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work it out
a trio of new ways to break a sweat
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kiss and tell
whats with all the smoochin?
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life. and how to have one.
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Running is the bane of my
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Ive hated running ever since
the dreaded days of middle and
high school gym class when we
were forced to run (gasp!) The
mile. It traumatized me, mostly
because I was always one of the
stragglers who was subjected to
the judging eyes of those with more althetic prowess who had
fnished long before. So yeah, you could say Im looking for a
better way to get in shape.
If youre anything like me, read Jeff Briscoes story on page
10 and discover some new ways to work off that weight.
Personally, I'd take pole dancing over a treadmill any day.
lDani Hurst, editor
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Staying Healthy with Healthy Eat-
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Aronson also says that non-vege-
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vegetarians simply because they do
eat meat.
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Aronson also says that simply avoid-
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SUA Casino Night.
Templin Hall, 6:30 p.m., FREE, all
ages, www.suaevents.com.
Explosions in the Sky/
Lichens. The Granada,
8 p.m., all ages, $15, www.
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Cabaret. Topeka Civic
Theatre & Academy, 8 p.m.,
all ages, $15-$22, www.
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Ophiuchus. The Gaslight
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myspace.com/ophuchustrio.
Cosmic Bowling. Kansas
Union, Jaybowl, 10 p.m., all ages,
FREE, www.suaevents.com.
The Life and Times. The
Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2,
www.thelifeandtimes.com.
Stomp the Hill Step
Show. Lied Center, 7 p.m., all
ages, $15.
Cabaret. Topeka Civic
Theatre & Academy, 8 p.m.,
all ages, $15-$22, www.
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Chrissy Murderbot/
Prince Acid. The Eighth
Street Tap Room, 10 p.m.,
21+, $2, www.myspace.com/
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That Damn Sasquatch/
Head for the Hills. The
Gaslight Tavern, 10 p.m.,
21+, $3, www.myspace.com/
thatdamnsasquatch.
Arthur Dodge & The
Horsefeathers/The
Roseline. The Replay
Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2, www.
arthurdodge.com/home.php.
Cosmic Bowling. Kansas
Union, Jaybowl, 10 p.m., all ages,
FREE, www.suaevents.com.
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Tea Time. Kanasas Union,
3 p.m., FREE, all ages, www.
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The Starting Line/
Bayside/Four Years
Strong. The Beaumont Club,
8 p.m., all ages, $16, www.
startinglinerock.com.
Ashley Ray/Roan
County Split. The Granada,
8 p.m., all ages, $15, www.
ashleyray.com.
The Afterhours/
Cardcarrying Members.
The Gaslight Tavern, 10 p.m.,
21+, $3, www.myspace.com/
theafterhourslawrence.
OK Jones/Riddle
of Steel/School of
Language. The Record Bar,
10 p.m., 21+, $8, www.myspace.
com/okjones.
Cheyenne/Student Film.
The Replay Lounge, 10 p.m.,
21+, $2, www.cheyenneband.com.
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Concert. Murphy Hall,
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p.m., all ages, FREE.
Kate Voegele/The
Whitest Light/Kelley
James. The Granada, 7 p.m.,
all ages, $11, www.katevoegele.
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Anti-Flag. The Beaumont
Club, 8 p.m., all ages, $15,
www.anti-fag.com.
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Film: Harvest Time.
Kansas Union, 6:30 p.m., all
ages, FREE.
The Spanktones Open
Jam. The Jazzhaus, 10 p.m.,
21+, $2, www.jazzhaus.com.
Unorthodox/The
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Waiting for Signal. The
Record Bar, 10 p.m., 21+, $7,
www.unorocks.com.
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Religion in Politics.
Dole Institute of Politics,
3 p.m., FREE, all ages, www.
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KU Trombone Choir.
Murphy Hall, Swarthout
Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, 7:30
p.m., FREE, all ages.
Bodies of Water/
Bezoar. The Replay Lounge,
10 p.m., 21+, $2, www.
bodiesofwater.net.
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Spoon/The Walkmen/
White Rabbits. The
Uptown Theater, 8 p.m., all
ages, $15, www.spoontheband.
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Acoustic Open Mic. The
Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $2.
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The Bottleneck
737 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence
(785) 841-5483
Eighth Street Tap Room
801 New Hampshire St.
Lawrence
(785) 841-6918
The Gaslight Tavern
317 N. Second St.
Lawrence
(785) 856-4330
The Record Bar
1020 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-5207
Topeka Civic Theatre &
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3028 SW Eighth Ave.
Topeka
(785) 357-5211
Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway St.
Kansas City, Mo.
(816) 753-8665
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Guy (on phone): A girl just gave me an STD
awareness fyer. I can give you the phone number
if you need to talk to someone about wiener
sores. Dont worry, its anonymous.
Guy 1: Do you see all those little kids over
there?
Guy 2: Oh wow, theyre terrifying
Guy 1: Dont look at them. They can smell fear.
Guy 1: I dont really remember much before the
last fve years. I think its all that studying I do.
Guy 2: Yeah, the studying of the back end of a
joint.
Guy 1: What?
Guy 2: Exactly.
Guy 1: Well, if he hasnt seen Rocky Horror,
dont tell him anything about it.
Guy 2: Why? Shouldnt I warn him?
Guy 3: No, you want to share in the misery.
GTA: I had this dream last night that I was on a
game show called Hangin at Jabbas Beach House.
I was basically Jabbas cabanna boy.
Chocolate has always been popular, and now
buying chocolate can help you save the planet, too.
TerraPass, a company that sells carbon offsets
to fund clean energy projects, has teamed up with
the chocolate makers at Bloomsberry & Co. to
bring you Climate Change Chocolates.The bars are
available in both milk and dark chocolate and cost
$5.50 a bar.
About 10 percent of the money you spend on
the bar goes to TerraPass, says Alicia Seiger, vice
president of corporate sales for TerraPass.This
money goes on to fund things like wind power and
other clean energy projects in the United States,
Seiger says.
