Volume 124 Issue 35
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Friday, October 7, 2011
LOOKING AS SHARP AS YOU SEE
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OUR LOCAL NOTE
For the past three years, I've spent the majority of my weekends working as a sales associate and honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. Working retail, for the most part, has a bad rap. I've had several people tell me they'd never want my job. They could "never work with customers." The funny thing is, the customers are the reason why I love my job.
During my many long and sometimes painful (I advise anyone who is standing for more than five hours not to wear heels) shifts of hawking sweaters and khakis, I've become a sort of "customer psychologist." But instead of therapy, I'll counsel them into finding the perfect pair of jeans.
My favorite, and typically the most interesting part of my "session" with a customer is finding out why they want to buy something. Almost always, a customer is out
shopping for something specific; a new dress for a friend's birthday party or a sweatshirt for next week's football game. Unless you're buying on impulse, we usually have a reason for purchasing an item.
But what if that necklace you bought not only made you more stylish, but also helped raise awareness for children in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Or if a bag, besides carrying your books and laptop, helped support a Ugandan family? With organizations like TOMS and Invisible Children, customers not only look good, but they feel good when buying a product because they know it's benefiting someone else. For more on products that help others, check out Drew's story on page eight.
My Saturday afternoon therapy sessions might not be saving the world, but I like to think I push customers to think about what they're purchasing.
GABRIELLE SCHOCK | EDITOR
THE STAFF
EDITOR // GABRIELLE SCHOCK
ASSOCIATE EDITOR // SARAH CHAMP
DESIGNER // ALEX MILBOURN, MAX AYALLA
CONTACT // BAILEY ATKINSON, CHRISTINE CURTIN, TAYLOR LEWIS
MANUAL // CHRIS NEAL, KATIE JAMES
NOTICE // AMANDA GAGE, NADIA IMAFIDON, MATT GALLOWAY
PLAY // DREW WILLE, JEFF KARR, MAX GREENWOOD
HEALTH // BRE ROACH, CHRISTY NUTT, KYLIE NUTT
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Spencer Museum of Art holds about 38,000 works, of which only about 1 percent are on display, said Jerrye Van Leer, Spencer Museum of Art coordinator of tours and visitor services.
"They have a huge collection," Kilwin said. "They are not always able to show everything in the museum."
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.
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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.
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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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
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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.
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
staff and University graphic design students.
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.
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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.
"It's fascinating to look at the photos," Tubbs said. "I didn't even know these old images existed."
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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
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Index
CLASSIFIEDS 9
CROSSWORD 4
CRYPTOQUIPS 4
OPINION 5
SPORTS 10
SUDOKU 4
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