Volume 125 Issue 113
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Love Garden Sounds, Lawrence's full service record store, displauls some of their most recent LP arrivals. The store has been operating since 1990
Vinyl records experience rising popularity among modern college students
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Chas Strobel collects records not only for listening, but also for decoration. Strobel, a transfer student from Orono, Minn., grew up listening to his parents' vinyls. From his mom's Donny Osmond album to recordings of his dad's teenage band, Strobel said the look and feel of a shiny black vinyl takes him back to his childhood.
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A few months ago, Strobel
"People are getting into it for more reasons than just listening," Strobel said.
He first started collecting albums from concerts he would go to, but being a busy college student, Strobel said he can't really go to shows anymore. Artists would not only sell black vinyls at shows, but also colored ones such as purple or even clear.
National Record Day is an industry-made holiday to make people excited about records. Celebrated this year on April 20, it was Love Garden Sound's 'busiest day of the year' by about five times.
bought several old albums from Goodwill to decorate his empty garage walls. He said the old albums from bands like Chicago and Journey make for a cool way to fill white space.
Love Garden Sounds is a local record store that opened in 1990. Located at 822 Massachusetts St., the store has about 200 regulars who visit once a month and about 40 to 50 customers who stop in every week. People can find The Goonies soundtrack in the $1 bin, Dr. Dre's The Chronic for $20 or Stevie Wonder's Light My Fire for $6.
Kelly Corcoran, the owner of
the store, said there have been more college students in the store than there were five years ago, but still fewer than 10 years ago.
"There are more people of a college age who care about vinyl records," Corcoran said. "But there are more folks of a college age who specifically don't think of buying a physical format the first time they want to hear something."
"Records are about the ceremony and the interaction with the music," Corcorcan said. "It comes in a way that's more valuable than the idea of the sound being intensely superior."
Corcorican said that records are not entirely a better fidelity of audio than a digital format, but in a peak environment with the most expensive player, people can hear the difference.
Exclusive records are released
on National Record Day, which falls on the third Saturday of every April.
People started lining up at 7 p.m. the night before Love Garden Sounds opened to get exactly what they were waiting for. Some of the store's hot items were a White Stripes' "Elephant" reissue in a special color and Sleep's album "Donesmoker."
The physical aspect of the music draws people toward buying a record over downloading a file from iTunes. Strobel said when someone buys a record, they have the entire work of art.
"It's like reading a book," Strobel said. "When you have a record, you can't skip around tracks; you have to listen to the whole thing."
Edited by Madison Schultz
DANCE
Student Bollywood group offers beginners' workshop
MEGAN LUCAS
mlucas@kansan.com
Jeeve's dance style is fusion, blending Indian dance moves with American music and vice versa. They combine styles of northern and southern Indian dance with hip hop and many other dance styles.
Jeeve is the University's first South Asian Fusion Dance Team, and luckily for dance enthusiasts, the group is holding a dance workshop today in the Gridiron room of the Burge Union from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
The workshop is free and open to anyone. The members of Jeeva will be teaching a dance for beginners.
"Ieve gave me an outlet to that I would not have otherwise," said Amelia Well, a sophomore from Lawrence. "It
"The interest is there, but people aren't getting the source of pursuing it," said Mahmood Khan, a graduate student from Doha, Qatar. "We have a lot of events planned for next year. Anyone who loves dancing is welcome."
broadens my dance vocabulary and teaches me to use muscles that I might not use in my formal classes."
Jeeva was started in 2008, and the group performs around campus in local shows. The team has won the title of the University's Best Dance Crew and has performed for SUA, the American Asian Association and ISA.
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The team has nine members and is trying to increase campus awareness.
Jevea, the University's South Asian fusion dance team, will be holding a workshop tonight. The group won the University's Best Dance Crew.
Originally, Jeeva was begun with the aim of being a competitive dance team. This year, however,
américa competition.
"We are open to absolutely everyone," said Karishima Khetani, a junior from Overland Park.
"We're a Billywood team, but like to fuse a lot of aspects of flowers."
was its first competition. Jeeva has been performing in competitions in areas like Texas, Chicago and Oklahoma. Next year, the team plans to attend more competitions.
Edited by Jordan Wisdom
If leeva does well in the local competitions, there is a chance to be asked to compete in the
Bollywood America competition.
CAMPUS
Student named Truman Scholar
EMMA LEGAULT
elegault@kansan.com
It's easy to brag about your accomplishments and achievements, especially if you've just gained national recognition and $30.000.
