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IT'S OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US AT KU DINING TO CATER TO STUDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS AND DESIRES.
Carlee John, Assistant Manager of the Market at the Kansas Union
20 PETA (Peope for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and Environs club members began meeting there weekly to share a vegetarian meal together. The group slowly began to grow, and eventually ECM took the reigns. Now, when at the height of its popularity in the spring semester, Veggie Lunch serves 200 to 250 students each week.
Each volunteer group prepares meals each week with a wide variety of vegetarian dishes, such as curry, chick pea salad, rice dishes and vegetarian soups. In addition to the prepared meal, every week a sprawling mountain of handmade bread sits on a table at the front of the dining hall. Several local bakeries donate their day-old bread "very generously," Holcombe says.
Veggie Lunch has become increasingly
popular, especially over the past two or three years, Veggie Lunch coordinator Miles Gray says. In previous years the event hosted about 100 students and since that time, Veggie Lunch's average attendance has grown by more than 100 people. He doesn't know whether that is a specific increase in vegetarian diets on campus, or if more students are exploring alternative diet options - probably both, he guesses. "Veggie lunch is a great option for people who don't eat meat, or just as a social environment for anyone," Gray says. "We get vegetarians, hippie kids... all kinds of people."
Being aware of the food we eat and thinking critically about the food industry as a whole are other components of vegetarian and vegan eating. For Rachel Vaughn, Lawrence graduate student, being vegetarian or vegan isn't about the rules of what you can and cannot eat, but thinking globally about what you're eating and how that affects you and the world around you. Vaughn became a vegetarian as a teenager and remained one for 13 years until she became a vegan five years ago. "Being vegan isn't difficult, but it means thinking about food in a different way - how we eat, the food industry and how it affects our
Photo Illustration | Chris Bronson ECM enthusiasm: During the spring semesters, Veggie Lunch serves 200-250 students each Thursday.
land, our lives and other countries as well," Vaughn says. "It's definitely thinking globally."
Connotations of a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle include limitations of food, bland flavors and hippie snobbery. But all facets of vegetarianism and veganism are matters of
personal choice, Vaughn says.
"You need to be flexible, open minded understanding and have a curiosity about food cultures, food preparation and techniques," she says. "When people see how excited I am about [vegan] food, it's an open door for people to explore food options, beyond the label 'vegan.'"
INTERESTED IN EXPLORING VEGETARIAN OPTIONS AROUND LAWRENC?
Try these local spots with vegetarian- friendly meals.
The deli at the Merc
The Free State Brewing Co.
Wheatfields Bakery
Tenth Street Vegetarian Bistro
Aladdin's Café
Local Burger
The Burger Stand
The Orient
Panda & Plum Garden
Photo Illustration | Chris Bronson
Diet diversity Various vegetarian dishes served at ECM's Veggie Lunch include curry, chick pea salad, rice dishes and vegetarian soups.
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Baby Jay and Matt Rodriguez perform Thursday night at the first annual SUA Dancing With the Stars. The pair took first place with a free dance dance.
The winner by popular vote was Matt Rodriguez, a senior majoring in dance as well as a member of the KU Dance Company, with Baby Jay performing a free style number. They opened up with "It Takes Two," by Base Rob and transitioned into "Push It," by Salt-
Activities. Dancers Included Michael Wade Smith, the student body president, Shade Keys Little, Chancellor Grey-Little's husband, and Baby Jaw, among many others.
jay, because "you just have to love Baby Jay"
Rissien's original partner toore her Achilles' heel recently, so Buschini only had a week to learn the complex and fast-paced dance.
Jim MacAuley, a professional dancer at Paramount, said that it would normally take six months for professionals to master these dances; the performers last night had only one. While a few groups admitted to messing up a few steps, overall every group scored well and
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University hires new officer for non-academic misconduct
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Nick Kehrwald is filling the newly-created position wtn hopes of being proactive in student conduct education.
Polo gets a bicycle makeover
A pair of University alumni and a Lawrencian draw attention to polo by adding bikes to it and bringing it to the streets.
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Kirtland pleads guilty in athletics scandal
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BY ALEX GARRISON agarrison@kansan.com
Ben Kirtland, a former head of fundraising for Athletics, pleaded guilty in a Wichita court earlier this morning, said Jim Cross, a spokesman for the U.S. district attorney.
TICKETS
The seventh and final defendant in the federal prosecution of several former Kansas Athletics employees has pleaded guilty to involvement in its ticket scandal.
Kirkland's plea differs from the arrangement of the previous six defendants in that he did not enter a plea agreement with the
"Although I do not know the exact value of the tickets I sold, I estimate the total value of the tickets I sold to be in excess of $120,000," he wrote in his petition to change his plea to guilty. "I acknowledge that I was conspiring to commit, and committing, a fraud upon the
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In his plea submitted to the court, Kirtland admitted to illegally selling tickets to KU sporting events for his own financial gain from 2005 to 2009.
government, but rather entered a direct guilty plea, Cross said.
Which guys are the glue that can keep it together?
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Coach Bill Self plays with a lineup to see which combination of players is the most efficient offensively and defensively.
SENATE
Plans for service center delayed
Megan Ritter, student body vice president, said they weren't at the stage they had hoped to be at.
One of the major platforms for KUinited coalition — the Student Services Center — won't be met this year because of unexpected delays in the process.
Originally, Student Senate leaders had hoped to have concrete plans in place for the Student Service Center at the conclusion of the semester. Blaming bureaucratic interests, they said that might not happen after all.
The hope, she said, is that all platforms get done in a year but that isn't always the case.
"We just kind of entered into it not knowing really how much work it would be, but it's been a really good learning experience," Ritter said.
BY ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON amcnaughton@kansan.com
The center would encompass a variety of services, such as academic achievement and success, disability services and a writing center, that the leaders of Student Senate believe would
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From the beginning, the top three choices for the site are the Burge Union, Anschutz Library and the parking lot across from the Kansas Union. Renovations or additions to existing structures would accommodate the new building but temporarily displace or relocate staff and faculty.
The location of the center would ultimately dictate what services would be offered, which still remains a primary concern.
improve student engagement and performance through accessibility. Ideally, the building would include seven to 10 services.
In an e-mail, provost leffrey Vitter said the University ultimately had the responsibility to decide whether to proceed with a project and to determine its location.
"I expect that this approach will allow us to plan more effectively and avoid dead ends and that process will more successfully mesh with student initiatives if the relevant discussions happen earlier rather than later," Vitter said.
Student Body President Michael Wade Smith said the University
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