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Friday, October 15, 1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WHEN PRESENT BECOMES PAST
John Gamble / KANSAN
The contents of the new time capsule are on display at the art gallery in the Kansas Union. The new capsule will be interred during the homecoming activities today and sealed until the year 2050.
New time capsule will seal the traits of the '90s
By Kathleen Stolle Kansan staff writer
Condoms, caffeine pills and grunge music will still be around in the year 2050, thanks to a 1993 KU student time capsule.
The capsule, containing mementos of KU and 1983, will be interred today as part of the Kansas Union grand opening celebration. The festivities, which mark the completion of an $11.5 million Union renovation, will be on the Kansas Union plaza at about 3 p.m. after the homecoming parade.
Kevin Goodman, Union marketing manager, said the 1993 time capsule was inspired by a 1925 cornerstone memorial discovered during renovation last spring. Its contents, which had been water-damaged, were replicated and reinterrupted Oct. 1 in a cornerstone in the northwest corner of the Union's north entrance.
"Students, after they learned about the first one, just felt it would be not only appropriate but also a nice way to leave a mark on history," he said.
From the 220 suggestions submitted to SUA last spring, 40 items were chosen to be included in the new capsule.
Grimell junior Darcy Selenke, special events coordinator for SUA, said
KU athletic souvenirs and a brick from Hoch Auditorium were among the most popular suggestions.
Sludge from Potter Lake was one suggestion that did not fly.
"We were afraid of the damage it would do to the other items," Selenke said with a laugh.
In 2050, the year KU officials earmarked as the opening of the capsule, students and faculty will find NoDoz caffeine pills, a J. Crew catalog, and a KUID featuring KU mascot Big J. Hawk among other mementos.
Some of the capsule's items are symbols of current issues. A Kansas Union reusable plastic drinking cup reflects environmental consciousness, and two condoms inside a pamphlet called "Condomplating Sex?" show concerns about AIDS and safe sex.
Other items attempt to capture the flavor of Lawrence. A compact disc of music by various bands recorded this year at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., is found along with a menu from Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. 2nd St.
The "secret recipe" for Joe's doughnuts from Joe's Bakery, 616 W.9th St. also is headed for the future. But like the envelope that contains the recipe,
Selenke's lips are sealed.
"We promised not to publish it," she said.
The items will be placed inside a two-foot long, cylindrical, aluminum capsule and placed in the southwest cornerstone of the Union's north entrance.
Speakers at the ceremony will include Chancellor Gene Budig, David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, Margaret Hu, SUA president, and John Shoemaker, student body president. A reception in the Union lobby will follow.
Jim Long, director of the Kansas Union, said he was pleased with the support the Union received throughout the two-phase renovation, which began in 1987. He said he was proud of the compliments he had received on the Union, including the food service area and the bookstore.
"We've had a very positive response from visitors as well as students," Longsaid.
The Union, built in 1925, is the oldest union in the Big Eight Conference and one of the oldest in the nation. The Union underwent two previous renovations, one in the '50s and one in the early '70s after a fire gutted much of its interior.
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