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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
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Freshman wins MTV Moonman
BY BRANDON SAYERS bsayers@kansan.com
When Shane Reynolds, Chatham, Ill., freshman, returns from a weekend trip to New York City, he will have a special something to display in his dorm room. Last night, he and nine high school friends accepted a Moonman, an MTV Video Music Award for "Best Performance in a Pepsi Rock Band Video."
The five-minute music video
produced by Reynolds was the award-winning entry of a contest sponsored by Pepsi and the makers of the video game Rock Band. As winners of the Moonman award, the group was invited to attend the 26th annual MTV Video Music Awards show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Other award winners included Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Eminem and others.
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Brad Evans, Minneoka, Minn. junior, and Jobie Buehler, Bonner Springs, junior, run during the Crunchy Chicken Challenge Sunday afternoon. Evans and Buehler wore fat suits as part of the costume contest of the charity race organized by KU Habitat for Humanity. Participants ran a three-mile course on campus, stopping midway to eat a crunchy chicken cheddar wrap, a popular wrap made at various on-campus food stations.
Wrap poses extra challenge in race
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT jleverett@kansan.com
More than 150 students fought the heat, the hill and their own stomachs yesterday to race in Habitat for Humanity's first annual Crunchy Chicken Challenge.
Participants ran a mile and a half uphill from the Burge Union to Wescoe Hall, where they each stopped to eat a crunchy chicken cheddar wrap before finishing the
Joey Meyer, St. Louis junior and president of KU Habitat for Humanity, said organizers were prepared for runners to get sick.
last half of the race.
"We've taken the proper precautions," Meyer said before the race. "There are trash cans along the route, and we even have a specialized cleaning crew."
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Visitation to be held for Ashley Mirsepasi
BY DANIEL JOHNSON djohnson@kansan.com
OBITUARY
Ashley Mirsepasi, Olathe senior, died last Wednesday at the Olathe Medical Center.
Her father, Sam Mirsepasi, told The Kansan on Wednesday that Ashley was at her Olathe home on Sunday when she complained of a headache. She then collapsed. He said that doctors said she had suffered a brain aneurysm.
According to a University press release on Friday, Mirsepasi transferred to KU in 2008 after graduating with an associate degree from Johnson County Community
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at the Penwell-Gabell Funeral Home in Olathe, according to the release. Friends are welcome to call at the visitation, held at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. today. The family requests contributions be made to Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
College in 2007. Mirsepasi was majoring in journalism.
"It is always tragic to lose someone so young." Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said in the release. "On behalf of the entire university community, I offer our deepest condolences."
Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
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