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Memorial Stadium is meant for 50,071 people, but on this particular spring day there were only two. The Minneapolis, Minn., couple, of Jeff Truitt, 2009 graduate, and Britney Busch, senior, scored the perfect day date at the football stadium, but they were far from the bleachers — they were on the 50-yard line.
"The gates were open," Busch says. "So we played football on the field." The couple worked up a sweat but the date didn't end there. "Then we ran through the sprinklers," Busch says.
Some of the best dates are spontaneous, but sometimes it's good to have a game plan. Whether it's your first date or your 50th, make your own romance right here in Lawrence.
DESSERT DATE
SAVE THE DATE
If cookie dough chunks, brownie bites and milk chocolate dipping sauce sound like the fixings for a delicious date, Ingredient is your after-dinner destination. The restaurant is divided into two sections and located to the right of the pizza and salad counter is the iBar lounge where wine, beer and fondue are served. Maroon walls splattered with artwork and dim light protruding from spiral glass chandeliers set the romantic scene.
"We have a nice mood over here," manager Brian Lindburg says. "And every Friday and Saturday night we have live music."Have your sweets with a music treat of jazz, or acoustic depending on the night.Fork over $5 then choose six, out of 14, dippers plus three sauces: dark, milk, white chocolate or caramel.Get cozy on the plush leather couches, or if the night is more sour than sweet, sit on separate cushions.
947 Massachusetts Street Saturday: 8am - 10pm
Racquetball may not seem romantic, but it's one of the fastest ways to get your heart racing on a date. Wichita junior John Flynn and girlfriend, Wichita senior Megan Burgardt, reserve a court early and let the games begin late. "I'm terrible at racquetball but he's trying to teach me," Burgardt says. "I mostly just duck." The indoor sport is basically tennis in a box, except the courts' walls, floor, and ceiling are legal playing surfaces and there isn't a net. Burgardt and Flynn haven't broken a bone, or the bank, yet. They flash their KU IDs and play for free at the Student Recreation Center. "We go on Thursdays when we need that energy release," Burgardt says
PLAY DATE
1740 Watkins Center Dr.
1740 Watkins Center Dr.
Saturday 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Call to reserve a court (785) 864-1369
SKIP DINNER AND A MOVIE AND DO DATE NIGHT RIGHT.
ENGAGEMENT DATE
Katie Abrahamson's hopes were high. 130 feet above ground to be exact. She stepped out of The Oread elevator onto the ninth floor terrace and was soon looking down on the campus she thought so highly of. Then, just as the 2008 graduate had hoped, her high school sweetheart was down on one knee.
Abrahamson and her fiancé may be the second couple to get engaged on top of The Oread, but they won't be the last. All Oread engagement packages include exclusive access to the ninth or tenth floor terraces. Starting at $100, the package covers a bottle of champagne and a tray of chocolate dipped strawberries. Add $100 extra and you'll be toasting your engagement over a three course meal. "I don't know of any other Lawrence rooftops you can get engaged on," says general manager Nancy Longhurst.
ASHLEY BARFOROUSH
It's definitely a deck with a view. Spot landmarks as close as the Campanile and see cities as far away as Kansas City. If you're not planning on popping the question anytime soon, turn game day into a game date. The observation terrace and Nest on Ninth bar will be open to the public on home football game days, no reservation required.
1200 Oread Ave. (785) 830-3948
PAINT DATE
Heat things up at Sunfire Ceramics. The cozy cottage on New Hampshire Street is packed with paintbrushes, stencils and dozens of pottery pieces to pick from. "It's a fun date and then you have something to take home with you," owner Cheryl Roth says.
Most of the pottery is $8 or less, plus a $4 paint fee which includes the final glaze and firing. Choose from two and a half foot-tall rabbits to ornaments as small as your fist. Plates, mugs, bowls, light switch covers and dozens of other designs are also available.
Paint slow or fast, then choose from 40 nontoxic glazes to finish. Hand over your creation to be fired and count on seeing your date in three to five days for pottery pick-up. Feel free to bring your own wine and snacks to enhance your painting skills.
1002 New Hampshire Street
Saturday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Don't want the date to end? It doesn't have to. The following places are open around the clock:
| MUNCHER'S BAKERY | SPECIALTIES:
Doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, danishes,
cheesecakes
925 Iowa Lawrence, KS 66044
925 Iowa Lawrence, KS 68044
| JAVA BREAK | SPECIALTIES. Coffee (hot,
iced or blended). Cereal Bar, Panini-style
sandwiches. 17 East 7th Street Lawrence, KS
68044 2703
www.thejavabreak.com
STEAR IN SHAKE OF LEGENDS
Shakes, sundaes, burgers, chili. 3111 Nieder Road Lawrence, KS 66047-1949 www.
