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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY DECEMBER 2007
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"People tend to believe the bad rather than the good."
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2007
Giovanni Boccaccio
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Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian author of a number of notable works including "On Famous Women" and "The Decameron."
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with Professor Curtis Hall
BY DANNY NORDSTROM
What courses do you teach? I teach introductory meteorology courses, "Dynamic Meteorology" and "Synoptic Meteorology".
Where did you go to college? I did my undergraduate and graduate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
What are your fondest college memories? I was a nerd, so I always enjoyed learning, but I did also enjoy doing things that college students like to do. To this day I enjoy learning. College was such an eye-opening experience for me.
What inspired you to become a teacher? It was more that I became a teacher and then became inspired, I guess. I was an Air Force weather officer. I was sent here to teach Air Force ROTC, and when I got here, the KU board asked me to teach meteorology as well because I was a meteorologist for the Air Force. And to make a long story short, I've been teaching ever since.
Where you from originally?
Northwest Arkansas.
What kind of music do you listen to? I like a lot of different kinds. I like most old rock and country from the '50s and '60s. I also listen to quite a bit of classical music.
Is there a particular sport you enjoy playing or watching? Growing up, my sports were always individual sports. 1
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? I like to run, bird-hunt and work with my hands.
liked to play tennis and run track.
Do you have a favorite film? "The Graduate" comes to mind, but that may be because it's in the news.
What is your favorite season? The fall. From a weather point of view, it's the most pleasing weather. It's no longer
hot, and it's not brutally cold.
Do you have a favorite book? My favorite short stories are "Two Soldiers" by Faulkner and "Blood on the ice" by a Scandinavian author. For a favorite book, I'd have to say "Don Quixote."
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Calming the current
Jon Burrell turns on a borrowed "dirty water" pump to help drain some of the excess water flooding his girlfriend's property on Monday in Puyallup, Wash. Drenching rain swelled rivers and flooded streets across much of western Washington on Monday, and high winds gusting to more than 80 mph blew trees into power lines and onto roads.
What do you think?
BY VANESSA CUNNINGHAM
ALEX SANDMOEN
Openland Park freshmen
ALEX SANDUMOE
Overland Park freshman
"It's a good idea to have a system like this in general. Something might happen, and text messages are a way everyone can get information."
JOSH PETERSON Lawrence senior
"Pretty good idea, but not all students have cell phones."
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY TEXT MESSAGE SYSTEM TO ENSURE SAFETY AND SECURITY?
"Nice to have plans in place in case of an incident. Personally, I don't feel that unsafe."
JASON CURRAN Salina junior
JENNIFER RUCK
Overland Park sophomore "Myself and others check texts all the time. If something happens, it's a quick way to get out a message, because many people always have their cell phones."
ODD NEWS
17 tons of meat stolen from Australian factory
SYDNEY, Australia — Thieves stole 17.6 tons of ham and bacon from a warehouse and left behind a message busting the owners' chops, police said Monday.
"Thanks," the crooks daubed on a wall of the Zammit Ham and Bacon curers warehouse in suburban Sydney, sometime overnight Saturday. "Merry Christmas."
Owner Anthony Zammit said that when he arrived for work Monday he found a hole in a wall of the building where the thieves appeared to have entered. The stolen meat was worth up to $88,000, he said.
Zammit said that he was offering a $4,420 reward for anyone who helped to recover the meat, and that his company would work overtime to make sure all its Christmas orders were filled.
"We're working 24 hours a day, seven days a week and put on extra staff," he said. "We won't let anyone down."
Two Florida cities agree to share 'beautiful' nickname
ORLANDO, Fla. — Officials from Coral Gables and Orlando have averted a potentially ugly fight over the right to the nickname "The City Beautiful."
Coral Gables applied last year for a federal trademark seeking exclusive rights. Orlando filed an objection blocking the application, and the two sides reached a deal last week.
Orlando can use the nickname in promotional materials in 22 nearby counties, and Coral Gables, near Miami, can use it in 10 South Florida counties.
Orlando has used the name since 1908, Coral Gables since 1933. The slogan has also been used by such places as Storm Lake, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo.
Orlando and Coral Gables did not, however, agree on which city was more beautiful.
NYC puts vintage train back in service for a day
NEW YORK — The city gave its residents a holiday treat on wheels Sunday.
New York City transit officials dusted off a vintage 1930s*-40s subway train and put it back in service for one day. Called the Nostalgia Train, the subway train features wicker seats, ceiling fans and advertisements from when it was first put in service.
It ran between stations in Queens and Manhattan.
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