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"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2008
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Spotlight on Organizations
BY LINDSAY MCNEESE
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KU Wakeboard Club
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With temperatures on the decline, the Wakeboarding Club will make a few trip to Clinton Lake before it's too cold to swim.
The summer weather allows for periodic excursions to the local lake, 10 minutes from campus, where they help each other develop their skills.
Tony Gatti, the vice president of the Wakeboarding Club, said the season only runs from the beginning of April to the middle of November.
Even though the Kansas winters keep them off the water, they still meet on campus during the cold season.
"In the off-season we meet a couple times and hang out and oftentimes our fundraiser is in the off-season," Gatti said.
Wakeboarding necessities come at a relatively high price, with equipment ranging from the boat and board, all the way to the gas and tow ropes.
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"We lease the boat, and the money for that is supplied by KU because of participation and club level. Then we pay for the rest of the club through cleaning Allen Fieldhouse and club dues," Gatti said.
Like most clubs and organizations at KU, the Wakeboard Club is available to all students and no prerequisites are required.
Wakeboard Club members ride at Clinton Lake before the weather cools down. During the winter, the organize fundraisers for club expenses.
"We get many types of skill level, from people who have never seen a wakeboard to advancedriders," Gatti said.
Those who join with little or no experience are never excluded because those with more experience have no problem teaching.
"We teach it in multiple ways;
oftenent you break down what
they are trying to learn in general terms and then have them try it and tell them things to do. Like a trial-
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and-error approach," Gatti said.
Sonic the Hedgehog has baby
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A hedgehog curls up in the hands of its owner at a hedgehog club exhibit in Anchorage, Alaska. Hedgehogs can be dangerous for young children because their quills can penetrate skin and have been known to spread a bacteria germ that can cause fever, stomach pain and a rash, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics in a new report about dangers from exotic animals.
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CAPLEN, Texas — A homeowner whose beachfront property in Texas was destroyed during Hurricane Ike has found a football-size fossil tooth in the debris.
Dorothy Sisk and her colleague, Lamar University paleontologist Jim Westgate, visited her Bolivar Peninsula home after like hit. Together they found something unusual in Sisk's front yard: a 6-pound fossil tooth.
The tooth, which looks like a series of boot soles or slices of bread wedged together, is expected to be sent to the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin.
Westgate believes the fossil is from a Columbian mammoth common in North America until
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But nine residents brought different attention to the town Friday when they claimed a Powerball jackpot worth more than $200 million.
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on campus
The public event "All Majors — Senior Day" will begin at 8:15 a.m. in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "Brazilian Week: Presenter Filipe Balestra" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Wescoe Hall Auditorium.
The lecture "Four-year-olds generalize phonotastic probabilities from ambient speech" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 206 Blake.
The lecture "KU Department of Design Hallmark Design Symposium Series" will begin at 6 p.m. in 3139 Wescoe Hall.
The film event "The Last Emperor" will begin at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "NOT Over the Hill at 50: Sexuality & Relationships in the Lives of Older Adults" will begin at 7 p.m. in Continuing Education.
The public event "How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives" will begin at 7 p.m. in 106 Spooner Hall.
The lecture "Literacies of a Lifetime: Literature, Ethnicity, Code" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The student group event "St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center; Praise'n Worship" will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center.
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Potter Lake was built in 1911 in order to combat major fires on campus. Swimming and diving contests were held there until the water quality was deemed poor enough to ban swimming in 1924.
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