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Girod addresses ‘crisis’ during inauguration

SYDNEY HOOVER @sydhoover17

The Lied Center was filled with faculty, staff, students, alumni and many other guests Friday afternoon as Douglas Girod was installed as the 18th chancellor of the University. “The University of Kansas is such a unique place and there really is not a more welcoming place than the Jayhawk nation,” Girod said at the beginning of his inaugural address following his installment. Girod was installed by Board of Regents Chair Dave Murfin at the ceremony. During his inaugural address, Girod listed what he hopes to improve for the University, which includes centering the student voice, improving service and outreach in the state and beyond, and finding new and innovative ways to grow the University’s “research footprint,” similar to the plans he laid out when he was first announced on May 25. “We do so much, and we can do more,” Girod said. He also discussed the lack of government funding higher education receives, stating that this has made recruitment and retention much more difficult than in the past. He described it as higher education being shifted from a “public good” to a “personal good.” “When I was a college student, the state funded 75 percent of the cost and

Sarah Wright/KANSAN Chancellor Douglas Girod officially assumes the role during his inauguration ceremony at the Lied Center on Friday, April 20. I was responsible for 25 percent of the cost,” Girod said. “Sadly, today, that is now reversed. And yet, the need for higher education has never been greater.” He described this trend as a “crisis,” but said that he is confident the University will be able to “persevere.” In addition to Girod, a number of University faculty members and others spoke in congratulations to Girod before his speech, including Gov. Jeff Colyer.

Colyer, in congratulating Girod, explained the former executive vice chancellor’s dedication and persistence in improving the University of Kansas Medical Center to make it a top research institute in the country. “That’s what Doug Girod believes, that KU is central to the heartland. And I think that is why he’s going to be a great chancellor,” Colyer said. In addition to Colyer, in attendance were represen-

tatives from the five other Regents schools as well as 29 representatives from higher education institutions across the country, members of the state and national legislatures, and members of the Regents, according to Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs Reggie Robinson, who recognized the visitors before Girod’s installment. “It’s really great to see the members of the community come together and

support him,” Justin Kim, a senior from Derby and student office assistant for the chancellor said. “I was excited to see him lay out his plan, talk about what he’s been working on.” For Kim and other current and former students in the audience, one of Girod’s most notable ideas was improving the student experience at the University and making students the center of decision-making on campus.

“I think continuing to transform the student experience, in my mind, means making KU a place where every student in Kansas wants to go,” Brandon Woodard, a 2013 graduate, said. Girod was named chancellor in May 2017, replacing then-Chancellor Bernadette Gray Little, who stepped down after eight years at the University.

IFC’s anti-hazing initiatives passed in private meeting EMILY WELLBORN @EmWellborn The Interfraternity Council has announced new initiatives on hazing which members say have been in the works for months, long before the council-wide freeze in March. “We took a look in the mirror at what issues were occurring in some of the chapters on campus and wanted to ensure that all chapters were following protocols,” said Keegun Gose, president of Phi Gamma Delta and former interim IFC president. The freeze on all IFC fraternity social events came on March 12 following reports that four fraternities had received reprimands involving hazing allegations from either the University or their national headquarters. Gose and an ad hoc committee of three other fraternity presidents were appointed into IFC executive council roles the next day after participants in a closed IFC meeting voted to place the four executive council members, who voted on the freeze, under judicial review. Ultimately, only then-president Daniel Lee was removed during a general council meeting on March 16, the day after the freeze was revoked.

“The IFC meeting before the freeze was announced, we were already making progress on working on what we should do to move forward on these issues,” Gose said.

“This strategic initiative on health, safety, and wellness plans to allow our community to grow in all aspects.” IFC’s Health, Safety, and Wellness inititiative

The Kansas Fraternity Landlords League also released a recruitment safeguard policy, which representatives from all 10 of the KFLL fraternities signed on March 11, the day before the freeze began. The policy says that the fraternities can not have “recruitment activities” with high school students after 9 p.m., and recruits cannot stay overnight at the houses unless the recruit’s home is farther away than an hour. Gose explained that part of the reason why the freeze was so surprising to IFC members was because they had been working on this initiative for months.

The initiative, which was agreed on by representatives of all 24 IFC fraternities during a meeting on March 19, outlines three main areas with proposed changes in how IFC addresses issues surrounding almost steps of a new member’s life. It starts with recruitment and carries through to initiation. “This strategic initiative on health, safety, and wellness plans to allow our community to grow in all aspects,” it says. After these initiatives, the council plans on forming a “task-force of stakeholders.” The task force will be made up of administration, alumni, advisors and IFC leaders to continue work on “improving the wellbeing of all IFC members and chapters.” Gose said that relevant administration all the way up to Chancellor Douglas Girod are invited to be included. “This is an example of productive engagement that fraternity leaders can demonstrate in focused self-governance efforts,” said Dave Steen, the president of KFLL in a statement sent to the Kansan. “KFLL applauds the IFC for treating the subject matter seriously and voting unanimously and acting independently.”

SOCIAL EVENTS AND ALCOHOL

• Each of the chapters will have to participate in substance abuse education • There can’t be more people at an a event that allows alcohol than the fire code of the

venue allows or a 3 to 1 guest ratio. The document clarifies that chapters will have to follow whichever is lower • All of the chapters will have to follow and enforce the hard alcohol ban, meaning there can’t be alcohol with a stronger volume than 14 percent at functions or in the chapter facilities. This was already an IFC policy, but Gose said that it felt important enough to remind all the chapters about it. This is the only one of the initiatives that is repeated from existing policy, according to Gose

NEW MEMBER EDUCATION

• Each fraternity has to tell IFC what its individual chapter’s headquarters’ requirements are for new member training at the beginning of every semester • Every chapter has to reform how it educates new members and give a plan to Sorority and Fraternity Life by Sept. 1, 2018 • IFC wants to “open a discussion with the Office of First-Year Experience and other University administration” to start a “hazing based training program.” All of the chapters and their new members will have to participate every semester • There will be a standing committee that will only focus on “new member education” • New members won’t be allowed to move in to chapter houses before a University’s scheduled move in day. Freshman will still be allowed to live in their chapters’ houses their first year

RECRUITMENT, CHAPTER ADVISORS AND RECOMMITMENT • IFC chapters and University administration are going to review the current recruit-

ment process “through the rest of the semester” and will discuss suggestions before Sept. • Every member of the IFC fraternity will have at least three chapter advisers • Every September, one of those advisers from every chapter will have a “yearly review meeting” with administration. The meetings will be program-based and will center around what the IFC executive council and University administration “see fit at the time” • Every member will have to engage in a “recommitment process.” It initiative says the process “will include a resetting of membership expectations and affirming a commitment against hazing, substance abuse, and sexual misconduct.” This is the only time sexual misconduct is mentioned in the initiative.


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Vietnam veteran gives back to KU SYDNEY HOOVER @sydhoover17 Since moving to Lawrence in the 1990s, Jim Tramba has played a number of roles in the community: a student at the University, a bus driver for Lawrence Transit and a volunteer at the Lt. Gen. William K. Jones Military-Affiliated Student Center. But more than that, Tramba is a Vietnam War veteran.

EARLY LIFE

“This December, December of 2018, it will be 50 years since I’ve been in Vietnam, and it’s been kind of overwhelming,” Tramba said. Tramba was finishing up his undergraduate degree in English at Northwestern University when he and a friend, a graduate student studying English, decided to voluntarily enlist in the military. “We both decided this isn’t working out here and this mess with all that was going on at the time, and we’re just going to volunteer and go,” Tramba said. “And we did.” Tramba, a Chicago native, went to military police school, following the steps of his father, who was a military policeman in World War II. Tramba taught map reading and weapons training until November 1968, when he was sent orders for Vietnam. Tramba worked as a military policeman at the only military prison in Vietnam. He acted as a counselor to prisoners of war who had committed crimes such as attacking colleagues or going AWOL. “Like most Vietnam vets, I came back, put it all in a box and forgot about it,” Tramba said. Then Tramba came to Lawrence — he worked in

Chance Parker/KANSAN Vietnam veteran Jim Tramba poses with one of the buses he drives for Lawrence Transit. When he can, Tramba also volunteers at the Military-Affiliated Student Center. information technology for 30 years before becoming a bus driver for Lawrence transit. “I don’t use the retired word. I’m not retired, I’m redirected,” Tramba said. Though Tramba does not have a set schedule each day, aside from driving his bus, he is involved in several groups throughout the University and Lawrence community that he participates in day to day.

