THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011
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Students weather storm in New York
IAN CUMMINGS
icummings@kansan.com
Thea Glassman, a sophomore from New York, weathered Hurricane Irene at a friend's home in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Glassman and her mom evacuated their apartment building Saturday night, much like 370,000 other New York residents ordered to leave their homes as the city prepared for the storm. The building is across the street from the Hudson River, and the doorman handed her the mandatory evacuation order at 5 p.m.
Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm early Sunday morning, and by 3 p.m. city officials lifted the order from their Manhattan neighborhood, where Glassman is staying before entering a study abroad program. Glassman said it was a heavy storm, but she did not see much severe damage or lose power either at home or in Brooklyn.
"It definitely was not nearly as terrible as we thought it might be," she said Sunday night.
But the storm did close down the city's subways and cause widespread damage in the city over the weekend.
Across the east coast, the storm caused an estimated $7 billion in damages, according to the Associated Press. At least 21 people were killed. In New York, more than 3 million residents lost power.
Power outages extended more than 60 miles northwest from the coast. Naomi Elze-Harris, a former University student now attending
The Culinary Institute of America in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., lost power at her residence hall at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. She said most students in her area had been preparing for a state of emergency, but some also took it as an excuse to stock on wine and host "hurricane parties"
"I went to a couple," she said. "It was fun."
Elze-Harris said she wanted to study Sunday night, but didn't know what she would do with the power out. She had taken her knives to be sharpened earlier in the day, but found the shop — like many others in Poughkeepsie — closed because of the storm.
Rebecca Ballhaus, a junior at Brown University, was with Glassman in Brooklyn. Earlier in the week, Ballhaus said, she thought everyone was making a fuss over nothing. But citywide hurricane preparations and stern weather reports eventually made her "a little freaked out." She saw friends evacuate their homes and decided to fill her bathtub with water in case utilities failed.
Weather reports on Sunday showed that the storm had moved on. She drained the tub and walked Glassman home across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Once home, Glassman found the storefronts on her street boarded up, and the only shop still open was Dunkin' Donuts. She treated herself to one with chocolate sprinkles.
"It was quite a trip," Glassman said. "I guess you got lucky."
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EYEING ART
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Ellen Raimond, a graduate student from Naperville, Ill., and Meredith Moore, a graduate student from Marion, enjoy the "Pump up the Jam" show at the Spencer Museum of Art. Both Raimond and Moore were a part of the team that put together the show at the museum.
CAMPUS
Pharmacy school gives funding back to state
The University of Kansas returned $4.5 million to the state that was allocated for the School of Pharmacy expansion, prompting the praise of Gov. Sam Brownback.
The construction of the new pharmacy building on west campus and new pharmacy facilities in Wichita came in under budget. The leftover funds will be reallocated to restoration of the state house.
"We appreciate the School of Pharmacy sending their funds here," Brown-back said in a news release. "That's deeply appreciated.This is excellent."
Ken Audus, School of Pharmacy dean, credited low construction costs and preparation for the money saved.
"We put in years of planning on this project," Audus said in a release, "and when the funds came through, we were shovel-ready."
Jonathan Shorman
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NEW YORK began closing its subway system at noon Saturday in preparation for the storm. It was the first time the subway was closed for a natural disaster, according to the Associated Press. Service is expected to be partially restored today.
SUA carnival entertains students and faculty
More than 100 Student Union Activities (SUA) members worked the SUA carnival Saturday night in the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center parking lot.
Zach McQuiston, a junior from Shawnee and the coordinator of special events for SUA, said the carnival is one of SUAs most popular events.
Traditional carnival games and rides, such as a Ferris wheel and Tilt-A-Whirl, provided entertainment to students.
Students and faculty with a KU ID received five free tickets for games and rides. Additional tickets could be purchased at the event. The carnival is paid for by the SUA budget and has been a staple in SUA events for the last five years.
Whitney Kleimmann, a junior from Overland Park, attended the carnival with her boyfriend because she said she thought it would be a cute date for the two of them. She said
she was surprised at the intensity of some rides and how extravagant the carnival turned out to be. She said that some rides were scarier than she would have thought.
More than the rides and games though, the novelty of the experience is what Kleinnann appreciated most from her night at the carnival.
"It was so nostalgic," Kleiman said. "It felt like a carnival in a movie that you never think you'll go to, but it was the closest thing you'll get to that."
— By Claire McInerny
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Roberts said there have been times when the American Legion has struggled to stay afloat, but Thursday nights have brought in enough money to keep things going. The band performs free-of-charge and a $10 buffet starts the evening. However, the band's opportunity to share a cherished style of music among a generation as well as instruct others in that music floufs all adversity.
"The age of these musicians transcends everything," Roberts said. "The common language is the music and listening to one another. So you can be 16 or 94 and get kudos from one another. You learn from one another, and that's an amazing thing."
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