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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 23. 2008
quote of the day
"Call me a joker, call me a fool. Right at this moment I'm totally cool."
Billy Joel
fact of the day
Heath Ledger was the first non-American to play "The Joker" in the sequel to the 2005 box office hit, Batman Begins, called The Dark Knight.
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I was involved in mentoring programs, reproductive rights and women's rights groups.
Craziest moment in college?
When I got to go meet Bill Clinton. He was campaigning at the time. The crowd was so large, we couldn't see anything until I literally came face-to-face with him. I met him, shook his hand, and got to talk to him.
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Where have you traveled to?
Everywhere in the U.S. except Alaska and Hawaii. My family would go camping during the summer around the country for four weeks. I've also been to England, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland and South Africa. There are a lot of places I'd like to go to.
Cocktail waitress. I did it for years, even when I was in college, I hated it. My mom made me do it when I was in high school when I didn't think I wanted to go to college.
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Favorite KU Tradition?
Michael Jackson's Greatest Hits and Justin Timberlake.
I don't know if this counts as a tradition, but Allen Fieldhouse. When I saw it for the first time it was magical.
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NEWS BRIEF
Oscar ceremony to go on
even with writers' strike
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem — but it remained in doubt whether any stars would cross striking writers' picket lines to attend the ceremony.
"No Country for Old Men"
and "There Will Be Blood"
will compete for best picture against the melancholy romance "Atonement," the pregnancy comedy "Juno" and the legal drama "Michael Clayton."
Awards show have become casualties of the strike by writers, whose union leaders say they will not allow members to work on the Oscars. Nominees already are saying they would stay away in support of writers if the strike lingers until Oscar night Feb. 24.
On strike since Nov. 5, the Writers Guild of America refused to let its members work on the Golden Globes, which prompted stars to avoid the show in solidarity.
If guild leaders follow through and refuse to let writers work on the Oscars, it would leave nominees and other celebrities forced to choose between attending the biggest night in show business on Feb. 24 or staying home to avoid crossing picket lines.
Even if the strike lingers, Oscar organizers insist their show will go on, with or without writers.
Associated Press
Flowers blooming for Brazilian Carnival
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man works on a float at the Imperatrio Leopoldine samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday. Each year, the samba schools employ thousands of seamstress, painters, designers and musicians to work on the preparation for the Caravival maracle.
POLITICS
Fred Thompson gives up on White House dreams
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NAPLES, Fla. — Republican Fred Thompson quit the race for the White House.
on Tuesday after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus states.
Thompson's fate was sealed last Saturday in the South Carolina primary
Thompson
third in a state that he had said he needed to win.
Carolina primary, when he finished
Thompson placed third in Iowa and South Carolina, two states seemingly in line with his right-leaning pitch and laid-back style, and fared even worse in the four other states that have held contests thus far. Money already tight, he ran out of it altogether as the losses piled up.
Thompson exits the most wide open Republican race in half a century; three candidates each having won in the six states that have voted.
In Florida, John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani are battling for the lead ahead of its Jan. 29 primary, while Mike Huckabee evaluates his next steps amid money troubles.
Despite initial impressions that Thompson could garner strong conservative support, it never materialized. He never won backing from more than one in five conservatives in any of the earliest primaries and caucuses. His showings were similarly weak with white born-again and evangelical Christians.
on the record
Two cases of beer valued at $30 were stolen from the Kwik Shop on 23rd Street.
Two different reports were filed detailing criminal damage to mailboxes and a bush. Total damage reported was $350.
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This Friday is "Late Night at Robinson Gym" sponsored by SUA. There will be a Dodgeball tournament, Basketball, Volleyball, etc., plus free pizza, drinks and prizes. For details, check out www.suaevents.com.
on campus
The workshop People Admin Hiring Manager Training will being at 8:30 p.m. in 31 Carruth-O'Leary.
The workshop EndNote: Libraries and Databases will begin at 9 a.m. in the Anschutz Library Instruction Center. This workshop is presented by KU Libraries Instruction Services.
KU Libraries Instructional Services will present the workshop Blackboard Strategies and Tools at 9 a.m. in room 6 of Budiq Hall.
The public event University Forum Language Disorder and Inherited Genes will be presented by Mabel Rice, the Fred and Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies, at 12 p.m. in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center.
The workshop Excel 2003: Introduction will be presented by KU Libraries Instructional Services at 1 p.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
The seminar Health and Humanities Seminar-Ray Pence will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Hall Center Seminar Room.
The workshop Get your resume Ready for the Career Fair will begin at 3:30 p.m. in room 149 of the Burge Union.
Men's basketball will compete against Iowa State at 6:00 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse.
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