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Though the LPD took fingerprints, he said he doesn't expect to get much from the police.
"They told me it wouldn't be very
likely I'd get my stuff back" Ackerson said. "I'm just so lucky I had insurance."
Under his policy, his belongings will be replaced at retail value. He he pays about $12 a month for it, something Steve Allton, an attorney at Legal Services for Students, recommends to all students.
"They told me it wouldn't be very likely I'd get my stuff back. I'm just lucky I had insurance."
ACKERSON
Burglary victim
"If something happens and your property is taken, your landlord's insurance will not cover your belongings." Allton said.
He said students should look first to see if their parent's home owner's insurance will cover them. If not, the process is much like getting any other type of insurance.
"You may want to look at where you get your car insurance or see if you can get a discount through using a company you or your parents already use." Allton said. "And then, you'll want to determine how much coverage you need."
to be replaced, he said the biggest lesson was learning it can and does happen to anybody.
As Ackerson waits for his items
"I really felt like I did everything right," Ackerson said. "I locked my doors, covered windows and I was really careful about who I let come over. I guess the main thing is just knowing that it happens, and it can happen to you."
— Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
Burglaries rose 33.5 percent from 2011 to 2012 based on Kansas Incident Based Reporting System Statistics (KUBRS) numbers for the first half of the year.
BURGLARIES BY THE NUMBERS
Robberies rose 47.6 percent based on the same numbers.
BURGLARY PREVENTION TIPS
Tips to prevent becoming a burglary victim from the Lawrence Police Department.
- Keep all doors, including garage doors, and windows locked and covered.
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- Trim shrubs and bushes up against your house.
- Keep exterior house lights on from dusk until dawn, or use 'dusk till dawn' light bulbs.
- If you hear a noise, check it out.
Don't assume it is a pet or room-mate.
Fraternity celebrates centennial
DANE VEDDER
dvedder@kansan.com
Generations of Kappa Sigmas returned to Lawrence this past weekend to celebrate the fraternity's 100th year at the University. Several events were organized for Friday through Sunday, beginning at the chapter house at 1045 Emery Road.
Nick Lombardi, the early 2000's chapter representative, said the centennial celebration aims to better the chapter by encouraging alumni donations and rush recommendations. Donations will contribute to a $1 million endowment that will provide scholarships to qualifying undergraduate brothers.
"This celebration is a time to reflect on the past 100 years, and put a mark of diligence and commitment to the next 100 years for
the Kappa Sigmas at KU," Lombardi wrote in an email. "We will showcase the history of the chapter, notable brothers, memorabilia from the entire chapter's history and the evolution of the fraternity man over 100 years."
Approximately 100 to 200 former and current members of the chapter congregated for the centennial celebration. According to the fraternity's website, a handful of alumni from each era met Friday to organize the weekend's events.
Saturday's festivities began with a tour of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, named after former U.S. Senator and Kappa Sigma alumnus Bob Dole. A barbecue lunch was provided afterward at the chapter house while members watched the football game against Northern Illinois University.
The event continued that evening with dinner at the Adams Alumni Center. The celebration ended Sunday morning with brunch at the Marriott Hotel in Overland Park.
"We believe the future will always present an opportunity to prove our worth as a chapter, and that excellence is not merely attained, it is lived through application of Kappa Sigma values," Lombardi said.
Edited by Christy Khamphilay
The KU Kappa Sigma chapter once housed several other prominent alumni including Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor Co. and Robert Eaton, former CEO of Chrysler LLC.
Innovation creates gas boom
OIL
PITTSBURGH — It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy without the government subsidies that solar and wind power demand.
"The free market has worked its magic," the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council, an industry group, claimed over the summer.
The boom happened "away from the greedy grasp of Washington," the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank, wrote in an essay this year.
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If bureaucrats "had known this was going on," the essay went on, "surely Washington would have done something to slow it down, tax it more, or stop it altogether."
But those who helped pioneer the technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, recall a different path. Over three decades, from the shale fields of Texas and Wyoming to the Marcellus in the Northeast, the federal government contributed more than $100 million in research to develop fracking, and billions more in tax breaks.
Now, those industry pioneers say their own effort shows that the government should back research into future sources of energy — for decades, if need be — to promote breakthroughs. For all its success now, many people in the oil and gas industry itself once thought shale gas was a waste of time.
"There's no point in mincing words. Some people thought it was stupid," said Dan Steward,
a geologist who began working with the Texas natural gas firm Mitchell Energy in 1981. Steward estimated that in the early years, "probably 90 percent of the people" in the firm didn't believe shale gas would be profitable.
