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THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904

New services address international student concerns

63%

of international students at KU come from:

1. China (895) 3. Saudi Arabia (159)

10.5% come from:

5. Kuwait (44) 6. Brazil (41) 7. United Arab Emirates (41) 8. Iran (38) 9. Iraq (37) 10. Malaysia (35)

19.1%

2. India (268)

4. Rep. of Korea (94)

7.1%

come from 23 different countries (427 students)

come from 73 different countries (158 students)

Roxy Townsend and Angie Baldelomar/KANSAN

Source: International Student Services Spring 2016 enrollment data by country.

ANGIE BALDELOMAR @AngieBaldelomar

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hen an incoming freshman, Nazirah Mohd was excited to start at the University in the fall of 2014. She was coming from Malaysia and looking forward to studying in the United States and taking advantage of the scholarship she received during her last year of high school.

But a few days into the semester, and for weeks after, Mohd was overwhelmed by loneliness.

She felt out of place.

“For almost a semester, I would go to school, come home, cry and repeat,” she said. “I had a friend in Michigan State, who I called every day, crying. He was also from Malaysia. I didn’t have any friends here. At the time, I didn’t know what

depression was.”

Many students moving to new surroundings go through adjustment periods, but for international students the feelings of disorientation can be particularly severe.

The University has stepped up its overseas recruiting in recent years. International students now account for about 10 percent of the

student population, or roughly 2,300 students from more than 100 countries. In addition to adding diversity to the campus, international students pay out-of-state tuition rates.

With that increase in international students, the University is recognizing that more services are needed to help international students acclimate.

For some students that means having easy access to a mental health counselor who speaks their native language.

For others, it’s about joining an organization for social connections with American students.

“Anybody moving from one culture to another experiences cultural shock, which is essentially a sense of being overwhelmed by

difference,” said Charles Olcese, director of International Student Services. “It’s the frustration of trying to grab onto something familiar, and finding only difference instead, which makes you tired, physically and emotionally.”

SEE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PAGE 2

New Title IX motion alleges KU misled former rower CONNER MITCHELL @connermitchell0

In a motion to include new information in her Title IX complaint, former University rower Daisy Tackett alleges the University misled her regarding disciplinary actions for the student who she said sexually assaulted her.

Filed in federal court Friday, the motion to amend the original complaint for a second time includes new information discovered after Sept. 9, 2016. The new information alleges the University was both unclear and deliberately misleading in communicating to Tackett the manner in which the

student agreed to be expelled.

According to the complaint, Tackett was notified in February that the Office for Institutional Opportunity and Access recommended the student be permanently expelled from the University. On March 18, the University informed Tackett that the student had been withdrawn from the University as of March 17.

In addition to the withdrawal from the University, a notation indicating nonacademic misconduct was placed on the student’s transcript. In an email attached to the complaint, Dan Curry, Tackett’s lawyer, asked Lance

Watson, director of student conduct and community standards, if the notation could be clear the student was expelled for sexual assault.

Watson said doing so would be “contrary to KU practice.” He wrote that transcript notations are noted only as either academic or nonacademic misconduct, and he said that would be the case even if a conduct hearing had been held.

The complaint says media reports surfaced in September revealing the student received a different letter than Tackett received, which said he would “[be] allowed to withdraw in lieu of expulsion.”

According to the Dear

Colleague Letter released by the Department of Education in April 2011, both parties in Title IX cases must be notified in writing about the outcome of the complaint, and it is recommended the written determination of the outcome be provided to the complainant and perpetrator at the same time.

Curry told the Kansan the University’s actions demonstrate it was knowingly indifferent to guidelines outlined under Title IX. “It shows that KU is deliberately indifferent to this process if you’re willing to tell [Tackett and the student] two different things to avoid a hearing. I think that

shows a complete indifference to the process,” he said.

In a statement, Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, director of news and media relations, said the University fulfilled its Title IX obligations to Tackett.

“As we have said since these cases were filed, we are confident the courts will agree that we’ve met our obligations to Ms. Tackett,” Barcomb-Peterson said.

Curry said the motion to amend the complaint still has to be approved by the University. When Tackett first amended the complaint in July, the University did not oppose the addition of new information.

Should the University oppose the motion to amend the complaint, a judge will have to rule whether the new information will be included, Curry said.

“We felt it necessary to amend to include these new facts which have just come to light,” Curry said. “We thought it would be appropriate to paint the whole picture of what was going on with those representations.”

Curry said a similar motion to amend the complaint of Sarah McClure, a second former rower who was sexually assaulted by the same student, would be filed in the very near future.

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New healthcare design institute launches TANNER HASSELL @thassell17

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he world of medicine and healthcare is ever-changing, and with rapidly evolving technology comes a need for specially designed facilities. The Institute for Health+Wellness Design at the University aims to address these needs, according to Frank Zilm, director of the newly-established program.

The Institute was officially launched by the School of Architecture, Design, and Planning on Sept. 30, according to a University news release.

Zilm, who is also an architect based out of Kansas City, Mo., said the new institute was established after eight years of developing a graduate program focused on the complex issues of health care facility design.

“Health care design is probably one of the most complex architectural design problems that we face because we’re dealing with patient needs,

FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PAGE 1

To help international students acclimate, Olcese’s department provides seminars and creative activities for students, staff and faculty. One new offering is called “Life in the U.S. Series,” a set of short seminars to introduce students to American life and culture, as well as connect them to different resources on campus like counseling and other psychological services.

