Lawrence Journal-World 07-04-2015

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FIREWORKS TONIGHT: PARTY IN THE PARKS:

The celebration will begin at 4 p.m. today at Watson Park and nearby Constant Park with food, music and activities.

The annual public show — shot off from the Kansas River levee in North Lawrence — will begin around 9:45 p.m. today. Some of the best viewing sites: Kansas River bridge, KU’s Campanile Hill, The Oread rooftop and downtown parks.

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SATURDAY • JULY 4 • 2015

KANSAS/USA DEFEATS TURKEY IN WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES 1C

Independence Day abroad has special meaning for Jayhawks

KANSAS FORWARDS Landen Lucas (33) and Jamari Traylor battle for a rebound against Turkey center Sanli Sertac (15) and Turkey forward Cenk Sekeroglu (8) in a Team USA game against Turkey Saturday in Gwangju, South Korea.

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

Gwangju, South Korea — Before Saturday, Kansas University men’s basketball coach Bill Self and most of his players had never represented the United States in an international basketball tournament. That changed when the Jayhawks, representing the

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U.S., played Turkey in their first game of the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea. The U.S. won the contest 66-57. It became even more special because the game was on the Fourth of July. Korea is 14 hours ahead of Lawrence time. The Jayhawks

Delayed delivery Delivery of today’s Lawrence Journal-World was delayed to provide readers with exclusive coverage of Kansas University’s basketball game versus Turkey in South Korea. The game tipped off at 10 p.m. Central time on Friday.

Please see TEAM, page 2A

Famous brothers find new home before namesake razed By Sara Shepherd

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he McCollum brothers were born close together, attended Kansas University together, made scientific history in their respective fields together and — for almost 50 years — had their painted portraits hanging together in the KU residence hall named for them. With McCollum Hall closed and facing the wrecking ball later this year, the brothers have been split up. But instead of hanging in a lobby nook traversed primarily by fresh-

men of all majors, the portraits of Elmer and Burton McCollum will now overlook KU students studying their respective sciences on West Campus. Elmer, who specialized in nutrition, now hangs on the third floor of the School of Pharmacy. Burton, whose work led to breakthroughs in oil drilling, is at the Kansas Geological Survey, awaiting a spot to be chosen for display. Both portraits were painted in 1966 by celebrated area artist Daniel MacMorris, best known for painting

murals at the Liberty Memorial and the downtown Kansas City Public Library in Kansas City, Mo. Kevin Boatright, director of external affairs for KU’s Office of Research, knew about the portraits and the McCollums’ contributions to science. When he heard McCollum Hall Please see PORTRAITS, page 2A

Elmer McCollum discovered vitamins A and D.

Kansas University’s McCollum Hall will soon be torn down. Burton McCollum pioneered a method for locating oil.

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High: 86

Low: 65

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