MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 2003
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Freshmen team buzzes in to win
By Lauren Airey lairey@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Four-member teams answered rapid-fire questions about Greek mythology, college quarterbacks and the Dixie Chicks in short, clipped answers. In this game, the right response is just as important as getting it out quickly.
The University of Kansas and Student Union Activities hosted 12 teams from across the Midwest at the Regional Tournament College Bowl at the Kansas Union over the weekend.
The College Bowl, a tournament dating back to the 1950s, pits two four-member teams against each other in a game show format. Teams listen to trivia questions read by moderators and have to buzz in and give the right answer to win points.
"People get involved because College Bowl is a fun thing," Isaac Dill, McPherson sophomore and College Bowl volunteer, said. "Like Jeopardy, it's a neat way to test random knowledge."
SUA coordinated the campus College Bowl tournament last November and SUA members helped with the regional event by recruiting volunteers and publicizing the event, Fallon Farokhi, SUA president, said. About 40 students served as volunteers for the tournament.
Chandra Dunbar, Union program advisor, coordinated the regional College Bowl tournament for Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
"Like Jeopardy, it's a neat way to test random knowledge."
Isaac Dill
McPherson sophomore
Dunbar, in her first year as regional coordinator, began contacting universities and colleges eligible for the regional tournament in September. To be eligible, schools had to hold a campus College Bowl tournament in the fall.
"I was very pleased with the tournament," Dunbar said. "There was great competition and the schools were fantastic."
The KU team, coached by Dawn Shew, was made up of four freshmen. The team earned its spot at the regional tournament by winning the campus tournament last November. Three members of the team often competed against the fourth member in Quiz Bowl at their high schools in Edmond, Okla., in similar trivia tournaments.
"We've only just begun to see what this KU team can do." Shew said. "They've shown themselves to be contenders against teams they used to look up to. They're very smart."
The University of Oklahoma won the regional tournament and will compete at the national championship tournament April 25-27 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Edited by Michelle Burhenn
Web site maps out city crime
By Erin Ohm
eohm@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students and Lawrence residents can now see the number of crimes reported in their neighborhood because of an improvement to the Lawrence Police Department Web site.
The department Web site, www.lawrencepolice.org, has maps of Lawrence neighborhoods with the city's crime statistics.
Web surfers who visit the site see a map of Lawrence and can click on an area to view a table with crime information. The department has compiled data about robberies, assaults, property damage and other crimes from police reports from 1999 to 2002.
Sgt. Mike Pattrick of the Lawrence Police Department
said the improvement was implemented because the police station had received an increasing number of inquiries about particular neighborhood statistics.
"Any time you are able to break down statistics like that and make it more user-friendly people will usually enjoy it much better." Pattrick said.
But Patrick said raw statistics could also be somewhat misleading. He said it was not accurate to judge neighborhood crime solely by the statistics given on the Web site because of the varying population densities in areas of the city.
Previously, the Web site had statistics only for the city of Lawrence as a whole.
"Whenever you have a condensed number of people, there is a likelier chance of a report being taken," he said.
Elizabeth Deng, Overland Park junior, lives at Birchwood Gardens, 1824 Tennessee St. Her complex is in a neighborhood near campus with one of the higher crime rates in Lawrence, but Deng said she was not worried. She said she had not heard of any crimes at her complex.
"In the area that I'm living in, I feel like it's pretty safe," she said. "But I think it would be helpful to know what's going on in the area."
Justin Mennen also lives in the area, but the Overland Park senior said knowing the crime rate in his neighborhood wouldn't make him more cautious. He didn't think the statistics would be useful for him.
Patrick said the update had been in place for about a week and the police department had received positive comments so far.
— Edited by Michelle Burhenn
The neighborhood bordered by 13th and 15th streets and Louisiana and Massachusetts streets
2002 CRIME STATS
9 motor vehicle thefts
1 robbery
8 burglaries
4 thefts from buildings
The neighborhood bordered by Ninth and Stratford streets and Iowa and Missouri streets
6 robberies
22 burglaries
17 motor vehicle thefts
6 thefts from buildings
Source: The Lawrence Police Department online statistics, www.lawrencepolice.org.
Farrakahn said the U.S. government was blind to the protests of
Islamic leader speaks out against war
By Henry C. Jackson
cjjackson@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
President George W. Bush can add another name to the rapidly lengthening line of critics opposing a pending war with Iraq.
"If you don't know how to
Louis Farrakahn, 70-year-old minister and the most prominent public face of the Nation of Islam, spoke out against President Bush and the pending war with Iraq via satellite to an audience of about 500 yesterday at the Scottish Rite Temple in Kansas City, Mo. Farrakahn, who was speaking from the University of Illinois-Chicago's campus, said the nation needed religion as war with Iraq loomed.
place the United States in the Bible or the Koran, then you don't know how to lead our country."Farrakahn said.
Farrakahn, speaking on behalf of the Nation of Islam, said that U.S. citizens should be wary of the leadership offered by President Bush.
"I hasten to tell you the President of the United States is spiritually blind," Farrakahn said, "If you drink of the wine of power, you can be drunk and unable to assess the situation."
A war with Iraq will activate evil. Farrakahn said.
"The moment the bombs stop falling, there will be trouble," he said. "Iraq is just a trigger for the real war which will start after the war with Iraq is over."
thousands across the globe and called for true Muslims, Christians and Jews to avoid being influenced by a bigot mentality that pervaded in the United States.
"The mindset of white supremacy has poisoned Christianity, Islam and Judaism," he said. "These religions have been hijacked by that mentality. There a very few true Christians, true Muslims."
The normally divisive Farrakahn also called for true followers of each of these religions to stay loyal to their religions in the face of a potential conflict with Iraq.
Farrakahn's speech was broadcast to more than 100 cities throughout the globe, officials at the Scottish Rite Temple said.
The speech was a part of Sav-
iour's Day celebrations. Saviour's Day is a holiday in the Nation of Islam.
The event was conducted by members of KU sorority Zeta Phi Beta. While many of those who attended the event were Muslims, some of the crowd came simply to hear a different voice on the issue of war with Iraq.
Jennifer Leong, St. Louis junior and Zeta Phi Beta vice-president, said she attended the event in order to get a new perspective.
"I'm not a Muslim, but Farrakahn is still an important leader," she said. "It's good to hear other people's opinions and not be close-minded to issues."
Edited by Ryan Wood
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