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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
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dence after his parents, who he said were two of the strongest and most positive influences in his life.
"I wanted to honor my parents," Krehbiel said. "And I wanted to do something for the University, I just came to the conclusion that I could combine the two by contributing funds to a hall named after my parents.
"A person just could not ask for better parents than I had," said Krehbiel, who brought his mother, Kathryn, to the dedication ceremony.
Jerome Davies, senior vice president for development for KU Endowment, said because most of the ingredients necessary to build the scholarship hall were readily available — namely land and money
— the University's role was primarily one of facilitator.
"Really, we were just at the table to assist Carl in making his dreams come true," Davies said. "It's been a lengthy process, but it really came together beautifully."
After the dedication ceremony, residents of the hall led tours through the facility, which features a series of two- and three-person
rooms, many of which are suites that share a single bathroom. The hall also features dining, recreation and study facilities.
"I knew Krehbiel was going to be the newest hall, and probably the nicest, so I put it as number one on my preference list," Frederick said.
Frederick also said he was impressed by the camaraderie evident in scholarship hall life.
"It's very intimate," Frederick said. "Since it's only 50 people, you get to know everyone really well."
Some students, such as Mike Robinson, Emporia freshman, said they felt sure Krehbiel would be their home for their whole time at the University.
"I love it," said Robinson. "It's a good place to live, good guys to live with. I don't really have plans to live anywhere else."
— Edited by Ramsey Cox
*raul Tackett, Wamego sophomore, right, leads a small tour group of friends and family into the Floyd H. and Kathryn Krehbiel Scholarship Hall after a dedication ceremony Saturday afternoon.* Tackett is one of 50 men now living in the hall.
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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen., Barack Obama, D-III., and Republican presidential candidate, Sen., John McCain, R-Ariz., talk as they walk together after participating in a Ground Zero 9/11 memorial observance on Sept. 11, 2008 in New York. McCains wife Wincy, left, took on. Both took a break from campaing to be there.
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Candidates set spending record
WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain together spent $94 million in August, a record spree mostly aimed at about a dozen states that will probably decide their historic presidential contest.
Their campaign finance reports, filed before Saturday's midnight deadline, show that more than half of their $3-million-a-day spending rate was devoted to advertising that became increasingly negative during the month.
Unlike Obama, McCain is accepting $84 million in public money for the remaining two months of the campaign. That means he can't keep his surplus cash and has turned it over to national and state Republican party committees that can assist him in the fall.
Both men had their personal best fundraising months. Obama raised $65 million and McCain raised $47.5 million, their reports show, Obama ended the month with more than $77 million in the bank; McCain ended with $27 million.
McCain's fundraising included more than $9 million raised in the three days after he announced his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Aug. 29.
McCain spent about $23 million on advertising, his highest as he jockeyed for position against Obama in battleground states. Obama vastly outspent him — about $33 million — as he practically matched McCain's advertising in several key states and tried
to expand his field to typically Republican-voting states such as Alaska and Georgia.
Obama has since pulled out of those two states, but has continued to have an ad presence in GOP-leaning states such as Montana and North Dakota. He and McCain are also competing in the previously Republican territory of Virginia and North Carolina.
McCain increased his staff spending, building up a payroll of nearly $1.2 million. He also spent more than $3 million on travel, at least twice as much as what he spent in July.
The Obama-McCain money race is an important element at this stage of the contest, as both campaigns are seeking to influence voters with ads and build sizable ground organizations to register and mobilize voters in more than a dozen contested states. The campaigns are especially aware of mail-in or absentee voting schedules in some of those states and are spending money to get as many early votes as they can.
Obama, however, was ahead of him in those categories as well. Obama spent about $2.8 million on payroll, an increase over his July spending. He also spent nearly $4.9 million on travel.
Altogether, Obama spent $53.5 million in August and McCain spent $41 million.
Both candidates are also helping their respective national parties raise money. The parties can spend money on behalf of their presidential candidates — up to $19 million can be coordinated with the campaigns.
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BY JOE PREINER
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Pink hair will help breast cancer patients at Lawrence Memorial Hospital if Salon Hawk has its way.
The Pink Hair for Hope fundraiser is the brainchild of Emily Willis, the owner of the salon in the Kansas Union. Salon Hawk will offer pink hair extensions to every guest that comes in for a haircut. Each extension costs $10, with every dollar going to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Breast Center.
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Hair salon heads up fundraiser
This is the second year Willis has led the drive to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Last year the fundraiser earned nearly $4,000. Willis said the $10,000 goal for this year was much loftier, but still attainable. She said putting
To help raise money, Willis will travel to sororities, churches, homes and schools in Lawrence to put in the extensions. She said that practice outside of the salon was normally against the law, but that the state board had made an exception for her because it was a good cause.
"To experience it, even from the sidelines, is a scary thing," Willis said. "This is really the we can do. This is a small salon," Willis said as she scheduled a customer for a haircut. "But we stay pretty busy."
Hair extensions are just one way that Willis will help raise money. She will also sell T-shirts with "Save Second Base" printed on them. Willis said the shirts should be available by Tuesday, but that anyone who wanted a shirt could preorder it at the salon. Willis will also sell pink tree ribbons on campus to help raise money and awareness.
"I mean, think about it," Devin said. "I'm 65 years old and I'll have some pink hair. What Emily is doing means a great deal. She's bringing a new energy to the cause."
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experience. One of her friends, only 27, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Willis said it was a frightening experience that helped move her to action.
KU graduate Dorothy Devin, now 65, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1988. She has been in remission for 20 years and said Willis' fundraiser was a fun way to battle the disease.
"It does really help us," Clausing-Willis said. "Diagnosing and finding the disease early — it helps women survive it."
Kathy Clausing-Willis, vice president and chief development officer at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, said the money Willis raised benefitted a lot of people. She said the money Willis and Salon Hawk donated last year helped pay for wigs, medicine and mammograms. She said the money went to causes that helped breast cancer patients feel more comfortable during their treatments.
The idea for the fundraiser stemmed from Willis' personal
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women living in U.S. with history of breast cancer in 2004
2.4 million
12. 5 percent chance of developing breast cancer in a lifetime
2 cancer is ranked as a cause of death in the U.S.
The fundraiser will continue for the remainder of September and all of October.
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178,480 estimated number of new breast cancer cases in women for 2007
2,030 estimated number of new breast cancer cases in men for 2007
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BEIJING - China's Health Ministry says the number of children sickened by tainted milk products has doubled, with nearly 12,900 in hospital and 104 of them seriously ill.
China's government is confronting one of the worst food safety crises in years, with inspectors having found the industrial chemical melamine in products from Sanlu and 21 other companies.
produced by the Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group. It said 12,892 children have been hospitalized.
Associated Press
Fallament will convene in the coming days to select an interim president before elections, which are scheduled for next year. Baleka Mbete, the speaker of the National Assembly and chairwoman of the ANC, is expected to take over.
NATIONAL South Africa's President steps down after election
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South African President Thabo Mbeki says he has formally resigned, effective as soon as a new president is chosen.
Mbeki spoke in a nationally televised address Sunday. A day earlier, his African National Congress had called on him to resign. He is leaving before his second and last constitutionally allowed
term expires next year.
Mbeki lost the final battle Saturday in a long power struggle with African National Congress president Jacob Zuma.
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