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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009
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VOLUME 120 ISSUE 132
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Former KU student Grant Snider, who designed 20 new Weather Jays for The University Daily Kansan last year, recently won an award for his cartons. Snider studied chemical engineering at the University, but he is now a dental student at the University of Missouri—Kansas City. Snider says that dentistry and drawing are actually very similar.
Former KU student, Kansan cartoonist wins $10,000 Charles M. Schulz award
BY JENNIFERTORLINE
jtorline@kansan.com
Grant Snider recently won $10,000 with three simple tools: pen, paper and a dry sense of humor that can turn almost anything into a cartoon.
"Some of my comics are political-editorial themes, others are humorous, semi-autobiographical stuff," he said.
Snider, a former KU student and cartoonist for The University Daily Kansan, received the Charles M. Schulz award, an elite national journalism award from the Scripps Howard Foundation given to a college cartoonist every year.
Snider and his wife, Kayla, will
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travel on April 24 to the National Press Club in Washington D.C. to attend a banquet where Snider will receive the award.
Snider, now a dental student at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, submitted 15 comics to apply for the award. Some of the comics were political and others autobiographical, but none of them were a traditional editorial cartoon, something that Snider said might have
made his comics different than other submissions.
"The amount of time 1 put into a single comic strip might make it stand out more than a single panel cartoon or something done on the computer", said Snider, who is not a fan of online or computer-generated comics.
When Snider received an e-mail several weeks later that told him he was the winner, his reaction was nothing short of complete shock.
"I freaked out and took my dog outside to calm down a bit." Snider said. "I came back in and let it sink in a little bit."
Now that it has sunk in, Snider
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Snider draws both autobiographical and political cartoons. He says his cartoons stray from traditional editorial comics.
CAMPUS
University hosts awareness event
Panelists will talk about alcohol fatalities
BY LAUREN HENDRICK
lhendrick@kansan.com
lhendrick@kansan.com
A panel discussion and documentary screening about alcohol fatalities will take place from 7 to 9 tonight at the Kansas Union.
Laura Green, executive director of the Drug Policy Forum of Kansas, said she was compelled
to organize an event in direct response to the death of Jason Wren,
a 19-year-old Littleton, Colo., freshman who was found dead in his fraternity on March 8.
Spady
"No one was holding a discussion," Green said. "We need to get together as a community and discuss what we doing and what we can do on our campus. It's a community issue."
Her concern that the issue would go overbooked during National Alcohol Awareness Month prompted her and other members of the forum to organize a diverse panel of people to discuss the causes of alcohol fatalities and possible preventative measures.
The discussion will follow the 30-minute documentary "Death by Alcohol: The Sam Spady Story."
Sam Spady, a 19-year-old Colorado State University student, died from alcohol poisoning in September 2004.
Mason Tvert, executive director of Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation, or SAFER, will be one of four panelists during tonight's discussion. SAFER is a non-profit organization based in Denver. Tvert said he suggested the documentary be shown because it conveyed the severity of alcohol abuse.
Twert will also be on campus this afternoon to meet with students and discuss the effects of marijuana as a less-harmful substance in comparison with alcohol. He will be on Wescoe Beach at 1 p.m.
"Universities need to reduce the desire to binge drink," Tvert said.
He said he believed marijuana should become more tolerated on college campuses to reduce alcohol fatalities.
Kimber Richter, associate professor of preventive medicine, Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student success, and Phil Bradley, representative of hospitality industry will also be panelists. Phil Minkin, past-president of the Douglas County American Civil Liberties Union, will moderate the discussion.
INTERNET
Edited by Melissa Johnson
Search engine follows actions of 2M surfers
OneRiot provides glimpse of online browsing
BY MICOLE ARONOWITZ maronowitz@kansan.com
College students are used to being in constant communication with their peers. Now, they can get constant updates on what those people are looking at online.
OneRiot.com is a search engine geared toward college students by using their generation's need to be in the know about anything from news to entertainment. The site was
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launched in Boulder, Colo., in November 2008.
"It's hard for students to make it through class without checking their phone or text messages," Nancy Baym, professor of communication studies, said. "If they have a laptop they have trouble staying off the
In March, the company began recruiting representatives to spread the word on college campuses across the country.
Jews observe holiday that occurs every 28 years
Wednesday morning worshippers gathered in South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St. to celebrate the holiday and join in a rare ritual
Some religious holidays are celebrated only a few times in a lifetime. One such holiday is Birchat Hachama, the "Blessing of the Sun," a Jewish holiday that occurs every 28 years.
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BY DAVID UGARTE
dugarte@kansan.com
Jason Orruch, Plano, Texas, senior,
heard about the event from his
thanking God for the sun. The holiday falls on the day when the sun is supposed to return to the exact position in the sky where it was believed to be created and is celebrated on the day before Passover begins. Following the celebration, Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel hosted a Passover dinner Wednesday night and will host another dinner tonight at the Chabad Jewish Center.
roommate and decided to attend. He said that it had not occurred in his lifetime yet and that he wanted to go because of the rareness of the event. He said he hoped it would be a personal spiritual experience and that he was looking forward to going.
Tiechtel, who is a co-director of the Chabad Jewish Center, led attendees in a special prayer, thanking God for the gift of the sun. He also led a prayer asking God to give people the blessing of the sun and to allow them to gather together again in another 28 years. The prayers were followed by a meditation to pause and reflect on the power of the light and warmth of the sun.
"I might never have a chance to go to this event again." Orucha said.
"We don't worship the sun, but God has many messengers!" Tecktel
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Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel leads members of the Lawrence Jewish community in celebration of Birchat Hachama, a sun-blessing ritual that occurs once every 28 years. Tiechtel, leader of the KU Chabad Jewish Center, and about a dozen Lawrence residents gathered in South Park for the celebration Wednesday morning.
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