DRIVING THE BUS

Since 2005, Tramba has filled his time working with Lawrence Transit, driving bus routes and managing dispatch. Most recently, Tramba has been driving the paratransit bus, which assists physically and mentally disabled residents. He also took free classes offered to non-degree students over 65 years old, and noted he especially enjoyed an astronomy class taught by Steve Hawley, a former

NASA astronaut. Tramba drives the paratransit bus every Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In 2010, while driving his bus route, Tramba had what he described as an “episode.” “I was like, ‘Gosh, you know, I have a pretty balanced life,’” Tramba said. “But the episode was called PTSD, and I never realized how it affected me and what things I kept inside.” In describing his post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, Tramba explained that for years after returning to the U.S., he did not talk about his experiences in Vietnam. Tramba went through a program through the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth, and through that, Tramba was able to begin talking with other veterans who were having similar experiences. “That was the impetus that said, ‘Hey, I know there

are people that probably put their stuff in a box and if I sense that, I and all the colleagues at the vet center can say something, so I wanted there to be a positive side to that as well,” Tramba said.

VOLUNTEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY

When the Military-Affiliated Student Center opened in November of 2016, Tramba began volunteering time helping with handiwork around the office, such as hanging up pictures and repairing closet space, and he also used it as a way to continue connecting with other veterans at the University. “He knows what that path is like so he has offered up to talk with anybody here who is struggling in that area,” said April Blackmon Strange, director of the Military-Affiliated Student Center. “He’s such a warm person who you just want to chat with and I think a lot of people appreciate that.”

Blackmon Strange described Tramba as being “warm, bubbly, very nice,” and said that he is “one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.” “He’ll even come in with donuts or cookies on occasion. I mean, there have been times where he will have a break while on his bus route, and he just dropped someone off on campus, he’ll step in up here, run a box of donuts up and say, ‘Here you go guys, have a great day,” Blackmon Strange said. “He says that a lot of this [volunteering] is for him, but it’s just as much for us too.” As for Tramba, he described himself as “blessed,” from the students he meets through the Military-Affiliated Student Center to the people he drives daily on his bus. “They’re fantastic folks,” Tramba said. “They’re an inspiration to me each day.”

A NEW GENERATION’S SYSTEM

How RAs handle students’ sexual assaults KALLI JO SMITH @kallijosmith

Editor’s Note: This story is the fourth in the Kansan’s series on sexual assault at

the University in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Every Monday in April, there will be a new story on the topic. Added resources to the

University’s campus have allowed for more comprehensive training to be put in place for residential assistants at the dorms, said Aramis Watson, associate

director of residence life in the University’s Department of Student Housing. Watson is referring to resources like the Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center, the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access and the CARE coordinator, organizations all students and faculty have access to. However, Watson, who served as an RA during her undergraduate years at the University in 2002, said even before these resources were put into place for students, RAs went through basic sexual assault training. “Training, resources and services have grown across the country at colleges and universities. This growth has advanced and made the training done by housing departments across the country more comprehensive,” Watson said. “The training that occurred when I was an RA at KU had the same basic goals we have today: to intervene and provide students [with] resources. As the University and country continue to advance on this topic, so will the trainings that are

provided to Housing staff.” Before the start of every school year, RAs receive two weeks of intensive sexual assault training, according to Jennifer Brockman, director of SAPEC. As the primary organization that provides sexual assault training for RAs, SAPEC focuses on supplying RAs with information about how to not only prevent situations like sexual assault from occurring, but also how to respond to victims of sexual assault. “Through our partnership with housing, we’ve been allotted some of that time to be able to work with RAs to make sure they have good skills to be good support to students and those who have been impacted by sexual violence, as well as how they can work to prevent it in the residence halls,” Brockman said. Since its creation in 2016, SAPEC has partnered with Housing to ensure that RAs and Housing staff receive proper sexual assault training, according to Watson. SEE RA • PAGE 3


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PREVENTION

Brockman said one of the main prevention initiatives in place that students and RAs are educated in is “Jayhawks Give a Flock.” This program, put in place by SAPEC, is a bystander education and training program developed for students that is imperative in primary prevention work on college campuses, according to Brockman. The “Jayhawks Give a Flock,” program educates RAs on how to recognize instances of sexual assault, when to intervene and ways to help others find emotional and physical support. “All RAs go through ‘Jayhawks Give a Flock,’ which is the evidence-based national curriculum for bystander intervention. So every year, RAs go through this training process,” Brockman said. RA sexual assault training comes from a collaboration with partners such as IOA, SAPEC and the CARE coordinator, Watson said. Housing, which follows the curriculum set in place by these organizations, trains RAs extensively through educational program workshops that are presented to them, according to Watson. All RAs also go through a program known as “Consent at KU,” which educates students about what consent looks like and understanding relationships, according to Brockman. RAs were not allowed to comment on how the workshop tends to operate in a more detailed sense.

RESPONSE TO VICTIMS

In addition to SAPEC’s prevention training programs for RAs, they also re-

Gina Huss/KANSAN Aramis Watson, associate director of residence life, explains the sexual assault training that RAs go through at KU. ceive training on how to respond to victims of sexual assault such as trauma-informed response, which is working with victims in crisis, and understanding gender-based violence recognition and response training. “So, helping them identify what are those red flag behavior indicators for gender-based violence,” Brockman said. “And if they notice those indicators, who can they talk to, what is their response and what are their requirements as mandated reporters.” Other resources, like the CARE Coordinator at Watkins Health Center, Merrill Evans, act not only as a free support system for students who are sexual assault survivors, but also take part in the sexual assault training provided to RAs. Evans said this past January she partnered with SAPEC, where she met with

“We want RAs to address [victims’] needs in the moment, and it is absolutely imperative that individuals have a validating response or you risk shutting them down.” Merrill Evans CARE coordinator

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new incoming staff for a presentation on do’s and don’ts when responding to victims of sexual assault. “These talking points of what not to do can be really helpful because you don’t want them causing any harm,” Evans said.

THE PRIMARY GOAL

“The primary goal is emotional well-being. We want RAs to address their needs in the moment, and it is absolutely imperative that individuals have a validating response or you risk shutting them down,” Evans said. Watson said it is extremely important that RAs know how to respond to survivors because an RA is most likely the first point of contact after an instance of sexual assault. Watson said reports of sexual assault tend to happen on a peer level, which makes RAs involvement in training crucial for the University, but specifically for dorm life. “It’s important for our staff to be trained on this because it affects so many people at so many different levels, and it’s important that our resources are readily available for students,” Watson said. “We struggle as an institution if someone

doesn’t know the resources available to them, and we’re working very hard to break down those barriers. It’s not out of the ordinary to share with your peer, if we can get more people to utilize that, then it’s just going to make us a stronger campus.” Last year it was found that 25 students had filed reports saying they were sexually assaulted on campus last year with residence halls the most common place for reported misconduct. Despite it being the most sexual assaults reported since the University’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access opened in 2012, Watson said it doesn’t necessarily mean more sexual assaults are taking place, but rather more students are reporting instances of sexual assault, because they have the resources to do it. Puja Shah, a senior who has been an RA at Ellsworth Hall for three years now, said undergraduate RAs are required to participate in mandatory trainings during the fall, winter and spring orientation. Shah said training during the fall semester tends to be the most rigorous time of the year for training because they are dealing with

new incoming RAs who are learning the training for the first time, as well as welcoming new and returning students to the dorms. “During fall semester training, all undergraduate staff members are trained on how to respond to incidents of sexual assault. Within sexual assault training, KU Student Housing partners with the Office of Sexual Assault and Prevention Education Center to facilitate sessions, such as ‘Bringing in the Bystander Training,’ that educate un-

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dergraduate staff on how to safely and properly intervene, respond and report all concerns related to sexual assault,” Shah said. If an individual reports sexual assault to an RA, Shah said no matter what, RAs are required to report the information to a senior staff member. RAs are known to the University as mandatory reporters, according to Watson. “When responding to incidents as such, follow up is case-specific and individualized based off the needs of the survivor and it is reported to the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access for additional follow-up purposes,” Shah said. Shah said, as a third-year RA, she believes it is critical that RAs are educated on how to respond to crisis, the resources available for survivors and how to report situations that may arise, because RAs are the eyes and ears of the community. “My training has been extremely beneficial for the instances I have had to use it for because it has given me the appropriate tools to serve my community and it has provided resources to me when I may need support as well,” Shah said. Shah wouldn’t comment on how many times she’s had to use the training.

