Volume 124 Issue 16
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Monday, September 12, 2011
EDITOR'S NOTE
If you were held at gunpoint and absolutely had to get a tattoo, what would you get?
I read this question in a magazine recently and I started wondering what I'd do if I were in that position. What tattoo would I get if I were strapped to the artist's chair, unable to escape until I received my ink?
The people I know who have tattoos always say that no matter what the ink is, it should mean something to you. The name of a lost loved one or a religious symbol are both things you typically see tattooed on someone's body. They have special meaning to those people who aren't afraid to have those words or images permanently placed on thier bodies.
I, however, had a hard time thinking of something that means enough to me that I'd want it permanently on my body. I'm not married so that rules out a wedding date
tattoo. I also don't have kids and a person close to me has never passed away, so I have no one to pay homage to in ink form.
I then thought about all the little things that make me happy: Hello Kitty, a movie marathon on Netflix, smoothies. All of these things would make for pretty ridiculous tattoos — can you imagine someone with a smoothie sprawled across her back?
OK, so my tattoo ideas are pretty terrible compared to the incredible ones I've seen, especially considering the art of tattooing has come such a long way. Did you know archeologists found mummies with tattoo-like markings? And that a new type of ink actually fades over time? For more on the world of tattoos, check out Jack's story on page eight.
Who knows what tattoo I'd end up with if I were forced to get one. Let's just hope it's nothing I'd regret forever. In fact, let's also hope it's in that ink that eventually fades.
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A house burned on the 1300 block of Tennessee Street Sunday. All occupants escaped unharmed, but the house suffered severe damage.
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All of the occupants escaped with no injuries, but the fire destroyed virtually all of their possessions, and the house is severely damaged. At least 13 people were in the house, including seven students who lived there, according to James Hennahane, a sophomore from Leawood. Hennahane said he was asleep inside when the fire started.
Fire engulfed a house on the 1300 block of Tennessee Street around 6 a.m. Sunday.
"We're just so happy everyone
Andrew Adford, a sophomore from Moorpark, Calif., was one of the first to discover a sofa on fire on the porch. After waking several people on the first floor, Adford saw that the fire had grown out of control and consumed the porch.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire-Medical is investigating the cause of the fire, according to Sgt. Randy Roberts, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman.
"The fire alarm was going, but people were still sleeping," Adford
"You don't really have time to think," he said. "Just try to get everybody and get out. The fire started so fast, and the smoke was so thick."
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said. After helping to warn people on the second and third floors, he exited the house through a third-floor fire escape.
offer help obtaining textbooks, temporary housing and emergency funds. Students can donate household items and money at collection boxes located at the Student Union Activities office in the Kansas Union or at the office of the Jayhawk Towers.
Hennahane was one of the last to exit; neighbors lent him shoes and a shirt. He watched the fire from outside as a propane tank on the porch by the grill exploded, destroying part of the roof. He said every part of the house was damaged by fire and water.
Chance Penner and Matt Gasper contributed to this story.
Some residents will stay with family in the Kansas City area while they make decisions about what to do next. Kathryn Tuttle, the Vice Provost for Student Success, contacted the students Sunday to
John Kindscher, a sophomore from Leawood, also was asleep when the fire started.
got out alive," he said.
— Edited by Laura Nightengale
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