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Salon Hawk blacked out its windows to allow privacy for Muslim female customers who wear a hijab. It will host "A Day of Modesty" on Sunday to give Muslim women the salon experience.
Salon Hawk caters to Muslim women
BY LAURA NIGHTENGALE
Inightengale@kansan.com
Girl talk and pampering of a day at the salon is an experience many Muslim women don't get. Those who wear a hijab, the traditional headscarf, adhere to a code of modesty that does not allow them to show their hair in public, but Salon Hawk, located on the third floor of the Kansas Union, is sponsoring a special event to allow these women the complete salon experience.
A Day of Modesty will take place this Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., when Salon Hawk will black out their windows to allow the needed privacy.
Many times, Muslim women are treated in back rooms of a salons or go months between hair appointments.
Salon Hawk owner and operator Emily Willis said her experiences hearing stories from clients and friends — who would ask her for at-home haircuts — prompted her to create the event.
"Basically every experience I've heard from the girls has been a horror experience," Willis said. "They can't just go somewhere
and get their hair cut because they require privacy."
Her vision for the event is to support women whose religion and culture doesn't fit into mainstream culture.
"Our goal being in the Union is to reach out to every student and give them every opportunity hair care-wise," Willis said.
Salon Hawk is the only provider in Lawrence that offers full privacy curtain services, Willis said. Because of the lack of privacy opportunities, women from as far away as Kansas City are scheduled to attend the event, which will benefit the Lawrence Islamic Center.
The salon always offers privacy curtains by appointment, which Willis says happens about twice per week.
A Day of Modesty will be open to all clients - though no men will be admitted during the event, Muslim or otherwise.
"We don't care where they come from. We don't care if they wear the scarf. We don't care if they don't wear the scarf." Willis said. "We cater to the needs of all students."
Edited by Tali David
PROFILE
Dancer's crew 'kicks it old school'
Tyron Smith, a junior from Kansas City, Pheng Vang, a freshman Kansas City, Ricky Yang, a somphomore from Kansas City are members of K I O S
BY STEPHANIE SCHULZ
sschultz@kansan.com
Howard Ting and Travis Young/KANSAN
If a good song starts playing on Tyron Smith's iPod while he is on campus, he has no problem busting out dancing right in the middle of a bus stop.
Smith, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., took an interest in dance at a young age. Roller skating with his mom and older sister and having an uncle who was a great dancer are among the influences that caused Smith to take up dancing.
After the three members of the crew had trouble settling on a name, Smith stepped up with an
idea.
"Once my dad saw that I liked dancing and going roller skating, he told me all these stories about how my uncle was a great dancer and he was in the East Coast and people would come from all across the country to battle him," Smith said. "So I heard all these exciting stories and I said, 'OK, I want to be like him.'"
Smith and his crew, known in Lawrence as the K.I.O.S. Crew, meet a couple of times a month for dance sessions.
"I like to relate my dancing to the Jabbawockeez," Smith said of the dance crew that won the first season of America's Best Dance Crew. "They are actually one of my idols when it comes to dancing."
Smith said he generally liked to describe his style of dancing as hip-hop and pop-lock style dancing.
"Last year we danced to real old school style music, so I was like 'OK, dancing old school. Kicking it old school. K.I.O.S." Smith said.
K. I.O.S. Crew is training for KU's Best Dance Crew April 13 at 7 p.m. Smith said the crew had its routine and music down last year, but they lost. This year, they are looking at things differently.
For Smith, one of the most difficult aspects of putting together a performance is the music.
"For this competition this year, we have been trying to get our mindset together and think of the best and possible routines that will work for all of us," said Ricky Yang, member of the K.I.O.S. Crew and sophomore from Kansas City, Kan.
"My friends like to get the moves and then get the music but, with me, I like to base my moves around the music," Smith said.
It took about two weeks to get the songs together, and now the K.I.O.S. Crew is finalizing moves for the KU's Best Dance Crew competition.
