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THE UNIVERSITY OF JAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2008
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"The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised."
George F. Will
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Your odds of being killed by space debris are approximately 1 in 5 billion.
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Emily Welch, West Des Moines, Iowa, senior, admires photographs from around the world in the Kansas Union Gallery on Wednesday afternoon. The gallery, comprised of images taken by students abroad, are part of international Programs' annual showing and will end this Friday. Welch described the works as "beautiful and intriguing."
'Jayhawks for a cure' helps fight against cancer
ATHLETICS
BY B.J. RAINS rains@kansan.com
Fans attending the Feb. 22 women's basketball game against Iowa State won't see the Jayhawks donning their traditional home whites. They won't be wearing their blue or red jerseys either.
Instead, the Jayhawks and Cyclones will both wear pink uniforms as part of the WBCA Pink Zone and Kansas Athletics new initiative, "Jayhawks for a Cure."
The new program, launched last month, will raise awareness and funds to help in the fight cancer.
"It's a great way for us to be involved in the community," said Chris Lansdell, marketing coordinator for the program. "It's a good opportunity to give back."
Two female sports, swimming and diving and soccer, have already had events as part of the effort.
The soccer team took donations at a game earlier this season and also offered fans the opportunity
to pledge a dollar amount per goal scored by the Jayhawks.
Lansdell said both events were a success.
"People have been very supportive," Lansdell said. "We've done several events in years past but the ones so far this year have been well attended. People have shown up and been supportive."
All of the money raised by "Jayhawks for a Cure" will benefit The Breast Center at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the KU
Cancer Center.
The women's basketball team did a similar event last year when it hosted Nebraska.
In addition to the teams wearing pink, fans were given a pink shirt as they entered the building.
Other future events sponsored by "Jayhawks for a Cure" include a 5K run through campus and the Kansas softball game against Oklahoma. Both of those events are set for April 11.
— Edited by Jennifer Torline
ODD NEWS
Man really, really wants his cat back from shelter
DALLAS — Police are looking for an irate pet lover so intent on liberating his lost cat that he wielded a bat to fend off animal shelter employees.
Dallas Animal Shelter manager Kent Robertson says the man found his missing gray and blue short-haired cat at the shelter, where it had been brought by someone who thought it was a stray.
He blew his stack when told he had to pay a $132 fee to take his cat.
Police say the man returned Monday, loaded his cat into a carrier without paying the fee, and threatened the staff with the baseball bat. No one was injured
Most people thank shelter workers. Says Robertson: "This was pretty extreme."
Police Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse says police have a clue — the man signed the shelter guest book before fleeing.
The man could be charged with aggravated robbery and aggrivated assault.
People pay blind woman's 1 cent overdue water bill
ATTLEBORO, Mass. — A 74-year-old blind woman's 1 cent debt to a Massachusetts city has been settled.
People from across the country called Attleboro City Hall on Tuesday offering to pay the 1 cent balance owed by Eileen Wilbur for an overdue water and sewer bill.
Antonio Viveiros, a former city councilor who does not know Wil bur, wrote a check for one penny. He says he was "irked" by the fact that the federal government can spend billions for bailouts, yet a senior citizen was threatened with a lien on her home over 1 cent.
Wilbur's daughter first noticed the letter that warned of a lien and a $48 penalty if the overdue bill was not paid by Dec. 10.
Mayor Kevin Dumas says the whole situation was blown out of proportion.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A retired Virginia school teacher and librarian who died two years ago
Universities benefit from librarian's bequest
left more than $2 million to split between the universities she attended,the schools announced Tuesday.
Jane Iris Crutchfield's estate will donate $1.1 million each to the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
Crutchfield earned her bachelor's degree from the former Mary Washington College in Frederickburg, Va., then her master's degree at U.Va. in 1952 and the equivalent of a master's degree at UNC in 1955.
She taught for the Virginia Public Schools system for almost two decades before becoming a school librarian in 1960. She never married or had children.
Friends said they didn't realize how much money she had saved until they began disbursing her estate after she died in 2006 at the age of 92.
"I had no idea," said Mary Kay Lanzillotta, Crutchfield's long-time neighbor, guardian and co-trustee. "It was only after her passing that we looked through her estate and realized, 'Wow,
this is going to be a significant contribution."
NATIONAL
NATIONAL Cheney, Gonzalez, others arraigned by Texas judge
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — A Texas judge has set an arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials accused of involvement in prisoner abuse.
Presiding Judge Manuel Banales said Wednesday he will allow them to waive arraignment or have attorneys present rather than appear in person Friday.
Banales also said he would issue summonses, not warrants. That allows them to avoid arrest and the need to post bond.
Willacy County District Attorney Juan Guerra accuses Cheney, Gonzales, a state senator and others of involvement in prisoner abuse at a federal detention center in south Texas.
Defense attorney Tony Canales accuses Guerra of "prosecutorial vindictiveness" and not following procedure.
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The student group event "Ceramics Club: Holiday Craft Sale" will begin at 8:30 a.m. on the fourth floor in the Kansas Union.
The Unclassified Senate Executive Council Meeting will begin at noon in Alcove G in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Biodiversity Cycles and Galactic Dynamics" will begin at noon in 6092 Malott Hall.
The international program "Performing Affect: Filmic Representations of Nicaraguan Immigrants in Costa Rica" will begin at noon in 318 Bailey Hall.
The seminar "Voices of the Prairie: Prairie Fiction Writers from Willa Cather to Kent Haruf" will begin at 2 p.m. in Continuing Education Building.
The workshop "Excel 2007: Functions & Data Analysis" will begin at 2 p.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
The public event "FREE Tea at Three" will begin at 3 p.m. in the lobby in the Kansas Union.
The public event "James Grauerholz presentation and book signing" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Oread Books in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Addressing Consumers' Dilemmas in a Globalized World" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference Hall in Hall Center.
The seminar "Come to Africa and it is here!" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The international program "World at KU" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "Geology Colloquium Series: The fossil record of predator-prey interactions" will begin at 4 p.m. in 103 Lindley Hall.
The lecture "Art Talk with Curator Kris Ercums" will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Asia Gallery in the Spencer Museum of Art
The film "Robot Taekwon V" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
The lecture "Compassionate Activity: Tibetan Schools in China" will begin at 7 p.m. in Hall Center.
The University Dance Company Concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
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