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paigned on a socially conservative platform that brought him a solid victory against his Democratic opponent Jay Fawcett, 59 percent to 41 percent.
"He never wavered," she said. "He was very committed to running a campaign based on the issues."
Lamborn's wife jeanie said she appreciated her husband's steady outlook during a campaign that featured a series of personal attacks against Lamborn.
This election wasn't Lamborn's first brush with politics. Four years after finishing his bachelor's degree, he attempted a quick run for the Kansas legislature while he lived in Lawrence.
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and from the School of Law in 1985. He worked as a reporter for The University Daily Kansan, as did his daughter Eve in 2001.
In Colorado Springs, Colo., Lamborn cam-
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While University of Kansas graduate Jim Ryun lost his place in Congress on Tuesday, another graduate of the University earned a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Colorado.
ELECTION 2006
BY DAVID LINHARDT
Alumnus wins U.S. House seat
Doug Lamborn to serve first term
Doug Lamborn, who holds two degrees from the University, was elected from Colorado's 5th district. He graduated from the University with a degree in journalism in 1978
Without any political experience,
Lamborn came within 10 percentage
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points of representing a largely student-populated section of Lawrence.
"I was kind of a sacrificial lamb," Lamborn joked. He said he was a "Reagan Republican," while the student-dominated areas tended to lean strongly toward Democrats.
As a journalism school student, Lamborn enjoyed poking fun at his fellow students' irreverence. One time he posted a flyer for a mock prayer meeting, and the next day someone had posted a notice for a "black mass" next to his faux prayer-meeting notice. Lamborn said.
Lamborn recalled the journalism school as a place on fire after the Watergate scandal.
"Everyone was going out to change the world," Lamborn said. "I probably shared some of the same sentiment myself."
at the School of Law, Lamborn's professors remember him as a quiet but professional student. Michael Davis, professor of law, was the school's dean when Lambron graduated in 1985.
Davis said Lamborn was usually "not out in front" but that he did "a nice job of oral argument."
Lamborn went from law into politics and the Colorado state legislature in 1995. Though he'll represent Colorado in Congress, he still keeps track of familiar staples of KU life.
"I love Jayhawk basketball," Lamborn said. "I remember watching Danny Manning and other KU greats."
— Edited by Erin Wiley
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@ kansan.com.
TECHNOLOGY
Professor salvages ancient computer
BY DANNY LUPPINO
Earl Schweppe, founder of the KU computer science program, said an e-mail led him to embark last week on what he called "an archeological die."
The e-mail from Aaron Blanchard, electrical engineering and computer sciences lab director, informed Schweppe that the remains of a computer believed to be the first on campus had been found in the basement of Learned Hall.
Blanchard told Schweppe, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, that he could take the machine or it would be thrown away.
"I didn't like that idea because it's a significant piece of history," Schweppe said.
The machine, an IBM 650, was an important part of the development of computing in the United States. Schwpep called it the first mass-produced computer in the world, with about 2,000 made. Discounts offered by IBM expanded its use on college campuses.
The University first purchased the computer in 1957, and Schwepe said it remained the main computer on campus for the next five years.
Schweppe, who wanted to salvage the computer six years ago and thought it had been discarded, began moving it to his home last week in an attempt to restore the landmark machine.
"Just about every major university in the country had one," Schwepe said.
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Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld claps in appreciation for the men and women in service who attended his speech Thursday at Kansas State University. Rumsfeld addressed the current conditions of the country and the war. He took questions from the audience and declined to comment on his own performance as secretary of defense, saying "history will decide." His advice to students was "study history." While in Manhattan, Rumsfeld also attended a public ceremony to rename their military science building in honor of Gen. Richard Myers.
Rumsfeld evades topic of resignation
Former secretary of defense talks at K-State campus about Iraq war, fighting terrorism
Donald Rumfeld chose not to address his Wednesday resignation nor 'Tuesday's midterm elections when he spoke Thursday at the Kansas State University campus.
"I hope you all appreciate how skillfully I managed the public affairs for this event," he said.
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
The former secretary of defense did joke that the events of the past couple of days, including his resignation put the lecture series for which he was speaking on the map.
Rumsfeld, who directed the Department of Defense after the Sept. 11 attacks and helped wage the war on terror, delivered the 14th6 Landon Lecture at Bramlage Coliseum on the Kansas State Campus. He addressed the war in Iraq, a war he said was "unfamiliar and not completely understood, even today."
He compared the Iraq war to the Cold War, noting that Thursday was the 17th anniversary of the breach of the Berlin Wall. He addressed the similarities between the two wars, specifically that it would take years to resolve the Iraq war as it did for the Cold War. He also said the U.S. needed to adapt and change its strategies as it did with the Cold War.
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The sound of Savion Glover's feet tapping in rapid rhythm against a wooden stage coalesces with the music of classical artists like John Philip Sousa and Vivaldi in Glover's show, "Classical Savion."
Glover, a renowned tap dancer and choreographer, will perform the show at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center.
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He won a Tony award for his choreography in the Broadway hit "Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk." He has performed internationally with two dance companies he created, Not Your Ordinary Tappers and Ti DiLi. He has also performed on "Sesame Street," the 1997 opening to "Monday Night Football," a Nike commercial and for President Clinton.
Tap phenom to come to Lied Center
"He has been consistently called probably the best dancer there has ever been," said Willie Lenoir, professor of dance, who saw Glover on Broadway.
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Royce Matthews, a local tap dancer, said combining 'tap dance with classical music created an extraordinary experience for audiences.
"You think they're exact opposites," Matthews said. "Somehow he puts them together."
Rachel Sanner, Lawrence sophomore and dance student, said students shouldn't be turned off by the classical music in the show. She said the show was fast-moving and "captivating."
"It's more than dancing to the music," Sanner said. "He makes his feet an instrument."
Matthews said most people have not seen the type of rhythmic tap that Savion performs. Rhythm tap involves fast, complex foot work, rather than hands, arms and smiles, Matthews said.
Glover radiates energy during his performances, Matthews said. Glover's dreadlocks flail around his head and sweat soaks his bent body as he dances.
"His footwork is amazing!"
Matthews said. "He makes it look so easy and so fun. He's got a smile on his face, he's getting down and loving it. That's the coolest part of it."
- Edited by Natalie Johnson
Tickets for students are $19.50 or $24. For more information, call 864-2787.
Kansan staff writer Darla Slipke can be contacted at dslipke@kansan.com.
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Savion Glover, a Tony award-winning tap dancer and choreographer, employs rhythmic tap, a dance that emphasizes complex footwork. He will perform to classical music at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center.
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