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THURS | APRIL21ST
CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT ELIZABETH
MILLER WATKINS
Watkins Community
Museum of History,
6:30 p.m.
CALENDAR
THIRSTY THURSDAYS
AT THE BARREL HOUSE
Barrel House, 7 p.m.
$3-$5, 18+
KANSAS RELAYS
DOWNTOWN ELITE
LONG JUMP
Eighth Street, 6.p.m.
free, all ages
FETTER STRING
Hall Center for the Humanities, 7:30 p.m., free, 1+
THE "LAWRENCE 5"
THE LAWRENCE 5
ingredient, 7:30 p.m.,
free, all ages
SOUL TRACK MIND
Bottleneck, 8 p.m.
18+
FRI | APRIL 22ND
"THIS VAN GOES!"
VAN GO'S NEWEST ADDITION
Van Go Arts, 5 p.m. all ages
KC SPRINTS
Replay Lounge, 7 p.m.
BLUE MINT
Ingredient, 7 p.m.
free, all ages
COMPOSER'S GUILD Murphy Hall, 7:30 p.m.
EARTH DAY CONCERT A
LOVE GARDEN
Earth Day concert at
Love Garden
EARTH DAY CONCERT AT
THE CIVIL WARS
THE CIVIL WARS
Bottleneck, 8 p.m.
$11-$13, all ages
FINAL DRIVE
Slow Ride Roadhouse, 9 p.m., free, 21+
SAT | APRIL23RD
DJ JOHN LAMONICA
DJ JOHN LAMONICA
Replay Lounge,
10 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.
SITAR PLAYER NAYAN
GHOSH
ARNIE JOHNSON & THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Knights of Columbus Hall, 8 p.m., $8, 21+
THE BLACK ANGELS WITH 15
WITH L5
Bottleneck, 8 p.m., $13-$13.50, all ages
PINBACK
Granada, 9 p.m., $14,
18+
JEFF NELSON & THE
SLOW RIDE
ROADHIVE, 9
P.M., FREE, 21+
SUN | APRIL 24TH
CHOSTY, VACATION
CHESTY, VACATION
Replay Lounge,
10 p.m.
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.
DJ CRUZ
SMACKDOWN!
SCARY LARRY KANSAS
Bottleneck, 7:30 p.m.,
free-$5, 18+
BIKE POLO
Edgewood Park, 7 p.m., free, all ages
TEXAS HOLD'FM
TEXAS HOLD'EM
TOURNAMENT NIGHT!
Burger Stand at the
Casbah, 8 p.m., free,
21+
VENUES
THE BOTTLENECK 737 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST.
THE JACKPOT MUSIC HALL
943 MASSACHUSETTS ST.
THE JAZZHAUS
THE JAZZNAUS
926 1/2 MASSACHUSETTS
ST.
FREE ADVANCE
THE EIGHTH ST. TAPROOM 801 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST.
THE REPLAY LOUNGE
946 MASSACHUSETTS
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER 940 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST.
FREE ADVANCE
SCREENING:
PRIDESMAIDS
Kansas Union, 7 p.m., free, all ages
SHEFA HAY AND HER
HAPPY HOOKERS / THE
CONQUERORS / BURGER
KINGDOM / BIG CITY
Jackpot Music Hall, 8 p.m.
KARAOKE IDOLI
Jazzhaus, 10 p.m.
THE GRANADA
THE POOL ROOM
025 IOWA ST
THE GRANADA
1020 MASSACHUSETTS
ST.
WILDE'S CHATEAU 24
2412 JDWA ST
DUFFY'S 2222 W.6TH ST.
CONROY'S PUB
3115 W. 6TH ST., STE. D
TUES APRIL 26TH
MIKE POSNER IN CONCERT
KU CHOIRS: WORLD
CHOIR, COLLEGIUM,
OREAD CONSORT
Murphy Hall, 7:30
p.m.
Liberty Hall Cinema,
7 p.m., $10-$20, all ages
TUESDAY NITE SWING
Kansas Union, 8
b.p., free, all ages
Burger Stand at the Casbah, 9 p.m., free, 21+
THE BURGER STAND 803 MASSACHUSETTS ST
LIVE JAZZ @ THE CASBAH
TUESDAY NIGHT KABAOKE
Wayne & Larry's Sports Bar & Grill, 9 p.m.
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.
THE LEPERS
KARAOKE
WED | APRIL27TH.
THE AMERICANA
MUSIC ACADEMY
BEGINNERS JAM
Americana Music Academy. 7 p.m., free, all ages
JAZZ WEDNESDAYS AT THE JAYHAWKER Jayhawker, 7 p.m.
