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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday. November 21, 1995
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ESPN2 is coming to Lawrence cable
Network will arrive just in time for Kansas-Utah game Saturday
By Brendon Sager Kansan staff writer
At 6:30 Saturday morning, Stephen Short's life will change forever.
He will have ESPN2 on Channel 37. Lawrence's cable system, Sunflower Cablevision, is providing the new channel.
Since the eighth grade, Short, Salina senior, has been addicted to the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. He said he watched football, basketball and hockey, but he was upset by the lack of lumberjack sporting events.
Jan McNish, marketing manager for Sunflower Cablevision, 644 New Hampshire St., said that during her 17 years of working in the cable business, she never had seen public demand like that she has seen for ESPN2—and her company had to meet that demand.
Maybe they will have them on "the Deuce," Short said, referring to ESPN2.
McNish said that with the college basketball season approaching, it wasn't likely that Lawrence could survive without ESPN2.
But Short's life could be changing in other ways. In the long run, he might have to pay more for his beloved cable because of the high cost of sports channels.
Witty Wood, manager of Telecommunications Incorporation Cable in Overland Park, said a cost increase was an inevitable consequence of having additional sports channels. He estimated that in a five-year period, ESPN's programming put them into billions of dollars.
"Somebody's got to pay for it," he said. "Historically, there's been an increase in cable rates because of
He said TCI had raised its rates because of sports programming.
sports programs."
McNish said that Lawrence cable prices weren't scheduled to rise anytime soon.
"I never watch sports," said Ginny French, Manhattan freshman. "It's just not important to me."
Although ESPN2 wouldn't require extra dollars, not all students shared enthusiasm for the new channel.
"I think people could be doing better things with their time," French said.
French said that college sports were too greek. The events don't bring about the unity among the student body as their media hype suggests.
The first game will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, when Kansas plays Uahat at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. Other games include East Tennessee State on Jan. 4, St. Peter's on Jan. 15 and the Big Eight Tournament quarterfinals and semifinals March 8 and 9.
KU museum unmasks the art behind science
By Tara Trenary Kansan staff writer
There's a blurry line between science and art at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum.
Preparation of the museum's "The Art of Science: Illustrating the Life of the Planet" exhibit began in May, but the
exhibit just opened Sunday. It features faculty and graduate students' scientific illustrations.
"The purpose was to show people a whole side of science that they take for granted," said Erik Wild, museum graduate student and organizer of the exhibit.
"Scientists are responsible for the visual communication of their research, and creating scientific illustrations is a complex and time-consuming process."
pencil sketches to the published figure.
Tom Swearingen director of exhibits,
"In talking about these things, you're limited in the words you can use."
The exhibit represents all divisions of the museum, including botany, entomology and ornithology. It reveals the breadth of research that goes on at the museum and the results of that research. Wild said. It shows what a photograph cannot, such as the reconstruction of a
Erik Wild museum graduate student
said the exhibit's cost was about $200, much less than normal for an in-house production, which can exceed $1,500.
"We put a lot of hours into the thing," he said.
The cost was low because the art and legwork was done by faculty and graduate students, and because many of the resources were already at the museum, Wild said. Much of the art was produced by graduate students for a required scientific illustration class.
The exhibit demonstrates the elaborate process of scientific illustration from
rossi or the comparison son of objects. "In talking about these things, you're limited with the words you can use," he said. "Illustrating is essential."
Wild said that the exhibit offered people a chance to appreciate what the museum studied. It offers a look at the techniques employed by museum scientists while portraying illustration as an art form.
"This exhibit is one
that is really great for a teaching aid," Swearingen said. "It represents a lot of people's work."
The exhibit runs through April 5. The Natural History Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
This drawing of the human muscular system was done by Andreas Vesalius in 1543. The drawing is on display in the Natural History Museum through April 7.
Pam Dishman / KANSAN
Students' absence won't affect area businesses
By Craig Lang
Kansan staff writer
While the University of Kansas campus remains empty this weekend, few Lawrence businesses will notice the absence.
David Longhurst, manager of the Riverfront Plaza, 1 Riverfront Plaza, said that while students were at home for Thanksgiving break, he expected the busiest crowd of the year.
Friday officially marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Although many students will be gone during break, area businesses still expect to draw record crowds.
come from out of town anyway.
Longhurst said the number of people staying in Lawrence during the break did not matter. Most visitors
"It's just a huge day," he said. "We get so many of our shopper from the Kansas City area."
Joe Flannery, president of Weaver's Department Store, 901 Massachusetts St., said the absence of college students was noticed, but it would not keep the store's clerks from having their hands full.
Many Lawrence stores will open earlier to prepare for the holiday crowds. Weaver's and stores in the Riverfront Plaza will open at 9 a.m., one hour earlier than usual.
"We always notice when KU is not in session," he said. "But with the type of store we are, we appeal to a lot of people."
J. C. Penney, 1801 W. 23rd. St., will open its doors at 7 a.m. — two and half hours earlier than usual.
Many store managers agreed that with the state of the economy, stores across the country might attract as much business this holiday season as in the past. However, many of them also agreed that Lawrence would have a successful shopping season.
Ken Seipel, store team leader at SuperTarget, 3201 S. Iowa St., said the store would keep its usual hours, 7 a.m. to midnight.
"I think nationwide it is supposed to be a soft Christmas," Flannery said. "With Lawrence and this area, we're fortunate to have the activity we do."
Longhurst said that when the economy was not in good condition, it usually prompted people to pay more attention to how much they were spending. Because it is an outlet mall, the Riverfront Plaza will attract people who are watching their money, Longhurst said.
Source: Office of Study Abroad & International Student Services
International students dig Turkey Day
By Hannah Naughton
Kansan staff writer
Thanksgiving, with its piles of food and endless televised football, qualifies as an American cultural event.
And for the 1,732 international students studying at the University of Kansas this year, Thanksgiving represents one of the few singularly American holidays they will experience while studying outside of their country.
"I'm going to one of my best friend's homes," said Ozel Soykan, Nicosia, North Cyprus, graduate student. "We're going to watch the Chiefs, have turkey and pumpkin pie — the regular old American thing."
Soykan said he recognized Thanksgiving as a time to get together with friends and family. He is substituting his friend's family for his own during the holiday.
"Thanksgiving shows me how people like football here," he said. "It's more cultural than anything else. You kind of learn about the American way of families."
Daphne Charalambidou, Nicosia, North Cyprus, senior, said two of her friends were coming from Pennsylvania State University. They are going to have their own Thanksgiving dinner, but it will consist of Greek food.
"I don't see it means much to me," she said. "It's nice to see friends, and we don't have school. I like it."
nice to see friends, and we don't have school. Like it.
Sheila Immel, assistant director of the Office of International Student Services, said the office offered two programs for international students over Thanksgiving break.
One is the Thanksgiving homestay program, where students sign up to spend the break with one of 100 host families.
The other program is one that lasts throughout the year, which many international students signed up for at the beginning of the semester. In addition to Thankgiving, students celebrate other holidays, birthdays and special events with their host families.
James Mardock, Overland Park graduate student, is studying in Stratford-upon-Avon in England as part of a direct exchange program through the University. He is an international student, but he and other American students plan to celebrate Thanksgiving abroad.
"We're celebrating Thanksgiving the best we can," Mardock said. "We've appointed ourselves ambassadors of culture and organized a touch-football game for the afternoon before the Thursday lecture. The natives are frightened at the prospect of playing American football, but we're enlisting them anyway."
Mardock and his friends are fixing a traditional turkey dinner as well.
"I am in charge of the potatoes," Mardock said. "I'm quite proud of this."
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