Photos for September 2, 2009

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The KU women's lacrosse team competes in a scrimmage during practice. The team is in a transition period with a new club president stepping up and leading the team.

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A player soars for a layup in a file photo. Intramural sports often involve teams made up of fraternities and sororities.

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Senior linebacker Arist Wright battles against sophomore lineman Michael Martinovich during a drill Tuesday morning at the Anderson Family Football Complex practice fields. Tuesday morning's practice was open to the media as the team prepared for the season opener.

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Senior defensive specialist Melissa Grieb bumps a ball in a game last year. Grieb is preparing for her final season, and is an expected to be a leader on the team this year.

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Fans wave the wheat at a football game. The Wave's magazine name is taken from this tradition.

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Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announces a football stadium construction project at a press conference Wednesday.

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Anheuser-Busch launched a new promotion that uses team colors on Bud Light cans. Universities are bothered by the idea because they don’t want students thinking the University is promoting drinking.

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A small chipped plaque memorial to a teenager killed during the early years of the Troubles graces the side of an empty brick wall along a dead end street in a Catholic neighborhood. Memorials of various sizes and forms can be found strewn throughout neighborhoods of the town.

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Graffiti expressing anti-British sentiments covers the side of a wall in a Catholic neighborhood.

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Pink flowers grow up next to security spikes along the top of a wall off Abbey Street. More than a decade after the signing of the Belfast Agreement, the security spikes can still be seen along many walls in town. Murals and statues can also be found strewn throughout neighborhoods of the town.

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Graffiti in support of the IRA adorns the side of an electrical box along Callan Bridge Road in a Catholic neighborhood.

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Storm clouds pass over a graffiti-covered wall along a sidewalk in a Catholic neighborhood.

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Graffiti in support of the Irish Republican Army has been etched into a metal plate along Windmill Hill Street. Although Ireland has many political parties, the IRA has become well known worldwide for its militant actions trying to expel British troops and unify Ireland.

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“Daisy Hill is fun at night because there’s so much space to play Frisbee. I’d be outside and definitely NOT studying.” — Taylor Boyle Minnetonka, Minn., freshman

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“I’d probably go to my girlfriend’s house because I wouldn’t want to go home.” — Ryan Burns Chicago sophomore

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“I’d go away from the cops.” — Kevin Orr Shawnee junior

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“I’d walk around on Mass Street. Me and my friends are major bums. We don’t do much.” — Jenny Vazquez Overland Park sophomore

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“I’d go to the levy and walk down by the river. People used to be able to climb up on the catwalks, and there’s some beautiful graffiti down there.” — Jeff Miller Lawrence freshman

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“I’d go to Wal-Mart and buy stuff to make breakfast.” — Elizabeth Burdette Bell Plain junior

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“I don’t go anywhere in Lawrence at 3 a.m. because I’m asleep.” — Brian Willhoite Louisburg senior

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Jayhawker

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International attraction: Dajung Woo and Mathew Brown met while studying abroad in Japan, and continue their romance stateside.

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Sylas and Madys

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Prima Tazza

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Liberty Hall

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Jeffersons

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Chillin’, Cosmopolitics style. The band plays the Jazzhaus tomorrow.

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Rock chalk: For writer Amy Johnson and her father, KU football continues to be a tradition of great importance — one that brought them together as father and daughter.

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Getting their feet wet: Grizzly Adams members (from left to right) Tyler Lohman, sophomore drummer from Overland Park, Omar Hamahi, sophomore vocalist from Overland Park and Matt Batterson, junior guitarist from Lenexa, use open mic nights to help further their careers.

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Time crunch: Not quite a case of the Mondays. A recent study conducted in Britain found that participants reported that Tuesday at about 11:45 a.m. was the most stressful time of the week because they wasted Monday.

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