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BY FRANK TANKARD
ftankard@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The English test required for
international graduate students
at the University of Kansas un-
derwent major changes this
week, which might mean added
preparation for some incoming
students.
The Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL),
a standardized test taken by
750,000 students worldwide
last year, has been rewritten
and a speaking section has
been added.
The Educational Testing Ser-
vice, which developed the test,
implemented the new version
Saturday in U.S. testing centers.
It will replace the old version
worldwide within a year.
Chuck Seibel, director of the
KU Applied English Center, says
the new format may weed out
students whose spoken English
skills arent up to par.
A lot of people say its go-
ing to be more challenging, he
said. I think it might test skills
that the old version of the test
doesnt test as well.
A speaking section has been
added to the test in which test-
takers are recorded talking. It
also integrates reading, writing
and listening skills throughout
the test. Before, it tested reading,
writing and listening separately
and didnt include a speaking
section.
Xianping Li, Beijing gradu-
ate student, said he spent many
class hours preparing for the
test, as well as a lot of time read-
ing prep books.
He feared that the new test
would be difcult for students
from countries such as China
where English isnt as common-
ly spoken as in Europe or the
Americas.
Rajesh Maduri, Hyderabad,
India, graduate student, agreed
that the test may be more dif-
cult for students from countries
where writing and reading are
emphasized in class more than
speaking and listening are.
For students coming from
India, English is a primary lan-
guage taught from kindergar-
ten, he said. For students who
havent had English as primary
medium of instruction, that
might be a problem.
The University mandates that
international graduate students
new to the country obtain a
minimum score on the test. Un-
dergraduate students may also
take it to test out of some Eng-
lish classes.
Edited by Anne Burgard
Changes to test may
toughen admissions
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Tzu-chi Liu of Kalhsiung, Taiwan, works in the Learning English Online Lab in
Fraser Hall. The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was changed
this week. Many foreign students believe the added speaking portion of the
test will make it more challenging.
MULTICULTURALISM
Kim Andrews/KANSAN
Joan Allen, Overland Park senior, hastily renders an interior perspective for her Interior Design Thesis course. Allen
is designing a cake boutique that will be called Le Gateau. This is one quick sketch project to create workable pieces
for her portfolio.
Intelligent design
NATION
WASHINGTON House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay
was indicted by a Texas grand
jury Wednesday on a charge of
conspiring to violate political
fundraising laws, forcing him to
temporarily step aside from his
GOP post. He is the highest-rank-
ing member of Congress to face
criminal prosecution.
A deant DeLay said he
had done nothing wrong and
denounced the Democratic
prosecutor who pursued the case
as a partisan fanatic. He said,
This is one of the weakest, most
baseless indictments in American
history. Its a sham.
Republicans quickly moved
to ll the void, while voicing
polite support for DeLay.
The Associated Press
Powell
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They want to be a part
of the entertainment experi-
ence, Powell said.
David Stern, Minneapolis,
Minn., junior, said that he
learned a great deal about the
impact of the digital revolu-
tion, not only on the consum-
er, but also from the business
standpoint.
For the networks to grab
attention of teenage kids they
have to have so much stuff
coming at them, Stern said.
Powell addressed the edu-
cational system briefly, say-
ing that he was not sure if it
was the children or the edu-
cational system that should
change.
He said that he worried that
children were not taught in a
way that they responded well
to because of the fast-paced
world in which they lived.
Despite the immense
changes in technological ca-
pabilities and the broad reach
of media made possible by
the Internet, Powell said that
there was really no difference
between generations in terms
of values and the need for
community.
At the end of the day
whats going to matter for us
as human beings is what does
not change. At the end of the
day were still human, Pow-
ell said.
Jeff Oligschlaeger, Over-
land Park junior, attended
the lecture for extra credit for
a business class but was sur-
prised to find the lecture in-
teresting.
It was astoundingly well
presented, Oligschlaeger
said.
Edited by Anne Burgard
Chuck Seibel, director of the KU Applied English
Center, says the new format may weed out students
whose spoken English skills arent up to par.
Majority leader faces
criminal indictment
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A lone house stands among a neighborhood totally wiped out in New Orleanss Ninth Ward Wednesday. The area has nearly dried out for the second time
since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area a month ago.
Residents return to New Orleans
By AdAm Nossiter
The AssociATed Press
BATON ROUGE, La. More
areas of New Orleans that es-
caped fooding from Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita will be formally
reopened starting today, Mayor
Ray Nagin said.
The areas include the French
Quarter, the Central Business
district and Uptown with its his-
toric Garden District. Business
owners will be allowed in today,
and residents on Friday.
The re-entry started Monday
and is going very well exceed-
ingly well, Nagin told legisla-
tors at a hearing Wednesday at
the state capitol. Everything
you hoped to happen is happen-
ing. Algiers is alive and well and
breathing.
On Monday, Nagin opened
the Algiers neighborhood,
which has electricity and clean
water.
Nagin said checkpoints where
offcers stop people will be
pulled back today so that only
areas that were fooded will be
off limits. Homes in those areas
were heavily fooded and most
are likely beyond repair.
If all goes well, as of Oct. 5
only the Lower Ninth Ward,
which was hit especially hard by
the fooding, will be cordoned
off, Nagin said.
Electricity has been restored
to some dry parts of the city,
but the water is not yet drink-
able. The mayor disagreed with
the head of the states Health
Department about the condi-
tion of the citys water, insist-
ing residents could now wash
in it, though they shouldnt
drink it.
The two things that are ab-
solutely necessary to ensure
public health clean drink-
ing water and proper sew-
age systems simply are not
available in the east bank area
of New Orleans at this time,
said Fred Cerise, secretary for
the state Department of Health
and Hospitals.
People who re-enter the city
may be exposed to diseases such
as E. coli, salmonella or diarrhea
illness if they do not allow time
for the necessary inspections to
ensure public health and safety,
Cerise said.
Many residents of the city
have returned ahead of Nagins
offcial timeline, and the mayor
appeared eager Wednesday to
get more of them back.
Nagin complained that state
opposition was feeding a misper-
ception about New Orleans, say-
ing: Were fghting this national
impression that were tainted,
were not ready.
Yet a handout from the may-
ors offce to returning motor-
ists struck a more cautious tone
than Nagin himself.
You are entering the city
of New Orleans at your own
risk, it reads, before going on
to detail potential health haz-
ards from water, soil and air,
and advising residents to bring
in food.
By mArcy GordoN
The AssociATed Press
WASHINGTON The Se-
curities and Exchange Com-
mission, which is examining a
stock sale by Senate Majority
Leader Bill Frist, has upgrad-
ed its initial informal inquiry
to a formal investigation.
The change means the
agency can issue subpoenas
for documents rather than
just requesting them.
Federal prosecutors also
are investigating the Tennes-
see Republicans recent sale
of stock in HCA Inc. about
two weeks before its price
dropped. Frists family found-
ed the big hospital operating
company.
The SEC has made the in-
v e s t i g a t i o n
formal, a per-
son familiar
with the matter
said Wednes-
day, speaking
on condition
of anonym-
ity because
the agency does not comment
publicly on its inquiries.
It is customary in potential
cases of insider trading for
the agency to initiate a formal
inquiry so investigators can
obtain telephone and finan-
cial records and other docu-
ments.
Were going to cooperate
with them every step of the
way. This is a usual step in
inquiries of this nature, Frist
spokesman Bob Stevenson
said.
Asked whether any sub-
poenas had been issued to
the majority leaders office,
he said, I cant get into that
right now.
Already, Nashville, Tenn.-
based HCA has said it has
received a subpoena from the
office of the U.S. Attorney in
Manhattan asking for docu-
ments the company believed
were related to Frists sale of
company stock.
Frists office said prosecu-
tors and SEC investigators
had contacted the senators
office about the sale.
Frist ordered the stock sold
from several blind trusts this
summer, about two weeks be-
fore HCA issued a disappoint-
ing earnings forecast that
drove its share price down al-
most 16 percent by mid-July.
He sold the stock at a time
when top executives and di-
rectors of HCA including
the chief executive and the
treasurer also were sell-
ing off shares worth a total of
$112 million.
Aides to
the majority
leader, who is
widely consid-
ered a poten-
tial presiden-
tial candidate
in 2008, say
he ordered his
trustee to sell
his shares to avoid any ap-
pearance of a conflict of in-
terest.
The new SEC chairman,
former Rep. Christopher Cox,
on Monday said that to avoid
a potential conflict he would
take no part in the agencys
investigation. Cox was a mem-
ber of the Republican leader-
ship in Congress with Frist.
Frist has hired two private
attorneys who specialize in
securities litigation and in-
sider trading cases: William
McLucas, a former SEC en-
forcement director, and Harry
Weiss, a former SEC attorney
who was a co-author of a text
titled Preventing Insider
Trading. Their representa-
tion of Frist was confirmed by
their law firm, Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Frist inquiry
now formal
The change means
the agency can issue
subpoenas for docu-
ments rather than just
requesting them.
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By Eric TalmadgE
The AssociATed Press
TOKYO When a near-
ly 20-foot long tentacle was
hauled aboard his research ship,
Tsunemi Kubodera knew he
had something big. Then it be-
gan sucking on his hands. But
what came next excited him
most hundreds of photos of a
purplish-red sea monster doing
battle 3,000 feet deep.
It was a rare giant squid, a
creature that until then had
eluded observation in the wild.
Kuboderas team captured
photos of the 26-foot-long beast
attacking its bait, then struggling
for more than four hours to get
free. The squid pulled so hard
on the line baited with shrimp
that it severed one of its own
tentacles.