“The goal is to get students to be able to move, develop and live in the U.S. in a comfortable way,” Olcese said.

Another series of workshops, starting this semester, is being offered to staff and academic departments.

The workshops focus on helping them improve intercultural communication.

“We touch on language difference there,” Olcese said. “But mostly, what we’re trying to deal

family needs, technical requirements and complex building issues,” he said. “Based off that eight years of experience and some key partnerships with major national and local architecture firms, we moved with the dean’s initiation into the development of the institute.”

Zilm said the institute will address three issues: continuing to provide information and research to create a safe and high quality environment for patients and staff, growing the internship programs in which students in the program participate, and conducting research that will help health care practices.

“We have a seven-month internship in health care architecture firms. Students take classes, do their internship, then come back and take a design studio on health care problems,” he said.

“After the design studio, the students receive a certificate in health care design.”

The health care in-

with is helping people understand the complexity of the differences and how to help them navigate that without being frustrated or confused.”

For the University’s 900 Chinese students — the largest group of international students on campus — isolation can be less of an issue than for other students from overseas. Olcese said some Chinese students go through “culture avoidance,” staying in their own community and what’s familiar to them to such a degree that they avoid the chance to fully immerse into the new culture.

This situation prompted a group of Chinese students studying psychology to create International Peer Support, an organization that offers mental health support during the adjustment process to international students.

They partnered with Headquarters Counseling Center, which provides professional coun-

ternship is one aspect that makes this program unique from others around the country, according to Zilm.

Associate director of the new institute, Kent Spreckelmeyer, said the program will work to address the ever-changing needs of health care providers.

“Health care itself is transforming very rapidly. It used to be when health care architects designed a hospital, it was a place where people were very sick, which is changing,” Spreckelmeyer said.

“Health care providers are now treating people who

are trying to maintain their health. It’s moving from inpatient to outpatient essentially.”

“Another thing is the technology is changing rapidly and affecting how people are being treated.

In the past if you had surgery, you would be in the hospital for days, which is not necessarily the case anymore,” he said.

Spreckelmeyer said a big issue for health care architects is the cost of planning and building these facilities, a problem he believes the institute can address using new technology.

“These environments

are very expensive, and health care providers are looking for more efficient ways to design these facilities. So as designers we have to create these environments effectively and efficiently,” he said. “Using new technology, we’re able to create full scale concepts of buildings in an efficient way. For example, with a technology like Google Glass you can design a building and actually take a virtual tour using the glasses.”

seling training to peer mentors.

The peers currently offer support in English, Chinese and Spanish.

Hongyi Wang, who is the head of operations for the group, said he and the organization’s president, Nanyi Deng, started the group to close a gap in mental health resources.

“We both realized that KU is not doing a really good job to help, specifically international students, about their mental health,” Wang said.

“We wanted to help them using their own language and their own culture.”

The organization launched its services this semester. Although it aims to help all international students, Wang said that for now they are mainly focusing on the Chinese community and reducing the stigma among them surrounding mental health. “[Chinese students] think that if I call you for help I may have a mental health issue, and

that’s not true,” Wang said. “You may be feeling homesick or stressed.”

The group is currently trying to reach different student organizations to spread the word about International Peer Support and the services it offers.

For Mohd, now a junior studying petroleum engineering, the chance to help students who experienced what she went through prompted her to join the International Leadership Team, a group that helps students get involved during their first semester in school.

“I joined the team so I can help others, especially the new students,” she said.

Getting students, especially international students, to feel comfortable is essential to keeping them enrolled at the University, Olcese said. But in general, those students have the fortitude to make it through.

“To get an education

in another country, not everyone does that, and [international students] know that,” he said.

“They are goal-oriented, resourceful and willing to take risks.”

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Chancellor discusses goals for her last year at KU CHANDLER BOESE @Chandler_Boese

With just under 10 months left to serve in the University’s highest position, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little sat down with the Kansan to discuss what she wants to accomplish in her final year.

“There are very important things... that need to be worked on everyday,” she said. “And I’m committed to doing that for the full amount of the time that I’m here.”

Retention Gray-Little said her biggest focus for her remaining time as chancellor is a renewed effort to increase retention across the University.

“We’re looking at what are the things we need to do to ensure a larger percentage of students are successful on going from first to second year, then onto get a degree,” she said. “We want to increase the percentage of our students over the traditional rate that we’ve had.”

The recently-released enrollment numbers for fall 2016 show this semester’s freshman class is one of the most diverse and academically advanced classes in University history.

Gray-Little said she hopes the makeup of

the class will help retention efforts, and said they have the potential to be more successful academically. Helping all students realize their academic potential should be a priority for any university, she said.

“I think when we admit students, there’s some implicit communication that we think you can be successful here,” she said. “And so, it’s our responsibility to do all the things that are reasonable for them to be successful.”

State funding issues However, the chancellor did say the University has been struggling to provide some of the retention-focused services and programs in the last couple years, due to cuts in state funding.

“Whether it is trying to have programs for students to be more successful, trying to hire an adequate number of outstanding faculty to teach the students and do research — all of those things are challenged more,” she said.

