University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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LOCAL H LEAD SINGER scovr Lucus performs at Music Fest '97, Also performing were Matchbox 20, Cake, Cracker, Helmet, Freddy Iones Band and Frog Pond. A new event this year was the Electronic Circus. IOHN MCCRAY, LEAD SINGER OF THE nationally renowned band Cake was one of the last performances of the day.The popularity of the Music Festival caused major traffic jams around Clinton Lake Park. Organizers offered shuttle service to reduce parking problems. Music Fest

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BY MELISSA SCHOEN PHOTOS BY MIKE KENNEDY T1 uf'-j jllry fax e F, li j M ll li lj ' l j' w lj 3 jj rut lj rj tw ' rj s-fhl MORE TI-LAN 10,500 SPECTATGRS attended the Iayhawk Music Fest, breaking last year's record of 9,000. Attendees enjoy the show by Matchbox 20, who sang their Billboard chart hit Push. Some found Matchbox 20 to be the best band at Music Fest. Hot sunny weather made for perfect conditions for the third annual Iayhawk Music Fest held September 6 at Clinton State Park. The event, sponsored by the Kappa Sigma fraternity, raised 545,000 for local Lawrence charities. Thomas Carrigan, event coordinator and Chapman junior, said, We want to make a good show so that everyone can have fun and enjoy the bands outside, but at the same time it also raised money for local charaties. Groups benefitting from the concert were Women's Transitive Care Services, Ballard Center, Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, Headstart and Clinton Lake State Park, Kappa Sigma worked with Pipeline Productions and local radio station 105.9 The Laser to coordinate the event. ,j -, A, 1 be j T 5 ' ij! 1 w K x 1 X l -fxxx j l I j ,-X T lj l j ' x M! I l j j j L, I 1 X., J F Cy ,, j j j ' 1 -T? 1 1 A 1 V lffjvao ,, .f JI ficwif my 191:

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BY ALLISON BERNARD PHOTOS BY BREEZE LUETKE'STAHLMAN AND ARCHIVES Friday nights did not change much in Lawrence- a crowded bar with graffiti on the walls and an inch of beer on the floor. The big corner booth at The Wheel and the front porch of The Crossing were mainstays in the KU beer-drinking tradition. The building that housed The Wagon Wheel Cafe, or The Wheel as it was affectionately known, had been standing since 1910. Originally, it was Rowland's Bookstore-the only bookstore available to KU students. When the Kansas Union opened and began selling books in 1946, Rowland's Bookstore became a bar and grill. In 1966, Iohn Woo Wooden became full owner of The Wheel and another KU tradition began. For many KU students and alumni, Woo was as much a part of the University as the Campanile and the Rock Ccontinued on page 121 History UNTIL 1972, THE HAWK was THE only establishment near campus that provided food services. The Hawk has operated under many different names including O-Street Tavern and the Eighteenth Amendment. Early in the Hawk's history it was known as a slang cafe because employees used an ordering code. Student Life