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KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017
Aries
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Make a great connection with someone influential.
Focus on shared finances over the next two days.
Draw upon hidden resource es. Verify news from a
es. Verify news from a second source.
Taurus
(April 20-May 20)
You're stronger and more confident today and tomorrow. Check your course,
and then full speed ahead.
Discuss plans and coordinate action. Adapt to new information.
information.
Gemini
(May 21-June 20) Review and clarify your plans. Make sure that everyone involved has been looped into the conversation. Pay attention to an elder's suggestions.
elder's suggestions
VISION 284: DESIGNING UNDERSTANDING
DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN
PROFESSOR: JEREMY SHELLHORN
SENIOR DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN
AND PLANNING (SPRING 2017)
Cancer
(June 21-July 22)
Confer and plan with your team. Create an inspiring vision statement, and keep it visible. Ask for what you need, and get it. Coordinate practical actions.
Leo
(July 23-Aug.22) Communication is key to managing new responsibilities. Coordinate your response to breaking news
Listen to provide what your team needs. Good news comes through your natural
Virgo 23-Sep. 22
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Discuss your future aspirations with your educational team. Get valuable feedback to direct your journey. An experienced counselor can illuminate the road
ahead.
Libra
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Get practical with finances Negotiate deals and payment plans. Discuss priorities and strategies with your partner. Communication with an influential authority leads to positive results
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Communications get through. Strategize and compromise with your partner to take advantage of an opportunity. Reach out to your networks for support. Share a possibility.
Sagittarius
Sigintius
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Reach out and touch someone. Listen to your elders, especially regarding health and well-being. They can share what worked or didn't. Share information, resources and ideas
Capricorn
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Words of love flow easily.
Write some down. Share conversation, good food and drink with family and friends. Learn valuable tricks from an elder.
[Jan. 20-Feb.18] Talk with family to align on domestic priorities and plans.Share the news,and work out who will do what. Collaborate on a household project.
Aquarius
Pisces
Hawk Route begins reform with new logo designed by University student
(Feb. 19-March 20)
You're sharp as a tack, especially brilliant with communications, networking and making connections.
Study and learn voraciously. Participate in a larger
Hawk Route Symbol Concept
conversation.
▶ HANNAH COLEMAN
@hecoleman33
DESIGNED BY:
Contributed photo The new logo for Hawk Route, designed by University student Piper Holt, will be instituted this summer.
looking closely around Jayhawk Boulevard, you may find little yellow arrow icons. These are all around campus and are an often-overlooked, little-known perk of the University. Known as Hawk Route, the icons together make up a stairless path designed to help students with physical disabilities navigate the campus with ease.
Recently, the University looked to update Hawk Route to make it more accessible. In order to begin revamping the Hawk Route, Catherine Johnson, the director of the ADA Resources Center for Equity and Accessibility, said she came up with the idea to involve design students at the University to help create a new logo for Hawk Route.
"This is a really tough project if you really step back and think about it, what does it mean to convey accessibility?" Johnson said. "What does it mean to create a symbol of inclusivity? That is hard. So we wanted students to convey a deeper message to the campus that this is our accessible route on campus and that we are proud to be Jayhawks, and that this matters to us, and that's why we are taking these efforts to make a change."
Forty design students participated in crafting a new logo for the Hawk Route, and five design students, Brittany Lee, Jacob Gaunt, Skyler Baker, Alex McGettrick and Piper Holt, were chosen as finalists. The chosen logo, by Holt, will be put in place this summer.
The students were tasked with creating a symbol that conveys accessibility as well as inclusivity, Johnson said. The students were not allowed to use typical designs such as the wheelchair logo to show accessibility.
Jeremy Shellhorn, an associate professor of design, said it was a
challenge for the students to create designs that avoided recycling old concepts.
"The real challenge was how to communicate accessibility and not use very generic stereotypical visuals," Shellhorn said. "If you even just Google accessibility, nothing really comes up, because it's hard. No one's really taking the time to do it and so there's really not a lot of precedent to look at. So the students were really pretty much working on their own and as a group, and kind of exploring this together."
The five finalists were all formally recognized Tuesday, March 28 by
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Neeli Bendapudi, Johnson and Shellhorn.
