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Students sort through Wescoe waste for recyclable items
BY BRENNA LONG
blong@kansan.com
Rain dampened Thursday's scheduled waste audit, but it didn't wash the sorters away.
A group of five seniors in the environmental studies capstone course found shelter from the rain under the east side of Wescoe Hall and continued digging through the trash collected from the building, looking at what could have been recycled.
Of the 11 bins used to sort the
waste, only two were full of actual trash. The rest could be recycled in some way, said Karin Scott, from Dallas.
"What's gross about this is how much of it could have been recycled," said Lydia Gibson, from Prairie Village.
With 20 bags of trash and 11 blue barrels, Gibson, Scott, Kathryn Boyd, from Wichita; Lauren Keith, from Wichita; Ryan Rastok, from Lawrence, spent three hours sorting through all the trash collected from Wescoe in one day.
Students were encouraged to grab a pair of gloves and see what was in their own trash.
Caleb Hall, a sophomore from Shawnee, walked by and decided to help out.
"It's a good cause," Hall said. "I think if we used less in the first place, the effects would be drastic."
Zsolt Mohi, a doctoral student from Budapest, Hungary, asked Gibson questions about recycling and the students' goal.
"I am glad to see something
being done," Mobi said. "A change of habits is not an easy thing."
Rastok walked around the fourth floor of Wescoe and realized students had more chances to recycle than throw items in a trash can.
"It would be so easy to throw it in a bin right next to the trash," Rastok said.
To show the waste, the seniors built a clear box so people could visually see what makes up the
Karin Scott, a senior from Dallas, carries bags of trash that will be sorted and recycled accordingly as part of Earth Day. Trash sorted in previous years have revealed that 65-85 percent of the trash thrown away at Wescoe could be recycled.
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See a video and pie chart of the Wescoe waste audit at kansan.com
SEE WASTE ON PAGE 3A
Club makes waves at Clinton Lake
WAKE RIDER
Wakeboarding group welcomes everyone to relax with splash
BY NANCY WOLENS
nwolens@kansan.com
The water temperature was 45 degrees when the season began on
April 1 but that didn't stop Tony Gatti from getting all of his gear together, driving to Clinton Lake, hopping in the boat and ripping the waters on his wakeboard.
Gatti, a junior from Lawrence and president of the KU Wakeboard Club, takes the boat out every day but Sunday, and brings anyone who wants to join with him.
"The first day that we came out the wind was so bad people couldn't sit on the front of the boat without being soaked." Colby Arnold, a freshman from Topeka, said.
But on Tuesday's club practice the water had warmed up to 62 degrees and Gatti said the water was "butter." When water conditions are "butter," a term wakeboarders use to describe smooth water, it's the most ideal time to wakeboard. Rough or choppy water conditions make it more difficult to
wakeboard and do tricks, he said.
Six people joined Tuesday's practice, their background in wakeboarding ranging from first-timers to those who have been wakeboarding most of their lives. Gatti, who has been wakeboarding for about five to six years, said it's not uncommon to teach someone to wakeboard once or twice a week.
"I would say about half our members have never wakeboarded before," Gatti said. "We are all always learning and falling and no one minds helping out."
Gatti said he gets the same excitement from someone who gets up for the first time as someone who just landed his or her first flip.
Tayler Glock, a freshman from Liberty, Mo., was the first to jump in Tuesday. After his first fall, Arnold gave Glock some advice.
"Bend your knees a little more then explode like your jumping." Arnold, who has been wakeboarding since he was about 8 years old, said.
Glock went on a few more runs, then it was time for his roommate, Max Newby, to give wakeboarding his first try. Newby, a freshman from Shawnee, said he was excited and knew he was going to fall a lot, but was ready to go.
SEE WAKEBOARDING ON PAGE 3A
Check out the wakeboarding video at kansan.com/videos
IT'S TRICKY, TRICKY,
TRICKY
Tyler Botts, vice president of KU's Wakeboard Club explains some of the tricks they like to do:
Tantrum: The rider does a back flip, cutting in from his heel side across the wake.
Air Rally: Rider cuts from his heel side and flattens out his body until he is completely extended. He then pulls his body back down before landing on the other side of the wake. It's been described as being like superman in the air.
Scarecrow: The rider cuts from his toe side and does a front roll with a 180 degree (basically a front flip) across the wake.
360: A 360 degree rotation across the wake.
DOWNTOWN
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Lawrence's luau organized to rival Manhattan's Fake Patty's Day
BY ALISON CUMBOW alisonc@kansan.com
Those looking to get leid Saturday, rain or shine, can start early — the first Larryville Luau starts at 9 a.m.
The lau was started because its creators, three KU students, didn't have a good time at Fake Patty's Day in Manhattan. They decided Lawrence would be a better town for a similar all-day affair.
Fake Patty's Day is held every year a week before the actual St. Patrick's Day in Aggieville, Manhattan's bar district. Participating bars open early
As of Thursday, the Facebook event for the Larryville Luau had nearly 9,000 confirmed attendees and more than 10,000 who said they might attend. he lauah's headquarters is the Barrel House, 729 New Hampshire St., but seven other bars will also open early to host the event — none of which will charge a cover.
in the morning and offer drink specials and giveaways.
Other deals include Bud Light
specials and prize giveaways.
Bryan Spencer, a junior from Overland Park, is in charge of the festivities' sponsors and partnerships with bars and restaurants in 'Irvence.
Gavin Smith, owner of Fatso's,
1016 Massachusetts St., said,
his bar would have extra staff
starting at 9 a.m. He said Spencer
contacted him via Facebook and
decided to collaborate when
he saw how many people had
Since planning for the event started about two months ago, Spencer has collaborated with different sponsors to make and pay for T-shirts as well as getting bars to open early. Some bars are opening seven hours early.
Planning for the laua started after Spencer and two of his friends decided Lawrence needed a party to rival Fake St. Patty's Day in Manhattan.
confirmed to attend the event.
Spencer said a successful day for the luau would be for all the participating businesses to be happy with the turnout. He said he hoped to host the event twice a year if everything goes well Saturday.
Spencer said the day of the party may be a bit stressful for him, but that he would like to try to enjoy it like everyone else.
Brendan Begley, a sophomore from Wichita and one of the original creators of the luau, said he was worried only about the
"Making sure it's a success is what's going to feel good in the end," he said.
weather conditions Saturday.
"It's supposed to rain on Sat urday night, so we're worried less people might come out because of that," he said. "It's the normal Kansas weather."
There is a 36 percent chance of rain Saturday, according the National Weather Service.
Throughout the day, the lau organizers will be giving away 100 shirts. Shirts are available online for $15 to $21.
The creators of Larryville Luau have paired the event with Midwest Charities to raise money for the Lawrence Humane Society.
Edited by Michael Holtz
LARRYVILLE LUAU
PARTICIPATING
ESTABLISHMENTS:
Brothers, 1105 Massachusetts St.
Fatso's, 1016 Massachusetts St.
The Granada,
index
1020 Massachusetts St.
The Wheel, 507 W. 14th St.
Barrel House.
Barner House,
720 New Haven
Barrel House,
729 New Hampshire St
Louise's Downtown,
1009 Massachusetts St
Cilindra Linda
Cielito Lindo,
815 New Hampshire St.
Tonic Lounge,
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Crossword. 4A Sports. 1B
Horoscopes. 4A Sudoku. 4A
728 Massachusetts St.
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