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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
quote of the day
"The thing I remember most about America is that it's silly. That can be quite a relief at times."
Thom Yorke,
lead singer of Radiohead
fact of the day
Thirty-eight percent of people who downloaded In Rainbows, Radiohead's most recent album, from Radiohead.com chose to contribute some amount of money to the band.
Source:paidcontent.org
3. Kansas vs. Louisiana Tech photo gallery
Want to know what people are talking about? Here's a list of the five most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com:
2. Mongolian international student writes poems to alleviate homesickness
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1. Junior safety's play highlights victory
4. Hemenway decides to sound the whistle
5. Hospital helps research group's equipment needs
KUinfo
daily KU info
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
An estimated 4,000 science fiction books are for sale this week. Hardcover books will cost $3 and paperback books $1. The sale will take place on the main level of Watson Library from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. today until thursday.
et cetera
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Second-year architecture graduate students Jared Nook, of Parkville, Mo., and Justin McGeeney, of Ames, Iowa, worked in their Studio 503 class Monday morning behind Marvin Hall. The class members were making molds of machinery as part of a current studio project.
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FRESHMAN FACES RUN FOR SENATE
STUDENT SENATE
BY HALEY JONES hjones@kansan.com
Julia Barnard
Hil I am a freshman from Lawrence. My time as president of Lawrence High's Young Democrats
and Model United Nations clubs and as a volunteer for educational and political institutions has shown me how to lead and participate in important ways in my community. I hope to work to promote financial equality, multiculturalism on campus and to help to increase student services. Thanks for your vote!
When I first came to KU, I was in awe at all the great traditions and all of the outstanding contributions other students had made to the University. I want to be a part of those traditions and contributions by listening to other students' needs and representing the voice of the Class of 2012. I still serve as the president of my high school class and I was elected as the president of my high school's National Honor Society chapter and as a class representative on the Student Council. If elected to serve as a freshman senator, one of my main priorities would be to upgrade McCollum Residence Hall, and I would support other initiatives, such as extending wireless Internet coverage on campus and the Jaywalk program.
Margarita Caulfield
Jessica Brooks
I attended the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing, and I participated in Student
Government Association for five years. I specialized in communication between students and the administration and wrote policy proposals to amend rules. I've always been extremely involved in organizations.I enjoy discussing environmental issues and politics, having company over and watching movies or football. I decided to run for Student Senate because one of my favorite pastimes is working for the good of students and I didn't want to give it up in college.
Jason Chen
My interest has always been trying to get involved around the University. Even while in high school, I
was president of National Honor Society and was involved in leadership in several student organizations. I am reliable, honest, dedicated, punctual, responsible, structured, goal-oriented and organized. Politically, I consider myself an advocate for the environment and equal rights for the homosexual community. As a member of the student government at the University, I hope to improve dormitories and to add more buses to the system.
The day has come to vote for the next five freshman senators. Freshmen can vote today and tomorrow at studentsenate. ku.edu.The polls are open Sept. 9 from 10:00 a.m.to 10:00 p.m.and Sept.10 from 6:00 a.m.to 4:00 p.m.
I served in student government for two years in high school,served as president of my youth group for two years,served
Freshman Student Senate candidates were asked to send in short summaries of their backgrounds that explain why they think they're the most qualified freshmen to help represent the student body.
Devon Cantwell
as a member of the National Honor Society and participated in Girl's State. I also have experience with the Senate on campus as chairwoman of the Women and Non-Revenue Sports advisory board on the Multicultural Affairs Committee. The main concerns I have for Student Senate are lowering the cost of college tuition, making sure that everyone is equally recognized on campus, informing students about opportunities to become involved in activities on campus and attempting to create smaller class sizes. I am running for Senate because I think that I can make a difference and bring change to the University.
Isaiah Cardona
I am running for Senate because I believe in change. I know that the best way to see this change
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come about is to personally be involved in making the change. Some of my ideas for change include expanding the wireless system throughout all the dorms, working to reduce student fees, pursuing the expansion of campus environmental options, making improvements for campus buildings, making the University's Internet system more user-friendly and improving the parking around the dorms. To make the campus a better place for students, I ask all freshmen to study the candidates and vote for the ones that best represent the 2012 class.
Fish out of water knocks Ark. teen unconscious
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — It's a fishing tale that packs a wallop so strong it broke the jaw of a southeastern Arkansas teen and covered him in fish guts.
Seth Russell, 15, was cruising Lake Chicot on a large inner tube towed by a boat when a Silver Asian carp leaped from the water and smacked him in the face. Seth
The teen has had oral surgery to wire several teeth together and still experiences back pain that doctors attribute to whiplash.
He's not the only one who's has a run-in with the "flying" Silver Asian carp.
"He doesn't remember anything at all," the boy's mother, Linda Russell, said. "He was laughing, and the next thing he remembers, he is waking in a hospital."
was knocked unconscious.
"They do not fly, but they are
quite good jumps," said Carole Engle, director of aquaculture and the fisheries center at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. "Over the past year, we have had some calls about fish jumping and causing injuries on Lake Chicot.
"Their jumping behavior is a problem, and their population appears to be growing." Enole said.
Silver Asian carp were first imported to the United States in the 1970s. Catfish farmers brought them here to remove algae from their ponds. The Environmental Protection Agency started a program allowing cities to use the fish to help clean the water in sewer treatment plant ponds.
2 for 1 admission tonight!!
on campus
The workshop "SPSS III: Output and Graphics" will begin at 10 a.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
The panel discussion "Good Customer Service for Research Administrators" will begin at 10:30 a.m. in Simons Auditorium in the Higuchi Biosciences Center.
The brownbag lecture "Presidential Elections and the future of US-Russian Relations" will begin at 12 p.m. in 318 Bailey.
The workshop "Dreamweaver: Getting Started" will begin at 3 p.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
The seminar "Before 1500 Seminar — Richard Ring" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The University Senate Executive Committee Meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Provost Conference Room in Strong Hall.
The public event "KU Karate Club Demo" will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 216 in the Robinson Center.
The international program "Pakistan Panel II: Beyond Musharraf" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
The volleyball game "Volleyball vs. UMKC" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
The film event "Turkish Film Series" will begin at 7 p.m. in 318 Bailey Hall.
The lecture "Chinese I Class" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Seminar Room on the Edwards Campus, located at 12600 Quivi Rd., Overland Park.
The lecture "China Demystified (Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture)" will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 2 in the Regents Center on the Edwards Campus, located at 12600 Quivira Rd., Overland Park.
The concert "Visiting Artist Carine Gutlemer, piano" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
crime brief
Matthew David Schmidt, a research assistant with the KU School of Medicinal Chemistry who was arrested on Aug. 25 on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance, had his first appearance in Douglas County court on Monday.
Schmidt, who has retained the counsel of defense lawyer Scott White, is currently free on $15,000 bond pending a "no-go" preliminary hearing at 2:00 p.m. on Sept. 23. At that time, a later court date will be designated for prosecutors to present their evidence, according to Cheryll Wright, Assistant to the Douglas County District Attorney.
— Ryan McGeeney
on the record
Schmidt is charged with manufacturing MDA, an illegal hallucinogen that is a derivative of MDMA, commonly known as ecstacy.
The KU Public Safety office reported that several teenage suspects removed two fire extinguishers worth a total of $140 from Battenfield Scholarship Hall on Sept. 7.
The Lawrence Police Department reported that on Sept. 6, one KU student reported his wallet stolen, and another student reported the loss of a cell phone valued at $100.
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