friday, april 2, 2004
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the university daily kansan 5A
Jackpot open,more work to do
By Dave Nobles
dnobles@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
It may not have a sign yet, but the Jackpot Saloon and Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts St., is open and swinging with bands.
Travis Pesnell attended to patrons Wednesday night at the Jackpot Saloon and Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts St. Jackpot opened last week at the old La Tasca location.
Since its grand opening on March 23, the bar has had nine bands perform on its stage.
Nick Carroll, owner of the Jackpot and the Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St., said he planned to have acts perform at the bar at least 15 times every month, with DJs on nights that no band was scheduled.
The opening of the saloon was surprising, Carroll said. He had about two hours notice that he was able to open, but within two hours of opening the doors, there were more than 100 people at the establishment.
"We're doing just fine, even without a sign," Carroll said. "During spring break, I didn't think anyone was even in town, but it's been a lot busier than we thought."
The Jackpot Saloon will have live music all weekend.
In addition, the bar will play host to the Farmer's Ball, a band competition put on by KJHK, April 21 to 24. Carroll said that he was excited to host the show, and that it would be an "experimental" 18 and over show.
The saloon usually operates as a 21 and over establishment, but Carroll thought it was important for as many people as possible to enjoy the show. Brett Mosiman, owner of The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., said that the Saloon's presence in Lawrence was a welcome addition to the local music scene.
"I think it will fill a niche in the music scene here," Mosiman said. "It will help develop local
and regional acts so we can have better shows at the Bottleneck.
Carroll said that there was a great deal of work left to do at the bar before he would consider it complete.
He said that he would be adding local art to the bare walls of the bar to create a more comfortable feeling.
"Our goal is to keep improving the aesthetics of the place," Carroll said. "It's a continuing work in progress."
Improvements have already been made on the sound system and stage, Carroll said, but he plans to continue until he feels that the work is done.
"We've made some good progress, but we've still got a long way to go," Carroll said.
Edited by Nikki Nugent
Dying languages could kill cultures
By Joshua Kendall
jkendall@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Languages are disappearing at a shocking rate and with their exodus, cultures face the same extinction, said Akira Yamamoto, professor of anthropology and linguistics.
The Asian language Monguor related to Mongolian, may soon disappear completely.
extinct by the end of the century.
The most alarming estimate by his colleague Michael Krauss at the University of Alaska says that out of 6,818 languages, 90 percent will be
"We as linguists are not trying to save the languages, we are not missionaries. We are trying to work with these communities to reciprocally educate and enrich our knowledge and skill," Yamamoto said.
Linguists like Arienne Dwyer, professor of anthropology, fear that the death of languages limits the range and understanding of how humans express themselves.
Within a language is all of the culture passed down from generations that make languages the storehouses of cultural knowledge, Dwver said.
"The plants, animals and tools associated with the culture's human survival are inevitably recorded as part of the language system," Yamamoto said.
A culture's values, religion and world view shine through the words and structure of a language. Dwyer gave the example how important accuracy of information is in Monguor, which she studies and teaches as a fieldwork in linguistics class. When the language is gone, the cultural information is either lost forever or has to be pieced together through archeological remnants, Yamamoto said.
Yamamoto has followed the epidemic of dying languages during the past 30 years and has helped to pioneer academic movement that brought attention to endangered languages. As English spreads like wildfire, the cultures of dying languages cannot be near-sighted, Yamamoto said.
"A language shift is taking place very, very rapidly, and these cultures particularly need to look for the future generations," Yamamoto said.
Edited by Louise Stauffer
Scottish Rant
Bonnie Rideout Scottish Trio & The City of Washington Pipe Band
Friday, April 2-7:30 p.m.
Gaelic melodies, bagpipe marches and dance tunes... unforgottable program!
Albert Bergeret with New York Gilbert &' Sullivan Players in The Pirates of Penzance Thursday, April 8-7:30 p.m.
A fully staged production at its swashbuckling best. Featuring the classic song: I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General.
"...as funny as it was energetic and melodious...
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