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Question of the Day
KU info exists to answer all your questions about KU and as a student. Check out KU Info's Web site at kuintu.libku.edu; at 864-3506 or visit it in person at Akunzi Library.
Are classes ever cancelled?
Hardly ever. The Provost's Office decides after Facilities Planning has assessed road conditions with the help of Public Safety and Facilities and Operations. The decision is made at 5:30 a.m. for that day. If bad weather develops later, the same process occurs during the day, and a decision is made whether to cancel afternoon or evening classes. If there are cancellations, KU Info, 864-3506 will be the first contacted, and a message will also be put on 864-SNOW. The KU Edwards Campus has its own weather line that can be reached by dialing 864-8499 from Lawrence or (913) 897-8499 from Kansas City. For more info, go to:
Carolina Proudfoot, Ashville, N.C., and Tanner Stumbaugh, Lawrence junior, dance to the tunes of The Old Crow Medicine Show yesterday afternoon outside Brown's Shoe Fit on Massachusetts Street. The Old Crow Medicine Show band will play at 7 p.m. this evening at Liberty Hall.
http://www.ku.edu/~provost/inclement_weather/
_Nov_27_02_.final.htm
Dancing is the best medicine
CAMPUS
Distance learning courses created for Sesquicentennial
The Sesquicentennial, Lawrence's 150th birthday, has inspired two new distance-learning courses at the University of Kansas. The courses, which cover Plains literature and Kansas history, are available through KU Continuing Education's Independent Study program.
Leah Hatteter, instructor, will teach ENGL 203: Topics in Reading and Writing: Plains Literature, which will use novels, essays and diaries to show students how Plains people lived and how their lives sometimes depended on the weather and nature.
Hattemer said one of the more interesting parts of the course would be reading through teenage diaries from the early 20th Century. The diaries describe some of how young people felt about moving to a new community and area.
"I think it's important to understand the past," she said.
HIST 620: History of Kansas, another three-hour course, explores Kansas history by looking at national events that influenced how Kansas developed. Both courses are available to undergraduates. HIST 620 is also available for graduate credit.
Students who are interested in either course can call (877) 404-5823 or 864-5823 or look at the Independent Study catalog on-line at www.kuce.org/isc.
Stephanie Farley
STATE
Normally no running applies to people attending swimming pools,
Lawrence's 'Pooch Plunge' gives dogs a chance to swim
The Parks and Recreation Department's Aquatic Division will host the second annual Pooch Plunge from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Kentkv St.
out today, it will apply to both humans and man's best friend
Schrader said the Pooch Plunge was something different for people to do.
Clayton Schrader, head guard for the Aquatic Center, said 67 dogs were enrolled as of Friday.
"I think it's a great idea," he said. The Outdoor Aquatic Center closed to the public yesterday, but the dogs are allowed to climb in and splash around before the pool is drained for the season.
"I think it's a great idea," he said.
Registration is $4 per dog and pre-registration is not required. At last year's Pooch Plunge, 120 dogs attended. Dogs must have all current vaccinations and must be with their owners at all times when out of the water.
Owners are required to show proof of vaccinations before the dogs participate.
Owners can register their dogs for the Pooch Plunge online at www.iprd.org, or by going to any Parks and Recreation facility. Facilities include:
Community Building, 115 W. 11th St.
Holcom Park Recreation Center,
2700 W. 27th St.
East Lawrence Recreation Center,
1245 E. 15th St.
Prairie Park Nature Center, 2730 Harper St.
South Park Recreation Center, 1141 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center,
4706 Overland Drive
Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Kentucky St.
NATION
KC Police believe one killer responsible for six murders
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police announced yesterday that they believe one person is responsible for the deaths of six people whose bodies were found in an 18-block area east of downtown.
Stephanie Farley
Police Capt. Rich Lockhart would not say what led police to connect the bodies to a single killer, but the crimes have not been connected forensically.
Lockhart said police were working with the FBI to develop a profile of the killer. So far, the main link among bodies is where they were found: on vacant lots or near vacant houses or apartments in a neighborhood frequented by drug addicts and prostitutes. Five bodies were discovered since Thursday; the first body was found in July.
Few details have been released about the victims, four of whom have been identified.
"Some were engaged in high-risk lifestyles," Lockhart said when asked if they were engaged in criminal activities, but he did not elaborate.
The investigation began Thursday when police responded to reports of a foul odor coming from the rear of a vacant residence and found two badly decomposed bodies in a garage.
Lockhart said police are combing missing persons reports for leads. Police also are asking the public for help identifying the victims and for details that might lead police to their killer.
The community group Move UP is offering a $2,000 reward for information, and spent yesterday afternoon distributing filers in the neighborhood where the bodies were found.
Police asked anyone with information to call 816-784-9070.
ON CAMPUS
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ON THE RECORD
A 21-year-old KU student's car was burglarized between 8 p.m. Aug. 30 and 8:30 a.m. Aug. 31 at the 1300 block of W. 24th St. The total value of the stolen items, including a CD player, speaker and amplifier and damage was $2,200.
A 37-year-old KU employee reported criminal damage valued at $800 to the passenger rear window of a car. The damage occurred at the 1300 block of Wakarusa Drive on Wednesday between the hours of 1:30 and 6 p.m.
A 50-year-old KU employee reported criminal damage to a chain-link fence and window screen and the theft of a bicycle with the total value of damage and theft at $220. The incident occurred Wednesday at the 1400 block of W. 22nd St. between the hours of 4:30 and 7 p.m.
A 21-year-old KU student reported the theft of a Douglas County license tag. The theft occurred Thursday on the four hundred block of Florida St., between the hours of midnight and 8 a.m.
A 20-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to the driver's side door of car. The damage, estimated at $150, occurred Thursday at W. 23rd St., and Louisiana St., at 2:38 a.m.
STATE
Town's historical foundation was built on a misspelling
NESS CITY — Ancestors of the Civil War corporal who inspired the name of this city, a county and countless other things have made an important discovery: They all got his name wrong.
Distant relatives researching their genealogy realized the man after whom this 3,500-resident town is named — Noah Van Buren Ness — actually spelled his name Kness.
The realization could have made a mess of things for this municipality. But no immediate change is expected to correct the apparent mistake.
The Associated Press
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