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FIVE QUESTIONS // DAN SMOLIC & RYAN HOAG > Two people. Five questions. See how they stack up.
DAN SMOLIC
// LAURA ERDALL
IS A CHICAGO SENIOR WHOSE MAJOR IS SOCIOLOGY. HE WORKS AT JOHNNY'S TAVERN AND PLAYS ON KU'S RUGBY TEAM.
There is nothing like warmed-up pepperoni, mushroom and onion pizza from Johnny's Tavern.
Gym is definitely the most pointless class in high school. I was already in three varsity-level sports and somehow they thought it was super important for me to run the mile every week.
My birthday is the best, because no matter what anyone else wants to do, it is up to me. There is always a great party and it is the one day of the year that I get something I want instead of something I need.
My best friend. I always end up laughing about whatever made me mad.
Eyes, because they are the best way to tell the most about someone.
1 WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MIDNIGHT SNACK?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST USELESS CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL?
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WHO IS THE FIRST PERSON
YOU CALL WHEN YOU'RE
HAVING A BAD DAY? WHY?
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE HUMAN BODY? WHY?
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> BYAN ROAG IS A HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COACH AND SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANT IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. HE PLAYED NFL FOOTBALL FOR EIGHT YEARS AND WAS A CONTESTANT ON SEASON 4 OF THE BACHELORETTE IN 2018
RYAN HOAG
I love sugar cereal for a midnight snack. Something like Peanut Butter Captain Crunch or Fruity Pebbles.
Unfortunately, study hall has become the most useless class. The idea is a great one, but it has become a social hour, where students don't work and instead visit with their friends... that is, if they actually show up.
My favorite day of the year was the other day actually, which was the first day of tennis practice. I coach high school tennis and it is my absolute favorite thing to do.
I am always open to helping others, while forgetting to help myself. I hold in my bad days. If I am to speak of [a bad day], the first person I go to is my mom. She is always there for me.
I would say the smile, because that one little thing can brighten someone's day. On a girl...the butt.
CATCH OF THE WEEK // MEGAN DO > Our weekly peek at a fish in the KU sea.
INTERESTS & HOBBIES: Going out with friends, cooking, traveling, meeting new people, beer, burgers and sandwiches, pop culture, television, movies, music, social media, blogging, puppies, and singing and playing cover songs on my guitar (I take requests).
TURN-ONS: Sense of style, confidence, sense of humor, ambition, sarcasm, a great smile, creativity and a love for Katy Perry.
TURN-OFFS: High-maintenance girls, girls who are uncomfortable with themselves, bad taste in music, smokers, picky eaters, excessive use of "um" and "uh" and girls who can't hold a conversation.
WHERE MIGHT WE SPOT YOU?: Louise's Downtown on Thursday night or working in the KU Ivo booth on Jayhawk Boulevard.
AWKWARD DATING MOMENT: Freshman year I asked a gorgeous girl out on a date at a frat party and was completely and totally rejected on the spot. Three years later, she's one of my really good friends.
WHY I'M A CATCH: I'm a good listener and always remember the little things. I'm really laidback, super outgoing and I'll get your heart racing in my skin tight jeans.
WHO'S YOUR CELEBRITY CRUSH?: Ellen Page. I get her Twitter updates sent to my phone. It's like she's texting me.
// LAURA ERDALL
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Parr opted for bouncy balls, which forced racers to spin around if hit by one.
peels that racers used against opponents. Every round eight partici pants raced through two laps or oversized tricycles. The winner each round won a $15 gift card.
"One hundred percent bounce ball every time," Parr said.
Others went for banana peels.
Rain had threatened to derail Kansas Kart, but the sky held for the event.
The event is just one of several events SUA is producing in the remaining month and a half left in the semester. SUA vice president of communications Andrew Fillmore, a junior from Belle Plaine, spoke about some of the highlights;
KU'S BEST DANCE CREW Students will have the chance
Kaplan and other event staff originally tried to eat the bananas for the peels but gave up after about 10.
"What's more fun than wearing a banana suit?" Kaplan said.
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Heather Kaplan, a sophomore from Shawnee, handed out peels to racers. She also donned a banana suit for the event.
Auditorium Tuesday, April 19, to speak about the "It Gets Better" project, which he created.
"It Gets Better" consists of a series of videos designed to communicate to gay and lesbian youth that "it gets better" regardless of the hostility or insecurity they may be experiencing. Celebrities and politicians have lent their names to the cause, including President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Fillmore said that although Savage often did his "Savage Love" presentation, the Union event will be focused on "It Gets Better."
The event is $5 with a KU student ID.
MIKE POSNER
SUA will host hip-hop artist Mike Posner at Liberty Hall Tuesday, April 26.
Tickets are available at the SUA Box Office on the fourth level of the Kansas Union and are $15 for students.
Posner is perhaps best known for his songs "Cooler Than Me" and "Please Don't Go."
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Johnson said the platform stemmed from listening to a friend's parents reminisce about their time at the University.
"They talked about how when they went to school they remember having concerts after basketball games," Johnson said. "And we would like to welcome big name artists and speakers, things like that, back into Allen Fieldhouse and even Memorial Stadium."
KUnited's goal is to make those venues more accessible as an option to infrequently house big events.
SUA president Rachel Anderson said attempts were made year after year to have an event in Allen Fieldhouse.
"Something like what KUnited is proposing would be ideal," Anderson said. "But the question will still be do we spend a huge amount of money for that one show or spread it out over the entire year?"
Funding will always be an issue to book events, Anderson said, but developing a partnership could help fray those costs.
Anderson, a senior from Manhattan, said as an organization SUA had discussed this idea extensively.
Jon Sabillon, a senior from Lawrence, dresses up as Mario for SUA's Kansas Kart event Thursday afternoon and cheers as Jeni Burrows, SUA's special event coordinator from Belle Plaine, drives them through the finish line. There was a track set up in the parking lot of the Visitor's Center with various obstacles and had handful of different projectiles the drivers could pick up.
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"Certain artists won't come because we have to be able to offer them a sell-out space and this could help in bringing any artist," Johnson said.
Marchiony said the first discussions regarding this kind of proposal would most likely take place between himself and the Athletics Department facilities staff.
Without knowing specifics and without speaking to other staff members, he said it was difficult to discuss feasibility.
"We would talk about it as a department and decide on whether or not it would be something we would want to schedule here and something we would want to represent," Marchiony said.
Neither Marchiony nor Anderson said they had personally spoken with KUnited coalition members.
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Crossword 4A
Cryptoquips 4A
Opinion 5A
Sports 10A
Sudoku 4A
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RELAYS | 3A
Some events move to downtown
Kansas Relays moves three events to downtown Lawrence.
FOOTBALL | 10A
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Team has first spring practice
Coach Turner Gill studies his players during practice to decide on their positions.
SOFTBALL|8A
Kansas needs to strengthen its defense for weekend's game against Oklahoma St.
After losing its two games against Oklahoma earlier this week, the Kansas softball team fell 0-8 in its conference record.
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