SPORTS
Freshman Alexander "Sasha" Kaun is proud to sport the Jayhawk uniform, a far cry from his high school military uniform. PAGE 1B
E. NET
SPORTS
Basketball team managers do the teams dirty work at time, but get treated like members of the team. PAGE 3B
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2004
VOL. 115 ISSUE 10
Activists continue legacy
University Archives
Students and administrators discuss Lawrence apartment segregation outside of Hoch Auditoria in 1964. The Civil Rights Council and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were key in encouraging Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe's support of integration.
The fight goes on
NAACP rekindles University chapter
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Students sit outside of then Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe to protest segregation of Lawrence apartments. KU eventually became active in integrating Lawrence living establishments.
BY AMANDA O'TOLE
aotole@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
It was 40 years ago when Carlena Haney, then a freshman from Basehor, thought she would sit in Strong Hall to do her homework, she said.
Haney wasn't alone for long. It took only a few minutes for groups of people to start piling in. She didn't know at first, but Haney was to become part of a historic sit in outside of Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe's office.
That sit in was to become a Lawrence legacy of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People.
The NAACP, then the Lawrence chapter, was at that time working to encourage Chancellor Wescoe to support the desegregation of Lawrence apartments. Now a campus NAACP group has rekindled in hopes of fighting the civil rights challenges of today.
The group is meeting at 7 tonight in the International Room of the Kansas Union.
While the NAACP Lawrence chapter was active on campus 40 years ago, it wasn't until 2001 that a student chapter was chartered. The KU NAACP chapter was the first university chapter in Kansas.
Last year the group was stagnant while new leaders were chosen, said Robert Page, KU NAACP adviser and
Now they have them, he said. Amber Rucker, Kansas City, Kan., junior and Tyrone Brown, Topeka junior.
director of the office of multicultural affairs.
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"We just needed to find people with the passion to do this," he said.
Student starts own line of tank tops
BY NIKGLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Erin Pickhotz built her own business from the ground up while going to the University of Kansas. A journalism major with the emphasis on advertising, Pickhotz said the best way she could think of to prepare herself for a career in pharmaceutical marketing was to make and sell a product of her own.
Pickhotz, Cleveland senior, got the idea for her business venture when she went to visit her sister in New York. Lindsey Pickhotz, 24, attended Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. While shopping with her sister in New York, Pickhotz found a cute pink tank top she purchased for $70.
"I looked at that tank and said, 'Oh I can make that for myself,'" Pickhotz said.
Pickhotz started making tank tops during the summer of 2003, first for herself and then for friends. The marketing experience Pickhotz received from school gave her the help that she needed to take her business from her hand stitching to having other people sew her shirts for her.
"I didn't even know how to sew when I started." Pickhott said.
Pickhotz said that an important lesson about having your own business is to build relationships. She realized that buying material from craft stores was not economical and began to establish relationships with material vendors and wholesale stores.
Pickhotz started off getting sewing help from her mother, who she said was very supportive. Now Pickhotz pays a company in Cleveland per shirt to do the sewing for her.
"You really have to think outside the box to do something like this," Pickhotz said.
Pickhotz buyers have grown past just her friends. Pickhotz copyrighted her trademark brand name, Pearly Girl, and has sales representatives at Ohio State University, University of Minnesota, Arizona State University, University of Arizona and University of Michigan. Deanie Tish, Minneapolis senior, roommate and sales representative in Minnesota, said that she has some buyers interested in seeing some samples of Pickhotz's tanks when she goes home this summer. Tish is Pickhotz's roommate and sales representative in Minnesota.
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Pickhotz is currently undergoing the licensing process at the University and met with the buyer at Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Rd., yesterday.
Erin Pickhotz, Cleveland senior, built her own clothing business in college. The business name, "Pearly Girl" came from her mother's maiden name, also Pickhotz's middle name.
If you live in Naismith Hall or in a sorority house you may have already met Pickhotz. She has made visits to three sorority houses already selling her tanks.
Pickhotz made her first sell to a buyer at a Lawrence boutique downtown. Pickhotz's tanks are being sold at Ginger & Maryanne, 914 Massachusetts St. for $16. Beth Easter, KU graduate and owner of Ginger and Maryanne, bought 10 of Pickhotz's tanks a month ago and is now down to five.
"They're pretty much one of a kind
— each one is different," Easter said.
Pickhotz said she depended on her own creativity to make the tanks. She said that when she created a shirt, she would turn on music to get into a zone. She also tries to have mini focus groups to see what women like and don't like.
"I've learned that Erin is more creative than I ever thought." Tish said.
Pickhotz describes her shirts as feminine and classic.
Her trademark tag also represents these descriptions with a pink background and a string of pearls around the name.
Pickhotz said she got the idea for the brand name because her middle name is Pearl, which is also her mother's maiden name.
Pickhotz said her drive is mostly an influence of her mother's. She also said her classes have given her strategy and the ability.
Edited by Steve Vockrodt
Last day for sports packs
Athletics director answers questions about tickets
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWITER
Editor's note: Today is the last day that students at the University of Kansas can purchase or pick-up student athletic ticket packages. Kansan sportswriter Miranda Lennning talked to Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, about some of the most commonly asked questions.
Question: How much do student ticket
Answer: Students can purchase football-only ticket packages for $35.
Students can also purchase the combinations packages that include tickets to football games and redeemable men's basketball tickets for $125.
A: Football tickets need to be picked up before 5 p.m. today. Students pick up tickets at the KU ticket office, 1651 Naismith Dr., located in the east lobby
packages cost?
Q: When can students pick up their tickets?
of Allen Fieldhouse, room 108. Ticket office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
Q: When can students pick up basketball tickets?
A: Basketball tickets will be available to pick up in groupings of 3 to 5 games. The athletic department is working on the final release dates for basketball tickets. When finalized, students can check www.kuathletics.com and the Kansan for those dates.
Kansan file
Q: Can student pick up tickets for their friends?
A: No. Students can only pick up their own tickets. Student identification
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Three cheers for Harrah's
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The state's second most popular tourist attraction brings life back to the Potawatomi reservation, north of Topeka. PAGE 3A
Republican National Convention
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani kick off the event with strong support. PAGE 3A
Index
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Crossword 4B
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