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Geoff Harkness
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- Fans ring in Homecoming at KU
- October 19, 2003
- No matter what happened Saturday afternoon on the gridiron at Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium, bears were taking a beating all morning elsewhere on campus.
- Biologist launches research of ticks
- April 26, 2002
- By Mike Belt Most people go out of their way to avoid ticks. Not Greg Burg. He tries to find all he can. And Burg’s searches along the wooded trails at Dad Perry Park in west Lawrence have been growing more fruitful by the week.
- KU students injured in campus traffic accident
- March 15, 2002
- (Updated Friday at 3:25 p.m.) Two Kansas University students were injured early Friday when a car they were riding in slammed into a utility pole and a tree on the KU campus.
- THE MAG: Broken dreams
- Independence’s Broken Cowboys reach for the country-music industry brass ring
- January 24, 2002
- By Geoff Harkness The True Value Country Music Showdown is the kind of gig that most twangy groups spend lifetimes dreaming about. But it’s reality for the six aspiring country acts gathered at Kemper Arena, including Broken Cowboys, an Independence, Mo., quintet that won two previous battles-of-the-band to get here. The top dog will travel on to Nashville and perform at the Grand Ole Opry, competing with three others in a prestigious, televised finale.
- THE MAG: CD Reviews - Ruff Ryders
- January 24, 2002
- THE MAG: Esau’s foibles
- Area band bridges gap between white belts and spiked belts
- January 24, 2002
- By Geoff Harkness Some bands want to change the world with their music, but Esau just wants to increase the peace between local belt-wearers.
- Duncan to serve jail time
- January 23, 2002
- By Mike Belt Kansas University running back Reggie Duncan will spend the weekend in the Douglas County Jail. Duncan was sentenced for misdemeanor theft by Lawrence Municipal Court Judge Randy McGrath to 180 days in jail. McGrath then suspended all but two of the days. He also ordered Duncan to pay a $100 fine.
- Duncan to serve 48-hour sentence, pay $100 fine
- January 22, 2002
- (Updated Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.) A Kansas University football player will serve two days in the Douglas County Jail and pay a $100 fine for shoplifting at a Lawrence discount store.
- THE MAG: Schizophrenic anesthetic
- Milemarker solidifies its sound and lineup on latest release
- January 17, 2002
- By Geoff Harkness The keyboard may be one of rock’s most maligned instruments, the bane of many a garage band’s existence and the black sheep of the modern musical family. For better or worse, however, a burgeoning flock of bootstrapped rockers are introducing the 88s to unexplored aural environments, pairing Rolands and Yamahas with Gibsons and Fenders in ways previously unimagined. One such outfit is Chicago’s Milemarker, an ever-evolving gang of four or five that’s determined to use keyboards without watering down its sound or reverting to cheesy retro novelty.
- THE MAG: Power trio
- Music production team aims its sights at the top of the charts
- January 17, 2002
- By Geoff Harkness Travis Bickle’s maniacal, not-all-there glare watches over the proceedings at Lock-N-Load studios, his iced gaze permanently affixed to a well-thumbed copy of “The Portable Machiavelli.” A few inches away, the original members of the Rat Pack shoot a game of pool, while Tony Montana and the cast of “The Usual Suspects” battle for elbow room next to a framed poster of H. Jackson Brown’s “21 Suggestions for Success” (“Be honest,” “Work at something you enjoy that’s worthy of your time and talent”).
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