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Hip-hop duo will release new album this winter
The Lawrence-based hip-hop group Crux is gaining a local fan base for their unique lyrics and sound.
The group, which consists of Ricky Thrash Jr., Kalamazoo, Mich., senior, and 2006 KU graduate Trey Allen, released their first album, "The Question," in 2005.
"We would go through the beats and ask 'Does that sound good?' or 'Who would sound good on this?' Allen said. "We narrowed the beats down and came up with lyrics on the fly. An example is the song 'Get Loose'."
"Get Loose" was the first single off the group's debut album and is Allen and Thrash's favorite song from the album.
"Ricky made that beat the day we were finishing up the album," Allen said.
The group's second album, which is scheduled to be released by winter break this year, will feature individual and collaborative tracks from the duo with a few guest appearances.
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Recent media attention about illegal immigration enforcement was highlighted after an undocumented activist mother in Los Angeles was deported on Sunday night.
Immigrant activist is deported
Elvira Arellano was forced to leave behind her 8-year-old son, Saul, with the Rev. Walter Coleman, pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago, where she had been living since August 2006.
Arellano was arrested shortly after speaking to reporters outside Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Los Angeles. It was the first time she had left the safe haven of Adalberto Church since August, Coleman said.
Now in Tijuana, she plans to continue her fight from the other side of the border.
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Despite structure ratings, county's bridges still safe
The northbound I-70 access bridge near Sixth and Iowa streets is rated "structurally deficient" by the Kansas Department of Transportation. The department named 14 Douglas County bridges as structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
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Transportation department lists two Lawrence bridges as 'structurally deficient'
BY MARK DENT
mdent@kansan.com
Kim Stich wanted drivers to know something about Kansas" "structurally deficient" bridges, including the two in Lawrence.
"Structurally deficient' doesn't mean dangerous," said Stich, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Two of Douglas County's lowest-rated structurally deficient bridges are in Lawrence, according to a report
from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Structurally deficient bridges can't carry heavy loads. Functionally obsolete bridges don't meet current design standards.
The county has 14 structurally deficient or functionally obsolete bridges, and the state has 514.
Lawrence's low-rated structures are the northbound and southbound bridges giving access to Interstate Highway 70 near Sixth and Iowa streets. They have sufficiency ratings of about 32 on a scale of 100. The Minneapolis bridge that collapsed earlier this month
had a sufficiency rating of 50. Keith Browning, director of the Douglas County public works department, said drivers shouldn't fear the low rating.
"It doesn't mean that bridge is ready to collapse," Browning said. "It just means there's an element of the bridge that needs monitoring or repair."
KDOT has no plans to re-inspect or upgrade any of those bridges in Douglas County despite questions of bridge safety stemming from the Minneapolis collapse.
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Chad Steele, Lawrence senior, throws teammate Nick McMullen, Liberal junior, during practice Thursday at the Student Recreation Fitness Center. The KU judo club meets Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings at the recreation center.
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Judo club gets physical, not violent Students learn to safely practice Japanese art of gentle combat
Looking for a way to live up your evenings? Want to get a good workout and learn self-defense techniques? If so, the KU iudo club may be the activity for you.
Translated from Japanese, judo means "the gentle way." Unlike other physical martial arts such as tae kwon do, in judo there is no striking. Instead, fighters compete to throw opponents to the floor
by using their own body weight against them.
Even though the sport is considered gentle and relatively safe, it is still very physical. Bumps and bruises are a common occurrence, but rarely does a serious injury happen. Matches last about three minutes, and they're intense. To win a match, opponents must score one
point by performing a variety of knock-downs, pins and submission holds.
The club practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the martial arts room in the Student Recreation Fitness Center.
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