— Edited by Erin Brock

Do’s and Don’ts What not to do

• Don’t freak out or panic • Don’t ask lots of detailed questions • Don’t blame the survivor or make judgmental statements • Don’t force them to make any decisions

What to do

• Believe the survivor • Validate the survivor’s emotional experience • Let a survivor know their emotional experience makes sense • Connect the survivor to a resource — RAs and housing staff follow the Resource Wheel

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Johnston: Tobacco ban oversteps

FFA of the Day: “Professor, can we have the project deadline extended? Friday is a national holiday.” And he deadass extended it until Sunday I bought three different flavors of hummus thinking it would somehow heal me. “I mean, college kids think that communists are kind of cool.” if i made a facebook event to do a cathartic yell into the sky would u guys join My grandma tried to pretend that she isn’t blind so she would pay less at her nursing home but she’s blind so that didn’t work. “You can shoot me dead before I call Sean Hannity a journalist.” In job interview: Maintaining a professional online presence is very important to me On Twitter: * RTs pictures of Kenny G * Ugh I LOVEEEE f--boys I HATE the LPD twitter account and think it’s objectively terrible I’m a simple girl, all I want is to strike fear into the hearts of men Highkey this has been the longest school year of my life. Like how is it not over. How am I still suffering. And I’ve become so so ugly

SCOTT JOHNSTON @Scottawatomie This coming July, the University will become 100 percent tobacco free. The reasoning behind this, according to the University, is to promote a healthy, respectful, environmentally stable and clean campus. This sounds reasonable on the surface, but the University administration has taken this too far with an outright ban. This policy change is a bad idea because it treats tobacco users like children who can’t make their own decisions, it won’t actually keep them from smoking and it could actually put students who follow the rules in danger. Instead, we should enforce the policies already in place and focus on compromises rather than overreaching bans. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, nearly one-third of college students use tobacco products of some kind. This is a significant number of students, and, while the University did its own study of tobacco use here, that survey focused mainly on smoking. The University found that 13 percent of students smoked in the last 30 days, and five percent reported they were daily smokers. The forthcoming ban, however, prohibits all tobacco and tobacco-related products including cigarettes, cigars,

chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes. The usage of tobacco is obviously unhealthy. There has been a constant stream of public service announcements and billboards saying it, and it’s even printed on the outside of all tobacco packaging. That being said, it should not be up to the University or anyone else to direct what people do and do not do in their own health choices. This campaign infantilizes tobacco users on

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Instead, we should enforce the policies already in place and focus on compromises rather than overreaching bans.

I am personally not a smoker: I never have, I never will. I wouldn’t recommend it. But there are several unhealthy habits people partake in, and just because it’s unhealthy, doesn’t mean it should be prohibited. Consuming sugary and fatty foods on a regular basis is also unhealthy and potentially causes more damage to the environment than tobacco use, yet the University still profits off of it and allows its consumption on campus. If we really want to help people quit smoking, we should keep giving them the information and support they need and then just sit back and let them make their own choices.

Scott Johnston is a junior from Berryton, studying microbiology.

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Landolt: Coalitions used extreme tactics

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intake or open window. On campus, it’s restricted within 20 feet. These two rules, if followed, would contribute vastly to making campus cleaner and healthier for the average student. A compromise could have been made by more strictly enforcing littering ordinances, or even by making designated smoking areas on campus so the average pedestrian wouldn’t have to deal with cigarette smoke.

The University’s campus will go tobacco free in fall 2018.

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campus and treats them as if they aren’t able to make their own decisions with their bodies. A better plan would have been to continue to promote the cessation of smoking, but not ban it on campus completely. During the study by the University before the finalization of the policy, one of the main reasons people wanted to ban smoking was the annoyance of cigarette smoke in high traffic areas, and the litter left behind by cigarette butts. Areas where this happens include parts of Jayhawk Boulevard, like Wescoe Beach and Fraser Hall. It already is illegal in Lawrence to litter, which includes cigarette butts, onto the ground rather than in an ashtray or other receptacle. It is also illegal in Kansas to smoke within 10 feet of a doorway, air

MOLLY LANDOLT @mollylandolt This year, the University experienced a 32.6 percent increase in voter turnout from last year. In the Student Senate election, 7,375 University students voted. While the voter turnout was amazing, I feel the number is not representative of students who were actually informed of the coalitions’ platforms. As a freshman, I was

excited to witness my first Senate election. I didn’t know much about Senate or the different coalitions running, but I read all of the coalitions’ platforms and decided who to vote for based on whose platform I valued the most. But while the polls were open earlier this month, I watched coalitions use extreme tactics to gain voters on campus. While no rules were broken, I feel their tactics were unethical and reflected high-pressure

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sales pitches rather than proper campaigning. Some of the tactics used to gain voters were actually quite humorous. Coalition members stood on Daisy Hill and ambushed students exiting buses with their phones, telling them to vote for their coalition. Cute dogs were even shoved in students’ faces in hopes to gain votes. I feel that these tactics to gain voters were and are unethical. Students were blindsided on campus and given a short spiel about a coalition’s platforms. Students were pressured to vote on the spot before they could actually decide which platform they resonated with and truly cast a vote based on their favorite coalition. These extreme tactics caused some students to vote in the election without

being properly informed on all of the coalitions’ platforms; they only voted in reaction to a high-pressure sales pitch. While there is something to be said about persistence and raising awareness for one’s platforms, I feel these extreme tactics were inappropriate.

While no rules were broken, I feel their tactics were unethical and reflected highpressure sales pitches rather than proper campaigning.

It is extremely important for students to be civically involved and in-

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formed about pressing issues on campus, and maybe they actually were in this election, but based on what I witnessed on campus, I don’t think that’s the case. There are better ways to increase voter turnout than for one coalition to pressure students on campus into voting. Yes, it’s great so many students were civically involved in this year’s election, but in the future, I hope that Senate campaigning will be more focused on platforms and university reform rather than pressuring unsuspecting students to blindly vote based on high-pressure pitches.

Molly Landolt is a freshman from Labadie, Missouri, studying strategic communications.

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arts & culture Monday, April 23, 2018

K A N S A N .C O M /A R T S A N D C U LT U R E

Rithwick Chary/KANSAN Simone Savannah, the author of “Like Kansas,” poses with her book in the Kansas Union.

KU alumna debuts ‘confessional’ poetry book Simone Savannah’s book, “Like Kansas,” deals with issues of race, sexuality and womanhood in strikingly honest ways

weird way,” Savannah said. Other topics addressed in the poems of Savannah’s book deal with abortion (“When I arrive at my ex-baby father— because I

had the abortion— /when I arrive at my ex-baby father brother’s house/he has on a big smile”), being catcalled on the street (“I look at them and/ shake my head, and when I come out of the store, I know one of them/will drive their big blue truck across the street to find and follow me”), or her interest in herbal remedies (“There we do herbal rituals— mimic earth to fire…./my small coughs mimic your love energy shuttering back to you”). However, most of the poems are centered on her sexuality and how Savannah navigates her body as a black woman. Although Savannah would warn readers her book contains sexually explicit poems, she said they’re just her experiences with constantly being sexualized.

Goyland Williams, a former graduate student at the University who’s now a professor at Seton Hall University, said Savannah’s embrace of her sexuality in poetry is his favorite aspect of reading her poems. “I like the fact that it’s so unabashedly and unapologetically black, sensual, sexual and erotic,” Williams said. “I like that it doesn’t beat around the bush about how black women experience both pleasure and pain. It’s very forthright in its determination to shed light on those issues.” Savannah’s focus on sexuality and pleasure was inspired by black women writers whose body of work resists racist and sexist ideas about black womanhood. Among those include Ann Petry, Janelle Monáe, Morgan Parker and

Zora Neale Hurston. “A lot of this came from being inspired by confessional poets in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Thinking about the poets that I see now who are confessional and autobiographical in ways and writing about their experiences made me realize that I can write those poems too,” Savannah said. After being unsatisfied with how she initially conveyed her sexuality in the book and struggling to find the right publisher, Savannah said she had to do a lot of revision that hindered the book being published sooner. However, on March 20, “Like Kansas” was officially released and is available to order on Big Lucks.

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I got up there [on stage] and recited the poem and won,” Savannah said. “I was like, ‘Wow, I can be a poet now’. So, I think just maybe encountering Def Poetry Jam (a spoken word series that aired on HBO) and probably just seeing people around me and listening to poetry around me sparked my interest [in poetry].” Savannah’s first published work, “Like Kansas” is a chapbook of 22 poems that document the various experiences Savannah has had while studying in Kansas. Themes like sexuality, race, gender and the struggles of being in academia are all conveyed in the book. “I began writing these poems not only about my personal life and my love life, but thinking about a lot of the racial and sex-

ist microaggressions I was experiencing here, particularly at the gym, people wanting to touch my hair, people making comments about my body or people just gazing at me in a very

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CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) Today and tomorrow are good for making money. Strategize and plan with a partner over the next five months with Pluto retrograde. Refine routines and procedures.

