6A the university daily kansan
monday,october 20.2003
news
Fashions,novelties of 1980s revisited by VH-1 show
By Alex Hoffman
ahoffman@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
For the love of retro: Flashbacks to the 1980s still abound in 2003.
Atari games and shirts are selling. My Little Pony is returning to toystore shelves. And director John Hughes' movies The Breakfast Club from 1985 and Sixteen Candles from 1984 continue to have an extended life on basic cable.
The nostalgia of the 1980s has also inspired a series of popular television retrospectives. The 10-episode I Love the '80s premiered on VH-1 last year, which blended fads and entertainment from the era with humorous commentary. The shows, which highlight one year per hour, are often shown consecutively on the music network.
"I can sit there and watch them for hours," Katy Humpert, Winfield sophomore, said.
In response to the success of the first series, VH-1's homage to the decade is not finished. I Love the '80s Strikes Back covers everything the previous episodes could not. The new series premieres at 7 p.m. tonight with two episodes about 1980 and 1981, and it will wrap up Friday with episodes about the years 1988 and 1989.
Graham Moyer, Overland Park junior, mentioned some of the finer fashion trends of the decade.
Johnson, a former student at the University of Kansas, became famous for his pastel T-shirts, white sportcoats and loafers with no socks on the NBC crime series.
"I would dress like Don Johnson in Miami Vice," Moyer said with a hint of sarcasm.
Kelly Parker, Olathe senior, liked the brashness of '80s apparel.
"I like the big bows you could put in your hair and on your butt."
Not everyone born in the 1980s enjoyed the fads and fashions. Zach Elmore, a Lawrence High School senior, wasn't the biggest fan of big hair and loud fashion colors.
she said.
"It was good in the sense that we can sit back and laugh at it now," he said.
But those born in the early or mid-1980s still recall the years fondly. For some students, '80s music offers a respite from the
Britney Spears' and Christina Aguilera's invasion of the airwaves. Humpert said she particularly enjoyed chart-toppers Duran Duran, Culture Club and the early Michael Jackson albums.
"It seems so much happier and carefree I think." Humpert said. "Music now is more about shaking your ass. Music then was just about having fun."
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KU First capital projects
DONOR: Endowment benefits expand campus
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"If there isn't any student involvement, there should be," he said.
Endowment is separate from the University and therefore does not require 20 percent student involvement, as University related projects require. There is a University family committee, Knopp said, in which students help recruit
Either way, the money is helping students. Knopp said.
"I think students mostly benefit from distinguished professors and scholarships," Knopp said.
At the Endowment Trustee Board meeting, new trustees were also appointed. The board is 75 trustees all of which are University alumni. Beverly
Billings, Lawrence 1968 graduate, Howard Cohen, Kansas City, Mo., 1979 graduate, Linda Ellis, Houston 1979 graduate, Lewis Gregory, Leawood 1975 graduate, Drue Jennings, Leawood 1968 graduate, Mike Michaelis, Wichita 1968 graduate, and Steve Sloan, Pittsburg 1983 graduate were all appointed.
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HOMECOMING: Events benefit local charities
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Elizabeth Ault, Topeka sophomore and daily events coordinator, said she was impressed with the turnout.
"It was a lot of fun," she said. "I hope it continues to grow like it did this year."
Many of the daily events benefitted different charity organizations. All the canned food from the 'Can'struction contest went to local food pantries. Proceeds from Wednesday's Challenge for Change, which raised more than $1,000 dollars, went to the Douglas County United Way as did proceeds from the Spirit Sprint Race.
Perhaps the most publicized event, which took place at Late Night in the Phog on Friday at Allen Fieldhouse, was the Keeping in School Spirit, or K.I.S.S., kissing contest, an attempt to break the world record of the most couples kissing simultaneously.
"It was a lot of fun.I hope it continues to grow like it did this year."
Elizabeth Ault
Topeka sophiore
The previous record, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as 1,588 couples, was surpassed on Friday as 1,632 couples were counted kissing at Late Night, said Ben Kirby, special events co-chair.
Kirby, Dallas senior, said that all they had to do now was send in the numbers to Guiness and wait for the official results.
Homecoming coordinators said that the Homecoming Parade on Saturday also exceeded expectations.
