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"Every work of art has two faces. One toward its own time, and one toward the future, toward eternity."
Rock critic Lester Bangs
fact of the day
The song "Happy Birthday" brings in about $2 million a year in licensing revenue to Warner Communications, who holds the copyright to the song.
Source: www.classicbands.com
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Spotlight on Organizations
KU Environs
BY MEGAN HIRT
Members of Enviros want to fit a little green between all the crimson and blue at the University of Kansas.
Last year Environs successfully campaigned to get funding for a campus Sustainability Center, which will support the efforts of various KU academic departments
KU Environers formed in 1984 and has a current membership of about 80 students. Reiz said the group's goal was to make the University a sustainable community: One that is able to meet its present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.
"The focus of our group is being kind to the environment." Nicole Reiz, Environs president and Wichita senior said. "And we have fun at the same time."
working to improve the environment. Reiz said that the new center would be a place for people in different fields of study to unite through a common interest in the environment. The center will open next semester and likely be located in Wescoe Hall.
Environs is currently focused on raising awareness about the effects of constructing a coal-fired power plant in Holcomb, located in southwestern Kansas. Reiz said the proposed plant would omit 14 million tons of carbon dioxide per year. Members of Environs voiced opposition to the plant at public hearings and Reiz said the organization plans to meet with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to discuss the negative impact the plant would have on Kansas.
"There are much better alternatives," Reiz said of the intended plant.
Environs advocates the use of wind energy, and Reiz thinks this environmentally-friendly option would not jeopardize the number of jobs the plant would create for Kansans.
Showing the community the value of living green is another of Environs' goals. The group sets up informational displays on campus throughout the year to show how environmentally practical habits, like turning thermostats down two degrees, are also financially beneficial.
In February Environs will host an environmental education event for middle school students in Lawrence. Then in April the group celebrates, Earth Day by holding a recycling audit at Wesco. Members scour the building's trash cans, and Reiz said that usually about 60 to 80 percent of the trash could be recycled. The audit brings attention to just how many discarded goods are actually recyclable.
"Awareness is a really big part of helping the environment; just knowing what you buy, where it comes from, and where it goes." Reiz said.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2006
Students who want to get involved with Enviros should contact Nicole Reiz at nreiz@ku.edu. The organization meets every first and third Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the English Room of the Kansas Union.
When saving the planet becomes exhausting, Environs members unwind with group camping trips and pot-luck dinners.
Kansan correspondent Megan Hirt can be contacted at editor@ kansan.com.
Edited by Travis Robinett
Doggy bag
Scott Fisher/THE SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
A 1-year-old Maltese waits along with his owner, ins Gonzalez, for their bags in the baggage claim area at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach on Sunday. The journey home at the end of the long Thanksgiving weekend was smooth sailing for many travelers Sunday as the weather cooperated and more people had scheduled their flights to avoid the rush.
ODD NEWS
turkey in my house."
and vegetables when she heard a thunderous crash. Her husband, Bill, tried to hustle the back back outside, but it bounced off some new windows and retreated to a big pot of orchids. Police finally herded the bloody bird out the deck doors.
Worse yet, it was the second time it happened. Police Sgt. Mike Roepke confirmed that on Christmas Day in 2004, a turkey came through the same window. The couple lives near the Hyland Lake Park Reserve in this Minneapolis suburb, and they said they see wild turkeys nearly every day.
"It's terrible. My house is a disaster!" Sandy Cobbs said Friday.
"I just couldn't believe it was Thanksgiving, and there was a live
"At first I thought my buffet fell over. It was so loud and kept crash
Live Turkey runs amuck, breaks windows in home
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Most Thanksgiving turkeys are carried in through the front door, but one broke through Sandy Cobbs' dining room window.
ing" Cobbs said. "I went in there and said, 'Not again. Not again.' He was huge — 2 or 3 foot tall."
Cobbs said her insurance company doesn't think it's funny either. The last turkey attack caused nearly 10,000 in damage.
"I don't know if I can turn in another claim," she said.
On Thursday, Cobbs was in her kitchen preparing sweet potatoes
Associated Press
on the record
A University employee reported criminal damage to a vehicle parked near Alumni Place. Someone had slashed the vehicle's tires. The incident occurred Nov. 21 and the total damage is $100.
A University employee reported criminal damage to a vehicle parked near West Memorial Drive. Someone threw a brick through the vehicle's window. The Incident occurred Nov. 19 and the total damage is $240.
STATE 'The Bachelor'auditions to be held in Topeka
TV Channel 49 in Topeka will hold an open casting call for reality television show"The Bachelor"tonight in Topeka for the show's 10th season.
The casting call will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pigskins Sports Bar in the Brookwood Shopping Center, 2833 S.W. 29th St.
Those interested in participating can download an application from www.49abcnews.com and should bring the completed application with them.
Rudy Guzman, promotions manager for TV Channel 49, said women must be at least 21 to participate.
He said the show is looking for people who are genuinely interested in falling in love and finding a husband.
Channel 49 representatives will conduct the casting call and forward their recommendations to ABC.
Guzman said the show held a casting call in Kansas in 2004, but no one was selected.
"It's a fun opportunity and a chance for women to find the man of their dreams," Guzman said.
— Anna Faltermeyer
NATIONAL Man kills neighbor,then himself on Thanksgiving
CHICAGO — For 23 hours on Thanksgiving Day, police said, officers tried to pacify Lance Johnson — who had a history of mental illness and a criminal record — and persuade him to release his neighbor Tasha Cooks, whom he'd taken hostage in an apartment building.
The standoff ended early Friday when Johnson, 21, fatally shot Cooks and then himself. It began around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, when Johnson apparently became irritated by a noisy child in the building, then became "combative," police said.
Associated Press
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