It was quite an experience to
feel the still-functioning tentacle
on my hand, Kubodera, a re-
searcher with Japans National
Science Museum, said. But the
photos were even better.
For centuries giant squids, for-
mally called Architeuthis, have
been the stuff of legends, ap-
pearing in the myths of ancient
Greece or attacking a submarine
in Jules Vernes 20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea. But they had
never been seen in their natural
habitat, only caught in fshing
nets or washed ashore dead or
dying.
The Japanese team, cap-
ping a three-year effort, flmed
the creature in September of
last year, fnding what one re-
searcher called the holy grail
of deep-sea animals.
The results were not an-
nounced until this week,
when they were published in
Wednesdays issue of the Brit-
ish journal, the Proceedings of
the Royal Society B: Biologi-
cal Sciences. Kyoichi Mori, of
the Ogasawara Whale Watch-
ing Association, co-authored
the study.
Giant squid are the worlds
largest invertebrates, having
been known to exceed 50 feet.
Kubodera said the one he caught
on camera was probably an
adult female. He said the squids
tentacle would not grow back,
but its life was not in danger.
The photos earned the team
cheers from researchers around
the world, largely because of the
diffculty of fnding the mysteri-
ous giant.
Thats getting footage of a
real sea monster, said Randy
Kochevar, a deep-sea biolo-
gist with the Monterey Bay
Aquarium in California. No-
body has been able to observe
a large giant squid where it
lives. There are people who
said it would never be done.
Its really an incredible ac-
complishment.
The photos taken with
strobe lights at 30-second inter-
vals also shed some new light
on the animals behavior.
We think it is a much more
active predator than was previ-
ously thought, Kubodera said
Wednesday. It had previously
been seen as more lethargic, and
not as strong.
In the pictures, the squids
tentacles can be seen stretching
out toward the bait, grasping it
and pulling away in a ball. It is
then seen struggling to get itself
free of the jig attached to the line
under the remote-controlled
camera. The struggle took place
at a depth of between 2,000 to
3,000 feet.
Kudodera said catching the
squid on flm was the result of
10 years of sleuthing.
He added that he had some
help from a population of
sperm whales.
We knew that they fed on
the squid, and we knew when
and how deep they dived, he
said. So we used them to lead
us to the squid.
Kudodera and his team found
the squid about 10 miles off the
remote island of Chichijima,
which is about 600 miles south-
east of Tokyo. They had been
conducting expeditions in the
area for about three years be-
fore they actually succeeded in
making their frst contact at 9:15
a.m. on Sept. 20 last year.
We were very lucky, he said.
A lot of research went into it,
but still, others have tried and
not succeeded.
t war in iraq
Legendary creature caught on flm
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A 26-foot-long Architeuthis attacks prey hung by a white rope at 900 yards deep off the coast of Japans Bonin islands, 670 miles south of Tokyo, in the fall of
2004. The camera was operated by remote control.
lEE KEaTh
The AssociATed Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq A woman
disguised in a mans robes and
headdress slipped into a line of
army recruits Wednesday and det-
onated explosives strapped to her
body, killing at least six recruits and
wounding 35 the frst known
suicide attack by a woman in Iraqs
insurgency.
The attack in Tal Afar near the
Syrian border appeared aimed
at showing that militants could
still strike in a town where U.S.
and Iraqi offensives drove out in-
surgents only two weeks ago. A
female suicide bomber may have
been chosen because she could get
through checkpoints at which
women are rarely searched then
don her disguise to join the line of
men, Iraqi offcials said.
Iraqs most notorious insur-
gent group, al-Qaida in Iraq,
claimed responsibility for the
attack in an Internet statement,
saying it was carried out by a
blessed sister.
The bombing came a day after
U.S. and Iraqi offcials announced
their forces killed the second-in-
command of al-Qaida in Iraq,
Abdullah Abu Azzam, in a raid in
Baghdad over the weekend. His
death has not slowed insurgent
violence, with at least 84 people
including seven U.S. service
members killed in attacks since
Sunday.
President Bush warned violence
will increase in the days leading up
to a key Oct. 15 referendum on a
new constitution, a document that
has sharply divided Iraqs Shiite
Muslim majority and the Sunni mi-
nority that forms the backbone of
the insurgency.
We can expect theyll do ev-
erything in their power to try
to stop the march of freedom,
Bush said. And our troops are
ready for it.
The U.S. military announced
Wednesday that two more Ameri-
can soldiers and an airman were
killed in violence and a Marine was
killed by a noncombat gunshot.
The deaths brought to 1,922 the
number of U.S. service members
who have died since the Iraq war
started in March 2003, according
to an Associated Press count.
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Thats getting footage of a real sea monster.
Randy Kochevar
Deep Sea Biologist
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bomber
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JAYPLAYERS
Last January, I spent
two weeks working an
internship with a magazine
in Manhattan, New York. I
stayed in a Midtown hotel
with three journalism
classmates and we ventured
out exploring
every night
for those two
weeks. One
rainy, Saturday
night we were
out bar-hopping
and, with the
average price
for a beer at $6,
my wallet was
starting to look
too empty for
comfort. So when I spotted
a sign that read ATM Only
$1.50 Charge! I made
straight for the building. The
cash machine was nestled
in a foyer of an old building.
Just as I was taking my
check card out of my wallet
I heard an old womans
voice. Excuse me? she
said. I spun around to nd
a little woman cloaked in a
hooded poncho. I must see
your hand, she told me.
I was taken aback and for
some reason I agreed. She
looked at my palm. You
have a boyfriend, she told
me. I told her I did. You will
have a bright and wonderful
future together, she told
me. I smiled. Youre a good
person, she said. I smiled
again. Come into my room,
she said pointing her hand
in the direction
of a tent with red
sheets. Only $30
for me to read
your palm, she
said. No thanks,
I said, realizing
that the entire
conversation had
probably been a
ploy for money.
Whether or not
the woman had
some connection with the
stars and knew my future
or if she was just trying to
make a buck, I dont know.
Perhaps James Foleys
article will inspire you to
explore the world of palm
reading. (See Page 18). I
guess I tend to lean to the
skeptical side when it comes
to palm reading. But who
knows? Maybe the woman
inside the ATM foyer knew
something I didnt Ben
and I are still together.
Anja Winikka
Editors note
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Jerrys Girls. Lawrence Community The-
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I
know when it started. I was in ele-
mentary school, not even 6 years old.
Lunch came right before recess, and
if I wanted to secure my spot on the soc-
cer team, I needed to hit the playground
early.
My mom was quick to notice my 20-
minute lunch habits affecting my meals
at home. She looked at me with alarm
as I shoveled Dads homemade meat-
loaf from plate to mouth, hardly taking
time to breathe.
Kelsie Lee, Mom said to me, her
eyes wide as she watched my unsavory
and unsettling cafeteria-style eating.
Looking back, Im not sure if she was
scolding me or was just plain worried I
was going to choke.
Nutritionist Ann Litt, author of Col-
lege Students Guide to Eating Well on
Campus, says my habits were normal,
that in todays society speed eating is a
way of life.
Many meals are eaten on the run.
People are always in a rush. Families do
not sit down and dine. They are running
out to meetings, practices, etc., Litt
says. There is little modeling done for
slow eating.
Slow down, youre chewing too fast
Youve heard the story it takes your
stomach 20 minutes to let your brain
know its full. Doesnt seem like a big
window, but youd be surprised how
many Krispy Kremes you can consume
in such a narrow time frame.
Twenty minutes later when it reach-
es your brain you will be stuffed, Litt
says. If you can eat slower, you will eat
a more reasonable amount, enjoy the
taste of the food you are eating and less
prone to digestive disturbances caused
by eating too quickly.
The idea is simple. If you eat slower,
your brain has plenty of time to get the
Hey, Im full message before you are
forced to unbutton your jeans on the
way home from the restaurant. So that
means you eat less, thus consuming
fewer calories.
But that isnt the only plus for those
who suffer from acid reux, taking your
time at dinner can ease your pain. In
an August 2004 study by doctors at the
Medical University of South Carolina, 20
volunteers ate the same meals on two
different days, but dined in ve minutes
one day, while taking 30 the next. The
instance of reux increased from 14 af-
ter the ve-minute meal to 10 after the
longer one.
But I just cant help myself!
If you just cant make yourself slow
down at the dinner table, in the car or at
the Underground, there is another op-
tion. But be warned, this seems slightly
extreme, like $500 extreme. Its called
the DDS System, and, essentially, its
a retainer. Yep, the bane of your fth-
grade existence, back to haunt you in
your adult years.
The discreet oral insert as the com-
pany calls it, is designed to be worn
only during meals. Formed to t your
mouth, the DDS System actually makes
your mouth smaller, forcing you to eat
slower, and, ideally, less. Litt hasnt
heard of the DDS System but says it
sounds ridiculous.
Damn those skinny French women
Really, there has to be another option.
Mireille Guiliano, author of the best-sell-
ing book French Women Dont Get Fat,
says eating slowly can change your life,
and your waistline. It did, after all, work
for her.
Born and raised in France, Guiliano
was left disheartened after a stint in
America as a foreign exchange student
left her with 20 ex-
tra pounds. Back
in France, she
visited her fam-
ily physician in a
desperate attempt
to shed her Yankee
bulge. The doctor
helped appreciate
hereditary French
gastronomic wis-
dom. Which,
among other
things, means
simply, French
chicks eat slower.