The inside wrapper of each bar also offers 15
ways to reduce your own carbon use through
simple lifestyle changes, Seiger says.The bars can
be purchased online at www.bloomsberry.com or
at participating Borders or Whole Foods Market
stores.
For more information, visit www.terrapass.com/lp/
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After the long, harsh winter, students should be
looking for any excuse to spend time outside.Well,
what better excuse is there to do so than starting your
own garden? Just make sure you have a few feet of
decent earth and an open-minded landlord, and youre
good to grow.
Jennifer Kongs,Topeka junior, grows her own garden.
Its like reliving that whole kindergarten experiment
with the seed in a cup. Plus, food that you pick the
day that youre going to eat it tastes so much better,
Kongs says.
Kongs recommends starting out with tomatoes or
bell peppers because theyre moderately easy to grow
and growing them is much cheaper than buying them
at the grocery store.
Herbs are also a great item to grow. Freshly grown
herbs are much stronger than herbs that have been
sitting in a jar for months. Some easy starters are basil
and mint.
If you can kill a mint, you need help, Kongs says.
But you might need help, anyway. Berrigan Willmott,
Lawrence senior, warns that many Lawrence yards may
not be suitable for growing because of years of soil
destruction from construction and pollution.
Thankfully, Lawrence has community gardens just in
case you need that help.You can go to these gardens
to help out, learn what in the cucumber youre doing,
and possibly even take some fresh vegetables home
with you.
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help with your own, visit http://community.lawrence.com/
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Forget
Hollywood.
Global
warming
is making
horrible
movie sequels
better than
those hotheads in
the hills can.
Soon coming to a Midwest near you: An
Inconvenient Truth 2: Motherfuckin Snakes in
the Motherfuckin Great Plains.
Thats right. But why exactly are there
snakes on this Plain?
According to a study by the U.S.
Geological Survey, the pythons habitat is
expanding northward with the increase
in temperatures caused by global warming.
As the Midwest warms up, our grasslands,
previously uninhabitable to such snakes, could
become home to the 23-foot-long
creatures.
If we had normal, cold
winters, that snake
probably wouldnt
survive, but we havent
had winters like that
for a long time,
says Joe Collins, a
herpetologist with
the Kansas Biological
Survey.
Researchers frst
discovered a Burmese
Python invasion in Florida
in 2003. The Burmese Python,
a type of Indian Python, is an invasive species,
meaning that it is not native to the United States,
and researchers think that the growing python
population came from the offspring of a pet that
someone released into the wild. The colony of
pythons is now self-sustaining.
Climate models for the year 2100 show the
pythons potential habitat slithering north and
putting a stranglehold on the eastern half of
Kansas, including the Lawrence area.
The Indian Python is loose and breeding in
the Everglades, Collins says. It could go as far
north as Kansas, but thats a hypothesis based on
guesses. We arent sure that its going to happen.
The habitable areas for reptiles are always
based on temperature because these animals are
cold-blooded and must have warm weather to
survive.
Reptiles are temperature-dependent, Collins
says. If it goes down to freezing, they can die.
If we have global warming, the mean annual
temperature would increase so that the habitats
would creep upwards.
Collins says he received a call about a year ago
from a farmer who lived south of Lawrence who
said he had a snake problem. The farmer mailed
him the shedded skin of a large snake, which
Collins says was that of an Indian Python and was
about 11 feet long.
The farmer said, All of my cats and small dogs
are gone. What can I do? Collins says.
These
snakes
typically live
underneath buildings
and come out during the
night.
As far as I know,
that Indian Python
is still down there,
Collins says. The
snake could have
been a pet that
got turned loose or
escaped. Its a good
example showing that
its just not cold enough up
here anymore.
Collins said that other invasive
reptile species have already been
seen on the KU campus. Species like the
Italian Wall Lizard, which can now be found
in Lawrence, originally came from Europe.
There are lots of species that come in through
the South, a lot of those from Florida, Collins
says. There are 64 kinds of invasive species in the
U.S., and many have been moving north.
Collins says Mediterranean Geckos were
discovered two years ago in Lenexa. The geckos
were crawling under warehouse lights in the
business district.
There is a lot of lumber here from Florida,
he says. The animals can escape when packages
or crates break. Florida has a big, big problem. All
kinds of things are loose down there.
As Kansas climate gets warmer, the eastern
part of the state would provide a better habitat
to animals previously found in wetland-flled areas
like Florida.
Its more humid here in the eastern part
of the state, so we would have more tropical
animals, Collins says. Desert animals would
probably do better in the western part.
Calling these recently moved-in species invasive
is somewhat misleading. At least with amphibians
and reptiles, Kansas ecosystems have not seen
many negative impacts, Collins says.
There are no problems that we know of, he
says. We could not fnd any bacteria or diseases.
Many think that the python poses a danger to
humans, but I dont think so. But who knows what
will ultimately happen. This defnitely changes
things.
greening it
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greener living
manual
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Mix a concoction for henna and give yourself a teMporary tattoo
DIY: tattoo yourself
Call me a wimp, but I do not think I could handle
getting a tattoo. Ive always wanted one, though, so I
decided to try something a little less painful: Henna.
Alexis Friskel, shift manager at the Merc, 901 Iowa
St,, provided a recipe for making homemade henna.
All you need is several ounces of henna powder and
water or lemon juice. The Merc sells red henna for
$1.35 per ounce. Although the recipe is simple, you
will need to have some time. Put a few teaspoons of
henna in a ceramic or glass bowl. I found that about
4 teaspoons of henna made several designs on my
arm and ankle. Slowly mix in lemon juice or water,
a little at a time. You want the henna to be a thick
paste and not too runny. Keep adding lemon juice
until you have a paste. Cover and let stand for 4 to
12 hours. The longer you let the henna stand, the
more potent the dye will become and the longer
the tattoo will last.
To apply the henna, you can use a variety of
tools including sticks, wire, paintbrushes or squeeze
bottles. I put the henna in a small Ziploc sandwich
bag and pushed it to one corner of the bag. Cut
the tip of the bag off so you can squeeze the henna
paste out in a thin line. Make a design on your skin
using the henna. Make sure to apply a thick layer of
henna.
