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AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE WORLD OF INK
JACK RAFFERTY
It took 11 months and nine appointments with Ben Alvarez, owner of Done-Rite Tattoos, for me to finish my sleeve. Each time I parked outside Alvarez's shop, located in the Crossroads district of Kansas City, my stomach would flutter in anticipation. My excitement arose partly from seeing my vision become a reality, but also from my endless conversations with Alvarez about the fascinating world of tattoos.
ORIGIN
The 58 markings archeologists found on the knee and ankles of Otzi or "Iceman," a 5,000-year-old mummified human body, places the origin of tattoos near 3,000 B.C. "Iceman," found in 1911 in a glacier on a mountain between Austria and Itlay, remains the best-preserved Bronze Age corpse ever discovered, according to Smithsonian Magazine. Across Europe, archeologists have found clay discs and bone needles, believed to have been for tattooing during the Upper Paleolithic (3800 B.C. to 10000 B.C.) period.
HISTORY
Prior to the discovery of Otzi, the earliest examples of tattoos were Egyptian, discovered on female mummies dated to 2000 B.C. It wasn't until the 17th century that tattooing was documented in North America. A French explorer documented his account of tattooing among the Hurons, a Native American tribe located in Eastern Canada in 1615.
Inspired by Thomas Edison's device designed to make painting and embroidery patterns in 1876, Samuel O'Reilly filed his patent for the first tattoo machine in 1891. Thirty-eight years later Percy Waters, a Detroit inventor, received a patent for a tattoo machine that resembles the one used today.
MODERN ERA
Since Percy Water's invention of the tattooing machine in 1929, tattoos once considered taboo, are more popular than ever. Throughout his 19-year career as an artist, Alvarez has witnessed this first hand. "Tattooed folks used to be looked at military or ex cons, but these days it seems being tattooed, especially as a musician or sports star, often denotes status. Young people seem to no longer view being tattooed as anything other than success." Alvarez says.
With about six tattoo shops per 100,000 people, Kansas City is the most tattooed city in America. Alvarez's shop has had a six-month waiting list for the past three years. Alvarez often has customers offer to pay double in an attempt to get bumped to the head of the line. "I don't play favorites," Alvarez says. "Everybody waits."
Not only has the tattoo clientele changed, but the tattoo world has seen its share of trends: "All around the world, tattoo trends change all the time," says Martin Del Camino, artist and owner of Ichiban Tattoo Studio located at 1912 Massachusetts St.
Del Camino began his tattoo career in Buenos Aires, before moving to the U.S. in 2000. "Just 10 years ago, lower back tattoos were very common for women," Del Camino says. "It's sad, all those poor girls are now thought of as tramps."
Technological advancements in the past 30 years have contributed to another growing trend in the tattoo industry. No longer are people forced to bare a tattoo that they regret or no longer feel connected to. You can remove that constant reminder of an impulse decision, past relationship or wild night in Mexico.
Photo illustrations by Travis Young
Humanitarian Bowl. Last week in their opener, they put up 49 points against Army, a touchdown more than Kansas scored against FCS opponent McNeese State. Its top two running backs each averaged 9.9 and 7.3 yards per carry, and their quarterback, senior Chandler Harnish, threw for five touchdowns. So yeah, Northern Illinois is good. Good enough for Vegas oddsmakers to make them nearly a touchdown favorite in Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Kansas football is still a year or two away from doing any kind of damage in whatever conference it will be in, but a 2-0 start that includes an early upset could do wonders for a young team looking to firmly remove that rearview mirror from its perch.
Edited by Lindsey Deiter
sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb averaged more than 20 yards a completion, including three touchdown passes that were all more than 25 yards.
Coach Turner Gill and his staff would like to see a similar effort from their team this Saturday against Northern Illinois.
"I think the other thing that's going to be important for us is making sure that we have a 2-to-1 ratio when it comes to big plays," Gill said. "I'm talking about 20 yards or more that we need to be 2-to-1 ratio as far as our big plays in our favor versus them with the plus 20 yards."
Offensive coordinator Chuck Long said the big plays that were present Saturday were missing from the offense last season.
Kansas ran the same amount of plays as McNeese State on Saturday, had the ball for nearly ten minutes less, and scored 18 more points than its opponent.
JORDAN WEBB
Sophomore quarterback
"Big plays are huge in college football," Long said. "It's very
opened the second possession with a 30-yard run. The freshmen running backs added playmaking capabilities as well. Darrian Miller averaged 4.8 yards a carry and Tony Pierson averaged 14.6 yards a carry.
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"We feel like we have a running game that is built for explosive plays," Webb said. "We can get the 70 and 60 yarders out of the running game just as easy as the passing game."
Even though the run-game is full of playmakers, the receivers are without one of their top players. Senior Daymond
Sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb hands the ball to freshman running back Darrian Miller. "We did exactly what we wanted to do. We ran the ball and as quartbacks and receivers we made the plays that we needed and that's the team we need to be." Webb said.
The newfound, ground-heavy attack is far away from the spread offense Mark Mangino ran, but that doesn't mean that a more balanced style won't provide just as many opposing, defense-killing, scoring opportunities.
Freshman receiver JaCorey Shepherd, who caught three passes for 107 yards and two touchdowns in his Kansas debut, will replace Patterson with his 4.5 speed.
"When you look at steady offenses like that in the past, they are traditionally run-play action pass teams and a lot of times they get open," receivers coach David Beaty said. "They don't have a whole lot of passes in the game, but a lot of times they count for big points. That's the direction our offense is headed in."
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Fakenstein to announce Legends of the Phog game
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Legends of the Fakking game That familiar Maxi Falkenstein draw will return before college basketball season even begins.
Falkenstein and his iconic voice will join Dave Armstrong in broadcasting the Legends of the Phog alumni game at 4 p.m. on Sept. 24 at Allen Fieldhouse. The
game is now officially sold out, according to Kansas Athletics.
Brian Hani and Bud Stallworth will announce for the Jayhawk Radio Network, which will broadcast the game to the state
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KCSP (610 Sports) in Kansas City, WIBW (580 AM) in Topeka and KLWN (1320 AM) in Lawrence.
Max Rothman
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