His advice
worked and, years
later, Guiliano
decided to write
about it in an at-
tempt to rescue
a culture of diet-pill poppers and carb-
ophobics. In an excerpt from the book,
the author stresses the French approach
that is a balanced and time-tested re-
lation to food and life.
Guilianos instructions come in four
phases: wake-up call, taking inventory
of what you are eating so you begin
to realize what you are putting in your
mouth; recasting, where you learn
French-sized portions and diversity of
nourishment as Guiliano writes; sta-
bilization, where you reintroduce your
favorite foods in (gasp!) moderation;
and, nally, the rest of your life, where
youve learned what your body needs,
what you should eat and how much you
should eat of it. Guilianos point in this
fourth phase is that, now, you should
know your body enough to make nec-
essary adjustments down the road.
A new attitude
So maybe eating slowly teaches a
bigger lesson in life. Next time you sit
down for dinner,
try to really enjoy
what youre eating.
Chew and swallow
each bite before
putting the next in
your mouth. Set
your fork and knife
down in between
bites. Have a con-
versation with your
roommates. Make
meals more about
the people and less
about the food.
If you can eat
slower, you will eat
a more reasonable
amount, enjoy the
taste of the food
you are eating and
less prone to diges-
tive disturbances caused by eating too
quickly, Litt says.
Not to mention you wont disgust the
people sitting next to you.
By Kelsie Smith, Jayplay Writer
Try not to eat standing up. Sitting
down will keep you more relaxed,
and, hopefully, slow your normal
eat-and-run habits.
Never eat anything directly out of
the package, especially while sit-
ting in front of the television. This
lends to mindlessness. Your hand
keeps going for more Doritos and
soon you look down and realize
youve demolished half the bag in
one sitting.
Chew and swallow each bite be-
fore taking the next.
Put down your silverware between
each bite.
Curb speed eating
Taking it
slow
How taking time to taste might
be all the diet you need
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of the week:
Nessa Medick, Chicago
senior, has been a server at
Bambinos Italian Caf for
about two years. She is an
English major and plans to be
a high school English teacher.
Best tip: Working the
beverage cart at a golf
course in Chicago, Nessa
got a $100 tip. The old men
gave me money because
they knew I was going to
school, she says.
Worst tip: Getting stiffed on
a $40 tab at Bambinos
Favorite dish:
Pesto Genovese
Pet peeves: When customers
get a drink and ask for water
too, and then dont drink it.
Natalie Johnson
Nessa Medick
Bambinos Italian Caf
Send your server of the week nominations to jayplay2005@gmail.com
Recipe
corner
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 package (3 ounces) Oriental-avor ra-
men noodle soup mix
2 tablespoons sesame seed
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 cups cut-up cooked chicken
1/2 cup dry-roasted peanuts
4 medium green onions, sliced (1/4 cup)
1 bag (16 ounces) coleslaw mix
1. Melt butter in 10-inch skillet over medium
heat. Stir in seasoning packet from noo-
dles. Break block of noodles into bite-size
pieces over skillet; stir noodles into but-
ter mixture. Cook 2 minutes, stirring con-
stantly; stir in sesame seed. Cook about
2 minutes longer, stirring constantly, until
noodles are golden brown
2. Mix sugar, vinegar, oil and pepper in large
bowl. Add remaining ingredients and
noodle mixture; toss.
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After attending four colleges (KU being
one of them) Ryan Dolan took a chance.
Originally from Kansas City, Mo., Dolan de-
cided to do what many only dream of. He
dropped everything, moved to the big city
(Chicago) and is trying to make it big in the
world of improvisational comedy. He has
been a part of many different improv groups
including a guest act at Chicagos infamous
Saturday Night Live breeding ground, Sec-
ond City. Currently working in Boston with
Improv Asylum, he and his partner Tony
Amatuzio, are bringing their improv show,
Powder Blue Unis, to Kansas City. Dolan
gives Jayplay his opinions on why Lawrence
needs an improv theater, advice for future
improv artists and his take on why the Roy-
als suck.
Q. Why and how did you decide to go ahead
and go for it and move to Chicago?
A. KU was fourth college I had attended
(Georgetown, Johnson County Commu-
nity College and Washburn). Except for
Washburn, I really struggled in the class-
room. After dropping out of KU at the age
of 26, I gured maybe I should stop kidding
myself and go to Chicago and study im-
prov. I had taken an online writing course
through Second City and had gotten good
feedback from my teacher. I had seen
shows at Second City and Improv Olym-
pic, and loved it. At I.O. (Improv Olym-
pic), I saw a hilarious show at 10:30pm on
a Tuesday, which was packed. I thought
that was where I needed to be. I was ac-
tually so bad at improv in Topeka, I told
everyone I was moving to study sketch
writing; lest they think I was crazy.
Q. How did you start out as a newbie in the
improv eld in a big market such as Chi-
cago?
A. Chicago is the best place on Earth to
learn improvisation. Its affordable. Its a
one hour, $100 round trip ticket from KC.
People are friendly, and its easier to sup-
port yourself as opposed to New York. It
has three great improv schools: Annoy-
ance, I.O. and The Second City. The best
thing you can do to meet people is to ei-
ther intern at I.O, or work at Second City
in some capacity. I got a job in the box of-
ce and I learned a lot about the business
aspect of comedy and theatre.
Q. What is the funniest (to you) topic some-
one has shouted out to you during a per-
formance?
A. In Chicago, I never did shows that gar-
nered a lot of suggestions. Here at Improv
Asylum in Boston, we get a lot of sugges-
tions over the course of a show. A lot of
people think theyre being funny, when
they yell out crap like proctologist or
porn-related things but we hear them so
often, its not funny. Sometimes, we will
pull people up to tell us about their day
or a bad date, and the funniest people
just tell the truth. Life is funny enough on
its own. And honestly, comedians are the
lthiest people on Earth. If you want to
see a scene about a dildo, well do one so
awful it will make you sorry youre alive,
but in a good way.
Q. What is a time that you were on stage
and had a performance where you felt like
you nailed it?
A. The rst time I played during the Second
City, we got a suggestion for a scene of
Underwater Apartment or something.
Seven of us went out, and everyone made
a comment about the great underwater
view. I was last, and I commented, the
sh tank is kind of redundant. You had
to be there but there was this pause, and
then the audience of 180 people blew
up. That was a pretty awesome feeling. I
went to the side of the stage with a stu-
pid grin on my face and started shaking. I
blame it on hypothermia.
Q. You have traveled all over performing,
what has been your favorite place and
why?
A. Being able to play for three weeks at
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival was pretty
awesome though. I went with this show
from Chicago called Chairs. We had
good crowds, covered some expenses,
fought a lot and Ill never forget it. After
our show one night, the girls in the cast
went out and the guys from our show
went to a bar to drink. A couple of hours
into it, Andrew Moskos, from Boom Chi-
cago walked in (Boom Chicago is a com-
edy theatre in Amsterdam, where a lot
of actors and writers at MadTV and SNL
have performed). He was with Boom
Chicago alum, Seth Meyers, who is on
SNL. We drank with them all night. Later
the girls came running in and they had
these oomp-loompa outts on from this
show they had been to and they were
covered in paint. My friend runs in laugh-
ing and then realizes that shes staring at
Meyers and Moskos and she looks like
a Smurf on acid. That was my favorite
night there.
Q. Compare American audience suggestions
to audiences overseas?
A. American audiences are more improv
savvy, so they laugh at what they think
is funny. In Edinburgh, improv isnt well
known so half of the time they were just
trying to absorb the fact that we were
making it up on the spot and did not pre-
plan anything.
Q. How do you calm down or get pumped
up before a big show?
A. It doesnt take much to pump myself up. I
bring a lot of energy to my work. If I didnt
like what I did, I would get my degree
with Ryan Dolan
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Starring Ryan Dolan
Saturday, October 1
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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4010 Pennsylvainia Ave., Kan-
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All ages
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Powder Blue Unis
Im the only person in the world
who, as a college student at
their respective institutions, has
eaten in a cafeteria with both Al-
len Iverson and Kirk Hinrich.
I think Kevin Wilmott teaches
awesome lm classes. And
everyone should take a Chuck
Berg lm class on classic lms. I
learned about Billy Wilder lms
that way. One of my favorite
lms I saw was in Bergs class,
Five Graves to Cairo.
The best job in comedy is work-
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and go into a eld that actually had job
security. This may sound stupid, but Kelly
Clarkson songs will have me bouncing
off the walls in about 0.3 seconds. I calm
down by drinking beer and occasionally
making out with a woman who is stupid
enough to want to kiss me. I dont rec-
ommend that to anyone, but thats what I
do.
Q. Why do you like/dislike performing with
your partner for this performance, Tony
Amatuzio?
A. Tony is this short Italian guy from
Delaware, who pretends hes from
Philly. Were doing a show in KC be-
cause were in town to eat and party with
my friends at the American Royal BBQ and
watch the Chiefs/Eagles football game at
Arrowhead. Hes an Eagles fan. Im not
sure what I like about him. Im starting
to regret doing this show.
Q. Explain the title of your current show?
A. The Kansas City Royals suck. Back when
they were good, they used to wear pow-
der blue uniforms. I have named the show
Powder Blue Unis in protest of Allard
Baird and David Glass for ruining the Roy-
als organization. Im pretty sure theyre
going to resign after it and sell me the
team for a penny and some Junior Mints.
