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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2007
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Spotlight Tae Kwon Do club Organizations
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editor@kansan.com
For members of the KU Tae Kwon Do club, a typical meeting consists of kicking and fighting with each other.
"It's a welcoming environment," said Jacob Thibodeau, a Lawrence senior who is a nontraditional student and the instructor of the club. "We greet each other by kicking each other in the head."
According to the World Tae Kwon Do Federation's Web site, Tae Kwon Do is a type of Korean martial art that teaches both fighting and discipline.
The Tae Kwon Do club started at the University of Kansas in the late 1970s and has about 20 members.
Members meet for class at the Student Recreation Fitness Center three times a week on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays. They practice sets of exercises, spar with one another and work on testing to and help members reach higher skill levels.
Different skill levels are shown
Samantha Thibodeau, Lawrence resident and 2006 graduate, and Emma Brooke,
Lawrence sophomore, spar each other at a recent KU Tae Kwon Do practice. The club practices at 7 p.m. on Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays at the Student Recreation and Fitness Center.
by the color of belt the martial art
wears. A white belt signifies a begin-
ner while a black belt signifies the
highest level.
"The workouts are challenging," said Miriam Maples, Lawrence senior and club president. "But if you push yourself, then you can make it through."
Members gain Tae Kwon Do skills beyond the workouts. Thibodeau said members tried to follow the five tenets of Tae Kwon Do: courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit.
In addition to weekly practices, members attend belt testings in Kansas City, Kan., every other month and participate in tournaments throughout the year in Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita.
"Hopefully they take these to class and their professors and into their lives," Thibodeau said.
"Everyone has their own reasons for joining, whether it's to get a workout, to have fun, or to learn self-defense," Maples said.
Thibodeau said Tae Kwon Do also gave students an opportunity to
relieve stress and build character.
"When you kick each other in the head, you have to have trust," Thibodeau said. "I like the bond that I've created with everyone."
Students at all skill levels can join
the organization. Students interested in joining can attend a club meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays or Wednesdays at the recreation center.
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Sarah Leonard/KANSAN
Left: Dominic Bui, Overland Park sophomore, buries himself in his sleeping bag while camping out in front of Memorial Stadium Friday night with John Intfen, Olathe sophomore. Sophomores George Bradshaw, New Orleans; Wilbur Neither, Baxter Springs; Nate Scherzer, Overland Park; Tyler Sandberg, Olathe; and Kevin Ahern, Overland Park, were also bearing the cold.
Right: After camping overnight in front of the stadium the two groups scored front row seats to the Kansas homecoming game against Nebraska. The groups of boys started camping at noon and 1 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS Southeast's dry weather benefits pectan harvesters
ALBANY, Ga. — The record-long drought gripping the Southeast isn't all bad news: It's meant nearly perfect weather for growing pecans in Georgia.
The state is on pace to be the nation's top pecan producer this year, with shellers predicting a harvest of more than 125 million pounds, said pecan horticulturist Lenny Wells of the University of Georgia's agriculture extension.
Georgia was the nation's third-leading pecan producer last year. The nation's two other top producers — New Mexico and Texas — are not expected to grow nearly as much, Wells said.
New Mexico's crop is predicted to be about 80 million pounds, and Texas is expected to harvest 73 mille-
lion pounds, Wells said.
He also said Texas had heavy rains this year, which encouraged disease in pecan crops.
This year, Georgia had a spring freeze that destroyed a few orchards close to Augusta, but the drought — combined with irrigated orchards and some August and September rains — have helped the pecan crop.
The nation produced almost 189 million pounds of pecans in 2006 in the Pecan Belt — a 15-state growing region located in the southeastern and southwestern United States. The pecan harvest is expected to begin in late November and will last about six weeks.
ODD NEWS Chinese use 2008 Olympics to create children's names
BEIJING — the upcoming Beijing Olympics is more than just a point of
pride for China — it's such an important part of the national consciousness that almost 3,500 children have been named for the event, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Many of the 3,491 people with the name,"Aoyun,"meaning Olympics, were born around the year 2000, when Beijing was bidding to play host to the 2008 Summer Games, the Beijing Daily reported, cliting information from China's national identity card database.
The Chinese have increasingly turned to unique names as a way to express a child's individuality.
The majority of people named Aoyun are male, the newspaper said. Only six live in Beijing. The report didn't say where the others live.
Names related to the Olympics don't just stop with "Olympics." More than 4,000 Chinese people share their names with the Beijing Games mascots, the "Five Friendies."
The names are Bei Bei (880 people), Jing Jing (1,240), Huan Huan (1,063), Ying Ying (624) and Ni Ni
(642) . When put together, the phrase translates to "Beijing welcomes you!"
In a country with a population of 1.3 billion, 87 percent share the same 129 family names. That's why 5,598 people have the same name as NBA player Yao Ming and 18,462 share a moniker with star hurdler Liu Xiang, according to the Beijing Daily report.
Parents have turned to unusual combinations of letters, numbers and symbols when choosing their child's name, Li Yuming, deputy director of the National Language Commission, told the Xinhua News Agency in an August interview.
At least one couple wanted to call their child "1A"Yuming said, while others use the e-mail address symbol (at), which in Chinese is pronounced "Alta," meaning "love him."
on campus
The seminar "Types and Sterotypes in Florentine Convents" will start at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
Shana Penn, Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., will present the lecture "Solidarity's Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland" at 4 p.m. in the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union.
Dr. Irina Mocioui, Penn State University, will present the lecture "Learning about the Universe with Neutrinos" at 4 p.m. in 1089 Malott Hall.
Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis,
Harvard University, will present
the lecture "Human Hair in
Japanese Buddhist Embroideries:
Collapsing the Distinction
Between the Sacred and the
Profane" at 5:15 p.m. in 211
Spencer Museum of Art.
Joe Morse will present the KU department of design Hallmark Design Symposium Series lecture at 6 p.m. in 3139 Wescoe Hall.
Linda Hughes, Texas Christian University, will present the lecture "Visible Sound and Auditory Scenes: Word, Image, and Music in Tennyson, D.G. Rosetti and William Morris" at 7:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Captain James Wise will present the lecture "The Navy Cross: Extraordinary Heroism in Iraq, Afghanistan and Other Conflicts" at 7:30 p.m. in Simons Media Room in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The French film "Brodeuset" (Sequins) will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 in the 4th floor Hawk Shop Convenience Store.
on the record
Two women at Lewis Hall reported that someone stole a shirt, pair of shoes, black leather boots and Victoria's Secret lotion. The items were valued at $238.
According to police reports, someone is stealing RAM memory sticks from computers in Fraser Hall.
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