Once youve completed the design, leave the
henna on for 6 to 12 hours. The longer it stays on
your skin, the darker the design will be. You also
need to keep your skin warm and avoid water in
order for the henna to be absorbed. I wrapped
gauze around my henna tattoos to keep the henna
in place and to keep it warm.
Scrape the henna off to see the design. It will get
darker over the next day or two and will last for
several weeks.
l Peyton Baldwin
(Left, Middle) Peyton Baldwin draws designs on her arm with henna paste. (Right) The finished prod-
uct after it has dried and been peeled.
Erin ONeil is a big fan of breakfast. ONeil, KU
womens golf coach, shares her recipe for sausage
and egg casserole to help you get your mornings
started right.
Ingredients:
1 lb Jimmy Dean sausage
1 can of crescent Rolls
2 cups mozzarella cheese
4 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup milk
1/8 tsp pepper
Directions:
In a large frying pan, brown sausage and drain. Line
a greased 9 x 13 pan with crescent rolls. Sprinkle
the sausage and cheese on top of the crescent roll
layer. Combine eggs, milk and pepper. Pour egg
mixture over sausage. Bake 15-20 minutes at 425
degrees. Let stand for 5 minutes.
KU mens golf coach Kit Grove says that, although
he isnt much of a cook, he does get compliments
on his Grovers Chicken Strips.
Ingredients:
1 lb chicken breasts, cut into 1 to 2 inch strips
1 T Cavenders Greek Seasoning
1 T lemon pepper
1 T Chef Bourdelouines Chicken Majic
cup Italian dressing
Directions:
Tenderize chicken with a meat tenderizer. Mix
seasonings together and cover chicken strips with
mixture. Let sit for 5 minutes. Marinate chicken
in Italian dressing for 30 minutes. Cook chicken
on the grill. For an added kick, baste chicken with
leftover dressing and seasonings.
lPeyton Baldwin
cook it kus golf coaches share their favorite recipes
manual
Erin ONeils sausage
and egg casserole.
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By Kaitlyn Syring
ksyring@kansan.com
Its fnally the weekend, and you and your friends
go out on the town. You pound down a few drinks
in search of the absence of inhibition that will allow
you to get your groove on. You dance, you sing,
maybe you get a few phone numbers.
The next day, when you come out of your
alcohol-induced slumber, you wince as the sun zaps
you right in the eyes. Your head starts to pound as
you search your mind for bits and pieces of last
night, hoping that nothing too embarrassing fies
back into your memory. As you attempt to sit up,
your stomach turns, and the room spins. You, my
friend, have a hangover.
Hangovers are a very familiar consequence of
college nightlife. Though many students drinking
experiences are accompanied by a headache and
upset stomach, not many students know what
exactly causes hangovers or how they might be able
to prevent them.
Causes
Stephen Ilardi,
doctorate professor
of psychology at the
University, says alcohol
temporarily impairs
function of the frontal
cortex of your brain.
This, he says, leads
to decreased inhibition,
impaired judgment and increased
intensity of mood states. Alcohol
also disables the motor
coordination circuits in your
brain. Ilardi says that in low-to-
moderate doses, it increases
dopamine activity, which can
light up the brains pleasure
centers and boost energy, giving
you a sense of well-being.
At larger
doses, it has
more of a
depressant
effect.
A
hangover, Ilardi says, is caused by several things:
the dehydration effects of alcohol (which cause
headaches because the brain shrinks slightly
away from the skull), the buildup of a toxic
alcohol metabolitecalled acetaldehydeand
hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, which is caused
by the temporary decrease in liver function when
you drink.
However, he says, people differ dramatically in
their response to alcohol and their proneness to
hangovers. People with a greater ability to detoxify
alcohol and its metabolic byproducts are less prone
to having severe hangovers.
John Kollhoff, a pharmacist at Pattersons
Healthcare Pharmacy in Abilene, says that
dehydration and loss of vitamins are the biggest
causes of hangovers. He also says that the type of
alcohol can make a difference in the way you feel
the next day.
Katelyn Stroud, Kansas City, Kan., junior, says
that her drink of choice is a Dirty Shirley (Sprite,
grenadine and vodka) with a splash of cranberry
juice. If thats not around, she says, I will just
drink whatever someone buys me. Stroud says that
the day after drinking, she will usually have a little
headache or a stomach ache.
Ryan Johnson, Dodge City senior, says he prefers to
drink stout beer. He estimates that he has a hangover
about one out of every four times he drinks.
Prevention
Kollhoff says that one way to prevent getting a
hangover is to take vitamin B before and after drinking.
This will help maintain the water-soluble vitamins that
you lose when you drink.Taking a vitamin B tablet (or
eating vitamin B-rich foods like poultry, beef, cheese
and milk) will give you a healthy dose.
He says that eating before drinking is very
benefcial, but you need to be sure to not overeat.
Alcohol slows down your digestive process,
keeping food in you for a longer amount of
time, he says. People feel completely stuffed and
nauseous if they eat too much and drink on top of
that. Drinking water between alcoholic beverages
helps tremendously in preventing hangovers,
Kollhoff says. This process keeps you hydrated
throughout the night, reducing the risk of a major
headache the next day.
Carbonated beverages, like champagne, get
absorbed into your system faster, he says, so those
can cause a worse hangover than non-carbonate
drinks. Also, Kollhoff says, darker, aged alcohols
contain substances called congeners, which
contribute to the favor in the alcohol. Congeners
make hangovers worse, he says. Just look at the
color, Kollhoff says. Whiskey and brandy, those
will do you in. Vodka and gin, those are clear, so
theyre not going to have those hangover-inducing
congeners.
Stroud says she tries to drink lots of water
before she goes to sleep after a night of drinking so
she wont have a hangover the next day. But Johnson
has a philosophy more like Kollhoff s. He says that
you should never go out on an empty stomach, and
that self-control is key. Its okay to say no when
your hangover-bound friends demand another shot
out of you, Johnson says. Odds are that they wont
remember you told them no anyway.

