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VOL.115 ISSUE 35
WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 6,2004
H-e-l-l-o, Lawrence
'Apprentice to speak at Union
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BY AUSTIN CASTER
acaster@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
Bill Rancie will speak for an hour beginning at 8 p.m. at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Rancic will deliver a speech called "Lessons from the Boardroom" as part of Homecoming festivities at the University of Kansas.
The organizers are paying Rancic, last season's The Apprentice victor, $12.000 plus travel
RANCIC
$12,000 plus expenses to appear, according to contracts obtained from Student Union Activities.
Famed comedian and actor Bill Cosby speaks to an audience. Last night's event was held at Allen Fieldhouse.
The homecoming committee has worked since April to bring Rancic to campus, said Keith Ellis, special events tri-chairman for the homecoming committee. He said the committee wanted someone with popular appeal who would also be educational and timely.
Ellis said Rancic was a good choice because of the popularity of NBC's The Apprentice and Rancic's experience in the business world.
Student Senate allocated $5,500 for Ranici's visit, but because his speech is to attend, the rest of the money will come from Bill Cosby's ticket sales, student fees and T-shirt sales.
Rancic auditioned for both The Apprentice and The Bachelor but said he was happy with the outcome.
Kansan staff writer Austin Caster had an interview via e-mail with Rancic.
Q: Do you think The Apprentice is an accurate representation of what it's like in the business world?
A: I think it is a pretty close replica of the business world. It is hard to recreate things exactly, but they came close.
Q: What other universities have you spoken at, and what's the most common question you get? What's the strangest question?
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A: I have spoken at Ferris State, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point and will be at Miami of Ohio and Ohio State this month. The students want to know what it was like to
Classic Cosby
Comedian pleases crowd at Allen Fieldhouse
BY LAURA FRANCOVIGLIA
francoviglia@kansan.com
KANSAN STUFF WRITER
Bill Cosby's expressions were worth thousands of laughs, and Allen Fieldhouse erupted in laughter last night.
Cosby surpassed expectations, said Robyn Shaver, Wichita sophomore.
"Bill Cosby's been my hero since I was born," she said. "His sense of
humor is timeless."
And it was. Cosby's jokes hit from from pre-puberty to to the ails of old age.
Shaver said her her favorite part of the show was the "finger-tongue." Cosby used his finger to demonstrate how the girl of his dreams kissed him during a game of spin the bottle.
batting during a game. When Cosby was 13, he only had eyes for one girl: Doris Mann. At his friend Boogy's birthday party, he finally got a chance to kiss her.
I got a chance to lose it.
"I just loved her" Cosby said.
She kissed him first on the lips, but then Cosby described how she began to french kiss him. Instead of telling, all Cosby had to do was wiggle his finger in his mouth, and the audience understood. Cosby said he and his childhood friend had made a pact against kissing that way.
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VP debate
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Ron Edmonds/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, left, looks over at Vice President Dick Cheney as they leave the stage after the vice presidential debate in Cleveland last night.
The following are quotes from last night's vice presidential debate that took place in Cleveland. See the debate story on page 8A
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CHENEY
- "Frankly, senator, you have a record that's not very distinguished."
"The senator has got his facts wrong. We've never let up on Osama bin Laden from day one. We've actively and aggressively pursued him."
■ "If they couldn't stand up to pressures that Howard Dean represented, how can we expect them to stand up to Al Qaeda?"
EDWARDS
- "Mr. Vice President, I don't think the country can take four more years of this type of experience."
"I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and so does John Kerry."
"We should not use the Constitution to divide this country."
Takao Shibata, consul general of Japan in Kansas City, presents an award to the Center for East Asian Studies recognizing its efforts in improving US-Japan relations Tuesday. The presentation was held at Chancellor Heemway's residence (far right).
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Government commends Center for East Asian Studies
Center receives high honor
The University of Kansas Center for East Asian Studies was honored yesterday with a commendation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
By Ross Fitch
rfitch@kansan.com
kansan STAFF WRITER
Ministry of Education
Consul General Takao Shibata, of the
Consulate General of Japan at Kansas
City, Mo., presented a Foreign
Minister's Commendation yesterday to
Drs. Elaine Gerbert and William
Tutsui, directors of the Center for East
Asian Studies. The commendation was
presented at Chancellor Robert
Hemenway's house.
On March 31, the ministry of foreign affairs released a list of 150 commendations to celebrate the 150th anniversary of relations between the United States and Japan.
The Center has never received an honor of this prominence, Tsutsui said. The Center is a federally designated national resource center funded by the U.S. Department of Education and a recipient of numerous grants and funds.
"It is a tremendous honor and affirmation of what we've been doing the last 45 years, studying Japan and East Asia," Tsutsui said. "It really is a big deal for us."
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Hemenway said the commendation acknowledged the University's commitment to take an active role in international relationships.
In 1959, George Beckman, a profes sor of Japanese history, received a $1 million Ford Foundation grant to create the Center for East Asian Studies.
Felix Moos, professor of anthropology and a co-founder of the Center, said Beckman came to Tokyo, where
At the time the Center was created, the National Defense Education Act was in place, largely in response to the Russian satellite Sputnik, Moos said. The United States realized the need for scientists, engineers and people who spoke a variety of languages, and that idea was extended to universities, he said. The chancellor at the time, W. Clarke Wescoe, challenged Moos and Grant Goodman, a professor of
But Moos came to Kansas anyway in the fall of 1961. Shortly after, the University established the department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.
he was student-teaching anthropology, and asked him to come to the University.
"I didn't know what Kansas was," Moos said.
Assistant dean remembered
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John Wolf, who was assistant dean of continuing education, died Sept. 27, but his friends remember him for his knowledge and contributions to the University. PAGE 3A
City Commission
Lawrence mayor Mike Miek Rundle announced that tomorrow will promote public transit, and all of October will raise awareness of domestic violence. PAGE 3A
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Opinion 4A
Sports 1B
Contacts 6A
Crossword 6A
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