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FLU: Clinic provides mass vaccination practice
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The clinic is open to the entire Lawrence community who fit within the high priority group.
Vaccines will be $17 for adults and $10 for children, though no person will be turned away because they can't pay, Strother said. The clinic will accept Medicare and Medicaid.
"We believe we are fortunate that both Watkins and the health department can work together to address a need in the community," said Kay Kent, director of the health department, in a University Relations news release.
The clinic is also a way for the community to practice a mass vaccination. In the case of a small pox or an anthrax outbreak, clinics would be similar to the flu clinic.
"We believe we are
fortunate that both Watkins and the health department can work together to address a need in the community."
Kay Kent
Director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
Free State High School and the Douglas County Fairgrounds, at 19th and Harper Streets, are among locations designated for such mass vaccinations.
Watkins and the health department are also asking for
volunteers.
But Strother said she didn't want to bother students right before finals week.
Watkins has not diagnosed any patients with flu so far this fall, she said.
Students' immune systems may be weakened because of long nights of studying and stress.
In the past, the health center usually diagnosed the first cases of the flu during finals week or the weeks following winter break, Strother said.
She said students should use common sense to keep themselves healthy.
Students should be courteous and cough into tissues or handkerchiefs to avoid spreading germs and stay home when they are ill, Strother said.
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DANCE: Goal to garner interest in organization
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The youth have a lot to deal with just trying to get through school, he said.
"I have been playing music all of my life," he said.
Ruiz started playing music with his father's help, when he learned to play the trumpet at age 7.
His interest in music grew and he joined a Latin band when he was older.
The band would spin music during performance breaks until it evolved to them DJing all the time, Ruiz said. Now Ruiz performs in Kansas City area, Lawrence and Topeka regularly.
Ruiz and DJ Jalapeno performed at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., last month.
Charges for DJ Jalapeño start at $500 a night.
"He plays everywhere and he is coming down as a favor for me," he said.
It is not just about who the DJs are, the dance is also a good
chance to be exposed to a different culture, Ruiz said.
Getting HALO's name out is this year's goal for the group. Last year the group focused on creating a family within the members.
"I really like the family we've formed within HALO," Pantoja said. "It is a place where I can go and find people like me that are very different as well."
Out of all the everyday faces she has to put on, between school and work, HALO is her favorite.
It is where she feels most comfortable, she said.
As president, it is her goal to now promote the group this year. In the spring HALO sponsored a dance that did not turn out to be successful, she said, things would change this year.
Juan Izaguirre, HALO adviser, said that the group had gained in participation and motivation this year.
"It's not just about more events, but having more quality events," the assistant director in
INVIERNO INFO
Doors open at 9 p.m.
Dancing ends at 2 a.m.
Admission is $5
18 to enter, 21 to drink
Moon Bar, 821 Iowa St.
For information, contact HALO
at 864-4256
the Office of Multicultural Affairs said.
This dance has the potential to be an annual event, Izaguirre said.
The main potential he sees though is the great things that HALO can do on campus. Last year we formed a family, now we need to promote programs on campus relying on the group as a family, he said.
The HALO at the University is the oldest Hispanic American Leadership Organization in the state. It began in 1971. With 53 years of experience it is time for some exposure, Izaguirre said.
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and 60 instrumentalists will perform at the concert. The KU Men's Glee Club and KU Chamber Choir will sing as preperformances.
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"From the minute they get out of their car, there will be music," Johnson said.
After the concert last year, Johnson said, people stopped him on the street and told him how much fun they had. He said the program had changed since he came to the University.
CONDUCTING: Family important as music
"It isn't all sacred music," Johnson said. "It's not as academic as it used to be."
Johnson realized his dream of teaching at the University of Kansas three years ago, a dream he had since 1990. A fellow professor at Texas State University received her undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas. Johnson said she would cry whenever she told him about the experience she had with Vespers. He described winning the position of director of choral activities as a dream come true.
His wife, Ann Johnson, said she was happy he received the opportunity. She said his close relationships with his students have made him a better father.
Students can spot Johnson pacing the hallways of Murphy Hall with glasses and a goatie, usually singing to himself. He will always stop to have a conversation with a student unless he's in one of his crabby moods before a concert. He considers himself a control freak.
"He gets to connect with students on a level that most professors don't," she said. "Music creates a deep emotional and personal bond."
She found out when they met he was meant to be a teacher.
He said he enjoyed performing at an early age but didn't "get the bug" for music until seventh grade when he performed the lead in Oliver.
Johnson hid his desire to pursue music from his parents because they worried about whether a career in music would
THE JOY OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON'
The department of music and dance will present its 80th Holiday Vespers Concert at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. The theme will be *The Joy of the Holiday Season*. The performance includes more than 200 KU student vocalists and 60 KU student instrumentalists. Tickets are $12.50 for adults and $10 for students and seniors, and are available at all KU Box Offices, including the Lied Center Ticket Office, 864-2787; the Murphy Hall Box Office, 864-3982 and the SUA Box Office on the fourth floor in the Kansas Union, 864-SHOW.
Source: Department of Music and Dance
produce a decent income.
"I bought a piano and hid it from my father in a storage space," Johnson said. "My parents just didn't understand."
Johnson rented a storage space as a place to practice for his college auditions. Three schools accepted him before his parents found out. He chose to pursue his bachelor's degree in music education from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., where he met his wife.
Johnson considers his family equally important as his career, so the move from Texas was especially hard. His wife found a good job within weeks and his son, Lane, was working toward his vocal performance degree at Louisiana State University, but his daughter, Laura, dreaded the move.
Ann Johnson, who is 12 days younger, played the piano. They fell in love while she accompanied his vocal solos and married at age 20 just before graduation.
"Like most teenage kids, she didn't talk to me for almost a month." Johnson said. "She cried the entire 14-hour trip."
Although it was tough at first, his daughter now has lots of friends and is making good grades again, he said. She is a junior at Free State High School. Johnson says balancing his career and family can be hard, but he wanted to do what was best for both.
Johnson credits his success at the University to his international performing experience. He has performed or directed choirs all over Europe. His most memorable experience took place in Warsaw, Poland, at the Fryderik Chopin Academy of Music.
The Academy invited him to be a guest conductor at its Christmas concert one year. He said he felt like the most acclaimed pianists and musicians in the world were performing for him. The prime minister and other Polish national figures attended. He enjoyed meeting musicians from around the world at the Academy. He said a snack bar called The Canteen served lots of vodka, which encouraged students to tell stories about their backgrounds and what their homes were like. He remembers one Russian student telling him how he escaped his home to attend the Academy. Johnson regards traveling as one of his favorite hobbies.
Johnson said in a successful performance his students learned more about themselves as well as the music. He said he planned concerts to have a thread of meaning throughout and the audience should have an "a-ha" moment near the end. He considers an unsuccessful performance to be academic and missing emotion.
"I work very hard to bring people to this point," Johnson said, explaining the tears and emotion throughout the audience at last year's concert. "Holiday Vespers is one of their greatest memories of the season."
The upcoming winter break will leave Johnson with a feeling of depression. Being a choral director differs from playing an instrument like the piano, he said.
"When the students are gone, so is my instrument," Johnson said. "I can't make music without them."
— Edited by Neil Mulka