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Monday September 14,1998
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The Jayhawks could not overcome Devin West's 319 yards of rushing and fell to the Missouri Tigers 41-23 in Columbia on Saturday.
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Templin Hall dedicates floor in remembrance
By Carolyn Mollett Kansan staff writer
The sixth floor of Templin Hall became Young House Saturday when it was dedicated to J. Michael Young, a former KU professor who died in 1995 of cancer at the age of 51.
Young's family, KU faculty and administration, former students and the residents of Young
house gathered in Nunemaker Hall, home to the Honors Program, to remember Young at the dedication ceremony.
Young House is the honors floor of Temple Hall. Young was director of the honors program from 1990 until 1995 and was a professor of philosophy and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the time of his death.
"I think it's symbolic of the way Michael touched every aspect of the University," said David Amber, vice chancellor for student affairs.
Young: Had floor dedicated in to him in Templin Hall.
"The only thing that would make today better for me is if Michael were here and we didn't have to do this," said Sally Frost Mason, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Templin students led tours of Young House after the ceremony and guests had a chance to see the picture of Young now displayed in the lobby of Templin's sixth floor.
Templin is the first residence hall to have its floors dedicated and renamed as houses. Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said as each residence hall was renovated, its floors would also be dedicated. Renovations are under way this year at Lewis Hall, and it will be the next hall to call its floors houses.
The first five floors of Templin were named houses last October in another ceremony.
Four of Young's former students gave remarks about Young.
"He saw something in me that I wasn't able to see when I looked in the mirror," said Munro Richardson, a 1993 KU graduate.
Shannon Peters, a 1993 KU graduate, said she often wanted to call Young to discuss a new event in her life.
"I think he is the epitome of what a college professor should strive to be," Peters said.
Jayhawk Music Festival
The crowd gets a shower from a hose sprayed by the Lawrence Fire Department at the Jayhawk Music Festival. The crowd braved 90-degree temperatures to watch the six bands who
Rising ticket prices,heat keep crowds from show
played Saturday at Clinton Lake State Park. 5,500 people attended the festival. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
By Augustus Anthony Piazza Kansan staff writer
Despite a bill full of popular touring musical acts, the lawn at Clinton Lake State Park was relatively uncrowded for this year's Javahawk Music Festival.
The attendance for this year's Jayhawk Music Festival decreased from 10,000 people last year to 5,500 people.
Aykle King, head organizer from Kappa Sigma fraternity, said he thought the decrease had to do with the increasing number of musical festivals.
"The first year we did this there wasn't anything else like it," he said.
He said that they might not get as many high-level acts, which caused ticket prices to escalate to $18.50 this year, up from their original $12.50 four years ago.
Klein said that concession sales were lower this year as well.
The profits from the show will be
"The age group was much younger and beer sales were really down," he said.
Klein said that the organizers could make some changes if they put on the event next year.
donated to the Douglas County Aids Project, Health Care Access, Douglas County Red Cross and the Kansas Department of Parks and Wildlife.
Klein said that the total amount of money raised would not be known until today.
Despite the smaller attendance, the bands Everclear and The Pharcey turned Jayhawk Music Festival into a crowd-interactive concert at Clinton Lake State Park.
During the last song of Everclear's set, the band invited 25 crowd members on the stage to dance and sing with the band.
"We always bring fans on the stage," said Art Alexakis, lead singer of Everclear. "It's fun to have them dancing on stage."
The band played in front of a small, early arriving crowd.
The Pharcyde, who performed after Everclear, invited 15 people from the crowd to dance on stage for most of its set
Jayhawk Music Festival started at 12:20 p.m. with Incubus.
As the afternoon progressed, the
The band Everclear invited about 25 women from the crowd to dance onstage at the end of its set. Everclear was one of six bands to play at the annual music festival. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
crowd grew.
Special J, a singer for the group 2 Skinnee J's, said that he thought the crowd was great and gave the crowd a nine out of 10.
Many of the KU students who endured the 90-degree heat raved about their experience after the show.
"I had so much fun watching the bands have fun doing what they love to do," said Jenny Rassette, Salina senior.
For more Joyahwk Music Festival photos, see tomorrow's Kansan.
Shaking Tree plays on the sidewalk outside of the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. It played Friday night after an electrical problem caused power to be lost in the bar. Shaking Tree played six songs acoustically for the fans who stayed. See Tuesday's Kansan for a profile of Shaking Tree. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/Kansan
Electrical fire in alley Friday closes The Bottleneck
By Augustus Anthony Piazza
Kansan staff writers
The Bottleneck should reopen tonight after a Friday-night electrical fire in the alley behind the building canceled a weekend of scheduled events.
At 11:30 p.m., the electricity went out in The Bottleneck, 749 New Hampshire St., and sparks flashed from the alley. People were rushed out of the bar by the staff members because of the chance of a fire.
The Lawrence Fire Department was called to the Bottleneck at 11:33 p.m.
"When we got there, they said the problem was with a transformer in the alley," said Bill Stark, battalion
chief. "We went back there to check it out but didn't see any smoke or any other evidence of a fire."
Brett Mosiman, owner of The Bottleneck, said that the sparks didn't come from the transformer but from an electrical box in the alley.
The Bottleneck reopened Saturday night, but was closed down again after the fire department was called the same night at 11:44 pm.
"The wiring wasn't repaired correctly," Stark said. "The second call was a result of trying to fix the first problem. Whether it wasn't completed or just done wrong, I don't know."
The bar remained closed yesterday.
night's reason.
The bar remanence existed. Mosiman said that the reason the bar was closed Saturday and last night was different from Friday
"There were some technical wiring issues." Mosiman said.
The Shaking Tree show was canceled after the power went out Friday night, and there was no refund offered to people who had to leave the bar.
The band performed a limited acoustic show on the sidewalk outside of the bar for the 50 fans who didn't leave.
Mosiman would not say what the problem with the technical wiring was, but he said that the bar would be in danger of losing some equipment if the bar reopened before the problem was fixed.
"We were afraid that the place was going to go on fire," said Aaron Het
herington, drummer for Shaking Tree.
Swing Set, which is scheduled every Sunday night at the Bottleneck, was moved to the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
A Bottleneck marquee notified swing dancers about the change in venue.
Several other businesses lost power Friday night.
Tellers, 746 Massachusetts St., lost power from 11 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. People in the restaurant were forced to leave but were able to return when the restaurant regained power.
Gary Kollman, Olathe senior and Tellers employee, said that about 15 of the 60 customers returned after power was restored.
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