lifestyles
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
At Top: Shelly Huebner, Lawrence freshman, laughs at her picture on her new KUID. Huebner was on campus all day and was happy the last thing she had to do was pick up her new I.D.
At Right: All the new students gather in the Kansas Union Ballroom for a luncheon.
Who's that on campus?
Shelly Huebner, Lawrence freshman, takes a piece of candy from Pooneh Rajaei, iron sophomore, after asking her a question.
Orientation gives glimpse of what KU life will be like
By Ryan Vise Kansan staff writer
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
The Kansas heat beats down with relentless force. All around, parents and students gather in the Union with Jayhawk Book Store bags and sore feet. It's summertime at the University of Kansas, and thousands of potential Jayhawks are getting their first real glimpse at life on the KU campus.
Orientation is the first chance for students and parents to experience
the intricacies of life at a big university. Each summer thousands of students gather from around the nation to take their first steps as Jawhaws.
During orientation, students go through various interest sessions and peer meetings. Orientation staff members, who are KU students, help the process run smoothly.
"I've noticed more out-of-state people than in-state" said Ryan Colburn, orientation assistant. "They seem to be very energetic and very excited. I think it's going to be a good freshman class."
This summer there are 17 orientation sessions planned. The seventh session, and the first of two two-day sessions, were last weekend.
"The two-day program brings a lot of out-of-state students," said Lori Reesor, acting director of New Student Orientation. "Overall we have had a very positive response. It is very well organized, and everyone relates well."
Orientation will continue through the summer and into the fall. The next two-day session is scheduled for July 7 and 8.
"Enrollment is going very smoothly. We haven't had any problems at all," Reesor said.
Orientation is a KU tradition. Originally, orientation was called "preview," but the Office of New Student Orientation became a separate office
in 1988. Since then the office has been running summer orientation
Students gather in the Union after a day of events and registration. Information booths are set up and students and parents have a chance to see what KU has to offer. After walking around campus in the heat, most students seem exhausted.
"It's a big campus. It's pretty and very spread out," Ann Eakins, incoming freshman from Nebraska, said. "I'm just glad this is done."
Despite his exhaustion, Jeff Evans,
of El Dorado, is following a long line
of family history at KU.
"My brother and my sister both went here before me, and they would have me come up, so I got to know the campus real well.
"And I like the atmosphere," Evans said.
The Poster Children, Bad Brains on the RECORD
By Robert Moczdylowsky
Kansan staff writer
Midway through their trip, they got a flat tire.
Last Thursday the Poster Children had to drive five hours to Lawrence in a cramped van.
Midway through their trip, they got a hat tie.
When they arrived at 8:30 p.m. for their 6 o'clock sound check, bass player Rose Marshack was catching a cold and losing her voice.
I cornered Rose, Rick, Jim and Howie and asked if we still could have our scheduled chat.
"No problem," they said. But only if they could talk and eat at the same time.
Here's our conversation, held over vegetarian pasta and sandwiches.
Q: A flat tire, a five-hour drive, and Rose's cold. Is this a typical day on the road?
Rick: Yeah. Actually, the flat tire thing didn't really bother us. In fact, we met this truck driver who was quite amusing. Rose and Howie picked him up at a truck stop 'cause he bet them five bucks that he could take the lug nuts off the tire with his bare hands.
Q: Does this sap away your drive to do a good show?
Rose: My cold isn't too bad, but I'll probably make the whole band sick.
Rose: No, no. It won't affect that. Actually I'll play harder to try to make up for it.
**Howie:** Definitely. As far as sheer numbers of people, that'll be our biggest gig ever. Of course, the trick is to get all those people to listen to you.
Q: Are you looking forward to your dates on the Lollalalaqa tour?
Jim: I really want to see Sonic Youth and Pavement.
Rose: Yeah, somebody told me that Pavement asked for us to be added to the second stage. But
Q: Let's talk about Champaign for a second. Are you guys upset that Hum is getting all of the attention for a scene that you created?
get me excited. What I really want to do is start a fight between Courtney Love and Sinead O'Connor.
Rick: I wouldn't say that we created it. There are a lot of really good bands in Champaign.
Rose: We started 12-inch Records
so that we could put out a Hum record that nobody else would. It's something that I put a lot of time and money into, so naturally I'm happy to see them get rewarded.
