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BAND FROM 11
shows, which helps with the actual marching aspect of performance.
"I take time aside from rehearsal to practice and memorize the music, so I can take time during rehearsal to focus on marching." Heaver said. "On game day we get out on the field and see the fans appreciating our music; that's when it's all worthwhile."
Being part of the marching band allows members to try out for the men's basketball pep band. Kyle Stringer, a junior from Haven, plays baritone during marching season and was just recently selected to play bass guitar for the pep band.
Stringer points to the tradition and support of the football team as to why he marches. Coach Turner Gill has even talked to the band and expressed his appreciation.
As a music therapy major, Stringer receives a scholarship, fulfills being a part of a major ensemble requirement and gains experience in his degree program.
"It's fun because you get to be part of a great, longstanding tradition," Stringer said. "I enjoy being able to be part of something bigger than just myself."
Smith, director of athletic bands, enjoys the interaction with the students and how well they are committed to the band.
"These students love KU and work tremendously hard to entertain our fans and represent KU at a high level," he said. "They're here because they love it."
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COMEDIAN FROM 11
Glover responded with, "Tina Fey, I really look up to her. She's a really big mentor in my life. She's the sweetest, smartest person I've ever met. But Jon Stewart made me waffles once, so I'm indebted to him for life."
crowd.
Seeing the comedian interact with students was the show's high point for Maureen Primdahl, a senior from Chicago.
"I really appreciate the Q&A," Primdahl said. "It was really something for the students."
When Glover was asked if he would wear a KU shirt on "Community," he agreed to send a picture and ask the show's costume designer if somebody gave him a shirt before heLawrence. A student ran down the aisle of the auditorium, took the shirt off his back and tossed it on stage.
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And with that, Glover smiled and left the stage, taking a piece of KU with him.
Innovative developer asks for student help
LAWRENCE
KAITLYN KLEIN
editor@kansan.com
Tony Krsnich, a KU alumnus, stands on the future site of a new art space.
The three dilapidated buildings on the corner of 8th and Pennsylvania streets seem like the last place students would want to be, but soon those buildings will be transformed into a hot spot for students and artists, at least that's what Tony Krsnich, a developer of Landmark Investment Group, hopes.
"He's an innovator," said Barbara Kerr, distinguished professor of psychology and research in education. Krsnich envisions two of the buildings to contain apartments, including nearly 50 affordable rental apartments.
Because the buildings are considered historic, they will not be replaced, but renovated to fit the new use. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2012 with renovations already underway, but Krsnich hopes to get students involved before the project is complete.
Krsnich walked through the buildings explaining his vision for each space with noticeable excitement.
He described an open event space for the third building that could be used for local artists to display their work while having smaller studio spaces for artists to work. Outside Krsnich points out a small space where people have left artwork displayed.
"This project impacts so many areas of education: art, history, business, architecture, psychology," Krsnich said.
Though psychology seems like an unlikely study to be effected by a renovation project, Kerr thinks her students can benefit from learning about the needs involved in making projects like these possible.
Krishn found the educational aspect of the project to be an incentive and has heard positive feedback from professors.
"Beginning with surveys of artists and inventors on Final Fridays, students in psychology and research in education have been working to understand the needs of innovators. Space, financial support and support for career development were the top three needs," Kerr said. "This community space goes a long way toward helping with all three needs."
"This will be a hotbed of innovation, and I want KU students to be a part of it," Kerr said. "From the cutting-edge solar power to the direct garden to grocery space to designing spaces to maximize creativity — this will be an opportunity for students to learn while doing."
KU graduates make up the team working on the project from its finances to the contracting. They welcome the idea of having current students involved and learning through this project.
Krsnich learned about this project from a friend, Mike Hodges, a lawyer who has an interest in investing in renovation projects. He brought Krsnich on as a partner because of his expertise in renovating historic properties.
"This is the most exciting development project to come to Lawrence in a long time." Hodges said.
City commissioners agreed to help with the project by repaving the streets around the area and putting in a parking lot to accommodate the apartment
buildings.
"The city's been really great about redeveloping that area," Hodges said.
With the project located in Lawrence, where many of the people involved have ties to the University, Krsnich and his team want to emphasize the opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience to look at a current project rather than studying one that's already been completed.
"What I'd like to have happen is have professors, like Barb, calling me from every school at the University," Krsnich said.
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CULTIVATING CULTURE
TRAVIS YOUNG/KANSAN
ABBY DAVIS/KANSAN
KEEPING THE RHYTHM
Aaron Stables, a KU alumnus from Derby, checks out a brochure given to him by Tiffany Baker, a junior from Lawrence, from the Student/Farmworker Alliance booth at the Festival of Cultures. The SFA joined the festival as a means of connecting with the community.
My Brother the Vulture, whose members are KU students, performs outside the Kansas Union Friday at noon for SUs' Tues at Noon. SUA brings live performances every Friday and listed the post-hardcore band for Fridays entertainment.
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