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Overcast, north northwest winds at 5 to 10 mph.
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TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013
HI: 70
LO: 54
Mostly cloudy with thunderstorms and a chance of rain. South southeast winds at 5 to 15 mph.
Friday
Wednesday
HI: 73
LO: 57
Thursday
Hold on to your umbrella.
Overcast with a chance of thunderstorms and rain. North winds at 5 to 10 mph.
HI: 70
L0: 52
At least it's warm.
Kansas weather gave up.
Tuesday, May 7th
WHAT: Jewish Studies
End-of-Year Party
WHERE: Blake Hall, 329
WHEN: 4 to 5.30 p.m.
ABOUT: Take a break from studying
to celebrate the end of the semester.
Light refreshments will be served, and
all are welcome.
Collective
WHERE: Lawrence Arts Center, 940
New Hampshire St.
WHEN: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Hear various artists perform
the music of classic 60s band The
Kinks at this free event.
WHAT: The Tuesday Concert: Kinks Collective
Wednesday, May 8th
WHAT: Unclassified Senate - Full Senate Meeting
WHERE: Kansas Union, Malott Room
WHEN: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
ABOUT: Want to see how student government works? Attend the monthly Unclassified Senate meeting. It's open to the public.
WHAT: Screening of "Nawang Gombu:
Heart of a Tiger"
ABOUT. This documentary celebrates the life of the Sherpa who became the first man to climb Mt. Everest twice. The Dole Institute will hold a discussion with producer Bev Chapman after the screening.
WHERE: Dole Institute of Politics
WHEN: 3 p.m.
Thursday, May 9th
HEALTH
WHAT: KU School of Music Youth
Chorus Concert
WHERE: Murphy Hall, 328
WHEN: 5 to 6 p.m.
ABOUT: This choral group, composed
of community children, will have its
final performance of the school year.
Admittance is free.
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WHAT: KU Tango Spring Classes
WHERE: Kansas Union
WHEN: 7:45 p.m.
ABOUT: Bring your dancing shoes
and an adventurous spirit to this free
tango lesson.
Friday, May 10th
WHAT: KJHK and SUA present Bad Rabbits
WHEN: 8 p.m.
ABOUT. Enjoy the musical styling of Bad Rabbits, a fusion of futuristic R&B and post-rock, free with your KU ID.
WHERE: Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
**WHAT:** Talib Kweli
**WHERE:** The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
**WHEN:** 8:30 p.m.
**ABOUT:** In the mood for some political hip hop? Tickets are $22 to see Brooklyn-based rapper Talib Kweli perform at The Granada.
Lawrence offers diverse summer fitness choices
HANNAH BARLING
hbarling@kansan.com
Summertime can mean sunshine, hanging out at the pool, and wandering around downtown and enjoying the freedom of no classes. But summer can also be a time to get in shape and explore ways to stay active in Lawrence.
Various gyms and fitness centers offer workout classes during the summer.
Students can find a variety of fitness classes offered in Lawrence during the summer. Classes include dancing, yogisates, water aerobics, biking and hiking.
Aqua Zumba, offered at the Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center located at 4706 Overland Drive, is a workout that integrates Zumba with traditional water fitness.
For a more intense workout, the Douglas County Senior Services, located at 745 Vermont St., hosts a circuit training boot camp. Varied exercises, such as jumping rope, agility and speed training, make for a full-body workout.
Douglas County Senior Services also offers ballroom dancing lessons. Participants learn dances such as the cha-cha, East Coast swing and the waltz.
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If someone is looking for a high-intensity full-body workout, they
The Community Building dance studio, located at 115 W. 11th St., also offers dancing lessons. The lessons include belly dancing, adult tap, country dancing and hip-hop.
Yogilates is a combination of pilates and yoga. The workout, also offered at the Community Building, integrates the flexibility and relaxation of yoga with the core workout of pilates.
can join the CrossFit Lawrence Family, located at 815 E. 12th St. This strength and conditioning program increases participants' stamina and endurance while improving their body composition.
Title Boxing Club offers boxing and kickbox classes and will implement a full-body weight training class this summer. Everyone's first class is free, and the club offers two weeks of classes for $21 or a year-long membership fee with unlimited access to the gym.
Steve Nichols, a trainer at Title Boxing Club, said boxing takes cardio and makes it fun by letting out aggression.
"Any time you get to punch something during the week is a good stress relief," Nichols said.
June is National Great Outdoors Month, and Lawrence offers several ways to be active outdoors. People can go golfing at Eagle Bend Golf Course at 1250 E. 902 Road, right below the Clinton Lake dam. Clinton Lake is also home to nearly 30 miles of trails on which people can bike, hike or run.
