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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER18.2006
quote of the day
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph."
— Author Ken Kesey, as quoted in "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe
fact of the dav
Kansas State's Willie the Wildcat isn't the only wildcat around. Other famous collegiate wildcats include Villanoa's Will D.Cat, New Hampshire's Wild E.Cat, Arizona's Wilber and Wilma Wildcat (they're married) and Northwestern's Willie the Wildcat. Bonus fact: Wildcat is the 10th most used college nickname, with 25 schools using the moniker. At No.1 is Eagles, which 74 schools have adopted.
most e-mailed
Want to know what people are talking about? Here's a list of Tuesday's most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com.
1. U.S. population to break 300 million today
2. Exploring what the NCAA sanctions mean
3. Two former Jayhawks, two NBA teams, same faithful fans
4. Identity theft reaches college campuses
5. KU grad student found dead
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John Wade
Counseling Psychologist,
Counseling and Psychological
Services
John Wade does not like to think that he just gives advice. Wade tries to help people through problems, not just tell them what to do.
"Most people that I see just need help getting unstuck," Wade said. "People know what is wrong; they just can't do it themselves. I try to get them back on track."
Wade is a counseling psychologist for Counseling and Psychological Services at the University of Kansas, or CAPS. Wade works exclusively with students. He will work with students about anything from dealing with stress to eating disorders. On average, Wade will see a student three to four times, though sometimes he will see a student for years.
Wade was always focused on psychology. He graduated from the University of Dallas with a degree in psychology. He received his masters in psychology from the
University of North Texas and his doctorate in Counseling psychology from Penn State.
Wade has always enjoyed teaching. Currently Wade teaches the Orientation Seminar class as well as classes at Avila University.
"I normally taught graduate level psychology classes, but they asked for volunteers to teach," Wade said.
Along with counseling and teaching, Wade is also the outreach coordinator for CAPS. He speaks at organizations such as the Sports Exercise Program and the Business Women's association. He speaks on dealing with stress in the situations that organizations deal with.
Even with a busy schedule, Wade would not have it any other way.
Jared Gab/KANSAN
"I enjoy doing what I do," Wade said. "It is good fit for me."
Edited by Brett Bolton
Michael Oden of Diamond Everley Roofing Contractors prepares to install the first row of shingles Tuesday afternoon while standing precariously on the center tower roof of Twente Hall. The repair of this roof is expected to be completed Sunday at the latest after initial damage caused by the microburst last March.
Don't look down
CAMPUS
Memorial Unions celebrate 80th birthday with freebies
The KU Memorial Unions are turning 80 years old today.
A celebration will be held in the Traditions Lounge on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mike Reid, director of business services with the Unions, said that the event will offer free cake, punch and can koozies as well as the opportunity to view four new historical plaques to be hung in the union.
Reid said that the union was dressing up for the event with new furniture.
"We have the 22 historical panels," Reid said. "That's the most we've ever had."
"It's not as big a celebration as the 75th Anniversary," Reid said. "We're already looking forward to the 100th."
Ben Smith
ORGANIZATIONS Fast-a-thon begins today, ends with Fairgrounds meal
Fast-a-thon asks non-Muslim volunteers to fast for one day from
The Muslim Student Association is sponsoring its third annual Fasta-thon today.
dawn until dusk to raise awareness of hunger through first hand experience.
The day-long fast ends with a meal at 5:45 p.m. at building 21 of the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 1930 South Harper Street.The event coincides with the fast of Ramadan, which occurs in the ninth month of the Muslim year.
Fadlullah Firman, Jakarta, Indonesia senior and MSA president, estimates that nearly 400 people will participate in the event.
"We are trying to expose a different side of Islam," said Firman. We're also trying to help the community."
For each person who participates in the Fast-a-thon, sponsoring businesses will donate a certain amount to charity.
More than 500 participants fasted in 2005 raising $2,007 for the Lawrence Community Shelter and victims of the southeast Asia earthquake.
Anthony J. Vital, 28, was found dead Sunday morning in a field in rural Douglas County near U.S.
Ben Smith
A Lawrence man's death has been ruled a homicide by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
LAWRENCE Sheriff's Office continues investigation into death
Investigators also want to speak to Major C. Edwards Jr., whom they believe has "information useful to this investigation," according to a news release.
Lt. Kari Wempe, Douglas County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman, declined to say if Edwards and Vital were acquainted.
Highway 40.
Investigators are still looking for a 1988 Ford Thunderbird that may be connected to Vital's death.
David Linhardt
Anyone with information about Edwards or the vehicle should call the tips hotline at (785) 843-TIPS.
odd news
Poll: Americans harbor misperceptions of Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska's governor wanted to find out what the rest of the nation thinks about their neighbor to the north, so he commissioned a sort of pop quiz.
The results of the poll show that Americans love Alaska, but they don't know a whole lot about it.
More than half the nation thinks that most of Alaska is covered in ice and snow year-round. For the record: Just 5 percent of Alaska is covered by glaciers, ice and snow all year.
Another result found that one of every eight Americans believes the
Last Frontier is a separate country or else doesn't know that it's a state.
Just 14 percent of those polled had ever been to Alaska, but nine out of every 10 said they had a positive impression of the state. Most cited its natural beauty and vast space.
The nation holds a romantic notion of Alaskans. Most described the people who live there as adventurous, rugged pioneers who like their freedom and the wilderness.
Giant rosary in Michigan built from 59 bowling balls
NAPOLEON TOWNSHIP, Mich.
— Ralph Kluk has made a rosary fit for the Jolly Green Giant.
The 76-year-old has displayed a 70-foot, 700-pound rosary made out of bowling balls in his front yard.
"It's a good idea," said Kluk's priest, the Rev. Darius Wyszynski. "What else do you do with an old bowling ball?"
It took a little ingenuity, and a few dozen phone calls to bowling alleys and their patrons, for Kluk to scrounge up the requisite number of rosary balls.
He combined 59 balls, 20 cans of pastel spray paint, 40 feet of black piping and a wooden cross.
on the record
"The hardest part," he said, "will be cutting my grass around it."
Lawrence Police arrested Jeffrey D. Andreas, a 22-year-old KU student, on Oct. 17 and charged him with operating a vehicle under the influence. Andreas was released on $500 bond early the same morning.
on campus
An 18-year-old KU student reported a stalking incident that allegedly occurred last week-end. The student told KU Public Safety officers her ex-boyfriend was outside her room in Oliver Hall and wouldn't leave. The responding officer found the man, who said he wanted to retrieve some of his belongings. The officer told the man to collect his things and not return to Oliver. On Oct. 16, the student reported she saw the man on Naismith Drive, but officers did not find anyone who matched the man's description.
The University Career Center will host Resume Doctor today in the Kansas Union lobby.
There is a Public Service Career Fair this Thursday at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
odd news
Hikers use camera flash on cell phone for rescue
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two hikers lost in a heavily wooded area got out alive thanks to their cell phone — not the phone itself, but the camera part.
A man and a woman, who authorities did not identify, alerted emergency workers around 8:30 p.m. Sunday that they had lost their way on a hiking trail in the House Mountain State Natural Area in east Knox County.
Knox County Sheriff's Office used a helicopter to search for the pair, but pilot Tony Chamberlain was unable to locate them with an infrared device that detects body heat because of the heavy foliage.
The hikers' flashlight batteries were losing power, so the woman told authorities by cell phone that she would use the camera flash on the phone to alert the helicopter pilot, who saw the flash using night-vision goggles.
"It was great the way everything came together," said Leigh Ann Cate, executive director of the Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad. "It had a really good ending."
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