However, Hannah Sitz, a junior from Andover and the University's
17th Truman Scholar, isn't used to the spotlight yet. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is an award given to a student looking to pursue a career in the public sector, something Sitz is passionate about; she hopes to eventually become an executive director of a human services nonprofit organization.
Sitz
She was inspired to apply after taking a course in citizen philanthropy and attending an information session about the scholarship last year. The first step was a written application for a nomination through the University, which can nominate up to four students per year.
"The whole day afterward, you sit there while everyone else is interviewing, and you just overanalyze everything you just said," she said. "And by the end of the day, you've convinced yourself that you didn't win."
However, after telling herself for a month that she didn't win, Sitz had the surprise of her life at a University Honors Program reception on April 7.
Although she got the interview over with early in the day, Sitz said waiting was stressful.
"It got me out of my comfort zone to practice for these interviews, to explain what I've done and brag about myself, which I'm not used to doing." she said.
After preparing and editing the rest of the scholarship application materials, which required Sitz to tell her life story in essay questions, she was notified by email that she had advanced to the national competition. After a week and a half of mock interviews, she was confident going into the regional interview in Kansas City, Mo., on March 7.
With her mother and sister in the audience, it was officially revealed that Sitz had been named a Truman Scholar. To Sitz's surprise, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little was also in attendance to congratulate her.
Those who helped Sitz prepare for the interview told her she was too humble, both in the application and the interview processes.
Sitz had the opportunity to thank
faculty members and others who helped her along the way. She said she was also grateful to make an impression on potential students who were also at the reception.
Sitz said reality has taken a while to sink in.
"It felt very surreal, kind of dream-like," she said.
Although it's a reality now, the process of becoming a Truman Scholar was rocky. Sitz revealed that after reviewing the "policy proposal" section of the application requiring applicants to propose a piece of legislation, she had almost talked herself out of it.
Anne Wallen, the coordinator for national scholarships through the University Honors Program, knew Sitz had a good shot at winning and encouraged her to continue.
"She's just a natural leader. She buys into things and doesn't second-guess herself," Wallen said. "She's very genuine and honest and excited about helping people find out about public service, and that's really the point of the Truman Scholarship is to honor students and help students who help to be leaders in public service."
"It's just really great to be validated in such a large way for the hard work that I do and have done for years," she said. "The validation that I'm on the right path, that I'm doing the right stuff, that I am making a difference and that this will enable me to continue to do that is just beyond thrilling."
Sitz's passion and interest in nonprofit work started in her hometown. She volunteered in high school, including working for the Lord's Diner soup kitchen.
POLITICS
"I grew up in a community, in a church, in a family that really emphasized that if you've been given a lot, you need to give back, that it's kind of your responsibility to look beyond yourself," Sitz said. "That's where I really find meaning in my own life is that if I can use what I have been given to impact someone else, then I feel like I have a purpose."
Participating in campus organizations such as Alternative Breaks, where she currently holds a director position, has confirmed for Sitz that she's on the right path. She hopes to attend Indiana University at Bloomington to pursue a Master of Public Affairs degree in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
State representatives will participate in forum
The opportunity to attend virtually any graduate studies program in the country without debt is a big burden lifted, Sitz said, especially in a field that doesn't pay handsomely.
Edited by Paige Lytle
As the Kansas Legislature recently passed legislation allowing concealed-carry permits on campus and is now considering cutting funding to higher education, students will have a chance to engage five state representatives in an open forum this evening.
The first half hour will consist of Sen. Marci Francisco, D-Lawrence; Rep. Barbara Bollier, R-Mission Hills; Rep. Stephanie Clayton, R-Overland Park; Rep. Melissa Rooker, R-Fairway, and Rep. John Wilson, D-Lawrence, discussing issues regarding higher education.
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The forum, hosted by the Student Legislative Awareness Board, will take place
Author Maija Devine will read from her new novel "The Voices of Heaven" at 4 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Union.
from 7 to 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union, according to a Student Senate Government Relations press release.
"We wanted to create an opportunity to allow students to have a conversation with state legislatures to discuss higher education and other issues they deem important to them," said Zach George, government relations director.
The second half of the forum will consist of a Q&A session where the audience can ask questions. George said.
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"Our purpose is to bring issues to the attention of students and get students engaged in political issues, whether it's on a local, state or federal level," George said.
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