Collin Earhart, an employee at Sunflower Outdoor and Bike at 804 Massachusetts St., said biking is a great way to get out and explore the community. He said people who bike in Lawrence are lucky because they have multiple options for trails. Besides Clinton Lake, there is a nine-mile River Trail in North Lawrence. Earhart said biking can be beneficial to
Earhard also said biking is a good way to kill a hangover.
The Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center launched its bike rental program in April. Twelve bikes are available: eight mountain bikes and four comfort bikes. Rates are $8 per day, $16 per week-
college students because it's an easy way to get around town.
"With campus on a hill, you get a workout just going to class," Earhart said.
end and $24 for an entire week.
Canoe KU will host a canoe trip on the Buffalo River in Arkansas on May 28 through June 3. The five-day excursion includes floating on the river and camping. One payment of $350 covers all meals, transportation and equipment.
The Rec also has a long list of other outdoor activity rentals. Students, faculty and staff can rent camping chairs, coolers, tents, sleeping bags, stoves and cooking sets, climbing shoes, backpacks, kayaks, canoes and frisbee golf sets.
Whichever activity seems most interesting, take time this summer to try something new and enjoy Lawrence while getting fit.
Edited by Paige Lytle
CAMPUS
Professor leads walking tour
EMILY DONOVAN
edonovan@kansan.com
When Ted Johnson walks by Fraser Hall, he notices something intriguing about the blooming yellow and red tulips in the flower bed. Unlike their cousins only a few hundred feet away by the marquee outside Watson Library that stretch straight up to the sun, these blooms all bend slightly to the northeast.
Johnson, a professor emeritus of French who has walked past Fraser since coming to the University in 1968, can't help but wonder why. On this year's Stop Day walking tour, "The Perspectives on the Monument of Mount Oread," he hopes to find out.
"There's a certain humor in these things." Johnson said.
For more than 20 years, Johnson has led a public walking tour of campus, focusing on historically significant locations. As the tour covers different topics of
When the Spencer Art Museum opened its doors in the new building in 1978, Johnson felt liberated from boring projector slides as he realized he could incorporate real works of art into his classroom. Explaining that "campus" comes from the Latin word for "field," he would lead his humanities classes across campus, discovering pine trees and grasses that aren't native to the state of Kansas. These strolls inspired an annual walking tour open to the public.
discussion over the course of nine hours, attendees are encouraged to come and go.
As the sun peeked from 14th Street on his first tour in 1991, Johnson explained how Lawrence, Tiananmen Square and ancient
"The word 'idea' comes from the word 'to see things differently'" Johnson said. "On this tour, the idea is to stroll around. Ideas pop up, and then we cultivate them."
Roman cities are all arranged alike on an east-west grid. To understand the Natural History Museum building, he considers that the limestone is 320 million years old — older than the stegosaurus of the Jurassic period. As the group passed the Campanile on a recent tour, another professor recognized a line from an unfinished Cicero poem, "Cedant arma togae," engraved on the WWII memorial.
"I learn so much each time I do this," Johnson said. "If there are, say, 10 or 20 people in the group, we have hundreds of years of experience right there, of competence and knowledge that they can contribute."
The tour begins Friday morning at 9 a.m. in front of the Natural History Museum. Events end at 5 p.m. outside Spooner Hall with a summary of the day's dialogues.
Edited by Madison Schultz
STOP DAY WALKING TOUR SCHEDULE
9 a.m. "Whoso findeth wisdom findeth life."
Location: Natural History Museum, 14th and Jayhawk Boulevard
11 a.m. "Make our garden grow" (final chorus of Leonard Bernstein's Candide).
Location: Twente Hall and then to the Prairie Acre
10 a.m. The Seven Liberal Arts and the Classical Tradition.
Location: Lippincott Hall
1 p.m. Lunch and conversation.
Location: The Crimson Café,
Burge Union.
Noon. Memory, the Muses, and the Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Location: Watson Library and then across the campus to Burge Union
2 p.m. "Civilization is measured by the extent to which people obey unenforceable laws." Location: The Law School.
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3. p.m. "Of cycles and civilizations: the Chi Omega Fountain and the University of Kansas Korea and Vietnam War Memorials."
Location: The Chi Omaga Fountain and Memorial Drive.
4 p.m. The World War II Memorial Carillon and Campanile and the northern slopes of Mount Oread.
Location: The Memorial Campanile.
5 p.m. Tentative Syntheses and Perspectives.
Location: Arthur D. Weaver Court, adjacent to Spooner Hall
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