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"The one component we were missing, though, was heavy student involvement," said Jeremy C. Viscomi, program officer for the KU Energy Council.
Loving and Larkin said the idea for this club stemmed from a visit to MIT. At MIT, there is an energy club that is made up of more than 700 members who are all connected to current developments in energy reform through the group.
Loving said the KU Energy Club was unique compared to the other two energy clubs on campus, Environs and Emerging Green Builders, even though some of their goals run along the same lines.
He believes this group shouldn't only appeal to engineering students. Because developing these new reforms in energy demands input from economists for financial data, or attorneys for state reform, the group should appeal to all students.
appears to all students: Viscomi, who is working with Loving and Larkin to build the KU Energy Club, said that energy affects just about every facet of life. "I think that's the thing that sets us apart," said Viscomi.
Mike Streich, a senior from Chicago, agrees that these discussions could benefit any student at the University.
"That's where a lot of the new ideas come from. Thinking out loud with some of the new topics going around you can think of new ways of implementing them into building ways to conserve energy," Streich said.
This club is one of the multiple recent developments dealing with the green movement and sustainable energy. The School of Engineering received a $12 million grant to build a "green technologies" research center, as well as a new research grant for researching the storage of power from renewable power sources.
The KU Energy Club is hosting an event after the Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair on September 15 where group members will have the opportunity to meet employers in the energy field in a relaxed environment. The event will begin at 5 p.m.
More information on the KU Energy club can be found at www.kuenergycouncil.ku.edu.
— Edited by Lisa Curran
Walking tour commemorates raid
HISTORY
BY KELLY MORGAN kmorgan@kansan.com
Walking along Massachusetts Street, the Rev. Richard Cordley of Plymouth Congregational Church stopped to look at the carnage in front of him. All but two of the buildings on the street had been burned to the ground and the once-empty sidewalks were now lined with the dead bodies of the men who had been slain during the attack carried out by Missouri bushwhackers. Quantrill's Raid occurred on August 21, 1863 and forever changed the face of Lawrence.
This illustration shows the destruction directly after William Quantrill's 1863 raid on Lawrence. The Watkins Community Museum will host a tour Saturday sharing stories from the raid.
"It was one of the largest massacres of civilians during the Civil War," said Jonathan Earle, associate professor of history. "It was a truly bad, truly evil event."
This Saturday, historians at the Watkins Community Museum will host a walking tour to commemorate the 147th anniversary of the massacre. Participants will be led to downtown locations where they will learn why proslavery Missourians invaded the free state of Kansas and will share the stories of the victims.
"Lawrence and KU are known for two things," said Katie Armitage, author of the recently released book "Lawrence: Survivors of Quantrill's Raid." "All historians know about Quantrill's Raid and everybody knows about the Kansas Jayhawk basketball team. And those are the two most famous symbols of Lawrence and of KU."
Indeed, the atrocities committed by William Quantrill and his men are hard to forget.
"Just imagine, temperatures in the high 90s, most of the town burnt, some 150 men and boys killed, lying in the hot sun and in the burning buildings," said John Jewell, administrative assistant for the Watkins Community Museum. "You can get an image in your mind of what it would've been like with no refrigeration and virtually no nails even to
build coffins. It was a devastating time."
This devastation only fueled Kansans' anger toward Missouri. While in present times citizens of the two states have ceased massacring one another, the negative feelings live on in the form of the KU/MU rivalry.
Another remnant of this time period is the Lawrence city seal of a phoenix.
"It was just a few years ago that the University was told that they had to stop calling the KU football game with Missouri the Border War," Jewell said. "It still goes back to what happened during this time period when both sides were raiding across the Kansas-Missouri border."
"If students see our city vehicles always going around town, they will notice the phoenix rising from the ashes," Armitage said. "It's an ancient symbol adopted early on by Lawrence because it arose from the ashes in 1863 and it is the symbol of rebirth."
Students interested in attending the tour are encouraged to RSVP at 785-841-4109. There will be two tours, one at 8 a.m. and the other at 9 a.m., that will meet at the Watkins Community Museum located at the corner of 11th and Massachusetts streets. Volunteers suggest a contribution of $10 for anyone participating in the tour.
Edited by Joel Petterson
LIVESTOCK line Massachusetts Street before the attack. Only two buildings were left standing.
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