NEWS
2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2006
this week in KU HISTORY
feb.12-feb.18
© 2006 University of Kansas Memorial Corporation All rights reserved.
BY BEN SMITH
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
February 12, 1909
February 15, 1889
Cancellor Frank Strong organized a banquet and ceremony for state legislators to celebrate the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. The event capped a major lobbying campaign for increased state funding for the University of Kansas.
The Topeka Capital-Commonwealth reported the charges of Kansas Representative Daniel W. Poe of Butler County, who said the University was trying to "run the legislature and the state."
February 15, 1934
February 18. 1930
A KU committee began finding part-time jobs paying $10 to $20 per month for 350 Depression-era students. The project, known as the College Students Employment Project (CSEP) was one of the many federal relief projects indorsed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help the nation realize that there was "nothing to fear but fear itself."
February 17, 1962
Before he earned his degree in astronomy at the University of Kansas, Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old high school graduate from Burdett, discovered the planet Pluto from the Lowell Observatory in Arizona. Today Pluto remains the only planet in the solar system that has not been visited by a spacecraft.
The Board of Regents voted for funds to tear down and replace Fraser Hall. The Regents believed the building had "outlived its usefulness." The new Fraser Hall opened and was rededicated in 1967.
Want to know what people are talking about? Here's a list of the weekend's most
KANSAN.COM
e-mailed stories from Kansan.com:
3. Kansas defeats Stanford 8-2
1. Quin quits
2. No Child Left Behind endangers American children
3. Kansas defeats Stanford 8-2
Contributed photo
4. Official tanning salon of Women of KU calendar expands
5. Plans underway for Collison, Hinrich to face off at Allen Fieldhouse
Fact of the day
O. J. Simpson was considered for the lead role in the 1984 movie The Terminator. However, producers didn't think audiences would take him seriously. Arnold Schwarzenegger ended up getting the role, and the rest is, well, history.
Source: The Internet Movie Database
"Return to the state of the uncarved block."
— Lao Tsu, father of Taoism
MUSIC
Olathe band signed by label
"Quote of the Day"
Members of the band Roanoke, from left, Derek White, Andrew Addington, Olathe freshman, Caleb Goellner, Olathe junior, Paul Herman and Alex Ellis practice tracks from their upcoming album. Roanoke received a record deal from Iron Clad Records in December 2005. The album will be released in May.
BY DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The lost colony of Roanoke disappeared without a trace and to this day remains a mystery. The rock band with the same name, however, hopes to never fall prey to the same destiny.
Tucked away in a modest two-bedroom apartment, sitting on a couch, the band inhales the music seeping from an entertainment center and its five members contemplate if 2006 might be the year the band breaks through.
The band consists of guitarists Alex Ellis and Paul Herman, bass player Derek White and two University of Kansas students: drummer Andrew Addington, Olathe freshman, and lead vocalist Caleb Goellner, Olathe junior.
The band formed in August 2004 and band members instantly knew there was something special taking place when they performed together.
"After writing just three songs, I felt a click within the group," Ellis said. "We all had the potential, the hard work, and the drive to do something with music."
The band has come a long way from its days practicing in Olathe. After sending numerous demos to record labels and seriously talking with a handful of them, it was a label that first contacted Roanoke — instead of the other way around — where Roanoke now calls home.
They signed a deal with the independent label, Iron Clad Records, in December. The
The group describes its music as a combination of aggressive hardcore guitar riffs mixed with a dash of pop-orientated catchy hooks.
In spite of being signed to a label, the band has not performed many shows in the Lawrence area.
Addington said, "We would
"We always felt like we fit in the hard rock genre that exists in Lawrence, but we never get too much attention from shows out here." Goellner said.
After its recent success, the group pledges to remain loyal to its fans.
love to do shows in the Lawrence area, but K.C. always asks us to come and perform."
"We're going to continue to work our asses off, continue to build our fan base," Ellis said. "We haven't taken up. We're still setting stuff up and a lot of what has happened is because of the support of our fans out there."
The never-ending job of balancing school, work and music takes a toll on all the members
of the band. Although the band just signed to a record label, group members do not intend to quit school or work just yet.
"My first semester grades showed how difficult it can be to do both," Addington said. "It's like serving two masters, but you learn how to cope with it."
Goellner said, "I would have to think really hard about leaving school. My goal is to graduate and never officially have to use my degree."
Edited by Vanessa Pearl
ENTERTAINMENT
'Jaws' author and shark advocate dies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
By HILLEL ITALIE
NEW YORK — Peter Benchley, whose novel "jaws" terrorized millions of swimmers even as the author himself became an advocate for the conservation of sharks, has died at age 65, his widow said Sunday.
Wendy Benchley, married to the author for 41 years, said he died Saturday night at their home in Princeton, N.J. The cause of death, she said, was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and a fatal scarring of the lungs.
Thanks to Benchley's 1974 novel, and Steven Spielberg's
blockbuster movie of the same name, the simple act of ocean swimming became synonymous with fatal horror, of still water followed by ominous, pumping music, then teeth and blood and panic.
"Spielberg certainly made the most superb movie; Peter was very pleased," Wendy Benchley told The Associated Press.
"But Peter kept telling people the book was fiction, it was a novel, and that he no more took responsibility for the fear of sharks than Mario Puzo took responsibility for the Mafia."
Benchley, the grandson of humorist Robert Benchley and son of author Nathaniel Bench-
ley, was born in New York City in 1940. He attended the elite Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, then graduated from Harvard University in 1961. He worked at The Washington Post and Newsweek and spent two years as a speech writer for President Johnson, writing some "difficult" speeches about the Vietnam War.
The author's interest in sharks was lifelong, beginning with childhood visits to Nantucket Island in Massachusetts and heightening in the mid-1960s when he read about a fisherman catching a 4,550-pound great white shark off Long Island, the setting for his novel.
While Peter Benchley cowrote the screenplay for "Jaws," and authored several other novels, including "The Deep" and "The Island," Wendy Benchley said he was especially proud of his conservation work. He served on the national council of Environmental Defense, hosted numerous television wildlife programs, gave speeches around the world and wrote articles for National Geographic and other publications.
Besides his wife, Peter Benchley is survived by three children and five grandchildren. A small family service will take place next week in Princeton, Wendy Benchley said.
Tell us your news
Contact Jonathan Kealing,
Nate Kahne Gaby Bickel
Natalie Kahne Gaby Sokor
or Franktkandar at
864-4810 or
editor@kanan.com
Kansan newsworth
111 Stauffer-Flint Hall
145 Jayhawk Blvd.
Luwanee KAHNE 4855
(785) 864-4810
MEDIA PARTNERS
NEWS For more news, turn to KUJH-TV on Sunflower Cablevision Channel 31 in Lawrence. The student-produced news airs at 5:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. every Monday through Friday. Also, check out KUJH online at tvku.edu.
KJHK is the student voice in radio. Each day there are 60 sports, talk shows and other content made for students,
Whether it's rock n' roll or reggae, sports or special events, KJKR 90.7 is for you.
The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at the Kansan business office, 119 Stauffer Flint Hall, 1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045. The University Daily Kansan (ISSN 0746-4962) is published daily during the school year except Saturday, Sunday, fall break, spring break and exams. Weekly during the summer session excluding holidays. Periodical postage is paid in Lawrence, KS 66044. Annual subscriptions by mail are $120 plus tax. Student subscriptions of are paid through the student activity fee. Postmaster: Send address changes to The University Daily Kansan, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, 1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045
ET CETERA