8A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THIS AND THAT
MONDAY,OCT.1,2001
Humanities Lecture Series presents
The Dilemmas of American Humanism
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4
7:30 P.M.
KANSAS UNION BALLROOM
FREE ADMISSION
Edward W. Said Distinguished Chair of Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Professor Said is a scholar of modern literature and theory, and an expert on international and Middle Eastern politics. Said is best known for his book Orientalism.
For more information contact the Hall Center at 864-4798 www.hallcenter.ku.edu
FOR THE HUMANITIES
Volunteer Fair
Thursday, October 4 10:00 am-2:00 pm Kansas Union 4th Floor Lobby
Visit with volunteer agencies who offer service work opportunities to students. Information about community and post-graduate opportunities will be available.
Co-sponsored by University Career and Employment Services & Center for Community Outreach. For more information call 864-3624 or check out our web site at http://www.ku.edu/zuces/events/yolunteerfair.shtml
http://www.ku.edu/~uces/events/volunteerfair.shtml
The 2001 Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lectures
Scientific Lecture
"Alzheimer's Disease: From Genes to Drugs in This Decade"
9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 4
130 Budig Hall
The University of Kansas
Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Genetics and Aging Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital
Public Lecture and Award Presentation
"Decoding Darkness: The
Search for the Genetic Causes of
Alzheimer's Disease"
5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4
Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union
The University of Kansas
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BY MARIO GONZALEZ
'Friends' has 31 million viewers
By David Bauder The Associated Press
NEW YORK For television executives, it's safe to exhale.
They worried that depression over the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would drive people away from prime-time television. Instead, based on ratings from the season's opening week, the opposite is true.
"Obviously, none of us knew what to expect," NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker said. "Clearly, the established shows have returned in a major way and I think that's a relief to those who program television and probably a relief to the country as well, that they can see their familiar friends."
Zucker chose his last word for its double meaning. NBC's Friends was one of the week's notable successes, with 31 million people tuning in Thursday to see which of the three female characters was pregnant.
Prime-time viewing in general was up 4 percent over the last two years during the first few nights of the season, said top CBS researcher David Poltrack.
"People are spending more time at home." Poltrack said. "People are seeking the comfortable. All of the traditionally strong hit shows got off to strong starts."
These included dramas like ABC's The Practice, NBC's Law and Order and ER and CBS' JAG and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Comedies Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS and Frasier on NBC also did well.
Indeed, one rival network executive likened Friends to comfort food in troubled time and admitted it watched it instead of his network's fare Thursday night.
Wednesday's premiere of the latest Star Trek series, called Enterprise, gave UPN its best ratings night since the network launched in 1995 with the predecessor, Star Trek: Voyager. The original Star Trek dates back more than 30 years.
"I thought that people would come back," said Jeff Bader, ABC entertainment executive vice president. "The question was how quickly they would come back. They came back rather quickly."
Executives were fearful their promotional efforts would be derailed by the four nights when broadcasters ran news reports commercial-free.
Some new series, like NBC's Crossing Jordan and CBS' The Education of Max Bickford, drew the curious despite fewer promos.
Still, Zucker said, "it's probably harder for new shows to break through."
Networks warn against giving too much weight to one week's ratings because viewers are known to sample new shows and quickly flee.
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Henley or Daniel
5 Share billing
11 Hit head-on
14 Precinct
15 Additional performance
16 __ Baba
17 Dryer trappings
18 Ambrose or Bacall
19 Won follow-up?
20 Self-reliant
22 Blast letters
23 Some : Fr.
24 Data displays
26 Bridge opening
29 Condescend
33 Meriwether or Grant
34 Wedding vow
35 Crownlets
37 Etc.'s cousin
40 Fresh
41 Send-ups
43 " __ Bravo"
44 Rowan and Rather
46 Ogle
47 Fuss
48 Hanoi holiday
50 More crafty
51 Light touch
52 Piercing cry
55 Ventilate
57 Sock end
58 Burying the hatchet
65 Possess
66 Of primitive groups
67 Influence
68 Was in front
69 Busy
70 Noteworthy times
71 Wynn and Begley
72 Irish and Spanish growths
73 Lois of the "Daily Planet"
DOWN
1 Java's neighbor
2 Emerald Isle
3 Look after
4 Loathed
5 Of the sky
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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73
10/1/01
7 Desert Storm missile
8 Sped
9 __ we all?
10 Temporary car
11 Jalopy
12 Isolated
13 After-dinner treats
21 Nuisances
25 Hive builder
26 Fasten
27 Inspiration
28 Slumps
30 Author of "Expensive People"
31 Window on a corbel
32 Ward off
36 Ernes
38 Opera set in Egypt
39 Booty
42 Landing area
45 Get the point
49 Type of gong
52 Purloined
53 Intimidated
Solutions to Friday's puzzle
54 Italian explorer Polo
56 Turn back
59 Packaged sets of materials
60 Sacred bird of ancient Egypt
61 Central part of a church
62 Distinctive atmosphere
63 Tartan-wearing group
64 Otherwise
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