DEASIA PAIGE @deasia_paige When Columbus, Ohio native Simone Savannah came to the University from to pursue her doctoral degree in creative writing in 2012, she didn’t know that reflecting on her sexual encounters and experiences with microaggressions would form a collection of poetry, titled “Like Kansas,” six years later. Even before 2012, Savannah didn’t fathom a professional career of being a poet. She wanted to be a dancer. That changed when she won a talent show competition in sixth grade for reading a poem. Savannah said everyone else in the competition was dancing, and she wanted to do something different. “I decided to write a poem and memorize it, and

“I decided to write a poem and memorize it, and I got up there [on stage] and recited the poem and won.” Simone Savannah alumna

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Actors depict a school scene from “Spring Awakening” which is set in 19th century Germany, during a dress rehearsal.

NICOLE ASBURY @nicoleasbury Frequently in media portrayals of teenagers’ interest in sex, the teenagers are portrayed as caricatures of adolescents. The University’s latest musical, “Spring Awakening,” strives to do exactly the opposite. “It gives voice to the most personal and intimate experiences of that age group in a coming of age moment, but it does so in a way that has all of the colors of that experience; sometimes it’s frustrating, sometimes it’s comic and sometimes it’s really painful,” said Mechele Leon, the director of the University’s production. “We don’t take adolescent sexual feeling seriously; we always talk about this expression of raging hormones. I like the fact that this gives the voice to the full range of [the characters’] experience.”

Set in the late 19th century in Germany, “Spring Awakening” tells the tale of a group of teenagers learning to cope with their hormones, abuse and the anxiety that comes with education, all within a repressive culture. Society at the time was centered on keeping children and young adults in the dark about sexuality. Though the musical is adapted from a 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, Leon explained that the alternative rock score behind it emphasizes the notion that the teenage characters’ struggles are continuing. In the original Broadway production of “Spring Awakening” in 2006, whenever the actors started singing, they would pull out a microphone to act as if they were at a rock concert, separating the time period from the score entirely. Leon, inspired by the Deaf West Revival of 2015, fo-

cused on portraying the score and the play as if they are merged together, while still giving the score a more contemporary feel and allowing the play itself to be a period piece. “The musical takes that story and gives voice to the adolescent experience through a terrific rock score that is in 1891, but is also eternal. [I] let the integration of the musical and this world be there,” Leon said. “If you wonder why a character in 1891 is talking about how he can’t get his girlfriend to return his call, it doesn’t bother me, because I feel like we’re all just telling the same story that this internal experience has no time.” During rehearsal, Leon worked with her actors to ensure the parallelism of the period to the present was clear. “They live in a different society, but their experiences are immediate to us,”

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Vanzwoll said she hopes the messages of the musical are clear to audience members. “I hope [audience members] come away from this production ... with a feeling of love and hope,” Vanzwoll said. “I hope it opens up conversations about things that might not ordinarily be talked about,” Vanzwoll

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Kansas tennis falls in top-25 matchup

Junior Janet Koch crouches and eyes her opponent during Kansas’ tennis match Friday, April 20. Kansas lost to Oklahoma State 4-1. MADDY TANNAHILL @maddytannahill

Competing with both the No. 11-ranked Oklahoma State Cowgirls and the heavy wind gusts, the No. 16-ranked Jayhawks were quickly falling behind in search of the doubles point Friday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center at Rock Chalk Park. The duo of junior Nina Khmelnitckaia and sophomore Tatiana Nikolaeva, ranked 76th in doubles, faced a 2-5 deficit on court one while the pair of senior Despoina Vogasari and sophomore Maria Toran Ribes trailed 1-5 at the No. 2 spot.

“I thought in the big moments, and throughout the match, they played with more composure and confidence in the big situations than we did. ” Todd Chapman Kansas coach

Despite junior Janet Koch and redshirt freshman Amber Policare having picked up an early 6-3 victory on

court three, the doubles point looked far out of reach for the Jayhawks. Backs pressed against the wall, both duos were unwilling to give up, slowly fighting their way back into the match, point by point. Fans cheering loudly for the impressive comeback, Khmelnitckaia and Nikolaeva brought the match within one point before falling 4-6 to the Cowgirls’ Vladica Babic and Sofia Blanco. All eyes fell on court two, where Koch and Policare battled all the way back from down 1-5 to tie the match at 5-5. In a toeto-toe match, the Cowgirls took the advantage as they

pulled ahead 5-6. Locked at 40-40, match on the line, a double-fault by the Jayhawks ultimately secured the win for the Cowgirls, sending Kansas into singles competition trailing 1-0, despite the momentous comeback on both courts. “Credit to Oklahoma State,” Kansas coach Todd Chapman said, in a Kansas Athletics press release. “I thought in the big moments, and throughout the match, they played with more composure and confidence in the big situations than we did. That’s a veteran-seasoned team that truly believes in themselves. That’s the goal for us, is to get in

a position where we believe in ourselves enough to compete at the level we need to in order to win a match like (this).” The momentum of the doubles point clearly worked in favor of Oklahoma State, as Kansas struggled in singles on all but two courts, eventually losing 4-1. The Jayhawks’ only point of the day came at the No. 6 spot, where Policare played dominantly over Cowgirl Sami Court from the opening point, picking up 10 consecutive matches to claim her first singles win since February, 6-0, 6-1. With the match tied 1-1,

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Oklahoma State played in complete control on courts one through four, picking up three quick wins in two sets apiece to seal the overall match victory 4-1. Khmelnitckaia and Koch dropped their matches 3-6, 1-6, and 4-6, 3-6, respectively, and the clinch came at the No. 4 spot where Toran Ribes fell 4-6, 2-6, leaving Nikolaeva’s match unfinished. The Jayhawks got back to winning ways on Sunday, when they swept Oklahoma on Vogasari’s senior day.

No. 21 Baylor takes doubleheader over KU softball

the Bears in the third, a two-out single by Kansas senior outfielder Annie Mehringer through the left side would score freshman infielder Shelby Gayre to lock the game at one apiece.

MADDY TANNAHILL @maddytannahill In the first game of a doubleheader with No. 21-ranked Baylor, Kansas sophomore first baseman Becki Monaghan squared up against Baylor junior pitcher Gia Rodoni at Getterman Stadium in Waco, Texas. So far this season, not a single Bear has cleared the fence at Getterman Stadium, but after watching a first-pitch strikeout off the hand of Rodoni, Monaghan made it look easy. With a solo homer over the centerfielder fence to bring the Jayhawks within two runs, Monaghan tacked on her second home run in the last three games. Unfortunately for the Jayhawks, Monaghan’s solo shot in the fifth produced the only run Kansas would see in game one, leading to a 4-1 loss to kick off the series. The Bears got on the board early in the bottom of the first as a two-out double to right center off the bat of Baylor sophomore Goose McGlaun drove in a run to put the

Throwing a complete game, Formby held the Bears to only two runs, tallying a 2-1 loss to move to 11-7 on the season.

Missy Minear/KANSAN Redshirt junior Andie Formby pitches against Oklahoma State on Thursday, April 5. The Jayhawks lost to the Cowgirls in the first game of the double header 2-1. Bears up 1-0, and a twoout triple down the left field line in the bottom of the second extended the lead to 3-1. An RBI single up the middle by junior Kyla Walker in the sixth tacked on the final run for the

Bears, handing Jayhawks’ senior pitcher Sarah Miller the individual loss to move her record to 8-9 on the season. Through six innings, Miller tossed four strikeouts in her second consecutive full-game effort.

In game two of the doubleheader, Kansas junior pitcher Andie Formby took the mound for the first time since April 7 after having recovered from an injury. Throwing a complete game, Formby held the Bears to only two

runs, in a 2-1 loss to move her to 11-7 on the season. Baylor again got on the board first in the bottom of the second as freshman Hannah Smith singled to center field to bring one across the plate. Managing to hold

As the Jayhawks went three up, three down offensively through the fifth, sixth, and seventh, another RBI single by Smith in the bottom of the sixth for the Bears would give Baylor the one-run edge over Kansas to claim the 2-1 victory in game two of the series. Having competed in two close games with the Bears, the Jayhawks were shutout on Sunday 6-0 to close out another winless series.