While this is a serious issue for the University, Gray-Little said she’s not very hopeful that it will get better, as Kansas has seen its actual revenue fail to meet revenue estimates for the past few months.

“There’s something fundamentally or struc-

turally wrong with the way we are looking at revenue and the rule that we attribute to taxes and that needs to be adjusted,” she said. “That’s not something that I can do, but it’s certainly something that I can advocate with members of the legislature and I will continue to do that into the spring session.”

Campus conversations on race and sexual assault In the past few years of Gray-Little’s tenure as chancellor, conversations of race have become more noteworthy, due to a number of protests and the efforts of student groups such as Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.

Gray-Little said she hopes to continue implementing the recommendations of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, using the results of the ongoing KU Climate Survey.

“It’s important, but it’s something that concerns the community on a daily basis, so it’s certainly something that’s important in itself,” she said. “But it’s also important because it has practical consequences for how comfortable people feel here.”

In regards to sexual assault, another issue that has been frequently

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Baxter Schanze/KANSAN Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little discussed her plans for the University as she enters her final year.

discussed in the past several years, the chancellor said she plans to continue with the educational and preventative measures implemented last school year.

“I think that it is easily said, not easily done, with regard to multicultural issues, all of issues that have to do with the way that we respect each other and interact with one

another,” she said. “A lot of these have to do with continuing action and dialogue and it’s not something that we’re going to complete at one time.”

opinion FREE-FOR-ALL ›› WE HEAR FROM YOU

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Late Night was HOT, but probably because T Self popped that shirt open I don’t remember a lot of this morning…it was a little foggy.

There’s a circle of hell completely devoted to strangers trying to start conversations in hot elevators.

Thank goodness Late Night took my mind off football Every day is leg day at KU “YOU’RE THE ONE THAT’S CHOOSING TO BE ALONE” — Me, to my cat, just now.

I’m single and ready to tell you to stay the hell away from me.

Illustration by Jacob Benson

Bertels: Live for yourself, not your resume

There’s a barbeque sauce dispenser where a ketchup dispenser is supposed to be in the Underground and there is no happiness in my life anymore.

Good day for people with a clown fetish.

Bad day for literally everyone else.

Beyoncé teaches English at a girls’ school. She assigns a large research project. She takes her students to the library.

She says, “Okay, ladies, now let’s get information.”

At some point there are so many ‘unlikely friendship’ videos of animals on facebook that it is no longer unlikely It was foggy bc VAPE NAYSH YALL Stop white people from wearing chance the rapper hats 2016 My purpose in life is to scam Kevin Jonas out of his meager fortune.

ELLEN BERTELS @ellenbertels

As

I apply to law schools and internships, I have been thinking a lot about resumes.

Our professional world demands that each person get involved with activities and jobs that look good on paper.

Whether these students are actively contributing to the work they do is a different matter altogether.

I would argue that it is a special breed of person — someone impervious to weariness and hunger — that can meaningfully contribute to three jobs,

david beaty is such a master of cliche that it is almost profound Just went to the bathrooms in Pearson, now I understand why so many people are education majors.

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lifestyle, unless they loved the work they were doing in the first place?

If this comes across as a “millennial” complaint, rest assured: I’m not saying people shouldn’t do hard things, or that we should always choose comfort and ease over the rigors of academic and professional life.

I have had my fair share of late nights and early mornings; I understand the value of the grind. Rather than declaring a boycott of hard work, I aim to criticize the unhealthy culture that insists — assumes, even — that students will work themselves to the bone doing work they do not enjoy and hardly engage with in order to prove ourselves as worthy, successful and employable.

If we are going to work ourselves to the bone, we should do it by focusing on work

that we contribute to thoughtfully and meaningfully — work that we care about, not for our resume, but for the benefit we gain from the experience.

I see little value in contributing shallowly to a dozen activities just so you can add them to your resume and list them off in interviews.

The real value derives from investing more time and talent into the things that matter. Surely, extended periods of hard work on something you care about will pay off in tangible ways.

We also have to begin being honest with each other. This culture does not just exist; we contribute to and pass these expectations onto others by insisting that we are the busiest, have the most resume bullet points, sleep the least, eat the worst. By intentionally prioritizing the titles of our

positions, rather than the work that is done or the progress that is made in those positions, we do ourselves and our peers a great disservice.

In my time at the University, I am consistently the most impressed and inspired by the dedicated people I meet who contribute to friendships actively and engage thoughtfully and carefully in their work.

I know I have so much work to do. If we want to follow their lead, we must begin by choosing quality of engagement over quantity, and by allowing our passion, rather than the desire to impress, to lead the way when we speak about ourselves and the work we do.

Ellen Bertels is a senior from Overland Park studying English and Italian.

Foster: Voting third party a national gamble

My teacher just passed a book around the room and it was bookmarked at the “Family Romance” section.

I wonder what America will look like when it’s great again.

nine organizations, two student executive boards and a volunteer position each week, all on top of classes.

And yet we persist in trying.

It’s not as if this culture of overwork is uncommon among students. It appears in everyday interactions.

We are impressive, not frightening, when we forget to eat for a few days. We tell tales of glory, not horror, when we sleep a cumulative four hours over the course of a week.

And all of this is, to us, par for the course.

What do we gain from it? The only way that lifestyle makes sense is if we enjoy the work, and understand the value of it, more than we mind exhausting and starving ourselves.

