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news in brief
tuesday, september 30, 2003
Campus Fall book sale begins Friday; library looking for volunteers
The Friends of the Lawrence Public Library's annual fall book sale will start this week.
The sale officially starts from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday for a Friend's members only preview. Non-members can join at the door.
The first day of sales for non-members will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday. The sale will continue Saturday. Half-price day will be Sunday. Tuesday will be $7-bag night and Oct. 9 will be $5-bag night. The sale will conclude on Oct. 11 with a giveaway day.
Annual dues are $10 for an Individual Friend membership or $15 for a Family Friend membership.
Members are also qualified to participate in a silent auction featuring signed books, first editions and multi-volume sets. Bidding will end on Thursday. Some of the items include an inscribed edition of Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, a 1964 first printing of Nova Express, also by Burroughs, and Robert Sudlow's Landscapes in Kansas, which is numbered and signed.
Volunteers are needed for the book sale, preparation and clean-up.
People can donate used books, sheet music, records and tapes to the sale by taking them to the library, 707 Vermont St.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Leslie Q'Neil, Friends coordinator, at 843-3833 or
one1n@lawrence.nbk.su.
Amanda Kim Stairrett
Kansas speaker of the House to speak tonight at meeting
Rep. Doug Mays (R-Topeka), will speak at the College Republicans meet
Meghan Brune
ing at 7:30 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Mays will discuss the fiscal crisis of Kansas and conservative initiatives for the next legislative session, said Sam Arif, public relations director for the organization
At its next meeting, Erik Herron, assistant professor of political science, will speak.
Mays represents the 64th district and has been Speaker of the House since 1993. Mays works in Topeka as a securities arbitrator and consultant.
Steam whistle valve restored; classes ending on schedule
The steam whistle, which signals the end of class, sounded yesterday for the first time in almost a week. The whistle had been out of commission because the valve that lets steam pass through the whistle was broken.
A University of Kansas tradition returned from a forced vacation yesterday at 1:20 p.m.
George Cone, assistant director of central heating for Facilities Operations, explained that a timer, called an actuator, tells the valve when to open. The timer was malfunctioning, not the whistle itself, he said.
Workers climbed to the roof of the power plant behind Watson Library early yesterday in hopes the valve would be repaired by the afternoon.
It was, and Cone said the whistle would have been blowing sooner, but they had to find new parts for the valve.
The whistle was replaced last spring when the original ran out of steam after 91 years. The steam whistle has been a part of life on Mount Oread since 1912 and was laid to rest in the Kansas Union. An anonymous donor funded the new whistle after reading about its death.
Maggie Newcomer
Question of the day
How many students attend KU?
According to 20th-day figures, overall KU enrollment rose 423, or 1.5 percent, to 29,272 students, eclipsing the record set in 1992.
KU Info exists to answer all your questions about KU Info and life as a student. Check out KU Info's Web site at kuinfo.lib.ku.edu, call it at 864-3506 or visit it in person at Anschutz Library.
Jared Soares/Kansan
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Cassie Eastridge, Barrington, Ill., senior and member of Sigma Kappa, turned up field during the second half of a flag football game benefiting the Boys and Girls Club. Delta Delta Delta topped Sigma Kappa 13-7 last night at YSI Fields. Jared Soares/Kansas
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A 22-year-old University of Kansas student reported the theft of a laptop computer valued at $1,200 and $140 in cash between midnight and 7 a.m. Sunday from her residence in the 2600 block of West 6th Street.
Check the all-new, 24-hour Web site of The University Daily Kansan at www.kansan.com.
An 18-year-old University of Kansas student reported an intruder in her home at 6:15 a.m. Friday in the 1300
Street.
A golf cart valued at $2,500 was stolen between 6 p.m. Sept. 20 and 7 a.m. Sept. 22 from Memorial Stadium. The golf cart belonged to University of Kansas Athletics Corporation.
block of West 24th Street. The suspect entered through a sliding glass window.
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KUJH-TV News
A 20-year-old University of Kansas student reported $500 in criminal damage to his 1993 Honda Accord between 2:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Saturday in the 500 block of Eldridge
A 20-year-old University of Kansas student reported a damaged wood-frame in a burglary attempt between 2 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. Sunday at Jefferson Commons, 2511 W. 31 st.
On Campus
University Christian Fellowship is having a Bible study on today at 7 p.m. at the ECM, 1204 Oread. Contact Rick Clock at 841-3148 or at www.ucf4u.org.
Men's Rugby is having practice today and Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Westwick Field Complex.
The KU Intercollegiate women's lacrosse team is having practice today from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Broken Arrow Park, Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Shenk Field and Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at Broken Arrow Park
SUA is having committees meeting today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kansas Union. Committee meetings at 5 p.m. are Public Relations in Alcove D, Feature Films in Alcove E, Forums in Alcove F. Meetings at 6
p.m. are Special Events in Alcove D,
Spectrum Films in Alcove E and Fine
Arts in Alcove F. Meetings at 7 p.m.
are Live Music in Alcove D, Recreation
and Travel in Alcove E.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries is having a Faith Forum: A Liberating Take on Christianity tonight at 8:30 p.m. at the ECM Center, 1204 Oread.
Center for Russian and East European Studies is having its weekly Laird Brown Bag lecture today from noon to 1 p.m. in 318 Bailey Hall. The topic is Endless Red Tape: Government Medicine in 17th Century Russia with Eve Levin, associate professor of history.
p. m. at the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
Victor Bailey will speak on Winston Churchill: The Greatest Adventurer of Modern Political History today at 7:30
Office of Study Abroad is an informational meeting about the NSEP David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship Wednesday at 4 p.m. in 203 Lippincott Hall. The David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship provides up to $10,000 per semester to study abroad. For more information contact Beau Pritchett at 864-3742.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries is having a University Forum Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the ECM, 1204 Oread. The topic is The Challenges and Promises of Internationalization Post 9/11 with speaker Diana Carlin, Dean, Graduate School and International Programs of KU. Lunch available for students for $3.
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