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KU Running Club represents at Relays BRADEN SHAW @bradenshaw4real

Coming into the race, sophomore Nelson Jourdan didn’t expect to be on the ground, face first, during his 1,500 meter race. However, as Jourdan attests, racing doesn’t always go as one expects. “I’m kind of pissed,” Jourdan said. “I know I could have been an actual competitor today. But I completely wiped out and that took out so much time. I wasted a ton of energy to catch up a little bit which was futile.” Amidst the clear disappointment, Jourdan finished in 37th place with a time of 4:39.05 after stumbling and therefor falling behind in the middle of the race. Jourdan, the captain and leader of the KU Running Club, looks to meets like the Kansas Relays to provide another source of training and camaraderie. Jourdan, alongside fellow club member freshman Mark Harrington, who competed in the 5,000 meter race, took to the track at Rock Chalk Park looking to achieve their aspirations. “I knew that there would be good competition, and I knew that I had a goal that I wanted to hit,” Jourdan said. “I knew that the competition here would help me reach that goal. But clearly, today was not my day.” Going into the race, the club took to training for the upcoming meet. Even though they don’t go through the same training regime as the Kansas track team, Jourdan and Harrington were still able to bond, and both mentally and physically prepare for the races. A typical week for Jourdan and Harrington consists

Missy Minear/KANSAN KU Running Club’s Nelson Jourdan races in the men’s 1,500-meter run on Thursday, April 19 at the Kansas Relays. of workouts, particularly speed work, on Tuesdays and Thursdays followed by easier, less intense long runs the rest of the week. Harrington finds the structure much more laid back, simply finding times between classes to get a run in. For Jourdan, the training helps to build bonds within the club and makes training a little less strenuous. “Me and the guys in the club had a lot more fun [during the training],” Jourdan said. “It makes things more fun and makes training more enjoyable. It helps us want to get out there and work hard everyday because we enjoy it.”

That companionship is what helps drive Harrington and helps to give a real “team feel” to the running club, as well as holding each other to consistency in training. “It’s a lonely sport,” Harrington said. “It definitely helps to have the club there and to keep you accountable and have someone to talk to for all of the miles.” On top of that, the club comes to meets for the exposure and for a different racing atmosphere to train in. According to Jourdan, this takes the pressure off while racing and adds to the experience. “Coming in, there’s no pressure,” Jourdan said. “It’s

not like racing for a team specifically. It also helps to build our numbers and helps people see that we actually exist. Maybe it will inspire other people to join the club and train.”

“I knew that the competition here would help me reach that goal. But clearly, today was not my day.” Nelson Jourdan KU Running Club captain

When it comes to competing at the Kansas Relays, especially since it’s the 91st edition, Harrington feels proud of his accomplishment at the prestigious meet. He set a personal record in the 5,000 meter with a time of 15:40.80, finishing 23rd. “Everyone around you is just here for real,” Harrington said. “I definitely felt like an underdog too. [But I expected] about that [time], 15:30 to 15:45 and somewhere in the middle to back of the pack.” “Also that it would hurt real bad and it did that,” he said. “But you can’t expect much better than a PR.”

Jourdan, even though he struggled during the race, will walk away with his head high. He believes this to be a great opportunity for himself, Harrington and the club to elevate themselves and perform even better in the future. “I’m definitely going to get closer to my teammates and we’ll definitely build better friendships and brotherhoods through this,” Jourdan said. “I’ll also figure out how to race better next time because obviously I did not come in with a good strategy. I got tripped up big time, so I’ll be more cautious next time when I race.”

Clemons inducted into KU Athletics Hall of Fame MADDY TANNAHILL @maddytannahill With the final day of the 91st Kansas Relays well underway at Rock Chalk Park, applause filled the stadium as four former-Jayhawks, Natalia Bartnovskaya (2013-14), Diamond Dixon (2011-14), Andrea Geubelle (2010-13), and Kyle Clemons (2010-13), took to the track during a break in the action. Having all competed together as Jayhawks in 2013, the four returned to Lawrence for their respective inductions into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame. Bartnovskaya, Dixon, and Geubelle all competed as integral parts of the 2013 Big 12 and Women’s National Championship team. Seeing those three and the remainder of the women’s squad compete at such a high level played a critical role in success of Clemons. “I was like OK, I’ve got to step my game up. When you have success all around you, all it does is make you better,” Clemons said. “That lit a fire under me. I saw greatness, and I wanted to be a part of it.” A part of greatness he soon became. During his collegiate career at Kansas, Clemons was a six-time Second Team All-American honoree, won two Big

Missy Minear/KANSAN Former Jayhawk Kyle Clemons was inducted intoKansas Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday. During his time at Kansas, Clemons was a six-time Second Team All-American and won two Big 12 Championships. 12 Championships, and crushed three school records in the indoor and outdoor 400-meter dash as well as the 4x400-meter relay. But he was not satisfied. “My collegiate debut definitely wasn’t as best as I had wanted it,” Clemons said. “So as a pro, I kind of stepped it up.” In 2014, Clemons competed at the IAAF World Indoor Championships as a member of USA’s 4x400

team, a team that would go on to break the world record.

“That lit a fire under me. I saw greatness, and I wanted to be a part of it.” Kyle Clemons Former KU track & field athlete

Still not satisfied, Clemons competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he would earn a gold medal as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team. Despite the accolades, records, and medals, Clemons still feels shocked at his induction into the Hall of Fame. “This is definitely still a surreal feeling. I thought she called the wrong per-

son,” Clemons said about receiving the call from Candace Dunback, senior director of K Club and traditions. “It’s great because when she let me know we were literally coming back from [when] my fiancé got inducted into her Hall of Fame at Ohio State University. So that was crazy.” Clemons’ fiancé Christina Manning, eleven time All-American, was inducted to the Ohio State Hall of

Fame in October 2017. “She’s a hurdler,” Clemons said. “She took silver at World Indoors this year.” So what goals does a two-time Big 12 Championship-winning, record-breaking, Olympic gold medalist set for himself? “The next goal is to warm up,” Clemons said, as he would momentarily be competing in the men’s 400 meters at the Kansas Relays. Not surprisingly, Clemons finished in first with a time of 47.01 seconds, competing for Team Adidas. He was trailed by Kansas junior Ivan Henry who finished with a time of 47.50. The former Jayhawk was thrilled to be back competing on his home turf. “When they say there’s no place like home, man that’s the truth,” Clemons said. “I just love being here, I love competing here, I love the crowd. I just love it here.” Clemons, along with former teammates, Bartnovskaya, Dixon and Guebelle, were inducted into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday evening following the conclusion of the Relays.


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7 rowers suspended amid Instagram scandal SHAUN GOODWIN @ShaunGoodwinUDK

Seven Kansas rowers were suspended indefinitely in late March due to violating team rules regarding social media transparency with Kansas Athletics, according to information provided to the Kansan by the rowers. Four weeks on, no end is in sight for the investigation, with the seven rowers unable to practice or participate in any competitions with the team. The suspensions came after the discovery of fake Instagram accounts, or “Finstas” as they are commonly known, by Kansas rowing coaches. In an email sent to the seven rowers on April 12 by Kansas coach Carrie Cook-Callen and provided to the Kansan, the rowers were accused of violating section 501 of the Kansas Athletics Policies and Procedures Manual. Among several other prohibited behaviors on social media that include showing use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs on social media, section 501 of the manual states, “I will not create fake or alias social media accounts. I understand that any information placed on any social media site is a reflection of me, my team, Kansas Athletics and the University of Kansas.” The Kansan spoke to two of the Kansas rowers, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution by Kansas Athletics, who are included in the group of the seven rowers who have been suspended. While the pair

Missy Minear/KANSAN Boats paddle to the starting point at the Jayhawk Jamboree on Oct. 23, 2017. Seven rowers from the team have been suspended over alleged social media violations. of rowers acknowledge that they broke the rules by having social media accounts under aliases, they believe that Kansas Athletics is taking an unneeded amount of time in the investigation process. They also believe there has been a severe lack in communication between the coaches and the rowers involved in the investigation. “There’s been basically no [communication]. I’m having to text coaches and they keep telling us that we’re going to be treated as individuals, that not everyone has had their investigations by KU Athletics so they can’t move forward,” said one of the rowers, a junior on the team. “But we’ve already missed [three] competitions,

“I just feel like KU Athletics and the coaching staff just need to be held accountable because they’ve just had so much power for so long, and it’s all gone to their heads.” Anonymous rower junior

which is more than if you’d failed a drug test twice. And they won’t give us a date for a meeting or when we can hear anything about when we can be unsuspended.” The pair of rowers also revealed that while only seven rowers are being investigated, the coaches and Kansas Athletics are aware of 30-plus girls on the team

who have alias social media accounts. Both rowers feel that they are being targeted by the coaches, due to the fact that nobody else on the team outside the original seven are currently being investigated. “It seems really targeted and very selective about who they have chosen to suspend and who they chose to keep

on the team, and they’ve really been horrible about communicating,” said another rower. According to the junior rower, the coaches have had conflicts with certain rowers on the team, with several of those being included in the suspensions. Certain rowers have also been told by coaches that other teammates were complaining about their effort, and that other rowers are talking behind their back. Another aspect the rowers disagree with is a piece of paper tacked up daily in the boathouse that publicly states whether rowers are hitting their target times or not. “The girls that are sus-

pended, they’ve been in the lower boats or they’ve kind of had issues with the coaches from an injury standpoint,” the junior rower said. The social media scandal highlights larger issues in the program since Cook-Callen took over from long-standing coach Rob Catloth at the beginning of the 201718 season. Since becoming head coach, Cook-Callen made several adjustments to the team contract that must be signed by all rowers at the start of the season. Adjustments range from not being allowed to own aliased social media accounts to not being allowed to wear eye masks while on airplanes. “I would say it was a lot better,” the junior rower said about rowing under Catloth. “Because you could kind of complain about [Catloth] then you’d go home and your life would still be your life. But coach Callen has just taken over everything, and you can’t really get away from her.” The suspended rowers have now missed three competitions, with just the Sunflower Showdown and Big 12 championships remaining before the NCAA championships in late May. “I just feel like KU Athletics and the coaching staff just need to be held accountable because they’ve just had so much power for so long, and it’s all gone to their heads,” the junior rower said. Associate Athletic Director Jim Marchiony refused to comment on the suspensions.

