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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005
INSIDENEWS
University of Missouri investigates banner tussle at game
University of Missouri investigates bully MU officials are looking into an alteration between KU students and the MU police chief at a March 9 basketball game. KU alumnus Chris Green said the chief owed him and his friends a public apology. PAGE 1A
Offseason gives Giddens opportunity to rebound
After a sophomore season filled with disappointment and fan alienation, J.R. Giddens is looking ahead to next year. In the offseason he has plans to bulk up and work on his outside shot, hoping to take over a leadership position for next year's young team. PAGE 1A
Market opens to Lawrence early-risers
Families made an event of Lawrence's Farmers' Market opening day Saturday. Customers came to buy products from flowers and produce to hard-to-find meat such as bison meat. PAGE 1A
When Let It Ride, Lawrence's only skateboarding shop, closed last November, it left a void for area skateboarders. Now that Dan Salazar has opened Midwest Skateboarding, 836 Iowa St., skateboarders don't have to travel outside of Lawrence to buy their equipment. PAGE 2A
Skateboarding shop rides into Lawrence
KJHK's battle royal
Students use uppers to stay awake for finals
HKS battles lawrence bands got together for KJHK's Annual Farmer's Ball at the Granada. Eight bands competed in an elimination tournament for the first place prize of two days in a recording studio. PAGE 8A
Caffine, Red Bull and Adderall use become more common as finals approach. Some students use these methods to stay awake longer hours to keep studying all through the night. To help these late-night studiers, Watson and Anschutz libraries will have extended hours. PAGE 3A
Column: Ward Churchill still not winning friends, but making enemies The controversy around Ward Churchill hasn't died down in the pages of the Kansan. Vince Myers says that Churchill used the cover of academic integrity and free speech to pass off comments that are hallmarks of miseducation and incompetence. PAGE 7A
Column: Autonomy does not breed self-enlightenment
INSIDEOPINION
**Authority does not breed self-esteem.**
Through the sad story of a young David Bowie fan turned drug addict, Devin Sikes seeks to explore the true nature of our destiny. The implication is that destiny is in our own hands and that each individual is responsible for the choices and consequences that lie ahead. PAGE 7A
INSIDESPORTS
Jayhawks clinch Big 12 series victory
Jayhawks clinch Big 12 series victory After a demoralizing 0-7 defeat against the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan or Friday, the lavahwaks came back to win games Saturday and yesterday. PAGE 1B
Column: Presidents say one thing, do another
Ryan Colaini is tired of the hypocrisy he sees from the NCAA and university presidents. Last week, the two groups approved adding a 12th game to the playoff system, which would cause student athletes to be out of the classroom more. PAGE 1B
Kansas shuts out Texas Tech
sas snips out texas tech
The Kansas softball team swept the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a two-game series this weekend. Junior pitcher Serena Settlemi set a personal strikeout record with 14. Kansas plays Missouri Wednesday at 4 p.m. PAGE 1B
Men's golf finishes sixth in Big 12 Championship
You win some,you lose some
The Kansas rowing team achieved a record time Saturday in Austin. The bad news is, it wasn't good enough to win at the Big 12 Conference Championships. PAGE 2B
Men's golf finishes sixth in Big 12 Championship The men's golf team missed fifth place by one stroke to Texas A&M this weekend in Trinity, Texas. Oklahoma State won by nine strokes against Oklahoma. PAGE 2B
Tournament a tune up for waterski club
The KU waterski club competed in a tournament during the weekend. The cold weather deterred some from partaking in the event, but teams had a good time and made the most of the competition. PAGE 3B
Track and field splits in half to attend two weekend relays
Coach Stanley Redwine led one half of the team to Iowa while the other half went to Philadelphia for the Penn Relays. The highlight of the Penn Relays was the third-place victory in the 4x800 meter relay. PAGE 6B
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Skateboard shop opening 'a relief' for local skaters
BY NEIL MULKA
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Nick Haehl, Free State High School sophomore, helps his friend, Matt Callan, Free State High School sophomore, pick out a board for his skateboard Thursday afternoon at Midwest Skateboarding, 836 Iowa St. Haehl, who has been skating for three years, heard about the Midwest Skateboarding after "Let It Ride," a skateboard shop previous located on 9th and New Hampshire streets, closed last November.
