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THE UNIVERSITY OF DAILY KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006
"Has it always been this way?
Is it possible all this magic went unnoticed?"
quote of the day
Regina Spektor, from the song "Reading Time with Pickle"
3. No need for air guitar anymore
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4. Ban tests ethics; local bars comply
The word avocado comes from the Spanish word "aguacate", which comes from the Aztec word "huacaut", which is translated as "testicle."
Source: takeourword.com
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Five years ago, Jerryye Van Leer had no idea that she would be coordinating tours for an art museum. After her husband, Tim Van Leer, was named executive director of the Lied Center, she was approached by the University about becoming involved with the program that gives tours at the Spencer Museum of Art.
program," Van Leer said.
"I wasn't really looking for a job, but I fell in love with the museum and the volunteers at the docent
Van Leer is now the dozent program and visitor services coordinator at the museum. Van Leer coordinates tours for everyone. In one day, there could be groups of anyone from elementary school students to alumni.
Jerrye Van Leer
Spencer Museum of Art Dentent Program
and Visitor Services Coordinator
"We design our tours to meet the needs of the tour group," Van Leer said.
Van Leer coordinates tours for 5,000 people every year, not including the people who show up to the museum to look around. Those people fall under her other job as visitor services coordinator. Van Leer staffs the desk that greets visitors to the museum.
The hardest part of Van Leer's job is trying to get enough volunteers for the museum.
"I volunteered as a mom a lot. I think I held every position in the PTA," Van Leer said. "We absolutely need volunteers, we barely
have enough."
Even though Van Leer did not foresee this job when she came here, she does not regret any part of it.
"The museum is a great place to learn." Van Leer said. "I didn't know much about art when I came here, but I have learned a lot from working here."
Edited by Mindy Ricketts
In the spin zone
Ryan McGeenev/KANSAN
Gina Lorenz, Lawrence junior, listens to an explanation of the importance of cue placement during a draw shot from Stan Lombardo, professor of classics, who is also Lorenz's University Scholars mentor. The purpose of a draw shot is to deliver an object ball into a pocket, while using backspin to draw the cue ball back towards the center of the table.
ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS Couple sells football tickets to fund $30,000 adoption
CANTON, Ohio --- With fans scrambling to obtain tickets to Saturday's Michigan-Ohio State football game, a couple is auctioning off their seats to raise money to adopt a boy from Guatemala. Adoption fees total about $30,000.
Ken and Kristie Sigler have season tickets in the closed end of Ohio Stadium, about 10 rows from the field.
They have put the two tickets up for sale on eBay.
The top-ranked Buckeyes and second-ranked Wolverines are
No bids had been made as of early Tuesday.
both undefeated, and the winner advances to the national championship game.
Real deer attacks fake one in woman's front yard
OOSTBURG, Wis — A ceramic deer came out the loser when attacked by the real thing.
Ruth Hesselink reported that the deer replica in her yard was destroyed in the attack, according to Capt. Dave Adams of the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department.
Among the damage, the head of the ceramic deer was knocked off.
Hesselink told authorities a buck took on its ceramic counterpart.
Couple faces indictment for'mile-high club' acts
RALEIGH, N.C. — Carl Warren Persing, of Lakewood, Calif., and Dawn Elizabeth Sewell, of Huntington Beach, Calif., were indicted after refusing to stop "overt sexual activity" during a flight to Raleigh.
According to court documents, flight attendants saw Persing and Sewell "acting in a manner that made other passengers uncomfortable."
Lost dog tags returned after more than 60 years
When the flight attendant requested them to stop a second time, Persing allegedly said: "I'm going to give you one warning to get out of my face."
Law enforcement officials were waiting for the couple when they arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Army veteran Victor D'Amato doesn't remember losing his dog tags. It was more than 60 years ago that they vanished during his service in World War II. But earlier this month, he got a strange phone call.
Brown's brother-in-law served in the Army and gave the dog tag to his mother shortly before he was killed in World War II.
Ruth Brown, of Lubec, Maine, called to say his name was on a tag she inherited from her mother-in-law.
But how Milton Brown obtained the tag remains a mystery. Amato said he did not serve in Germany and never knew Brown.
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on the record
A University employee reported the theft of a purse, a wallet and a number of $20 bills from the 1100 block of West Campus road. The incident occurred Nov.8 and the total loss was $320.
An 18-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a 1993 Ford sedan parked near Oliver Hall. Someone had cracked the vehicle's windshield. The incident occurred between Nov. 9 and Nov. 13, and damage was estimated at $300.
on campus
The University Career Center will offer the education career fair at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The University Career Center will offer an internship fair at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Burge Union.
BASKETBALL Giles to be arraigned for alleged battery
Former KU basketball player CJ Giles will be arraigned on charges of misdemeanor battery in Lawrence Municipal Court on Dec. 6, according to court records.
Giles was cited by KU Public Safety officers Nov. 6 after allegedly dragging a woman from his Jayhawker Towers apartment and striking her with his fist.
Giles' girlfriend had called and said she was coming over, and Giles became angry when the alleged victim asked him why she had to leave.
Giles then allegedly dragged her by her ankles from his room and hit her. Coach Bill Self permanently removed Giles from the team Nov. 7, only four days after reinstating him to the team.
Previously Giles had been suspended for personal problems, including owing more than $4,000 in child support payments.
- David Linhardt
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