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KANSAN.COM | MONDAY, JAN. 30, 2017
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Photo contributed by Coulton Thomas Aerial photo of campus by junior Coulton Thomas that has been featured on University social media.
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Photo contributed by Dhanushka Weeraskara this picture, taken near Anschutz Library by graduate student Dhanushka Weeraskara, has been featured on University social media.
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Why KU is the most Instagrammed spot in KS
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things about you.
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
You don't have to do everything by yourself...
delegate! Find tasks that you can give away. Make and receive promises.
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Explore options, and choose. Go for what you want. Consider the consequences before acting... all is not in view. Adapt as you go. Accept divine
inspiration.
▶ COURTNEY BIERMAN
@courtbierman
The University is the most frequently Instagrammed place in the state of Kansas, according to a USA Today article published last month. The University ranks above Kansas State University, Children's Mercy Park and the Kansas Speedway as the state's most geotagged location.
The best photos of campus can gain traction through the use of #exploreKU on Instagram or Twitter. Users can use the hashtag with photos related to being a Jayhawk. Photos of students' forays into Downtown Lawrence or their study abroad experiences are included.
The Office of Public Affairs has been tracking #exploreKU since 2013. The University's social media
team selects three standout photos every week and reaches out to the photographers to ask for an interview and permission to use their work. Its official social media accounts then repost the photos with quotes from the photographer, including an explanation of where they were when they snapped it.
"We've had posts that do us great favor — that do the University great favor but we also have people talk about things that they're really passionate about," Katie McCurry, senior digital strategist for the Office of Public Affairs, said.
McCurry said that #exploreKU is her favorite University social media campaign because it relies solely on the perspective of students, staff or anyone else who sees something unique in the University.
Because the content is user-generated, the photos capture the authentic "Jayhawk experience," she said.
McCurry said she also likes that amateur photographers produce most of the content using their cell phones.
Senior Brook Nasseri, who has been featured using #exploreKU, regularly updates her Instagram profile with pictures taken on her iPhone, including those of the University. Landscapes are her favorite thing to photograph, and she said the beauty of campus provides her with plenty of opportunities — even if she's not using a fancy camera.
Other photographers who use the hashtag take a more professional approach.
"I also just kind of like the challenge of using the thing I have in my pocket to try to capture something in an interesting way," Nasseri said.
also just kind of like the challenge of using the thing I have in my pocket to try to capture something in an interesting way
Brook Nasseri senior
Graduate student and avid photographer Dhanushka Weerasekara uses a digital camera to take pictures of tiny details on campus that catch his eye, like his picture from last month of a stalk of wheat, illuminated by a sunbeam, which was featured with #exploreKU. He said it's small things that make campus beautiful to him.
A photo taken with an
iPhone of a Lawrence sunset, taken by junior Erin Woods, was also featured on #exloreKU last November.
Woods, who joined Instagram her sophomore year of high school, said she likes taking photos of campus because the way she sees her surroundings is always changing.
"Even looking at it every single day, it's going to change," Woods said. "Coming up the hill every day, it's never going to look the same way twice."
106 users responded to a Kansan Twitter poll asking them to choose their favorite location for taking an Instagram photo of campus. 58 percent selected Allen Fieldhouse, the Campanile and Potter Lake each received 18 percent of the vote, and six percent selected Fraser Hall.
In lecture, professor examines how the Army ushers in social change in America
▶ HANNAH COLEMAN
@hecoleman33
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University history professor Beth Bailey speaks to a member of the audience after her lecture.
On Wednesday night history professor Beth Bailey gave a lecture at the Kansas Union arguing that the history and culture of institutions - in this case, the U.S. Army - can restrict or create opportunities for social change. The lecture was titled "The U.S. Army and "The Problem of Race."
Bailey presented an overview of what she's researching in her current project. The yet-to-benamed book will discuss how the U.S. Army, as an institution, brought about social change, especially during the Vietnam War and the years following, when racial conflict was prominent.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little was in attendance for the lecture.
Without any family serving in the armed forces or having any military training, Bailey had to start from scratch when she switched to studying military history.
Even before her interest in military history was piqued, Bailey initially worked on studying the history of gender and sexuality, which was the basis for her book, "Sex in the Heartland," a history of what she refers to as the sexual revolution in Lawrence.
Bailey is a scholar of current U.S. history, specifically the history of the U.S. military as well as gender and sexuality.
What particularly interested Bailey about the U.S. Army was its ability to bring about social change, especially during the 1960s, a time where society struggled with major racial crises. In her book, she argues that, in order to understand changes that include race, gender and sexuality, the U.S. military has to be factored in.
"The story that we generally get and the critically important piece of it is that people fight for social change," Bailey said. "Social change then has to be put into law, or it has to be written into curriculum, or it has to be implemented through institutions ... it has to be concrete."
"[The U.S. Army] thinks [the racial conflict] is important because it's going to disrupt combat readiness, so how did they try to deal with it?," Bailey asked. "And what difference does it make?"
Concerning the U.S. Army, Bailey said that such a large institution that touched many young men's lives was hit with a conflict of racial tension.
black pride, she said.
She spoke on the hair policy in the U.S. Army, and how they tried to control the hairstyles men were allowed to have, an important factor in the 60s for black men who were promoting
Bailey said she believes that looking at these concepts is valuable when looking in a modern sense as well.
The United States military has a lot to offer as an object of historical analysis, which can lead to a better understanding of the American society at large."
Marjorie Galelli graduate student
"I think what's important about looking at this is, say, when we try to understand social change, when
we try to look at something that is critically important to American society, we need to think about how institutions function," Bailey said.
Graduate student Marjorie Galelli, in attendance for the event, came to Kansas specifically for Bailey's expertise on the U.S. Military.
Galelli said she also shares the same belief: that the military is a large factor in understanding the shaping of social change. For Galelli, Bailey was a crucial part of her understanding the concepts of the U.S. Military and the historiography comes with it.
"The United States Military has a lot to offer as an object of historical analysis, which can lead to a better understanding of the American society at large," Galellei said.
Wednesday night was also Bailey's first inaugural distinguished professor lecture. Bailey is one of 12 professors in the Foundation Distinguished Professors, a group put together by the University to ensure that it continues to make significant discoveries.
Moving forward, Bailey will continue to work on her book project, sifting through pages of research, and teaching, which she said she believes is "as good a job as anyone can imagine."
Edited by Casey Brown