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Jennifer Daugherty, Huntington Beach, Calif., senior, Nicole Henry, Lawrence senior, and Kylie Neal, Newton junior, eat yesterday evening at the Fast-a-thon organized by the KU Muslim Students Association at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
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Between big bites of Mediterranean rice and roast chicken, Amanda Gustin said she had been looking forward to this all day.
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The Glen Elyn, Ill., sophomore, had been fasting since sunrise as a part of the Muslim Student Association's Fasta-Thon, an event held to raise money for the Lawrence Open Shelter.
Finally, when the sun set at 5:11 yesterday, she gathered with about 400 other participants at the Douglas County Fairgrounds to enjoy a Mediterranean meal provided by the MSA.
"It was brutal," Gustin said of the fast. "I could eat dirt right now and it would taste good."
The event also helped promote understanding of Islamic culture during the holy month of Ramadan, when all Muslims are called to abstain from food and water from sunup to sundown, said Asma Rehman, MSA president.
She said the event raised $880.50 for the Lawrence homeless shelter and was
This was the first year the University of Kansas participated, she said.
part of an annual nationwide effort among Muslim Student Associations to help the homeless.
"We're really happy." Rehman said.
"Everybody seems to be into it."
Jomana Qaddour, MSA program chairwoman, said that fasting was much more than just abstaining from food and water; Muslims are also called to abstain from negative thoughts.
The participants also listened to a
presentation about Islamic culture and watched as Muslims prayed one of their traditional five daily prayers.
"It really teaches us how our whole religion is about self-restraint and patience," she said.
Jack Garven, Leavenworth senior, participated in the fast and said he made it through the whole day without cheating.
"I didn't even drink anything," he said. "I used to wrestle, so I'm used to the food part."
The hardest part for Garven came when he had to run from Lindley Hall to Wescoe Hall in five minutes to turn in a paper and could not drink any water.
"My throat was starting to burn," he said.
Erin Gregory, Leawood freshman,
said she cheated and drank some water.
"It was harder than I thought it would be," she said. "It's definitely worth it to try it and put yourself in somebody else's shoes, even if it's just one day."
Shaheen Latif, secretary of MSA, is fasting for the entire month, but she knows it's not about her.
"The point is to raise awareness about the homeless," she said.
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Tu Le, Garden City junior, and Chris Teefey, Lawrence senior, cross Jayhawk Boulevard yesterday evening. The day was cloudy with scattered showers and a high of 56 degrees according to http://www.wunderground.com.
392 fire citations left to correct
BY STEPHANE FARLEY
sfarely@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Fluorescent red slips are popping up in buildings throughout campus at the University of Kansas.
As of Nov. 8, the University had 392 active fire code citations. Since 2000, there have been 493 archived corrected or accepted citations.
The slips are signals of fire code violations. The University is currently undergoing fire code inspections.
The University has been fairly successful, as a whole, in correcting and
Behavioral violations occur when boxes or equipment are placed in halls or doorways, or fire doors are open when they're supposed to be closed.
Half of the violations are behavioral, which are usually caused by the occupants of the building.
resolving code violations, Bob Rombach, fire marshal for the University, said.
Such was the case for Stauffer-Flint Hall, which was cited for fire doors being kept open in the library. The doors were wedgeged open. If the doors are going to be kept open, they need
Rombach has a drawer full of confiscated door wedges or stoppers that people have used to keep doors open. He also has an extra black stapler because someone had wedged it in front of a door.
to be kept open with magnets that connect them to the wall, Rombach said.
Rombach said many citations come from objects blocking entryways or hallways. During this year's inspection, the sixth floor of Fraser received a citation for a shopping cart being in the middle of a hallway.
roughly 120 items when they inspected buildings. Inspections follow "ENDSS" protocol, which stands for exiting, notification, detection, separation and suppression. Suppression is the lowest priority and deals with property protection.
Rombach is commissioned by the state to do the inspections at the University.
However, he only inspects threestory buildings or shorter. The state fire marshal inspects the rest of the buildings, he said.
Rombach said inspectors looked for
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FormerKU student dies, funeral servicestomorrow
Maimer, a former KU student, died Monday morning at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was 21.
The Rosary for Dustin "Dusty" Maimer will be at 7 tonight at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 500 Parker Ave., in Osowatomie. A visitation will follow at 9.
According to a posting on the family's Web site, www.livejournal.com/users/induceinsolence, he died because of complications arising from neurocephalus and respiratory-cardiac problems.
waimer was a former resident of Stephenson Scholarship Hall. He was enrolled at the University of Kansas from Aug. 2001 to Oct. 2003, Todd Cohen, University Relations, said.
Wilbur Nethers, Overland Park senior and friend of Maimer, said Maimer was studying journalism.
Maimer lived with his parents, Mark and Cheryl Maimer, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
Mainer will be buried in Osowatomie Cemetery. Funeral services will be 10:30 Friday morning at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church.
Friends said he had to leave the University during finals week in fall of 2002 because of complications with a brain tumor.
Amanda O'Toole
Reportfiled in October rape case at Ellsworth
KU Public Safety Office officials confirmed last night that a rape was reported Oct. 23 in Ellsworth Hall.
The report, which was filed Tuesday, lists the victim as a 16-year-old female.
Williams also said he did not know if the office had any suspects.
Sgt. Bob Williams said he did not know if alcohol had been involved or how the female was affiliated with Ellsworth Hall. He said he did not think she was a student.
Williams directed further questions to Capt. Schuyler Bailey, who was not available for comment last night.
— Amanda O'Toole
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet to speak at Hall Center
Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove will speak at 7:30 tonight at the Hall Center for the Humanities.
The poet won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for poetry and served as Poet Laureate for the United States from 1993 to 1995.
Dove was the first female African- American Poet Laureate. The Librarian of Congress chooses the Poet Laureate after consulting with former Poet Laureates and poetry critics. Duties include raising awareness and appreciation of reading and writing poetry in the United States.
"She's one of the most renown poets in the country," said Victor Bailey, director of the Hall Center. "I think she has the potential to appeal to anyone interested in the arts and humanities."
Dove now serves as Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia-Charlottesville.
Dove will speak as part of the 2004- 2005 Humanities Lecture Series, Bailey said. The University brings three to four outside speakers each year along with one KU professor, he said.
All Hall Center events are free and no tickets are required. For more information call 864-4798 or visit www.hallcenter.ku.edu.
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Parking progress
Austin Caster
The University of Kansas Parking Commission held a public forum yesterday where anyone could voice their complaints or concerns. PAGE 6A
Young ones
The Kansas men's basketball team announced the signing of three of the top-20 high school recruits in the nation, and coach Bill Self already has plans for them. PAGE 1B
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