What sort of person would dedicate themselves to such an objectively unhealthy

KAITLYN FOSTER @qreocity

The wave started when Secretary Hillary Clinton’s delegate count overwhelmingly overtook that of Sen. Bernie Sanders, denying him the Oval Office. “Bernie or Bust” became the new slogan for impassioned Sanders supporters unwilling to help elect a Democrat they viewed as irredeemably corrupt instead of the Republican candidate bulldozing his way to the Republican National Convention.

When Sanders officially left the race, many of his supporters didn’t

know where to flock.

Similarly, many staunch Republicans were aghast at their official nominee. Where could they turn with their hopes and ideals — and their votes — now that their beloved candidates had bowed out? Hopefully, not to the third-party candidates with incredible gusto. In such a crucial election, that could shrink the margin of error for either major party candidate’s victory.

Unfortunately, we see that exact scenario playing out before us, but it’s not affecting the major party candidates equally. Support for Clinton among women and young voters has eroded, according to Bloomberg Politics. In a four-way race, Clinton’s support drops by 10 percent among voters under 30, according to a New York Times/CBS poll.

And third-party candi-

dates can together rake in more than one-third of voters from the same group.

These statistics illustrate two things. First, younger voters are disillusioned with the politicians of major parties.

They desire change and doubt that Clinton or Trump can make their wish a reality. Second, it appears younger voters are under the impression that voting for a candidate implies they completely approve of him or her.

I wholeheartedly agree that our political system needs to change, but I am also realistic about how translating that view into a vote can affect the election.

Sticking with your principles is admirable and has its place, but that place is not in an election so unbelievably close that we could elect a president whose ideas

about NATO and a certain Russian president could endanger national security, whose proposed tax cuts reflect Brownback-like trickle down economics, whose beliefs about global warming border on conspiratorial and whose conception of humanitarian aid includes busing migrants back to highly-impoverished countries and opening up jobs Americans don’t want.

Sanders invigorated many young voters. He is an inspiring wellspring of political change. Being inspired by one’s candidate is a luxury, though. It’s something young voters seem to believe matters more since Obama received such enthusiastic support in 2008.

We know how third-party votes affected the election in 2000.

Al Gore lost the presidency by 537 votes because

third-party candidate Ralph Nader enjoyed support from 60 percent of would-be Gore voters in Florida, according to a study by Dartmouth and UCLA researchers.

In 2012, young voters proved decisive in reelecting Obama.

In a previous column, I argued that young voters should make their voices heard in this election. However, showing up at the polls is not enough. We have to vote, especially in deeply-contested areas like Ohio and North Carolina.

This time, young voters cannot prioritize ideals over pragmatics, lest we become the demographic that causes a repeat of the 2000 election, instead of 2012.

Kaitlyn Foster is a sophomore from Lawrence studying political science and sociology.

arts & culture HOROSCOPES ›› WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?

KANSAN.COM | THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 2016

Student builds shoe business via Instagram

Aries (March 21-April 19) Get out and explore.

Pursue a dream. Make long-distance connections.

Call ahead to avoid running all over town. Intuition provides the best timing.

Bring home a surprise.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Collect accounts receivable and pay bills. A project’s completion opens up time for something more fun.

Reinforce your structure.

Listen to experience.

Master the rules before deviating.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Collaborate with a partner.

Update recent fact-finding efforts. Sift through the fluff for solid data. Responsibilities fall into place.

Schedule who will do what by when.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) Simple pleasures satisfy; frills are unnecessary.

Hold onto what you have.

Exercise clears up mental fog. Consider the future, and desired results. What’s missing? Aim for that.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Use your wit and charm.

Patience and discipline also serve you well.

Persuade a person who’s been waffling to join a collaboration by expressing your passion.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Focus on what’s best for your family. Play by the rules, and pull together.

Listen to an experienced friend’s suggestions. Add love for an unexpected bonus.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) This is not a good time to learn the hard way. Stay in communication and keep your word. Talk about what you’re going through, and listen carefully.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Keep in action, and cash flows in. Plant constructive seeds. Balance work with rest, exercise and good food. Accept advice from loved ones (especially children).

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You know what you want, so go for it. Follow your plan. If in doubt, check the directions and get assistance. Self-discipline pays with a personal dream.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Keep your wildest ideas private for now. Go ahead and dream; make plans and list the necessary steps. Stick to practical tasks and watch expenses.

Visualize perfection.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Contributing to a team effort satisfies. Routine gives you strength. Your friends are really there for you.

Determination and persistence pay off. Intuition reveals hidden treasure.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Find a way around a problem in your work. Begin with basic facts. Determine the source of the issue, and get expert advice before making a change.

Andrea Ringgenberg/KANSAN Junior Dairionn Billberry, founder of Off Days Customs, works on customizing shoes for customers.

OMAR SANCHEZ @OhMySanchez

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n English class his senior year of high school, Dairionn Billberry looked on as his friends, Chris Childs and Maurice Taffe, talked about customized shoes they saw while scrolling through Instagram.

At that point, Billberry, now a junior at the University, didn't know what would come of the conversation.

"Dairionn just came into the conversation," said Childs, a junior at Wichita State University and fellow artist and customizer.

Now, those conversations have grown into Off Days Customs, a Kansas City-area shoe customization and restoration service, which Billberry is responsible for. But how he got there goes further back than that high school English class.

