Topeka senior Earl Brooks plays the saxophone for the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Banquet, which featured Congressman (D-Mo.) and former Kansas City, Mo., mayor Emanuel Cleaver II as keynote speaker.

Published on January 24, 2010

Dr. Tami Lee Hughes, assistant professor of violin in the School of Music, performs as a part of the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Banquet, held in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union Sunday evening.The event featured Congressman (D-Mo.) and former Kansas City, Mo., mayor Emanuel Cleaver II as keynote speaker.

Published on January 24, 2010

University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little listens to Congressman (D-Mo) and former Kansas City Mo., mayor Emanuel Cleaver give a speech at the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Banquet at the University of Kansas, held in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union Sunday evening.

Published on January 24, 2010

Congressman (D-MO) and former Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II gives a speech as keynote speaker at the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Banquet in the Kansas Room at the Kansas Union Sunday evening.

Published on January 24, 2010

Senior guard Lachelda Jacbos pushes the ball up-court after an Oklahoma turnover. Jacobs did not score in 18 minutes on the floor, as Kansas dropped their second game in a row, losing to Oklahoma 81-69.

Published on January 24, 2010

Reading from the Tefilin prayer book, Mike Solganik, a junior from Overland Park demonstrates the tradition of the prayer boxes while reciting the Shema prayer. A plane from La Guardia airport was emergency landed the morning of January 21st after a 17-year-old boy began to use his tefillin, alarming passengers and employees due to it's unfamiliar appearance, perceiving it as a bomb.

Published on January 24, 2010

Colin Dietz, participant of the Great Plains Region Future City Competition of West Junior High School gives a presentation to a panel of judges on Jan 23rd in the Kansas Student Union. Middle school students around Douglas County demonstrated through their projects and models what they think that cities of the future should look like.

Published on January 24, 2010

Kelcee Sachtleben, a freshman from St. Louis, MO, talks to a freshman from Leawood, Austin Trees, while camping out in Allen Field House. The Jayhawks mens basketball team plays Missouri tonight at 7:00 pm.

Published on January 24, 2010

The Tefillin, prayer shawl and prayer book, displaying the Shema, a central Jewish prayer are key items in the Tefillin ritual.

Published on January 24, 2010

Members of Alpha Epsilon Pi displaying their Tefillin. The Chabad House keeps a photo album of their members.

Published on January 24, 2010

Each person who recieves a Tefillin gets complete customization down to the bag it is placed in. This is Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel's Tefillin bag, displaying his initials in Hebrew.

Published on January 24, 2010

This box is placed on the head of the person in prayer, it features four compartments for four different pieces of parchment with prayers written on them.

Published on January 24, 2010

During the prayer, one box is placed on your inner arm near your heart and a leather strap is wrapped down the arm and around the hand. Traditionally, the strap and box will be placed on the persons weaker arm to give them strength.

Published on January 24, 2010

Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, assists Mike Solganik, a junior from Overland Park in putting on his Tefillin.

Published on January 24, 2010

The inside of a Tefillin box, with four compartments for handwritten prayers on parchment, which goes on your head during prayer. The box must be checked by an official Scribe every seven years or less to maintain that it is still pure, this one is not due to the cracked and faded ink of the parchment and is used for educational purposes.

Published on January 24, 2010

Seniors, Emily Lanteigne, Meghan Proehl, Allison Ho, Melissa Heyrman, and Carrah Haley, from left, are honored before the meet at Robinson Natatorium Saturday. Kansas defeated both South Dakota (178-106) and Northern Iowa (174-108).

Published on January 24, 2010

Freshman Rebecca Swank paces herself in the 500-yard freestyle Saturday at Robinson Natatorium. Swank finished first with a time of 4:58.55.

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Sophomore Stephanie Payne competes in the 200-yard breaststroke Saturday at Robinson Natatorium. Payne finished first with a time of 2:22.91.

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Sophomore Abigail Anderson jumps into the water in the 200-yard backstroke Saturday. Kansas defeated both South Dakota and Northern Iowa.

Published on January 24, 2010

Junior Brittany Potter competes in the 200-yard butterfly. Potter finished first with a time of 2:05.81.

Published on January 24, 2010