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KANSAN.COM/SPORTS | MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2017
After injury, Stigler set on proving he's not a 'fluke'
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However, Hogan said
The success of Java Break, the coffee shop voted best coffee for the second year in a row, is due to one thing,says owner Derek Hogan: its loyal customers.
Hogan, 50, opened the Java Break in 1994. Hogan said, at the time, he didn't have the finances to open an entire restaurant, so he decided to open a coffee shop instead.
"Seriously, the coffee business is based on the loyalty of your customers, and Java Break has been blessed with always having lots of great regulars that support us and have our back," Hogan said.
"Coffee shops were getting pretty huge at the time, and Lawrence only really had La Prima Tazza," Hogan said. "I love coffee, and it was a way to get into baking and serving some tasty sandwiches and just kind of get my foot in the door to do more of what I wanted to do in the future."
Java Break was originally supposed to be the Java Beat, a coffee shop with an emphasis on music, at a location on 23rd Street and Louisiana.
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the location fell through, so he was forced to change his business model and open his coffee shop in a 200-square feet location off of Massachusetts Street. Thus, Java Break was born.
Kyle Ta, a freshman from Wichita studying biology and philosophy, visits Java Break several times a month due to its one-of-a-kind aesthetics.
"As for the coffee shops itself, the culture is really nice. I will mainly go to Java Break for atmosphere," Ta said.
"Compared to other coffee shops, it tends to be a little bit more casual and less harsh."
unique rooms, but its most notable room is the free speech room, where anyone can write anything.
$2^{nd}$ Place:Dempsey's $3^{rd}$ Place:Jefferson's
"I bet you five times a month I hear from someone where they had their first date here, and now they're married with three kids," Hogan said.
In addition to a unique menu that includes, among other things, a cereal bar and homemade chai, vanilla and chocolate syrups and almond milk, Java Break also boasts an eclectic atmosphere.
Hogan said, while college students make up about half of his customers, Java Break is a coffee shop for anyone to study, play board games and go on coffee dates.
"Even talking to KU grads, who are like 30 or so, who know about Java Break, it's always been a staple," Ta said. "Before even going to KU, I was
Though dozens of coffee shops have opened up since Java Break broke ground, Hogan's coffee shop still stands out to customers.
"The free speech zone was kind of a compromise, because we had problems with people drawing in the bathrooms, so I kind of set this room aside and said, 'go crazy,' and it actually stopped the graffiti in the rest of the store. It kind of became a tourist attraction on its own," Hogan said.
Hogan said Java Break's unique appearance is a result of the way the shop has been expanded over the years.
"Java Break is never static," Hogan said. "The chance of a booth room being the same two years from now is slim to none. It's definitely a unique atmosphere. It kind of evolved that way."
always told to go to Java Break."
Hogan said he plans to continue to run Java Break until his inevitable retirement, but he is thankful for all whom have supported him over the years.
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Thank you. Students, for voting us Top of the Hill and allowing us to be your downtown barber for the past 30 years!
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athletes finish in top-three positions, including seven first-place finishes. Their performances earned Kansas an additional 138 points to add onto the 93 earned by the field athletes.
"I can't believe how loud
In one of the final events of the evening, Morgan raced out to an early lead in the 5,000-meter race and never looked back. Morgan finished the race in 14:19.59.2.8 seconds ahead of teammate Dylan Hodgson. The pair won 16 points between them.
Behind an exuberant home-crowd, several Kansas athletes contributed the home-track advantage to their strong performances.
in at a time of 3:53.57, Richards finished ahead of Joyce by 01 seconds.
"The cheering, I loved it. It was awesome," Richards said, looking toward the large crowd of Kansas fans.
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senior Jacob Morgan crosses the finish line to place first in the men's 5,000-meter run on April 32 at the Kansas Relays.
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I can't believe how loud people were getting on that backstretch, I was like 'dang, is that for me?'
The Kansas women's team also put on a good
performance for the home crowd, finishing second in a hotly contested competition with 181.5 points. They trailed Minnesota by 14 points, which ended the night with 195.5 points.
Dabney, who placed seventh out of a field of seven in the women's 100-meter hurdles, also competed in the college open 100-meter hurdles event earlier in the day. Dabney finished the scored quadrangular race with a time of 14.48 seconds.
Both the men's and women's team saw several athletes run multiple events throughout the day, one of whom was sophomore Gabbi Dabney.
Dabney felt some pain in her groin area throughout the day,but didn't feel that performing twice in one day affected her performance.
"I really wanted to score some points for my team and finish out the weekend," Dabney said.
Junior Christian Hicks was another athlete to compete twice for the Jayhawks, competing in both the college
open and scored quadrangular men's 110-meter hurdles
Hicks beat his personal-record in the college open with a time of 14.28 seconds, but unfortunately for the Derby native, the wind was over two meters per second, the limit for an official personal-record. Hicks then followed that performance up in the scored invitational, finishing second behind California's Ashtyn Davis. Although the wind was under two meters per second, Hicks finished his race in 14.46 seconds, .01 seconds behind his personal-record.
"I needed a lot of times under my belt so I can keep lowering it. This definitely really helped me," Hicks said, looking ahead toward the Outdoor Big 12 Championships.
Kansas will return to action next week with the Jayhawks staying in Lawrence for the Rock Chalk Classic on Saturday, April 29, with the hammer throw kicking the meet off at 11 a.m.
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