The friendship between Billberry and Childs goes as far back as the fourth grade. After the two met through mutual friends, they remained close as they both went off to the Sumner Academy of Arts & Sciences in Kansas City, Kan. And then they had the same English class.

Before that day, Billberry had already started to use his artistic talent to customize T-shirts throughout his final year in high school.

During that conversation, he said the focus was an opportunity to create a niche in the customization market.

"We had seen on Instagram someone selling customized shoes for like $400 to $500," Billberry said.

"And we figured we could do the same thing, but probably charge cheaper and do a better job."

“

In the future, I see myself being one of the top contenders in this field.”

Dairionn Billberry Junior

With that goal in mind and support from those close to him, Bilberry began what would become Off Days Customs through social media during the summer before coming to the University.

On a typical Tuesday or Thursday, Billberry attends class from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A communications major with a minor in business, he

said he molds his schedule to give himself extra time to focus on studying, work, and the shoe customization requests he gets on a daily basis — of which he typically does about two to three a week, he said.

Shoe customization is a time-consuming effort. The drive back to Kansas City for his job at a car dealership on the weekends adds to that time consumption, he said.

"I know a lot more people that would like my work done," Billberry said. "And me going to my actual job is pushing this back and pushing due dates, so it’s pushing me toward a direction I don’t want to go."

This dilemma is more difficult considering his steady rise in popularity through his accounts on Instagram, currently at 3,600 followers on his main account.

Billberry said he has reached the point where he can consider doing shoe customization full-time, with education still in the picture.

"School comes first, that’s always my main priority," he said.

With two years of shoe customization under his belt, Billberry has already done work for high-profile

names like former Kansas basketball players Tarik Black and Ben McLemore.

McLemore met Billberry at the Ambler Student Recreation Center. Intrigued by his work, the now-Sacramento King gave Billberry a pair of Timberlands and, with them, Billberry created a design that represents McLemore's home — St. Louis.

"That’s one of the shoes I put a lot of detail in," Billberry said.

This level of detail in each of his projects, Childs said, is a testament to Billberry's internal growth and, most importantly, dedication.

"With doing shoes and just art in general you have to be confident in yourself and who you are as a person," he said. "He loves the craft and loves what he does. That’s what I’ve seen, just being more mature and growing through the years."

Last year, Billberry got the chance to work with Devlin Braswell, who he considers his biggest inspiration and influence.

At over 99,000 followers on Instagram, where he's known as @fbccbayarea, Devlin Braswell is one of the top shoe customizers in the market right now. Notable

works include a pair of Under Armour Curry 2's for Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton for Super Bowl 50.

The two collaborated in an effort to help the homeless that gave 20 lucky winners a pair of customized shoes.

The end result for Billberry was one of the projects in his career that he holds in the highest regard: Incredible Hulk-customized Nike Foamposites.

It was a challenge that pushed him, he said, but in the end was a rewarding experience. Billberry said he considers himself a student of the game and pushing his work ethic with a project like this and researching ways to improve is constantly on his mind.

"In the future, I see myself being one of the top contenders in this field," he said. "So I have to be a student of the game as anyone else would with their hobby.

It pushes me."

You can see more of Billberry's work on his Instagram, @onbigtuss.

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Review: University Theatre starts season with ‘Picnic’ SAMANTHA SEXTON @Sambiscuit

University Theatre started its season with a bang after Friday night’s opening performance of "Picnic," a William Inge original, directed by retired theater professor Jack Wright.

Nearly every seat was sold thanks to the worldrenowned playwright and the success of the play’s earlier iterations across the country including in New York; and whether it be despite of or because of the hype, the student actors pulled off a fun and engaging production.

The story of "Picnic" is almost reminiscent of Seinfeld’s “show about nothing” in that very little is truly resolved and the end just sort of…ends.

Regardless, the quick wit and energy kept the audience either laughing or dead silent in anticipation.

When neighbors Helen Potts and Flo Owens, a mother of two, meet a strapping young man (who keeps his shirt off for a good portion of the play), trouble starts to boil. Flo's

two daughters, Madge and Millie Owens, are forced to face their own shortcomings as they fight over the affections of the newcomer, Hal Carter.

With summer coming to a close and school and work approaching, the young and old begin to ask themselves what the next year will bring and if their lives in small-town Kansas are meaningful.

“I am me,” Hal says.

“But what is that?”

While the events of the story circle around sex, alcohol and dancing, that question surfaces enough to tease the audience into existential thought while still enjoying the shenanigans onstage.

"Picnic" is the combination of two of Inge’s more popular one-acts: "Front Porch," focusing on women of a certain age and the lives they didn’t get to lead and "Man in Boots," a story about Hal and a blossoming young romance, according to Wright. “'Picnic' is deserving of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama,” Wright said in his director’s note. “Inge

captured the essence of young love with all of its promise.”

The audience agreed Friday night, and the show ended to a standing ovation

and excited applause.

“Inge created a gem of a play that will stand the test of time,” Wright said.

Performances of "Picnic" will continue in the William

Inge Memorial Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 6. Tickets can be purchased in person or in advance online.

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Lawrence Arts Center to hold its first Pottery Jam SAMANTHA SEXTON @Sambiscuit

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he Lawrence Art Center will be hosting its first Pottery Jam on Oct. 18 to celebrate the ever-changing dynamics and fluidity of ceramics, according to Kyla Strid, the center’s director of residencies.

