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Men's Basketball Gameday: Kansas vs. Colorado
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Local photographers offer free portraits to community
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Lejuez looks beyond KU, interviews in New York
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Phog the dog
Phog the bomb-detection dog helps the KU Public Safety Office keep students safe and raises morale wherever he goes. He is 2 years old.
Lawrence arts events Mark your calendar for five Lawrence-area arts events in December, including a Watkins Museum of History exhibit about accessibility and the Lawrence Arts Center’s Nutcracker Ballet.
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Sophomore Luther Fuller plays piano, reading notes from his braille sheet music. He's been blind since infancy, but music is his passion. Read his story in the Day in the Life special section on page 12.
Day In The Life Every semester, the Kansan highlights KU students, faculty and staff who inspire and entertain. Here, we share their stories. Pages 10 to 12.
Vintage store to open downtown Isabella Rausch
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Women's basketball Balanced attack is the key to Kansas women’s basketball's undefeated record so far this season. Kansas is now 7-0.
Mass Underground, a new thrift store dedicated to sharing pop culture and fashion from the '80s and '90s, is set to open in Lawrence early this month at 1109 Massachusetts St. The store’s owners, Johnny Cofer and Gypsy Williams-Ratzlaff, will be stocking vintage band tees, collectibles and custom clothing, among other items. Cofer and Williams-Ratzlaff met in Dallas, where they worked at a tattoo parlor. The two discovered a mutual love for '80s and '90s pop culture and collecting, and they are now engaged. Once Williams-Ratzlaff, originally a Lawrence local, showed him the town, they agreed it was the place to start their business.
University of Kansas Interim Provost Carl Lejuez is a finalist for the provost position at the University at Buffalo in New York, according to the university’s website. Lejuez is also a finalist in the provost search at the University of Kansas. He gave his presentation on Oct. 31. Lejuez confirmed he was in Buffalo interviewing Wednesday. According to an automated response from Lejuez, he is out of the office with limited response to his email. He will give his presentation at the University at Buffalo Thursday at the campus, according to a screenshot of the website sent to the Kansan by a student journalist from the University at Buffalo. Lejuez applied for the position on Oct. 1, according to the curriculum vitae (CV ) he gave to the University at Buffalo, later obtained by the Kansan. The provost search committee at the University at Buffalo opened up their nominations on Sept. 30, the day before Lejuez applied, according to the university’s website. Lejuez has been at the University since January 2016. Originally, he served as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, before becoming the interim provost in April 2018. “I believe in this University, and that’s why I’m here,” Lejuez said during his provost presentation on Oct. 31. “This University gave me an opportunity when no one else would. And that means something to me.”
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Mass Underground will be a new '80s and '90s vintage in Lawrence.
“It was an eye-opener,” Cofer said. “This town’s really cool. There’s so much going on. You’ve got national bands coming in. You’ve got kids going to school here from all parts of the country — or the world even.”
Although Cofer said there’s a focus on the '90s within the store, he classifies it as more of a combination of everything. There are items ranging from the late '70s to early 2000s. Continue on page 3
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Interim Provost Carl Lejuez presents on Oct. 31.
KU's got talent: SUA, KJHK team up to host open-mic night On the horizon
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Student Union Activities and student-run radio station KJHK have teamed up to bring an openmic night to the University of Kansas.
The Singer-Songwriter Showcase is held on the second Thursday of every month in the Hawk’s Nest on the first floor of the Kansas Union, according to live music coordinators Olivia Jones and Lane Hornback. The team has also partnered with local
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Bob Timmons Challenge to kick off Friday The challenge starts at 1 p.m. It marks the start of Kansas track and field's indoor season.
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Student Union Activities and KJHK host an open-mic every month.
musician Matthew Mulnix, who owns the Lawrence Singer-Songwriter Showcase, which connects local musicians with music production. Each show features a performance from Mulnix and a different special guest each week, and is then followed by open-mic performances. “It’s a nice partnership between the University and the Lawrence community,” Jones said. “It’s a nice genre we haven’t done before.” The open-mic is open not only to students but the entire Lawrence community. Any musician is encouraged to participate, no matter their experience. “We try to focus on the students to try to foster that student atmo-
sphere, but it’s open to anybody,” Hornback said. Individuals who want to participate may do so by filling out an open-mic application prior to the show via KJHK or Student Union Activities' social media channels, Jones said. Local musicians perform alongside those with less experience. “We have anywhere from classic singer-songwriter acoustic music to solo indie rock to beatboxing and acapella to country,” Hornback said. “It’s all over the place.” The showcase maintains a safe environment for performers as it is most of their first times performing live, Hornback said. However, this doesn’t mean Continue on page 3