Volume 124 Issue 79
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Friday, January 20 2012
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Do this... Super Nerd Night
The bar environment has long been a host to a number of popular games, such as pool, darts, and foosball. Yet, a group of local businesses has taken to redefining the term "bar game" by bringing video game consoles, comics and nerd culture to the bar setting.
Super Nerd Night will be from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire. Gamers, drawers, drinkers and combinations of the three can look forward to a Magic: The Gathering tournament, an old-school gaming bar and live music from R-Type Final Radar Defender.
Joel Pfannenstiel, owner of Astrokitty Comics, says Super Nerd Night began about two years ago as a monthly staple at the Jackpot. The event took a hiatus of five or six months, Pfannenstiel says, but is back
Mike Dye, an employee of the Bottleneck, says he thinks the event will have a large turnout based on the attendance of the Bottleneck's Sunday trivia nights. Dye says he expects much of the same crowd to attend the Super Nerd Night.“You'll see some people from around town that you never knew were a super nerd,” Dye says.
Matt Mendoza, a senior from Winfield, attended his first Super Nerd Night in 2009. "It's nice to see nerd culture out and about," Mendoza says. Mendoza says the event is a great place to be around people who have similar interests, but also to explore interests outside of your own, which is why he intends to participate in both the Magic tournament and the Drunk Drawing.
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Matt Cole, an employee at US Bank on Massachusetts Street, estimated that 10 of the 50 bank employees will purchase parking passes.
Purchasing of parking permits varies from business to business.
"Most employees park on top of the garage," Cole said. Cole doubted more employees would buy passes.
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Records from the Lawrence Police Department show 796 traffic accidents occurring from November 1, 2011 to January 16, 2012. This number is down 36 accidents when compared to last winter which had 832 traffic accidents occurring from November 1, 2010 to January 16, 2011.
Anderson said the only time she has trouble parking in the garage is during parades.
With the construction of an apartment building at 9th and New Hampshire Streets and the proposed construction of a hotel across the street, parking downtown may soon become more limited.
Sergeant Michael Monroe,
from the police department's
for parking in city parking garages and long-term city parking lots in downtown Lawrence," the news release said.
winter the numbers for the last month would be higher, however, I don't think the difference in the numbers is significant"
of accidents, Monroe said in an email. "I think during a 'normal'
Larry Krull.
said the ultimate reason the numbers are close is because weather
"if you're going the proper speed, if you keep it in the
The average December temperature in 2011 was 35 degrees for Lawrence, five degrees warmer than it was in 2010, when December's average was 30 degrees, according to weatherdatadapot.com.
"That made me question whether we were getting our money's worth," she said.
center of your lane and you don't follow too close, then you always have time and space to react."
to affect her parking.
"We've purchased permits since the parking garage was built," Debbie Anderson said. Anderson said that when the business first purchased permits both the roof level and third level of the garage were open to permits. The roof level is now open for free parking.
The office of Curtis Anderson Optometrist purchases parking permits for the three employees that work the most often.
LARRY KRULL
Owner of the Midwest Driving School
winter weather has kept most or the snow and ice away, but one thing not absent this winter is traffic accidents.
owner of the Midwest Driving School, believes one reason the numbers are so close is because of effective planning last winter.
"I would give credit to people being smart enough not to go
doesn't play the largest role in why accidents occur.
"Iattention is the biggest cause of accidents in Lawrence," Monroe said.
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Weather didn't play a role in Kendall Clark's October accident, but lack of attention did.
"We were coming back from Wendy's on 23rd, and I was messing with the radio," Clark said, a sophomore from Augusta.
"My friend yelled, 'We're stopping,' Clark said. "By the time I
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If you look at our rearview mirror, you always have someone right behind you," Krull said. "I think getting rear ended is the most common in Lawrence because of that."
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Regardless of the weather, Krull believes paying attention makes the biggest difference, and most accidents or serious injuries can be avoided by doing a few basic things.
"You have to focus on the road," Krull said. "If you're going the proper speed, if you keep it in the center of your lane and you don't follow too close, then you always have time and space to react."
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Student Union Activities is screening "Paranormal Activity 3" this weekend
Forecasted calls by University students. For a more detailed forecast, see page 24.
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