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THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 7,2002
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Stacy Finley, Chanute senior, says her license plate puts her in a good mood. She said she had received more attention on the road because of her plate.
Anton Bubnovskiy/Kansan
Personalized plates R-GR8
Vanity car tags provide vehicular individuality
By Todd Rapp trapp@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
A license plate that reads ZZZZOOM may make people think of a sports car or motorcycle. Definitely not a station wagon.
Chris Moore thinks it fits his station wagon, a 2002 Mazda Protege 5, just fine.
"I get teased about the car, and about the license plate," said Moore, Lawrence senior. "I get teased about it a lot, because it is a station wagon—a grocery getter."
The idea for the personalized plate came from the Mazda "Zoom Zoom" commercials.
"Because of the seven letter limit, I couldn't fit zoom zoom, so I got as much as you possibly could," Moore said.
Technical aspects aside, personalized plates offer students the chance to express themselves through their license plates.
2LGSBAD is the plate on Nicholas
"Because of the seven letter limit, I couldn't fit zoom zoom, so I got as much as you possibly could."
Chris Moore Lawrence senior
Semrau's Nissan Sentra. Semrau is an English major with an interest in George Orwell. The plate stands for two legs bad, the mantra of the animals in Orwell's Animal Farm.
"It is my twisted view on humanity," said Semrau, Sioux City, Iowa, senior. "If they haven't read it, it is really hard to explain to people."
Stacy Finley, Chanute senior, said her 1997 Mercury Mountaineer's plate DEVIOUS
SEE PERSONAL PLATES ON PAGE 9
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