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BROADCAST POET TALE h NO. 1,2001 $5 •••"*• A real departure from the routine FLYINQ JAYHAWKS 2001 ITINERARY WIMTER Sep. 29-Oct. 10 ..Canada and hew England Amid Jan. 28 - Feb. 11 Eastern § Oriental Express the Autumn Splendor From $5,495 From $3,495 Feb. 24 - Mar. 4 The Greatest Voyage in Natural Oct. 4 - 9 ..Natural Wonders of the Great History-Amazon Pacific Northwest From $3,455 From $1,300 Oct. 8-19 ..Wings Over the Okavango SPRING Safari From $7,950 Mar. 27 - Apr. 3 Big 12 Paris Deluxe Escapade From $1,995 ALUMNI COLLEGES Apr. 2-21 South America Expedition by Private Luxury Jet Don't miss the opportunity to take part in our most popular excursions-Alumni Campus From $29,950 Abroad. These special nine-day immersion programs give alumni the opportunity to fully explore the culture, history and traditions of a specific region. Prices include round-trip air Apr. 17 - 28 Treasures of the Seine and daily breakfast buffet, two-course lunch and three-course dinner and lodging. From $3,595 Sorrento, April 16-24, $2,395 SUMMER Provence, May 22-30, $2,395 May 31 - Jun. 14 Cruise the Imperial on On the Legendary Rhine, May 24-June 1, $2,395 the Magnificent Elbe Spain June 4-12, $2,095 From $4,095 PortugaUune 11-19, $2,195 Ml-14 Voyage of the Goddess Wales, July 25-Aug. 2, $2,345 From $5,795 Tuscany-Chianti Region, Sept. 16-24, $2,295 M 4-15 The Waterways of the Glens On the Fabled Island of Sicily, Sept. 22-Oct. 1, $2,295 From $4,785 Aug. 5-21 Cruise the Face of Europe From $4,695 Sep. 24 - Oct. 9 Southern Europe from Biarritz to the Bosporus by Private Luxury Jet From $28,300 Sep. 26 - Oct. 13 Mandarin China From $4,995 Call 1-800-KUHAWKS for additional details or to request a brochure KANSAS ALUMNI CONTENTS FEATURES 20 Body of Knowledge With a recent expansion complete, KU's exercise physiology lab takes a high-tech approach to the science oj shaping up. By Steven Hill Cover photograph by Wally Emerson 26 Everyman Tales As he travels the country in search oj the stones behind the headlines, TV newsman Bob Dotson finds there's a little bit oj Kansas in everyone. By Jennifer Jackson Sanner 28 Wonderful Wishbook? Don't let the colorjul cover and utilitarian title jool you; beneath the jriendly jace oj KU's timetable lurks a stern taskmaster with a cold code heart. By Chris Lazzarino Illustrations by Charlie Podrebarac Page 28 VOLUME 99 NO. 1, 2001 KANSAS ALUMNI V SALUTE THOSE WHO HAVE SOAKJED 1 TO NEVf HEIGHTS The Association asks for nominations for true-blue leaders who have proven their commitment to higher education through lifetime service to the University. Each year we Nominations may come from any source and f& honor individuals should include a recent resume of the candi- with the Fred date's service history, including career, pub- Ellsworth Medal- lished works, previous honors and service to lion, the highest the University. Letters of support may also \y- A • honor for service be included. to KU that the Asso- ciation bestows. Recipi- The deadline for nominations for the ents of the prestigious medallion are 2001 Ellsworth medallion awards is selected from nominations submitted March 30. Please send your nomina- to the Alumni Association and tion to Fred B. Williams at the S7, reviewed by a special Selection Kansas Alumni Association, 1266 Committee. Recipients will be Oread Avenue, Lawrence, KS honored at an awards cere- 66044-3169. mony in the fall. Kansas Alumni i Association -~-v & ZJ ;• \ • 'A • r i _ v . ii i FIRST WORD BY JENNIFER JACKSON SANNER arry Bunch thought he had heard it all. As longtime ist Charlie Podrebarac, '81, found the memorable and mirthful assistant archivist at University Archives, the unflap- in the seemingly mundane. pable Bunch, c'80, and his equally even-keel colleague, If your best intention to shape up for 2001 seems a bit ordi- Ned Kehde, '63, have patiently answered our most sub- nary, reading Steve Hill's cover story just might kick-start your Blime and ridiculous questions about KU lore. They have opened enthusiasm. Hill describes the work of KU's Exercise Physiology their files to let us rummage through records of student hang- Laboratory in Robinson Gymnasium, where sleek, sophisticated outs, sainted professors, subversive pranks and scholarly tri- new equipment enables scholars in the department of health, umphs. They have shared hundreds of photos, clippings and sport & exercise science to refine workouts with startling preci- souvenirs, including Chancellor Fraser's Civil War uniform, Dr. sion and help us learn more about what it truly means to be fit. Naismith's optometry case and a most enter- One