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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008
DESIGN
Metalsmith students and faculty show bling at German exhibition
Tyler Wauah/KANSAN
Juliet Cline, Lawrence junior, welds a jewelry project on Tuesday. Clime said that all of her work was playing on the relationship between the natural and mechanical worlds.
Jewelry travels to Eutin, Germany
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
Britta Tobias, Topeka senior, handcrafted a necklace and brooch symbolizing childhood memories with her sister. The tiny pieces of silver and aluminum portrait musical notes and photo negatives.
"It's a very non-objective interpretation of my theme;" Tobias said.
Tobias is one of 10 metalsmith and jewelry students who enrolled in a senior studio class and are displaying their handcrafted jewelry at an exhibition at Ostolstein-Museum in Eutin, Germany. The students and faculty of metalsmith and jewelry are leaving for Germany tomorrow.
Lin Stanionis, associate professor of design, teaches the metalmetsm and jewelry class and said this was a rare opportunity for design students to present their works outside of the country. The exhibit will also feature jewelers and ceramic artists from Germany and Finland.
The KU students gained the opportunity to participate in the
exhibition through the Lawrence sister-city program, which links Lawrence and Eutin. Stanionis said this was the second time since 2000 that KU students participated in the exhibition in Eutin.
"The goal of the class is to train students so they could have a place to start right away". Stanionis said. "They have pressure to show their work to professionals, but I want them to feel proud of what they are doing."
The 10 students have worked on their jewelry since the beginning of the semester. Each of them chose a theme and created three pieces of jewelry out of a variety of metals.
"A lot of people are expressing themselves through their own theme." Tobias said.
Robert Goetsch, Overland Park senior, created a silver ring shaped like an apple core and an arch bracelet made of crushed aluminum cans. He said much of his art was inspired by glimpsing other people's lives while biking or walking near his neighborhood.
He said he was looking forward to presenting his work to other artists in Germany.
"I'm excited about meeting people and how they look at my work," Goetsch said.
Tobias said the students would explain their jewelry to visitors and other artists, including German professional artists and students from Finland, during the exhibition. The KU students were the only group of people from the United States, she said, and the biggest challenge was to create jewelry that could compete with other professionals.
"We're bringing out our techniques and staff," Tobias said. "We want to show them we can be professional."
The students received scholarships from the Chancellor's office, the School of Fine Arts and department of design, which covered most of their expenses for the exhibition.
The exhibition in Germany will start from Oct.31 to Nov.2. Stanionis said after the exhibition in Germany the students would present their work at 6 Gallery,716 1/2 Massachusetts Street,from Nov.28 to 30.
— Edited by Ramsey Cox
Tvler Wauoh/KANSAN
Kaylin Hertel, Leawood senior, rolls chain mail for a project she is working on in her jewelry class on Oct 20. Hertel and her classmates have been working hard on their projects in preparation for their trip to Germany to show their work at the Ostolstein-Museum.
FOOTBALL
Efforts for a new kickoff chant fail Students yell old and new chants at Saturday's game against Texas Tech
BY B.J. RAINS rains@kansan.com
Well, it worked — kind of.
"I stopped saying it," said Matt
The new kickoff chant student's voted for on Kansan.com, "Kayyyyyy Youuuuuuu!." was heard throughout Memorial Stadium on Saturday. But so was the controversial "rip his fucking head off" chant.
Wroughton, St. Louis junior,
"It's just stupid and doesn't really do anything for me. I said the new one though, and I'm glad that some
"Coach asked us to stop. I don't know what else it should take."
BEN PREWITT
Council Bluffs, Iowa, sophomore
Coach Mark Mangino recorded a video urging students to come up with something better before the game against Colorado.
"It might have worked better if Mangino was looking at the screen and not reading off some card away from the camera," said Douglas Campbell, Chicago senior. "It just looked kind of poorly done. He should walk to the 50 vard line and ask the students
other people did too. Hopefully we can get that one to drowned out the old one."
The problem with the two chants is that both can be said within the time before kickoff. The "Kayyyyyyy Youuuuuuul" chant ends right when the traditional "rip his fucking head off" chant begins, meaning students can yell both chants at kickoff.
Fans and alumni cheered when the students yelled the new chant, but quickly quieted when they heard the old chant return seconds later.
"I think it's a positive thing that the students are actively trying to do something about it," said Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director. "Hopefully it will raise some awareness about how ill-advised it is. But ultimately, it's up to the students themselves to make that decision."
The chant has become national news in recent weeks with a discussion about it appearing on ESPN's "Pardon The Interruption."
T he Kansanheld an online poll for stu-
personally,
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dents to vote on a new chant. The winner was announced on Friday and the new chant was shown on the ribbon boards at the north end of Memorial Stadium during each Kansas kickoff in Saturday's game against Texas Tech.
"Coach (Mangino) asked us to stop. I don't know what else it should take." Ben Prewitt, Council Blues, Iowa, sophomore, said. "I mean, personally, I think that's disrespectful to him to just ignore it and keep going."
Before the first kickoff, students asked each other if they were going to do the new chant. Most did, but some still yelled the old one. The only time the chant wasn't heard was in the fourth quarter when the student section had emptied out.
University officials, the Athletics Department and students have tried, with little success, to devise ways to stop the chant completely.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
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