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Call 843-3200 or come to 3211 Clinton Pkwy Court for an application! Reality craze moves to trading cards PeopleCards Product features 'average' people By Meghan Bainum Joyplay@kansan.com Joyplay writer "It's the only product that celebrates true reality." Forget trading cards with pictures of sports stars like Mark McGwire and Wayne Gretzky. PeopleCards, the newest rage in trading cards, feature, well, regular people. The first 120 cards, which features a full-color picture, were released in January. The cards also give information such as nicknames and favorites, as well as each person's motto for life. Brian Mullin, vice president of advertising for PeopleCards, said the trading cards were a way that normal people could get a small taste of reali- vice president of advertising for Brian Mullen PeopleCards ty-show infamy. But he said the cards were more true-to-life than any of the reality shows could ever hope to be. "I think you get this genuineness out of it, and it's appealing to people looking at the cards," Mullin said. "It's the only product that celebrates true reality." He said the first round of cards had been very successful, and that people seemed to like learning about real people. He said the cards also seemed to inspire conversation. "If you put 50 Ken Griffey Jr. cards on your living room table, and people come over, they'll mention something," Mullin said. "But if you have 50 PeopleCards and have a party, they will be the topic of conversation for 20 minutes." Mullin said students interested in owning PeopleCards or appearing on them could visit www.peoplecards.net, where they could submit responses or pictures of themselves. Though students like Kate O'Hara, Dodge City junior, seem interested and amused by the cards, few said they thought they had what it took to be featured on their own PeopleCard. "Many of them ... look like interesting fellows," O'Hara said. "But I don't have a motto!" But Mullen said it was regular people similar to O'Hara that made the cards interesting. "We encourage everybody to take a shot," he said. Edited by Jacob Roddy PeopleCards, trading cards featuring average people and their interests, were introduced in January. Spoken-word poet to visit Lawrence Lesbian feminist part of Pride Week By Katie Nelson jayplay@kansan.com Jayplay writer Alix Olson has embraced many labels: poet, lesbian and feminist. But they all come together in her mind. "Spoken-word poetry is innate to me as radical feminism, and in my career, they work side by side," Olson said. The New York City spoken-word poet is coming to Lawrence next week as a part of Pride Week, sponsored by the University of Kansas Queers and Allies. cal. Both have ar humor, and both fight passionately." "Both give voice to the silenced," Olson said. "Both are rooted in liberation, valuing the personal as politi- For her, poetry and feminism are intertwined. The 25-year-old was a member of the 1998 Nuyorican National Championship Poetry Slam Team and was the champion of the 1999 Out Write National Poetry Slam Olsen: will conduct a workshop and perform Wednesday Olson will con- duet poetry writing exercises and discuss performance technique at a workshop at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The event is free. She will also perform at 8:30 that night at the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St. Cover is $5 for ages 18 to 21 and $3 for ages 21 and up. Tara Wolfe, Lawrence senior and treasurer for Queens and Allies, said that Olson's appearance would enrich Pride Week because no one similar performed last year. Renee Horinek, Topea freshman, plans to attend both events. "Everyone from Q and A is really excited about it," she said. "It's a chance for us to see a queer woman display her opinions and past experiences." Olson identifies herself as a "radicalqueer feminist" for many reasons. "Radical feminism is overarching, far reaching, fierce, tender and kind," she said in the December/January issue of Ms. Magazine. "Most of my favorite people, from the time I was small, were feminists — male and female — and sometimes you just have to trust the paths of those before you." Horinek said that Olson's poetry inspired confidence in the queer community. POETRY PERFORMANCE Alix Olson will perform at the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St.. Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Cover is $5 for ages 18 to 21 and $3 for ages 21 and up. "She is publicly announcing herself as a queer feminist woman, and that's great because it's hard to be comfortable with ourselves at times," she said. Olsen said her poetry is a very tangible art. "A voice is an instrument that many of us have access to," she said. "So is a pen. I love the idea that it is a free art, an independent medium." For more information, visit www.alixolson.com or contact Feed the Fire Productions at feedfire@hotmail.com. Edited by Joshua Richards