Its improv. I have no idea what the show
is going to be about. I could have named
it Crimson Girls Forever and it would
make no difference. I do actually have
a show idea called Kirk Hinrich, but I
wont bore you with the details.
Q. What can people ex-
pect from this show?
A. Well ask for a simple
suggestion up top like
a word or a house-
hold object. Tony and
I will use that sugges-
tion to inspire a 30-
40 minute longform
piece. Well do several
different scenes as
different characters
and try to tie them
together or at least
revisit them through
out the show. Noth-
ing is pre-planned. We
do not plot out the
scenes or pre-plan the
characters. The great
thing about improv is that its all made
up on stage. It will be the funniest thing
to see in Kansas City and Lawrence on
October 1st. If it isnt, Im blaming Allard
Baird.
Q. Why come back to Kansas City?
A. One of the reasons Im doing the show
is that I wanted to connect with the Kan-
sas City improv scene. There are a lot of
people from Kansas in Chicago doing not
only improv but also theatre. There is no
reason why we cant take what weve
learned in Chicago and bring it back to KC
through shows, workshops or even start-
ing an improv theatre. City 3 Improv is
helping me produce this show and they
and a few other groups are re-launch-
ing a Kansas City improv festival. There
used to be a very popular one a few years
ago. The fact that City 3 can rent out the
Westport Coffee House for me on a Sat-
urday night two weeks before the show
speaks about how much room for growth
there is for a KC/Lawrence theatre scene.
Events like the new KC Fringe festival will
only help build a dynamic theatre/improv
community. Theatre is more than another
Shaw production at the Missouri Rep or a
touring production of Cats. Those pro-
ductions are ne but it could be so much
more.
Q. Where should KU theatre grads and
people interested in improv go once they
graduate?
A. First off, just because Im a drop out,
doesnt mean I advocate it. Its much eas-
ier to get a job to support your passion
for theatre or music or art, if you have a
degree. Chicago is widely regarded as the
best theatre town in the country bet-
ter than New York. This is because of
the wealth of talent and its really easy
to form a theatre company and put up
new work. Its denitely the most vibrant
theatre scene in the country. Everybody
wants to go to New York or L.A. to make
it. Those cities just chew you up and spit
you out. Chicago allows you to grow as
an artist and as an individual. It also al-
lows you to develop your chops. It will
also make you a bad ass, if you want to
move back to KC to start your own theatre
company. After a few years, youll actual-
ly know what youre do-
ing from an artistic and
business standpoint.
Q. Who inspires you?
A. The people that in-
spire me are the people
I have seen perform in
Chicago. John Lutz,
who writes for SNL,
taught me at Improv
Olympic. Dan Bakke-
dahl, performed at I.O.
and Second City, and is
the newest correspon-
dent on The Daily Show.
There are so many tal-
ented people in Chicago
that its disgusting. They
could replace the cast of
SNL, 20 times over with people from Chi-
cago and it you wouldnt know the differ-
ence and they should probably do that.
Q. Who is that someone famous you aspire
to be like or meet?
A. Bill Murray and Steve Martin. They are
intelligent, good actors, understated and
go a mile just by raising an eyebrow.
Martins a great writer. Pretty much 90%
of all improvisers would love to have Bill
Murrays career. He may not know it, but
hes the unspoken icon in our eld.
Lindsey Ramsey
As the needle hits the record and the
bass line drops, the
emcee clinches the
mic with a tight st.
A drop of sweat drips
off the brow of the
lyrical mastermind
and hits the stage
oor. As the beat
kicks in, the crowd
starts bobbing their
heads to the percus-
sion jumping out of
the speakers. With
the stage presence of
a messianic prophet,
all eyes are on the
emcee. Rhythmical-
ly he drops rhymes,
awing the crowd with a linguists vo-
cabulary. Throughout this symphony
of beats and rhymes, you catch yourself
in the moment and say, Damn, this is
some next shit! With the crowd of fel-
low hip-hop heads, you exit the show
being force-fed yers of all sizes and
colors, and you wonder if that show can
possibly be topped.
Where are you? Right here in town,.
Thats right, Lawrence, Kan.: a recog-
nized Midwestern Mecca for local hip-
hop artists.
Lawrence has hosted many of hip-
hops pioneer acts, such as KRS-One,
Talib Kweli, Mos Def and De La Soul.
By selling out these shows, Lawrence
shows its support of famous hip-hop
acts, but the local hip-hop scene has
gained national, and even global, rec-
ognition, as well.
Edwin Mo-
rales, local promoter
and owner of Down-
play Productions, says
that the Lawrence
community has shown
great support of the
hip-hip shows he has
promoted. He has
promoted shows in
Lawrence since 1999
and started a weekly
Friday night hip-hop
event called Project
Groove in 2001. Law-
rence is always look-
ing for a fresh sound
that many local hip-hop acts have been
able to provide, Morales says.
Lawrence has local, independent re-
cord labels that are helping propel the
progression of its hip-hop culture as
well. Sean Hunt, owner of the Law-
rence-based hip-hop label Datura Re-
cords, explains the mark Lawrence is
making on the national scene.
Five years ago it wasnt possible to
have hip-hop artists from Kansas releas-
ing groove-based and darker hip-hop off
independent labels that are being heard
nationally and across the globe. Now
that is not the case, Hunt says. Hunt is
a local hip-hop artist that raps under the
moniker Approach.
Approach has received national rec-
ognition for his music including a four-
star review in the Fall 2004 Los Ange-
les-based music publication URB for his
album Ultra Proteus. He has toured na-
tionally and in Europe with the hip-hop
group, Souls of Mischief. Approach has
gained additional fame through his col-
laboration with Oh No,
West Coast producer
and brother of hip-hop
mogul Madlib. The two
have put together an
entire album, which is
set to be released some-
time in early 2006.
The Kansas City/Law-
rence hip-hip group
Deep Thinkers, also on
Datura Records, is soon
to reach recognition
from the Eastern hemi-
sphere. As a Japanese
hip-hop label contacted
Datura to release the
Deep Thinkers album Necks Move this
October in Japan.
It is crazy to think that these record
labels from around the world are hear-
ing the music local artists such as Deep
Thinkers and myself are releasing on
these independent labels, Hunt says.
Another turning point in the popu-
larity of Lawrences hip-hop scene has
been the start of the Web forum Law-
rencehiphop.com. The site was started
in 2001 to post shows and promote lo-
cal artists. Today, it is one of the most
popular tools for hip-hop fans in Law-
rence and the Midwest to nd out about
upcoming shows or post comments on
recent releases.
Andrew Giessel, creator of the site,
started it as a medium to help fans and
musicians chat online and swap beats.
Lawrence has always had great de-
sire and artistic drive for
hip-hop. The Web site just
gave these artists a way
to share their talents. It
has now created a ripple-
effect as more and more
artists in Lawrence are be-
ing inspired, Giessel says.
Giessel, now pursuing a
Ph.D in Neuroscience at
Harvard Medical School
in Boston, says the ever-
growing hip-hop scene in
Lawrence competes with
many east cost cities such
as Boston.
Hip-hop is rapidly
growing in Lawrence and there appears
to be a bright future for its local beat con-
ductors and rhyme spinners. Certainly
their sound will echo loudly in the ven-
ues of Lawrence. Soon it may ring loudly
throughout the rest of the world.
music
By Rory Flynn, Jayplay writer
Lawrences ever-
growing local hip-hop
scene
Check out these Lawrence/
Kansas City area hip-hop
artist releases:
Approach, Ultra Proteus,
Datura Records
Deep Thinkers, Necks Move,
Datura Records
Soundsgood, Biscuits and
Gravy, Datura Records
iD & Sleeper, Displacement,
Mush Records
Mac Lethal, The Independent
Success Story, Datura
Records
Pick these up
hot
The
Lawrence emcee Approach lays
down rhymes in front of a massive
crowd at the KJHK wax clash at Lib-
erty Hall. Photo courtesy of www.
kjhk.org.
Lawrence DJ Josh Powers
spins on the turntables as
Kansas Citys Joc Maxx is on
the mic at the Gaslight Tavern.
Photo by Rory Flynn
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venue
T
hough formed only four years ago,
Conner have already established
themselves as one of Lawrences best
local bands, evidenced by their raucous 2002
debut, The White Cube, and this years fol-
low-up, the sublime Hello Graphic Missile.
With a national release date for the new al-
bum scheduled for October and a tour ten-
tatively planned shortly thereafter, Conners
mix of dance-rock rhythms and guitar hero-
ics could (and should) soon earn them the
label of Next Big Thing. Only a month
removed from an opening slot on the tour
of new-wave revivalists the Killers, Conner
front man and 2005 KU grad James Duft sat
down to talk about the benets of touring
with superstars and why drinking before a
show isnt always a good idea.
Q: You guys recently opened a few shows
for the Killers. What was it like to be part
of a large tour?
A: We were nervous and freaked out at rst
to be playing in front of 5,000 people ev-
ery night, but we adapted to it. The best
part was we got these tour passes that
gave us unrestricted access to everything.
Also, they gave us a lot of free alcohol.
Q: How did the crowds respond to your mu-
sic?
A: We got a great response every night. We
sold all the merchandise we brought with
us, like 600 CDs. We sold more in three
days on that tour than we had in the four
months before.
Q: So there wasnt any hostility at all, even
though you were opening and playing for
people who had never heard Conner be-
fore?
A: Well, at one of the shows this guy yelled,
You suck! but some smart-ass always
does. The cool thing was that, like, ve or
six guys around him started punching and
kicking him after he said it, which made
me feel good.
