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Wednesday, September 25, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Artist shows Haiku drawings in art gallery; teaches expression
By Nicholas C. Charalambous
Kansan staff writer
Artist Mary Frisbee Johnson uses Japanese Haiku to train her students at Indiana State University to express their creativity economically.
But the exercise also was her inspiration for a series of eight large drawings now on display at the art gallery in the Art and Design Building through Friday.
The drawings, which include painting, pastel, found objects and collage, are made on the surface of maps to represent the theme of
travel and getting lost, Johnson said.
The titles of the drawings are written in the form of a classic Japanese haiku, a poem of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables that expresses a single feeling or impression.
One piece. Shopping garage sales / obsessively collecting / dreaming of travel, depicts items from garage sales, such as bowling balls, shoes and a vacuum cleaner juxtaposed with images of far-flung places: Paris, London and the South Sea Islands. A floor platform contains 50 map-of-the-world globes of different sizes.
Johnson said the piece represented the frustration of a hot and humid summer.
"The piece is about being tied down and responsible while longing to be footloose and on the road," she said.
Marvel Maring, coordinator of basic studies in art and design, said Johnson's exhibit had been chosen after a nationwide call for entries.
“Her art is not heavy-handed,” Maring said. “You don't walk away thinking, There's so much angst and hostility.” There's a quirky humor to what she does."
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Jesse Speer, Overland Park senior, looks at one of the Japanese Haiku drawings on display in the Art and Design Building gallery. Artist Mary Frisbee Johnson uses haiku art to teach her students at Indiana State University to express their creativity. The display is in the gallery of the Art and Design Building for the rest of the week.
Aluminum cans converted to cash at recycling centers
By Dave Breitenstein Kansan staff writer
Picking aluminum cans out of the trash could pay off because some Lawrence recycling centers are paying 39 cents a pound for cans.
Lonnie's Recycling, 501 Maple St., is one of the businesses paying 39 cents a pound for empty soda and beer cans or for aluminum foil.
"I can live with the amount I make, so I can afford to pay people a higher price per pound than some other businesses," said owner Lonnie Faler.
Several factors affect the price centers pay. Faler said the cleanliness of the can and whether the
can was dry determined the average price.
"The cleaner the metal is, the more I can pay you for cans," he said.
Customers can bring bags of crushed or uncrushed cans, but Faler warned against trying to get extra money dishonestly.
"We once had a man who continually brought in cans with rocks in the bottom so he could get more money, and I finally told him that he was not welcome here any more." Faler said. "I won't cheat you, so I hope you won't cheat us."
Mike Faler, owner of Kaw Motor & Salvage Co., 1549 N. Third St., also warned against trying to cheat
his business. He has seen customers fill cans with gravel, sand and ice to get more money.
"If it feels too heavy to be a can, our machine will kick it out," he said. "It's a waste of time to even try to cheat us because we will catch you."
Mike Faler said he deducted 10 percent for cans with moisture in them. However,he said he had recognized that most cans cannot be dried completely.
Victoria Silva, environmental specialist at the University of Kansas, said cans should be crushed and rinsed if possible before recycling.
"Crushing cans helps the facili
ties operations workers because it takes less bags to carry them away," she said. "If you don't rinse cans, bugs may be attracted."
Silva said that she would like payback prices to be higher so more people would recycle but that aluminum cans paid well compared to other recyclable items.
Between 15 and 25 cans make a pound, depending on the brand of beverage, so each can is worth 1.5 to 2.5 cents. But in Michigan, many retailers pay 10 cents a can.
Ezabeth Brown, customer service representative at Meijers in Wixom, Mich., said customers paid a higher price for cases of soda to motivate them to recycle.
"The reason Michigan pays so much is mainly to keep the highways clean," she said. "I worked on the committee that lobbied in the legislature trying to keep the highways clean, and we came up with the 10-cents-per-can recycling plan."
Drew Condra, St. Louis senior,
said he rarely used aluminum cans.
"You couldn't pay me enough to even drink from an aluminum can," he said. "Beer and soda just doesn't taste good in a can."
He said many students did not go through the trouble of recycling because they received little compensation from recycling centers
"It a big hassle to store cans for
a while and go all the way down to the recycling center to get rid of them," he said. "Most students just throw them away."
HOW TO RECYCLE CANS
RECYCLE YOUR DAILY KANSAN
1. Clean outside of can.
2. Rinse inside of can.
3. Make sure can is completely dry.
4. Don't put anything in can, such as trash or rocks.
5. Crush can so more can fit in bag.
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