Volume 124 Issue 20
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Friday, September 16, 2011
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WALKING THE RUNWAY
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Saints Pub + Patio They'll even pick you up!
Photo by Morgan LaForge Drinks and a designated driver. After a night of drinking, Saints + Patio will give you a ride home.
Known for its made-from-scratch menu, drink specials and outdoor patio space, Saints Pub + Patio has finally made its way to Lawrence. With more than 47 televisions available for the sports enthusiast, Saints is the new place to be on game day, or any day.
Saints Pub + Patio is a sports pub that can only be found in two states, Iowa and Kansas. They're known for their outdoor patio spaces that have televisions embedded in the walls of the building, and also for their free shuttling system for guests to and from the bar. Saints is a trendsetter in the sports bar industry and is expanding with a goal to please customers everywhere.
Since opening September 1, Saints Pub + Patio has gained a lot of attention from KU students. Students not only view Saints as a new
restaurant and bar where they can socialize but also as a place for employment.
Daryl Green, a senior from Wichita, works at Saints and was hired during open interviews, which were held in late August. "I wanted to work at Saints because it seemed like a nice place and I had been looking for a bartending position around Lawrence," Green says. "The most exciting part has been learning everything about Saints Pub + Patio and knowing what their philosophy on service is."
The free shuttle system Saints provides is another reason for its popularity. It's an element that sets this bar aside from all the rest in Lawrence.
"We have a number that you call which is 785-856-2301, and it goes to a cell phone to where our shuttle guy will answer it. You say,
'Hey, my name is Drew. I need to be picked up at ___, wherever you are. We'll come pick you up, bring you to the bar, you'll have a good time and whenever you're ready, we'll give you a ride home. There's no drinking and driving," says Mike Reiner, owner of Saints Pub + Patio in Lenexa and the new Lawrence location. "It's not only good for us, but good for our guests as well."
Reiner reassures KU students that Saints' menu is college-friendly. "We give a lot of specials, on like Tuesday we have $1 sliders, so you can come in and spend five dollars and be completely full."
wick Fleer, a senior from Overland Park, has frequented the Saints in Lenexa and is glad there's finally one in Lawrence. "They have this sweet thing called a beer tower. It's this big tube, about two and a half or three feet tall, and they fill it with beer. There's ice in the middle and a tap on the bottom, so you can just sit it on your table and fill your cup. It's badass," Fleer says.
Pub + Patio, located at 2329 Iowa St. For those curious about Saints, Fleer describes it as a "mixture of Tonic and Applebee's."
"It's a sports bar where you can go to just eat and have a drink, or you can go there to eat a good time and party with your friends," he says. "It's like having the best of both worlds."
If you haven't already, check out Saints
DREW WILLE
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Photo by Morgan LaForge
WEEKLY SPECIALS
MONDAY:
$2 Drinks from the bar, including shots Steak Night: $9.99 (5 p.m.to 10 p.m.)
TUESDAY:
$1.50 Domestic Drafts
$1 Sliders
(6 p.m. to 10 p.m.)
Free Karaoke
(9 p.m. to 1 a.m.)
WEDNESDAY
25¢ Drafts DJ G Train (10 p.m.)
THURSDAY:
$0.60 Wells
$5 Any burger with
chips or French
fries
DJ Soap (10 p.m.)
FRIDAY:
FRIDAY:
$3 Double vodka
energy
$3 Boulevard Wheat
drafts
1/2 Price on all wine
$2 SoCo Lime Shots
DJ Cyncere (10 p.m.)
SATURDAY:
50c Wings (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
$3 Any Jack Daniel's cocktail
SUNDAY:
50c Wings all day
$3 Saints'
Bloody Marys
Free pool all day
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MORGAN LAFORGE/KANSAN
Students know the challenges of waking up for that 8 a.m. class. But some students — much younger students — understand a different struggle. These students, along with getting up early, must make their way from the Lawrence Homeless Shelter. In the morning, a group of 17 children woke up and shared two showers and two toilets along side 14 adults. After getting ready they went upstairs and waited with 40 more adults for breakfast, or walked to school and received a free meal at school.
Johanna Moon, a student at Cordley Elementary, leans on the front door of Lawrence Community Shelter early Thursday morning as she waits to go to school. There is a large number of families with children elementary age that are currently living here.
"Kids are so adaptable. The stressors we see are getting used to a new school and the stigma that may come with the label 'shelter kid' or 'homeless kid,'" said Jennifer Davis, the case manager at the Lawrence Community Shelter. "Luckily, so many of them are going to the same school that they
the past, it would be just one new kid coming from the shelter. He or she would stand out a little bit more."
According to the Kansas Point in Time Homeless Count for Douglas County, a biannual report, the Lawrence school district counted 100 children ages K-12 who were homeless in 2009 and 149 in 2011, accounting for a 49 percent increase.
The shelter began its Family Program at the end of 2008. In 2009, there were 14 families with 24 adults and 24 children in the program. In 2010, there were 50 families with 67 adults and 83 chil-
Davis has seen a dramatic increase in family homelessness in Douglas County.
The school district defines homeless under: the McKinney-Vento Act, which includes families that are double-up or staying with family or friends.
viduals here struggling. Their selfesteem is being damaged each day they're here. Their self worth is
dren. So far this year, the shelter is serving 11 families with 14 adults and 21 children, 17 of which are in school.
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their actions with information about the issue up front rather than waiting until the end of the year would help them navigate potentially dangerous situations better, she added.
The main goals of the week were to increase awareness and educate the campus about sexual assault. Each day this week, volunteers had a table on Wescoe Beach set up where students could take a pledge to hold others accountable for their actions and try to put an end to sexual assault.
Students could also decorate bandanas in honor of a victim of sexual assault and learn more about what sexual assault is and what resources are available for assistance with a different
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Today, volunteers will discuss the importance of bystander intervention. The GaDuGi SafeCenter will also host two events over the weekend to raise awareness and money to prevent sexual assault.
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"We want to make sure they know how they can help and how they can be an advocate," said Heath. "And we want them to know its not just a women's issue. We want to make it okay for men on this campus to be able to talk about it seriously and try to help prevent it on our campus."
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