VOLUME118 ISSUE 17
EXTREME SPORTS
Film fest brings big adventure
The Barff Mountain Film Festival returns to Lawrence for the sixth year courtesy of Dan Hughes, owner of Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop. The festival screens various films related to mountain climbing and other outdoor activities to promote interest.
Hughes said he wanted to bring the event to Lawrence after seeing a preview of some of the films six years ago. He said each film could inspired people and had something people should see. The twelve short films are scheduled to show through two evenings.
Tickets cost $8.50 for each night. Proceeds benefit the KU Rock Climbing Club and the Kansas City Rock Climbing Club. The festival begins at 7 tonight and Saturday night in Liberty Hall.
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SPOTLIGHT
OFFICERS TARGET TAILGATERS
A rough path from Uganda to Kansas
Chris Okello said life was tough growing up in Kitgum, Uganda. He said he had seen and experienced things you couldn't even imagine, and it had been difficult to adjust to some of the misconceptions Americans have about people from Africa.
"When you come from Africa people think you probably don't know anything," said Okello, Hutchison junior. "It gets into a situation where you just don't understand why someone would think that because you come from Africa they think you haven't been exposed to a whole lot. It's kind of frustrating. I'm not here to prove a point that I can do better than somebody — I just want to make it a little bit easier for me."
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A recentstudypublished in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may serve as a reminder to University students on the importance of body image. According to the Associated Press, the study found that men want attractive women.
Kathy Rose-Mockry, program director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, said the media's influence on how men and women view attractiveness may have influenced the results of the study.
Beauty still attractive to the beast
Rose-Mockry said that "From the Inside Out," a peer education group sponsored through the Women's Resource Center, raises awareness of issues related to body image.
RESEARCH
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KU Public Safety Office officers Alissa Counley and Jeff Neavitt patrol Campanile hill before Saturday's game against Central Michigan University. Police are increasing their patrols on game days in an effort to curb underage drinking.
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Game-day patrols increase
BY MARK DENT mdent@kansan.com
Willy Panning won't stop drinking at tailgates despite added enforcement from Lawrence police on game days. He feels safe as long as he stays in the front yard.
"I'm usually in the heart of the party or at least try to be," said Panning, Minneapolis junior. "I figure they have some dumb freshman to pick on anyway."
Students such as Panning face greater risk at tailgates because the Lawrence Police Department plans to step up enforcement near Memorial Stadium on game days in an effort to reduce underage drinking. The police also want to stop public consumption and people playing host to parties for minors where alcohol is served.
The extra enforcement plan is contingent on getting enough officers and volunteers to help the Lawrence police. Last Saturday, Sergeant Paul Fellers said, there weren't enough volunteers for the enforcement.
Sergeant Dan Ward said the high attendance at the football games made enforcement difficult and expensive. He didn't say
whether the police would increase enforcement tomorrow but said they would team up with the Regional Prevention Center of East Central Kansas and Alcoholic Beverage Control Agents to get more manpower.
Ward said police were targeting underage drinkers to prevent problems. Lawrence police said in a statement that according
said that as of July anyone younger than 21 who plays host to a party is responsible for any minor in possession of alcohol on
to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 5,000 people younger than 21 die each year from alcohol-related incidents. That includes car accidents, homicides, suicides and other injuries.
Another part of the enforcement plan is educating people about a new law for hosting parties with underage drinkers. Ward
"I'm usually in the heart of the party or at least try to be. I figure they have some dumb freshman to pick on anyway."
WILLY PANNING Minneapolis Junior
his or her property.
Before July, that law applied only to minors under 18. If a minor is ticketed with alcohol possession, the host is subject to arrest and a minimum $1,000 fine.
Police also want to prevent people from consuming alcohol in public. City laws state no one may possess or drink alcohol on sidewalks or in city parking lots, streets or alleys. According to the KU athletics Web site, the University allows for tailgating in several campus lots including 10 lots near Memorial Stadium. People 21 or older can drink on private property.
Like Panning, other tailgaters said they weren't too worried about extra enforcement.
punishments
Minor in Possession — Minors caught in possession of an alcoholic beverage face a fine ranging from $300 to $500. A judge also could sentence a minor to no more than 30 days in jail.
Hosting Minors — If someone receives an M.I.P. on another person's property, the owner could be punished for playing host to a minor if he or she is younger than 21. Punishment is a minimum $1,000 fine.
Public Consumption — No one, no matter the age, can consume alcohol on streets, city parking lots, sidewalks, alleys, roads or highways. Fines for this offense range from $50 to $200.
Lawrence city codes
Panning said he would continue attending tailgates for the entire season.
"It's not going to affect me," Panning said. "I'm one of 30,000 — I figure my odds are pretty good."
— Edited by Amelia Freidline
Drop City, a hippie commune founded by former KU students Gene and JoAnn Bernofsky in 1965, is located near Trinidad, Colo. It was one of the era's first communes.
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Commune founders inspired during time spent in Lawrence
Few Lawrence residents or KU students may realize that one of the events that marked the beginning of the counterculture movement in the 1960s had its beginnings at the University of Kansas.
One of the first communes of the era, Drop City, was founded by former University students Gene and JoAn Bernofsky. Timothy
Miller, professor of religious studies, has written several books on the subject and said Drop City was a foundational event in that era.
The Bernofskys live in Montana today. Gene is an independent filmmaker and JoAnn is an artist. The couple said Lawrence influenced the ideas that formed Drop City.
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