The weekend's weather
Tomorrow: Much cooler with a good chance for all-day rain showers.
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Sunday: Cooler yet with clearing skies and a starry night.
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Wandering the Web
www.nybooks.com/nyrev/
index.html
Like you don't have enough to read,
right? But check out The New York
Times Review of Books. You never
know when the worm might strike.
www.planetout.com/popcorq
This gay/lesbian movie guide
finally compiles information with
entertainment. Video clips and
current listings are a plus.
www.nickatite.com
If you don't like classic TV, don't go to this site. And, oh, there's something wrong with you.
www.solsacentral.com
Did you know salsa has surpassed catsup as the most popular condiment? No? It looks like you have some reading to do.
zmail.com/pet_talk/dog-faqs/
Are you looking for the perfect
pooch? This site will match you with
your dream doggy breed. It has a
search engine for finding the
"scoop."
■ www.primenet.com/~chukat/
sitcome/sitcom_101.html
The season sitcom premiers are
everywhere. Learn the basics of writ-
ing your own. If you make it to Sein-
feld status, the pay ain't bad.
■ www.chatsoup.com
Reading some funny interviews with
some funny comics like Damon
Wayans, Chris
Rock, Jon Lovitz and others is a
great way to spend the weekend.
■ www.trials.edu.uk/rk/
Rock, Jon Lovitz and others is a great way to spend the weekend.
www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~ark/
karen.lovitz
Is it Bungy or Bungee? Find this out and some other stuff about the extreme sport.
The Rainmakers,who mix folk-guitar rock and country,return to Lawrence for the first time in six years.
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The rain's return
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By Sarah Chadwick schadwick@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
More information about the new KU jet :
What else you can buy with $4 million
Campus reaction
The flying experience
The University of Kansas' new Cessna Citation Bravo, a $4 million gift from the Endowment Association, was delivered to Lawrence Municipal Airport Tuesday and took its first University flight yesterday morning.
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Until recently, two airplanes — a 1973 Beechcraft and a 1972 Cessna
1973 Beechcraft and a 1982 Cessna—were in use by the University. Last spring, the Federal Aviation Administration deemed the older plane unsafe because its engine did not meet specifications and needed an overhaul.
A complete overhaul would have cost the University between $400,000 and $500,000, said Tom Hutton, director of University Relations.
Rather than overhaul the aging plane, the Endowment Association decided to purchase the Cessna Citation. Hutton said.
"The advantage of the jet over a plane is it's new, safe, reliable and fast." Hutton said.
The two airplanes are used for various University functions. Last year, about 70 percent of the two planes' flights were for the University of Kansas Medical Center, Hutton said. About 20 percent of flights
were for athletics, and about 6 percent were for the chancellor.
The 1973 Beechcraft, which was sold in August for $401,711, logged 175,869 miles from July 1996 to June 1997. According to flight logs from that time, about 40 percent of the plane's 156 flights were for the Med Center, and 41 percent were taken by the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation.
About 10 percent were for the Endowment Association; 5 percent of the flights were for the chancellor.
The Med Center flights were used for consultations, training programs and visits to clinics across
the state, Hutton said. The athletic department used the plane mostly for recruiting, and the chancellor flew to Alumni Association and Regents Center meetings, as well as fund-raising activities.
A charge of $1 per mile is billed to department that uses the plane. The charge helps pay for most of the $785,000 a year that it takes to keep the plane running.
The Endowment Association, the KU Alumni Department and other University departments also use the plane.
The new jet does not require the University to hire additional pilots.
A nutty time
The 26th annual Walnut Valley Festival continues through this weekend in Winfield. The festival showcases bluegrass, folk, Celtic and jazz artists from across the
country.
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This week Ashlee reviews Southern Culture
This week Ashlee reviews Southern Cun on the Skids, Forest for the Trees and Mariah Carey. She also takes a listen to a tribute album to Iggy Pop and the motion picture soundtrack, "End of Violence."
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If you are psychic,you won't have to read this story. But you already knew that.The rest of you can find out about the fair this weekend at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
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What's in the cards?
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Movie Review
"In The Company of Men," a movie directed by KU alumnus Neil Labute opens tonight at Liberty Hall. The film is about
two young, white-collar executives who decide to find a woman to manipulate and then
dump after they've both enjoyed her company. "Men" is considered controversial for its lack of moral accountability.
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"Two Truths and a Lie" is the theme for the 1998 Rock Chalk Revue, the Rock Chalk Advisory
Rock Chalk '98
Board announced Thursday Members of 14 on-campus living organizations this fall will start creating short musicals based on
the theme for the spring 1998 show. The revue, which is one of the country's largest student-run philanthropies, donated nearly $30,000 and more than 34,000 hours of community service to the
United Way of Douglas County last year, according to John Laing promotions coordinator for the advisory board.