Strid said that she was inspired by Mark Shapiro, a well-known ceramist from Massachusetts, when he mentioned attending a similar event in his home state. Shapiro will be part of the Pottery Jam later this month, along with Erica Iman, founding member of KC Urban Potters, and studio potter Peter Pinnell.

“I said that we had to do one here and I think he didn’t think I was serious,” Strid said. “But I thought it was a fantastic idea and

Aaron Goldstein/KANSAN Kyla Strid, the center’s director of residencies. Strid says the Pottery Jam will consist of attendees and a few well known ceramists.

could be a lot of fun.”

Strid, a ceramist herself, said the event would be the first interactive, audience-inclusive event at the center that focused on the art of ceramics.

“This is very new for us and I am so excited to see

what happens,” Strid said.

“Art demonstrations aren’t typically so dynamic or inclusive and this will be a unique opportunity for the audience to get involved and learn about the process firsthand.”

The pottery jam, thanks

to financial support from the University and Bracker’s Good Earth Clay, will be free to the public and will include a bar and popcorn for the audience. Shapiro will even be on loan from the University as the jam falls within his time at

the University as a visiting artist.

“Working with Mike will be amazing,” Strid said. “I’m looking forward to working with all the artists and feeding off of their work to make something incredible.”

Strid and Shapiro will be joined by fellow ceramists, Iman and Pinnell. The four will be based in the lobby where they will trade stories and pass clay among themselves, adding and molding the artwork in a spontaneous collaboration of four unique styles.

“You never know what’s going to happen,” Shapiro said. “That’s the wonderful thing about these sorts of demonstrations.”

Shapiro said that the jam will be different from what the center normally hosts, in that it will “breathe life

into the stodginess of typical art demonstrations.”

After the four artists have had their turn to mold the clay, audience members will be invited to the potters’ wheels to make their own mark on the art. With an open bar in what he expects to be a relaxed setting, Shapiro said he can’t predict the outcome.

“I’ve been to about ten of these kinds of demonstrations before,” Shapiro said.

“Each is as unpredictable and dynamic as the last.”

The Lawrence Art Center’s first Pottery Jam will be held in the lobby from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 18. The event is free to the public and all are welcome.

For more information, visit the center’s website at lawrenceartscenter.org.

Review: “Deepwater Horizon” tells true story with heart GUS HUNNINGHAKE @gushunninghake

When done right, disaster films based on true events have a unique emotional resonance which usually comes from the characters involved. Often times, the way these people persevere through catastrophe is not appreciated or recognized by the general public. In “Deepwater Horizon,” director Peter Berg and a strong ensemble cast attempt to right this wrong by reimagining one of the worst oil spills in history.

In 2010, an explosion on an oil rig off the Gulf of Mexico released thousands of gallons of petroleum into the surrounding water. “Deepwater Horizon,” named after the larger-than-life rig, details the efforts of Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg), “Mr. Jimmy” Harrell (Kurt Russell) and various other crew members to stop the petroleum leak and evacuate everyone to safety on a nearby freighter.

The cast does a fine job of portraying the real life men and women affected by this tragedy. Wahlberg and Russell both turn in well-realized performances as veteran Transocean employees who know an oil rig like the backs of their

hands. In his own way, Wahlberg perfectly portrays Williams as a normal family man trying to live his life the best he can. As a whole, the crew’s heroics never feel heavy-handed or contrived, which is a common mistake true story films make when there isn’t enough interesting content. Props to the writers and cast for being able to, for the most part, keep the film grounded in what actually happened.

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In the end, “Deepwater Horizon” does exactly what it needs to. It tells a story of the perseverance of everyday men and women through a terrible disaster that is handled with emotional complexity and weight.”

Also worth noting are Gina Rodriguez and Dylan O’Brien’s performances as crew members Andrea Fleytas and Caleb Holloway, respectively. Though they don’t have as much

time to develop as characters, their importance does not go overlooked. Rodriguez and O’Brien do a great job of keeping the people that they portray grounded.

Instead of jumping right into the action, Berg uses the film’s first act to develop his characters, making them feel like any other person. This makes their fate even more impactful.

Berg also does a fine job of amping up the tension before the actual explosion happens by cutting to shots of the pipe as the pressure inside it grows. Once the explosion happens, the action overwhelms the screen and does not let up until the credits roll. Just like he did in “Lone Survivor,” Berg successfully directs his characters through huge set pieces with grace, which allows the film to flow seamlessly from start to finish.

As far as negatives go, the film does follow the run-of-the-mill formula that most true story movies do. It doesn’t break any new ground from a storytelling standpoint, but this isn’t a big deal. These types of movies do not need to follow a groundbreaking formula; they need to tell a story that has an emotional impact on its viewers. And on that level, the film delivers.

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Saint Motel to perform Oct. 11 at The Granada OMAR SANCHEZ @OhMySanchez

Los Angeles-based alternative pop band Saint Motel, best known for breakthrough EP “My Type,” will perform at The Granada Oct. 11.

The concert will be presented by Ones To Watch and 96.5 The Buzz.

Saint Motel frontman A/J Jackson said it will be an experience that is set to bring an “emotional thrill ride” and an “adventure with intrigue and romance.”

