“A little about Quantrill’s Raid, and about the rock chalk chant, I think. The Jayhawk term used to be negative, so I think it’s interesting that now it’s a positive mascot.”

— Emily Jalinski, fine arts student, Lawrence

“More recently, one of my favorite directors worked here — Ang Lee with ‘Ride with the Devil.’ And ‘Carnival of Souls is another famous movie here. A lot of it was shot on Mass. Street.”

— Joe Jalinski, graduate student, Lawrence

“I know it burned. And about the Kaw Valley Pickers in the 1970s — the state used to be more ‘hippy’ and liberal than it is now.”

— Meghan Pattinson, web developer at Blue Collar Bistro,, Lawrence

“Nothing, I’m not from here.”

— Vince Obert, driller, Lawrence