Rick: Yeah, we put out records on 12-inch that we thought were deserving. It'd be crazy to say that we're disappointed that they're doing so well now.
Q: OK, but don't you think the Poster Children deserve some airtime too?
Rose: Yeah. That's great when we're making an album, we have total control. But it sucks too 'cause we have to do all of our own promotion. That's why I do all of the on-line stuff. If people want to check us out, talk to us, or find out where we are, they can just e-mail us.
Rose: Oh yeah, for sure. Actually, next week we're going to Boston to film our second video from this album. It's for "He's My Star."
Rick: We get some airplay for "Junior Citizen," and a little for "He's My Star." It's just that our company, Reprise, is pretty hands-off when it comes to us.
Reaching out to 'The Kids'
On the record, the Poster Children's show was excellent. It might have been an off night for them, but I guarantee nobody in Lawrence noticed.
At the music store on Monday, I got frustratez sorting through stacks of albums by angry white guys with loud guitars. Same half-assed screech, different cover art.
The good, the bad and the ugly
Find the Poster Kids on the World Wide Web at http://www.prarienet.org/posterkids.
Or e-mail them at posterkids@prarienet.org.
The worst of these releases is the sophomore
Mountain Ugly Kid Joe entangles Menace to Sobriety (Mercury). Not even producer extraordinaire GGArth, who produced Rage Against the Machine and Surgery, could save this one. The bottom line? Ugly Kid Joe — coming to a state fair near you.
Ironically, when a lot of these hardcore bands are asked about their influences, one name almost always dropped is Bad Brains. Bad Brains have been around for 15 years, and
in that time they've made some of the most unique and honest music around.
Originally, Bad Brains was bassist Darryl Jenifer, guitarist Dr. Know, drummer Earl Hudson, and vocalist H.R., a talented performer revered for his stage antics.
In the early 1990s HR left the group, opting to
work on his own. The rest of the band hung together and put out Rise, an album that managed to turn a few main-stream listeners on to the group's trademark hard-core/reggae blend. It was a decent platter, but it definitely missed HR's voice.
1995 has found Bad Brains reunited with HR on a new record label. Their latest disc is entitled God of Love.
Silverchair
released on Maverick Records and produced by exCars front man Ric Ocasek. The disc has the same rowdy, head-noddin' music you'd expect from the Brains, but for the first time the reggae cuts outnumber the hard-core.
That's not to say that the album isn't good because it is. I just suspect that loyal Bad Brains fans will be a little disappointed.
One last thing. You can forget what you've heard about the latest modern rock hot spot. It ain't Champaign, ill., and it ain't Austin, Texas.
It's Australia
Leading the Aussie Invasion is 15-year-old, sugar-pop singer Ben Lee, but I'd rather not mention him or his "Pop Queen" single. You'll get plenty of him on the radio.
The band I want to talk about is the guitar-frenzied Silverchair. Sony Records brought their album, Frostgomp, to the United States, and I'm going to write the record company a thank you note.
This band uses just the bare minimum guitar-bass drums set-up, but the sound they create is large and thick. Add Daniel John's heavily accented Aussie voice to the mix, and what comes out is raw rock 'n' roll emotion akin to that of Soundgarden and early Alice in Chains. So what if it takes two or three listens to catch on to Johns' accent? Songs like "Tomorrow" and "Leave me out" make repeated listening an absolute pleasure.
Next week: Vitreous Humor (I haven't forgotten them; [promise]). Stay tuned.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SECTION R
JUNE 28.1995
Cultural Calendar
BOX OFFICE BILLBOARD
Top 10 movies For weekend of June 16-18:
Pocohontas (G)
1. 2,500 location $29.5 million
2 Batman Forever (PG-13)
2,839 locations
$29.2
million
2,830 locations
3 Congo (PG-13)
$8.1 million
___ $8.1 million
2,676 locations
4 Madison County (PG-13)
4 Madison County (PG-13)
$6.2 million
1,961 locations
Casper (PG)
$4.9 million
Braveheart (R)
$4 million
1.885 locations
Ne Hard...Vengeance (R)
Die Hard...Vengeance (R)
$3.9 million
1,934 locations
Crimson Tide (R)
$3.1 million
1,540 locations
Forest Paris (PG-13)
L $1.8 million
1,048 locations
1 You Were Sleeping (PG)
You Were Sleeping (PG)
$1.5 million
1,001 locations
Knight-Riddler Trilune