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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY MAY 2, 2008
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"To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed."
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Studies show that we all have the tendency to daydream an average of 70-120 minutes a day. Day dreaming is classified as a level of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness, it occurs during our waking hours when we let our imagination carry us away. As our minds begin to wander and our level of awareness decreases, we lose ourselves in our imagined scenario and fantasy.
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The University of Kansas Medical School's free clinic, Jaydoc, will hold its second annual JayRock benefit concert tonight at 7 at The Mission Theatre in Kansas City. The New Amsterdamdams will headline the event and will be joined by the Broken Stools, Dead Girls Ruin Everything and Fourth of July. Jaydoc is a student-run facility that provides free medical care to those without the means to pay for health insurance or treatment. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased through The Mission Theatre at www. themissiontheatre.com, or for $15 at the door.
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March of the merch
Photo courtesy of Caitlin Mestagh
From left, freshmen Alyssa Keller, Milwaukee, WI, Caitlin Mestagh, McLouth, Kerry Phouthavong, Winfield, and Libby Johnson, Lawrence, learn to surf in South Padre Island, Texas during Spring Break 2008.
Martina Vlatkovic, Rijeka, Croatia, graduate student, looks at the hoodies in the sidewalk sale outside the Kansas Union on Thursday. The sale was hosted by both KU Bookstores and Oread Books and included: apparel, Jayhawk memorabilia, CDs, books,and seasonal gifts.
Jayhawks and Friends
BY SAMANTHA FOSTER sfoster@kansan.com
During the Vietnam War, protests and anti-war pamphlets were in abundance at the University. Veterans of the war were denounced and few students and faculty were not opposed to the war. In April 1970, arsonists burned down the Kansas Memorial Union and in response University officials enacted a strict curfew on students. Yet in 1982, less than a year after the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Student Senate passed a resolution to honor the University's 57 students and alumni who lost their lives in the war with a campus memorial.
Opponents of the memorial responded to the decision with pamphlets and editorials. Many stated that any memorial would only serve to glorify a war which "was fundamentally wrong." Others simply argued that it would be ridiculous for the University to spend $20,000 on a Vietnam War memorial while it was in the midst of financial difficulties.
thy plan that should not resurrect the politics of the war but serve to recognize the sacrifice of those who gave their lives." The memorial, they argued, should not renew the argument about whether the war was right or wrong but honor the soldiers who died.
However, students, faculty and other community members showed a great amount of support for the project. A member of the editorial staff of the Lawrence Journal-World wrote, "It is a wor-
In 1984, the Memorial Committee worked out a plan to build the monument in Marvin Grove, to the southwest of the Spencer Art Museum. According to Tom Berger, Vietnam veteran and co-chair of the committee, the location was ideal for the memorial. "Its serenity and peace and its proximity to Memorial Stadium and the Campanile make it perfect," he said.
The KU Vietnam Memorial Committee raised $30,000 for the project and announced a design contest asking students to submit architectural plans for the monument. The winning design was submitted by student John Onken, and the committee planned to use the Chandler Court of the Burge Union as the site, but neither the design nor its location made it past the planning stage. In 1984, it was decided that the location would not be conducive to the solemn atmosphere that the memorial was intended to inspire, and Onken's designs were pronounced too expensive for the funds that had been raised.
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Memorial Stadium and the Campanile are both memorials to University students who died in the World Wars.
It was in the fall of 1985 that a design was created which satisfied both the Memorial Committee and the University. The design was created by student Doran Abel, professor Stephan Grabow, and Greg Wade, the University's landscape architect for facilities planning. The monument plan consisted of a wall similar to the national memorial in Washington, D.C., made of limestone and bearing the names of the 55 students and alumni of the University who were known to have been killed, declared missing, or POWs in Vietnam. It would also bear the inscription, "Lest we forget the courage, honor and sacrifice of our fellow students."
Vandalism took place both during and after the construction of the monument, both times denounced as "cowardly" and "dishonorable." In spite of the considerable delays and vandalism, the memorial was dedicated on May 25, 1986. Over 300 friends and family members of the soldiers being remembered were present at the ceremony.
"Now we gather in tribute," said Chancellor Gene Budig at the ceremony. "This memorial will keep their sacrifice before us always."
The official ground-breaking for the memorial took place on November 11, 1985, Veteran's Day.
As Tom Berger reflected on the support for the memorial shown by University students, he told the Journal-World, "They've learned to separate the war from the warriors... Its most important message must always read: Here we remember the price they paid."
—Edited by Nick Mangiaracina
on campus
The lecture "Genomics: From Humans to the Environment" will begin at 9:30 p.m. in 130 Budig.
The seminar "Merienda Brown Bag" will begin at noon in 318 Bailey.
The public event "Facing Forward or About Face or Defaced" will begin at noon on Wescoe Beach.
The University / Faculty Senate meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 203 Green.
The lecture "Language in Autism" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The public event "Gallery Conversation: Shuyun Ho Asian Art Intern" will begin at 12:15 p.m. in the Kress Gallery in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The lecture "A Genomic View of Life" will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The public event "Tunnel of Oppression" will begin at 6 p.m. in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center.
Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp's "Movin' Out" will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.
on the record
The KU Public Safety Office reported an incidence of aggravated arson at McColum Hall on Wednesday. A witness reportedly observed a resident of McColum Hall light a piece of paper tacked to a bulletin board on fire. The resident then used a fire extinguisher he found nearby to put out the fire. The crime occurred at about $45 p.m. and the damage was valued at $24.
A 43-year-old KU employee reported the theft of a mailbox to the Lawrence Police Department on Tuesday. The theft occurred between 10 p.m. on Monday and 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday on the 2500 block of Montana Street. The loss was valued at $30.
A 21-year-old KU student reported the theft of an orange moped to the Lawrence Police Department on Tuesday. The theft occurred between 12:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the 100 block of W. 15th Street. The loss was valued at $1000.
A 22-year-old KU student reported the theft of a dark green motorcycle to the Lawrence Police Department on Tuesday. The theft occurred between 12:30 a.m. and noon on the 1000 block of Rhode Island Street. The loss was valued at $500.
The actor who played the father on "Leave it to Beaver" was born in Lawrence. His name was Hugh Beaumont, born here in 1909 and died in 1982. He was still a boy when his family moved to Tennessee.
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