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Wednesday, June 5, 1996
KULIFE
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Lawrence nightlife thrives despite fewer KU students
Students find various ways to spend their summer evenings
By Gwen Olson
Kansan staff writer
Although some students at the University of Kansas leave for the summer, many opt to spend these lazy days in Lawrence.
With fewer students in town, one might assume that the nightlife in Lawrence would be less exciting.
The question of what to do on any given night still remains, but just because it's summer doesn't mean the choices are limited.
Marty McGarrigle, a cashier at Myers Retail Liquor, 902 W. 23rd St., said party life seems to slow down a little during the summer.
McGarrigle said Myers probably sells about half the number of kegs each weekend during the
summer than it does during the weekends of the school year.
Although sales are lower, many students say that parties are far from gone during the summer months.
"It's slowed down some, but there definitely still are parties," said Megan Hanna, Lawrence sophomore. "The police are also more lax during the summer."
Hanna works at the Java Break, 17 E. 7th St., a 24-hour coffee shop that provides some of the word-of-mouth advertisement of parties.
Frank Wiles, Ottawa freshman,
said he often heard of parties
while hanging out at the Java
Break.
"You hear about a lot of parties here," he said. "People say they're going, and you get the address from them."
Susan Yager, Kansas City, Kan. senior, said that the party scene is still alive in Lawrence; the parties are just a little smaller.
"You kind of see the same people out most of the time," she said. "It's more relaxed and there are less freshmen around."
Yager said advertisement of parties relies more on word-ofmouth during the summer.
Aside from parties, there are many other places where students can experience the night life in Lawrence.
Although a few bars close during the summer, most are still open and stay busy with those looking for entertainment. The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, and the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., still hold a number of shows during the summer. Calendars for these events can be picked up at either place.
Coffee shops, like the Java Break, which is always open, and La Prima Tazza, which is open until midnight each Friday and Saturday and until 11 p.m. every Sunday through Thursday, also provide something for students to do on boring evenings.
Showcasing newfound talent
Brian Flink/KANSAN
Julie Filmore, 12, returns the ball during one of her group's tennis drills at the KU tennis camp. Fillmore is one of many returning students to this week's summer camp.
Project Choice student graduates from KU
Kauffman project leads to student's success
By Dan Gelston Kansan staff writer
One KU graduate had more than her family and friends to thank on graduation day.
She thanked one of the most famous people in Kansas as well.
When Laura Cea graduated this year, she became the first KU student to graduate as a result of Project Choice, a program that provided financing for her education.
Project Choice, designed to encourage urban high school students to stay in school and graduate, was started by the late Ewing Kauffman.
Kauffman founded the Kansas City, Mo.-based pharmaceutical company Marion Laboratories and was owner of the Kansas City Royals.
"I wouldn't be here without Mr. K," Cea said. "He gave more than just money to come to school. He gave money back to the community. I wish he could be here to see me graduate."
Cea graduated with a bachelor's degree in human biology and is preparing to enter the KU
School of Medicine.
More than 1,000 students initially joined Project Choice. Four classes at Westport High School in Kansas City, Mo., and other selected students at Kansas City, Kan., high schools were picked for the program.
Nearly 500 students are still involved in the program.
"The students were selected merely by being enrolled at Westport during their eighth grade year," said Lynn Leonard, program director for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the foundation that provides the financial assistance to the Project Choice students. "There are
other programs like this across the country but we're unique in the number of students we have."
Cea said her parents were skeptical when she told them about Kauffman's Project Choice program.
Students had to sign a four-year agreement, pledging to graduate on time with their class, avoid drug use, avoid parenthood and maintain good citizenship.
Cea is not the only member of her family to benefit from Project Choice.
She also has a younger brother in the program.
Last weekend's top video rentals
1. Seven, New Line
2. Waiting to Exhale, Fox
3. The Money Train, Columbia TriStar
4. Braveheart, Paramount
6. ToDieFor, Columbia TriStar
7. Jumanji, Columbia TriStar
5. The Bridges of Madison County, Warner
8. The American President,
Columbia TriStar
9. Dead Presidents, Hollywood
10. How to Make an American Quilt, MCA-Universal
11. Powder, Hollywood
12. Now and Then, New Line
13. The Usual Suspects, Poly-
Gram
14. White Man's Burden, HBO
15. Babe, MCA-Universal
16. Devil in a Blue Dress,
Columbia TriStar
17. Tom and Huck, Disney
18. Strange Days, Fox
19. Copycat, Warner
20. Assassins, Warner
Copyright 1996, Billboard Publications Inc.
Compiled from the Associated Press
Lighting Up Kansas with the Power of the Arts The University of Kansas School of Fine Arts 1996-97 Lied Center Series Season All Tickets on Sale Now
CONCERT SERIES
THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY
with ANDRÉ PREVIN
October 6, 1996; 7:00 pm
QUEENSLAND BALLET
WITH THE KANSAS CITY
SYMPHONY IN **PIRATES**
October 25, 1998; 6:00 pm
DAWN UPSHAW, Soprano and RICHARD GOODE, Piano February 25, 1997, 8:00 pm
RUSSIAN VILLAGE FESTIVAL April 9,1997,8:00 pm
NEW YORK CITY OPERA
NATIONAL COMPANY
in LA BOHME
March 7 & 8, 1997, 8:00 pm
NEW DIRECTIONS SERIES
SANKAI JUKU
in Yuragi In a Space of
Persepal Motion
October 22, 1996, 8:00 pm
NATIONAL SONG & DANCE
ENSEMBLE OF TIBET
November 2, 1996; 8:00 pm
MERCE CUNNINGHAM
DANCE COMPANY
January 28, 1997, 8:00 pm
STREEB/RINGSIDE
In POPACTION
March 18, 1997, 8:00 pm
STUMP February 21-22, 1997, 8:00 pm February 23, 1997, 7:00 pm
STOMP
SOUND OF MUSIC March 2,1997,2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
November 10, 1996, 3:30 pm
SWARTHOUT CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES LIED FAMILY SERIES
BLAIR STRING QUARTET
with BELA FLECK, Bonjo
April 20, 1997, 3:30 pm
THE WHO'S TOMMY
November 15 & 16, 1996,
8:00 pm each evening
BEAUX ARTS TRIO October 1, 1996, 8:00 pm
BROADWAY SERIES
NEW EUROPEAN STRINGS
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
February 16, 1997, 3:30 pm
CAROUSEL
February 7, 1997; 8:00 pm
February 8, 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm
February 9, 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
CAROUSEL
YING QUARTET
April 6,1997,3:00 pm
SEATLE MIME THEATRE
September 19, 1996; 8:00 pm
Adult Performance
September 22, 1996; 2:00 pm
Children's Performance
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY ON ICE
featuring ST. PETERSBURG
STATE ICE BALLET
December 14 & 15, 1996
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm each day
THEÀTRE SANS FILM
in THE CROWN OF DESTINY
April 13, 1997, 2:00 pm
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