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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2006
The Emily Taylor & Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture
HELEN THOMAS
Former White House Bureau Chief and author of Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House (2002)
"Covering the White House from Kennedy to Bush"
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
7:30 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium,
Kansas Union
For more information contact the Hall Center at 785-864-4798,
hallcenter@ku.edu
www.hallcenter.ku.edu
Event is free and open to the public.
ENTERTAINMENT
Wu-Tang member to perform at Granada
BY DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The saga of the Wu-Tang Clan will continue in Lawrence when one of the group members, Ghostface Killah, headlines a hip-hop concert at 8 tonight at
The Granada. Rapper M-1, of the group Dead Prez, will join him tonight.
The concert will mark the first hip-hop performance at The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., since the shooting incident that took place outside the nightclub on Feb. 5.
cident. Rashawn T. Anderson was arrested in Topeka and charged with Williams' murder.
After an Upset Records artist's concert, a group of about two dozen people assembled outside The Granada and an argument broke out among six people. Robert E.
Williams, a 46-year-old Topeka resident, was killed in the incident and 22-year-old Pierre Burnette of Kansas City, Kan., was also injured during the in-
The incident also evoked stereotypes about hip-hop culture's violent reputation. Mike Logan, owner of the Granada, said tonight's show would have "adequate" security, but he did
The concert will mark the first hip hop performance at The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., since the shooting incident that took place outside the nightclub on Feb.5.
not indicate whether he would increase the number of security guards at the event nor did he elaborate whether any new security measures would be taken to prevent any other acts of violence.
Logan said the music had much more to offer and this concert was for people who were to witness the power of the spoken word.
"Ghostface and M-1 are very conscious political voices that use hip-hop to send a positive message and
provide listeners to think," Logan said.
Despite the bad publicity The Granada received from the shooting incident, management
never wavered from bringing in more hip-hop talent from across the country.
"Hip-Hop music is in every bar, car, dorm room and top 40 radio. The genre has had the top 10 spots on the Billboard Charts," Logan said. "I never thought of canceling this show."
The New York-based Wutang Clan came to prominence in the early 1990s and has developed a loyal fan base throughout the world, including Colby Wallis, Overland Park junior, who plans to attend the show.
"I'm a huge Wu-Tang fan," Wallis said. "I know Ghostface has a new album out and I just wanted to check out the show. I'm not worried about anything happening down there."
Although the group has not released an album in five years, many of the members have released solo CDs.
Ghostface has released five critically acclaimed CDs and is currently on tour promoting his new CD, "Fishscale," which is scheduled to be released on March 28.
— Edited by Janiece Gatson
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