Volume 124 Issue 25
kansan.com
Monday, September 26, 2011
the student voice since 1904
DAISY HILL POWER LOSS
MARCH ON
Power outage play-by-play
Power was restored, but services still disrupted included telephone and Internet connections in residence halls, cable television, Commerce Bank at the Kansas Union and some other systems. The alert recommended that students take precautions to protect data and save their work often.
The power at Daisy Hill went out because of an underground line that failed, according to a spokesperson at Westar Energy.
According to KU Information Technology, a power outage at the Ellsworth Wiring Center shut down Internet and other services across some areas of campus. Daisy Hill was without power for part of the morning.
DNS services, My identity sites, cable TV, KU Anywhere, Kyou Portal services and the public labs were affected by the outage.
Workers with Westar Energy worked to resolve the issue
Lights out for students living in residence halls
In an email, IT services said, "in the process of this troubleshooting,[Westar workers] will be activating and dropping power feeds frequently. This may cause service availability to fluctuate."
Daisy Hill was still without cable and internet. There was still no estimated time table for when services will be fully restored. KU information technology staff ordered a generator to be delivered to EIsworth, according to a KU Lawrence Campus Alert.
Jill Jess, director of the KU News Service, confirmed that KU Information Technology had all services restored. The generator that was having issues was repaired.
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Power outages on Daisy Hill left students without electricity for several hours Friday morning, creating problems for many students who live in the affected residence halls.
Electricity was out from 8:45 a.m. until 11:15 a.m., according to a spokesperson from Westar Energy. Cable and Internet services were restored to the residence halls at 4 p.m.
The timing of the outage interrupted many students' morning routines.
"I got out of the shower and it started flickering, which made shaving very difficult," said Allison Williams, a freshman from Shawnee, who lives in Lewis residence hall. "I tried to blow dry my hair, but it didn't work because it had all gone out."
Tony Mason, a freshman from Munneapolis, was anxious about missing class because his alarm never went off.
"I had my alarm set at nine but it didn't go off." Mason said. "I woke up and my microwave timer said all zeros and my alarm was blank. But I checked my phone and I still had time to get to class."
"There was a flickering at first," Cook said. "Then our alarm system went off twice. I noticed my Internet wasn't working on WiFi."
Ellsworth, McCollum, Hashinger, Lewis and Templin Halls were all affected by the outage. Some students did not experience a full loss of power.
Katelyn Cook, a junior from Kansas City, Mo., and a resident assistant in Ellsworth hall, was working at the front desk when she started seeing the first signs of the outage.
The RAs were not given information about what was causing the outage or when power would be restored, which caused a frustrating number of questions from residents, Cook said.
"My lights would work, and I had one power strip that worked, but everybody else on the floor didn't have power," Mason said.
More irritating than the outage to some students was the lackluster food because of the outage at Mrs. Fs.
- Edited by C.J. Matson
"Mrs. E's had a limited lunch menu," Cook said. "There was nothing grilled and nothing that was cooked."
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The Marching Jayhawks take the field in their traditional fashion. The group will have a new performance at every home game this year.
A GAME DAY TRADITION
MARSHALL SCHMIDT editor@kansan.com
Unlike past years, the Marching Jayhawks will perform a new half-time show for every home game this season.
The 240-person group works hard throughout the football season, practicing three times a week for two hours on music and marching for the pregame and halftime shows.
"Band rehearsals are a performance driven endeavor," said Matthew Smith, director of athletic bands and interim associate director of bands. "We normally rehearse music as a large group for the next halftime show and then clean up and run through the pregame show."
Smith is in his first year as director of athletic bands and is responsible for the marching band performing a new halftime show
for every game. The key is to create a fun atmosphere, he said.
The Marching Jayhawks perform at all six home games and travel to the games at Iowa State and Arrowhead Stadium against Missouri. Smaller ensembles of marching band members play at various performances around campus as requested by the University.
"A lot goes on behind the scenes, but the most important time is when we're with the students," Smith said. "I try to keep the students in the forefront."
Smith relies a great deal on his support staff, which includes five graduate assistants and three drum majors, upper level members who teach fundamentals and conduct and pick music to play during the game. They also serve as liaison between the students and the director.
This year, Matt Hedrick, a senior from Carrollton, Mo., Emily Glaser,
a senior from West Des Moines, Iowa, and Josh Maddux, a junior from Overland Park, serve as drum majors for the band.
"The greatest challenge is staying focused and motivated in spite of weather, fatigue or personal issues, such as academic stress around midterms," Hedrick said. "The best way to deal with it is to show up for practice with a positive attitude and find a balance to all the time commitments."
All three drum majors are majoring in music education and will likely be directing marching shows themselves in the near future.
On a typical game day, when kickoff is at 11 a.m., band members begin rehearsing at 6:30 a.m. For the homecoming game, the band will march in the parade at 8 a.m. and will not be finished for the day until 3 p.m.
"It's a fun way to experience the field," Glaser said. "Through
all the madness in preparing for a game, it all works because of our leadership team, graduate assistants and director."
The drum majors also point to the band's collective determination to succeed, as well as the group's dynamics. Having been around for 124 years — since 1887 — the band plays a part of the University's rich tradition.
"The marching band is a visual representation of pride and spirit for the University." Glaser said.
Jon Heaver, a sophomore from Sterling Heights, Mich., is playing sousaphone in the band for the second year. Heaver said he enjoys marching as a way to get away from his studies and clear his head after a long day of classes.
In addition to practicing for his classes as a music education major, Heaver memorizes the music for the
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CAMPUS
'Community' star impresses students
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Comedian Donald Glover performs Saturday night at the Lied Center.
"Ok cool," he said. "Just so you guys know this is going to be nothing like that. This is going to be a lot dirtier."
"How many of you guys know me from my show Community?" Glover asked the crowd, referring to the NBC show he currently stars on. His question was met with cheers.
For some people in the audience, the show was the first time seeing Glover.
The hour and a half show was filled with his ideas on racism, children, rap music and his experiences with comedic greats like Jon Stewart, Tina Fey and Chevy Chase.
Danny Woods, a senior from Overland Park, was already a fan of Glover's from "Community," but left even more impressed by the comedian.
"He's a comedic genius," Woods said. "He's going to be one of the biggest comedians coming out right now"
"I don't really know him very well, but I've heard his funny from
After leaving the stage, Glover returned for an encore, which turned into a question-and-answer session. Audience members asked about his favorite drink and rap ambitions and wished him a happy birthday.
Walking across the stage, comedian Donald Glover stopped, removed his jacket and looked at the audience in the Lied Center Saturday night.
After the show, King said she was pleasantly surprised and thought Glover was awesome.
friends," said Jesse King, a sophomore from Shawnee, before the show. "I love stand-up comedy shows, and it's a cheap, fun thing to do on a Saturday night."
"Who's better, Tina Fey or Jon Stewart?" yelled one man from the
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The homecoming three-on-three basketball tournament is tonight at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center.
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