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FACES: Priorities switched after towers fell
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Weeks and months passed and nothing returned to normal in New York City, Castle said. He was used to growing up on what he called a "zoo" with his stepfather's exotic pheasants, zebra and yak running wild on the farm. But no zoo could prepare him for the military helicopters, soldiers in the subway and constant anthrax scares
"It was like living in constant fear for months," he said. "It made me want to be back where it felt safer."
family again. He also couldn't get used to the city without the towers.
"It was the New York that I knew," he said of life before Sept. 11. "It was a shock to go somewhere that I was used to seeing them and just see blue skv."
Castle wanted to be near his
Four years after leaving Kansas, Castle parted with a New York skyline that had become too hauntingly unfamiliar and came home.
Simonsson said her son was able to put the experience behind him when he came back to Kansas.
"He also got to see the part where New York City pulled
together and helped each other out, so that helped" she said.
out so that helped to Kansas in February of 2002, and enrolled at the University of Kansas soon after. Now he is finishing up his pre-pharmacy coursework, finding more stability in the sciences than he had in acting.
Castle said being in New York City during Sept. 11 changed his priorities.
"It made you see people you thought you knew in a different light," he said. "It made me not take my friends for granted."
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WAKARUSA: Students interested in music festival
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Frisbee golf, fishing, shower trailers and a colony of vendors are already confirmed for the event.
Mosiman said that the festival would focus on fan comfort and would be a grassroots-type of event.
"It's not like we're militantly anticorporate by any means," Mosiman said. "We're talking about the culture of big music today. We're keeping prices reasonable because we respect music."
The idea behind the festival has been in the back of Mosiman's mind for a few years. He said the success of Bonnaroo, a
similar music festival in Manchester Farm, Tenn., inspired him to start a festival.
"There needs to be more stuff like it," said Stephen Kroeker, Overland Park freshman, "It's an awesome idea."
Students at the University of Kansas have mixed views of the festival.
Meghan Lurtz, Olathe sophomore, said that the festival would be a boost to the economy, but that the amount of visitors would cause some problems.
Some students, such as Jeff
"You know how it gets when there's basketball games," Lurtz said. "That'll be really irritating."
Allmon, see the pros and cons of a major music festival in Lawrence.
Though the Wichita graduate student said Lawrence should avoid a hippy invasion, he said concerts offered something other events did not.
"I think it's a lot of fun when you bring people together from different genres," he said. "Music unites us."
Allmon had some stipulations for buying a ticket to the show.
"Put The Darkness on the bill and I'm there," Allmon said, referring to the British rock band.
Edited by Henry C. Jackson