Zack Gould and other Lawrence skateboarders don't have to leave town to buy skateboarding equipment anymore.
anymore. Less than a year after Let It Ride, Lawrence's only skateboard shop, Dan Salazar rolled in with his own. Midwest Skateboarding, at 836 Iowa St. For Gould, a skater for four years, it's a relief.
"It's good to have someplace." he said as he applied grip to the top of a sun-yellow colored board he recently bought from Midwest Skateboarding. "Not having a shop during the winter brought our morale down."
This is the second Midwest Skateboarding location that Salazar has opened. Two years ago he opened one in Topeka. Although Salazar wanted to open a shop in Lawrence, he didn't want to move in on what he saw as Let It Ride's turf.
"It was one of my favorite shops to go to," Salazar said. "You just don't move in. I know a lot of different people wouldn't care, but to me, you respect them because they've been here forever."
For J.P. Redmon, Manhattan junior, the move in was right on time.
"It was rough for a while," Redmon, a skater of 15 years, said. "It's always crappy when kids had to order through mail order. We really needed a shop, and he stepped in at the right time."
described as the "worst" job.
the sign.
Salazar, 22, opened his first skate shop in Garden City when he was 20 from money he saved from in what he
"I was in the shipping department of a slaughterhouse, and I'm a vegetarian." he said.
Salazar said he wouldn't do as well with a different kind of store.
"I like this because it's kind of like the people I roll with," Salazar said. "If I wasn't doing this, I would be at the skate park with the same people."
"I couldn't even find a place that was twice the amount here," Salazar said. "Plus we're a pretty 'core' shop."
He moved his original operation to Topeka because he wanted to be closer to Lawrence and because Topeka has two skateboarding parks. Salazar chose the Iowa street location because rent is there is cheaper than downtown and it's proximity to the Lawrence skate park at Centennial Park, 600 Rockledge.
Core shop meaning that Midwest Skateboarding is more of a hardware store for skateboarding, selling wheels, boards and grips.
It's a good location for younger skaters who don't have cars to have a nearby skate shop to buy equipment when their stuff breaks, Redmon said.
Another benefit of the location, Salazar said he realized, was his next door neighbor. Domino's Pizza.
"I do find myself spending more money on a pizza joint than I ever had before," he said.
— Edited by Azita Tafreshi
Splish splash
Leia Garrette
2-year-old
Lawrence resident, plays around the fountain in South Park
1100 and 1200 blocks of Massachusetts Street, yesterday afternoon at Art in the Park, Leia's father, Scott Garrette, said she loves water.
Market
frozen."
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Margaret Clark, owner of Clark Family Farm in Baldwin, is also in her fifth year at the market. She enjoys selling her pies and pasteurized chickens at the market because it provides an opportunity for interaction with customers that can't be found in a supermarket.
"The customer can actually see the producer and a trust is built," she said.
Elizabeth Kroeker, Topeka senior, woke up at 9 a.m. Saturday to buy baked goods and plants from local gardeners.
"It's nice to see people care about their product and want to see you enjoy it," Kroeker, who goes to the market every other Saturday, said.
Michael Bates, who sells heirloom vegetables and lamb meat, said the local residents were willing to be a little adventurous with their produce. Heirloom vegetables are open-pollinated varieties of plants that have survived for years. Customers don't mind to experiment with something new, such as his off-colored vegetables, rather than simply going for the basic red tomatoes.
simply going to the market. The market is open from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturdays and 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The market ends in November.
- Edited by Nikola Rowe
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