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Senior kicker Jacob Branstetter celebrates with strength coach John Williams after Kansas recovered an onside kick during the fourth quarter. Kansas scored five touchdowns in the fourth quarter and recorded its first Big 12 victory of the season. After losing the previous four games, the Jayhawks beat the Buffaloes 52-45. The game will air on local FOX television stations this Wednesday and Friday. See pages 4B and 5B for a rewind of the game.
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Kronos, the classic Greek god (Billy Clark, a junior from Topeka) and his assistant (Jieanne Klein, professor of the Children and Drama class) try and figure out what happened after he was kidnapped. The class hosts an environment in which the children can display their individuality through improvisation.
Local kids play,act at KU
The Douglas County AIDS Project uses funds raised from the art donated from students to help with its services.
BY NICOLAS ROESLER
nroesler@kansan.com
Dalton Gomez/KANSAN
There is conflict in LaLa Land, a small world created every Thursday in a classroom in Murphy Hall.
This may sound like a political science experiment or an economics lesson, but it's actually a drama lesson for Lawrence kids. Every semester for 27 years, professor Jeanne Klein has brought in middle school children to act and play with University of Kansas students in her class, Children and Drama, taught through the theater department.
The Floating Isle of Terror declared war on New York. Meanwhile, the country of Gumenheimer sat back and watched these two warring lands come to an agreement of boundaries and shared resources like a peaceful adviser.
with seven countries all vying for territory, sparkles and a bigger population. Each of the children have created their own character names and have aligned themselves with various countries
The Lawrence Public Schools do not offer drama classes to middle school children. That is why Klein began this free class for local kids when she arrived at the University.
LaLa Land was created by this semester's group of fourth through sixth graders. It's a world
holds art auction to raise funds
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"This really shows how we can teach socialization skills," said Rachel Enoch, a senior from Manhattan enrolled in Children
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like New York, Lands R' Us and Spartel.
and Drama.
Enoch, like many of the students enrolled in the class, is not a theater major. Professor Klein
SEE KIDS ON PAGE 3A
Graduate Jennifer Kongs ate only foods located within a 100-mile radius of lawwrence for one month last year for a class.
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With a confident offense, all players scored against Washburn.
Former student eats, lives localized
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