Treatment
What if you dont follow this advice, and you
wind up with the mother of all hangovers? You can
do a few things to ease those aches. First, drink
some water. Your body needs to get those fuids
running again, Kollhoff says.
Kollhoff also has a warning for those in hangover
land: Fight the temptation to buy into the myth
about drinking another beer. If you didnt throw up
before, you will after that.
Next, he says, take a pain reliever, like Tylenol or
Advil. Then eat a small snack like crackers or toast
to boost your blood sugar and ease your stomach.
Finally, go back to bed. Time cures all hangovers, and
when you wake up, yours may very well be gone.
Johnson takes a relaxed route when trying to cure
a hangover. He says that he usually takes a long, hot
shower to try to unwind.Then he drinks some water
and promptly returns to bed, like Kollhoff suggests.
Stroud, on the other hand, does what many
college students do when theyre in pain after a long
night of drinking. I usually go eat some really greasy
food, like Wendys or Chipotle, she says.
So when you go out this weekend, remember a
few things:Take your vitamins. Eat something, but
dont overeat. Choose clear drinks. Have some H
2
O
between drinks. Pace yourself.And if you still feel bad
the next day, grab some water and crackers and head
back to bed.
The inside scoop on hangovers
One night of fun,
one day of regret
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Some people claim these are sure-fre ways
to cure hangovers, but they are not Jayplay-
endorsed.
Prickly pear cactus extract.
Some swear by a Mexican recipe for tripe soup
to cure hangovers.The soup is made from the
lining of a cows stomach and is spiced with
chile, garlic and other seasoning.
The hair of the dog that bit you. In other words,
having another glass of alcohol.
Rosiglitazone, a prescription for diabetics.
Saurkraut juice.
Berocca, a powerful multivitamin in the U.K and
Australia.
Source: Forbes magazine
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Almost everyone is
guilty.You and your friends
gather around a bowl of
salsa or queso, and you
fnd that after one bite,
you still have a bit of chip
left. So you dip again. Bad
move: Double dipping
spreads tons of bacteria.
Paul Dawson, a food
microbiologist and
professor at Clemson
University, conducted
a recent study with a
team of undergraduates
on the effects of double
dipping. He says that
three successive double
dips spread about 10,000 bacteria from the eaters mouth to the communal bowl.With each bite, a person
piles approximately one to two grams of dip on a chip or cracker, and thus, consumes 50 to 100 bacteria
from someone elses mouth. Dawson says the type of dip makes a difference in the spread of bacteria. If a dip
is more viscous, or thick, more dip sticks to the chip, leaving fewer bacteria remaining in the bowl. But with
runny dips, lots of germs slide off the chip and are left foating behind.Thus, more bacteria loom in salsa than
in cheese dip or bean dip.
Dawson says that simply turning a chip around after one bite may not be enough to prevent bacteria
transfer.While this may lower the amount of bacteria from saliva, it increases the amount from your hands. He
recommends getting a new chip every time. Buy smaller chips that accommodate one trip to the dip.And the
next time youre tempted by the aroma of warm queso at a party, look around at all the people sampling from
that bowl. If you wouldnt fancy kissing all of them, you should probably back away from the dip.
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A threesome
of enjoyable
alternative
exercises
By Jeff Briscoe
jbriscoe@kansan.com
Do you walk into the Rec just dreading how boring your
workout is going to be? You see people there working out
and wonder how they keep their motivation and you cant
believe they never get sick of their workouts.
But there are plenty of ways to exercise that can seem
more entertaining and sociable than just spinning on a bike
with your iPod on.
Truth is, a lot of people cant even get themselves
motivated enough to ever get bored with their workout.
Getting off the couch and into your running shoes is often
the hardest part of staying active and healthy. Long runs on
a treadmill and waiting for weights to open up can make
exercising excruciating.Too many people get stuck with
the idea that the only way to lose weight or gain muscle is
through humdrum workouts.
Ive managed to try out a few alternatives to the average
trip to the gym thatll keep you in shape and entertained at
the same time.
Hash House Harriers
This club is based on a centuries-old tradition called
Hound and Harrier.The idea centers around a bunch
of people chasing after another person. Dont worry
about looking bad in front of
experienced runners, though.The
Hash House Harriers proudly
calls itself A drinking club with a
running problem.
Samantha Bennett, a 2006
graduate who participates in Hash
races in Kansas City, says she
works out six days a week, but
uses Hash to mix up just going to
the gym.
Heres the premise: Races begin
with groups as small as just four
or as large as 30 or 40. Runners
meet up and drink a beer or
two (depending on tolerance
and the amount of fun desired).
After the group socializes for a
bit, one person takes off running,
marking his or her course with
chalk circles on the ground or on
trees that the other runners will
follow.This person is called the
hare. After the hare has a suffcient
head startabout 15 to 20 minutes
the rest of the group takes off in search of the markings.
The allure of these runs is two-fold.
The frst perk is that the courses tend to run awry from
traditional race courses.
Bennett says she has run races through tunnels, parks and
up rock embankments. She says some are straightforward, but
others can challenge your commitment.
The hare can also create fake trails, putting marks down
one path and then doubling back to mark a different path to
fool runners. She says Hashing is more about enjoying the
thrill of the race rather than setting personal records.
Races tend to run about three to four miles, but dont
worry if you cant run that far without stopping, because the
second allure to Hash races is the pit stop. All Hash races
have at least one beer stop in the middle of the race.
Some people balk at the idea of drinking and running, and
experienced Hash runners understand the reservations of
newcomers.
Bennett encourages people to try hashing, even if they are
nervous about it.The drinking can help ease newcomers into
the situation, and also provides plenty of fodder for laughs.
You dont have to be hardcore. Its a way to mix up
running and working out, Bennett says.
