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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007
SUA
Carnival comes to town Night of fun, games will bring out the kid in you
BY MATT LINDBERG mlintberg@kansan.com
Riding the Ferris wheel, eating cotton candy and winning stuffed animals is only the tip of the iceberg for Student Union Activities. Saturday night, SUA will attempt to bring students and faculty back to their youth when it hosts its first arrival.
"Last semester, we were thinking of events to plan for the fall, and I thought it would be awesome to have a carnival, something that had never been done here."
said Adam Diskin, Overland Park sophomore and Hawk Nights coordinator. "I just thought it would be fun to do, so I proposed it to the SUA board."
Shawn Bowers, Overland Park senior and director of SUA public relations, said the event would be similar to traditional carnivals people had attended in the past.
a pie in the face of a University personality, whether a student or professor."
"I thought it would be awesome to have a carnival, something that had never been done here."
Diskin said the safety of students was a concern for the University.
"We had various agents provide the rides and games, but of course there is a legal liability with an event like a carnival because of things like the Ferris wheel and
"We are going to have a Ferris wheel on campus, a bunch of different carnival rides and games you would expect," he said. "You will also have the chance to throw
ADAM DISKIN Hawk Nights coordinator
people getting hurt," Diskin said. "A lot of people came together to work on ideas and making them better."
To help promote alternatives to drinking, SUA will give each
Attendees also will have the opportunity to play some classic carnival games and win various prizes. Diskin said the budget for the event was large enough to provide prizes people would want to win.
student and faculty member five free tickets. Five additional tickets cost $5, and an unlimited access pass costs $10.
"We have traditional carnival prizes like stuffed animals, but we also have KU merchandise for the
Patrick Selly, Olathe junior, said the prizes might persuade him to attend the event.
Bowers said he hoped to see a large attendance because SUA had worked hard to put on the event.
"It might help," Selly said. "I have nothing against SUA, the events they have are just not always higher priorities for me."
"There's no reason to not come because with a valid KUID, you get five free tickets," he said. "That's enough to buy a hot dog, go on some rides and win a prize." Bowers said with more people in attendance, the more likely it would be for SUA to put on big events such as the carnival in the future.
The carnival is from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday in the Student Recreation Fitness Center parking lot. It is open to students, faculty and staff with a valid KUID. Admission is free.
"As coordinator, seeing the entire KU community — students and faculty — coming together would be great," Diskin said. "It's going to be an authentic carnival experience — it's going to be unique and exciting."
Edited by Amelia Freidline
CELEBRITY
Gibson has been complying with his DUI probation
MALIBU, Calif. — Mel Gibson has been following the rules of his probation for his DUI arrest last summer, his lawyer told a judge Thursday.
Gibson has been required to check in with the court periodically since his July 28, 2006, misdemeanor drunken driving arrest on Pacific Coast Highway.
The Academy Award-winning director pleaded no contest to the charge on Aug.17,2006,and was given three years' probation and
ordered to pay $1,400 in fines and attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Gibson has apologized for making anti-Semitic comments at the time of his arrest.
His next court appearance was set for Feb. 15.
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Assistant professor of art Matthew Burke made this sculpture, "A Walk Among Beasts," this year. The piece is made of the hardwoods oak, ash and cherry with pigment. "The piece is a fractured vessel that directs physical and psychological energy allowing for divisions and connections of those energies," Burke said.
Sculpting a new generation
BY JEFF DETERS
JDETERS@KANSAN.COM
Matthew Burke sits at his computer. His red shirt is flaked with sawdust. A computer screen displays images of his smiling 3-year-old son, Angus.
Near the back of the Art and Design Building, down the hallways, past a studio and down a narrow flight of steps is an office with no air conditioning. A small, square fan hums as its blades turn, blowing air to a portion of the room.
Burke, assistant professor of art,
teaches sculpture and drawing. Earlier
"it's a journey," Burke said. "And how that unfolds is me sitting down in the shop with that material, figuring out what it can do and what it won't do for me.
in his career, he worked primarily with steel materials, but now he works mostly with wood.
A few years later he graduated with a master's of fine arts degree from Queens College in New York. There he met his wife, Melissa, who now teaches drawing at the University of Kansas. After graduate school, Burke spent one semester at Dartmouth College as a visiting professor.
"As a professional artist, (Matthew Burke) knows what it takes to create and expects nothing less from his students."
"I had been interested in exploring teaching, and I found it tremendously challenging." Burke said. "But I also found it very rewarding. You give a tremendous amount, but you get back more in many, many ways. I have always kind of wanted to be in a profession where I could impact people's lives directly."
BRYAN PARK
Greenville, S.C., graduate student
Burke's artwork has been displaced
And it's a discussion. The wood tells me that it doesn't want to do this, but it will do that."
Burke had just returned a few days earlier from Midland, Mich., where he was awarded the Alden B. Dow Creativity Fellowship by Northwood University for his artistic contributions. Burke said his interest in pursuing a career in art was natural.
"Mostly it's a drive to understand my story and the story of the world that I live in," he said.
Burke, 40, went to high school in Rockville, Conn. He grew up drawing pictures and cartoons. In 1987 at Colby College in Maine, Burke took a foundations course in art. His instructor told him he drew like a sculptor and encouraged him to watch a sculpture class.
"I took to it the minute I walked in the room," Burke said.
ROAD TO KU
art at St. John's University - before coming to the University in Fall 2005.
"I remember coming the day for the interview and meeting the students," Burke said. "The students had a tremendous impact on me. We clicked that afternoon."
When he critiqued the students' work during the trip, the quality of art impressed him.
"It was coming here and making that connection," Burke said. "And seeing the size of this department and the changes that I could come and bring to it. We decided this is where we would come to and start my new life."
BUILDING SUCCESS
As an educator Burke learned to be flexible and told students they were in charge of their own work, not him.
the authors of their own work. They're the ones who are in control of all the decisions that they make."
Bryan Park, Greenville, S.C., graduate student in metalsmithing and jewelry, said one of Burke's best characteristics was his ability to motivate students.
"As a professional artist he knows what it takes to create and expects nothing less from his students," Park said. "He understands that students can provide him with new information. His work ethic is inspirational."
Burke spends countless hours in the studio and usually doesn't take his work home, though he enjoys drawing with his son.
"We interact visually on the page with animals, people, etc," Burke said. "It's a communication that both its visual and very accessible for both of us."
Jordan Briceland, Wichita senior, is majoring in sculpture. He said Burke's teachings had proven beneficial to him and fellow students.
"As a teacher you have to change hats," Burke said. "You have to talk about a broader picture of art like, 'Where do ideas come from? What drives them to make art?' Because what's important, and the primary goal of teaching, is that you get the student to understand that they are
"He strives to create a good atmosphere for his students by establishing a one-on-one line of communication with them," Bricoleal said. "He wants to see his students succeed in their art, and Matt provides the creative know-how to support them along the way."
Burke said getting students to produce their highest-quality work often meant delving deep into the student's psyche.
"The goal of the artist is to get into the dark and unknown places in one's mind, or in a story that you're interested in," Burke said. "And get in and find out what that crucial thing is that makes it tick. What's that unknown? Uncover that unknown, and then can you bring form to that unknown?"
"That may in the end, be ugly and not be what people want to see," Burke said. "You may offend, but those things are part of this process."
In January Burke will have an art show at the Lawrence Arts Center. Later next year he'll have another show at the Hayden Art Center in Lincoln, Neb.
During class, Burke often speaks about the difficulties that aspiring artists face after graduation. His continued presence in the art scene throughout the country inspires students to follow their artistic interests.
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