of the most taining array of political buttons displayed dur- 'i advanced such labs in ing the late 1960s and early 1970s at the | the nation, the KU Strong Hall basement snack bar. 2 center advises not But our latest query gave Bunch pause—not | only serious athletes, because the answer eluded him (answers rarely J but also those of us do). He just wanted to double-check his hear- who squeeze exercise ing. Did we really want to know whether any into our schedules publication had ever told the history of the KU when we can. In fact, Timetable of Classes? most of the center's No, he said emphatically. No writer or edi- research applies to tor had ever been so curious or cockeyed as to everyday folks for wonder about the origins of the timetable, KU's whom workout regi- infamous, invaluable schedule of each semester mens are penance for that is legendary for its mind-numbing content. holiday indulgence. But Bunch The mere thought of couldn't be satisfied being weighed under to merely answer water makes our staff the question. He shudder, so we extend looked at Chris special thanks to good Lazzarino a bit sport John Thyfault, warily, then gave in Overland Park doctor- to his habitual al student in exercise smirk. "You guys physiology, who must be nearing the end," he said. endured numerous dunkings in the lab's hydrostatic weighing Surely a story on KU's formidable tank so photographer Wally Emerson could capture the ordeal. compendium of courses signals that Our final feature profiles NBC reporter Bob Dotson, j'68. For Kansas Alumni's best days of chroni- 25 years he has covered events that have made history, but he is cling bygone days would soon be perhaps best known for telling the smaller stories of the com- gone. mon human experiences that make life sweet or sad or just plain We hope to prove him wrong. silly. His subjects don't often make history, but they do make an And we dearly hope you'll enjoy our impact on their communities—and on the viewers who learn tribute to the timeless record of our times: courses for which about them through Dotson's keen eye and concise yet powerful we've stood in line to enroll, add, drop and altogether avoid. words. Courses we wish we'd never taken and those we'd stand in line As we begin 2001, we count ourselves blessed to report the to take again. Courses known by numbers and nicknames unin- stories of the University, as the Alumni Association's magazine telligible to anyone except those of us who've trudged up and has done since 1902. Rest assured we're already scheming about walked down the Hill. our celebration—beginning in the next New Year—of a century In this season of list-making, our homage to KU's most mam- in publishing. Despite our friend Barry's fears, Kansas Alumni's moth list—156 pages for Spring 2001—isn't nearly as daunting own KU timetable—thankfully more colorful and irreverent than as holiday to-dos or New Year don't-dos. It simply celebrates a the one that steered us to our classes—has many more tales to campus icon whose essential role through the years has never tell. We know 2001 will reveal lively, memorable stories about wavered, though its content most surely has. Lazzarino, along our alma mater. And, from our home on the Hill, we wish you a with Art Director Susan Younger, f'91, and Kansas City cartoon- year full of warm, wondrous stories.^""* KANSAS ALUMNI • NO. 1, 2001 LIFT THE CHORUS KANSAS ALUMNI MAGAZINE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Scholarship hall heroes Publisher Chair Fred B.Williams Reid Holbrook, c'64, l'66, Overland Park, Steven Hill's recent article ["Halls of Editor Kansas Academe," issue No. 6] brought back a Jennifer Jackson Sanner, j'81 Executive Vice Chair flood of memories. On my arrival at KU in Art Director Janet Martin McKinney, c'74, Port Ludlow, 1939, the number of University dormitory Susan Younger, f 91 Washington Managing Editor rooms available for men was zero. Chris Lazzarino, j'86 Executive Committee On the other hand, women who in Staff Writer Jim Adam, e'56, Overland Park, Kansas that era were outnumbered by men about Steven Hill Reid Holbrook, c'64, l'66, Overland Park, Kansas four to one had a chance of finding Uni- Editorial Assistants Karen Goodell; Andrea Hoag, c'94 Janet Martin McKinney, c'74, Port Ludlow, versity housing at Miller, Watkins and Washington Corbin halls. Photographer Cordell D. Meeks Jr., c'64,1*67, Kansas City, Wally Emerson, j'76 Kansas Olin Templin, Endowment Association Graphic Designer Gil M. Reich, e'54, Savannah, Georgia secretary, decided that male students Valerie Spicher, j'94 Carol Swanson Ritchie, d'54, Wichita, Kansas deserved a break.