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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007
quote of the day
"Coffee isn't my cup of tea."
—Samuel Goldwyn
fact of the day
When, in the 17th century, "coffee madness" reached Europe, Pope Clement VIII declared the beverage to be a "devil's tool" and warned the Christians against drinking it. But that was only until he happened to tasted it himself. After that, the Pope quickly changed his mind and decided to baptize coffee.
Source: http://allwomenstalk.com/7-facts about-coffee-you-do-not-know/
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inherited a sizeable fortune, and she turned her attention back to the University. Her first contribution to the University was $75,000 to build the Watkins Scholarship Hall for women.
BY MELISSA JOHNSON
In the past, KU students have called Elizabeth Miller Watkins the "Fairy Godmother" or "Lady Bountiful" of the University of Kansas.
Elizabeth never formally attended the University, but she was enrolled in the preparatory school until 1875 when she was forced to drop out because of financial trouble.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Watkins was the University of Kansas' biggest benefactor. Her donations to the University include two scholarship halls, the University's health center, and the chancellor's residence.
The scholarship hall opened in 1926. Women who showed outstanding character and financial need could live in the hall for $27 a year, but were required to pay for their own food.
After she stopped attending the University, Elizabeth became the secretary of Jabez Watkins, a local businessman. She remained his secretary for more than 30 years, and in 1909 they married. She was 46, and he was 64.
Watkins was also responsible for the founding of the student health center. Before she donated the funds to the University, there was no real source of medical care for students.
In 1937, Miller Hall, which she named after her brother, opened as another women's scholarship hall. Both halls are still open, and residents are still responsible for stocking their own kitchens.
When Jabez died, Elizabeth
According to KUhistory.com, a student was diagnosed with small-pox in 1905. There was no way to
quarantine him, and the local hospital refused to treat him. So, the University secured a cabin in the middle of the Kaw River for him to stay in and friends delivered food to the island daily.
Watkins Memorial Hospital opened in 1931. Watkins Memorial Hospital was later moved to a new facility and the building where it was formally housed was renamed Twente Hall, the School of Social Welfare. Elizabeth also donated funds to build Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
In her will, Watkins bequeathed more of her fortune to the University. After she died in 1939, Watkins home became the chancellor's residence. She also donated a large piece of land in Southwestern Kansas to the University and set up trust funds to ensure that her gifts would able to be sustained.
Edited by Meghan Murphy
in brief
EMERGENCY TESTING University to send text messages as new system
The University will test its new emergency system by sending text messages to students, faculty and staff today.
The 11,000 people who signed up for the text message system should receive a message at noon that says: "THIS IS A TEST of the KU Alert text messaging system for situations of imminent danger on campus. This is only a TEST."
Students can sign up for the system at http://sa.ku.edu. According to a press release, students who signed up for the system this week will not receive the text because the database system updates itself at the end of each week.
Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said that if a student does not receive a text tomorrow but thinks he or she signed up to receive one, that the student should go back to the Web site and re-enter their information.
The University paid $650,000 to Rave Wireless Inc. to set up the system.
Cohen said that the messaging system was instituted largely because of the event at Virginia Tech in April, in which a Virginia Tech student killed 32 students and faculty.
The University began inviting
UNIVERSITY SURVEY E-mail asks students to fill out survey on advisors
students to sign up for the emergency system in May.
The University is asking students to fill out a survey about their experiences with KU advisors.
According to an e-mail sent out to students on Wednesday, the survey will also fulfill a charge of the student advisory board of the Board of Regents.
Jill Jess, associate director of University Relations, said that the Regents will use the information to compare the University's advising system to other collegiate systems across the state. She said that the Office of Institutional Research and Planning will be in charge of collecting and summarizing the data.
Love said that so far, only about 2 percent of students have taken the survey.
Hannah Love, Dodge City senior and student body president, will send a formal invitation to University students tomorrow asking them to take the survey.
The survey can be taken at https://ires.ku.edu/~demis/surveys/ AcadAdvising/AcadAdvising_Intro. html.
— Erin Sommer
Taylor asserted that every state prison already had cable or satellite television, but the Georgia Department of Corrections said that wasn't so.
Jail requests satellite TV for football purposes
ATLANTA — The warden of the Clayton County Correctional Institution wants permission to spend money for a "management tool"—satellite TV to keep his 226 inmates occupied watching football.
"The reason is 'Monday Night Football' is now on cable," he said "Although it might seem funny, when you have 90 percent of inmates watching something, it is a management tool for the institution."
Warden Frank Taylor is asking the Clayton County Commission to let him sign up for direct-broadcast satellite service for less than $100 a month. It would be funded with money collected at the prison's commissary and pay phones, which last year amounted to $41,000.
odd news
Currently, he said, inmates in the prison's five dormitories only get two TV channels, often with poor reception.
The Clayton County Commission will vote on Taylor's request next week.
Elvis is Alive Museum's collection to relocate
ST.LOUIS — Don't count Andy Key as one of those Elvis Presley fanatics who insist the King never died.
Key, 38, said he" open to the possibility"Presley is alive, but he's counting on there being enough skeptics out there to make his new business a success.
With an $8,300 eBay bid, Key won the Elvis is Alive Museum's collection and plans to move the museum from its current site in Wright City, Mo., to Mississippi, where Key lives and Presley was born.
"If (Eivis) wants to come to the opening, he can certainly come back," he said.
Included in the collection are photographs, books, FBI files, DNA reports and other memorabilia that aim to support the theory that Presley never died.
"I'll certainly go down and visit once it sets up," he said.
Bill Beeny, 81, who founded the museum's collection, said he sold the collection hoping its new owner would continue his work.
Key said he'd like the museum to complement the tourist attraction in Tupelo, Miss., where Presley was born and bought his first guitar.
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What do you think?
BY ALEX DUFEK
SEAN GUARGENA
DEKAN
Eden Prairie, Minn., freshman
"I wore it (the rivalry shirt) yesterday."
DO YOU PLAN ON BUYING THE NEW KANSAS RIVALRY AND GAME-DAY T-SHIRTS?
DAN SCHMITT
Omaha, Mobe, freshman
"Yeah, the 'Wave the Wheat:' I thought there were some better ideas out there, but the Missouri one I like."
DAN SCHMIDT
MEREDITH WATTS Wichita junior
"Yes, because they are only $5.1 was actually going to go buy one today."
RACHEL WINKLER
Iowa City, Iowa, sophomore
"I don't think I will buy one, but if I get one for free, I'll wear it."
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Michael Everhart will present "Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep" at 4:30 p.m. in the Natural History Museum.
Globe-O-Mania 2007 will start at 4:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
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Koim Yun will present the lecture "Crafting 'Authentic' Shamanic Rituals During the 2002 World Cup" at 4 p.m. in the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
Professor Leonard Folgarait, Vanderbilt, will present the lecture "Photography in the Photographs of Manuel Alvarez Bravo" at 5:30 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The University Dance Company will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
Free tea and treats will be served at SUA's Tea Time at 3 p.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
Lt. General William Caldwell IV will answer questions at "What You've Always Wanted to Ask a 3-Star General but were Afraid to Ask" at 11 a.m. in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Flu immunizations will be available at 1 p.m. in Watkins Memorial Health Center.
The International Fair will start at 10 a.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
Dr. Larry Edwards, University of Minnesota, will present the lecture "How to Terminate a Glacial Perod: Constraints from Cave Climate Records" at 4 p.m. in 103 Lindley Hall.
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