Relays end with KU women winning quadrangular

ANDREW ROSENTHAL @Rosentrotter Senior Barden Adams was getting ready for his first approach of the triple jump, several events into the spotlight collegiate quadrangular section of the Kansas Relays. Already taking a win in the long jump, he raised his hands high above his head. He began to clap his hands together, and each became a little louder than the one before, with the noise making its way to the crowd nearby. Adams landed his first jump for a mark of 16.08 meters (52-foot9.5), which was enough distance for a win against the field of competitors. With the field conditions going his way, he wanted more. As jumpers from Harvard, Nebraska, and Kansas State entered the runway, Adams continued to lead the chant. “We want to make sure that the environment is as lit as possible, so everyone

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gets into it,” Adams said. “If I am jumping far, and the other guys aren’t feeling as energized as I am because I am home, then it’s not going to be that good of a competition … When they jump far, that makes me want to jump far too.” Adams had himself another standout day on the fourth and final day of the Kansas Relays, with wins in both the long jump and triple jump each on his first attempt for the event. His 29 points aided the Kansas men to a second place finish as a team in the quadrangular with 201 points, alongside the women who won their side of the meet with 209 points. Overall, the Jayhawks had 14 wins on the day, with most second-place finishes due to unattached athletes also competing in the event. Alongside its wins, Kansas also had 24 finishes in second or third. Kickstarted with being inducted into the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame,

Olympic medalist Kyle Clemons found himself in the 400-meter heat against Kansas sophomore Ivan Henry. After 160 meters, Henry caught up to Clemons, and even thought he had him at one point. “It was going good, felt great on the back straightaway, I realized I caught him pretty early,” Henry said. “I was like yeah, this is my race man.” Clemons wasn’t ever concerned. He was focused on his own race, maintaining pace with professionalism. “My thing is just stay in my lane, focus on what I need to do, not his lane,” Clemons said. “He could have been a hundred meters ahead of me, and I still ran my race.” Junior Nicole Montgomery, a hopeful national qualifier in the 400 meter dash, was entered into the 800 meter dash for the first time ever. After the runners were allowed to cut in, she still stayed in the lane she start-

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Sophomore thrower Gleb Dudarev had a day to remember Friday at the Kansas Relays. The Belarus native broke his own Kansas Relays hammer throw record in mind-boggling fashion. On his fifth throw, Dudarev threw his hammer a stunning 78.04 meters. The throw sent Dudarev to the No. 5 ranking in the world.

Miranda Anaya/KANSAN Junior Nicole Montgomery hugs her teammate junior Wumi Omare after the 800-meter run at the Kansas Relays on Saturday, April 21. ed in, something 400-meter runners are used to. “Staying in lane eight the entire first curve was probably not what I was supposed to do,” Montgomery said. Montgomery took first in the race with a time of 2:09 and her teammate, junior Marleena Eubanks took second at 2:13. Montgom-

ery was stumbling after the race, with teammate Wumi Omare right by her side with a smile supporting her. “Everyone supported me running the (800),” Montgomery said. “They knew I was really nervous and they were all giving me the massive amount of support and it was super cool to have

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that.” The Jayhawks will return to the track in the National Relay Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, hosted by the University of Arkansas. Kansas has already visited three times earlier this season for different meets.

Track and Field Junior Sharon Lokedi added another accolade to her list on Thursday at the Kansas Relays in the 5,000-meter run. Lokedi finished the women’s college open 5,000-meter race in 15:42.76 — smashing the Kansas Relays record by 20 seconds and her own outdoor school record by almost two seconds.



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Chance Parker/KANSAN Mass Street Music offers a variety of guitars and other musical accessories. RACHEL GAYLOR @raegay218 Located on the corner of 14th and Massachusetts streets, Mass Street Music offers consumers of all ages and skill levels a variety of musical instruments. While the business looks quaint from the outside, the two-level shop gives Lawrence residents all the necessities for a musician’s

paradise. Established over 30 years ago, Mass Street Music offers new and used instruments to consumers and is also home to a repair shop, where people can get simple fixes, like a guitar restringed, to more complex repairs, like a complete overhaul of a vintage guitar. With a staff that consists of musicians, the full-service store understands what

each customer may need. “It sounds cliché, but my favorite part of working at Mass Street Music is the people,” said Matt Kappenman, web and marketing manager of the business. “The staff and customers we have here are really fun people to be around. It makes coming to work feel less like work.” Clayton Day is a Lawrence resident who is orig-

inally from Carbondale, a small town south of Topeka, and frequents the business. “Their customer service is wonderful,” Day said. He also said he prefers Mass Street Music over other places because of the instrument selection, availability of practice rooms for lessons and for trying out different guitars and amps. Open Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and

Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mass Street Music is the go-to destination for those in search of the perfect instrument. Kappenman said the variety of places in Lawrence is special, but Mass Street Music offers a full-service experience. “It’s part of what makes Lawrence a unique place for musicians,” Kappenman said.

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BEST PLACE TO BUY MUSIC — 2ND PLACE

Love Garden leads record resurgence

JOSH MCQUADE @L0neW0lfMcQuade

Love Garden Sounds has been a Lawrence staple for purchasing vinyl since 1990, offering a wide selection of new and used vinyl, CDs and other music accessories. Boasting walls and tables filled with tens of thousands of vinyls, Love Garden Sounds has music for any listener’s tastes. From hip-hop to alternative rock, the shop carries a wide range of music. Love Garden Sounds also sells refurbished record players, a hard-to-find item in Lawrence. In fact, vinyl itself is rare to come by, due to the recent surge in popularity of the item. Yuanfu Liu, a Lawrence musician and employee at Love Garden Sounds, said he believes vinyl is making a comeback due to the accessibility of music. “Things that really strike a chord with certain people, they’ll want to own, like a physical copy,” Liu said. “I also think that the packages are getting better, like they’re coming with booklets and the designs are really cool. Love Garden Sounds was not always housed in its current location at 822 Massachusetts St., but was originally located on the 900 block of Massachusetts before moving in 2009. Liu said he believes the store receives the amount

Chance Parker/KANSAN Love Garden offers an assortment of different vinyl records and CDs, along with three cats that hang out around the shop. of foot traffic it does due to the reputation of the business. “Love Garden kind of has a reputation already, in that kind of sense,” Liu said. “It’s been here for a really long time, so people who have lived here for a while tell friends to come here and they come in, they see the massive selection we have, and we usually have something for everybody.”

The store doubles as a venue, inviting local artists to perform, or even debut, their music. The tight space makes for an intimate concert experience, similar to a performance at the Bottleneck, but smaller. However, what is most unique to Love Garden Sounds are the three cats allowed to roam the store freely. Sam, Stuffing and Chardonnay have become

acclimated to the heavy foot traffic throughout the store on most days, laying down on a row of vinyl, waiting for customers to pet them. However, there is one cat whose ultimate goal seems to be escaping — Stuffing. Love Garden Sounds has even gone as far as offering $1 store credit for stopping Stuffing from leaving the shop and $3 store credit if you catch him outside.

Saadan Mir, a junior from Singapore studying economics, often visits Love Garden Sounds to improve upon his vinyl or CD collection. “Record stores are kind of a niche thing right now and they have a huge selection,” Mir said. “Basically any record you could want you could find there.”


