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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008
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1. The real cost of bottled water
hoursdays Jayplay article "Pub Sprawl" should have said that the Shenago Lounge was no longer open. The bar has relocated to 1 520 Wakarua Drive, Suite D, but has not yet reopened.
2. Test lingers in students' future
3. Mersmann: We're through,
Free for All
4. Student's 'Nightmare' raises eyebrows
5. Coach sets bar high for freshman
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Jason Orruch, Plano, Texas, junior and vice-presidential candidate for Connect, left, and Riley Dutton, a Pittsburg senior, sit at a table in the Kansas Union to spread the word about WKIUpedia and Connect on Thursday. "We're a new student-coached devoted to reaching out as to many students as possible," Oruch said.
ODD NEWS Couples tie the knot with burgers, fries and a shake
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three couples got the Valentine's Day wedding they craved on Thursday, marrying at a White Castle in the restaurant chain's home city.
The morning ceremony at the burger joint, which features the slogan "What You Crave," involved a flower girl who threw salt and pepper packets instead of rice, and employee name tags on the grooms' lapels.
The cake resembled a White Castle tray holding three "slyder" burgers, fries and a drink — all made of cake and frosting.
Cyndie Nunamaker of Plain City, 17 miles northwest of Columbus, said she and new husband Brian Wilson opted for the alternative wedding because they love White Castle.
The nuptials were broadcast live on a local radio station, which paid for the flowers and other arrangements.
New York City promotes safe sex via street team
NEW YORK — The official New York City condom has a different look and a sexy new slogan: New Yorkers were encouraged to "get some" on Valentine's Day.
Street teams handed out free condoms at busy hubs around the city yesterday, including Times Square, Wall Street and near City Hall.
And an ad campaign on television, radio and subways and buses featured the catch phrase.
"We want to give away as many condoms as people will use because we're trying to make New York City an even safer place to have sex, and this is a powerful way to do it," said Monica Sweeney, the Health Department's assistant commissioner for HIV prevention and control.
The free condom initiative is part of the city's effort to reduce rates of sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned pregnancies. About 100,000 of New York's 8.2 million residents have HIV or AIDS, and
many more are diagnosed each year.
The city has made free condoms available for years, but last year revamped the package with a distinct look to encourage usage. Since then the city has been giving away 3 million condoms a month on average, up from 1.5 million a month before the redesign.
The design introduced last year was a black wrapper stamped with the letters "NYC CONDOM" in the same font and bright colors used on city subway maps and signs.
The new design unveiled Wednesday features the letters "NYC" in black, inside three adjoining white circles.
1700s violin crushed in backwards fall down stairs
LONDON — Can his fractured fiddle — a million dollar Guadagnini — be fixed? it's too early to tell.
David Garrett, a former model who has been called the David Beckham of the classical scene, said he tripped while carrying his 18th century violin as he was leaving London's Barbican Hall after a performance, smashing it to bits.
ALICE, Texas — The former mayor of Alice who resigned because of a custody dispute over a Shih Tzu named Puddles insists she didn't steal her neighbor's pooch.
"I had it over my shoulder in its case, and I fell down a concrete flight of stairs backward," Garrett said Thursday. "When I opened the case, much of my G.B. Guadagnini had been crushed."
"I hope and pray that it can be fixed, but if it can't, I hope my insurance policy will let me buy another great violin," the 26-year-old musician said. He told The Associated Press that other published accounts saying the violin was a Stradivarius were incorrect. Guadagnini is believed by some to have been a student of Antonio Stradivari.
Garrett said he bought the 1772 violin for $1 million in 2003, and he is now hoping to get it repaired in New York, where he is based.
The accident occurred Dec. 27 but only came to light this week when he returned to London for another concert at the Barbican and told British reporters what had happened.
The dispute began in July when Puddles' original owners, Rudy Gutierez and Shelly Cavasos, asked Saenz-Lopez, their next door neighbor, to take care of him while they were on vacation. When they called to check on him, Saenz-Lopez told them Puddles had died and was buried in her backyard.
"I didn't steal the dog, I did not return him to save his life," said Saenz-Lopez, who was indicted Jan 18 on two felony charges related to the alleged dognapping. As she spoke, the former mayor cuddled Puddles/Panchito in her lap.
