University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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' risten Freese has political flair, but when she sees others wearing the same black and white piece of fabric, she'isn't annoyed. She Glasgow, Mo., is the a change. more than nd said that about half of Wild Man Creation Station her Web site. that it is a way to the market local and rsupportlocal shops. if if 2 Buttons and stickers O9 ir'iJAY HAWKER GRADUATE STUDENTS AKE MONEY SELLING BAN DAS kind of come and goftshe said. This way, you can be showing your support without being outlandish. ii Freese, whose bandanas display the words Vote for change, said' she began selling the bandanas in May 2008, before Obama was officially nominated and had adopted the slogan. She got the idea from similar anti- Bush bandasnas she sawlafa festival. She said it was pri- marily a business endeavor, but wouldnt have happened without theiginterest she had in the elections. Times are different now. We are ,getting further away from our evil past of separation and of segregationf she said. I've gotta do this. D Although she had donated to the campaign in the pastishe said her fund-raising efforts were meant to cover ghaoverhead costs of the project and to pay for graduate school. P lf'I'l.ove my Obanda, said Whit Bones, Tulsa, Okla., senior. Bones uses his to cover his face from sawdust and titiieridebris during his sculpting classes. 'rt -ffThis,is the First time in my voting life that I could actually get behind a candidate. He has really united a generationj' he said. Keith Campbell, deputy county clerk in charge of elections in Lawrence, said the office broke a new record for daily in-person ballots received, and had already sur- passed the number of early ballots submitted in 2004. He said many of the voters were students, sometimes coming in big groups or with their athletic teams. , . 9 Capital gains don't resonate with college-aged kidsj' said jonathan Earle, assistant director at the Dole Institute of Politics. There has always been something about Obama striking a chord with younger people. He represents change. Students can make their own cam- paignf' Freese has sold about 350 bandanas so far, some of which were given away for promotion. She admitted the general undertaking had not been easy. I second-guessed myself at first, she said, referenc- ' ing start-up costs and the initial ridicule she had received from some. Finding time for the business in the midst of school and work was also a big investment for a small- time gig,', she said. She's spent sleepless nights talking with tech support for her Web site. Tony Brown, Kansas City, Mo., graduate, said he saw Freese sporting a bandana while riding her bike and decided to buy one four months ago. He wears his on his backpack. Freese sold the bandanas at Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, summer kickball games and even the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans. Some of the festivalis performers, including Erykah Badu, unexpect- edly wore the bandanas during their performances. The bandana funds paid for that trip. It was the most exhilarating experience. I will never forget it,- she said.

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CEL EHTHANNI lT,S AMAZING I-Iow IT,S IMPROVED, BUT IT I-IAsN,T REALLY CHANGED. IT LOOKS AND FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE WI-IAT WE DID BACK IN THE ,7OS AND ,8Os. ff .IDI-IN CAMPBELL O8 - O9 l .IAYI-IAWKER lot can change in 60 years. More than 250 students in fraternities and sororities celebrated the 60th anniversary of the revue in March. f'Everybody just uses their strengths and collabo- rates to put ideas together, so it's a group thingf, said Allison Owens, Leawood senior and a director ofthe 'fDiamond in the Rough 'l skit. For Owens, the 60th anniversary marks decades of family involvement in the show. Both of her grand- mothers and one of her grandfathers were in some of the first revues. Her mom and dad met when they were directors for past REVUE EBRATED VERSARY shows, and several ofher aunts, uncles and cousins were also involved with the show. 'They still talk about their shows and their skit ideas,', Owens, a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, said. ult's dehnitely brought up around the dinner table. The revue,s theme was In the Nick of Timef' in honor of the 60th anniversary. Five groups of partnered fraternities and sororities participated, the skits were all written, directed and performed by students. Like Owens, executive producer Kevin Campbell, Leawood senior, continued a family tradition with Rock Chalk Revue. Campbell's dad, john, was the executive producer nearly 30 years ago. Kevin's older brother, Scott, was in the revue when he attended the University, and his younger brother, Mark, is on the advisory board for this yearis production. All have been members of the Sigma Chi fraternity. When john was executive producer, the revue was in I-Ioch Auditoria and live performances occurred between acts, rather than the videos that are used today. It's amazing how it,s improved, but it hasnit really changedf, john said. It looks and feels very much like what we did back in the ,70s and '80s and I think that's what's so great about it. 9