Races consist of both the uber-athletic and your average
drinking enthusiast with a beer gut.The athletic types dont
always fnish frst. Keep in mind, some Hash clubs insist
that the frst person to fnish the race drink for his or her
accomplishment. Most runs involve walking to search for
the trail and short breaks. Dont worry if youre not a fast
runner. No awards are handed out, and races generally consist
of packs of people helping each other fnd and stay on the
course.
Hash clubs exist all over the world.There is one in the
Kansas City area, and a club recently formed in Lawrence.
Check the Hash House Harriers global Web site, www.gthhh.
com, for a more complete view of the experience, as well as
listings of all 1,862 clubs around the world.
Pole Dancing
It sounds slutty, and maybe thats what I felt walking into
the pole dancing studio to try this one out. Im not sure
exactly what slutty feels like, but if the end result is anything
like the sense of accomplishment I felt after trying pole
dancing, I need to do it more often.
Natalie Smith, instructor and owner of Pole Worx in
Kansas City, Kan., says that while most guys see a shiny pole
and think its just something to play on jungle gym-style, girls
often worry what people will think if they go swinging around
a strip pole.Thats why she only conducts private classes for
groups who all know each other. She caters to groups who
want to work out together in a more enjoyable way.
An hour-long workout on the pole can burn 600 calories,
Smith says. She started the workouts three years ago while
working at the Ford plant in Kansas City, Mo. A year later,
she was 35 pounds lighter with no help from dieting or any
other exercise.
I didnt go to the gym. It felt like another job. After a hard
day of work, this makes you feel better, happier. It relieves
stress and makes you feel, like, 7 years old again, Smith says.
Because the moves in pole dancing involve using
both upper and lower body muscles, as well as plenty of
movement, you can gain muscle and burn fat.
You cant go by weight at frst, because it tones so well
youll notice your pants getting looser and later you will see
the weight start to fall off, Smith says.
I worried about how to explain to my mother that I
broke my neck pole dancing as I watched Smith show me
the correct way to spin around on the pole upside down.
But, lifting up from the ground, pirouetting around the silver
blur between my legs and sticking the landing was one of the
most rewarding experiences Ive
had in a long time.
Smith says anyone can do the
workouts. She has both a 60-year-
old woman and a 250-pound woman
who regularly attend sessions.
She says everyone starts at the
beginner level, but most people
can catch on quickly.You dont
have to be coordinated or overly
strong, as most of the moves
involve momentum rather than
strength.Workouts are good for
a girls night out, a bachelorette
party or for regular exercise.
Smith says that while most of
her classes are flled with girls,
she does have the occasional male
student (besides just me).
Classes can be as small as just
four people or as large as 20 or
more. Generally, groups are female
only, but Smith will allow women
to invite males to pole dance if all
the other women in the group are
comfortable with it. An hour-
long session at Pole Worx runs
about $20, and the business
also offers packages for weekly
sessions that last one or two months.
Rock Climbing
You walk past it every time you go to the Rec to do your
same boring workout, but next time, go ahead and tackle
that rock wall. Connor Bybee, member of the KU Rock
Climbing Club, says he sees at least three new climbers
every day at the Rec.
The Rec offers climbs for beginners and adrenaline
junkies alike. Bybee says some people are scared of the
height, but there are trained staff who can guide timid
climbers up to the top of the wall.You just have to be brave
and try something new, Bybee says.
You just cant be afraidjust give it a try. Try it at least
three times before you decide not to come back, he says.
Workouts can be tailored to work on cardio or on
building strength. Cycles of going up and down the wall can
quickly raise the heart rate and leave a climber dripping
in sweat. Bybee, who runs and lifts weights, says he sweats
more on the wall than on the treadmill. Climbers can also
do bouldering on shorter walls. Bybee says the short, hard
moves can be a way to challenge yourself.
Its usually done leaning back, so there are few foot holds.
It requires more forearm strength and grip strength, he says.
Besides the workout, rock climbing can simply be a way
to get together with friends.
Patrick Sargent, Houston sophomore, has climbed with
friends back home.While he says they didnt really do it so
much for the workout, he enjoyed getting out and being active.
I think more people than you think want to get outside
more than anything, Sargent says. I just want to do
something physical.
Take a break from your next regular workout and try
something that will leave you with the same post-workout
buzz and soreness in new places.
Hash House Harriers make exercising adventurous
with routes through all types of terrain.
The Student Recreation Fitness Center rock climbing wall is 42 feet tall. Rock
climbing clinics are held Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.
music guy
A road map to
music utopia
By Ben Garmisa
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Welcome back everybody,
how was your spring break?
Wow, that sounds amazing!
Body shots, you say? Awesome!
Mine? Oh, well mine was
pretty awesome, as well
On Saturday I drove nine
hours, on Sunday I worked
nine hours, and on Monday I
got my wisdom teeth pulled.
After the extractions of the
four teeth, I spent most of my
week in a massive amount of
pain. That said, my break wasnt
as bad as it sounds, as I had
two reprieves from the pain.
First, some pretty powerful
prescription narcoticswhich
might not have made the pain
go away as much as they made
my brain not quite complex
enough to understand it,
and second, I had School of
Languages debut album, Sea
From Shore.
When I frst got the album,
I really wasnt expecting too
much. Frankly, I didnt have
much reason to. Id heard
good things about the band
Field Music from one of my
friends, and I knew that School
of Language was their singer
David Brewis solo endeavor,
but I didnt put too much
weight on a single friends
recommendation of the same
artists other project. Other than that, all I knew about the band was what their publicity company had
sent me Languages press kit.
Generally, press kits try to make the bands look as good as possible, so when I saw the words
incessant looping used in one of the reviews hand-picked by the label to hype the album, I wasnt sure
what to think. Usually, I associate the word incessant with something thats annoying and unceasing. So
does the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. As I mentioned earlier, I really didnt have high hopes going into
this.
And so, with a complete lack of excitement, I slid the album into my cars stereo and began my drive
home to Chicago from Lawrence. Immediately, sounds of Brewis voicing aaah, eeee and oooh began
looping rapidly, culminating in some sort of amalgam of sounds that could conceivably be called music.
After about 15 seconds of that, I thought to myself Yes! Incessant was totally the right word! and
switched to the radio.
