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Halloween referred to as All Hallows Eve, was originally a pagan holiday in which they honored the dead. It was celebrated on October 31 since this was the last day of the Celtic calendar. The celebration dates back some 2,000 years.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008
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'Dead' students walking
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Anson Stancliffe, Lawrence senior, leads a small parade of art students across campus Thursday afternoon to celebrate the Spanish holiday "Los días de los muertos." Stancliffe, who occasionally executes public performance pieces under the name "Anson the Omery," led the troupe to the Stauffer-Flint lawn, where they hung and beat a small pinata which wore a sign reading "Hay Mas Tiempo Que Vido" which means "There is more than time to life."
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Program offers one-on-one interaction
CLAS program gives students an opportunity to chat with faculty over lunch
BY KAYLA REGAN
editor@kansan.com
In its second year, Take Youth Professor to Lunch has already experienced a steady flow of participants this year.
Christie Appelhanz, assistant director to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, considered the first year a success, with about 75 participants. This year, about 50 students have already participated, which is almost double in participation by December.
"We really have been pleased with the feedback were getting," Appelhanz said. "We've heard from students who say KU is a big place, and (Take Your Professor to Lunch) is a really good way to make it smaller."
The college first offered Take Your Professor to Lunch in
"It's really a simple concept," Appelhanz said. "The idea is that you have a certain type of a relationship inside the classroom. But if you take it out of the classroom, where it's less formal, it gives students the opportunity to expand that relationship to benefit them."
September 2007. The program aimed to foster student-faculty interactions by covering the cost of lunch for participating students and a professor of their choosing.
"You know them as a person rather than just a student in class, and that allows you to write a better recommendation." Professor Kozma said.
Robbie Gordy, Omaha, Neb,
senior, took his Italian professor,
Jan Kozma, to lunch in October.
He said that because professors
can only learn so much about their
students in the classroom, having
lunch with his teacher was a fun
way to connect with Kozma outside
of an academic setting.
"It's not something I would think to do normally, but it definitely opens up the opportunity
Professor Kozma, who has been to lunch with two other students besides Gordy this year, said that she wished more students would take advantage of the program. She said that student-faculty interactions outside of class allowed her to get to know her students better, and therefore teach more to them, individually. Kozma added that the program would also help students with things such as letters of recommendation.
Take Your Professor to Lunch is open to any student majoring in a department or program in the college, including undecided stu-
for students to interact with their professors in the future," Gordy said.
dents and pre-professional majors. The program is available throughout the academic year, and allows students to participate once per year.
Students may take any faculty member in the college to lunch in a group of up to three students. A date and time for the lunch should be arranged by the student and professor at least a week in advance before applying for the program. Approved students will receive a $15 meal voucher to cover the cost of the student and professor's meal. The vouchers can be used at The Underground, The Market, or The Crimson Cafe. The application form for the Take Your Professor to Lunch program is available at www.clas.ku.edu/outreach/lunch.
— Edited by Brieun Scott
ODD NEWS Floridian's hair measures 8 feet 9 inches long
MIAMI — Asha Mandela has hair that could rival Rapunzel's. The South Florida woman who started growing her hair 20 years ago now has locks longer than she is tall.
Mandela has submitted her hair, which measure 8 feet 9 inches long, to the Guinness Book of World Records for the Longest Dreadlocks, the first entry in a new category.
It takes one bottle of shampoo and one bottle of conditioner every time she washes her hair and can sometimes take days to fully dry after she washes it.
The 46-year-old Mandela says she "used to wash it three times a week. Now I do it once a week. It's very tiring. Sometimes I don't have the energy."
Cop steals donuts from local convenience store
MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — New York State police say a sticky-fingered college campus policeman was helping himself to more than the free coffee at a convenience store. He also routinely stuffed a pastry into his coat.
The Valero Nice N Easy, in upstate New York's Morrisville, offers free coffee to any police officer in uniform. Sgt. Steve Brody of the Morrisville State College University Police stopped daily to buy a newspaper and pick up a free cup of coffee.
Brody is now accused of taking about $30 worth of pastries over at least 17 separate occasions. Brody, 55, was ticketed for petit larceny.
Brody and his attorney declined to comment. Brody remains an employee at Morrisville; school officials say the case is a personnel matter and refused to further comment.
Troopers say they have surveillance videos of Brody pocketing the pastries.
Poodle on the loose for 17 plus hours at airport
Orlandella says the pooodle was frightened, tired and hungry when she was finally lured to safety with food early Sunday afternoon.
BOSTON — Choochy the
poodle is a "runway runaway"
Boston's Logan International Airport officials say Choochy escaped from her kennel as she was being unloaded after a flight from Detroit Saturday night and scampered across runways and taxiways.
Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella says the poodle evaded airport personnel for more than 17 hours and delayed at least eight flights.
About 15 state police, firefighters, operations personnel and even electricians chased Choochy late into the night, delaying flights for up 30 minutes.
The dog was treated for minor injuries at an animal hospital and returned to her family.
Melting ice sculpture
represents hard times NEW YORK — The economy is
Two artists on Wednesday installed a 1,500-pound ice sculpture that spelled the word "Economy" in Manhattan's financial district.
melting — literally.
The "Main Street Meltdown" was to remain in Foley Square until it melted — about 24 hours. By Wednesday evening, the E and the C had already thawed and vanished.
The backdrop to the sculpture — the wide stairs and row of pillars fronting the state Supreme Court building — is instantly recognizable to millions of viewers of TVs "Law & Order."
"To see the word 'economy' melting down is representational of an extreme time,"artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese said on their Web site.
The artists said the sculpture, which is 5 feet tall, 15 feet wide and sits on a pedestal, was installed on Oct. 29 because it is the 79th anniversary of the day in 1929 when the stock market crashed, precipitating the Great Depression.
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The student group event "Douglas County AIDS Project: Free HIV Testing at DCAP" will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the United Way Building, located at 2518 Ridge St., Suite 101.
The public event "Flu immunization Clinic" will begin at 10 a.m. in the Traditions Area in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "Science and Faith, Are They Really a Contradiction?" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Chabad Jewish Student Center.
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The student group event "St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center: All Saints Eve Celebration" will begin at 8 p.m. in the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center.
The student group event "St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center; Trick or Treat so Others Can Eat" will begin at 7 p.m. in the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center.
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The concert "Bats in the Belfry' Halloween Concert" will begin at 9 p.m. at the Memorial Campanile.
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The entertainment event "FREE Cosmic Bowling" will begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
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— On Oct. 26, someone entered a locked dormitory room in Hashinger Hall and removed a laptop computer valued at $3,200.
—On Oct. 30, the KU Public Safety Office reported that:
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— On Oct. 27, an unknown suspect stole a wallet in Jayhawker Towers, then made purchases worth $56 using the victim's credit cards.
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On Oct. 28, a suspect fled Jayhawk Bookstore with four books, valued at nearly $600 altogether, stuffed in a backpack. When pursued, the suspect dropped the backpack. Although the books were recovered, no one was apprehended.
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— On Oct. 29, an unknown suspect broke into a locked cooler in the Art and Design building, removing food and drink. Four cases of chips were also removed from another locked room. The suspect took goods valued at $175.
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