THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KU Campus
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1995
SECTION C
Is the University of Kansas really on top of the world? No, just Mount Oread. This view from above was captured with a fisheye lens which distorts an image on its sides but not at the center. Pictured in the middle foreground are Allen Field House and Hogtund-Maupin Stadium. In the background's upper-left corner is Jayhawk Boulevard and main campus. INSIDE: More aerial photographs of campus and the old Mount Oread. Page 22C
Don Whipple / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Love freedom, learn from mistakes
Standing on Mount Oread at the University of Kansas feels much like being on top of the world, as our photo shows success.
Looking over the landscape from campus is like having the ability to
every direction.
The plains seem never ending, all the way to the horizon.
SUMMER EDITOR
And to new KU students, the possibilities at this University are as endless as the view.
After four years here, I can assure freshmen that the first feelings of freedom don't
Don Whipple / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
integrate with the passing of classes, tests and roommates.
The University of Kansas is completely different from anything or any place you've ever experienced.
For sophomores and juniors, you may be reading from a new apartment bedroom in a complex or house on Ohio Street.
For freshmen, you may be reading this column in a new living space at a residence hall.
This year — just as every year — will be filled with unaccustomed encounters and perils for all of us. Take advantage of them. I've tried to experience it all, and now it is time to offer some valuable hints to others that might follow in my footsteps.
Residence hall tips
Staying in a residence hall compares to no other lifestyle on or off campus.
Something to remember: do not leave the door open all the time while in your room. If you do, 100 of your closest friends will visit at all hours of the day and night. I'm not
This aerial view of the park behind the Spencer Museum of Art shows Watson Library at the top left next to Fraser Hall in the extreme top left. Strong Hall and Wescoe Hall sit on the right side of the picture.
saying keep yourself secluded all the time, but make sure that your friends know when privacy is needed.
Buy a bus pass. Walking up Daisy Hill in the dead of winter is possibly the worst thing to look forward to after a stuff, warm lecture class with 1,000 people enrolled.
Limit the video game playing to a reasonable amount. Forming Sega NHLPA Hockey tournaments is a good group activity, but not 10 minutes before a final exam.
Do not sleep in underwear or in items you don't want hallmats to see. Following this tip avoids the unpleasant task of dressing in the dark during a fire alarm, an event all too common in the halls.
It also avoids embarrassment during these alarms when hallmates must involuntarily remove you from the room.
Lastly, never invite four other hall-mates into your room to smoke cigars, especially not in the middle of January. You will either have a smoke-filled room or four friends in frozen form. And let's just say that it takes more than a week of washing to get that smoke out of clothes.
If possible, at some point in a college career try to live with someone of the opposite sex. You will finally acquire insight into such questions as, "Why does she act like that once every month?," or "Is it really that hard to close the toilet seat after use?"
Off-campus tips
The first apartment teaches you so much about living with others and taking care of yourself.
Chances are you will be responsible for tasks never before required in the halls or at home, such as cooking and cleaning. That great invention called Pizza Shuttle delivery in the hall does not taste as good cold the next morning when in an apartment.
Also, if the apartment stove is electric, understand that the burners on top take a while to cool down. Because of this scientific fact, never put a plastic container on a burner when transferring noodles from a pan. Otherwise, the result is a stringy mess — but eating the concoction is possible.
A novice clothes launderer should remember that a newly bought red shirt should not be mixed with any whites and especially not with briefs or boxers.
An important cleaning rule: do not substitute liquid dishwashing soap for the usual Cascade when running the electric dishwasher. Not only will you miss out on the trademark special sheeting action, but also you will find a big bubbly mess dribbling
from the appliance's bottom — side note: the bubbles do shampoo the carpet nicely.
Knowing this will avoid buying another six-pack of Fruit of the Looms or explaining to a girl friend that you really wanted to display your more sensitive personality.
I hope these tips will come in handy in the new adventure ahead. They would have for me.
"We anticipate the students' arrival with smiles on our faces," Wyss said. "We know what they often forget to bring from home, and we end up buying specifically for dorm needs, such as the extra long sheets for the dorm beds."
Steve Wys, manager of JC Penney, 1801 W. 28rd St., said that the store stocks up particularly on linens.
"Sometimes we'll have one or two trucks come in that are just stocked with one particular item," she said. "We try to order a lot of plastic items from housewares. They seem to go very fast."
Merchants await students'arrival
"When the students return, it's all about having the right merchandise and the right amount at the right time," said Chris Needham, assistant manager of Wal-Mart, 3800 Iowa St.
By Leslie Taylor Special to the Kansan
From hiring traffic control to ordering more linens, local merchants are preparing for the rush of students returning to the University of Kansas.
Stevie Case, president of KU's Association of University Residence Halls, said that many students forget to bring housewares and linens when they come to school.
Needham said that the store usually stocked up on everything from school supplies to housewares.
"Robes, shower shoes and power strips are some of the most common things that students forget," Case said.
Other merchants don't focus so much on the students living in the
Not only does the store try to access more parking for its customers, but also it hires traffic control for the parking lot during the first week of classes.
University Book Shop, 1116 W. 23rd St., for example, barters Jayhawk merchandise with its neighbor at O'Reilly Auto Parts for use of the fix-it shop's parking lot.
"We understand 'hat studios want to come in, get what they need and get out with very few hassles," said Mike Lammers, University Book Shop manager. "We do everything we can to accommodate them, such as hiring more staff, bringing out more shopping baskets and adding more registers to make things easier. We also do little things such as rearrange the floor to make things more accessible to the customers."
"We try to get as much as we can in here and keep it coming in," Peterson said. "Beds, sofas, dressers and desk sells the most. We get a lot of our furniture from Lawrence, but we supplement things from Kansas City as well."
residence halls but rather on the students living off campus.
Reed Peterson, manager of The Salvation Army Thrift Store, 1818 Massachusetts St. said that the store was busy in August with students needing inexpensive furniture for their homes.
Although many of Lawrence's merchants are busy stocking up to supply students with whatever they may need, other stores are doing more than ordering goods.
"But most of all, we make sure that we're not going to be out of the essentials that people need."