If it hadnt been such a long drive or there had been something better on the radio, my foray into
Sea From Shore likely would have ended there. I would forever think my friends taste in music sucked
and I wouldnt be writing about this album today. But it was, there wasnt, her taste doesnt and I am.
Convincing myself I owed it to my friend to listen to it all the way through, I popped the CD back in and
braced myself. Turns out that after that frst 15 seconds or so, something very interesting emerges. Sea
From Shore is bookended by a quartet of songs, all named Rockist (Part _), two at the beginning and
two at the end. Those are actually the only songs that have those looped vowels, and it actually works
with the instruments that kick in after the frst few seconds. Throughout the Rockist quartet, Brewis
showcases the different musical styles on display throughout the album: from indie to progressive to
alternative, from fast-paced to slow-and-mellow. You name it, theres something close (except country).
Theres really nothing to compare this album or its sound to, because it doesnt really stay in one genre
long enough. Even so, the album doesnt strike me as schizophrenic. Its just the work of an artist who
can take different concepts and create a solid, whole and well-rounded fnal product. The glue holding
everything together, in this case, is Brewis voice, which reminds me of Radioheads Thom Yorke with an
ability to hit low notes.
Are the loops incessant? Yes. But after the frst listen they start to grow on youthe album itself is
now on an incessant loop on my iPod. Does the album showcase an abundance of underlying talent?
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You can also get a group of friends together for a pottery party. Roth says their party room
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This indie-pop group hailing from Tyler,Texas, mixes
strong, poetic lyrics with fuid, angelic melodies. Eisley
is made up of of siblings Chauntelle, Stacy, Sherri and
Weston DuPree and their cousin, Garron DuPree.And
papa DuPree is their manager. Eisley will be playing at
Liberty Hall on April 7, so youll soon have a chance to
see this modern-day Partridge Family.
Vocalist and guitarist Sherri DuPree talks to Jayplay
about living an ideal and a not-so-ideal rock-star life.
How did Eisley come to be?
It was all an accident, really.We all grew up obsessed
with music because our parents were obsessed.
I guess its always been in our bloodline.We just
started picking up guitars and playing.Then my sister,
Stacy, wrote a song, and we thought,Weird.We can
write our own songs. Then my brother,Weston, just
randomly started playing drums and we were a band.
What is direction of your latest ablum,
Combinations?
Weve all been through a lot of crap this year with
breakups and separations. Its had a positive effect on
the music.The songs are raw and gritty and have all
this goodness to them.
Whos the biggest nerd?
Weston picks apart anything and puts it back
together. He has this weird knowledge of how things
work. I read a lot of graphic novels and comic books
and like action fgures.
Whats it like going back the slower-paced
life in Tyler, Texas, after being on the road?
I love being home so much. Its awesome to hang out
with my family and friends and just do nothing.This
time back Ive been spending a lot of time writing.
Tylers just a small town.Theres literally nothing to
do, so you just hang out with your friends and sit at
coffee shops.Thats how pathetic its been here. Its a
completely different pace.
Are there many heated moments of
sibling rivalry?
Not as much as people would like to think.We get
along really well because were all so close in age.
We grew up in this tiny, crappy house doing music
together and having a blast.We defnitely argue, but
its really like were all just best friends.
Youve sung with New Found Glory, Bright
Eyes and Head Automatica. What was
your favorite collaboration?
I just did a little project with Say Anything and Saves
The Day.Theyre recording together and they had me
help out with it.
I saw your art just made it onto a Macbeth
shoe. Any other artistic endeavors in the
future?
I would love to do more art. Im trying to get a Web
site up with my stuff. Kids are always asking if I will do
prints. Its defnitely my favorite thing to do outside of
music. Id love to work on childrens books.
You were an avid blogger long before it
became a marketing necessity. Has this
affected your fan base?
Its always been very important to be close with
our fans. Before I was in a band, I would get on band
Web sites and it would be so tough to give them
appreciation.You have to stay close with the fans.
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Q&Awith Sherri DuPree from Eisley
(From left): DuPree siblings Chauntelle, Weston, Stacy and Sherri with cousin Garron DuPree.
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Michaela Bloman and Kent Szlanderbach, Wichita freshmen,
had the same taste in music long before they knew each other,
and this was the reason they eventually met.
In high school, Michaelas friend from algebra class let her
download music from her computer that she had downloaded
from Szlanderbachs computer. When Michaela kept asking to
do it, her friend just referred her to Szlanderbach so that she no
longer had to be the middleman. They started talking online and
going to local independent-rock shows. It was pretty clear that
we should start dating, Szanderbach said.
The couple came to the University together, and they have
been dating for three years.
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Lauren Krause was on her way to the Marine
Corps Ball with Anthony Green, a Marine her friend
had set her up with while they visited California.
She was immediately attracted to him. Before going
to the ball, Green stopped at a nearby beach. There
was an immediate connection, Krause, Goddard
junior, remembers. As they played around on shore
he asked her for a quick kiss on the cheek. She
agreed and moved closer but was thrown off guard
when he caught her lips with his. At frst she was
shocked but soon gave she in to the kiss. It was just
right. Soft, warm and salty, she says. The two have
now been dating for a year.
Kissing. Its a behavior that occurs in more
than 90 percent of human cultures, says Susan
Hughes, associate professor of psychology at
Albright College in Reading, Pa. Whether its playful,
romantic or somewhat naughty, kissing seems to be
something everyone is doing. But why do we do it?
Why has swapping spit stood the test of time?
A brief history lesson
We will spend an average of two weeks kissing in
our lifetime, says Andrea Demirjian, kissing expert
and author of Kissing: Everything you ever wanted
to know about one of lifes sweetest pleasures.
There are two schools of thought as to why we
kiss. One believes kissing is an instinctual behavior;
the other believes it is a cultural behavior. Although
the frst kiss was never recorded, we do know
that people were kissing around 1500 BC. Ancient
Sanskrit writings were found in India that describe
the act of kissing, usually as a sensual act,
Demirjian says.
