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VOLUME 120 ISSUE 59
SEE PROJECTS ON THE CATWALK TONIGHT
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Lauren Fallis, Plano, Texas, junior, sews floures on to her formal dress on Sunday afternoon in the Art and Design building. Fallis and her teammate, Josiah Earle, Topea senior, said they were stressed out earlier in the competition because of conflictful schedules, in the last few weeks have been able to work together as a team.
Earle uses a CD to create the pattern for floures on Sunday afternoon at the Art and Design building. Earle and me teammate, Fallis, is the only partner team that are participating in the Project Runway competition.
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The final sprint to the runway
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- Watch contestant Bonnie Croisant prepare for the finale and discuss her garments.
Fabric covers Brena Bessa's dining room table, and spools of thread are spread around a sewing machine. Designs are taped to the wall, and until a few days ago the fabric covered the floor as well.
Bessa, Manaus, Brazil, senior, is a finalist working to finish her submissions for the finale of the annual Student Union Activities Project Runway competition.
Sunyoung Cheong, Oscar Cuevas, Bonnie Croisant, and partners Lauren Fallis and Josiah Earle will compete along with Bessa in front of a panel of judges and an audience tonight. The panel will include Christian Siriano, winner of the fourth season of Bravo's "Project Runway."
Cuwas, Cherryvale senior, finished sixth in the preliminaries, but SUA asked him to participate in the finale after another contestant dropped out.
The contestants had a budget of $150
to create all three garments. Bessa sam it was challenging to stay within budget because she generally worked with more expensive, natural fabrics such as silk and cotton.
Because Cheong is majoring in metal-smithing and jewelry, she designed all of the jewelry for her garments.
Time constraints also posed a challenge for the contestants. Earle and Fallis decided to work together to save time, and Cheong worked only at night because she
attended classes and spent time with her two children during the day.
Cuevas spent about 12 hours a day in the studio over the few days. He said it was challenging because he didn't have time to plan his designs in advance.
The competition will begin at 7 tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Priority seating vouchers are sold out, but doors open at 6 p.m. for additional seating.
Asian inspiration
Edited by Lauren Keith
SUA required the contestants to make a garment inspired by the traditional clothing of an assigned Asian country.
■ EARLE AND FALLIS: North Korea. Design: High-waisted yellow pants and a collared jacket with a bow on a combination of traditional Hanbok Korean dress and contemporary clothing.
- CUEVAS: Afghanistan. Because Cuevas only had a week to plan his garments, SUA allowed him to pick his own Asian country. Cuevas said he picked Afghanistan because he wanted to use Middle Eastern elements.
- **BESSA** China. Design: Kimono-inspired silk brocade dress. Bessa added a high collared jacket similar to the high collars of kimonos.
- **CHEONG:** India. Design: Two-piece garment with bold colors.
The top is a bikini held up by a brass chain and the bottom is a long, voluminous green skirt with a chained belt.
CROISANT: Japan. Design: Inspired by samurai armor.
music and song
Contestants picked a song as inspiration while creating a garment.
EARLE AND FALLIS: "Fox in the Snow" by Belle and Sebastian. Their garment is "homeless chic" because the song referenced a girl who slept around and spent nights on the street.
■ CUEVAS: "My World is Empty Without You" by The Supremes. He designed a "sexy funeral, death of relationships" dress because of the song's dark undertones.
- **BESSA:** "Samba Sian!, a Brazilian song about Rio de Janeiro.
She designed a swimsuit for the song with cutouts resembling the twisting pattern of a famous sidewalk in Rio de Janeiro.
- CROISANT: "Inni mer syngur vitleysingur" by Sigur Rós. It motivated her to make something a German folk dancer would wear.
- **CHEONG:** "Butterfly" by Jason Mraz. Cheong designed a yellow cocktail dress with a linear design to go with the song. She said the lines were arranged to look like the patterns on a butterfly.
KU spirit
SUA had contestants to design formal wear with a KU theme.
EARLE AND FALLIS: Earle and Fallis designed a dark blue dress with crimson flounces cascading down the length. They created the floures by tracing circles on fabric using cooking pot lids. Earle said they were allowed to use the Jayhawk in their design but decided not to because they didn't feel it was "fashion forward" enough.
- CUEVAS: Men's wear top is a hybrid between a vest, and a tux jacket and the bottom is bright blue jockey-style pants. He plans to add a scarf to finish the piece.
BESSA: Dress inspired by the 1952 basketball National Championship. The victory was the University's first NCAA championship.
■ CHEONG: Designed a Greek goddess-inspired one shoulder gown and included KU jewelry.
CROISANT: Evening gown. She dyed her own fabric a blue-gray.
POLITICS
Anti-Obama Facebook statuses abound
BY JESSE TRIMBLE
jtrimble@kansan.com
Former University of Texas backup lineman Buck Burnette was among those who vented frustrations via Facebook status.
Students update their Facebook statuses constantly. Many complain about tests, papers, or, since the onset of the winter season, being sick. But on post-Election Day, a new array of statuses appeared as students across the country who didn't vote for President-Elect Barack Obama used Facebook to share their discontent.
According to an Associated Press article, the lineman updated his Facebook status, quoting a text message he received after Obamas victory: "All the hunters gather up, we have a &#%#er in the whitehouse."
Burnette's Facebook had been deleted by Thursday, and he apologized for the racial slur.
Jesse Vaughn, Mound City senior and president of College Republicans, dressed as "The Messiah Obama" for Halloween and had been updating his Facebook status frequently since the election. As of 1:30 p.m. Monday, Vaughn's status read: "Jesse V is ready to fight for America and against Obama and the Democrats."
Wednesday. The Associated Press reported that "the team said Burnette violated team rules but would not elaborate."
Venting through Facebook statuses is common on college campuses and the University of Kansas is no exception.
Burnette was dismissed from the team
Vaughn said Facebook was a way to express his frustration.
"It's hard to deal with it when you have
Vaughn said the problem wasn't just with status updates, but also with pieces of flair, which is a Facebook application that allows students to post pop culture- or politically-themed buttons on their Facebook page.
such a crushing defeat," Vaughn said. "Facebook has become a way for me and others to put your beliefs out there."
David Perlmutter, author of "Blogwars" and professor of journalism, said updating a status needed to be taken seriously. There is no way to permanently delete something on the Internet, Perlmutter said.
"My opinion is people have been saying dumb things since there have been people," he said. "This is the first time we
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Cheer traditions switched up in Fieldhouse by Big 12 coaches
Some students and fans are upset with a change to the pregame routine at Allen Fieldhouse before men's basketball games. Big 12 coaches agreed to move the national anthem to just before tipoff, changing a tradition that started with the anthem and followed with the Alma Mater and Rock Chalk Chant.
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Debate team wins at Harvard
The KU debate team won its first-ever title at the Harvard Intercollegiate Debate Tournament. The team, composed of seniors Brett Bricker and Nate Johnson, placed first out of 80 teams.
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