"I think performing in front of a crowd is lots of fun," said Pheng Bang, member of K.I.O.S. Crew and freshman from Kansas City, Kan. "Putting together dances to show what you can do as a team and as an individual is lots of fun, I think."
Smith said he believed everyone could dance well and, once people got out of their comfort zones, they could get better.
"Don't just keep your moves to
OTHERTEAMS PARTICIPATING IN KU'S BEST DANCE CR
Jeeva
K.I.O.S.
Unity
Dance Marathon
Asian Sandwich
and three other unnamed teams
yourself," Smith said. "Just get out there and share your talent with the world."
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SUA (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
FIRST FRIDAYS
On Friday, May 6, SUA will bus students to the Crossroads district in Kansas City for the evening, before bussing them back. The Crossroads District is home to several art galleries.
The cost is $5.
schedule during summer break, it does hold some events during the summer school term.
SUMMER
TRACK AND FIELD
Fillmore said that while SUA leadership focused on planning for the fall, the union typically hosted free bowling during some weekday evenings and last summer showed an outdoor film.
COALITION (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Johnson said vice presidential candidate Gabe Bliss and herself had informally spoken with members of SUA and the Athletics Department regarding the platform.
Edited by Marla Daniels
"It's just Allen Fieldhouse has so many traditions around it. It's such a great place for basketball and can be a great place for artists, too," Johnson said.
Though SUA scales back its
KUnited recently released more than 10 platforms for the upcoming Student Senate elections.
To learn more information about this and other platforms, go to www.kunited.org.
Edited by Marla Daniels
Kansas Relays moves select events to downtown Lawrence this year
BY LAURA NIGHTENGALE
Inightengale@kansan.com
Tanner Grubbs/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Kansas sophomore Lawson Montgomery competes in heat six of the men's 110 meter hurdle preliminary event Friday morning at Memorial Stadium. Lawson took first in his heat with a time of 14.64 seconds, advancing him to the final event.
An 84-year-old Lawrence tradition will take a new turn when the Kansas Relays take over the downtown area next month.
Three events — the elite men's shot put, the elite men's long jump, and the street mile — will be held in downtown Lawrence on April 20 and 21.
After seeing videos from similar street shot puts that took place in Europe, relays director Milan Donley had the idea to hold the Relays events downtown, something he said has never been done in the United States.
The city will cooperate with KU Athletics for the events by allowing temporary street closings downtown. The long jump will be held on 8th Street between Massachusetts and Vermont streets at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Assembly of a runway and sandpit for competition will cause the street to shut down from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on the day of the competition.
Donley said he chose the shot put and long jump as the featured events because of their appeal and portability. The nine athletes competing in the invitational sections of shot put and long jump rank among the top in the world, and will most likely deliver impressive performances. The street mile event will feature a few professional athletes, but it is the only event that will also accept citizen entries.
"There will be a few elite runners in there, but it mainly a citizen's race," Donley said. Registration is open to the public and requires a fee of $18, which includes a T-shirt and button for the Kansas Relays events.
A larger, more demanding layout will be required for the shot put competition, and 8th Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets will be closed from 6 a.m.
Attractions around the stadium will include food vendors, athletic apparel vendors and a fun zone. Adidas will provide a new fun zone event in which spectators can line up for a 40-yard sprint to test their
In addition to the new location of the Relays, the events at Memorial Stadium will boast some new features.
10 to p. 11. Wednesday. The street mile will close New Hampshire and Vermont streets from 7th to 11th streets, as well as the intersection of 11th and Massachusetts streets.
On Saturday, Olympic champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown will run the 100-meter dash, and in high school competition, the girl's and boy's mile and 100-meter races will be featured as part of the Jim Ryun Dream Mile event. The winners of each race will receive an automatic bid to compete in the Dream Mile events at the Adidas Grand Prix this summer in New York.
speed against American record-
holder Tyson Gay.
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