Stories for May 2005

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Friday, May 27

Kansas City Star: Giddens instigated fight

Self still not taking a position

Wednesday, May 25

Kansas loses to Baylor in extra innings

Friday, May 20

Distinctions draw from each school

Senior’s journey not over yet

Award winner wants to pursue master’s at KU

Land of the Jayhawks

It lives on our sweatshirts, it graces ESPN commercials, it entertains children — not to mention college students. It has even made it to our underwear.

Student atheletes preparing to give back

The tolling of the bells

The Campanile, atop the University’s famous Mount Oread, adds to the many lures of the KU campus. Tolling every quarter hour and ringing with the sound of the Alma Mater this weekend, the inner workings of the Campanile (camp-eh-NEE-lee) deserve explanation.

CLAS departments have own ceremonies

Ceremony to award students for leadership

Ceremony offers some personal touches

At this year’s School of Fine Arts convocation ceremony, Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Steve Hedden, second-year dean of fine arts, will speak to the graduating class.

Very superstitious

Marso: Plan for detours

Journey ends, begins on hill

Commencement walk down Mount Oread unchanged since 1924

Seniors say ‘goodbye’

Simien, Langford, Miles likely to step into bigger shoes

School gives students real-world experience

Top students to talk at ceremony

Thursday, May 19

Graduation Schedule

Wednesday, May 18

Softball leaves for Georgia

Sunday, May 15

Baseball drops two of three to Missouri

Thursday, May 12

Event to celebrate surrealist art

Age doesn’t quell urge to go to the ‘extreme’

Team balances practice, tests

University disregards safety issues

Infestation

Summer music festivals come to towns near you.

Getting Lost in Lecompton

In a tiny town northwest of Lawrence, a turbulent past mingles with the present

Five questions

Rough Waters

One small boat, 14 strangers, eight days: It’s not a reality show; It’s Outward Bound

Frugal Food Finds

The diary of a broke college student looking for great deals

Old Habits Die Hard

Approaching friends and family consumed by addiction

Love Source

www.virtualkiss.com

Pickin' on Lawrence

“Never let the truth spoil a good story,” preaches Steve Mason, Lawrence resident and all around bluegrass renaissance man “And don’t quit your day job — that’s another one.”

Game Review: Area 51

30 Minutes to Fit

Circuit training uses your time at the gym efficiently.

Movie Review: Cinderella Man

Movie Review: Crash

Movie Review: DiG!

Movie Review: Downfall

Music Review: Tori Amos - The Beekeeper

Music Review: Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree

Walk like a nutritionist

Columnist doesn’t regret taking diverse viewpoint

New women to impact KU aquatic squads

Festival planners prepare for insects, larger crowds

Faculty living downtown: a lofty idea

The Force is with the newest ‘Star Wars’ film

the scarlet list

Jonathon Bourgeois doesn’t wear a visible scarlet “A” on his chest as Hester Prynne does in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” He wears an “SO” that appears on the Internet and follows him around like Prynne's scarlet “A.”

Wednesday, May 11

Students turn space into artist community

Home is where the food is

Out of the “ghetto,” students form close-knit communities through sharing their food, homes and lives

University women’s GPAs exceed men’s

Frankenstein scares competition

Mistreatment of women exacerbates AIDS epidemic

Eldridge Hotel reopens

Tuesday, May 10

Student arrested for cruelty to animals

Junior fills leadership void

Luke Trammell helps lead Kansas during Price’s injury absence

Incident might be overdose

Greeks donate leftover goods

Don’t uptight high school administrators

Kansas balances on edge

Monday, May 9

Rapscallions win intramural championship

Team defeats Beta Black to win flag football title

Schweitzer sets record for hitting streak

Students deserve to know reason why dean lost his job

Relay raises money to battle cancer

Pearson/Douthart hammers Destroyers

Scholarship halls dominate in CoRec shutout

Fighting Blunts light up Frisbee championship

Kansas victory makes tournament berth likely

Sunday, May 8

Kansas wins series with Texas

Friday, May 6

JAYHAWKS DOWN NO. 3 TEXAS

National exposure

Series to be televised on ESPNU

Hospital plans move

24-hour campus fundraiser for cancer society begins

Contract impact

Letter opens GTA renewal negotiations

Artist to display paper cuts

Student uses scraps for TV-inspired pieces

Epic a heavenly piece of history

Missed shots kick soccer final into overtime

Golf team not green

Thursday, May 5

Music Review: Three 6 Mafia - Choices II: The Setup

For the Love of Bread

Racks of freshly baked bread splay before your eye. The options seem endless; honey whole wheat, Kansas crunch, cinnamon chip, French walnut, sourdough rye, and ciabatta. These breads are among the variety of options at two of Lawrence’s local bread makers, Great Harvest Bread Co. and WheatFields Bakery.

Love Source

Game Review: Dead to Rights 2

True

How I found friendship where I least expected it

Coyote Ugly?

A little bit of a stretch, but at least they tried

Students hail Mexican gala

The Gift of Life

Four people have a better life today because of Connor Meigs.

Writer talks politics

Building unique homes

‘Big Religion’ marginalizing free speech

“Hee who destroyes a goode Book, kills reason it selfe.” — Thomas Milton, Areopagitica, 1644

Beery good time on ‘The Hill’

Sex Spoofs

Undressing fact and fiction in the bedroom

Life as she knows it

A day in the life of a low-profile athlete

Game Review: Unreal Championship 2 - The Liandri Conflict

Be a Speed Cleaner

Let’s face it: Picking up the house is not a fun way to spend a Friday night. So get the skills to do it all, and you’ll be done cleaning before you know it.

Bad News Billy

For this Hollywood outsider, character is everything

Cruise at War

The world’s biggest movie star takes on alien invaders in War of the Worlds

Movie Review: Darkness

Summer Movie Preview

Music Review: Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman

Bitch and Moan

Gamer's Paradise

Thought role playing was just for high school? Guess again – college is a haven for guys wielding 20-sided dice

Wescoe wit

[Oh, you guys say some of the darndest things. ]

Police catch early-morning drinkers

Senior leader excelled despite slow start

After soccer injury, swimming became a driving passion

Jumper to leave record, legacy

Wednesday, May 4

Call center expanding

Editor's note

DeLay tied to little girl

Panelists agree: steroids hurt image

NCAA steroid testing needs closer look

Kansas’ greatness newly visible

Robot goat arrives

Tempers flare over math proofs; KU student arrested

Pay now or pay later

The fine print of health care coverage

New government relations director for University chosen

Tuesday, May 3

Apartment M reigns supreme

’Hawks return home to Alvamar

Public golf course, driving range reopen in time for team’s NCAA practice

Select few help athletes return to playing

Athletic training major gives students hands-on experience

Biodiesel fuels a KU test trial

University uses older buses to test effects on engines

GTA reproaches Minutemen

Business seminar

Kansas beats record, not Texas

Rowing team’s best time still 5 seconds behind Longhorns

Monday, May 2

Teams compete despite chilly weather

Jayhawks finish tournament in sixth

Uppers keep students studying all night

Safety office investigating snake thefts

Serious Intent

From freshman fame to sophomore slump, J.R. Giddens is ready for redemption