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Friday, April 12, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Old books turned into new money
Students participate in collecting contest
By Amanda Traughber Kansan staff writer
Book collections focusing on Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip gang and the relationship between architecture, literature and the erotic were among the winners of a campus contest that tries to encourage book collecting among students.
Clark H. Massey, Plano, Texas, sophomore and Lianne S. Cantelmi, Lawrence graduate student, received first prizes yesterday in the 40th annual Snyder Book Collecting Contest.
The $400 prizes were awarded at a reception yesterday at Adams Alumni Center.
Two second prize winners,
Anthony Jacobs, Lawrence senior,
and Michael F. Foubert, Olathe
graduate student, won $200.
Kirk Wolf, Lawrence graduate student, received an honorable mention.
Wolf said he began buying Charles Schulz's *Peanuts* books because he had enjoyed reading the comic strip when he was a child.
After buying several *Peanuts* books, he realized that he had the beginnings of a collection that now includes 63 books. He entered 47 of them in the contest under the title A Collection of Charles M. Schulz's 'Peanuts.'
Winning collections weren't chosen based on their rarity or expense, said Mary Hawkins, librarian and member of the contest's planning committee. Instead, judges looked for collections that had a well-described purpose and evidence that the collector was meeting that purpose.
Snyder Book Contest Winners
Undergraduate division
Intergraduate Division
First place: Clark H. Massey
Extremist Politics: Left, Right and
Amibdextros
Second place: Anthony Jacobs
Built Form as a Body of Text: Literature, Eros, Architecture
Graduate dissertation
First place: Lianne S. Cantelmi
The Book Jackets and Book Covers of
Alvin Lustig
Second place: Michael F. Foubert Gay and Lesbian Life in Print Honorable mention: Kirk Wolf A Collection of Charles M. Schulz's 'Peanuts'
Contestants submitted a bibliography and essay describing their collection's purpose, which can focus on just about anything — specific authors, time periods, illustrations or a student's particular field of study.
University of Kansas Libraries organized the contest, which is sponsored by the Mt. Oread Bookshop and Elizabeth Snvder.
Snyder, though never a KU student, is a member of the University of Kansas Alumni Association and has built collections of books by and about authors such as A.A. Milne, "Winnie-the-Pooh" creator, and H.L. Mencken, a journalist and essayist.
Jacobs said the idea behind his entry was to explore the relationship between literature, architectural space and a sense of the erotic.
"Everybody has collections of some sort in the massive books that they own," Jacobs said. "If they just look at it hard enough and think about it hard enough, they can find one."
CORRECTION
An article on Page 1A of yesterday's Kansan about the arrest of seven students contained incorrect information. The students were members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
ON CAMPUS
Chancellor Robert Hemenway will answer questions at noon today about KU issues in the Legislature at the auditorium in Dyche Hall. Call Jon Josserand at 864-4186 for more information.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center is celebrating Mass at 12:30 p.m.today at Danforth Chapel. Call the center at 843-0357 for more information.
Recovery Medicine Wheel Support Group is having a meeting at 3:30 p.m. today at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call Samantha at 842-4797 for more information.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center is celebrating Mass at 4:30 p.m. today at the center, 1631 Crescent Road. Call the center at 843-0357 for more information.
Golden Key National Honor Society and Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Society are sponsoring a Boys and Girls Club "Spring Fling" picnic at noon tomorrow at 1520 Haskell Ave. Call Gwen at 865-5184 for more information.
Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice and the Oread Friends Meeting are sponsoring a workshop titled Keeping the Peace: How to Resolve Conflicts at Home, School, Work, and in the Community at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at Centenary Methodist Church, Fourth and Elm streets. A $5 contribution is requested. Call 843-3277 for more information.
The Museum of Anthropology is having an open house at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Spooner Hall. There will be a behind-the-scenes program with the staff, a flinkknapping demonstration, and a special exhibit tours of A Diverse Past: Archaeology in North-Central Kansas.
Competition sets stage
Students participate in weekend 'play' off
By Jason Strait Kansan staff writer
English Alternative Theatre will conclude its spring season with a traditionally athletic ending — A Final Four. The only twist is that the audience will pick the victor.
Mascara, by Catherine Jackson,
Overland Park senior, and Tips,
by Michelle Dowdy, Topea senior, will be performed tomorrow.
Space Babies, by Jennifer Rocha, Homewood, IL., senior, and My Science Fiction Twin, by Jim Cummings, Overland Park junior, will be performed Sunday.
EAT will present its "Final Four" with four staged readings of plays written by KU students. Paul Lim, associate professor of English and founder of EAT, said that the plays selected for the competition were from his fall beginning playwrighting class.
The two winning plays will be
paired for a final showdown performance on Monday. After the plays are performed, audience members will be handed feedback sheets so a winner can be determined.
Lim said this was the fifth year for the event and that a small monetary prize would be awarded to the winning playwright.
This is one of the first opportunities the playwrights have had to stage their work.
"It will be a small award, nothing to write home about," Lim said.
"I think all the actors are very good, but I'm worried the audience won't like it," Jackson said.
Mascara is about a pair of sisters with the younger on a journey of self discovery. Tips, deals with the life of a bartender and her realization that her efforts to make a better life for her daughter are futile.
Space Babies and My Science Fiction Twin are both about young people in contemporary romantic relationships that any student might go through, Lim said.
All performances are at 8 p.m. in 100 Smith Hall and are free.
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ON THE RECORD
A dark blue Mongoose 21-speed mountain bike and lock were stolen from a KU student between 1 and 2:15 p.m. Monday from the Spencer Museum of Art bike rack. The bike and lock were valued at $1,100, KU police reported.
A class ring was stolen from a KU student between 11 and 11:20 a.m. in Summerfield Hall on the fifth floor. The ring was valued at $250, KU police reported.
A book was stolen at 12:25 p.m. in Watson Library. The book was valued at $15.95, KU police reported.
A Magna mountain bike and lock were stolen from a KU student between 6:15 and 11 p.m. from the Learned Hall bike rack. The bike and lock were valued at $105, KU police reported.
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