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Thursday, November 18, 1993
CATCH THE B.U.S.
(Buckle Up Sober)
COMPETITIONS
NATION/WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
1. Billboards/Posters
I. Billboards/Posters
II. Video Public Service Announcements
III. Audio Public Service Announcements
IV. Print Media (advertisements or news articles)
V. Celebrity Endorsements
VI.T-shirt designs
VII. Biathion (2 interactive games)
VIII. Video Stage Production
All entries must promote safety belt use and alcohol abuse prevention messages.
Come by the Watkins Health Center, Health Education office for an information form on entering these STUDENT competitions or call Julie Francis at 864-9570. SENATE
CASH PRIZES for winning entries in each category!
Entries must be submitted no later than Dec.31, 1993
Paris museum marks bicentennial
The Associated Press
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A billion dollar facelift doubles the size of the Louvre and adds 25 percent more artwork. PARIS — Remodeled throughout the centuries by royalty seeking immortality by leav ing a legacy in stone, the Louvre celebrates its bicentennial as a museum with the completion of a billion-dollar overhaul fit for a king. With the official inauguration of the new Richelieu wing by President Francois Mitterrand today, the Louvre doubles in size to 645,000 square feet and adds 25 percent more artwork to its galleries.
Journalists got a preview yesterday of the Richelieu wing, named after the powerful 17th-century cardinal and statesman who founded the Academie Francaise. The building was home to French finance ministries for a century.
two hundred years after France's first democratic leaders transformed Louis XVI's then 600-year-old royal abode into a museum, more than 30,000 treasures have been brought in to show off to the world.
The graceful Marly horses have moved from their precarious, polluted perch on the Champs-Elysees to the glass-roofed interior courtyard where bureaucrats once parked their cars.
Visitors who remember the old Louvre as a dusty maze of dark galleries crammed with paintings hung floor to ceiling will be delighted by the new one.
The floor plan is logical and clearly marked, so visitors no longer become lost so easily. Items are identified and explained with historical and biographical information on plastic sheets printed in several languages.
A subtle blend of natural and artificial light pioneered by Chinese-American architect LM. Pei combines with a feeling of spaciousness to enhance everything from the tiniest antique silver spoon to the largest Maximillien tapestry.
Yet, there's no losing sight of the royal palace.
Sweeping, chiselled staircases, vaulted ceilings, high cathedral windows and marble floors are constant reminders of the Louvre's colorful history that began in 1200 when King Philip Auguste, fearing invasion from his Norman enemies, built a fortress on the right bank of the Seine River.
Two centuries later and twice embellished, it housed Charles V's rare manuscripts, priceless jewels and tapestries. Francois I later added paintings by Titian, Raphael and
Da Vinci.
But it was Napoleon's demand for tribute in art from his far-flung conquests that made the Louvre the wonder it is.
Highlights include a new setting for the museum's priceless Islamic art collection.
Pei, whose controversial glass pyramid in the courtyard opened in 1898 as the museum's new entrance, recalled, "I came to the Louvre for the first time in 1951. But what I saw in those days is just a tiny fraction of what visitors will see today."
One floor up, the orate Salon Napoleon III opens to the public for the first time with an ensemble of plush, red-velvet Empire furniture in mint condition.
Also on display are 12 huge tapestries of hunting scenes so large they have not been hung together since they were created for the Luxembourg Palace nearly 200 years ago.
There is a 135-foot gallery for Rubens' portraits depicting the life of Marie de Medici, along with three hung for the first time.
It now may take weeks, even months, for the Louvre's 5 million yearly visitors to see everything.
LASTFEWDAYS!
If you are interested in any of the following options for Spring 1994, forms will be available outside the Enrollment Center now through November 19. Wed. & Thurs.: 8 a.m.-5:00 p.m; Fri.: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Board of Class Officers
- Freshman Class Dues $10.00
- Sophomore Class Dues $8.00
- Junior Class Dues $8.00
- Senior Class Dues $10.00
- Jayhawker Yearbook $30.00
- KU on Wheels Pass
- SUAMovie Card $25.00
You must be enrolled prior to selecting options. Class schedule for Spring 1994 and KUID must be shown. Options forms can be completed until November 19. Fee payment by mail is due by December 8 (postmarked by December3,1993).