Update: The cause of the fire at Sigma Chi has been confirmed as an accident resulting from construction work on the house, according to Division Chief Eve Tolefree, Douglas County Fire Medical spokeswomen. In a news release, Tolefree said the fire caused $150,000 of damage. A fire started at Sigma Chi fraternity at around 4 [...]
Five years ago, Richard Renner, a graduate of the University of Kansas theater department, founded the Lawrence Busker Festival with the intent of opening up the streets of downtown to performers of all kinds, from all over. The festival, a free event that highlights the talents of street performers, or “buskers,” will be held along [...]
The kids are all right, even the ones who talk to the dead. On the surface, there’s a lot about “ParaNorman” that seems familiar. Norman (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a timid, lonely kid whose clairvoyant gifts have made him a pariah at school and a stranger in his own home. His parents, already concerned over his [...]
These are the answers for the puzzles in Section A of the Aug. 23 Daily Kansan. Crossword Answers Page 6A Cryptoquip Answers Page 7A Cryptoquip 1: WHEN I MADE A WHOLE BUNCH OF SOFT CHOCOLATE CANDIES, I LUGGED THEM AROUND IN A TRUFFLE BAG. Cryptoquip 2: IN ORDER TO TEACH YOU HOW [...]
The “Expendables” franchise was founded on a seemingly noble desire to remind viewers of a time when action heroes were free from moral ambiguity, psychological complexity or anything resembling identifiable human emotions. All those Reagan-era supermen ever needed were big guns, bigger explosions, thick accents to compliment their Charles Atlas physiques, and an arsenal of [...]
