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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006
quote of the day
"It wasn't a job for us, it was our life. We loved it." — Retired Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Larry Foster
fact of the day
The world's largest rubber band ball weighed 3,120 pounds and had a circumference of 15-feet-1-inch when measured in 2003.
Guinness Book of World Records
most e-mailed
Want to know what people are talking about? Here's a list of Wednesday's most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com.
1. Phillips: Mangino, Bush stay the course
the course
2. Fall's colors blaze across University
3. Architecture students win competition
4. City postpones Wal-Mart proposal...again
5. Editorial: Politicians not trustworthy
corrections
In yesterday's The University Daily Kansan, linebacker Artist Wright was incorrectly identified as a defensive end.
et cetera
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Hoops for prizes
Betsy Heffinger, Chicago Freshman, and Peter Espinosa, Wichita Freshman, shoot hoops in front of the Kansas Union. The basketball game was set up by Scion. Students walking by could try to win door prizes by shooting a basketball between two Scion model cars. "I tried to make a long shot to win a t-shirt a while ago, now I'm just wasting time before my next class" said Heffinger.
what do you think?
SHOULD THE CITY LET WAL-MART BUILD A NEW STORE AT SIXTH AND WAKARUSA STREETS?
DUSTIN PICKMAN
Atchison sophomore
BY MATT ERICKSON
"Probably no. Where I'm from, my dad's store was run out of town by Wal-Mart. So, large stores aren't really good."
JAKE KAUFMAN,
Prairie Village
sophomore
"I could really care less."
KATRINA MCCLURE,
Rockford, Ill., junior
"It depends on how big. if it's another Super Wal-Mart, I'd say no, because we don't need any more grocery stores on that side of town."
JEFF CHRISTOFFERSEN,
Leavenworth sophomore
"I don't know."
NORA BURT,
Chicago freshman
"I really don't think we need another one, because there's already one here. There's too many big stores around, so we don't really need it."
A 22-year-old KU student reported the theft of a brown purse, a leather wallet, a Samsung cell phone and a Sony digital camera. The incident occurred Oct. 21 in the 1000 block of Massachusetts street, and the loss is valued at $446.
on the record
A University employee reported the theft of a blue Schwinn bicycle and a chrome MXR bicycle from the 1900 block of E. 19th street. The incident occurred Oct. 23, and the loss is valued at $71.
A 25-year-old KU reported criminal damage to the passenger side of a Ford Escape parked near the 100 block of E. 15th street. Damage is estimated at $800.
A 20-year-old KU student reported the theft of a Motorola cell phone from the 1800 block of Crossgate. The incident occurred Oct. 20 and the loss is valued at $100.
on campus
Thomas E. Hill Jr., University of North Carolina professor, will present a lecture entitled "The Importance and Limits of Moral Rules" at 8 p.m. today at the Big 12 room in the Kansas Union.
odd news
Toddler gets trapped inside vending machine
ANTIGO, Wis. — A toddler who went fishing for a stuffed cartoon character in a vending machine wound up sharing space with the toy inside the game's plastic cubicle.
Three-year-old Robert Moore tried to scoop out a stuffed replica of SpongeBob SquarePants with the vending machine's plastic crane on Saturday, but had no luck on his first attempt.
While his grandmother, Fredricka Bierdemann, turned her back to get another dollar for a second try. Robert took off his coat and squeezed through an opening in the machine. He landed in the stuffed animal cube.
Store employees couldn't find a key to the machine, so Robert waited while the Antigo Fire Department was called. After spotting two latches inside the plastic cube they passed a screwdriver to Robert, who eventually freed himself.
"I turned around and looked for him, and he said," Oma, I'm in here," Bierdemann said." I thought I would have a heart attack."
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