Q: Did you learn any lessons from the tour?
A: Yeah, dont drink before you play! When
youre playing a big venue like a theater,
the people in the back cant actually see
that youre drunk so they just think you
cant sing or play.
Q: Do you consider Conner a new-new
wave band, like the Killers?
A: No, not at all. Lazy journalists have tried
to pigeonhole us as one, but thats not our
sound. Were like 70s-disco rock mixed
with post-punk. I mean, yeah, we listen
to the Smiths and the Cure, but we also
listen to the Rolling Stones and Led Zep-
pelin.
Q: You just put out your second record, Hello
Graphic Missile. Hows it different from
Conners debut, The White Cube?
A: We smoked a lot more pot in the studio,
so its slower. We tried to make a full re-
cord, one that ows together front to back,
each song complementing the others.
Q: Youre not hesitant to confront people in
the audience when youre onstage. Why
is that?
A: Because weve played a few shows where
people were just standing around talking.
I just try to let people know were onstage
playing. Its like, if youre not into it, leave.
Go. If you are into it, smile and have fun
its just a little rock n roll. Shows are
always more fun when youre involved.
Q: Whats the nerdiest thing Conner has
done together as a band?
A: Were just music dorks. The Simpons,
Seinfeld and Spinal Tap dominate all our
vocabularies. We even stole Spinal Taps
band motto: Have a good time, all the
time.
Dave Ruigh
with Conner
AND
A
Q
venue
Amidst the decades of writings on the
wall and a sign that reads Beware of At-
tack Bartender, Stuart Lamb, Tulsa gradu-
ate student, has been tend-
ing bar at The Wheel for two
of the bars fty years. One
of Lawrences landmarks The
Wheel is an institution unto
itself. Lamb says it this his-
toric atmosphere that makes
him enjoy where he works.
Favorite part of the Wheel:
Game days. Alums still
come in on game days be-
cause they remember the bar and they
can see that it hasnt changed.
Worst part of the job: Seeing your friends
have a good time and them wanting to
buy you shots while you are working.
Favorite music to listen
while working: Tom Petty,
The Doors and ABBA.
Craziest day at work: After
the K-State game last year we
sold out of every alcohol and
only had a few beers left.
Favorite drink to make:
Petey Palooza Employee
Pete Krsnich made up this Wheel special-
ty drink.
Lindsey Ramsey
1 shot raspberry vodka
1 shot orange vodka
Fill with Tonic
Splash of pineapple
Two limes
Mix well
Petey Palooza (16oz)
Stuart Lamb
of the week
B
artender
photo courtesy of www.connermusic.comf
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A psychedelic guide to Lawrence pot culture
Continued on page 14
By James Foley, Jayplay writer
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Kit Lefer/Jayplay photographer
Bongs and pipes are sold at stores in Lawrence.
However, businesses post signs, explicitly informing
shoppers their paraphernalia is intended for tobacco
use only.
Ryan Bonacker smiles sheepishly as he takes a hit from the pipe.
Exhaling a cloud of smoke, a slight droopiness accents the sanguine
hue of his eyes. He is stoned. I ask himwhy he smokes bud, and he
pauses for a few seconds before taking another hit. He says he has
never really thought about it before. He enjoys it. Simply put, mari-
juana just makes some things better. Music is one of them. Indulg-
ing my questions about his smoking habits, Bonacker, a Lawrence
resident, digresses, recalling a recent night of eating brownies and
smoking a bowl.
I was lying on the oor, looking at the ceiling, listening to Inter-
pol when it hit me, he says, talking about the moment the pow-
erful combo took its effect. The swooping bass lines of the album
transported him to places hed never been. The music, the drug of
drugs, entranced him. His mind wandered away, exploring the end-
less subtleties of his pleasant apartment before returning and com-
manding his body into a deep, refreshing sleep.
This is marijuana at its nest.
There are numerous varieties of pot
grown around the world. U.S. markets
are exposed primarily to grass grown
in Canada, Mexico and even right here
in our own backyard. So far, in 2005,
the Kansas Bureau of Investigation has
processed more than two tons of
marijuana.
With weed so widely available all
over the country, its no surprise that
more than 72 million Americans
roughly a third of the U.S. population
have been high at least once in their
lives. The same is true at the University
of Kansas, where plenty of students
get high regularly. An informal survey
of a Western Civilization class revealed
20 percent of the 150 students queried
smoke marijuana on a regular basis.
But there are consequences, both legal
and physical, which probably keep this
country fromgoing up in smoke like Ja-
maica on April 20.
Marijuana is the most commonly
used illegal drug in the U.S. Last year,
in Douglas County alone, law enforce-
ment agents seized 211 high-grade
plants from indoor growers. Fifty of
these plants can produce 2.5 pounds of
high-grade bud every six weeks. Just
an ounce of this high caliber stuff can
be worth $1,200.
Old school herbage
Lawrence once had a reputation for
having a lot of ditchweed, a very low-
grade of marijuana that gives smokers
little more than a headache. The soils
and climate in the Midwest allow ample
marijuana growth. It isnt called ditch-
weed for grins: marijuana is essentially
a weed. It grows everywhere, especial-
ly in ditches. According to Bill, a Law-
rence resident of more than 30 years,
the ditchweed harvested here in the
70s was shipped across the country,
deceptively being passed off as higher
quality Mexican grass.
Despite the ease with which cannabis
grows in the area, the number of at-
tempts at outdoor cultivation is steadily
decreasing because law enforcement
ofcials are good at catching people.
The Law vs. Mary Jane
Kyle Smith, deputy director of the
Kansas Bureau of Investigation, boasts
of the KBIs skill at spotting outdoor
marijuana cultivation. Surveying the
land fromhelicopters, the KBI is able to
effectively spot any signicant, concen-
trated marijuana growth. Agents know
where to look mainly along fences
and railings to nd camouaged cul-
tivation areas. Last year, the KBI seized
a 900-plant crop in a single bust. This
type of marijuana, commonly referred
to as schwag because of its low qual-
ity and cheap high, is what comes from
the majority of the plants cultivated
outdoors.
Pot-savvy green thumbs have moved
their operations indoors where there is
a more controlled environment. Indoor
cultivation allows the grower to prevent
nature from interfering with the quality
of the plant. An expertly tended plant
can produce very potent marijuana.
known as sensemilla. This high quality
formof marijuana is also known as kind
bud (KB) or nugget.
Smith says detecting indoor grow-
ers is a difcult task, and police rely
on informants and good Samaritans,
such as nosy landlords, to tip off home
growers. Home growers have become
increasingly skilled at their trade, too,
with the average THC content in sense-
milla leaping from 3.2 percent in 1977
to 13.34 percent in 2004.
The marijuana that is not grown in
state is trafcked in. Smith says much
of it comes from Mexico. Either way, it
all eventually trickles down to individu-
al buyers. A typical end-market transac-
tion is for one person to buy an eighth
of an ounce of high-grade kind bud for
$50. Usually, an entire ounce will cost
$350, meaning the seller who takes the
risk of buying the ounce can smoke for
free by selling seven friends an eighth
ounce bag.
Needless to say, theres a lot of mon-
ey in the marijuana biz. There are also a
lot of KU students ready to support the
cause.
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Smokin a jay
As Rory Smith walks down bustling
Jayhawk Boulevard, he basks in the
warm afternoon air. The slight breeze
feels good against his skin. He is relaxed.
Calm. Enjoying the beautiful day as he
makes his way toward his next class. He
is on cloud nine. His stomach grumbles
quietly. The joint he just smoked did its
job. He is high.
And he is not alone.
The same 20 percent of people in the
surveyed Western Civilization class also
claim to have been high on campus at
least once.
Smith, Olathe junior, regularly gets
high. He admits to smoking pot four or
ve days a week, sometimes on cam-
pus before class. Only 20 years old now,
hes smoked weed for nearly six years.
He only gets high during the daytime
occasionally, preferring to save it until
night, after hes ready to settle down.
Smith says getting weed is rarely a
problem. Everybody smokes, he says,
and getting a bag of grass here is just
as easy as any other place hes lived. If
you know the right people, an hour or
two is all it takes to put something to-
gether.
How often, and with how many peo-
ple Smith smokes determines how of-
ten he buys. He prefers good KB over
schwag. Schwag is less expensive than
KB because its easier to grow and not
as potent. But veteran smokers like
Smith want the good stuff. He says he
hasnt bought a bag of schag since he
was in high school.
Know the rules
Despite the relative ease of buying
marijuana, it is still illegal to possess.
Currently in Kansas a rst time offense
is classied as a misdemeanor and can
earn you up to a $2,500 ne or a year
in jail. A second possession offense is
a low-level felony and can land you a
pricier ne or almost two years in jail.
Cultivating ve or more plants will get
you a full-edged felony and up to 17
years in prison.
In 2004, there were 139 marijuana relat-
ed cases in Douglas County. The harsh
penalties are rarely fully enforced. The
typical punishment in Douglas County
for a single pot offense is a $117 docket
fee and $100 diversion fee.
Often, people will get busted for a
more serious crime, like a DUI, and then
get nailed with a secondary marijuana
offense, too. Sgt. Dan Ward, spokesman
for the Lawrence Police Department,
says in his experience, the majority of
cases he sees are drug or alcohol relat-
ed.
While ofcers are obligated to take
action if they encounter even a small
amount of marijuana while on the job,
busting individual users for marijuana
possession is not a primary goal of the
LPD or the KBI. The goal of the KBI is
to limit growth and distribution, Depu-
ty Smith says. Its not cost effective to
try and arrest individual users. The KBI
also doesnt worry about small-level
transactions and city-level distribution.