In an interview Thursday on NBC's "Today" show, ex-mayor Grace Saenz-Lopez said she had taken Puddles — whom she renamed Panchito — to protect a dog because she believed he was being neglected.
For his Valentine's Day concert there, he is playing a Stradivarius
that's been loaned to him.
Saenz-Lopez later reported the dog missing, only to have Puddles/Panchito turn up at the home of the mayor's twin sister. Saenz-Lopez resigned as mayor on Feb.1, after a recall petition was circulated in the South Texas town of fewer than 20,000 residents.
Garrett gained attention as a child prodigy. Before he was 10, he played as a soloist with the London Philharmonic, according to his Web site. When he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, he became a part-time model to help supplement his income.
Shih Tzu case draws lawsuit against former Texas mayor
However, three months later, a relative of the neighbors saw the pet at a dog groomer. When Saenz-Lopez refused to return the dog, the family filed a criminal complaint and a civil lawsuit against her.
Cavasos, who also appeared on the "Today" show with Gutierrez and their attorney, said she left Puddles with Saenz-Lopez because "I trusted her. I knew he was sick.
I never thought this would happen."
At the time, the dog was suffering from a severe flea infestation and a reaction to the chemicals used to treat him.
Last week, a judge in Alice declined to give the Gutierrez family temporary custody of the dog pending trial in April, saying they had not shown the required need for "extraordinary relief"
NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg faces the notorious New York City press corps several times a week, but nothing prepared him for the grilling he got Thursday from a group of third-graders.
Third graders' questions rattle NYC mavor
The kids at a public school in Harlem, where Bloomberg was holding a news conference down the hall, disarmed the potential presidential candidate by singing "Happy Birthday" to honor the billionaire, who turned 66 on Thursday.
The boy repeated his question, and the mayor demurred, pointing out that he works for just $1 a year.
"Are you rich?" asked one little boy.
Then they got down to business.
"Am I what? I can't hear you," Bloomberg said.
Then another kid piped up, wanting to know if Bloomberg lives in the White House.
"I don't live in the White House," the mayor told the class. "I live on the east side of Manhattan, and I've lived there for 20 years in that house. But I've lived here since 1966. in New York."
Earlier, when they tried to guess his age, the roomful of 8 and 9-year-olds started high, at 107.
They fired more questions: Have you ever met the president? Yes.
"I don't have — I have a wonderful birthday card," Bloomberg said, holding up the creation that they made for him. "And this is really nice. So, OK, I better get going."
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on campus
"Rumplestiltskin," created by Moses Goldberg, begins at 9:45 a.m. in the William Inge Memorial inside Murphy Hall.
The workshop "Lunch & Conversation: Using Laptops in the Classroom" begins at noon in 135 Budig Hall.
The workshop "SAS Enterprise Guide: Point and Click with SAS" will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
The workshop "Blackboard Strategies and Tools" will begin at 1:30 p.m. in 6 Budig Hall.
The workshop "Curricular Practical Training and Optional Practical Training" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Prewster Auditorium, 330强 Hall.
TGIF will begin at 4 p.m. in the Kansas Alumni Center.
The film "The Monster of the Milky Way: The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in 1001 Malott Hall.
SUA Cosmic Bowling will begin at 10 p.m. at Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
The concert "Royal Scots Dragonon and the Coldstream Guards" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
The SUA Feature Film "American Gangster" will begin at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
on the record
University of Kansas police reported a M-Box audio mixer, a flash card reader and an Apple computer hard drive stolen Wednesday from Oldfather Studios, 1621 W. Ninth St.
Someone stole a checkbook from a Watkins Memorial Health Center office Tuesday, according to police reports.
February is Black History Month. The Office of Multicultural Affairs is sponsoring an entire month of programs, culminating in a big gala in the Kansas Union on March 1.
POLITICS Bill proposed to raise age discrimination limit
TOPEKA — A House panel has endorsed a bill eliminating what some legislators see as a 20-year-old quirk in the state law against age discrimination.
The law says anyone 18 or older who believes he has faced on-the-job discrimination because of his age can file a complaint with the Kansas Human Rights Commission. The bill would change the age to 40.
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The Commerce and Labor Committee's voice vote Thursday sent the measure to the House for debate.
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