STEAK 'N SHAKE: SPECIALTIES:
steaknshake.com
PERKINS RESTAURANT & BAKERY:
SPECIALTIES: Omelettes, biscuits, pies, patty melts. 1711 West 23rd Street Lawrence, KS
| IHOP | SPECIALTIES: pancakes, waffles, eggs.
French toast, 3102 Iowa Street Lawrence, KS
66046-5202 www.ihop.com
www.perkinsrestaurants.com
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The seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows premiered this morning at 12 a.m. at the Hollywood Theaters — South Wind 12 on Iowa Street. Many Potter fans showed their support by dressing up as their favorite wizard or witch.
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ADMINISTRATION
Regents assess University's proposals
BY ANGELIQUE
MCNAUGHTON
amcnaighton@kansan.com
The Kansas Board of Regents met Thursday in Topeka with higher education officials from state universities.
Much of the meeting was devoted to discussing issues pertaining to the University of Kansas and Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little addressed Regents on four separate occasions.
The following is a list of some of the issues and proposals that Regents reviewed and their effects on students and the University.
Approved:
T h e
University's
request
for
"If you can't track where a dollar comes from and where it goes, then you don't have a good system."
a Master of Arts and doctorate program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies was approved. Refer to Stephen Montemayor's article for more information regarding the program.
Diana Robertson, director of student housing, said she based her proposals off estimated increases for the following year.
two-person room raising the rate from $3,642 to $3,700.
This year's increase proposals are lower than they were last year because of the deactivation of student phone lines in student rooms from the summer. That saved the University about $500,000.
The University's increases were
Regents reviewed the Department of Student Housing's proposal for a 1.6 percent increase in housing fees. The increase in fees is not uncommon and occurs annually to offset the increases in the cost of living.
GARY SHERRER chairman, Board of Regents
A 1.6 percent increase translates to about $58 more for a traditional
Reviewed:
Regents received the University's report on the Jayhawk Generations Scholarship Program and
the lowest proposed from the state universities.
approved the request to make the pilot program permanent. For more information regarding the tuition and fee waiver program refer to Stephen Gray's article.
Approved:
Gray-Little and Provest Jeffrey Vitter updated Regents on the external audit recently ordered for the School of Business. The accounting firm BKD L.U.C performed the audit and stated in its report that of the $30 million raised since 2004 from course fees, 99.8 percent of the funds were spent appropriately.
Updated:
Although Regents acknowl
edged that many of the financial issues occurred before Gray-Little and Vitter, Regent Chairman Gary Sherrer and Regent Tim Emert were dissatisfied with, of all schools, a business school's mishandling of student funds.
The search is currently underway for a new dean for the school and the fourth candidate to visit campus was here this week.
"If you can't track where a dollar comes from and where it goes, then you don't have a good system," Sherrer said.
Vitter and Gray-Little said they now know funds weren't accounted for and that the student advisory board should not have been dissolved back in 2006. Both Gray-Little and Vitter said they are looking to move forward.
Sherrer said that kind of miscommunication sends a bad message to students.
of
New scholarship program approved
Gray-Little said she has been working with Jeff Severin, director for the Center for Sustainability, and student leaders to further develop strategies to reduce waste on campus and within the community.
— Edited by Alex Tretbar
This year, the University's website for energy-related issues was updated to highlight sustainable efforts in education, research, operations and campus life.
The University has more than 230 sustainability related-courses and various avenues are taken on campus to increase the University's efforts.
In January, the University will join Kansas State University in a sustainability competition that will last until June.
Students with family ties to KU can apply for tuition discounts now that the program is in place.
Along with other state universities, Gray-Little presented to Regents the University's annual sustainability report.
Reported:
Department adds doctoral program
The University now offers a Ph.D. in women, gender and sexuality studies.
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meant to help inform students
The website cost $3,500 to redesign and took 10 weeks. Michael Wade Smith commissioned the task force that put the website together. Senate hopes to allow students to more easily see what it is doing around campus.
Brian Bishop, senior discus thrower, is one of a long line of KU track and field athletes.
Also, a preview of the game Jayhawks take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Discus legacy is all in the family
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Sudoku...4A
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