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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2008
— Winston Churchill
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Two voting companies, Diebold and ES&S, count 80 percent of the votes in U.S. elections.
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Jennifer Alderdice, Lawrence resident and adviser to the Homecoming Steering Committee, draws students' attention to the homecoming table on Wescoe Beach on Monday morning. Monday, as part of homecoming week, was "Medieval Monday"; and Alderdice was dressed accordingly. The University's Homecoming Week kicked off with the theme "Hail to the Hawks."
What do you think?
BY JACOB MUSELMANN
JENNIFER MARTIN Pittsburgh freshman
DO YOU THINK THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS HAVE BECOME TOO NEGATIVE?
Pittsburgh freshman
"Yes. No one wants to sit and hear them bicker, but rather what they're actually going to do."
Peru, ill, sophomore "Yeah, all it is nitpicking, and you can't pick out anybody's good qualities from just that."
RAMIRO HERMOSILLO Peru, Ill., sophomore
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Bolingbrook, ill., senior
"I believe so — not the main people, but more of the people behind the scenes that don't have any exposure. Their leash has been let go. The GOP has tried and it just has not worked."
JASMINE ESCOBEDO
JASMINE ESCOBEDO Lawrence sophomore "Obama not really, John McCain seems to be bashing him to win it"
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The workshop "Supervisory Training for Excellence in Performance" will begin at 9 a.m. in 204 JRP Hall.
The student group event "Prolife Silent Day of Solidarity" will begin at 9 a.m. on Wescoe Beach.
The public event "Homecoming Murals" will begin at 10 a.m. on Wescoe Beach.
The lecture "Away From the Office: A Fulbright Semester in Prague" will begin at noon in 318 Bailey Hall.
The public event "Flu Immuniza tion Clinic" will begin at 10 a.m. in the Traditions Area in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "Ashley Pryor, Contemplative Practice Pedagogies" will begin at 4 p.m. in Nunemaker Center.
The lecture "Study Group with Dole Fellow Joe Gaylord" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The public event "Public Service Career Fair" will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "Sinn Sedilio International Film Tour" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Gridiron Room in the Burge Union.
The concert "University Singers and World Choir" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The University Senate Executive Committee Meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Provost Conference Room in Strong Hall.
The meeting "Introduction to Research for New Faculty" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Second Floor Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The workshop "Lunch & Conversation: Social Pedagogies" will begin at noon in 135 Budig Hall.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, KU students attended mandatory chapel services every weekday.
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Monday's article, "Graduate's photo beats 20,000 to make cover," misspelled Laura Brunow Miner's name.
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Jester said Monday she has received many calls and didn't have time to discuss the matter any more.
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BLUE ASH, Ohio — Police in Ohio say an 89-year-old woman is facing a charge of petty theft because neighborhood children accuse her of refusing to give back their football.
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Edna Jester was arrested last week in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash.
Police say one child's father complained that Jester kept the youngsters' ball after it landed in her yard. Police Capt. James Schaffer says there has been an ongoing dispute in the neighbor hood over kids' balls landing in the woman's yard.
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California city approves building musical road
LANCASTER, Calif. — The folks who silenced the nation's first "musical road" are singing a different tune.
Workers on Wednesday began carving grooves on Avenue G that will produce notes of the "William Tell Overture" when cars drive them.
The high desert city north of Los Angeles placed the grooves on another road, Avenue K, last month for a Honda commercial. The quarter-mile strip was engineered to play the notes — better known as the theme for "The Lone Ranger" — when motorists in Honda Civics hit them at 55 mph.
The city paved over that stretch two weeks later after neighbors complained the noise was annoying and kept them awake.
The city, however, received hundreds of calls praising the road and decided to recreate the road in an industrial area.
It was believed to be the first such musical road in the United States, although there are others in Japan, South Korea and Holland.
"You drove over it and you didn't know what to expect. When we got to the end of it, I was smiling ear to ear," said Genevieve Skidmore, 80.
"It will be a tourist attraction. It will pull people off the freeway," Mayor R. Rex Parris said.
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