Volume 124 Issue 31
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Monday, October 3, 2011
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entertainment
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is on 8
Adventure calls ... either to an outburst of creative expression or a quest to discover something new. Choose your direction, and commit. Go for it!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 9.
Today is a 9
Changes necessitate budget revisions.
Authorities may need some persuasion, so show them the financial projections. Tap into your inner executive, and wear your power suit.
Today is an 8
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Go ahead and take charge. Travel later ... home is where the action is. Provide direction, guidance and partnership. Your skills are greatly appreciated.
Today is a 7
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
Energy and bold action favor expression now. Keep it in balance, but dare to take a little risk for what you really want. Set your talents free, and get it done.
Today is an 8
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
You've got the confidence to express yourself with complete originality. Make sure the project moves your spirit and that it contributes to others. Then jump into motion.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Consider an outing to a park or trail.
You may want to bring a journal and write under a tree. Words come out easily, and beautiful scenery inspires the endeavor.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Your head's full of ways to make money. Play the financial game like you mean it. Roll the die with confidence, and, if you pass "Go," don't forget to collect $200.
Today is a 9
SUDOKU
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R H H L : R L H T P T W E E W P. Yesterday's Cryptoquip: IF YOU HAVE A SPRITE THAT YOU GIVE TOTAL SUPPORT TO, I'D SAY THAT'S FENDING FOR ONE'S ELF.
Today's Cryptoquip Clue: T equals W
THE NEXT PANEL
TELEVISION
Bilson at the center of new CW series
She denies it, but there's a lot of pressure on Rachel Bison's tiny shoulders.
- David Carpenter
She said her new CW series, "Hart of Dixie," is an ensemble show, but you just have to look at the advertising and promotions to see the former "O.C." star is the center of the show's universe.
"It still feels like an ensemble. I think there are so many different relationships going on. I'm so lucky to have everyone that I do."
McClatchy Tribune
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1 Vanna's cohort
4 Chance
7 Eucalyptus eater
12 UN workers' agy.
13 Geological period
14 "The Age of Anxiety" poet
15 Back talk
16 Ice cream type
18 "The — Daba Honey-moon"
19 Good, in Guadalajara
20 Effervescence
22 "No seats"
23 Instrument of Marxism?
27 Anger
29 Hot dog
31 Popeye's burger-eating pal
34 City boss
35 Skipped a big wedding
37 Stick out
38 Ticklish Muppet
39 Acapulco gold
41 Go nowhere
45 Speak sheepishly?
47 Coloration
48 Movie cowboy who voiced
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52 Grecian vessel
53 Anticipate
54 "CSI" evidence
55 Wrestling surface
56 Tubular pasta
57 Sweet potato
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1 Rice recipe
2 Suspect's excuse
3 November birthstone
4 KFC additive
5 Stir up
6 Indiana basket-baller
7 Deck in the ring
8 "— Town"
9 Big fuss
10 Meadow
11 Moreover
17 Recognize
21 Lighter brand
23 Preliminary matches
24 Whatever number
25 Carnival city
26 For one
28 Catcher's place?
30 Ostrich's cousin
31 Infinitesimal
32 Under the weather
33 Oft-tattooed word
36 Barbie, e.g.
37 Cassidy or Kerns
40 Prepared
42 Blunt blow
43 Emanations
44 Busybody
45 Computer memory unit
46 Side
48 Eminem's genre
49 Have bills
50 Tuna container
51 Family
Let your emotions feed your work, whether your medium is writing, painting, serving others or solving mathematical equations. Passion adds spice and authenticity.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 9
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
Your friends play an exceptional role in your production. Make sure that you cast the right person for the right part. Take any necessary chances, and keep those cameras rolling.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is an 8
Don't try to fit into someone else's mold. You're a genius and a true artist, even if you haven't yet found your means of self-expression. Keep experimenting.
You're feeling in charge, and capable of contributing to the world for the better. Keep up the good work. Find a way to pass on your knowledge to future generations.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 9
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is a 7
A nice adventure calls. It may not require traveling very far, but it will definitely take a strong imagination and willingness to fail. Then success is possible.
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Student authors offer insight, advice on amateur publishing
KELSEY CIPOLLA
While some students refused to shave or looked forward to celebrating the holidays last November, Jason Held, a senior from Minneapolis, wrote a novel. For writers across the country November is National Novel Writing Month, an online contest that challenges participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days.
Held initially had no intention of participating, but other members of the Jayhawk-Writers on Campus group, or J-WOC, con-
kcipolla@kansan.com
"You have to go in there knowing what your book is going to be about," Held said. "I didn't have a complete outline for it, but I knew what it was about."
His book, "The Write Message," follows a 15-year-old boy who hires a literary agent and pursues a publishing deal while trying to balance high school, the challenges of the industry and familial loss. Select chapters of the protagonist's own writing are also included.
vinced him to participate in the arduous contest.
J-WOC teamed up with KU
"We teamed up with Hewlett-Packard a year ago to start this project and they gave us grant money to come up with ideas to encourage printing on campus," said Rachel Barnes, the KU Bookstores custom material specialist. "What we came up with was the book contest."
After months of editing and revising, Held's book was finally ready for publication. The Print-
Bookstores to incentivize competing in the contest. Participants who met the 50,000 word minimum would have a chance to publish their book.
On-Demand center, which allows students, faculty, and community members to print and bind their own works, helped produce "The Write Message."
"It shows that it's achievable, to achieve that balance and achieve
"We were serving as a small scale publisher for him," said Barnes. The bookstore also coordinated selling the book in the store and through Amazon.
Julie Honn, outreach and communications officer for J-WOC, and a senior from Lenexa, seid Held's success is encouraging to other student writers.
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OPINION 5
CLASSIFIEDS 11
CROSSWORD 4
Held will discuss his book today at 5 p.m. at Jayhawk.k Ink inside the Kansas Union. There will also be a panel discussion with other
"It's a really strange feeling," he said. "I almost couldn't believe it, but I knew it was my story, I knew I wrote it. I had spent months on it."
Although the novel was published last April, Held is still shocked to have actually published a book.
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SUDOKU 4
that dream." Honn said. "That's what everybody who writes does it for, that I hope somebody reads this someday."
Don't forget
Edited by Josh Kantor
student writers about students' writing experiences.
All contents, unless stated otherwise, © 2011 The University Daily Kansan
Student Author Reading
Jason Held will read from
and discuss his new novel
The Write Message >
Monday October 3, 2011
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Ticket Cost. Free
Don't forget to floss! October is National Dental Hygiene Month.
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Today's weather
Forecasts done by University students. For a more detailed forecast, see page 2A.
HI: 85
LQ: 43
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