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graduation
monday, may 10, 2004
(Oh, like he's going anywhere)
Superstitions make graduating senior wary of Campanile, Jayhawk statue
The feeling you get when you're about to walk into the real world is a strange one.
Illustration by Zach Stinson/Kansan
In the waning weeks of my college career, standing so close to being an alumnus, it seemed time for a bit of reflection.
Reflection to shake this strange feeling and to get something off my chest.
There are a few superstitions that surround graduation that need to be addressed.
Legend has it that if you walk through the Campanile before your commencement you will never graduate.
Supposedly, it doesn't matter how long it is before you're scheduled to get that ever-important degree, you're toast if you pass under it.
David Nobles
dnobles@hansan.com
Who knows where this superstition came from or how it started; that's not the point.
The point is, the spire that overlooks Memorial Stadium has the University in a state of fear.
As Jayhawks poised to fly from the academic nest, I'm sure there's been a few of us that have made the walk through.
1. for one, am not taking my chances.
And there's been a few people I've met throughout my time here that feel the same way.
I've known people who won't even get within a 50-foot radius of the Tower of Fear.
The iridescent glow that spews from the top of the tower at night serves as a force field of superstition for these poor souls, penetrable only on that fateful day, which is just under two weeks from today.
That's when I'll find out what that thing looks like on the inside, not before.
I'm not scared, mind you. I'm just not going to take my chances.
Graduation day will answer one of the other myths that is whispered in Wescoe Hall: Is the Jawhack in front of Strong Hall going to fly away?
It has been told through the ages that if a virgin ever graduates from the University, our beloved mascot will no longer be a statue, but a flying metal bird.
Now, if the legend is true, eventually this thing's going to takeoff.
Who knows if it's true, but we might find out soon.
Thave yet to see conclusive evidence to prove or disprove either of these superstitions.
of these people People still scurry around the Tower of Fear and well, the Jayhawk is still there.
Go ahead and marinate on that one.
Nobles is a Leesville, La., senior in journalism.
WEDNESDAY,MAY 12
Grad Grill, graduation celebration for the Class of 2004, free dinner, soft drinks and door prizes to all graduates, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Adams Alumni Center, 1266 Oread Ave., 884-3624
FRIDAY, MAY 14
Stop Day
GRADUATION CALENDER
SATURDAY, MAY 15
■ Nontraditional student graduation and scholarship recipient reception, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union, 864-4861
MONDAY, MAY 17
Final Examinations begin
Last day of Final Examinations
Reception for graduating international students; 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Malott Room, Kansas Union,
864-6161
Business school recognition for bachelor's degree candidates and master's degree hooding, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 864-3795 Residence halls close, 11 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 22
■ Journalism graduate recognition and master's degree hoding, 8:34 a.m. to 10 a.m., Lied Center, 864-4755
■ Reception for chancellor's student award recipients, 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Kansas Room, Kansas Union, 864-3131
Allied Health recognition ceremony, 9 a.m., Memorial Hall, 600 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kan., 913-588-5277
College Graduate Division master's hooding, 10 a.m., Crafton- Preyton Theatre, Murphy Hall, 864- 3661
■ Fine arts convocation, 10:30 a.m.
Led Center, 864-3421
Brunch for allied health graduates and families, 10:30 a.m. to noon, KU Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Murphy Court, 913-588-5277
Nursing school recognition ceremony, 11a.m., Memorial Hall, 600 N. 7th St, Kansas City, Kan., 913-588-1619
Phi Beta Kappa initiation, 11 a.m., Big 12 Room, Kansas Union,
- Scholarship halls close, noon.
- Nursing school brunch for graduates and their families, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., KU Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., 913-588-1619
Honors Program reception, for graduating seniors in the University Honors Program and for graduating University Scholars, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, 864-4225
School of Medicine brunch for graduates and families. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., KU Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Murphy Courtyard, 913-588-5261
Education school convocation, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Lied Center, 864-3726 Graduate doctoral school hooding, 4 p.m., Lied Center, 864-6161
Multicultural graduation banquet,
6 p.m., Ballroom, Kansas Union, 864-
4351
Pharmacy school senior recognition and hooding, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, 864-3591
School of Medicine hooding and awards, 7 p.m., Lied Center, 913-588-5261
Biological sciences recognition ceremony, 7 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, 864-4301
SUNDAY, MAY 23
Commencement, all day
Engineering recognition and awards
ceremony, 8.p.m., Lied Center, 864-
3881
Environmental studies graduate recognition and honors reception, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., 45 Snow Hall, 864-2059
HDL recognition ceremony, 9:30 a.m., Dole Human Development Center, courtyard between Haworth Hall and Dole Center, 864-4840 Math graduation branch and recognition ceremony, 9:30 a.m., 120 Snow Hall, 864-3651
Speech-language-hearing recognition ceremony, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 110 Budig Hall, 864-0630
Social welfare bachelor's degree recognition, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union,
864-4720
Law school hooding, 10 a.m., Lied Center, 864-4550
Chancellor's commencement lunch, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Chancellor's residence, 1532 Lilac Lane, 864-3131
Liberal arts and sciences recognition ceremony for distinction
Architecture and urban design commencement celebration, 11:30 a.m., Ballroom, Kansas Union, 864-4281
Social welfare hooding ceremony, noon, Lied Center, 864-4720
Commencement participants 3 a.m. Memorial Drive
and highest distinction, 11 a.m. to noon, Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, 864-361
Commencement participants assemble, 2 p.m., Memorial Drive
TUESDAY, MAY 25
Jayhawker Towers close, 9 p.m.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8
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