Thats left up to the citys law enforce-
ment.
In Lawrence, lawmakers are debat-
ing the idea of making the possession
of small amounts of marijuana a low
priority for the LPD. Under the new pro-
posal, getting busted for pot would be
much like getting a speeding ticket. The
offenders would be issued a citation,
appear in municipal court (rather than
district court) and perhaps ned, much
like the streamlined process of receiv-
ing a trafc violation.
Smoking abroad
Other college towns across the coun-
try are adopting similar policies. Co-
lumbia, Mo., just enacted a law similar
to the proposed Lawrence ordinance.
The two largest pot-per-capita cities,
Boulder, Colo., and Boston, also have
liberal laws regarding possession of
small quantities of grass.
While the laws regarding possession
are slowly loosening, the world has a
long way to go before pot can be of-
cially legalized. Contrary to popular
belief, marijuana is illegal in the Neth-
erlands. They just happen to have a
non-enforcement policy. De facto le-
galization, yes, but its still technically
against the law. If the Netherlands were
to legalize, it would jeopardize interna-
tional relations with countries that have
a ban on marijuana, such as the United
States.
Dude, wheres my lung?
Depending on where you stand on
the issue, Lawrence may or may not
have a marijuana problem. But the
health risks surrounding marijuana
are a cause for concern. Any time you
smoke a plant, youre going to inhale
a certain amount of nasty carcinogens.
Obviously, heavy smokers are at the
greatest risk for developing health prob-
lems. Lung problems, pulmonary prob-
lems and bronchitis are just some of
the hazards related to heavy smoking.
These risks are prevalent in smoking
both tobacco and marijuana. Though
scientic data is not available, a com-
mon estimate is that one joint poses the
same health risks as four cigarettes.
James Grobe, assistant professor
of psychology, teaches a class called
Drugs and Behavior. He says there are
unique risks associated with smoking
marijuana. But he says there are also
unique benets, which make the little
green plant quite the paradox. For in-
stance, sufferers of bronchitis report
that smoking pot loosens up their air-
ways for a short while, allowing them to
breathe easier. Ironically, the toxins re-
leased into the body from smoking the
plant are what cause bronchitis in the
rst place.
A study sponsored by the U.S. De-
partment of Transportation found that
the THC in marijuana causes a moder-
ate degree of driving impairment, but
is far less of a danger than driving un-
der the inuence of many prescription
medicines or alcohol. Drivers under the
inuence of marijuana retain insight of
their driving performance, compared
with drivers under the inuence of alco-
hol, who do not. The study concluded
that THCs adverse effects on driving
performance appear relatively small.
According to Grobe, some studies
show that smoking marijuana actually
increases productivity when perform-
ing monotonous tasks. This might ex-
plain why so many people who work at
restaurants are stoned all the time.
Another bizarre property of marijua-
na is that in some cases, a person who
is vulnerable to certain disorders may
be pushed over the edge if they use
marijuana. A person prone to anxiety
may trigger an episode by smoking.
Grobe says that people who are highly
anxious about smoking weed probably
shouldnt.
The effects of marijuanas active in-
gredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
(THC), are different for everybody. It
chills some people out; energizes oth-
ers; some report tension, paranoia or
apathy. Grobe says because marijuana
affects every person differently, overtly
labeling it as addictive would not be ac-
curate. Some people show more signs
of addiction to marijuana than others,
Grobe says.
Justin, a Lawrence resident, has
smoked in the past, but generally
avoids it now. He says getting high
used to make him feel relaxed and a
little goofy, but eventually he stopped
having a good time when he smoked.
The more he smoked, the less he liked
the effects. It made him feel anxious,
like he always needed to do something.
It also caused the level of his conversa-
tions with people to decline. He says
he would strike up interesting conver-
sations that digressed into distracted
rants and incomplete thoughts. I got
tired of acting stupid, he says.
Meanwhile, Bonacker says the rst
few times he smoked herb he also felt
really anxious and panicky. Though
now, he doesnt get those feelings.
Share the love
The social aspect surrounding mari-
juana use is perhaps one of its greatest
benets. Smith says he rarely smokes
alone. He usually lights up with two to
four people. The communal activity of
sharing a pipe is very satisfying and its
a good way to chill out, he says. Bon-
nacker says he has a good mix of friends
who do and dont smoke pot. He says
whether or not he smokes depends on
his mood. He says pot has a tendency
to make him introspective and asocial.
People have been using psychoactive
substances since the dawn of civiliza-
tion. Grobe says problems from heavy
drug use, whether its binge drinking or
marijuana use, are everywhere in the
country. The real problem, he says, is
not that people are doing it, but how to
get help to people who need it. Heavy,
prolonged marijuana use can cause
cognitive impairment, but its unclear
whether it persists once someone
quits. He says that punishing a person
for using marijuana is not an effective
behavioral control device. He says the
best way to keep people from develop-
ing drug problems is a rich environment
with lots of activities other than using
drugs.
Growing (up)
Bill, who spent almost a year in pris-
on for growing marijuana, says herb
has had a very positive effect on his life,
despite his time in the pen.
He says youth is a time to experiment
and do drugs and go a little crazy, be-
cause when youre older youll want to
focus on other things.
You get older. You have kids. You dont
have time to be dicking around with it.
You grow past the age where drug con-
sumption makes any sense, he says.
Though he doesnt smoke anymore,
Bill says he has no regrets about smok-
ing pot.
Bill says Lawrence was a fantastic
place to be in the early 70s; marijuana
made his young life a lot more fun.
This town rocked, he says, and
drugs were at the center of it.
By Katie Moyer, Jayplay writer
contact
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ou lie exhausted next to your partner,
smiling contentedly after the nights
sexual endeavors. Suddenly, your heart
skips a beat. You are panic-stricken and
gasping for breath as you think, Holy
shit, I forgot to take my pill! Your part-
ner notices your exasperation and he
asks whats wrong. When you reply,
he only smiles reassuringly and says,
Dont worry, babe, I took my pill.
Although it sounds too good to be
true, shared oral birth-control responsi-
bilities are an imminent possibility. The
University of Kansas and the University
of Kansas Medical Center recently won
a nearly $8 million, ve-year contract
with the National Institutes of Health
to research chemical compounds to
develop into effective male oral con-
traceptives. The results of this research
may soon provide men with a weekly
or monthly pill that temporarily switch-
es off their fertility, giving them a safe
means to play a more active role in birth
control.
As part of the NIH contract, about
500,000 compounds will be tested on
enzymes that play a key role in either
sperm development or sperm motility.
The Universitys research facilities hous-
Illustration by Greg Griesenauer
Too hard to swallow?
control
birth
Male
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Y
About 7 in 10 students at the Univer-
sity are sexually active
70% of female students are on the pill
78% of men say they would be willing
to take birth control pills if they were
available
66% of women say they wouldnt be
willing to rely on their male partner to
consistently take a birth control pill
According to an informal Jayplay survey
conducted here at the University.
KU Sex Stats
About one-half of preg-
nancies in the United
States are unintended.
More than nine in 10
women at risk of an un-
intended pregnancy are
using a contraceptive
method, the most popu-
lar of which is the pill.
The female birth control
pill accounts for 31 per-
cent of contraception
use in the United States;
Condoms account for
only 18 percent.
The typical U.S. woman
wants only two chil-
dren. To achieve this, she
must use contraceptives
roughly three decades of
her life.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Preven-
tion
Pill Facts
es a technology called High Throughput
Screening (HTS), which is able to screen
thousands of compounds
at a time. HTS is one of
the reasons the Univer-
sity was able to win such
a prestigious contract.
The University and the
KU Medical Center are
the only institutions in the
United States involved in
the NIH contract. How-
ever, Gunda Georg, lead
researcher, says her team
might collaborate with
other institutions that are
doing similar research
to speed up the process.
Georg is also the director
for the Center for Drug
Discovery at the Higuchi
Biosciences Center and
professor of medicinal
chemistry. Other primary
members of the research
team include Qi-Zhuang
Ye, research professor at
the Higuchi Biosciences Center; Joseph
Tash, associate professor of molecular
and integrative physiology; and Ernst
Schonbrunn, assistant professor of me-
dicinal chemistry.
According to Schonbrunn, KU re-
searchers are determined to achieve at
least the 95 to 99 percent effectiveness
that women now have when taking the
pill. The biggest difference between the
female pill and the one being developed
for men, he says, is that the female pill
is hormonal and the male pill would be
non-hormonal. The main advantage of
this approach is that by leaving mens
hormones alone, the pill will have fewer
side effects.
After its ve-year contract is com-
plete, the University will give NIH a list
of the compounds that have proved ef-
fective in temporarily sterilizing mice
and rats, Schonbrunn says. The NIH will
then begin clinical studies.
The biggest obstacles in developing
the male pill are reducing side effects,
ensuring reversibility and maintaining
mens sexual drive, Georg says. A cou-
ple of psychological issues also arise
from this development: Would men be
willing to use the new oral contracep-
tive and would women be able to trust
men to take them? According to an in-
formal Jayplay survey conducted at the
University, 78 percent of
men say they would in
fact be willing to take the
pill to prevent pregnancy
if it were available.
Despite mens willing-
ness, 66 percent of wom-
en report that they would
not be willing to rely on
their male partner to
share in the pill-popping
responsibility. Several
responses on the survey
from women argued that
men are too forgetful
and irresponsible to be
counted on to take the
pill to prevent pregnancy,
which is ultimately the
womans problem. Other
women claim that its dif-
cult for them to remem-
ber, so the chances of a
guy remembering to take
a pill consistently are slim to none.