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Urban Outfitters offers new take on vinyl

Caitlynn Salazar/KANSAN Urban Outfitters, located on Massachusetts Street, placed third for the best shop to buy music from in Lawrence. NICOLE ASBURY @nicoleasbury Though it’s not the number one spot in town for local music, chain store Urban Outfitters supplies residents of Lawrence with music, but with a vintage twist. The store, located on Massachusetts Street, sells records and cassette tapes in its home section at the front of the store. For the most part, the store offers some recent releases, such as Solange’s “A Seat at the Table” and any Lana Del Rey album, but tends to focus on old

music, like Pink Floyd and The Beatles. Every record it sells is brand new — no used records are available for purchase. Juniper Valeo, a senior from Atlanta studying journalism and French, is the current assistant manager of accessories and beauty at the store. Valeo explained that selling cassette players, record players, vinyl and cassette tapes falls in line with the store’s overall brand. “The brand is very alternative, and it’s trying to look at fashion and creativity in an urban light,” Valeo said. “It

has a very vintage feel of repurposing the old and turning it into something new and unique. Records are a big thing of what people come to buy. There’s definitely an aesthetic when it comes to shopping at Urban.” Valeo explained that the store tries to make it as personal as possible. At the Lawrence location, there’s a row of employee picks of records hanging along the wall for shoppers to consider. “We definitely personalize a lot of things, which is nice when it comes to displaying and merchandising,”

Valeo said. The store also sells clothing, accessories and beauty products as well. Music is sold within the home section of the store, on the immediate right once you walk through the store doors. Though the brand is still a top location in Lawrence for residents to buy music, it’s less popular than Love Garden Sounds due to Urban’s high pricing and lack of used records. Though buying used records can be risky, it’s more affordable compared to Urban’s $20 average for a record.

Emma Dodge, a junior from Leavenworth studying theater, typically buys their records from Love Garden Sounds instead of Urban Outfitters, since Love Garden has deals like the dollar record bin. They said that their preference tends to lean into much older music, which Love Garden Sounds supplies more often. “[Urban Outfitters] isn’t really my style,” Dodge said. “I kind of forget they even have records there.”

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BEST WAY TO GET HOME 1st Place: Uber 2nd Place: SafeRide 3rd Place: Lyft



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BEST PLACE TO GO ON A DATE 1st Place: 23rd Street Brewery 2nd Place: Merchants 3rd Place: Limestone Pizza

BEST BATHROOM TO TAKE A SELFIE 1st Place: Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 2nd Place: Dole bathroom 3rd Place: Louise’s West

BEST ICE CREAM AFTER A BREAKUP 1st Place: Sylas and Maddy’s 2nd Place: Cold Stone Creamery 3rd Place: Freddy’s

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BEST PATIO DRINKING 1st Place: Bullwinkles Bar 2nd Place: Oread 3rd Place: Cielito Lindo

BEST BAR FRESHMEN CAN’T GET INTO 1st Place: Sandbar 2nd Place: Bullwinkles Bar 3rd Place: Quinton’s

BEST HANGOVER BRUNCH 1st Place: The Roost 2nd Place: Ladybird Diner 3rd Place: Milton’s

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BEST PLACE TO BUY ALCOHOL 1st Place: Jayhawk Liquor 2nd Place: Cork and Barrell 3rd Place: On the Rocks

BEST MORNING COFFEE 1st Place: Dunkin’ Donuts 2nd Place: PT’s 3rd Place: The Roost

BEST ENTERTAINMENT VENUE 1st Place: The Granada 2nd Place: Jazzhaus 3rd Place: The Bottleneck


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BEST PLACE IF COFFEE ISN’T YOUR THING — 1ST PLACE

Luckyberry provides healthy options

SYDNEY HOOVER @sydhoover17

When Shantel Grace and her husband, Tim, moved back to Lawrence after living in Hawaii for five years, the couple knew they wanted to bring a piece of the islands back with them. But, their small restaurant, Ramen Bowls, just couldn’t support all the products they wanted to provide. So in August 2017, they opened their juice cafe, Luckyberry.

“We for years, more than a decade, had talked about opening a restaurant together,” Shantel said. “It was in Hawaii that we got very passionate about traditional Japanese ramen, and we got really passionate about cold pressed juice and smoothie bars and juice bars and açai bowls.” Since then, Luckyberry has taken off with a wide variety of customers, from “townies,” to business professionals to college students. “I think the only type

of customer we haven’t reached yet are those who get scared off by the fact that they think we’re a healthy place. And we are a healthy place, but what they don’t realize is it’s also awesome food,” Shantel said. Even the employees at Luckyberry come back to eat when they’re off work, according to Luckyberry shift lead Rochelly Elias. “I love this place,” Elias said. “When I’m not working, I think it’s cool, like, my friends always want to come here.”

According to Shantel, the store is most popular for its cold pressed juices. Outside of the store, the juices are also sold at The Merc Co+op, and are used at local bars and restaurants for drinks and dishes. Aside from the juices, though, Shantel said that the biggest menu item on a daily basis are the store’s açai bowls. “It’s like a sorbet, so you feel like you’re eating this really decadent, luxurious treat, when in fact, you’re eating something with

about as much nutrition as you’d need in a day, which is incredible, and it’s beautiful,” Shantel said. “I would say if you collected our staff in one room and asked them what their favorite thing to make is, it’s 100 percent the açai bowl. They’re competitive with it, they want to outdo each other.” Shantel says that the cafe is most crowded on a “hot, sunny, beautiful day,” and she is looking forward to the busyness the summer will bring.

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Ecclectic vibe makes Henry’s hot spot

Ian Dominguez/KANSAN Henry’s Coffee Shop offers a dimly lit, cozy atmosphere with a wide array of coffee selections. Henry’s is located on Eighth Street in downtown Lawrence and is open until 2 a.m. every day of the week. RYLIE KOESTER @RylieKoester Henry’s on Eighth isn’t just a popular destination for locals to get coffee or students to study, according to manager Taylor Covert. “This place is kind of a second home to many people that come here,” Covert said. Covert has worked at Henry’s for about a year

and a half and took over the manager position in January. Covert said she sees a wide variety of customers at Henry’s, including locals, transients and students. “It’s kind of a nice place for students to come in after class, and they can stay and do homework fairly late,” Covert said. Reagan Wood, a sophomore from Fort Riley, and So-

phie Costello, a sophomore from Lincoln, Nebraska, said they like to study together at Henry’s because it’s open until 2 a.m. and has free WiFi. Wood said the baristas are always friendly to them when they study there. “They actually try to get to know the customers,” Wood said. “They’re not just concerned about business.” Covert said she has made

many friends while working at Henry’s because of the regulars who frequent the shop. Henry’s is known for not being very well lit, according to Covert, so a regular customer once brought in light bulbs to provide more light in the shop. “You can see a little better now,” Covert said. Henry’s will have its 20th anniversary in October. Co-

vert said she thinks customers come to Henry’s because it’s comfortable, homey, and there is no judgement, so people can just be themselves there. “That’s what makes us so great ... because there’s just so many different people that I see every day,” Covert said.


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House of Cha blends tea, artistry in drinks EMILY WELLBORN @EmWellborn

Bubble Tea isn’t a drink, it’s an art. At least it is to those who work at House of Cha. “The drinks are where the art lies,” said Isaac Jambor, who has worked at the business since 2014. “Based on somebody’s appearance ... I can kind of gauge what they might like.” House of Cha has over 35 different flavors to make billions of combinations of tea, which originated in Taiwan and is made up of tea, milk and boba, also known as tapioca. It gets its name

from the froth that forms at the top from the milk. Jambor’s favorite flavor is Rose, but lately has been sticking with green tea and water. “It all comes down to the base, whether or not it’s creamy, and then the flavor,” Jambor said. The downtown drink stop has been around since 2003. “June will make 15 years in the same downtown location,” Anna Douglas-Rose, owner, said in a Facebook message with the Kansan. She and her husband, Michael, have owned House of Cha since 2016. They, like many of the people that

make the shop so special to Anna, had been regulars who “loved the product” when they heard the shop was up for sale. “We’ve always loved Lawrence and finding the opportunity to carry on a fantastic business and engage with folks who love the product as much as we do was too good to pass up,” Anna said. The shop adds something to Lawrence that is unique to House of Cha. Anna’s bubble tea flavor of choice on rainy days is vanilla chai. However, she said, “Ask me tomorrow and it might be peach mango bubble tea.”