Bands JR JR and Weathers will be the night’s opening acts.

The concert will be in anticipation of the release of Saint Motel’s new full-length album “saintmotelevision,” coming out Oct. 21.

The 10-track album will be picking up where “My Type” left off, Jackson said. It will be a “nice journey into some different musical elements from the band.”

“We don’t have a specific theme of the album.

I think all the songs on the album are standalone, but they all work together in this album experience,” he said.

Saint Motel will also be performing songs from its upcoming album such as “You Can

Be You” and lead single “Move” on The Today Show Oct. 21.

“We can play with the term ‘retrofuturism,’” Jackson said. “We’re mixing and combining things to hopefully come up with something novel and unique.”

The band has recently performed the single on “The Late Late Show with James Corden.”

The music video, which features a 360-degree viewing experience compatible with virtual reality headsets, is one of the technological innovations Saint Motel is using to advance its music.

This isn’t something new for Saint Motel.

Its music videos, which are self-directed, have consistently used technology to add hints of nostalgia that pervade through into their music.

Examples include 2009’s “Butch” and 2012’s “Benny Goodman.”

“We’re not making music in the moment, we’re hopefully making music that can exist forever,” Jackson said. “We try to make music that you just like and are passionate about, and hopefully in it there’s a sound that people will recognize as Saint Motel.”

Susannah Mitchell, a sophomore from Kansas

Photo courtesy of Atlantic Records Alternative pop band Saint Motel, pictured above, will be performing at The Granada in Lawrence on Oct. 11.

City, Mo. and passionate Saint Motel fan, seconds that notion. For her, there is a “high-energy” feeling in its music that even promotes a camaraderie within the concert-goers.

“I’ve made plans to go with about 20 different people, so the socialization aspect is something I’m really pumped about,” she said.

“I also really like Saint Motel because their music is pretty accessible to anyone who’s into indie rock, or anything you’d hear on 96.5 The Buzz, and it’s really lively and just easy to dance and sing along to.”

Doors will open at 7 p.m. Tickets are available through The Granada’s website and more information can be found on the event’s Facebook page.

Photo courtesy of Atlantic Records Album art for “saintmotelivision,” Saint Motel’s newest album, due out Oct. 21.

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Beaty said that it was a very emotional day for him last week when Shelley-Smith announced to the team that he would be retiring.

Shelley-Smith has dealt with concussions in the past, missing games last season due to his injuries.

Shelley-Smith started nine games last year and started against Memphis this season, after which Beaty noted, “[Shelley-Smith] played really well in that game.”

Beaty mentioned that the senior will still be around the team and that “he’s still a very big part of what we do.”

When asked about the rest of the offensive line’s health, Beaty noted that the linemen that are playing aren’t “playing healthy,” but that this is common across the country.

On the topic of concussions, Beaty made clear how serious he considered concussions.

“It’s not just Saturday,” he said. “It’s their lives that they are dealing with.”

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you think about TCU,” Beaty said. “[TCU coach Gary Patterson] has really done a nice job with those guys over “Us being right there, rethere again this year. I think ally, on a couple different octhey got a couple defensive casions, I think that’s somelinemen that are really talthing that can drive them, as ented. Those defensive ends well.” are really good.”

Kansas will be looking for Being able to effectively more success against TCU run the ball will also be an with sophomore quarterback area of focus for the JayRyan Willis making his first hawks. The team currently start of the season. ranks last in the Big 12 in Willis has shared snaps rush offense, averaging only with redshirt junior quarter91 yards per game, 26.5 less back Montell Cozart through than Texas Tech, which is the first four games. Cozart ninth in the Big 12. has struggled in his last two Beaty said he isn’t congames, throwing three intercerned with the lack of run ceptions and completing only production at this point for 53.6 percent of his passes. one reason.

In four games this season, “Because I know we’re Willis has completed 31-ofcapable to 53 passes for 374 run the footyards, with three ball — I think touchdowns and Us being right a faster start an interception. [in games] there, really, on He took over will help that,” for Cozart in the a couple different Beaty said. “It’s game against occasions, I think not going to be Texas Tech, as that’s something the cure of it, he started in the that can drive but it will help second half, and it. When you them, as well.” completed 14 of start off in a his 26 passes, insituation that’s David Beatty cluding a touchKansas coach a little bit more down to redshirt conducive for freshman wide it, it helps it a little bit.” receiver Chase Harrell.

If the Jayhawks can man“[Willis’] efficiency has age success offensively, esbeen a little bit better than pecially on the ground, they [Cozart’s] the last couple of could find themselves in anweeks,” Beaty said. “And reother close game with TCU ally, when he’s in there as of that again looks like one of late, he’s done some things the top teams in the Big 12. that we haven’t seen him do “It’s going to be a chore, up until that point.” there’s no doubt about it,” Willis will be in for a chalBeaty said. “But for us, we lenge against a TCU defense are preparing and we expect that ranks third in the Big 12 to win the game.” in yards allowed. The unit is Kickoff is scheduled for 11 allowing only 258.2 passing a.m. at Memorial Stadium. yards per game, and 414.6 total yards per game.

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After statement, KU hopes to take action The volleyball team said its pregame “moment of reflection” has received plenty of postive feedback.

