THE UNIVERSITY DAILY ILANSA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2006
HOMECOMING
5C
Hangouts remain same from generation to generation
Before
The Wheel
From studying at campus libraries to partying at the Wheel, some things never change
BY HAYLEY JONES
As the cliché goes, things never change. That phrase certainly fits for the University of Kansas alumni. The places where students hang out and study are still the same.
Every student has to study somewhere on campus at some point. Mark Logan, 1986 graduate, enjoyed the atmosphere of the graduate library.
"My favorite place to study was at the law library in Green Hall because it was quiet," Logan said. "I wasn't supposed to go there, though, since I was an undergraduate."
Too much studying depletes a student's mind and stomach, so going on a food run was still the typical thing to do. In response to where students went, Kevin Hawley, 1978 graduate said Joe's Bakery, 616 W. 9th St., was the place to go.
"It was open 24 hours a day and we hit it every hour of the day and night," he said. "Of course, that was back in our bottomless-pit days when we could afford to."
Chris Lazzarino, 1986 graduate, said he ate lunch about two times a week at his favorite local restaurant.
"I loved cheeseburgers at The Wheel," he said. "I had a lot of friends who worked there."
In addition to studying and eating, hanging out is a staple of college life. The social venues for Jayhawks of times past remain the same for students today.
"The Sandbar and The Crossing were my favorites," Jenny Harden Dorsten, 1996 graduate, said of her favorite
party spots. "I knew people there, and they always had great music playing."
Whether it's 1986 or 2006, KU students have always had school traditions.
"I was in a fraternity, so we built a float for Homecoming every year," Logan said. "It was usually a Jayhawk stomping on a Tiger or something."
Hawley appreciates that some traditions never grow old, such as the Rock Chalk chant.
"There's nothing else like it on the earth," he said. "It always lights me up."
Dorsten, on the other hand, wishes she could forget an experience that still haunts her.
Best and worst memories are not difficult for these alumni to dig up.
"Mine was the only class that they wouldn't let walk through the campanile," she said. "They decided that it took too long. It was devastating."
"I was in the band," Hawley said. "One of my favorite experiences was running out the shoot to see all those people in the stadium. That's probably most band members' memory — trying to run over people and stuff like that."
After
Despite her disappointment,
Dorsten realizes what counts.
"The things you remember most are the relationships you had and the experiences you shared with the people you cared about," she said.
Kansan correspondent writer Hayley Jones can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
— Edited by Jodi Ann Holopirek
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