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NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY TRAIL KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007
quote of the day
"Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future."
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- Swami Sivanand
fact of the dav
During World War II, a cat called Oscar served on the German battleship Bismarck. When the Bismarck was torpeded, Oscar was rescued by a British sailor on board HMS Cossack. Five months later, HMS Cossack was sunk but Oscar was rescued by HMS Ark Royal. Only three weeks later, a German U-boat destroyed Ark Royal and Oscar was rescued again. The naval authorities then decided that Oscar had had enough and posted him on land. According to British naval records, Oscar died peacefully in 1955.
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Spotlight KU Dancesport on Organizations
BY AMRUTA BHAD-
KAMKAR
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Are you a dance enthusiast or do you want to learn how dance well? Then KU Dancesport is the right choice for you.
According to Emily Copeland, McPherson junior, and president of the club, KU Dancesport is a competitive ballroom dancing team. It is a student
recreation sports club and therefore is funded not only through Student Senate, but also through the Student Recreation and Fitness Center. Therefore, it can allow student and faculty members.
"Our objective is to teach International Ballroom and Latin styles to all levels in order to better equip individuals better for competitions. Styles of ballroom we teach include: footrot,
waltz, quickstep, Viennese waltz and tango. Styles of Latin we teach include: cha cha, samba, jive, rumba and paso doble. One does not have to have a partner in order to join our club," Copeland said.
The team usually competes once or twice a semester. Most of its competitions are sanctioned by the United States of America Ballroom Dance Association, USABDA.
Student teachers teach beginning lessons on Monday nights in the aerobics room in the Recreation Center from 10 p.m. to midnight. It has open practice time in the same room on Wednesdays from 10 p.m. to midnight and Saturdays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursdays from 9:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. it has advanced lessons.
— Edited by Meghan Murphy
Evading the oven
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A few members of a group of 15 turkeys stowed in a wooded area in Greenawn, N.Y., on Thanksgiving morning. A local resident said there was no practical joke involved and the turkeys could have wandered into the neighborhood from nearby woods. The 15 turkeys left in single that afternoon.
ODD NEWS
Stray pooch rescues woman from flames
BOISE, Idaho — Sometimes rescuer need to be rescued, too.
Candace Jennings was sleeping on the couch when she was nudged awake by her dog. Anna, to find her mobile home engulfed in flames early Thanksgiving Day. The blond heeler, an abused stray dog Jennings had adopted from an animal shelter, whined and howled until they ran outside.
"I had an awful headache The place was filled with smoke," she told the Idaho Statesman for a story published Saturday.
But Jennings said she ran back into her burning home to save some items.
"I'm a janitor in town," she said. "I had everyone's keys in my backpack. I had to go back and get them."
She crawled back into her burning home in Idaho City, Idaho, about 40 miles northeast of Boise, with Anna close at her side.
But Jennings said she became disoriented and was nearly overcome by smoke. She tried to get back out but crawled in the wrong direction, heading toward the pantry instead of the door.
Anna showed her the way out.
"She pushed on me; she nudged me out the door," Jennings said.
The roof collapsed as Jennings, barefoot and wearing only pajamas, ran to some trees in the 15-degree weather. Jennings suffered burns to her feet and then frostbite. Anna and two other dogs Jennings has were not injured.
"She's a hero," said Jennings, an artist who has lived in the mountain town since 1975.
Grant Hawk, owner of the trailer park, said an electrical problem might have started the fire in the mobile home, which he said was a total loss.
Babe the Blue Ox awaits reattachment of head
KLAMATH, Calif. — Babe the blue Ox has lost his head.
Ax-wielding Paul Bunyan is not a suspect.
The head fell off the 35-foot tall statue of giant lumberjack Bunyam's mythical sidekick Tuesday, landing snout down on the pavement in the northern California town of Klamath.
Forty years ago today, KU unveiled plans for a towering 25-story skyscraper across Jayhawk Blvd. from Strong Hall. Lucky for us, funding fell short, and Wescoe Hall is no more than four stories tall as a result.
Jeff laForest, manager of the gift shop where the statue stands, says water was seeping inside the statue. That weakened the wood inside the structure and caused the collapse.
LaForest said he will repair Babe as soon as possible. In the meantime, he plans to use a diminutive stuffed animal head as a placeholder in time for the town's annual Christmas light show.
"It's kind of sad isn't it?" LaForest said.
Italian man purchases Texas town through eBay
SAN ANTONIO — Someone in italied placed the winning bid of $3.8 million on Friday for an unpopulated, one-house Texas town online.
No one lives permanently in the 13-acre town of Albert, about 60 miles north of San Antonio, but the tavern created from the frame of the old general store is open on weekends.
The town also includes a pavilion, an 85-year-old dance hall, a tractor shed, a three-bedroom house, plus peach and pecan orchards.
But before town owner Bobby Cave sign the deed over, he must ensure the eBay bid is legitimate. Cave said that unlike the usual items bought through eBay, there are no contractual obligations when it comes to real estate.
"There's just not any way to insist that a guy from Italy write me a check for three million," said Cave, 47, an Austin real estate agent.
The reserve price for the town was $2.5 million. Even if the deal doesn't go through, Cave said he had about five other prospective buyers genuinely interested in the town.
Bridgeville, in northern California, was the first town ever put on the eBay auction block. The 83 acres were twice sold on the site, in 2002 (that deal fell through) and again last year.
ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS Toddler falls three stories, doesn't even break a bone
NEW YORK — A toddler who crawled out a third-floor window during his family's Thanksgiving festivities and fell onto a store roof not only survived — he didn't even break a bone.
Associated Press
Brandon Priebe said his 14-month-old son, Bradley, tumbled from a bedroom window in his
aunt's Brooklyn apartment on Thursday. His relatives said they thought the window was closed.
Bradley fell about 20 feet onto the roof of a music store next door, police said. Priebe told police that his son wasn't seriously injured in the fall. The boy was in stable condition later Thursday at a local hospital, where no update on his condition was available early Friday.
"It's a miracle," said Anna Priebe, the boy's mother.
Couple weds at donut shop place of their first meeting
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I.
— It was at the honey Dew Donut shop that Cyndi LaRose and her honey said, "I do."
LaRose and Joseph David Smith exchanged wedding vows Wednesday at the North Kingstown shop where they had met.
Marjorie Harrison, the baker,
made the food. Faraq Mohamed,
the shop's owner, greeted customers with a simple question: "Coffee or the wedding?" A former probate judge conducted the ceremony. The shop's regulars served as the witnesses.
"I had the privilege of knowing Joe and Cyndi before they met," Mohamed said. "I watched as they fell in love."
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