2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2005
INSIDENEWS
CLAS tuition could still go up
Students and administrators are still tweaking a different differential tuition plan to introduce to students. If the plan is agreed upon, it would likely be implemented in Fall 2007. PAGE 1A
Scarlet letter on sex offenders not helping community
Instead, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation online sex offender registry creates misperceptions about people on the list, some of whom don't deserve it. Being a registered sex offender carries a stigma that's made it nearly impossible for them to find jobs, stable living and to be able to move on with their lives. PAGE 3A
KU faculty and professors enjoy prospects of living downtown
A new set of homes, the Hobbs Taylor lofts, are being built at Eighth and New Hampshire streets. But what's unique is that many of the residents will not be students; rather, it will be their teachers. Five of the 32 lofts already have been bought by KU faculty and professors. The lofts, which cost between $200,000 and $480,000, should be completed by late July. PAGE 3A
Extra Ston Dav crosswords
New pyramid gets personal
The festival director said that music fans from as far away as Europe and Japan have bought tickets. Organizers are also advising attendees on how to deal with the chiggers that dampened last year's festival. PAGE 2A
for all of you readers who pick up The Kansan solely for the crossword, enclosed it this semester's final edition are four extra puzzles. Consider it a gift from the staff, and enjoy driving your professors nuts as you zone out the last day of class. PAGES 7&8A
Wakarusa Music Festival organizers expect larger crowds
The new food pyramid, which was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last month, added exercise and an online aspect to its diet suggestions. Carrie Warner, St. Louis junior, said that she liked the changes but was not convinced the improvements would get students to use the pyramid more. PAGE 3A
'Star Wars' prequel is magical
Stephen Shape explains why "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" has the appeal of the older movies. . . MACE 10A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Trouble at GSP-Corbin disconcerting to residents
Column: Trouble at GSP-Corbin disconcerting to residents
Valorie Tarbutton thought that living in the residence halls would be a good deal until problems started with the safety of residents in and around GSP-Corbin. PAGE 9A
Column: Columnist gets brunt of closed-minded campus response
Tierra Scott took a chance with some of her columns this semester, and the response she got is what she feared the most. For a campus lacking in diversity as much as ours, students should welcome the opportunity to hear opposing viewpoints. PAGE 9A
Column: Media goes easy on hard facts of U.S. atrocities
Stephen Shupe points out how short our memories are when it comes to America's ugly history of foreign entanglements. Perhaps that's because the media doesn't take the responsibility to inform Americans of what their government is up to. PAGE 9A
INSIDESPORTS
Kansas baseball team loses last nonconference game
The Southwest Missouri State Bears jumped out to an early 10-1 lead against the jayhawks and never looked back. Coach Ritch Price said he was disappointed freshman pitcher Tyson Corley lasted only 1 1/3 innings. Starting pitchers Kodiak Quick and Sean Land stayed in Lawrence to rest for this weekend's series. PAGE 3A
Missouri series could decide Kansas' postseason fate
The Border Showdown's next battle will take place in Columbia, Mo., this weekend when the baseball team takes on the Tigers. Kansas, which is in eightth in the Big 12, probably needs to win the series if it wants to compete in the Big 12 tournament.
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Column: Maturity doesn't dampen desire to go to extreme
The urge to try idiomatic stunts runs through the blood of many Americans, hence the popularity of shows such as "Jackass," sports columnist Frank Tankard says. He writes about his own recent experiment with the "extreme." PAGE 18
Rowing competes in Regionals
The women's rowing team leaves for Oak Ridge, Tenn., to compete in the NCAA Central/Southern Regional. The team juggles studying for finals and practicing for Regions. If the队 qualifies, it could play in the NCAA Championships during the end of finals week. PAGE 1B
Overland Park freshman Matt Baysinger won the 600-yard race in the first home meet, the jayhawk Invitational. He also placed seventh at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. He belongs to a promising freshman class of athletes on the Kansas track and field team. PAGE 2B
The jahwahs will lose six seniors at the end of this season, but four recruits signed last week appear primed to help fill the void. All four will add experience to the University's medley and freestyle events, and Kansas coach Clark Campbell said each would be great assets to the team next season. PAGE 3B
Freshman decathlete shows promise
Three high schoolers, one transfer bring talent to KU swimming, diving
Check out stunning photos by Kansan photographer editor Rylan Howe of the KU waterhers club on Mo-Kan Ski Lake.
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Local jam band Big Metal Rooster works on a new song during practice in drummer Matt Miner's basement. The band is playing at the second annual Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival in June at Clinton Lake. Members of the band include Billy Wassung, guitar, Luke Henry, acoustic guitar, Tom Fleming, electric guitar, Doug Hein, bass guitar and Miner.
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Tom Fleming's memory of Big Metal Rooster's set at last year's Wakarusa Music Festival was of a domino effect.
When his band started playing, there were 15 people watching.
Then five minutes later, there were 100 people. Fifteen minutes later, there were about 500.
"That crowd came up to us and we were instantly blewn away by that energy," said Doug Hein, Big Metal Rooster bassist.
That energy was just part of the spirit of the Wakarusa Music Festival, Fleming, acoustic guitarist, said.
WAKA WAKA WAKA
"The excitement level is exponentially bigger than any other gig we've ever played," Matt Miner, Big Metal Rooster drummer, said.
Big Metal Rooster and about 60 other bands will play on five stages at this year's festival, scheduled for June 16 to 19.
Nationally known acts on the bill include Wilco, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and the String Cheese Incident.
Organizers expect 12,000 to 15,000 people to be the festival each day, up from 7,500 each day last year, said Brett Mosiman, festival director.
WHAT: Wakarusa Music Festival
WHEN: June 16, 17, 18 and 19.
WHERE: Clinton Lake Park
ADMISSION: Weekend pass is
$99 until June 1 and
$119 June 2 and
after. Single-day
tickets are also
available.
Source: www.wakarusa.com
Music lovers from as far away as Europe and Japan have bought tickets for the festival, he said.
Wakara Music Festival was a lot like a family reunion for Big Metal Rooster, a band that has been playing for five years.
There were familiar faces from the band's early days in 2000 watching them play. Hein said.
"One of the big surprises of last year is the people I ran into that I haven't seen in years," Fleming said. "It was like a family reunion."
Meeting, hanging out and watching other drummers such as Leftover Salmon's Michael Wooten and Garaj Mahal's Alan Hertz were some of the aspects Miner enjoyed about the festival, he said.
"It was the first experience being shoulder to shoulder to those bands that we looked up to for a long time." Miner said.
An unpleasant experience of last year's festival was provided by chickers — tiny biting insects that live in the grass and leave itchy bites.
"A lot of people never experienced chiggers before," Hein said. "The chiggers were terrible."
To address this problem there will a nature expert on hand to help people fight off chiggers and address other nature concerns, Mosiman said.
He recommended wearing socks and shoes and not sleeping in the grass where chiggers live.
There is also advice on how to prevent chigger bites on the Wakarusa Music Festival's Web site, http://www.wakarusa.com.
On May 29, Big Metal Rooster will play a similar festival called May Daze in Strasburg, Colo. After that festival, the band will go on a seven-day tour of the southeast United States and then return to Lawrence to perform at the music festival's pre-party shows at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., and The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
- Edited by Kim Sweet Rubenstein
Stepin' to get the word out
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Brittani Perry, Houston, Tex., sophomore, performs in a step routine on Wescoe Beach with three fellow Delta Sigma Theta sorority sisters. The group performed yesterday afternoon in order to get the word out about their group and let KU students know about programs they have planned for next fall. "We want to get students involved to make Lawrence a better community," Perry said.
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