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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007
quote of the day
"Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth."
Chuck Norris
fact of the day
Chuck Norris taught Bob Barker karate for several years.
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Want to know what people are talking about? Here's a list of the five most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com:
1. Arrowhead ticket resale prices soar
2. E-mail frauds target University students
3. Fans line up for tickets to Border Showdown
4. McLeod: War hits home
4. MILLED. War hits home.
5. General talks about media's role in Army
daily KU info
Forty years ago today, KU unveiled plans for a towering 25-story skyscraper across Jayhawk Boulevard from Strong Hall. Lucky for us, funding fell short and Wescoe Hall is no more than four stories tall as a result.
et cetera
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BY DANNY NORDSTROM editor@kansan.com
How long have you taught at the University 31 years.
What courses do you teach? I teach Living Religions of the East, Religion in India, Religious Perspectives on Selfhood and Sexuality, a senior seminar in theories and methods for religion majors and various other seminars.
What inspired you to become a teacher? Other teachers and other professors. I was inspired by their enthusiasm and how much they enjoyed what they were doing.
Where did you attend college?
Undergraduate at Trinity College in
Deerfield, Ill., and doctorate at the University of Iowa.
What clubs or organizations were you involved with in college? I was the editor of the student newspaper for two years.
What are your fondest college memories? I have fond memories of great professors in the fields of history, religion and sociology. I love to learn. I never missed a class from the minute I was a freshman to the minute I got my doctorate.
Do you have a favorite place you like to travel to? I like to travel to Japan, India and Spain. Those are my three favorites. I've lived in India and Taiwan. Last year during winter break, I traveled to Japan.
Professor Robert Minor
Do you have a particular favorite quote? "The saving of our world from pending doom will come not through the complacent adjustment of the conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority." — Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the craziest job you've
ever had? I worked two summers cleaning grease systems in restaurants. You had to work from 1 a.m. after the restaurant closed until morning. You would get thoroughly greasy. My mother would make me take off my clothes before I came in the house.
Edited by Amelia Freidline
Slipping and sliding
Jessie Fetterling/KANSAN
Jessie Jeter, Kansas City, Mo. senior, slides down a tarp covered in baby oil to participate in the Slippery Slope game that her and her fellow classmates created for their communications class Monday afternoon with Potter Lake. The purpose of the game was to grab as many flags as you could while sliding down the tap and then trying to run back up it again.
What do you think?
BY VANESSA CUNNINGHAM
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IPHONES AND OTHER CELL PHONES WITH ADVANCED PROGRAMS?
BRITTAN YOUNG
BRITTAN YOUNG Overland Park sophomore "I don't like them because I think companies like Apple are trying to take over the world. All the excess gadgets are just too much."
CAITLIN MCCORMICK Lenexa freshman "iPhones are cool. It's mind-blowing how far technology has come."
CHRIS ARMSTRONG Lawrence senior
Lawrence senior "I have mixed feelings about advanced phones because it's good that technology has advanced this far, but the phones can distract from their original purpose."
BRETT JOHNSON
Troy junior
"They are a good idea because it allows you to access different mediums"
Red Lyon Tavern
A touch of Irish in
downtown Lawrence
In Monday's article "Cyclones beat Hawks with late comeback," the photo should have been credited to KUathletics. com.
corrections
in brief
WEATHER Snow, rain could hamper Thanksqiving travel
— Denver, Co.: 32'/21" with a 70 percent chance of snow
Snow may factor into some students' Thanksgiving travel plans.
Dallas, Texas: 67'/40' cloudy with a 20 percent chance of precipitation
St. Louis,Mo.: 53'/34" with a 60 percent chance of showers
— Des Moines, Iowa: 38'/24" with a 30 percent chance of snow in the afternoon
Chicago, Ill.: 45'/34" with a 60 percent chance of rain, snow and wind
944 Mass. 832-8228
Source: www.weather.com
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— Omaha, Neb.: 40'/21' cloudy with a 20 percent chance of precipitation
odd news
According to www.weather com, the weather in Lawrence tomorrow has a 30 percent chance of including some combination of rain, snow and wind. The high temperature is supposed to be 39 degrees and the low 22 degrees. Here are Wednesday's forecasts for other regional cities:
Las Vegas tour company runs on eateries' waste
"It is kind of nice to escape the office," Fisher said. "I can read a book while I'm pumping grease."
Escape Adventures is an 18-year-old company that offers bicycle trips into Red Rock Canyon outside Las Vegas and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
What makes Escape trips different from other helicopter tours or limousine cruises is that owner Jared Fisher spends four to six hours a week driving to restaurants to siphon used oil from containers near trash bins.
LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas tour company is using leftover oil from restaurants to fuel a fleet of vans, showing that recycling can work even in a city known for excess.
So far this year he has collected about 3,000 gallons, which amounts to more than $9,000 in savings.
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