Keep your chin up though, guys.
Some women out there do have faith
in you. Stefani Gerson, Overland Park
senior, says that her boyfriend has to
remind her to take it most of the time,
so she knows she could count on him.
Other women claim men would use the
pill out of pure fear of paternity.
Guys are so scared of getting a girl
pregnant, I think theyd do anything to
avoid it, Amy Hamilton, Bucyrus se-
nior, says.
Until the KU research team proves
otherwise, though, it looks like the pill-
popping duties are left up to women.
Sorry, guys. Youre stuck with the rubber
for now.
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Friends: Grant & Chris
5
Top ve
5. I know what youre think-
ing and its not that.
4. DUDE!! You interrupted
me at the best part.
3. Quick, get some help! My
hand and penis are ght-
ing!
2. Come and join in. We can
race!
1. Let me nish off and Ill
talk to you.
Chris Moore
Jessica: If it feels wrong, dont do it and
tell him why youre not doing it. Maybe
thatll change his mind about going to
strip clubs in the rst place when he
realizes he has his very own free and
private peep show to go home to. For
your sake, I sincerely hope he gures
that out before you nd a man who
knows youre the only stripper he wants
in his life.
Brian: Sometimes boys will be boys.
This includes acting without regard for
how it will affect someone else. If he
doesnt know you have a problem with
this, then he is doing no wrong. Youll
need to confront him about how you
dont feel at ease with him lusting after
you when he comes home. A refusal to
budge at all by him will show that your
relationship is destined to crash and
burn anyway. His desire to conform to
your needs will show that he isnt going
to the strip clubs to get turned on but
to spend time with his friends. As much
as you need your time with your girls,
he needs his time with his guys. By giv-
ing him time to be with his buds other
than this monthly ritual, it will minimize
the frequency of him going to the clubs.
If all else fails, starting practicing your
stripper routine and look into buying a
pole for your house.
Brian: Ahh. Already feeling like youre
married and the sex is slowly dying
off? Girls are much more emotionally
driven than guys are, meaning that she
probably isnt leaving you because you
dont make her orgasm. Look back and
think of all the times she has needed
you at her side recently. Have you been
there to help her? She wants to go out
and date other people because she
knows you two connect sexually but
wants to see if someone else is more
in touch with her emotional needs. If
you want to keep her, make that extra
effort. Be willing to give up friend time
for time with her. Find out her deep-
est desires and make them come true
even something as simple as cook-
ing her dinner after a long day. It will
all go a long way towards helping you
get more action in the bedroom.
Jessica: Shes not leaving you because
of your crappy love-making skills.
Shes leaving you because you have
no idea how to love her. Most girls
will attest that although sex is a ma-
jor component in a relationship, the
emotional connection far outweighs
the bedroom business. If shes just not
feeling the chemistry, the lack of sex is
a moot point. You need to learn how
she wants to be loved, not how she
wants the pipe laid. The sex will come
when you learn to care for her in the
way she wants to be cared for. For
future reference, no matter who you
end up with, make sure youre more
concerned with her and not how you
measure up in the sack. Jerk.
My girlfriend and I used
to have sex every day,
but its been two weeks
and every time I try
she isnt in the mood.
Now she wants to take
a break and date other
guys. Is she leaving me
because my lovin isnt
satisfactory?
Garrett, Sophomore
?
You wouldnt think youd nd many
friends out in the wilderness. But thats
not the case for Grant Zehner, Overland
Park senior and Chris Rogge, Kansas City
senior. Zehner was mountain biking at the
Spillway in Manhattan. He wrecked his
bike and bent his wheel in half. As Zehner
was walking his bike back to the car, Rogge
saw him and they started talking. They be-
gan to hang out and became friends. After
their sophomore years, they both decided
to transfer from K-State to KU.
Zehner is going to be Rogges best man
in his wedding next year.
Meghan Miller
things to say if caught
masturbating
we
met
My girlfriend and I have been dating for eight months. My family is
from out-of-state and when my parents visited last weekend, she
didnt want to meet them. Whats going on here?
Jim, Senior
?
Jessica: Either shes on a different wave-
length in terms of the relationships com-
mitment or she suffers from a parental
phobia. Explain to her that you wish she
couldve been there to meet them and
then ask her if there was anything pre-
venting her from doing so. Hopefully,
its just a minor fear of parental accep-
tance, but if youre still questioning her
level of commitment you should talk
with her about where you both stand.
Good luck!
Brian: You might have a case of a very
caring girlfriend on your hands. If you
have been expressing how overly ex-
cited you are that your parents are com-
ing up, she might have been trying to
give you space for some quality fam-
ily time. On the other hand, you might
have a case of a relationship that isnt
quite where you thought it was. Meet-
ing parents is almost as big of a deal as
Ron Burgundy and she just might not
feel like your relationship is yet at the
meeting parents stage. This shouldnt
qualify as a reason to break up, but it
gives you a better insight into her mind.
The biggest mistake you could make
right now is to assume anything. Talk to
her and nd out exactly what the deal
is. Dont push the issue too heavily,
but make sure she knows how you feel
about this.
My boyfriend goes to the strip clubs with his friends a few times a
month, and every time he comes home wanting sex. This feels so
wrong since hes just been looking at other women. What should
I be doing?
Ellie, Junior
?
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Maybe its the glazed and detached
look in my eyes, or my scraggly 5 oclock
shadow from three days ago that tips
her off, but Tina Lee is right on the mon-
ey. I am stressed and exhausted, and
she can tell. But the funny thing is when
she notices this, she isnt paying any at-
tention to my faceshes looking at my
hand.
Sitting in wicker chairs inside a pri-
vate room, Lee speaks to me calmly,
thoughtfully choosing her words. Her
dark brown eyes blink and move rap-
idly, as if focusing on everything and
nothing. Her concentration is steadfast,
unbroken by the murmur of the news
program on the television in a nearby
room. She asks what is troubling me.
Unsure of how to respond, my eyes be-
gin to wander around the room as I try
to work out the answer for myself.
The rest of our encounter goes the
same way, with her making bold state-
ments and me, palm outstretched,
searching my mind for an answer to
what all these thoughts mean. Fortune
telling works this way. She doesnt have
answers for what Im supposed to do;
she can only bring certain issues to my
attention. My palm is the map to my life,
and she understands how to read it. In
the world of soothsaying, you can nd
a map to your life anywhere, whether
its in the palm of your hand, a deck of
cards or the celestial bodies. All you
need to do is read it.
Lee runs the Lawrence Metaphysi-
cal Shop, 11
W. 9
th
St., the bright purple
neon storefront just off of Massachu-
setts Street. She offers a variety of ser-
vices, from palm and tarot readings, to
a full-edged psychic reading. She says
clairvoyance runs in her familyshes
a fth generation psychicand credits
much of her ability to her lineage and
her connection to God.
When we begin our session, she asks
to see my right hand. This distinction is
important, she says, because the right
hand channels all the positive energy.
Reading the left hand would result in
negative conclusions. Being positive is
key to the entire experience. As long
as youre positive, you can make things
happen, Lee says.
Essentially, she is a counselor. She
helps people address their problems
and work them out by focusing on the
positive elements in life. She says more
than 75 percent of her clients are stu-
dents, most of which have their palms
read for the friendly price of $15. What
she says must be good advice, too, be-
cause many of her clients make regular
visits every few weeks.
Look at your hand. The three most
dened lines on the palm are the heart
line, the life line and head line. An ex-
pert palmist is in tune to the subtle vari-
ations of these lines and how they inter-
act with the less dominant lines, alerting
you to the troubles and fortunes that lie
ahead. A correct interpretation of the
lines can forecast the span or your life,
your success in the future and the vital-
ity of your love life.
Its in the stars
Some people, like Anna Bruursema,
arent comfortable with another person
telling them what awaits them in the
future. Shed rather gure it out for her-
self. Bruursema, Olathe senior, studies
astrology and dream analysis to help
her understand and interpret her life.
On the telephone, she sounds lively
and optimistic. She tells me about how
her family ran a metaphysical school
while she was growing up and how her
parents introduced her to the world of
astrology when she was a child. Be-
cause she was constantly exposed to
metaphysical thought throughout her
childhood, today she actively practices
astrology. Bruursema says astrology
is a more personal form of fortune tell-
ing. Its something you can do yourself,
compared to palm reading which re-
quires an expert reader to understand
the meaning.
Astrology supposes that the positions
of the celestial bodies inuence ones
destiny. The exact positions of the Sun,
moon, planets and the Earth at the pre-
cise moment of birth can be plotted into
birth chart. This information is unique to
everyone. It is the hand one is dealt in
life. A correct interpretation of the birth
chart can provide incredible keys to
understanding, says Michael McClain,
who has been practicing astrology for
more than thirty years.
Bruursema says she usually doesnt
look at her birth chart because she en-
joys the surprises in life. She considers
herself a lucky person, everything al-
ways worked out for the best. But about
two years ago, she began going though
a period where nothing seemed to go
her way. Even simple tasks like mak-
ing doctors appointments were frustrat-
ingly difcult. Distressed, she consulted
her birth chart. Sure enough, it foretold
that she would be going a rough period
for about two years, but once it was over
her life would completely turn around.
About six months ago, things did turn
around. Now, I feel like a completely
different person. Im more understand-
ing, less frustrated and more relaxed,
she says.
