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NEWS / FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing."
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Emo Philips
KANSAN.com Friday, March 5, 2010
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king (shah) is dead (mat)."
FACT OF THE DAY
Source: www.berro.com
New environmental suggestion may be unsanitary
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A new environmental movement to save paper by drying your hands on your jeans after washing them may do more harm than good.
What's going on today?
The annual Rock Chalk Revue performance will take place at The Lied Center at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for students and $18 for adults.
KU School of Music presents the KU Jazz Festival at Lawrence High School, 1901 Louisiana St. The performance is from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and tickets are $10/$15.
The University Theatre will perform the play "Arms and the Man" from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
SATURDAY March 6
If you would like to submit an event to be included on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at newswksanan.com with the subject "Calendar."
- The annual Rock Chalk Revue performance will take place at The Lied Center at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $25.
The University Theatre will perform the play "Arms and the Man" from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
TUESDAY March 9
Tammy Kernodle, associate professor of Musicology at Miami University, will present "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit: Constructing Black Women's Conversion Narratives in Jazz" at 7:30 p.m. in Spooner Hall.
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A night for Sherron
After a historic four-year career, senior guard Sherron Collins played his final game at Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday night. After Kansas defeated Kansas State 82-65, Collins gave an emotional speech to the capacity crowd.
SUNDAY March 7
Students can participate in the World Series of Pop Culture from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Kansan Union. Trivia teams of three can compete for $300 in prizes. Sign-up for free at the SUA Box Office.
The Alberts Trio, a string trio of sisters, will perform at the Lied Center at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students and $24 for adults.
WEDNESDAY
March 10
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Fernando Yaluk, master's student in Latin American Studies, will screen "Innocent Voices" from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Room 4051 of Wescoe Hall as part of the Latin American Studies Film Festival.
Haskell Indian Nations University, our neighbor to the southeast, opened in 1884. The first class was comprised of only 22 students, but in one semester's time grew to more than 400. That is just under half of the school's current enrollment.
MONDAY March 8
The Wallace Johnson Memorial Lecture in Medieval Chinese Culture:"A New History of the Silk Road" will be delivered by Valerie Hansen from Yale University. The lecture is 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium located in the Kansas Union.
THURDSDAY
THURDSDA March 11
The KU School of Music will present the Kansas City Symphony Trumpet Section from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 130 of Murphy Hall as part of its Visiting Artist Series. Professor and saxophonist Vince Gnojek will perform at the same time in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the School of Music's Faculty Recital Series.
CORRECTION
Kappa Delta & Theta Chi: "Ripe"
In Thursday's story about the Rock Chalk Revue, the participant information was incorrect. It should have said:
Gamma Phi Beta & Phi Gamma Delta: "Where in the World?"
KUlure Wescoe Beach
Kappa Alpha Theta & Pi Kappa
Fi'jing Solo: a Supermusical
Alpha Delta Pi & Sigma Nu:
"Prepare for a Scare"
Sigma Kappa & Sigma Phi Epsilon:
"Meet me in Candyland"
BY TRENT BOULTINGHOUSE tboultinghouse@kansan.com
Caitlin O'Neil has a remedy whenever she needs a break from school. She has discovered that often the best solution to pass time on campus is a date with a bench.
But O'Neil, a sophomore from Topeka, doesn't choose just any campus surface to people watch, listen to music, or visit with friends — she goes to the benches of Wescoe Beach, the popular leisure destination on campus.
Of course, the "beach" itself lacks real sand, but that doesn't stop the large strip
of cement on the north side of Wescoe Hall from fostering a relaxing environment.
Though Wescoe Hall was not
officially complete until 1974, its central location along Jayhawk Blvd. put it close to several important campus locations including Strong and Budig Halls.
Before the area was called the beach, Sally DeMoss, a 1971 graduate, remembered people from every background being active in the area.
"It was such an exciting time at the University, with the hippie movement and anti-war protests, not to mention the Union burning." DeMoss said.
Once the beach was constructed, people took over the location, some achieving celebrity status by being regulars.
One of the most well-known visitors was the Tan Man, as students affectionately
dubbed him, who would talk to students on the east side of the building. Former Wescoe employee Marsha Bell remembers the obsession the University had with him and said everyone knew him.
"He would sit on the beach and talk
to everybody, wearing just his shorts and his athletic shoes," Bell said. "He never wore a shirt, regardless if it was winter or the dead of summer."
Recent students have interacted with White Owl, who has frequented the beach with his trademark long, white beard and flamboyant enthusiasm.
O'Neil said she was
O'Neil said she was late to class one day because of White Owl's antics.
While some enjoy spending time at the beach watching the local celebrities it creates, others find solace in the contrasting environments between hallways and outside settings.
"The special thing about Wescoe was
"The special thing about Wescoe was that it was a dark and weird building inside, but the beach was bright and airy."
"He went up to a guy who was playing guitar and asked him if he could borrow it," O'Neil said. "He started putting on a little show, singing, dancing, and I decided that I had to stay and watch."
SHELLY KUHN 1982 graduate
that it was a dark and weird building inside, but the beach was bright and airy," Shelly Kuhn, a 1982 graduate, said. "It was so laid-back outside, with the happy students and the beautiful tulips, which was completely different from when you had class on the inside."
students. For O'Neil, it's very simple.
Decades later, the beach continues to make an impression on
"I like to watch everyone else suffer through school while I sit by the flowers," she said.
Edited by Megan Heacock
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