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BEST NOVELTY STORE 1st Place: Mass Street Soda 2nd Place: Shark’s Surf Shop 3rd Place: Mass Street Music

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BEST PLACE TO GRAB JAYHAWK APPAREL 1st Place: Kansas Sampler 2nd Place: KU Bookstore 3rd Place: Jock’s Nitch

BEST PLACE TO GET YOUR “LITTLE” A SORORITY GIFT

1st Place: Fortuity 2nd Place: Weaver’s 3rd Place: Flirt Boutique


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BEST PLACE FOR LATE-NIGHT MUNCHIES 1st Place: Fuzzy’s Taco Shop 2nd Place: Hot Box Cookies 3rd Place: Pickleman’s

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BEST DRIVE THRU TO MAKE YOUR RIDE TAKE YOU TO 1st Place: Taco Bell 2nd Place: Burrito King 3rd Place: McDonald’s

BEST COFFEE PLACE FOR CRAMMING FOR TESTS 1st Place: Java Break 2nd Place: PT’s 3rd Place: Henry’s



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Iconic Moosebull keeps the Bull busy

MICHAEL SWAIN @mswain97

Sitting on the corner of Tennessee and 14th streets, Bullwinkles Bar looks rather inconspicuous when casually passing the watering hole. But inside is a place that many students past and present hold dear, especially Kansas basketball fans. Brothers Pete and Tommy Sorrentino have owned Bullwinkles, known by most as “the Bull,” since 2013. The addition of a patio to the southeast section has contributed to the bars laid back attitude. “We are also a smaller bar, which is nice. It allows us to be versatile,” Pete Sorrentino said. “When it is not busy it is fun to be in there, and when it does get busy it is very fun to be in there.” The bar holds 269 people in total, including the patio that can be found filled most Saturday afternoons. On more relaxed days, two sliding glass doors shield off the bar from the unpredictable Kansas climate. The inside portion of the bar can only fit 95 people, but that only helps the versatility of the Bull, according to Sorrentino. “At times we are like a neighborhood corner bar, and other times, like a Final Four game, we are packed and have a line around the corner,” Sorrentino said. Every bar has a go-to

Miranda Anaya/KANSAN Bullwinkles was voted best game day bar in Top of the Hill 2018. drink — for the Bull, that drink is the “Moosebowl.” A blue or red concoction mixed into a large Pepsi cup may not catch someone’s eye at first, but after tasting it, Sorrentino says you’ll be hooked. “We put a lot of work into it to perfect the recipe and the image of the Moosebowl to make it something fun,” Sorrentino said. “Something where everyone comes in and wants a Moosebowl and knows it is going (to) taste good and not like a disgusting drink.” The Moosebowl has even received national attention.

In December of 2017, Buzzfeed put a video on its Youtube channel going through the most famous drinks from each state. When it was Kansas’ turn, Buzzfeed’s Eugene asked for a Moosebowl. But don’t get too ahead of yourself looking for a recipe — there isn’t one. The Sorrentinos have kept it a secret for years and only bartenders are allowed to know the recipe. For bartender Mitch Ursick, the craze surrounding the Moosebowl is funny. “At least three or four times a shift I am getting asked about it,” Ursick

said. “It is the most highly contested secret in Kansas.” Ursick bartends every Saturday during the day and has done so since August of 2017. In that time, he has noticed a trend when it comes to students watching games. “When the game is actually on and during play, everyone is locked into the screens. But as soon as there is a timeout, everyone starts to rush to the bar or start talking with their friends,” Ursick said. The atmosphere inside the Bull on a game day is

what lead University students to vote the establishment the “best sports bar to watch a game.” Something that Sorrentino takes pride in. “It’s huge for us,” Sorrentino said. “It says a lot and it is something we work for.” The Bull is open from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. from Tuesday through Thursday, and 12 p.m. to 2 a.m. on weekends. The bar also has live music from different local bands on Tuesday nights. The Bull also opens three hours prior to every Kansas basketball and home football game.

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BEST GAME DAY BAR — 2ND PLACE

Tradition makes Jefferson’s one-of-a-kind LAUREN HAWKINS @laurensidney_ A Lawrence favorite since 2000, Jefferson’s is the place to be on game day. A southern based restaurant chain, Jefferson’s has over 20 locations, with two being in Lawrence. The restaurant is a popular downtown location for Jayhawk fans during game day. Sitting in the heart of Massachusetts Street, sports fanatics pile into the restaurant to cheer on their beloved Jayhawks week in, week out. Known for its eclectic mix of food and drink, fans love Jefferson’s, but the atmosphere is what keeps them coming back. “We see a lot of the same faces, which is really nice. I think that is the beauty of being downtown,” Jefferson’s bartender Chelsea Jennings said. “It is like collective chaos on game day. People are really excited, which makes our job more fun.” Like many Kansas basketball fans, Jefferson’s holds tradition close to the heart. A longtime tradition that any Jefferson’s patron can recognize is the dollar wall. With an estimated $8,000 hung from top to bottom of the restaurant, customers are able to make their mark on the establishment. “The first dollar that was made at the first Jefferson’s location, was initially supposed to be hung up in a case behind the bar, but the

Bob (Jiatong) Li/KANSAN Jefferson’s, a sports bar and grill on Masschusetts Street, was voted the second-best bar for game days. owner’s friend wanted to decorate it and hang it on the wall,” Jennings said. “It just became a thing, and now everyone does it, it’s kinda fun.” Rachael Dowding, restaurant manager, has been with the company for three years and enjoys the atmosphere that game days provide. With home games for any sport and March Madness being the busiest time for the restaurant, Dowding enlists all the help she can get. “We are usually fully staffed when there is a game going on, meaning I have five

servers, food runners, a host, and two bartenders,” Dowding said. “If it is a later game, I usually bring in people to take care of the patio, and the kitchen is always super full before games.” As a community rooted in sports, there is nothing more important than finding the best places to catch a game. “Being a freshman, I had to really figure out where the best place to be on game day was,” said Ashton Roth, a freshman from Leavenworth. “Jefferson’s is the spot, there are televisions everywhere, and to top it all off, their

homemade fried pickles are delicious.” There is nothing quite like a game day at Jefferson’s. The food, the people, and the tradition is enough to draw any Kansas basketball fan in.

“Besides having the best wings in Lawrence,” Dowding said, “it’s a tight restaurant, but I think that that adds to the hype. We are all about creating the best atmosphere.”

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Sweeping views, tradition set Bird Dog Bar apart

Sarah Wright/KANSAN Bird Dog Bar, located in the lobby of the Oread Hotel, was voted best game day bar.

JACK JOHNSON @JohnyJ_15

Game days in Lawrence are certainly a sight to behold. Crimson and blue paints the streets and thousands of students and alumni coat the hill overlooking Memorial Stadium. The Campanile bell echoes over Jayhawk Boulevard as it inches closer and closer to game time. But, as many natives of Lawrence already know, the best place to spend your pre-game festivities is nowhere other than the Bird Dog Bar, located inside

the towering structure that is the Oread Hotel. For those looking for mouth-watering food, a wide variety of drinks and countless games displaying on TV screens placed in nearly every corner of the bar, the Bird Dog is the place to be. Standing directly across from Memorial Stadium, the Bird Dog is a hot-spot among Kansas fans, and is even a highly sought after destination by the visiting opponents fan base for basketball and football games. With most of the commotion occurring at the base of the Oread, it can be easily forgotten that fans are able to visit the top of the building and overlook most of Lawrence with one of the best scenic views you can find in town. Aside from its beauty, the Bird Dog is known for its incredible atmosphere. “Even not being a true Kansas fan, I can go and watch my team on the numerous screens or any other big time game,” said Trevor Storey, a junior from Olathe. “I can hang out there all day and catch the big Saturday night games during the evening, it truly is an all day experience.” Although the bar sits just off campus, it isn’t exclusively for Kansas fans. Sports fans of all kinds are able to witness games across the country, or tune in to the action occurring at either Allen Fieldhouse

“Everyone cheering and having a really good time makes this place pretty special to be at.” Nick Idoux Guy Lawrence resident

or Memorial Stadium. As for when it’s most packed? “When I have gone, basketball games get a pretty good turn out,” Nick Idoux, a Lawrence native who frequents the bar, said. “Everyone cheering and having a really good time makes this place pretty special to be at.” “This is where you will find more than a handful of people on Saturdays,” Idoux continued. “All you could want in a bar is right here”. It’s a bar inviting to all ages. It’s a place where families and friends reside to enjoy an afternoon of good times and nail biting finishes to games all across the country. It truly is one of the best game day experiences you will find on campus. The Bird Dog may be located at the bottom of the Oread, but it undoubtedly ranks near the top of the list of game day bars in Lawrence.


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Best write-ins THE KANSAN’S FAVORITE SUGGESTIONS FROM TOP OF THE HILL VOTING Best way to get home: BADD

Ethan

Best bathroom to take a selfie in: Bullwinkles

Best on campus dining: Zen Zero

Best hangover brunch: Mrs. E’s

Best place to buy alcohol: Pizza Hut

Best place to go if coffee isn’t your thing:

BEST BURGER

BEST DRUNK PIZZA

1st Place: Burger Stand 2nd Place: Dempsey’s 3rd Place: Freddy’s

1st Place: The Wheel 2nd Place: Pizza Shuttle 3rd Place: Toppers Pizza

Coffee is my thing

Best place to get your “little” a sorority gift:

Smoker’s Depot

Best bar freshmen can’t get into: Louise’s (also, lol you can get into Brothers)

Best place to buy music: YouTube is free tho Who buys music?

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