She says that having a rm under-
standing of the past and present helps
you understand what will happen in
the future. Its all about awareness.
She doesnt discredit palmistry or tarot
reading, saying theyre all variations of
coming up with the same answers.
So, next time you need metaphysical
advice a little more substantial than the
horoscope in The Kansan, think about
checking your palm or the stars. You
might learn something.
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A clairvoyant
journey through
the streets of
Lawrence
By James Foley, Jayplay writer
is out there
The
truth
Kit Lefer/ Jayplay photographer
Wescoe wit
Not to scare you, but were eavesdropping
on your conversations. Yes, we hear
everything. And then we print it. But
dont worry if you say something stupid,
we wont identify you unless you owe
us money or beer.
1
What is your favorite candy bar?
We love the mini-assortment candy
bars, but Mr. Goodbar is our favorite
Twix, Im a sucker for caramel.
When you are driving around looking for an address,
do you turn down the volume on the radio?
We denitely do. I dont think I do that.
Were you ever in a school play?
We were in every school play in
middle school, but we mostly danced,
except for the time Erin was a nun in
a murder mystery play...she actually
turned out to be the killer.
I was Baby Bob in 7th grade in a show
called Dirty Work in High Places. It
was funny.
What is the worst job imaginable?
A zookeeper. Any low-level position at a water treat-
ment plant. You know, the person who
has to clean up when things go wrong.
What is the worst street in Lawrence?
12th Street because we have to walk
up that hill to get to campus everyday.
It is a killer.
Ohio Street between 9th Street and
11th Street. They changed it to brick, a
really backward move.
2
3
4
5
Five
questions
KU not (yet) famous: KU famous:
Erin and Kristen Maxwell
St. Louis seniors and last years
Crimson Girls captains
Thomas Tio Duermeier
Lawrence sophomore
Katy Humpert
Guy: Do you remember
The Berenstain Bears?
Girl: Fuck yeah.
(girls 1 and 2 glaring at girl 3)
Girl 3: Dont look at me like
Im the Death of Christmas
Past or something.
Girl 2: Isnt it the Ghost of
Christmas Past?
Girl 3: Shut up. Im
Jewish.
Guy: Today I rolled the fat-
test joint ever.
Girl: Oh yeah?
Guy: It would make Bob
Marley jealous
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The Corpse Bride
Flightplan
Reviews: lm&game
The Corpse Bride is a claymation fai-
rytale about Victor and Vic-
toria: two sweet, restrained
young people pushed into
marriage by their dour,
pinched parents. The plan
falls through when Victor
accidentally marries a dead
woman instead.
With the possible excep-
tion of Cillian Murphy, The
Corpse Bride is the most
gorgeous thing youll see in
theatres this year. The Night-
mare Before Christmas was
no mean accomplishment,
but Tim Burton and his animators have
added layers since then. The story takes
place in a colorless, blood-
less world that is as conn-
ing as Victorias corsets. But
its also richly textured. The
people and places have a
cold, eshy presence, like a
dead sh. You could proba-
bly watch it with the sound
off and still be fascinated.
(Though I dont recommend
trying this. The voice actors
including Johnny Depp,
Helena Bonham Carter, and
Ab Fabs Joanna Lumley
are excellent, and the script
is charming.)
There are a few musical numbers,
but Corpse Bride is not really a musical.
Danny Elfman always gives good score,
but his work here is not on par with the
dreamy, tenacious soundtrack of The
Nightmare Before Christmas. When the
denizens of the underworld prepare for
a wedding, you may nd yourself long-
ing for the cackling energy of Making
Christmas.
My main complaint about the movie
is that there is not more of it. But, de-
spite the simplicity of the script and
story, the lms 76 minutes are a rich 76
minutes.
Kit Fluker
How do you pull a disappearing act
at 40,000 feet? Thats what Kyle Pratt
(Jodie Foster) wants to know in Flight-
plan, the second thriller to be set mostly
inside an airplane in as many months
(Wes Cravens Red Eye being the oth-
er). While Flightplan does create a real
sense of paranoia as we watch Fosters
character slowly unravel, the lms
plot holes and third act ultimately drag
down the rest.
As Kyle and her daughter are passen-
gers aboard a new, mammoth airplane
transporting the dead body of Kyles
husband, the daughter mysteriously
disappears and we learn she was prob-
ably never even on the ight. What fol-
lows, for the rst two-thirds of the mov-
ie, is watching Kyle slowly grow uneasy
at the possibility that her daughter was
never aboard the plane and is, in fact,
dead. Meanwhile, she tries to convince
the ight attendants, pilot (the ever-
graceful Sean Bean), and sympathetic
air marshal (Peter Sarsgaard) that shes
not crazy.
I was reminded of that
Twilight Zone episode with
William Shatner where hes
a passenger on a plane
and sees a monster ripping
apart pieces of the wing
whenever he looks out the
window, only nobody be-
lieves him. The difference
between that and Flight-
plan is that we dont know if
Kyle is crazy or not. The lm
suggests that she is. For in-
stance, the opening scene is
her strolling on a Berlin street with the
hallucination of her dead husband. The
air marshal also raises a good point: if
somebody is hiding her daughter on
board a plane, what would anyone have
to gain by kidnapping her? What makes
Kyle so important?
Foster is impressive as her character
goes a little more insane every second
she cant nd her daughter and does
a great job playing a pro-
tagonist were not sure if we
should be rooting for. And
the always-great Peter Sars-
gaard seems primed for lead-
ing-man status. Watch out for
him in Sam Mendes Jarhead
during the upcoming holiday
movie season. The set of this
two-story plane with nooks,
crannies and little rooms ev-
erywhere is impressive, and
the hand-held camera work
does a great job of creating
a sense of claustrophobia.
What brings Flightplan down are its
plot holes and its nal act. I cannot re-
veal them without giving away key plot
details, but you could y thorough them
with a 747.
Jon Ralston
Flightplan
93 minutes , PG 13, Southwind
1/2
The Corpse Bride
76 minutes, PG, Southwind
MOVIES
One Piece: Grand Battle
20
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One Piece: Grand Battle
Gamecube, PS2
MUSIC
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reviews
Fall ofcially arrived exactly one week
ago and I thought it would be tting to
give a synopsis of whats on the run-
ways of the most noted design-
ers. Personally, fall is the best
season in the fashion world; its
colors are vibrant, its styles are
classic and its wardrobe range
is plentiful.
At the 2005 Fall Fashion Week
in New York, designers show-
cased spectacular garments that
mimicked those of the mid-20
th
century. The following is a run-
down of the highlights. Diane
von Furstenbergs collection
features paisleys, circles, dia-
mond shapes and rufes turned plain-
Jane skirts into couture bottoms. Oscar
de la Renta is using heavy, geometric
designs and gemstone colors in his en-
sembles. And Carolina Herrera is mix-
ing sleek, A-line skirts with small jackets
to create a sophisticated look. Another
major motif in the collections of Fash-
ion Week was the trench coat. Long and
luxurious, the coats of Christian Dior
and Stella McCartney are facets in their
respective styles. Stella is using a lot
of natural fabrics in her trendy, tweed
coats and Diors use of brown
and black exudes his simpli-
ed fall collection. I also no-
ticed an abundance of boots
on the runways. Chic, fabu-
lous boots of suede, leather
and alligator graced the col-
lections of Dior, de la Renta
and McCartney.
The beauty of these
three key items is that they
are versatile. Whether youre
dressing up for a date or hit-
ting the bars, boots, coats and
skirts will help to solve your seasonal
fashion woes. To put it in more simple
terms, if you have a great coat, a pair of
hot boots and some sleek skirts, youre
ready for a stylish Autumn 2005.
Chris Horn
photo courtesy of www.style.com from
Fall Christian Dior collection
Fall fashion preview
FASHION
Treasure has been discovered, but
the year is 2005 and the goods are from
across the pond.
Goldrush hails from Oxford but is not
part of the dance-
rock, Brit-pop
sensation. In fact,
you would never
know they are
chaps from the U.K.
by their sound on
Ozona. One could
call them coun-
try rock. But fear
not, fellow haters
of country mu-
sic: these lads are
heavily inuenced
by Neil Young, an
American classic.
Robin Bennetts
chalky voice sounds like that of Alex
Greenwald from Phantom Planet, while
the lyrics and laid-back feel call to mind
songs like Tequila Sunrise and Take
It Easy by the Eagles.
Ozona has a reective feel, evoking
many of the thoughts and emotions
that would be present while sitting on
the California coast in the slanted, late
afternoon sunlight,
or road-tripping
across the South
with hopes of get-
ting there. Wait
for the Wheels, a
catchy song with
great potential for
radio play, begins
the journey with a
crash of cymbals
and guitar before
moving into a free
indie-rock song.
Let You Down is
the rst slow song,
lled with feel-
ings of shame and regret. Next comes
the highly-reective Each Moment in
Time, in which the band perfectly de-
scribes the feelings of hunger for some-
thing better that many college kids feel.
The beat picks up again with Come On
Come On as they warn that every mo-
ment is a lifetime passing you by. With
Outro, one feels the journey come to
an end, as the waves gently roll over
the sand in the last rays of the California
sun.
Just as their songs speak of possibil-
ity, so does Goldrushs Ozona possess
great potential. Go buy this CD. You,
too, could be soaking in the motivation
Ozona is sure to stir up, for theres a
world waiting for the chance to hap-
pen.
Kelsey Coon
Ozona
Gooldrush
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