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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WWW.KANSAN.COM News WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008
》WAKARUSA
Festival offers 5Rhythms Dance instructor leads dance for Wakarusa patrons
Laura Martin-Eagle teaches a 5Rhythms class at Be Moved Studio. Martin-Eagles will be teaching classes at the Wakanusa Festival.
Deepa Sampat/KANSAN
Before dancing to the tunes of your favorite band at the Wakarusa Festival, take advantage of the many yoga and healing sessions offered every morning of the festival.
This is the second year Laura Martin-Eagle, instructor at Be Moved Studio, 2 E. 7th St., will be leading sessions at the festival. Martin-Eagle will teach 5Rhythms practice, which is a type of dance movement meant to help participants be conscious of their bodies and their movements. Martin-Eagle said that she would lead the 5Rhythms practice at the Wakarusa Festival differently than she usually did at the studio.
"I will be facilitating movement in people's bodies as a way to connect to a deeper part of themselves, allowing different parts of their bodies to speak," she said.
Martin-Eagle said that no matter what a person's experience level, everyone could participate in 5Rhythms. She said that she thought it would be especially beneficial to patrons of the Wakarusa Festival.
"A lot of these kids are very receptive to movement and there seems to be this idea that you can move yourself and lose your body while dancing," she said. "I tend to teach that you can find your body by dancing"
Not only does the 5Rhythms practice help to create awareness of one's body, but it also helps to maintain one's mental health. (said Martin-Eagle?)
"A clenched jaw or raised shoulder may be a sign of harboring anxiety." Martin-Eagle said. "Allowing those places to move allows the anxiety to move out as well."
— Deepa Sampat
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five questions
Q Steve Swyers, bass guitarist for the band Fourth of July. Dylan Tucker, senior from Overland Park, plays guitar in his free time.
1) Favorite decade of music?
1960s 1970s
2) Favorite local music station? 90.1 NTR 99.7 KY
3) When did you start playing guitar? Summer before 6th grade. Sophomore year of high school
4) Music that has inspired you? Velvet Underground Rolling stones
5) Can Britney Spears make a comeback in music? Only if she does Playboy Yes if she can shed 15 to 20 pounds.
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of Sigma Nu were replaced. Alumni hosted events in Kansas to recruit new leadership.
Jordan Herbert, Olathe sophomore and Sigma Nu president, said the colony worked hard to write a 400-page petition to present to the national fraternity, located in Lexington, Va. They must demonstrate they can form a lasting organization.
"You have to prove to the national chapter that you're working to be a rock chapter, which embodies everything good about a fraternity," Herbert said.
According to Herbert, Sigma Nu has 23 members this semester, and they are anticipating 50 members for next semester.
"We're getting back into Greek activities and philanthropy. Now we're trying to reach out to the community and the University," Herbert said.
Herbert said he believed the national fraternity should perform a re-chartering ceremony before October.
Brad Beacham, executive director
of Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc., said he would be surprised if the Sigma Nu colony was not ready for their charter by the end of the year.
"The fraternity is delighted at the wonderful work out student members have done over the course of this last academic year," Beacham said.
The national fraternity needs to evaluate a colony's petition before granting a charter, but Beacham believes the KU colony is very close to completion. John Gofcha, Salina sophomore, helped with philanthropy projects such as Cans for Chemo to help re-gain the colony's charter.
"Since we were restarting, there were lots of leadership positions open, and you could jump right in," Gofcha said.
Gofcha hopes Sigma Nu will make strides in its grades and participation on campus next year.
"We're really looking forward to the re-chartering ceremony," Gofcha said.
Edited by Mandy Earles
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