"Did I know it was going to work? Hell no." Steward added.
TELEVISION
In 1975, the Department of Energy began funding research into fracting and horizontal drilling, where wells go down and then sideways for thousands of feet. But it took more than 20 years to perfect the process.
64th Emmy Awards recap
The fracking pioneers point out that it's impossible to predict how and when research will pay off.
"It wouldn't be research if you already knew that it was going to be effective," said Crawley.
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Show Bits brings you the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
'GAME CHANGE'
FOR TOM HANKS
"What do I do?" asks Hanks, who collected a trophy as one of the producers of "Game Change," honored as best miniseries or made-for-TV movie at Sunday's Emmys.
Tom Hanks shakes his hands, perhaps to get a good grip, as he prepares to select his take-home Emmy from the backstage trophy table.
"Now what?" he asks after signing for the trophy. He's directed to a bank of ready photographers.
Claire Danes came up with the catchphrase of the night when she saluted her "Homeland" costar during her Emmy acceptance speech thusly: "Mandy Patinkin, holla."
'MANDY PATINKIN, HOLLA!'
"Come on Rita, get in here!" A fellow "Game Change" producer shouts to Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson, as flashbulbs pop.
Danes, taking the stage after winning best actress in a drama for the Showtime series, mentioned several names before matter-of-fact calling out Patinkin
JULIANNE MOORE
"Hurry up, hurry up! I need my Emmy." — Emmy winning "Game Change" actress Julianne Moore, waiting in line behind Emmy winning "Game Change" director Jay Roach backstage at the Emmy trophy table.
But he borrowed a trophy so he could pose for a photo with his writing team. He promised to return it before leaving the theater.
"Yeah, because I have two children with me," he added, noting the statuette's pointy wings.
"Do they still ship these if you ask?" inquired the show's head honcho, Jon Stewart.
It's Kodak Moment time backstage at the Emmys, with "The Daily Show" winners taking photos of each other holding their Emmys.
AN EMMY KODAK MOMENT
in the most unexpected way
Twitter went nuts, with many people suggesting that this saying needs to become a meme, and soon.
As the pop-culture site (at) Gawker put it: "Mandy Patinkin, holla' is the new Angelina Jolie's leg." From New York Magazine's (a) Vulturetite: "Mandy Patinkin, holla' is the best thank-you ever." And from NPR's (a)nprmonkeysee: "If the Internet doesn't remix 'Mandy Patinkin, holla' by to-morrow morning, it is a failure."
Others suggested that Jewish delis begin baking Mandy Patinkin challah. Still others made references to Patinkin's Broadway bona fides with "Evita" jokes.
If someone can figure out a way to incorporate Patinkin's famous line from "The Princess Bride" — "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die" — then the Internet might truly be worthwhile after all.
'HOMELAND' STAR JOKES
ABOUT PLAYING HOUSE
Married actor Damian Lewis joked to reporters that he might be doing some extra celebrating with "Homeland" co-star Claire Danes, who is also married and came to the Emmys with a baby bump.
"We're going away to a romantic island together," the red-headed British actor joked. "When that baby is ginger you guys are going to have a field day."
The comment may have gotten some members of the press too excited, one of whom asked Danes a few moments later how she viewed the win in light of giving birth.
"Thank god I am not giving birth," said Danes, who's in an earlier stage of pregnancy.
The pair reunited later in another backstage area, looking very platonic and like two friends enjoying each other's success.
KIMMEL EVENS THE SCORE
Don't ever cross Jimmy Kimmel.
The Emmy host warmly introduced his parents, who were seated in the audience, and told viewers they had always been supportive of their son.
"They always told me I could do anything I set my mind to," he said, "and this year I set my mind to winning the Emmy.
"And guess what? I didn't," he went on. "You told me I could, and I didn't, and I'm devastated. You lied to me!"
Egged on by Tracy Morgan, who was seated beside them and stated, "I don't trust them," Kimmel summoned security to remove Mom and Dad from the auditorium.
"It's OK if you Taser them if you need to," he told the security men.
DANES PROUD OF OBAMA BEING A EAN
Claire Danes loves that President Barack Obama is a fan of her show "Homeland."
"No pressure," the actress said backstage after her win for lead actress in a drama series at Sunday's Emmy Awards. "It's way cool that he is a fan. It speaks to the relevancy of the show and it's hugely validating.
Obama has said the Showtime series about a Marine returning home after being held as a POW, and who is now suspected by a CIA agent as working for al Qaeda, is his favorite.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jon Stewart accepts the award for Outstanding Variety Series for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, in Los Angeles.