wednesday, October 22, 2003
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the university daily kansan 3A
Kevin Jacobs, Eden Prairie, Minn., junior, tossed Josh Parshall, Columbia, Mo., sophomore, a hot dog at the new vending stand on Wescoe Beach. When asked how students liked the new stand Jacobs said,"It's awesome. It's so much easier for kids to get their food here instead of waiting in line downstairs." Along with hot dogs the vendor sells chips and soda.
Vendors serve up coffee,hot dogs
By Steve Schmidt
sschmidt@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The retailers at Kansas Memorial Unions have given new meaning to the term a la carte.
Students have had more options of food and drink on the go with the September opening of a hot dog cart and a coffee cart on campus.
union retailers purchased the carts with funding from Coca-Cola after hearing the proposal for the carts last spring from a group of marketing students. Jay Glatz, food services manager of the Unions, said his organization received mostly positive feedback.
"I think it worked out real
well." Glatz said. "They're in locations where there's high traffic. It gives students and faculty in those areas a chance to grab something to drink or eat."
Business has been good for the hot dog stand, located on Wescoe Beach, said Kevin Jacobs, stand vendor and Eden Prairie, Minn., junior. Jacobs said that his stand had sold out its share of hot dogs on the two days that he worked, selling about 38 hot dogs a day.
“It’s so much easier because most people for lunch want a typical meal like a hot dog, a Coke. It’s just easier when it’s up here,” Jacobs said. “You don't have to go downstairs and wait in line for a half an hour.”
He estimated 50 to 60 people showed up every day, a large amount of them being returning
customers. The cart, which operates from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., features hot dogs for $2.25, chips for $1 and Coca-Cola soft drinks for $1.10.
The coffee cart is located in the southeast corner of Anschutz Library, Grace Allen, cart vendor, said so far business had been average.
"I think it'll improve after the weather gets cold and people will want coffee." Allen said. "I'm just kind of surprised they put it in this spot. Myself I wouldn't have thought it would be in a library."
The cart, which runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., serves KC Rotisserie coffee: $1.28 for a 12-ounce cup and $1.55 for 16 ounces. Flavors may be added for 25 cents more and include vanilla, raspberry, caramel, chocolate and
Nearby Wescoe Terrace hasn't suffered one bit, said Karen Lewis, manager of Wescoe Terrace and Hawk Stops. Lewis said business had increased since last year by about 100 more customers per day, averaging about 1,500 people daily.
Manny Plotsker, Minneapolis junior, hasn't been by any of the carts yet but said he saw their practicality.
"It's a good idea in the library for those people staying up late," Plotsker said. "With the hot dog stand, it's right there in the middle of everybody so it's a good location."
— Edited by Ehren Meditz
By Alex Hoffman
ahoffman@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Orchestra to visit Lied Center
One of the world's most respected and recorded orchestras is taking its tour to Lawrence tonight.
The London-based Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, led by principal guest conductor Murray Perahia, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.
The program consists of works by Mozart, Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Karen Christilles, associate director of the Lied Center, said the center was fortunate to bring in the orchestra for its 10th anniversary concert series.
The Academy Chamber Ensemble, which brought eight members of the group, performed chamber works at a February, 2002, performance at the Lied Center. This time the full ensemble will participate.
The orchestra arrives in Lawrence as part of a nearly month-long tour of the United States.
Its concert schedule includes a performance in St. Louis Monday, a stop in Rolla, Mo., yesterday and a concert in Salina tomorrow. The Academy wraps up its tour in California next month.
"They're our lifeblood," he said. "This is how we exist, with these tours of varying lengths. We wouldn't be able to sustain the orchestra in London alone."
violinist Sir Neville Marriner founded the ensemble in 1959. His mission was to go back to basics in classical music.
Marriner noticed how orchestras were growing too large, and he sought an alternative to romanticized playing and conducting. So he emphasized music from the Baroque period, a period from around 1600 until 1750 when composers such as Bach
"It's not a job. It's an obsession."