Elissa Hudson, co-director of
Homecoming, said that everything about the parade was phenomenal.
"We had more floats than ever before and more participants in general," she said.
Hudson, Pittsburg senior, said having ex-Kansas basketball great Danny Manning as Grand Marshall of the parade was especially great.
The only blemish on the week was that Thursday's pep-rally was canceled because of poor weather, Alderdice said. She said the University might try to avoid that next year by holding the rally on game day.
But other than that, coordinators agreed that everything else was outstanding.
"There was more campus and community involvement than ever before," Hudson said. "It was just a wonderful week overall."
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down to the two winners. Taylor Brummel, Garnett senior; Lasé Ajaiyj, Lawrence, senior; Jake Albers, Lawrence senior; Fallon Farokhi, Lawrence senior; Maragret Perkins-McGuinness, Lawrence senior; Andy Knopp, Manhattan senior; Laura Dakhil, Wichita senior
and Richard Friesner, Albuquerque, N.M., were all finalists.
The winners received a $500 scholarship and a free class ring. They also will help prepare a leadership scholarship program for freshmen and sophomore students called "Blueprint."
Collier, a student senator for three years, a multicultural business scholar and vice-president of her sorority, Delta Gamma, said she recognized how much the award meant.
"What it's really saying is that you're at the top among leaders at KU."
Kevin Kampwirth
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PHOG: Late Night displays team members' talent on, off court, prepares for upcoming season
Coach Self served on Brown's Kansas staff during the 1985-86 season.
before introducing the returning members of the 1988 team, Kansas radio broadcasters Bob Davis and Max Falkenstien reminisced about some of that team's struggles. To the crowd's amusement, Davis recalled Falkenstien asking him at one point during the team's unremarkable regular season, " You think we could
"I'm so proud that I was able to sit on that bench and be a part of this." Brown told the crowd.
host an NIT game here before it's over? " "
"I don't remember saying that at all," Falkenstien said.
Dozens of fans camped out for Late Night as if it were a crucial game with a Big 12 Conference foe. Katie Garman, Shawnee freshman, began camping at 1:45p.m. Friday. Garman said she was attending her first Late Night.
"I can't believe I haven't gone to one of these before," Garman said.
Garman said she wanted to get to know the new coach. But Self, who declined to put his name on Late Night, kept
mostly in the background. He opened Late Night with a short speech after four video screens, placed at each corner of Allen fieldhouse, displayed excerpts of his first press conference as Kansas' coach. After the video presentation, Self walked onto the court to a deafening ovation.
"There's been a lot of changes around here lately, but there's one thing that hasn't changed." Self told the crowd. "Kansas basketball deserves to be the very best."
Minutes later, the men's team took the court to perform a rap. Each member lip-synced lyrics
related to Kansas basketball, which were posted on the video screens.
Sophomores Christian Moody and Moulaye Niang got the biggest laughs for their performances. Moody rapped four words, "I'm Christian Moody. Yeeah," before passing the microphone. Niang, originally from Senegal, rapped in his native language as the video screens displayed several lines of question marks.
The women's team was later introduced, and former Kansas standout Tamecka Dixon, who graduated in 1997, was honored.
A highlight video of last year's
men's team, the national runner-up to Syracuse, followed the ceremony honoring the 1988 team. Then, the men's players were introduced.
At 11:48 p.m., the team warmed up for the traditional midnight scrimmage by entertaining the crowd with dunks. The crowd quickly focused its attention on freshman guard J.R. Giddens, heralded for his spectacular leaping ability.
Giddens disappointed the crowd initially as he missed a windmill dunk and a slam he attempted after transferring the ball between his legs in mid-air.
But then, Giddens showed his
aerial ability, tossing the ball off the backboard to himself and gliding high above the rim for a jam. The team concluded the dunk session by clearing the middle of the floor for Giddens, who took off from the free-throw line and nailed a dunk.
The 20-minute scrimmage pitied a Blue team, led by junior guards Aaron Miles and Keith Langford and senior center Jeff Graves, against the White team, featuring junior forward Wayne Simien, Giddens and freshman guard Omar Wilkes. The White team won 37 to 32.
Edited by Abby Sidesinger