Photos for May 8, 2008

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Erica Red Corn, a second year KU Med student, was diagnosed with a type of cancer called Ewing Sarcoma, which affects the bones, when she was 15. She still wears a brace on her leg and has scars above her left knee and on her upper left thigh. She also had pieces of both lungs removed. Her then boyfriend, now husband, Alex's father brought her the blanket she is wrapped in when she was in the hospital for treatment. Alex's family is Osage. The portrait was taken by David Morris, who was working on series of portraits of people in Kansas City, after Erica lost her hair during teatment.

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Tracie Revis has returned to law school after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma three weeks before she was to complete her first semester of exams.

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Jessica Roark is out of treatment but has not forgotten the difficult days of chemotherapy that caused her to lose her hair and miss weeks of school.

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One of Panic at the Disco’s vaudeville dancers performs onstage during a 2006 Chicago concert.

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Former bassist Brent Wilson jams out during a 2006 concert at the House of Blues Chicago.

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Singer Brendon Urie performs during the band’s first-ever concert in Kansas City, Mo. Panic was unknown at the time and was the first of four opening bands for Fall Out Boy.

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The statue of Professor James Woods Green and student Alfred C. Alford outside Lippincott Hall was sculpted by Daniel Chester French, who also sculpted the Abraham Lincoln statue inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Elise getting her first stereo system of her own. She wore it out in about three years and had to upgrade to a system like most people have in their entertainment room.

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Elise receiving her first keyboard for Christmas, which she still has.

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Build it yourself

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What's hiding in your cabinet?

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House of Cha

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Jessica Alba and Mike Myers

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FlyTunes

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Bill Dalton, KU alum, built this fire pit out of landscaping blocks.

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Sophomore wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe tries to fight out of a tackle during the first half of the game. Briscoe made eight catches for 92 yards in the game.

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Dana Schmidt, Wichita sophomore and president of KU Culinary Club, Mike Conner, Shawnee senior, and Jamie Wenke, Topeka sophomore, test recipes for hamburgers and veggie burgers in Schmidt's kitchen. Some of the club's executive members meet early in the week to make sure recipes will work for the full club meetings.

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