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Group showcases culture The First Nations Student Association hosted a barbecue yesterday, giving students the opportunity to share Native American culture. FNSA has its next meeting on Wednesday. PAGE 3A
Victory at last
After a season opening defeat, the Jayhawks
returned Saturday to upset UNLV 46-24. PAGE12A
Greene 'kicked' 12 times
Twelve Kick the Kansan contestants beat Ryan
Greene's 9-3 record last weekend. PAGE7A
Jayhawks win tournament Read how the Kansas volleyball team came from behind to win the Nike Invitational. PAGE 9A
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Vol.114 Issue No.2
KANSAN
Monday, September 8, 2003
The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
Unions support KJHK
By Robert Perkins
rperkins@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas Memorial Corporation board of directors voted unanimously to create a plan for the Unions' programs department to take control of funding KJHK. The board said it would work with KJHK to create an initial plan for takeover by its Dec. 6 meeting, and a further plan for 2004-2005 to be presented at their May meeting.
The KU Memorial Unions came one step closer to taking charge of KJHK on Saturday.
be presented at then May meeting Most of the board who spoke at the meeting showed support for Union funds.
"I think it's a great idea," said Andy Knopp, student body president and
David Mucci, KU Memorial Unions director, said Provost David Shulenburger offered the Union the opportunity to run KJHK under four conditions; the station must build an audience, be self-sufficient and professional, benefit the campus community and serve the University.
board member.
Richard Johnson, dean of students, said that the responsibility was significant, and he was sure the students involved could handle it.
"I have never known our students not to rise to the occasion," he said.
format, but now they are "It's a really exciting possibility for us," said Meredith Vacek, Olathe senior and
station manager for KJHK. "Without the interest of the programs department, we probably wouldn't still be here." Vacek said the Programs Department had explicitly promised not to change anything.
KJHK staffers said that they were concerned a change in management would cause a change in the station's student-run format, but now they are optimistic.
Cole Gray, Atchison senior and KJHK disc jockey, credited Vacek and the rest of the radio station's executive staff with ensuring that the Unions involvement would be positive.
"I think everyone was worried at first, but we have some great people in charge that will fight for us," he said. Gray works for The University Daily Kansan.
WORKS OF THE CHANCELLOR Robert Hemenway and the provost offered the Unions' the opportunity to take over KJHK because the School of Journalism was no longer able to support it. The school has shifted from radio journalism during the past few
years and towards television, Mucci said.
"The J-school didn't want us anymore, and it's exciting to be with someone who does." Vacek said.
The chancellor and provost promised financial support for the station through July 2004 and have reserved the right to find new management should the Unions fail to fulfill their responsibility
Though the board of directors was in favor of taking on KJHK, it said it worried about making it self-sufficient.
The Board and JKH staff remain positive about working together.
positive about a change Leslie Heusted, programs director for the Unions, told the board that other universities — notably Kansas State — have successfully completed similar processes.
Show unveils alternative style
By Meghan Brune
mbrune@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Edited by Doyle Murph
Pink suit jackets, silk kimonos, monogramed handbags and trucker hats.
trained handwriting and the audience. And that was just the audience.
And then we talk to Daydream: A Fashion Performance drew in a full house of 650 people Friday night at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., with the original designs of 10 local artists and designers.
artists and designers Reform, a fashion show production company, put on the alternative show, the second from the company. The first. Detour: A Fashion Show, was held at a smaller venue, the former bar Raoul's Velvet Room, now Eight One Five, 815 Massachusetts St.
Daydream was the same format, but was performance art on a larger scale involving music, 40 models and the wearable art of the designers, said producer, Sarah Stiefel.
The entire cast of models in the Daydream fashion show strutted across the Liberty Hall stage as the show came to a close Saturday night. Local designers used performance art skirts to showcase their designs. Eric Breen/Kansai
Stiefel and her co-producer Ashlee Hall had seen shows before in the Kansas City area and wanted to bring something similar to Lawrence.
something shimmered in the room.
"I guess it was a risk," Stiefel said,
"but we loved it and hoped others would love it."
The fashion show was a performance in nine scenes set to the music of DJ Bill Pile. Stiefel and Hall developed the scenes to represent different parts of the day. Each designer was given a time of day, Morning through Dream, and designed eight to nine outfits. In the "Morning" eight models groggy stirred from sleep under gray sheets to reveal colorful pajamas.
The audience cheered as one male model, a long-haired blonde, strutted down the catwalk in black ankle boots and hot pink shorts.
"The models were as much a part of the art as the clothes," designer Molly Murphy said.
Murphy shined. Murphy designed the Workday wear with friend Heather O'Brien. Murphy, an illustrator, said she and O'Brien
explored gender roles and stereotypes with their designs. She said the attitudes of the models played a role in the presentation of the clothes.
"It was important to us that the girls were assertive and comfortable with themselves." Murphy said.
Murphy and O'Brien's scene began with seven secretaries who stripped off white lab coats to reveal sexy creations converted from men's clothing. At the end of the scene the models, dressed in fishnet stockings, ties and corsets, dragged a bewildered boss off the stage.
"It was important to us that the girls were assertive and comfortable with themselves."
Molly Murphy Daydream fashion designer
Hadley Johnson, designer of the Cocktail wear, said she had participated in three fashion shows this year.
"You are putting your things in these girls hands and you don't know what might happen," Johnson said.
Johnson, who graduated from the University of Kansas two years ago, now sells her clothing in Kansas City, Mo. and said she has sold out of her summer collection and hoped to open her own store.
The designs will be on display 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, at the Grimshaw Gallery, 731 New Hampshire St. Some of the fashions will be for sale.
— Edited by Shane Mettlen
Cyclists get thrills from bikes, brews
By Maggie Newcomer
mnewcomer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Any party where attendees drain 15 or more kegs, biking could be a dangerous endeavor. But at Tour of Fat, beer and bikes go hand in hand.
Close to 1,000 people turned up at Burcham Park, located at the north end of Indiana street near the Kansas River, to eat, drink and ride. The bike rides started at 9 a.m. and ended by noon. Riders could choose from a 25-mile ride, a 17-mile ride or shorter "fun rides."
and bikes go home Saturday marked Tour de Fat's fourth appearance in Lawrence. Rain accompanied the annual bike tour and beer festival during its first three years. But Saturday's clear skies made this year's event the first dry Tour de Fat ever in Lawrence.
Molly Winter and Nicole Wilcox, Lawrence seniors, said they never miss the Tour of Fat.
"There are bikes, beer and bands,"
Winter said. "What more could you ask for?"
Tour de Fat is sponsored by New Belgium Brewing Company, Inc., based in Fort Collins, Colo.
Although it's sponsored by a beer company, Tour de Fat is a family-oriented party, Chris Winn, event coordinator for New Belgium, said.
"We decided it wasn't fair that only Harley riders got to have good parties," Winn said.
Tour de Fat is named after New Belgium's Fat Tire Amber Ale. New Belgium's owner, Jeff Lebesch, started the company after he went on a bike tour in Belgium and sampled several local beers. Fat Tire was named after that bike tour.
Fat Tire was named Lawrence is one of 16 cities that host the event annually because of the number of Fat Tire fans and cyclists.
Winn said the event's purpose was to promote New Belgium's lifestyle, along with its beer.
SEE CYCLISTS ON PAGE 6A
Monarch Madness
Monarch butterflies wait to be tagged just outside the Foley Building on West Campus on Friday. The students will learn how and where to place the tags to avoid hindering the butterfly. SEE STORY ON PAGE 3A
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