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THE UNIVERSITY JAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008
quote of the day
"The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier."
Microsoft founder Bill Gates
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Spotlight KU Swimming on Organizations Club
BY LAUREN HENDRICK editor@kansan.com
For members of the KU Swimming Club, swim practice is all about doing what they love with people they enjoy. Though improving strength and stamina are important aspects of swim practices, socializing and having fun in the pool are what the club likes to emphasize.
"It's a very low-key and social club," said Valerie Shands, St. Louis junior and the club's treasurer.
Shands and 35 other swimmers meet at the Robinson Center pool on Tuesday, Thursdays and Sundays.
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team had increased its workouts by. 2,000 meters since August.
Club vice president Jamie Padzensky. Andover junior, said practices were organized with workouts to follow but everyone could swim at their own pace. While practices are relaxed, Padzensky said the
"We're open to all students and abilities," said club President Dan Johnson, Grand Rapids, Mich., junior.
Johnson said the club could satisfy swimmers looking to swim recreationally and competitively.
"Everyone gets what they want on an individual level," Emily Berman, Tulsa, Okla., junior, said.
Members of the KI Swimming Club meet on Tuesday, Thursday and Sundays to socialize while improving their swimming skills. The club is open to all students.
With more university swim clubs, the KU Swimming Club is able to travel and compete with other schools.
Johnson said more Big 12 universities were sponsoring swimming clubs. Colorado was the first to have a swimming club and the University of Kansas was the second. Now Nebraska and Missouri have clubs too.
Last weekend the club traveled to Dallas and won the meet. They have four other meets scheduled in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and a national championship in Ohio in March.
ing a meet in Lawrence and actively fundraising during KU football games for its expenses.
The club is working on organiz-
- Edited by Arthur Hur
Chiquita Chow Chow
Chuckie, an 8-year-old Chow Chow, wears a samba-inspired costume during a Halloween dog show for the benefit of an animal welfare organization in Manila, Sunday. The dog was awarded best costume in the show.
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The University Daily Kansan will begin hiring its news and advertising staffs for the spring semester next month.
Applications for editor-in-chief and business manager can now be submitted at the University's employment opportunities Web page, jobs.ku.edu. Applications are due Nov. 4. The online listings for those positions include qualifications and application requirements.
The new editor and ad director will be hired by Nov. 10, after which they will begin to hire the rest of the news and advertising staffs.
Students interested in joining The Kansan's news or advertising staff can contact Kansan editor Matt Erickson at merickson@kansan.com or Kansan business manager Jordan Herrmann at jherrmann@kansan.com for more information.
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ODD NEWS Order up! Colorado couple receives marijuana tacos
LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A couple found an unusual topping on their taco order: a small bag of marijuana.
They discovered the drugs with their order from a Del Taco restaurant and called police.
The waiter, Dennis Klermund, faces charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
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on campus
The seminar "New Staff Orientation" will begin at 8 a.m. in 204 JRP
The public event "All Majors - Senior Day" will begin at 8:15 a.m. in the Kansas Union.
The public event "Breast Cancer Awareness Event - Susan G. Komen for the Cure" will begin at 9 a.m. outside the Adams Alumni Center.
The workshop "Lunch & Conversation: Working with Multilingual Writers" will begin at 12 p.m. In 135 Budig Hall.
The film event "Lumuba" will begin at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "Prospects of a New Cold War over Ukraine" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "Delta Delta Delta - Make Your Meal at the Wheel" will begin at 10 p.m. at The Wheel Pizza Company.
lecture
PULITZER AUTHOR TO HOLD Q-AND-A
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon will present "Conquering the Wilderness: Imaginative Imperialism and the Invasion of Legoland" today and hold an extensive question-and-answer session tomorrow. The visit is part of the Hall Center for the Humanities lecture series.
Chabon won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay."He is also the author of "Wonder Boys"
Kansas Public Radio is cosponsoring the event and the Sosland Foundation of Kansas City is providing support.
Kristine Latta, associate director of the Hall Center for the Humanities, said the center worked with various agencies to bring speakers from different areas of the humanities to the University.
The lecture will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the ballroom in the Kansas Union. The question and answer session will take place at 10 a.m. in the Hall Center for the Humanities conference room.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Brandy Entsminger
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