Kenneth Sillito Artistic Director
flourished.
"In England, the Academy was at the forefront of what was the Baroque movement," Sillito said.
Their first performance was in November, 1959, at the Church of St. Martin in the Fields, the inspiration for the group's name.
Since then the Academy gradually developed a large following for its high levels of musicianship and exuberance in performances.
Its recordings of classical repertoire number more than 500.
These recordings, first with the Argo label and then a longer association with Philips, helped solidify the ensemble's reputation.
The number of new recordings have since diminished. Sillito said, even though the musicians do the occasional recording project with Perahia.
"Gone are the days where we can sit in London for six weeks and record, "he said.
Perahia was progressing well in his other role as a conductor, Sillito said, and he had the ability to surprise the orchestra with different approaches to the music.
"We've rehearsed this, but watch out, I might want to do something different," was how Sillito described Perahia's rehearsals, and he said the musicians were receptive to the approach.
Sillito, who was also the director of the Academy Chamber Ensemble, said the morale of the musicians and their passion for the music had meant great satisfaction for him in his long tenure.
"It's not a job," he said. "It's an obsession."
Edited by Scott Christie
Catholic rite prepares students for church confirmation
By Meghan Brune
mbrune@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
About 64 million people in the United States are Catholic. This year, Lawrence will add about 20 more to the population.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center has 20 students beginning the initial steps of Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, or RCIA.
The formal conversion employs a set of rites to prepare baptized or un-baptised adults of another religion to enter into the Catholic Church.
According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 81,240 people in 2001 converted from another Christian church.
Brian Donelson, director of the RCIA classes at the center, said over the last two years, 50 students and community members had joined the Catholic Church through the program. He said most of those interested were students.
"Most college students struggle with their spirituality, especially this generation," Donelson said. "They don't take the common answers society has offered them."
The process of converting has been around for centuries, but in 1988, U.S. bishops mandated the use of the RCIA program in all parishes.
The classes at St. Lawrence run for seven months, from September to March, and ends with a full confirmation into the Catholic Church on Easter Sunday.
Students come to the classes wanting more information about the Catholic religion, Donelson said.
Donelson said that during his two years of leading the sessions he has had students of all religious backgrounds, such as Jewish, Mormon, Hindu and Buddhist.
"Something draws them into the Catholic Church," he said. "For some it is a friend, fliance or spouse."
Kevin Kohlstedt, Wichita senior, went through the RCIA program last year.
Kohlstedt said he was initially interested in becoming a Catholic because of his fiancée. The relationship didn't work out, but he continued to attend the classes.
"I still felt a calling to come to the church," Kohlstedt said.
After he finished the program, Kohlstedt, who was raised Presbyterian, entered into his neophyte, or first year, in the church.
He said he felt welcomed by the congregation and was now helping with theology classes. He said he wanted to stay involved in the church.
"It comes down to what your motivation is and what you want to get out of it," Kohlstedt said.
Karen Benzel decided to become a sponsor when her husband entered the RCIA program. Benzel, a senior from
Part of the process involves the guidance of a sponsor. The RCIA class has about 20 Catholic students who have volunteered to help with the class.
"The sponsors are there for a personal connection," Benzel said. "You explain how the lessons taught you."
The Catholic Church is the only Christian church with a formal process to initiate new members.
"We want people to know what they are choosing," Donelson said. "And to choose it whole-heartedly."
Donelson said the guidelines were a way to make people better prepared to receive the sacraments.
The role of the sponsors was to give guidance based on their experiences in the church, Benzel said.
Edited by Scott Christie
Elizabeth Willy, Gardner junior, participated in a class Sunday night to convert to Catholicism. People who decide to convert attend a nine-month program.
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Donelson paired Benzel with a woman based on their personalities. Benzel said.
"It was his decision to become Catholic," Benzel said. "But we both wanted to have one united family unit."
Ashby, Neb., was raised Catholic, but her husband was Lutheran.
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