2A NEWS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007 quote of the day "If I'm the President of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium and I say, 'Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead. And if al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead." -Bill O'Reilly on Nov. 8, 2005, after San Francisco voted to ban military recruiters from city schools fact of the day To qualify for college aid under the Montgomery G.I. Bill, you have to pay a $1,200 non-refundable deposit ($100 a month for the first year) to the military. If you receive a less-than-honorable discharge as about one in four people do, leave the military in less than three years as one in three do, or later decide not to go to college, the military will keep your deposit and give you nothing. -http://www.mediamouse.org et cetera The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of The Kansan are 25 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at the Kansan business office, 119 Staufer-Flint Hall, 1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045. The University Daily Kansan (ISSN 0746-4962) is published daily during the school year except Saturday, Sunday, fall break, spring break and exams. Weekly during the summer session excluding holidays. Periodical postage is paid in Lawrence, KS 65044. Annual subscriptions by mail are $120 plus tax. Student subscriptions of are paid through the student activity fee. Postmaster: Send address changes to The University Daily Kansan, 119 Steuffer-Flint Hall, 1435 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045 media partners NEWS KUJH For more news, link to KUJH- TV on Broadband Channel 31 in Lawrence. The student-produced airs at 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m, 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. every Monday through Friday. Also, check out KUJH online at kuju.edu. KJHK is the student voice in radio. Each day there is probably more talk shows and other content made for students, by students, with topics you love to roll or replay, sports or special events KJHK 90.7 is for you. on Spotlight Organizations KU Mock Trial BY JENNIFER TORLINE editor@kansan.com KU Mock Trial is a nationally ranked organization that helps its members develop their public speaking and acting skills. ing side of the case. "We learn how to be attorneys, and we train people to be witnesses," Halflich said. "We also have real objection battles." Claire Haflich, Leawood junior and captain of the team, said the University of Kansas' chapter was ranked 45 out of the 600 collegiate teams in the country, which placed it in the top 10 percent in the nation. At the beginning of each school year, the organization receives a packet from the national chapter that contains a different incident, such as a murder, criminal or civil case. The 12 members use the packet information to set up the prosecuting and defend- After the members of Mock Trial construct their cases, they compete against other Mock Trial organizations at tournaments throughout the year. The 12 members are divided into two teams of six, based on skill level. Depending on the group's finances and the competition level of a tournament, both teams may compete at a tournament, but the two KU teams will never compete against each other. Taylor Wiles, Ottawa senior and president of KU Mock Trial, said Kansas' team attended six to 12 tournaments every year throughout the state and country. This semester, members have already competed in two tournaments, in which they took eighth and first place. The team will next compete Nov. 29 through Dec. 2 at Arizona State University. Haflich said she was confident that the group would do well enough at the regional competition in March to make it to the national competition in April in Iowa. "We have a lot of past talent and a lot of new talent, which is a positive thing for any organization," she said. Although KU Mock Trial deals with issues related to law, the organization is not geared solely toward pre-law students. Haflich said that half of the organization consisted of pre-law students, and the other half of the members had different majors. "We really accommodate speaking and acting, in addition to the law aspect of it." Wiles said. Both Wiles and Hafflich agreed that participation in KU Mock Trial provided taught valuable skills to its members. "Mock trial teaches you how to make clear statements, be concise, and be persuasive," Haflich said. "It's really effective for anything you could do in life." KU Mock Trial meets at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and at 10 a.m. on Sundays. Tryouts for the team are usually held at the beginning of the fall semester. For more information about KU Mock Trial, e-mail kansasmocktrial@hotmail.com - Edited by Kaitlyn Syring ASSOCIATED PRESS Who needs snow? The lack of snow in the High Country didn't stop Jenny and Gloudeman from taking their children sledding at Rainbow Park in Silverthorne, Colo., on Sunday as they improved with cardboard on the grassy slope. Joining their father, John, on the downhill slide are Walker, left, Brooke, center, and Ethan, as mom, Jenny, looks on from the top of the hill. Snow is predicted for Tuesday and Wednesday. ODD NEWS Missing New Jersey cat turns up 800 miles away LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Heathcliff the cat somehow hitched a nearly 800-mile ride from New Jersey to Georgia — most likely on a moving van, authorities said. The orange and white shorthair was reported missing Oct. 24 from Sicklerville, N.J. The animal was identified Nov. 9 at an animal shelter in Lawrenceville where a resident took the cat after trapping him. D. Mosier, an animal control officer, scanned Heathcliff for a microchip, as she does with all animals that show up at the Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement Center. The microchip led to information that the kitty was reported missing. A volunteer rescue group shuttled the cat back to its owner Wednesday. called Mosier and told her she helped her son move out of a New Jersey apartment shortly before the cat turned up in Georgia. Last week, a Lawrenceville woman provided what might be the answer to how the cat ended up in the Atlanta suburb. The woman Man gives Hawaiian shirts to Tennessee art college MEMPHIS,Tenn. — Anyone can donate money to their favorite college. John Mcintire turned over something of greater personal value: his collection of 700 Hawaiian shirts. shirts to the Memphis College of Art, where he once worked. McIntire, a sculptor, gave the He had collected the colorful garments over 50 years, picking them up at yard sales and junk stores, never paying more than $5 apiece. Mcntire, 72, wears Hawaiian shirts most days, putting a T-shirt underneath when it's cold and adding a coat when necessary. The college plans to display the shirts for a sale to benefit a scholarship in McIntire's name. Associated Press ODD NEWS Divorced pastor's wife claims church as asset MINEOLA, N.Y. — The estranged wife of a pastor claims her husband blended his professional and personal finances so thoroughly that his church should be counted as an asset in their divorce. A judge agreed in a decision published this week to hear arguments on the claim, and he ordered a financial appraisal of the church. Lawyers said it could represent the first time anyone in New York state has tried to treat a religious institution as a marital asset. The wife argues that her husband of 31 years used his Brooklyn church as a "personal piggy bank," setting his own income, spending the congregation's tithes as he pleased and running a catering business from the building, according to the decision by state Supreme Court Judge Arthur M. Diamond. The couple's names were redacted from the decision. The wife said $50,000 of the couple's money went into starting the church, and that the church property is partly hers. "That church is no different than any other business he might have opened," said the wife's lawyer, Robert Pollack. The pastor maintains he is simply a church employee, and the institution's funds should not be considered his, according to Diamond's decision. 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