa, TOMS, a shoe company founded in 2005 to put shoes on the feet of those in need, continues to expand as well to help those around the world suffering from poverty in places like Tibet.
A Thetan woman's eyesight is fading; she's never seen an eye doctor. She can't see well enough to walk around unfamiliar places. Her vision has been untreated for too many years now, according to TOMS Eyewear Blog. She's too poor to afford eye care and she knows she will never receive the gift of sight.
What she doesn't know is that TOMS released its eyewear collection over the summer, One for One. Just like its shoe concept, for every pair of sunglasses sold, TOMS gives someone without the funds, the ability to regain sight.
According to the TOMS website, depending on the severity of the recipients eyesight, they will receive medical care, prescription glasses or sight saving surgery.
"As someone who has worn contacts and glasses most of my life, I am empathetic to the value of good eye care and the maintenance of correct vision in the ability to live a productive and fulfilled life," says Danielle Brower, a senior from Overland Park.
Blake Mycokie, founder and chief shoe giver at TOMS, says the company's currently repairing sight in Tibet, Nepal and Cambodia and it's putting shoes on feet in 23 countries, including China, Argentina and Africa. So far, more than 2 million children in those 23 countries have received a pair of new shoes.
While tragedy and poverty sparked the beginning of Invisible Children, Falling Whistles and TOMS, cancer and disorders inspired the beginning of ONEHOPE, a California wine company dedicated to making a difference in the lives of those affected by cancer and disease as well as supporting children's hospitals and American troops.
The inspiration to create a wine company for a cause came to Jake Kloberdanz, ONE-HOPE CEO and co-founder, when his friend Morgan Lewis was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma at age 23. Lewis took the news the best way any young woman could, according to Tom Leahy, ONEHOPE president and co-founder.
Kloberdanz, who at the time was working for Gallo Wine Company, wanted to use of his passion for wine and passion for making a difference. After he received the news about his friend's diagnosis, ONEHOPE was born, according to Leahy. Six months after that, bottles were being corked.
from environmental causes to AIDS awareness, and 50 percent of all proceeds are donated while the other 50 percent goes towards the wine's production. For example, by buying its Chardonnay, you help fund breast cancer research and by buying a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon, you help fund research for autism, the least known about disorder in the world, according to Brandon Hall, co-founder and chief marketing officer at ONEHOPE.
Each wine produced supports everything
Kara Lewis, a junior from Liberal, and her family are big one ONEHOPE Wine supporters.
"When my cousins first told me about ONEHOPE and all the causes it supports, it made me wonder if the wine was even tasty," says Lewis. "If the company was only about the causes, the wine probably wouldn't be [good], but the people who founded ONEHOPE had been in the wine business before, and it's all delicious."
So far, ONEHOPE has raised more than $400,000 for its partner charities, which can be found online at ONEHOPEWine.com.
Next time you need to replace your shoes, sunglasses and bags, restock your wine supply, or update your accessories collection, make it count. There are several opportunities to give back, to make a difference, to stand for something bigger then you can imagine. Be the voice for those without.
Falling Whistles roadies will lie on campus to present their campaign and help kick start the first Falling Whistles college club at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Alcove Fn in the Kansas Union. To learn more about this campaign, visit falling-whistles.com and like Falling Whistles on Facebook.
Invisible Children will also have representatives and a Ugandan student at the KU screening of its latest documentary at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, location TBA. For more information about the screening and where it will be held, check out "KU Invisible Children" on Facebook for updates. For more on the cause and access to the online store, check out invisiblechildren.com.
Contributed photo
A current exhibit at the Spencer Museum of Art also uses images from Spencer Research Library. "Glorious to View: The KU Campus Heritage Project" is a collaboration between Spencer Museum of Art
The requests are used primarily to keep track of reproductions and their usage. Images from Spencer have been hung in restaurants, published in books and displayed in homes.
Kenzie Tubbs, a senior from St. Louis, said she helped design a piece in the "Glorious to View" exhibit focused on Old North College. Old North College, originally North College Hall, was the campus' first building, built in 1866. The site is
Spencer Museum of Art holds about 38,000 works, of which only about 1 percent are on display, said Jerryve Van Leer, Spencer Museum of Art coordinator of tours and visitor services.
Amanda Kilwin, a senior from St. Louis, said her work in the exhibit focuses on Potter Lake. She said she learned a lot about the history of campus and the number of images Spencer Research Library and Spencer Museum of Art hold.
A request form must be filled out to reproduce images for display or publishing, but copyright restrictions are not normally a problem with images of campus, said Tara Wenger, head of reader services at Spencer Research Library.
Kirchhoff said many of the images from Spencer Museum of Art and Spencer Research Library can be found on Luna Insight, an online collection database found on the University's library website. Images from Spencer Museum of Art, like those of Spencer Research Library, can be reproduced for personal, academic and publication purposes, Kirchhoff said.
"They have a huge collection," Kilwin said. "They are not always able to show everything in the museum."
Edited by Jason Bennett
Emissaries from the Lawrence sister cities of Eutin, Germany and Hiratsuka, Japan, toured Lawrence and the campus in an effort to foster their exchange programs, which provide students with the opportunity to study, or intern in the emissaries' respective countries.
es with Germany and Japan.
Torben Mothes, a banker from Eutin, spent Wednesday morning in Wescoe Hall speaking with students in German language classrooms about the growing number of summer job opportunities in and around Eutin.
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staff and University graphic design students.
"It's fascinating to look at the photos," Tubbs said. "I didn't even know these old images existed."
now occupied by GSP-Corbin residence halls. She said her group was provided with several photos to work with by Spencer Museum of Art curators.
Chassica Kirchhoff, a curatorial intern at Spencer Museum of Art, said "Glorious to View" features archive images from both Spencer Museum of Art and Spencer Research Library.
"It was so hard to pick the ones for 'Campus Heritage' because there are so many crazy pictures of campus," Kirchhoff said.
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Mothes also met with key faculty in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures to inform them of the success of the 2011 internships and to make plans for 2012.
According to Jim Morrison, lecturer on German business culture, the Eutin internship program with the University has increased significantly in the past three years. Only one or two students each year had participated in the exchange
SEE SISTER CITIES 13
Hot dog! Chez Paul serves up franks on campus
CLASSIFIEDS 9
CROSSWORD 4
Index
CRYPTORUIPS 4
OPINION 5
SPORTS 10
SUDOKU 4
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