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he reaction to Kansas volleyball’s reflection on social issues before a four-set win over Baylor Saturday at Horejsi Family Athletic Center was, for the most part, exactly what the team hoped.

“I think it went just exactly how we planned,” junior middle blocker Kayla Cheadle said. “We knew we’d have a lot of people on board about it and some people probably wouldn’t understand, but from what coach [Ray Bechard] said, a lot of people were supporting us and only positive things were coming out of it.”

The decision to take a knee and lock arms before the national anthem in reflection before the game against Baylor took time to materialize. The display from the volleyball team came just a few weeks after Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Tulsa, Okla., man was shot and killed by police.

Cheadle said the team went to Bechard before a Sept.

21 game against Oklahoma, where the team originally

planned its “moment of reflection,” as Bechard and the team’s statement called it. After Bechard, the players, athletic director Sheahon Zenger and Kansas associate athletics director Jim Marchiony collaborated on the statement, the team emerged from the locker room to a packed Horejsi Family Athletic Center.

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I think it went just exactly how we planned,” Kayla Cheadle Junior middle blocker

After the team sprung itself into the attention of the community, action is the next step for Bechard and Kansas.

Marchiony, who Cheadle and Bechard identified as a supporter of their ideas, asked the team to write down some of their thoughts on what the team should do going forward. Bechard’s plan is to work with local groups like Big Brothers Big Sisters. He also emphasized

work in local schools.

“As a coach, I think for me it’s setting a good example for how we treat each other on our staff, how our players treat each other,” Bechard said. “And that might be the best thing I can do is set an example.”

The influence from the volleyball team may spread into different parts of Kansas athletics. Cheadle told the Topeka Capital-Journal she talked about the moment of reflection with her sister Chayla, a guard for the women’s basketball team.

Cheadle also spoke with athletes from other sports about the statement her team made.

“As athletes we have a platform,” Cheadle said.

“And people look up to us and we have a voice in a lot of things. So I feel like if you can take a stand and you try to make a change and you can use that platform you can go from there.”

Bechard reiterated his team’s purpose for uniting to observe the social issues that were addressed.

“We thought our team represented kind of a melting pot of what the country looks

Andrew Rosenthal/KANSAN Prior to the national anthem, Kansas volleyball players and coaches united and knelt to take a moment of reflection on social injustice.

like, we’re very diverse,” Bechard said. “And we can

still treat each other with a lot of respect and compassion.

And that’s what we’re kind of asking everybody to do.”

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In the 2016 season so far, Kansas soccer has played almost exactly the opposite as last season.

Kansas claimed its second and third wins in the Big 12 over TCU and Texas last weekend. Combine those wins with a 2-1 home win over Texas Tech the week before, and the 3-0 Jayhawks have defeated three of the teams they lost to during conference play last season.

The team rolled through the first three wins, but its toughest opponent of the season arrives at Rock Chalk Park on Friday: No. 3 West Virginia.

“It’s just another opportunity for us to play against a very good team, a ranked team, as we’ve done many times this year,” Kansas coach Mark Francis said. “I know the girls are very excited that we’re coming back home, so I know we’ll want to take advantage of coming back to Rock Chalk Park.”

Although 2015 College Cup quarterfinalist West Virginia is the highest-ranked team Kansas has faced so far, it’s nothing the team hasn’t already seen.

Kansas is close to a national ranking. The team shot up to 25 in the RPI rankings after last weekend, but found themselves outside the NSCAA Coaches’ top

25, despite eight votes to be ranked. These eight votes put Kansas at No. 32 in the rankings.

Francis referred to performances in a 2-0 away loss to then-No. 7 USC and an away draw to No. 25 Pepperdine when he said his team was ready for the matchup.

“We played Colorado, played Marquette, played Pitt, Pepperdine and Southern (California),” Francis said. “Those are tough games, you know. So it definitely prepared us for coming into the conference.”

Last year, Kansas faced West Virginia in Morgantown, W. Va., and lost 6-0.

Francis said at the time the crushing defeat left the team

with little to assess properly.

This time around, Francis said the teams are fairly even, so huge changes to his team aren’t necessary. The team, however, did make large adjustments for how USC played earlier in the season, but noted the similarities in formation between Kansas and West Virginia.

“I don’t think there’s anything different we need to do,” Francis said. “Any time you’re playing a good team like that it’s exciting for that challenge. I know the girls are up for it.”

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In each of the last two meetings between Kansas (1-3, 0-1 Big 12) and TCU (3-2, 1-1 Big 12), games have been tight, despite the Horned Frogs being ranked in the top 15 and the Jayhawks being at the bottom of the Big 12 in both meetings.

Ultimately, the Jayhawks lost both of those games. But the Jayhawks are aiming to effectively play the role of the underdog once more. The Jayhawks are 29-point Vegas underdogs against Horned Frogs at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Still, Kansas coach David Beaty won’t allow the partial success Kansas has found against TCU in the past to dictate the flow of this weekend’s game.

“The thing our team understands and knows, it doesn’t matter what the past held,” Beaty said during his weekly press

conference. “It matters what you do on that day, it really does.”

However, Beaty does think the recent close games can give TCU more motivation going into the game, especially being such significant underdogs.

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The thing our team understands and knows, it doesn’t matter what the past held. It matters what you do on that day, it really does.”

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“[With TCU] coming in as one of the better teams in the conference over the last two seasons,” Beaty said.

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