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Congressman Dennis Moore came to Delta Chi fraternity on Monday night to give a speech. He talked about everything from America's current debt to the Iraqi war.
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Construction still dots the hill overlooking Memorial stadium and some wonder if it might impede this year's commencement ceremony in May. Officials said they expected much of the construction to be gone by graduation.
A different view of Commencement
BY LUKE MORRIS
Imorris@kansan.com
The walk down Campanile Hill for commencement will look quite different this year.
As graduates enter the stadium, they will see the new Anderson Family Football Complex on their left and the new football practice fields, complete with bright yellow field goal posts, on the right.
A chain-link fence currently blocks a portion of the traditional commencement walkway from the Campanile to Memorial Stadium.
The fence encloses the construction
site of the $31-million complex, which is scheduled to be completed in July.
Inside the fence, bare soil surrounds the cement walkway.
This is where crews dug up ground during construction.
Rachel Ulrich, Lousiburg senior, said she was disappointed with how the hill looked.
"It looks really bad," Ulrich said. "I especially don't like the mud. It's going to be hard to make it down the hill in heels if the mud gets onto the sidewalk."
According to associate athletics director Jim Marchiony, by the time of commencement the fence will be gone.
"The hill will be re-sodded by then,
and the sidewalks will be back in place, Marchiony said. He also said that the fence would be removed by commencement, allowing the graduates to take the traditional walk down the hill.
"It will look very good for graduation, and nothing should prevent it from being a good ceremony."
Allison Green, Manhattan senior, said she overheard a couple students who said they wouldn't walk down the hill for commencement because they didn't like how it looked. Green said that she would be there, and thought that the new complex would just require some time to get used to.
"The stadium is gray and silver, and the complex looks like sandstone," Green
said.
Green said that when the complex was in earlier stages of construction, it looked "awful," but she was glad that the area was looking better.
"As soon as they get the fence and the tractors out of the way, it should be fine," Green said.
In February 2007, Warren Corman, University architect, told The University Daily Kansan that the complex was designed to fit in with the rest of campus and not to be a distraction during activities like commencement and football tailgating.
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BUSINESS
Stores see increase in merchandise sales KU championship merchandise experiences spike since national title
Mark Jones, 2005 KU graduate, shops for a Mario Chalmers NCAA National Championship basketball jersey Monday at the KU Store inside Allen Fieldhouse. Jones said Chalmers had always been his favorite player, regardless of his infamous shot, taking the Jayhawks into overtime in the NCAA National Championship game.
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BY LUKE MORRIS
lmorris@kansan.com
lmorris@kansan.com
Since Mario Chalmers' performance in the Jayhawks' national championship victory, local stores have seen a boom in the sales of jerseys bearing his number.
While shirts commemorating the Jayhawks' national championship have been the hottest item in stores, No.15 jerseys have been hard
have been hard to keep on the racks at some stores.
"We don't have a Mario jersey left," said Brian Hoffman, owner of Sports Dome, 1000 Massachusetts St.
"We've had calls from people all over the country wanting one."
"We don't have a Mario jersey left."
Only players' numbers are printed on the jerseys, not their names. The NCAA considers the jersey number an interchangeable property of the university's. However, fans associate the number with the player who wears the jersey.
still going quickly.
Janet said the store had put all of their jerseys in stock on the racks, and they'were
BRIAN HOFFMAN
Sports Dome Owner
The jerseys were also selling quickly at Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road.
Hoffman said that he contacted Adidas to get some more No. 15 jerseys, but the company didn't have any left. But Adidas told him that they were in the process of printing a No.15 on some blank Kansas jerseys.
"We've almost sold out in almost every size," said Janet Muggy, wife of store owner Bill Muggy. "We also carry t-shirts with players' numbers on them, and I'm out of No. 15."
Hoffman said that No. 25 jerseys, worn by Brandon Rush, were also selling well. Along with No. 25, he said he still had some No. 00 and 4 jerseys, worn by Darrrell
Arthur and Sherron Collins.
"Ninety-five percent of what we've sold has
Although, at University Book Shop, 1116 W. 23rd St., jerseys weren't selling well, manager Brad Heins said.
been championship shirts” Heins said.
“We haven't sold a ton of Mario ierseus.”
Should Chalmers choose to stay at Kansas next year, Hoffman and Heins said they were pretty sure that his jersey would continue to be a popular item.
"If everything goes well, I think the Mario and Sherron jerseys will be very popular next year," Heins said.
Heins said it was too early to determine if hed keep more No.15 jerseys in stock than he did this year, next year, should Chalmers return.
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