Tuesday, October 20.1998
The University Daily Kansan
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Campus offers camping rentals
KU students, faculty may rent outdoors equipment at Jaybowl
By Chris Hopkins
Special to the Konson
KU student campers may find that it is hard to store their tent, sleeping bag, camp stove and ice chest in their dorm room closet.
Luckily, Wilderness Discovery, an outdoor equipment outlet, rents camping equipment to students, faculty and staff at the University of Kansas.
Wilderness Discovery, located at Jaybowl on the first floor of the Kansas Union, was started in the late 70s by Student Union Activities to provide students with camping equipment at a reasonable price, said Mike Fine, recreations coordinator.
The service was taken over by Jaybowl when SUA disbanded its outdoor recreation committee in 1991.
A rented tent, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, a stove, a lantern and an ice chest would run four people $101 total for three days.
A more intimate two-person weekend would cost $48.50 total, including a tent, one sleeping pad, one sleeping bag, a stove, a lantern and an ice chest.
Fine said he was unsure whether campers could zip two bags together but said it was worth a shot. The extra bag would bump up the intimate weekend price to $59.50.
Tom Partridge, Wilderness Discovery coordinator,
said all the equipment was less than five years old.
Wilderness Discovery only rents equipment to people associated with the University. A current KUID is necessary at checkout, and a $100 deposit is required for all rentals.
Rather than considering Wilderness Discovery a rival, local outdoor sports stores said they liked the program.
Bowen Pope works for Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop, 804 Massachusetts St., which sells bicycles, canoes and kayaks, as well as rock climbing and camping equipment. He said he liked the idea of Wilderness Discovery attracting more business to the camp industry.
WILDERNESS DISCOVERY PRICE LIST:
Items First day Each Additional Day
Tents:
4-person $10 $5.50
2-person $7 $3.50
Canopy $5 $4
Sleeping Bags $4 $3.50
Sleeping Pads $1.50 $1
Backpack $5 $4
Stoves:
Double Burner $3.50 $2.50
Single Burner $2.50 $2
Fuel Bottle $2.50 $0
Cook Kit $3.50 $2.25
Lanterns
Gas $3 $2.50
Fluorescent $3 $2.50
Sport Light $2 $1.50
Ice Chest (12 gallon) $2 $1.75
Water Cooler (5 gallon) $1.50 $1.25
Water Jug (2 gallon) $1.50 $1.25
"It's a great way just to kind of adventure into the sport," he said. "You know, see if it's for you."
Matt Roggy is the manager of The Backwoods Equipment Company Inc., 916 Massachusetts St. , which concentrates on camping, rock climbing equipment and outdoor clothing. He said Wilderness Discovery was a great benefit to the University.
"We have a lot of people that come in here and ask us if we rent equipment, and we don't." he said.
Neither Pope or Roggy realized the service existed, but said they would be sure to inform people who asked about renting equipment.
Roggy said the tents used by Wilderness Discovery, Eureka Timberlines, are a middle-of-the-line quality tent. They rank somewhere between lower priced tents available at Wal-Mart and SuperTarget and the more expensive tents on the market, he said.
Wilderness Discovery usually gets about 15 rentals per weekend in the fall, so it is best to reserve equipment in advance. Partridge said.
Lecture to focus on Brazilian pianist
Bv Steph Brewer
By Steph Brewer and Mariana Paiva
Kansas staff writers
After he played a concert 20 years ago, University of Kansas Cordelia Brown Murphy distinguished professor of piano Sequeira Costa was approached by an audience member requesting an autographed photo.
Last year in New York, that audience member, Brazilian pianist Ciro Goncalves Dias Jr., approached Costa again. Their discussion on Dias' lectures led Costa to arrange a lecture tonight at 7:30 at Swartouth Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. The talk is free and open to the public.
Costa generally is not involved in finding lecturers for this series but said he approached department faculty after his discussion with Dias.
PIANIST LECTURE
Dias will lecture on the late Brazilian pianist Cuiomar Novaes as part of the KU Visiting Artists Series sponsored by the University's department of music and dance.
Given by: Brazilian pianist, Ciro Gonzales Dias Jr.
When: 7:30 tonight
Where: Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall
Cost: Free
Cost: Free
Dias said Novaes, who died in 1979, was one of the best pianists this century. Dias first heard Novaes play when Dias was 12 years old.
"I was impressed with her piano skills because she had a strong expressiveness," Dias said. "She was extraordinary."
In his lecture, Dias said he would discuss the importance Novaes had in the golden age of piano using rare documents, photos and autographs.
Dias said Novaea was a noteworthy pianist because of her adherence to composers' ideas and her dedication to the piano.
"She always played with the same interest as if it were the first time she was playing," he said.
Dias has presented his lecture on Novaes to schools such as the Juliard School in New York, State University of New York at Stonybrook and the University of Miami
He said he wanted to present his lecture everywhere he could in the United States because of the success Novaas had here. Novaas played in Kansas City and Lawrence
Costa said Dias' lecture would be helpful to piano students because of the way Novaas interpreted music.
"She had a style of her own," Costa said. "The way that she played can give some light to a young student."
Costa said that although the lecture was on a pianist, it would be interesting to students in other majors.
"It's very important, because all forms of art are related," he said.
"A music student who just plays an instrument and does nothing else is bound not to be complete."
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