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NEWS
ON BOARD
Kansan makes change
IAN CUMMINGS
icummings@kansan.com
You'll notice some changes in The University Daily Kansan this semester.
The most obvious may be the redesign of the student paper's website, Kansan.com. The new look is completely different, with more interactive features — including the Free For All, which is now online.
And, because more students are getting their news online rather than in print, the Kansan has cut the Friday print edition and Javolay.
The redesigned website is a collaboration of web developers Tim Shedor and Andres Cruz, along with the Kansan's advertising and news staffs.
The Kansan will continue to publish online and through social media throughout the week, so readers can expect new stories every day. And to pick up the slack, the Thursday print edition has expanded to get students ready for the weekend — which everybody knows starts on Thursday anyway. It's no surprise that Friday's paper has long been the least read of the week. The Kansan is focusing its efforts on the new media: Facebook and Twitter.
And in print, Thursday's paper will feature Larryville KU Weekend, a special pull-out guide with feature stories on the fun parts of college life, as well as drink specials and an event calendar.
—Ian Cummings is the editor of The University Daily Kansan
The Kansan's online content is available at Kansan.com, the University Daily Kansan Facebook page, and the Twitter accounts @ UDK_News, @UDK_Sports and @ UDK_Opinion.
WRITE FOR US!
If you are interested in writing or designing for us, contact editor lan cummings at editor@kansan.com.
TRAVIS YOUNG/KANSAN
Garrett Rathbone, a senior from McPherson, won the All Games National College Skateboarding Championships this summer. Rathbone skates at Centennial Park.
Located near the corner of Sixth Street and Rockledge Road, skateboard in hand and friends lagging behind. He drops his skateboard onto the ground, places one foot on the board and effortlessly glides around, greeting a few of the two-dozen people already at the park. It's a Saturday morning, and Rathbone, a senior from McPherson, is doing what he usually does at this time
- he's on his board, practicing.
Rathbone's skateboarding career began when he was a 10 years old and saw a halfpipe in his uncle's backyard. Twelve years later, Rathbone is an amateur skateboarder with three sponsors: Perfect Skateboards, Vox Footwear and White Chocolate Skate Shop. He has received first, second or third place at more than 30 competitions throughout the U.S. Earlier this month, Rathbone won the Alt Games National College Skateboarding Championship in Huntington Beach, Calif., beating out 24 other collegiate skateboards.
Rathbone qualified first in preliminaries at the Alt Games on Aug. 3, gaining the advantage to skate last in the finals. Each skater was allowed 10 attempts to land tricks in the finals, and the judges scored their five best tries.
"We got grad on consistency and the hardness of the tricks landed," Rathbone said. "There's this thing called a 'kickflip backside boardslide'. Once I landed that in the finals, I had it down. That's my trick that if I land it, I know that I'm skating fairly well."
Rathbone credits his family, especially his father, Gary, with supporting his skateboarding career. Rathbone's hometown did not have a skatepark when he began skating, so Gary who works in construction, built his son a ramp. Now several ramps, three handrails, two sets of stairs and a pyramid consume the Rathbone's backyard. And it was Gary who encouraged his son to enter the national collegiate competition.
"I watched the competition last year, and I knew he could win. The other kids are college kids who skateboard. Garrett is a skateboarder who goes to college," Gary Rathbone said. "He lives for it. And I could tell. I could tell he would win."
Rathbone's roommate, Alec Smith, a junior from Paola, met Rathbone two years ago Centennial Park. They have been skating together ever since.
"We come nearly everyday," Smith said. "We try to, anyway. Some days we're not feeling it.
but most days we are. We come even if we don't feel like it sometimes."
Even with a full-time job and graduation in sight,he will continue to skate a few hours a day, seven days a week.
"Skateboarding is fun. I'm going to skate until it doesn't get fun anymore," he said. "Skateboarding is independent, and I like that. It's cool relying on yourself and taking orders from yourself. But it's also very communal, and sometimes it's just fun bombing hills, riding down the street, skating as fast as possible with your friends, about to eat crap if you hit a rock and not caring."
Gary and Sharon Rathbone still get nervous when they watch their son compete. However, Rathbone's parents now watch from their living room television rather than the sidelines of a skatepark. They said they would continue to encourage their son's skateboarding however long and far he goes
"I think he can go quite a ways," Gary said. "It's always been the most important thing in his life."
- Edited by Allison Kohn
GREEK
Fire damages
Signa Chi fraternity
Wedensday afternoon
A fire started at Sigma Chi fraternity at around 4 p.m. yesterday. No one was harmed. Several fire trucks and police cars were at the scene to extinguish the fire and manage traffic.
"We believe at this point it was construction related," said Blaine Kaehr, the fraternity's president. Kaehr said the house was under construction, and new pillars were being added yesterday. Only the exterior of the house was damaged, he said.
Kelsey Cipolla
RENEE DUMLER/KANSAN
firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire in the Sigma Chi fraternity house Wednesday afternoon. No one was harmed.
Students continue triathalon
MAGGIE YOUNG
The KU Social Media Triathlon is challenging students to use Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare to promote Jayhawk pride and school spirit from August 14 to 31. Participants are encouraged to complete each "leg" of the triathlon and post their contribution to Twitter using the #exploreKU hashtag.
SOCIAL MEDIA
myoung@kansan.com
The Twitter Hawku is the first leg of the triathalon. Students write a three-line poem about their favorite place on campus. Once the Hawku is completed, students take an Instagram photo demonstrating what the University means to them.
--from Overbrook, said she enjoyed the Instagram aspect the most.
Rhiannon Rosas, a sophomore
To cross the finish line, students must check in at a campus location on Foursquare. Participants can complete in one or all three legs. If students finish all three legs of the triathlon, they will be entered into a random drawing to win one of six grand prizes including VIP tickets to Late Night at the Phog, an iPad, a tour of Allen Fieldhouse and Anderson Family Football Complex and more.
Justin Henning, the social media manager for the Office of Marketing Communications, is overseeing the competition, and the entire marketing communications and public affairs team helped organize and bring this event to life.
"I'm also a photographer and campus is so gorgeous, so why not take a bunch of pictures of it for everyone to see." Rosas said.
KU is ranked first in social media among universities by TrackSocial, so this triathlon will further the success and campus engagement.
"We want students to make this campus their own and find success in the classroom, connect with student groups that fit their interests and make some friends," Henning said. "Really just have some fun as they discover all that campus has to offer."
Edited by Allison Kohn