The football team did it again, blowing a fourth-quarter lead and losing to Baylor, 36-35.
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ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT Basketball ticket pick-up for students starts today
The first student pick-up period for the men's basketball season starts today and runs through Wednesday for students who have purchased a ticket combo package.
Tickets are placed on students' ID cards again this year and the ID cards are scanned for admittance to Allen Fieldhouse on game days. Associate athletics director
Tickets can be picked up at the Allen Fieldhouse ticket office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by registering online and choosing to pick up tickets at kuathletics.com, which charges a $1 transaction fee.
Eight games are included in the first package, starting with the Washburn game on Nov. 2 and ending with the USC game, Dec. 4. The pick-up procedure for tickets has not changed from last season.
Jim Marchiony said he suggested students make a trip to the ticket office to make sure the magnetic stripe on the back of their card was not damaged.
To transfer tickets to another KU student, the person receiving the ticket must bring the KUID of the student with the ticket along with his or her KUID to the game.
Student ticket combo packages are still available at the Allen Fieldhouse ticket office for $150. Students without a ticket package can purchase tickets for the same games starting Thursday. Individual student tickets are $10.
The first 3,800 students with all-sport combs to pick up their ticket are guaranteed a seat at Allen Fieldhouse. After those 3,800 students, other students who comes to pick up their tickets during the pick-up period will be entered into a lottery for the games during that period.
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West Campus biology center continues to grow
BY NATE MCGINNIS
Site preparation for phase three of the Structural Biology Center on West Campus will begin as early as the end of October, according to a University official.
Kevin Boatright, director of research communications, said phase three of the center was part of a sequence of new buildings on West Campus. Recent construction on West Campus has included
The construction will be an addition to the already operational phases one and two of the center, which opened in Fall 2004. Construction is expected to be completed by December 2007 at a cost of $16 million.
phase two and three of the structural biology center and the $40 million multidisciplinary research building dedicated in March 2006.
Boatrightsaid a few years ago it was estimated the University
"This is clearly the direction the state is heading in terms of future investment, and so for us to be a player in that we need to have the facilities to match up with the faculty." Boatright said.
Andi Skinner, Independence Mo., graduate student, said she frequently used equipment in the center for her coursework and research in pharmaceutical chemistry. For Skinner, the West Campus facilities played a role in her decision to complete her graduate work at the University.
Growth Act, which allowed tax dollars from state biotechnology endeavors to be reinvested in the biosciences.
"The facilities are a perk when
"One of the reasons we're the best is because of the research that we do and the faculty that we have."
was significantly short on high quality lab space. Renovations were done to buildings such as Malott Hall to increase lab space, but a need was recognized for new facilities.
BEN NELSON Sturgeon Bay, Wis. graduate student
"We anticipate at some point in the future needing to have additional lab space. There is no question about that." Boatright said.
. The new facilities also coincide with statewide initiatives to promote science. In 2004 the state legislature passed the Kansas Economic
Boatright said after completion of phase three of the center there were no plans to build additional buildings on West Campus, for now.
you come here and you see what kind of environment you'll be working in and you go someplace else and you see what kind of environment they're working in," Skinner said.
Ben Nelson, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., graduate student, said he felt fortunate to be accepted to the University's graduate program in pharmaceutical chemistry because of its high reputation nationwide. He said the facilities on West Campus were just a small part of the University's graduate program.
"One of the reason's we're the best is because of the research that we do and the faculty that we have," Nelson said.
Kansan staff writer Nate McGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@kansan.com.
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Rhythm unifies cultures
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Drum therapist leads KU students, staff in African drum circle
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Russell "Buddy" Helm, drum therapist and motivational coach, points to participants during a drumming session held Friday afternoon in the Multicultural Resource Center. Helm led a group of about 10 people in drum beats and chants such as "I am fearless" and "I am success". He wants people to walk away from his sessions with an enhanced quality of life and feel like they have relieved some stress.
BY COURTNEY HAGEN
"Da da da da boom boom."
A group of about 10 people bang-ing away on handmade drums circled around Russell "Buddy" Helm. Some had their shoes off, others were leaning back relaxed in their chairs, almost all were smiling. As the beat grew louder, the crowd's enthusiasm swelled, until a crescendo of drums filled the room.
On Friday, Helm, a drum therapist, came from Santa Monica, Calif., to lead University of Kansas students and staff in an African drum circle at the Multicultural Resource Center. Helm was on a mission to help participants play diverse world beats in an exercise of relaxation and diversity appreciation.
Above the sound of the beating drums, Helm spoke to the crowd about drumming's roots in Africa and the power they have to bring cultures together.
"Drumming is a common tool for every culture and rhythm," Helm said. "It unifies people of every culture and religion."
Helm said that the beat of the drums had a therapeutic affect on those who play them. A slower tempo helps the body to stop the flow of adrenaline and to start the flow of serotonin in the brain, he said.
"People intuitively are coming to the drum to heal and to maintain a portion of their humanness as we become more digitized." Helm said. "The groove is a lifelife."
Helm himself came to the drums to find solace in a hectic life. He worked for years in Hollywood as a post-production supervisor and wrote the "Star Wars" comic book series for George Lucas. Music remained his first love though and he went back to it after his career in Hollywood. Helm now writes books and teaches on the diverse relaxing elements of drumming and he makes his own drums to help communicate his teachings.
Helm brought a set of his handmade drums with him to the University. He said the drums were carved by some of his longtime friends in Ghana.
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Photos, paintings give new view of war Views of Vietnam' offers creative perspectives into 20th century conflict
BY DARLA SLIPKE
A new display at the Spencer Museum of Art offers rare perspectives of Vietnam and the Vietnam War.
The exhibit. "Views of Vietnam" contains ceramics, photographs, propaganda material and watercolor paintings by a variety of artists, including a man who worked with the Vietcong and U.S. soldiers.
Stephen Goddard, curator of prints and drawings, said the collection of work provided an opportunity for visitors to see images of the war not presented in the U.S. media.
"It's not very often that we see the reportage of North Vietnam and Vietcong," Goddard said. "It's a chance to revisit the war and see it from the other side."
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the watercolor paintings, by Tran Thanh Lam, who accompanied the National Liberation Front during the war, depict a female soldier, soldiers on night patrol and
civilian field workers, among other things.
Steven Le president of the Vietnamese Student Association;said the exhibit was emotional and controversial in the Vietnamese community. When the
He worked with Goddard to create a more diverse display.
"It makes people understand that Vietnam is a country," he said. "It's not just a war."
STEVEN LE President Vietnamese Student Association
"It makes people understand that Vietnam is a country. It's not just a war."
exhibit was originally presented to him before its opening, it contained just the Vietcong watercolor propagandas and was one-sided.
Other art work were added to present a unique perspective. An
Goddard said the museum tried to "bracket the war years with enough to show that there was a rich tradition in Vietnam before the war," and to put circumstances surrounding the war into a broader perspective.
interpretive photo by Han Nguyen of his hand examines psychological identity.
A series of three panoramic photos taken by Craig J. Barber more than 30 years after the war, shows the static nature of the unchanged land.
Barber used lengthy exposure time when developing the photographs to cause people in the village to look ghostly.
Another photo shows Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie with his head wrapped in a bloody bandage, reaching to help an injured soldier as he is being pulled away to be treated for his own wound.
Several Esquire magazines from 1966 are on display.
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