At the end of the presentation on the Hawk Route and the design project, Holt was announced the winner.
Holt said taking on the challenge of the design project was intimidating, but well worth it.
"I just was kind of thinking about how you can go from the bottom of the [University] hill to the top, just kind of like the elevator. Like up and down arrows, and I thought that was best representative of accessibility," Holt said. "I started brainstorming with a bunch of ideas - all
completely different—and then I kind of narrowed it down to the better ideas, and that better exemplified the overall goal of the project. I think it's kind of a fun process, and more challenging."
Shellhorn said Holt's winning design was strong in its combined sense of direction as well as its uniqueness to the University.
"I think one of the real strength in her's was the ability to connect back to campus and again, you can't have this at any other university. It's unique to this institution and I think it's completely directional, and it shows the ability to go up and down campus through the arrows."
The cast of "Disney on Ice: Follow Your Heart" will perform at the Sprint Center this weekend Contributed photo
Bendapudi also spoke at the presentation and praised the students on their work and emphasized the importance of accessibility on the University campus.
"We all talk about Jayhawks sticking together, we all talk about KU as an inclusive place for everyone." Bendapudi said. "But if a majority of people that need that access don't have it, how can we claim that we believe we are inclusive? So why is it such a great day? It's showing how students and faculty can be actively engaged in addressing the world's problems."
- Edited by Erin Brock
Four things to do in KC this weekend
▶ JOSH MCQUADE
@LOneW0lfMcQuade
PAULA POUNDSTONE
@ THE MIDLAND
Friday night at 8 p.m., standup comedian Paula Poundstone, who also lent her voice to the Pixar film "Inside Out," will take to the Midland stage.
According to Poundstone's website, the comedian won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic in 1989, going on to star in specials on HBO and tour the nation regularly. "Cats, Cops and Stuff" and "Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard" were two of the comedian's specials on HBO. The comic is listed on Comedy Central's Top 100 comics of all time list. Poundstone also lent her voice to the Pixar film "Inside Out" as a minor role,"Forgetter Paula."
Tickets for Friday night's show are available at the Midland's website, starting at $32.50.
Contributed photo
A five-woman play written by "The Walking Dead" star Danai Gurira will come to the Unicorn Theatre with showtimes beginning Wednesday,
ECLIPSED @ UNICORN THEATRE
March 29 and Thursday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 31 and Saturday, April 1 at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Tickets start at $35 and can be found at the Unicorn Theatre website.
According to the Unicorn Theatre website, "Eclipsed" is the story of five women - Dianne Yvette, Teisha Bankston, Ashley Kennedy, Njeri Mungai and Amber McKinnon - in the midst of civil war in Liberia. Four of the women are captured and held captive as wives of a rebel commanding officer, with the fifth woman attempting to rescue them.
DISNEY ON ICE @ THE SPRINT CENTER
Disney on Ice is stopping at the Sprint Center for the show's "Follow Your Heart" tour. The show will perform nine shows, the first being Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. and the last, Sunday, April 2 at 5 p.m.
According to the Sprint Center website, the new rendition of the classic ice show will feature Dory and Hank from "Finding Dory," Riley and the emotions from "Inside Out," and many more classic Disney characters. The show features the
Tickets and the times and dates of the nine shows are available at the Sprint Center website, starting at $12.
Disney characters on ice skates performing tricks and retelling stories previously shown on the big screen.
JON REEP @ IMPROV COMEDY CLUB
Kickstarting his stand-up comedy career as the "Hemi Guy" from a Dodge commercial campaign, Jon Reep will be performing a set at
Improv Comedy Club Friday at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., and Sunday at 7 p.m.
According to the KC Improv website, Reep has appeared in TV shows and films, including "Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay," "Eastbound and Down" and "Blackish." Reep also won the fifth season of "Last Comic Standing" in 2007.
Tim Marks, the chief improvisational officer at the Kansas City Improv Company, said that the
venue will now have five shows every weekend on Fridays and Saturdays. The schedule for those performance can be found at the Kansas City Improv Company's website.
For Reep, tickets are starting at $20. Friday and Saturday's shows will be 21+, but Sunday's show will allow for those 18 and older to attend. Tickets can be purchased at the Improv Comedy Club's website.
- Edited by Erin Brock
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