2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15.2006
NEWS
Put your heads together
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St. Louis senior Megan Graf arranges her sculpture on the lawn behind the Art and Design building. Assistant professor Matt Burke's sculpture class created cardboard hearts. "We had to build an armature of a human head from the inside out to understand the structure of things," Graf said.
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Fact of the day
1960s soul singer Otis Redding's most famous song, "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" did not become popular until after Redding's death. Bonus fact: The song was recorded only three days before the plane crash that ended his life. The song became famous the next year, becoming his first #1 single.
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"Being head of state is an extremely thankless job."
—Bokassa (1921-1996), former emperor of the Central African Republic, while on trial for infanticide, cannibalism and torture
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Charity remembers student
MEMORIAI
BY MIKE MOSTAFFA
mmostaffa@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The ceremonial ribbon is cut for the new Ronald McDonald House on Cherry Street in Kansas City, Mo.
The Kansas City Ronald McDonald House Charities paid tribute to former volunteer and resident Nicole Bingham Tuesday morning. The organization honored the former KU student who died in October in the Boardwalk Apartments fire by dedicating one its rooms in her memory.
Bingham's friends and family members gathered at the opening ceremonies of the newest Ronald McDonald House at 25th and Cherry Streets, near Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
Nicole's mother, Nancy Bingham, said her daughter cherished the volunteer work she did for the charity with her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi, 1600 Oxford Road.
Nicole began volunteering in part because she wanted to make the guests' experiences as enjoyable as her own. In the summer of 1999, she and her mother had a brief stay in a Ronald McDonald House after Nicole's heart surgery.
"The people at the Ronald McDonald House were always there for us," Bingham said.
The new house is already accommodating its first guests. Jeff and Chris De Voss, both KU graduates, will be staying in a suite with their 7-year-old son, Nicholas, while he prepares for a bone marrow transplant.
Nicholas, who suffers from a genetic disorder called cerebral
adrenoleukodystrophy, began his first day of chemotherapy today in preparation for surgery. Jeff said he was doing well and they had been busy with puzzles and video games.
"It really provides a home away from home," Jeff said.
The new house is composed
The house provides a haven where families like the De Voss' can maintain comfortable routines during their stressful time, said Anne Jerome, executive of Kansas City Ronald McDonald
of 29 bedrooms and 12 longterm suites, more than doubling its earlier capacity.
House Charities. Families staying at the house are referred by doctors and social workers.
"Our mission is to reduce the burden of childhood illness on children and their families," Jerome said.
Edited by Lindsey St. Clair
ARTS
Choir to bring African beats to the Lied
BY DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
Still near the beginning of its exhaustive 44 city North America tour, the critically acclaimed Soweto Gospel Choir will make its first trip to Lawrence.
The South African-based choir will perform tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. The 26 member choir has performed all over the world in the last year and a half, including a concert in New York that was sold out for more than six months.
The group's first album, "Voices from Heaven," which was released last year, reached number one on the Billboard World Music chart in the United States. In January the choir released its second album, "Blessed."
The members dress in traditional African garb and mix their vocal performances with energetic dance numbers and conventional African musical instruments. They also perform songs in six of South Africa's eleven official languages.
The choir has performed for former South African President Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In November, the group performed with Diana Ross and Christina Aguilera to raise money for the fight against hunger.
The group also participates in other philanthropic efforts
across the world. For instance, it helped raise over $200,000 to help Nkosi's Haven, a South African-based orphanage for AIDS infected mothers and children, to provide food, clothing and other basic necessities.
Kimberly Mouser, assistant director of the University of Missouri Concert Series, said the Soweto Gospel choir performed in Columbia Monday night and had attracted an animated audience.
"The concert was packed. They had the audience clapping, dancing and really into the performance," she said. "I thought it was absolutely wonderful."
The Lied Center has presented African gospel performers before, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Tim Van Leer, executive director of the Lied Center, said the Soweto Gospel choir offered an opportunity to keep bringing in rich music and play host to a diverse group of entertainers from Africa.
"I saw them at the University of Iowa, and they were outstanding. The way they blend their voices and how well the artists communicate with the audience," Van Leer said. "It was truly a joy to hear them sing."
Ticket prices range from $11.50 for students and children to $28 for the general public.
— Edited by Lindsey St. Clair
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