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Grade school students from Kansas and Missouri competed in the Josh Waitzkin Scholastic Chess Tournament on Saturday in the Kansas Union. The tournament featured three divisions based on age and was monitored by International Master Josh Waitzkin.
CHESS: Master player continues to inspire
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"He told me not to bring my queen out too early," she said.
The last player remaining and
the only one to reach a draw was Peter Lesslie, Quail Run sixth grader. Waitzkin said Lesslie played a beautiful game, the best of the evening.
"I'm proud of you." Watztkin said. "You did a good job — a really, really good job."
- Edited by JJ Hensley
"It will be enough for students who are just horsing around throwing water balloons or waving," he said. "The question is will it change behavior if they are severely inebriated?"
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WINDOWS: New seals opposed
The warning sticker will be right next to the window latch, so that every time a resident opens the window, he or she will see the caution. Stoner said he hoped the warnings would sink in with students so that even when under the influence, they would not remove screens.
Stoner said the fine would help drive the message home, but he didn't anticipate the department making much money.
"The intent is not to collect money," he said. "The intent is to reaffirm the message: this is not a good idea."
Not all students are getting the message.
"This is the biggest euphemistic piece of crap I've ever heard," Franklin said. "Put a sticker on it, and that will change everything. That won't stop anybody."
Franklin and his roommate Brandon Hill, Wichita sophomore, enjoyed the fresh air of a window without screens.
"I don't want to live in a dorm
where you can't open the windows," Franklin said. "It's not an open window if the screen is over it."
He said mandatory screens would make him feel like he lived in a prison, and he would remove the screen as soon as maintenance workers put it on.
Staff residents will check compliance by looking at the outside of buildings, but will also check at breaks when the halls are closed and at check-in and check-out to make sure seals are intact.
A similar program piloted at Kansas State University has seen positive results, said Derrick Jackson assistant director of residence halls at K-State.
The stickers were installed in three of the university's nine main residence halls before school started this year. Jackson said screens have not needed replacement in any of the buildings that have stickers.
Jeff Needhan, Olathe freshman, said he wasn't sure if the new system would prevent accidental falls, but said the University had to respond somehow.
"It's a good idea," Needham said. "They have to try to keep what happened from happening again."
—Edited by Ashley Marriott
RAMADAN: Holy month begins
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The Islamic calendar is lunar Ramadan begins and ends the day after a new moon, so dates vary from year to year.
When Muslims break their fast at sunday, they traditionally try to say the Taraweeh and eat with other Muslims, said Tarek Sheira, Cairo, Egypt, senior. He said he and his friends tried to go to the Islamic Center, 1917 Naismith Drive, every evening to celebrate their faith with others.
He said late labs or classes sometimes interfered with celebrating the holiday in a group, but fasting didn't affect school work because he was so used to the ritual.
Elbayoumey said fasting also helped Muslims focus on generosity, another important aspect of the holy month.
Sheira said in Cairo, Egypt, the generosity with food turned into a carnival-like atmosphere. At sundown people would visit friends for meals and could find free food anywhere in the city, he said.
The atmosphere is different in Lawrence, he said, because only a small part of the population celebrates Ramadan.
At the end of Ramadan, Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fatir, when families and friends gather for feasts.
—Edited by Neeley Spellmeier
MONEY: Bill has new authentication features
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The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing has scheduled new $50 bills to come out in 2004 and $100 bills in 2005. New $5 and $10 bills are being considered.
The bureau plans to update bills every seven to 10 years to make counterfeiting more difficult.
The new $20 bills contain several features that will make spotting real bills simple if people take the time to check. Hale said. If looking at the bill from the front, the bill should contain a water mark portrait of Andrew Jackson on the left, visible on the front and back of the bill when held up to light; a security thread on the left, visible when held to
light; a 20 on the lower right corner that changes from copper to green when tilted; and microprinting on the bottom left in the border next to the numeral 20 and within the blue USATWENTY ribbon on the left.
Hale said these techniques were hard to replicate and counterfeiters usually didn't even try.
In Douglas County, law enforcement agencies handled 50 cases of counterfeit currency in 2002, according to Lt. David Cobb with the Lawrence Police Department. So far this year, 19 cases have been reported.
Cobb said security features can reduce those numbers significantly if people check them.
"If people took the time to look
at money, most of those bills wouldn't have been passed," he said.
Jason Anderson, manager of Wal-Mart, 3300 Iowa St., said a newsletter had been sent to employees to warn them of the new features.
Love Garden, 936 1/2 Massachusetts St., saw its first bill two weeks ago, said manager Kelly Cochran. He said the employees knew about features like the security strip but were mostly interested in the bill because it was something new.
"I kept that first one so every one could see it," he said. "We all just sort of gawk at it."
—Edited by Michael Owells
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