Another ancient text that recorded kissing was
the Kama Sutra, which was written somewhere
between the third and sixth century. Often
misidentifed as an ancient sex position manual,
Demirjian says the Kama Sutra was really a dating
manual for bachelors in India. It not only instructed
bachelors on grooming, art, music, conversation and
yes, sex positions, but it also identifed 17 kisses.
The here and now
Today kissing has evolved into a romantic and
sexual behavior. Research at the University of Albany
in New York has tested evolutionary hypotheses as
to why we kiss. They administered a series of three
questionnaires to more than 1,000 undergraduate
students, which verifed three hypotheseskissing is
a tool for mate assessment, kissing induces bonding
and kissing increases sexual arousal and receptivity.
The study also found sex differences among the
results. Men were more likely to have sex with a bad
kisser then women. Men were also more likely to
have sex without kissing than women would.
Its great to fnd such striking sex differences in a
common behavior, Hughes, the associate professor,
says. Although most of this may sound like common
sense Hughes notes little research has been
devoted to studying kissing, one of the
most common human behaviors.
A memorable experience
All kisses have to start somewhere.
My frst kiss was at my daycare
when I was four or fve, says
Krause.
Although
she doesnt
count this as
the frst kiss that
matters, she can
still remember standing in a circle during playtime
and innocently kissing her four-year-old boyfriend.
Krause says kissing is an essential component to any
relationship.
The physical contact and intimacy is what Ryan
Tally, 2005 graduate, enjoys about kissing the most.
That moment when you pull away after the kiss and
your faces are inches apart, Talley says.That feeling of
being close and intimate is my favorite part of kissing.
At midnight on New Years Eve,Tally had his frst
important kiss. It was with a friend he had feelings for.
The situation forced a kiss as everyone around them
announced that the ball was going to drop soon.When
the clock struck midnight,Tally gave his friend a quick
peck. But what started as a quick peck evolved into a
deep kiss that validated their feelings for one another.
Kissing can be intimate and it can also break
tension. Cassie Gerken, Goddard junior, remembers
what started out as an awkward kiss with Ernie
Mendez, a Marine she dated for almost a year. Mendez
had been in Iraq for seven months.As Gerken waited
on base to welcome him home, her expectations for
the inevitable kiss got higher.When he came back
we didnt have much to say to each other. I had been
participating in American society while he was knee
deep in sand, she says.Although their greeting wasnt
the fairy tale she had envisioned, they soon kissed, and
that seemed to ease the situation.Our kiss brought
us back to each other, she says.
Some students are not seduced by the charm of
the kiss.Avednego Chavez, Denver, Colo., junior, says
kissing is both intimate and emotional, and he doesnt
care for it.For me, sex is more casual than kissing,
Chavez says.Sex is less intimate. Chavez says he used
to be the guy who felt kissing was a means to an end.
Since then, he has developed a new philosophy that
kissing should be saved for a girl he truly has feelings
for. He has not yet met that girl, and until he does,
he plans to hold off on kissing anyone. Kissing is too
emotional but sex releases anxiety, he says.
Not every kiss is perfect.. Chavez remembers his
worst kiss was with a girl who gave him what he calls a
helicopter kiss. She shoved her tongue in my mouth,
and I couldnt retract from it because she grabbed my
face, he says.I couldnt breathe.
Gerken, junior, says her frst kiss was her worst kiss.
He must have thought his tongue was a windmill, she
says.Everything that could be awkward was.
Although we may never know exactly why we
kiss, it seems to be a behavior that has stood the
test of time. So whether its your frst kiss, your
best kiss or your worst kiss, kissing seems to be
a memorable experience that has KU students
talking.
Kissing never goes out of style, Demirjian,
the author, says.Theres something titillating
and sexy about it. Its a prelude to sex.
Like Mistinguett, the risqu French
dancer, singer and actress, once
said:A kiss can be a comma,
a question mark or an
exclamation point.
A brief investigation into kissing and why we do it
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Youve seen the teenager redemption story a
thousand times. Kids try to become cool by being
something they arent. Failing, they become demoralized
for a while before realizing that being cool is nothing
more than being comfortable and confdent in your
own shoes. Redemption usually comes in an ending
party scene. American Pie, Dazed and Confused and
Superbad come to mind.
Now add Drillbit Taylor, Superbads pre-pubescent
brother (Judd Apatow produced both flms). Three boys
who eerily resemble younger versions of the three
Superbad teens are hopelessly trying to ft in as high
school freshmen. Unlike their Superbad counterparts,
these boys are looking for kisses, not hookups;
acceptance, not booze. Standing in their way is the
mythologized high school bully Filkins (Alex Frost), who
gets his kicks by kicking, punching and pulling pranks on
kids half his size. Why the sophomoric senior is always
the most popular guy at school is beyond me. This guy
has a few clever pranks, but they are nullifed when
he commits the way-overdone stuffng of a kid in his
locker.
If the hijinks have any value, its to allow the movie to set up its premise: The cruel punishment sends
the boys running for help. In struts Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson), an army-deserting bum fashioning
himself as a bodyguard so that he can rob the parents house and make a break for Canada. Of course,
Drillbit has a change of heart. He comes to like the kids, teaches them some hilarious improvised
moves to help take on Filkins, and plants himself as a substitute teacher for further protection.
The movie fnds a groove once Drillbit establishes himself at school with all the other characters.
Wilson is up to his Wedding Crashers tricks, creatively deceiving everyone with his new identity
including a love interestand then having to pull himself up after getting caught.
Yes, the plot is extremely predictable. But the humor is mostly fresh and Wilson and the child actors
make a good team. Little brother Drillbit cant fll big bros super-huge shoes, but who really expected it
to? This movie works just fne as an entertaining B-comedy.
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Ian Stanford
He may have bragging rights with a successful television show,
porno (Snoop Doggs Doggystyle) and at least a dozen hit records,
but rapper Snoop Doggs ninth album, Ego Trippin, might actually
bruise his ego.
