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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2010
WWW.KANSAN.COM
VOLUME 123 ISSUE 68
LISTEN TO YOUR 'ART'
Dalton Gomez/KANSAN
The Uncle Jimmy Green sculpture stands outside of Lippincott. The sculptor of this statue, Daniel Chester French, was the same man who sculpted Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial.
KU art has hidden history
Sculptures' secrets revealed with 'An Ear for Art'
BY NICOLAS ROESLER nroesler@kansan.com
Students like Kyle Niquette, a senior from Wichita, have walked past them for almost four years now, unaware of the hidden history towering over their heads.
Two 7-foot-7-inch bronze statues, one of former dean of the KU School of Law James Woods Green, and the other a student in a letter jacket, stand regally in front of Lippincott Hall.
"It blends in well with the architecture of the building," Niquette said of why he hadn't noticed anything special about the sculpture before.
But students may take more interest in the "Uncle Jimmy" Green Memorial and other on-campus art now that they can access information about the art from their cell phones through an audio guide called "An Ear for Art."
The Spencer Museum of Art created "An Ear for Art" to give students and art lovers a new way to learn about some of the hidden history on campus.
Behind the exterior of a tinted green bronze finish of the "Uncle
Jimmy" Green Memorial lies a story that connects the University to national history. The sculptor who created the massive national symbol of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. cast this University legend in bronze as well. And the student standing with "Uncle Jimmy" represents the first University student who died in the Spanish-American War.
Kristina Walker, the director of education for the museum, said many students do not know the history of the sculptures around campus simply because the information is not easily accessible to them. "An Ear for Art" is designed to ideally give anyone with a cell phone the opportunity to learn something about a piece of art as they walk by it.
Originally started in August 2009, the cell phone audio guide gave museum visitors an added level of knowledge about pieces within the museum's walls. The second phase of the audio tour was installed in September, so students and visitors can now access museum information via cell phone while walking on campus. As of now, the audio tour has been accessed more than
AN EAR FOR ART CELLPHONE GUIDE EXPANDED AUDIO TOUR INCLUDES:
The Kansas Jayhawk, Peter Fillerup (KU Alumni Center)
Moses, Elden Tefft, (Smith Hall)
Classic Jayhawk, Katie King, (Kansas Union)
Water Carrier, Craig Dan Goseyun, (Spooner Hall)
The Bedazzler, P. Dougherty, (Spooner Hall)
Uncle Jimmy Green, Daniel Chester French (Lippincott Hall)
Prairie Formation, Jim Bass (Blake Hall)
The Pioneer, Frederick Hibbard (Fraser Hall)
Jayhawk: Academic Jay, Elden Tefft (Strong Hall)
Korean Cranes Rising, Jon Havener (Memorial Drive)
Interstate 70, Richard Hollander (Marvin Grove)
Untitled, James Rosati (Spencer Museum of Art)
Seventh Decade Garden IX-X, Louise Nevelson, (Spencer
Museum of Art)
Tai Chi Figure, Ju Ming, (Green Hall)
Statue of Phog Allen, Kwan Wu, (Allen Fieldhouse)
Salina Piece, Dale Eldred (West Campus)
Call (785)338-9467 for more information
1,100 times.
Tasha Cerny, a freshman from Salina, took a campus tour when she arrived at the University this year, but she didn't learn anything about the sculpture in front of Lippincott Hall.
"I think something like that is
really cool" Cerny said, "and KU students should know about it."
The audio tour now includes 15 sculptures on campus. Also featured in the tour are the Classic Jayhawk
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CAMPUS
Cause of Tuesday's fire remains undetermined
sfoster@kansan.com
BY SAMANTHA FOSTER
Officials were unable to determine the cause of the fire in an exterior cooling tower on the corner of Anschutz Sports Pavilion near Allen Fieldhouse last Tuesday.
Capt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said the fire department ruled the cause "undetermined."
Jess said Anschutz Sports Pavilion and part of Wagnon Student Athlete Center were evacuated at the time of the fire but had no information on how many people were evacuated or the cost of the damage. She said there had not been issues with the equipment before.
One employee was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for minor smoke inhalation, said Jill Jess, a spokeswoman for the University. Jess did not release the employee's name or job title.
The inside of the building was not damaged and only minor smoke damage was detected inside shortly after firefighters put out the flames.
— Edited by Anna Nordling
Chris Neal/KANSAN
An air handling unit caught on fire behind Anschutz Sports Pavilion and Anderson Strength Training and Conditioning Center on Tuesday morning.
Closing the book on novel-writing contest
CAMPUS
For aspiring author Adri Pendergrass, the hardest part about writing a book is simply making it to "The End."
BY KELLY MORGAN
kmorgan@kansan.com
"I think it's often difficult for writers to finish things," said Pendergrass, a KU alumna and Lawrence resident. "Most of the writers I know are kind of flaky or artistically minded and have trouble seeing their stories through."
Thankfully for these people, November marks NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. Run by the Office of Letters and Light, a nonprofit organization based out of Oakland, Calif., NaNoWriMo gives authors that extra incentive to write by challenging them to create a 50,000 word book in a mere 30 days.
"I think that you just get a certificate if you finish," Pendergrass said. "It's really more about just getting something on paper than about quality."
The "winners" are the participants who submit a full 50,000 word story by Tuesday.
For Pendergrass, this November marks her second year participating in the competition.
While she only made it to 35,000 words. Pendergrass was able to finish the story later in December.
"The 50,000-word challenge has a wonderful way of opening up your imagination and unleashing creativity," said Chris Baty, NaNoWiMo founder and executive director. "Also, it's a great excuse for not doing any dishes for a month."
"Last year I wrote a weird science fiction novel about flesh-eating worms that come up through the drains and eat people," she said.
The challenge, which began in 1999 with 21 participants and six winners, has expanded in the past several years, recording 167,150 participants and 32,178 winners in 2009. As of Sunday night, 2,853,735 words had been submitted by 138 people from Lawrence
"It was a good experience," she said. "I just didn't quite complete the goal during the month."
"I think a lot of people think they would like to write a novel one day," said Brian Dalderph, an assistant professor of English. "Obviously it is a huge time commitment and this would be a good inspiration for doing it."
This year, Pendergrass said she hopes to finish her tale about a town that must overcome a disaster. As of last week, she had 20,000 words to go.
"We'll see what happens," Pendergrass said.
to the NaNoWriMo website.
Edited by Clark Goble
FOOTBALL|1B
Season ends with loss
The Jayhawks lost to the Tigers 35-7 at Saturday's Border Showdown.
INDEX
MEN'S BASKETBALL | 1B
Releford, Robinson lead Hawks to win
Sophomores Travis Releford and Thomas Robinson played big roles off the bench in Kansas' 87-79 victory against Arizona.
Ambassadors cancel meeting
Event scheduled to commemorate the anniversary of the Korean War was canceled in light of the country's border dispute.
Classifieds...6B
Crossword...4A
Cryptoquips...4A
Opinion...5A
Sports...1B
Sudoku...4A
CAMPUS | 3A
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