Juniors Randall Schmidt and Sam Hay and senior Madeline Chestnut describe their journey for Encore 2014 and weigh in on their experience. Pre-Auditions When did you start preparing for Encore? Sam Hay:...

Junior Parkin Srisutiva kicked off the matchmaker date by impressing junior Isabelle Haake with chocolate and a red rose. “It seemed liked the proper thing to do,” Srisutiva said. “Without chivalry,...

After a long drive from Philadelphia, Wilt Chamberlain sat down in a restaurant just outside of Lawrence. A waitress comes to his table and tells him he must eat in the kitchen or leave. At first, Chamberlain...

Buzz Under the Stars: $25 per ticket ALL AGES Doors open 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2014 KC Power and Light District 60 E 13th St. Kansas City, MO 64106 As the only relatively close music...

Recently, I pitted three of Lawrence’s popular coffee houses against each other to find the tastiest home brewed coffee and the best atmosphere. Best Coffee: I began my search at La Prima Tazza. When...

My mother dragging me to Liberty Hall on a freezing afternoon was irksome enough but, when I learned I was headed to an hour-and-a-half installment of a run-of-the-mill sob story, I prepared for the worst....

“Frozen” was on fire. Okay, so the plot takes place in an icy wonderland, but the movie, despite its lack of hype prior to release, was a hit. “Frozen” follows the tale of two young sisters (Disney...

Best Store Cat- Sunfire Ceramics There’s usually a broad spectrum for store animals: they either love people and congregate where the customers go, or they try to stay as far away as possible in an...

As the lights dimmed in the auditorium, I thought, “This will probably be a cheesy play all about pajamas.” I soon found out that I was dead wrong. “The Pajama Game” was much more than a simple...