The Doggfather gets a lot of props for the innovation and risk-
taking he took with this album. The frst single, Sexual Eruption,
has become a smash hit and features the rapper actually singing.
Surprisingly, Snoop pulls it off, and it is showcased throughout the
album. Snoop doesnt forget what made him famous in the frst
place, though, as he brings his signature gangster fow back on
songs like Whateva You Do and Sets Up.
Whats missing here are solid production and guest
appearances. The majority of the album is produced by QDT
Muzik, a production team consisting of DJ Quik, Snoop Dogg and Teddy Riley. As a result, the bulk
of the album sounds the same. Previous producers Dr. Dre and The Neptunes dont have much
involvementDre is nowhere to be found and The Neptunes produce only one track this time around.
Guest appearances from artists like Too Short, Mistah F.A.B, Pharrell and Everlast just dont stack up
against previous collaborators such as Akon, The Game and R. Kelly.
Any Snoop fan will fnd this to be an average album, though its defnitely not a classic like his debut
album, Doggystyle. I for one appreciate Snoops willingness to expand his horizons with his music, but Id
prefer that he write his own lyrics next time, as he uses a lot of guest writers on Ego Trippin.
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from behind the screen door of the double-wide
mobile home. She was leathery and weathered. She
snarled. The two braids of her soot-colored hair
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What do you want?
Were here about the ad for the bus.
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Oh. You. Come on back.
It was my junior year of high school and four
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A few of us had been passing around a copy of
Tom Wolfes The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Testa novel
about a bus full of stick-it-to-the-man hippies who
helped kick-start the counter-culture movement of
the 60sand we were inspired. Too apathetic for a
movement, we decided to buy a bus.
We followed her to the back of her house and
beheld the faded, yellow vessel. To us, the pile
of rotting, hole-ridden tin was nothing less than
beautiful. She took us for a drive.
Second gear is a little tricky, she shouted over
the grumbling transmission. I stood next to her and
watched the trees glide by in the refection of her
aviators. Who is this crazy hag? I thought to myself.
I felt a burst underneath me. The bus came
to a jerky halt. Shit. I hope you boys dont mind
walking, she said without a finch.
I learned a lot about this woman during the two-
mile hike back to her house. Her name was Delores
White Dog. She was a 57-year-old Navajo who
made Native American crafts and jewelry. She sold
her creations out of a shack on the outskirts of
a fea market in Canton, Texas. She loved the Earth
and expressed this love through her art. She was
in love with a younger woman named Susan. Susan
was a travel agent who had an ancient spirit.
Delores was the antithesis of everything my
suburban Dallas life had taught me to believe. I was
enamored.
We got back to her house and said our goodbyes.
She told us to swing by her shack sometime.
A few weeks later, we fnally procured ourselves
a different bus (We later found out that Delores
bus was towed back and converted
into a Jerry Garcia memorial). We took
out all the seats and added couches
and a bed. We found some local artists
to bring the bus to life with a colorful
urban-psychedelic graffti paint job. We
also installed a PA system that played
ice cream truck music at unbearable
decibels (Unfortunately we had to
cease use of this mechanism after an
onslaught of disheartened children).
The only items we lacked were
railing for a rooftop deck and a giant cow skull for
the grill. We knew no better place to fnd these
than a fea market in Canton, Texas.
We quickly located our frst two necessities, but
it took us a while to fnd the true incentive behind
our venture. The shack was actually a miniature
two-story cabin located on a wooded hill amongst
other cabins and booths. The entire area looked like
it belonged in a small mining town or at least a
mining town that sold fried Twinkies. I
was admiring the dream catchers and
listening to a staged gunfght outside
when a fgure appeared in the doorway.
Those are all real bones, you know.
No one uses real bones anymore.
I turned around to look at her.The
hunched-over Navajo was wearing a
fannel shirt and a red bandana headband.
A hint of delight grazed her face.
You boys should come up. Have a
glass of wine.
My fellow bus owners and I sat
down on a canvas cot in the 10-square-foot room,
our heads pressed against the vaulted ceiling. We all
drank from her jug of cheap Rossi wine and asked
her a barrage of questionslike children pestering
their grandfather about his war days. She told us
how she once smoked a joint backstage with Jim
Morrison of the Doors and how she took acid with
Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. She told us how
she converted her bus into a Jerry Garcia memorial.
She told us about her frst tattoo that said Born to
Raise Hell and how her mom made a doctor slice
off the tattooed skin and sew it back together. She
told us that she had ridden with the Hells Angels.
At frst, they all just seemed like stories of
a delusional hippy. But then she showed us a
photograph inside a 1967 issue of Look magazine.
The picture showed a vicious group of Hells Angels
standing around two Harley-Davidsons.
Leaning against the front tires of one of the bikes
was a young lady staring at the camera with a look
that said, I dont take shit from anybody.
Thats me, she said.Man, I didnt take shit from
anybody.
I came back to the shack a few more times
during my senior year. Each time I would bring
different friends. Each time Delores would invite us
up, pour a glass of wine, smoke her home-grown
grass and tell me about her life and what she had
learned. She always seemed to enjoy my curiosity.
She told me she couldnt imagine why anyone
would give a damn.
But I did. I cherished every anecdote, every
lesson. Each story was a shot to the detached
bourgeois mindset that had enveloped me
throughout my childhood. For the frst time, I was
seeing the world from outside of my jaded uptown
Dallas subtopia. I wanted to see more and learn
more, to fnd new perspectives and insight. I wanted
to fnd stories and tell them.
The last time I saw her was in April 2004. I told
her I was going to the University of Kansas to study
journalism. She said shed heard good things. She had
a cousin in Kansas who shed been meaning to visit.
I went back to the cabin two years later. I wanted
to talk to her about writing her story. I found a man
selling wind chimes and wood carvings. I asked if he
knew where the previous tenant had gone.
He tried to sell me a whittled blue jay.
sundays with delores
How a bus drive on the wild
side opened one writers eyes
By travis Brown
19
03.27.2008
VOL. 5 ISS. 25
Contact the writer: tbrown@kansan.com
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