University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Sflldb I3l'I'y 00.159 'WGS ill ba! Pal A broken red candle, a piece of sandpaper, a ring clamp, a bottle of Veryfine orange juice, cassette tapes and ciga- rette butts jostled around inside Keira Blanchard's backpack. The contents were a reflection of her. An art and design stu- dent, Blanchard, Leavenworth senior, used the red candle, sandpaper and ring clamp for class projects. ThE CHSSGUC tapes 'W M f'i: 1': ': ' Wi Students carried everything but the were leftover from a kitchen sink in their backpacks. The average contents were books said, to work, to school, to friend's houses. Blanchard was at- tached to her bag. She liked its double- pocket, double-belt fea- ture and its brown suede bottom. Unlike Blanchard, the contents of Andre Trudell's backpack were traditional. He carried his books, notebooks, pens, pencils and eyeglasses. However, Trudell and his backpack had been through a lot together. night at 3 fI'iCl'1d,S hguge, and notebooks for classes, personal items and something to cat or 6'ThiS baglg been 311 .. d'k.thtbWddlrl The orange juice wasa rm P OO y 6 L over the country-east to result ofa rushed morning at home. The meaning of the cigarette butts was self-explanatory-she smoked. Whether strapped on backs or slung over shoulders, students were rarely without their backpacks and the indispensable contents within. I take my bag everywheref, Blanchard story by Kerry Hillard Q 46 Q backpacks west, said Trudell, Easton, Penn., senior. Dain Kloner, DePere, Wise., senior, was given his black shoulder-strap bag as a high school graduation gift. lt's been with him ever since. NI love my book bag because it loves me unconditionally, Kloner said. It does not judge me. Q

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GhiIi's Restau- rant was one of the many eating establish- ments added during the 1996-97 academic year. Iowa street alone was under tremendous expansion with new restaurants and Super Target discount store. tphoto by Knudteny 94589 student life

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'W' 5 f Q Xwkyd M5 1 aw? of if , 44, .9 Students decorated thcirbackpucks wilhcicryiliing from pziiiiilings to palclics. Thu artwork was u rcficction ofsludcnls' person- ulilicx. tpholo by Wcddlcj slllfls OYQI' Sl'l0lIldel'Sg lmckpucks wurc coiivciiicnl und kept liumls fxrcc, Black backpacks with ai double-strap I'czitui'c wore 21 popular Choicu. fphoto by Wuddlep iQ 'Ai' :MM Shoulder-strap bags were another option. Some studems swithced fiom backpacks to shoulder bags. depending on their mood or the occasion. fphoto by Wcddlei Q 47 E3 student life