Photos for September 29, 2008

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Iowa State coach Gene Chizik questions a call during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Iowa on Sept. 13 in Iowa City. Iowa won the game, 17-5.

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Eric Williams, Wichita law student, and his 3-year old daughter, Zoe, listen to a performance from "The Sound of Music" at the Stouffer Family Music Festival in the Burge Union on Saturday. "Hopefully the kids will be inspired by the music," said Don Claus, vice president of the Stouffer Neighborhood Association.

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Kansas Attorney Gen. Vern Miller (center) filed charges against the original Gaslight Tavern's owners in 1971 for alleged drug trafficking. Miller claimed undercover agents bought marijuana and smoked it inside the tavern. Douglas County Court Judge Floyd Coffman later dismissed the charges.

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Students protest on Oread Avenue near the original Gaslight Tavern on July 18, 1970, against the police shooting of Rick Dowdell, a black former KU freshman who police shot in what many believed to be a racial hate crime.

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The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. 2nd St., will close sometime within the next two months. The bar was named after the original Gaslight Tavern, which was located where the top level of the Kansas Union parking garage is today.

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Deadman Flats performs in the Winfield Hangover Party at the Gaslight Tavern on Sept. 22. Alex Law, guitarist and lead singer (far right), said his band played its first concert at the tavern. "When this place closes, it will be like a huge chunk of Lawrence is gone," Law said.

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Rachel Helling, Kansas City, Mo., junior, interned at "The Daily Show" last year. She says she had a great time working in on the show, but was glad to be a student again.

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Junior middle blocker Brittany Williams blocks a shot at the net Sunday night against Texas. Kansas lost the match in four games to the Longhorns at the Horejsi Center.

Published on September 29, 2008