DOLLAR BOWLING
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS
Bottleneck, 8 p.m.
all ages
DULLAR BOWLING
Royal Crest Bowling
Lanes, 9 p.m., $1, all
ages
Wilde's Chateau 24,9 p.m., $5,18+
PRIDE NIGHT
YOGA ON THE 9'S
YOGA ON THE 9'S
WEDNESDAYS @
ELEVATE
Elevate Massage:
Mind Body Peace, 9 p.m., $10, 12+
ELEVEN'S HOUSE
I've developed some bad sleeping habits over the last couple of months. I used to be a morning person who loved waking up with the rising sun. I set my coffee machine to 6 a.m. so I could wake up to the smell and sound of brewing coffee. The aroma alone was enough to make me stumble out of bed half awake to make breakfast, which usually consisted of a toasted blueberry bagel smothered with strawberry cream cheese.
After taking a shower and reading an article or two in a magazine or newspaper, I would start the day's activities. I found the day more fulfilling after a full night's rest and a early start. I had enough time to complete all my work, attend all my classes and still hang out with friends at night. This sounds great to me now.
Unfortunately, this winter I began to hibernate more. My days became shorter and I never felt rested. My apartment got messy and I stayed out too late during break. Once break was over, my bad sleeping habits continued. It was cold outside so I stayed inside where sleep felt like the best option,
but only after 2 a.m. This isn't new for me. I just reverted back to my old habits as a kid.
I was not a morning person when I was younger. At night, I always had a gadget to play with or a movie to watch or a girl to talk to on the phone. By morning time, my alarm would go off and I'd hit the snooze button until my mother had to wake me up for school. I stumbled towards the bathroom where I would lie on the floor wrapped in a towel as the shower ran, trying to fool my mom into believing I was starting my day. I feel like kid again.
I am groggy a lot, which I try to counteract with coffee. ... lots and lots of coffee. I am not necessarily a zombie; I can usually get by in conversations, but I also find myself staring off into space and turning my brain off in between classes. I spent a long time becoming a morning person, training myself to wake up at the break of dawn by pure repetition alone. I undid all that training in a month's time, and now that spring has sprung, I want to break my nightwolls habits.
JONATHAN HERMES | ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Check out Justine's story on page 7. She gives helpful tips on changing that pesky circadian rhythm back to normal. So if you're tired of being tired, join me in my fight against the snooze button.
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TODAY'S WEATHER
Facilities Operations also tries to use native grasses in areas that aren't high in traffic, such as the West Campus, and limit the number of flowerbeds. This reduces costs and the number ofipped-out flowers.
department only a few months ago.
"We keep all of the leaves and any green stuff in a big pile and we just keep turning it," Harding said. "It definitely helps us reduce our cost. We can just fill that in and let it decompose."
SEE FLOWERS ON PAGE 2A
"I just want to have a nice place for people to come and learn." Harding said, "I want it to be a destination."
Its just part of the tradition at KU" said Shawn Hardin assistant director of the landscape department. Facilities Operations is in charge of eight flowerbeds that contain about 11,000 bulbs and hundreds of shrub beds. In addition to planting flowers, the crew picks up trash in the morning, mows the grass at least once a week and otherwise maintains the about 1,000 acres of land on campus.
Although some would like to keep the uprooted tulips instead of throwing them away, the University is not allowed to give them away because the flowers are bought with state money.
"I'm trying to do stuff that doesn't require a lot of water and I I'm trying not to fertilize at all," Harding said. The only fertilizer the University is going to use this year is a self-made compost mix.
Student to take "freedom ride" across country
TRAVEL
The first "freedom ride" took place almost 40 years ago when more than 400 black and white civil rights activists rode from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans on public buses to protest against segregation laws in the South.
William Dale will get the chance to retrace the route of the original "freedom riders" in early May, joining a few of the original freedom riders and learning about civic engagement.
BY WESTON PLETCHER wpletcher@kansan.com
Freshman travels the original route
Dale, a freshman from Topeka, is one of 40 students from around the country to participate in Freedom Riders 2011, which is being organized by the Public Broadcasting Service series "American Experience."
"The students selected are the civic engagers of tomorrow. They are passionate about a plethora of issues" Dale said. "I hope to bring that passion back to KU. I want to learn from them and teach others
From May 6 to May 16, Dale will travel by bus from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans just like the first freedom riders. The students will make stops at many of the locations that the original riders visited, which include Atlanta's Morehouse College; the Anniston, Ala., Bus Station; Vanderbilt University's First Amendment Center; the historic First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.; and finally will end the trip in New Orleans with a rally to welcome the original "freedom riders."
about my experience."
"There is so much to learn, and I look forward to absorbing as much knowledge as I can," Dale said.
Dale said he was looking forward to the trip. He said he wanted to be able to discuss current social issues with other like-minded students.
Edited by Samantha Collins
William Dale, a freshman from Topeka, was one of 40 students from across the country to be accepted to participate in Freedom Riders 2011. Contributed photo