THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
NEWS
7A
LIQUID FUN
Students mix art, fire and metal
PHOTOS BY ADAM BUHLER
The Ministry of Sculpture, a student-run sculpture club comprised of students who have taken a foundry class, coordinated an iron pour Halloween afternoon.
Members of the community were invited to experience the fun, fire and art by designing tile molds to make miniature iron sculptures. The event was held at the intersection of Ninth and Rhode Island streets and was made possible through the Lawrence Arts Commission.
Will Vannerson, Pensacola, Fla., graduate student, taps out liquid iron from the base of the furnace. The molten iron was used to create iron tiles designed by community members at the Saturday afternoon event.
David Platter, Olathe graduate student, holds his end steady as iron flows into an iron mold. Platter was among several students who participated in the Ministry of Sculpture's iron pour.
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Professor John Hachmeister supervises his foundry students as they pour molten iron into tile molds. Hachmeister is the adviser for the Ministry of Sculpture.
Tierney Cacioppo, Overland Park senior, pours water on cooling iron casts. Members of the community were invited to design tile molds used in Saturday afternoon's iron pour.
A dried iron tile is buffed with a coarse bristle brush after cooling down.
INTERNET Activists violated eBay's policies with auction
WICHITA — Online auction house eBay has removed items that were posted for sale by anti-abortion activists trying to raise money for defense of a man accused of killing a Kansas abortion provider, the company said Monday.
Supporters of Scott Roeder one in Kansas City, Mo. and the other in Des Moines, Iowa posted various items late Sunday in separate eBay auctions including an Army of God manual, an underground publication for anti-abortion militants that describes ways to shut down clinics.
After about five hours, eBay removed 10 items, activists said. The final two items were removed by late Monday afternoon.
"Today, eBay removed several listings on our site that violated several of our policies including our offensive materials' policy. This policy prohibits items that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance, or promote organizations with such views,"eBay said in a statement.
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