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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2006
quote of the day
"Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong." —Babe Ruth, the Sandlot
fact of the day
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According to most etiquette books, a woman is not actually required to remove her hat during the playing of the National Anthem. The exception is if she is wearing a baseball cap.
Want to know what people are talking about? Here is a list of Monday's most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com.
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1. Donors, staff break ground on football facility
2. Students should vote against Phill Kline
3. Student still remembered
4. Bike registry helps recover stolen bikes
5. Putting off until tomorrow
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Tutsa Krsnadas of Baldwin City, left, performs the Hare Krishna mantra and plays the mridanga with Nathan Cook, also of Baldwin City, Monday on Wescoe Beach. Krsnadas is part of a group called Bhagavat Dharma and was on Wescoe with other group members to help create a presence in Lawrence. Mantra yoga involves chants that are "glorifying the sacred names of God," Krsnadas said. He lives in the Bhaktivana Yoga Center in Baldwin City.
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Heroic dog defends owner, enters animal hall of fame
BENTON, Ky. — A 15-pound pooch that fended off an intruder to defend its owner has earned a spot in the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association's Animal Hall of Fame.
Teddy Bear, a 4-year-old Pomeranian owned by Leslie Ferguson, 24, bit an armed robber in April and created enough of a distraction that Ferguson could escape to a neighbor's house. The dog was inducted into the association's Hall of Fame on Saturday.
"My husband was out of town," Ferguson said. "He was on active duty in the military, and I had a guy break into my house with a gun. He tried to force me into another room. We ended up wrestling for the gun, and Teddy bit him and latched onto his hand. I was able to get the gun from the guy. He ended up getting the gun back, but Teddy distracted him long enough where I could get out of the house."
Ferguson said Teddy Bear never hesitated, even though he had never been vicious toward anyone.
"I guess he realized that I was in danger, and he just took action," Ferguson said. "He did great."
"Teddy followed me and pretty much didn't let me out of his sight until the next day," she said. "He still keeps a close eye on me."
Amputee police officer returns following therapy
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio — Eighteen months after losing his right leg to amputation, a police officer has achieved his goal of returning to the beat.
Patrolman Ryan Nagy didn't want a desk job despite the obvious difficulties a man with one leg would face as a street officer. He spent a year and a half in therapy and struggled to learn how to use his new prosthetic leg made specially for work.
Nagy will spend his first four weeks beside another patrolman to evaluate whether he's prepared for a full comeback. His doctor said he can go back to work without restrictions, and he's learned to drive using his left foot.
Nagy, 32, was crushed between two vehicles during a traffic stop in April 2005. He spent seven weeks in the hospital being treated for multiple fractures and severe head injuries.
BISMARCK, N.D. — The date is set, and residents here are determined to reclaim a snow angel title their city lost to a Michigan town earlier this year.
The record for flailing arms and legs in snow has spurred some friendly trash-talking between organizers in Bismarck and the defending champion town of Houghton, Mich.
Pasted photographs of his children, 4-year-old Zachary and 3-year-old Emad, adorn his prosthesis. "They're the ones that kept me working so hard to get back to work," he said.
Police said they stopped the man, whose identity was not immediately released, outside the nearby town of Coolgardie, about 12 miles from where his backward journey began.
The man was stopped by Western Australia state police on Thursday afternoon after they spotted his car roaring in reverse down the highway at about 40 mph, according to a statement.
Australian drives in reverse after transmission failure
Bismark created the Guinness World Records category when 1,791 people waived their arms and legs in the snow at the state Capitol more than four years ago.
SYDNEY, Australia — A 22-year-old man tried to drive 310 miles in reverse on a remote highway after his transmission failed, blocking his forward gears, police said.
"It's rightfully ours," said Marilyn Snyder, curator of education for the Historical Society of North Dakota, who organized North Dakota's 2002 record-setting event. "We set the record and established the record. The record is ours."
He was en route to the state capital, Perth, when his transmission failed outside a restaurant in the Outback town of Kalgoorlie, about 300 miles away, according to media reports.
Rather than call a mechanic, the man opted to continue driving — in reverse.
The city defended the title twice from residents of Syracuse, N.Y., who failed in 2004 and 2005 year to top it. But residents of Houghton shattered the record on Feb. 10 — with 3,783 snow angel makers.
A breath test for alcohol proved negative, but the man was charged with reckless driving and other traffic offenses, police said.
North Dakota town hopes to reclaim snow angel title
BOGOTA, Colombia — A colorful bird new to science has been discovered in a remote Andean cloud forest, spurring efforts to protect the area, conservation groups have announced.
New bird species discovered in Colombian cloud forest
The bright yellow and red-crowned Yariguiues brush-finch was named for the indigenous tribe that once inhabited the mountainous area where it was discovered and which committed mass suicide instead of submitting to Spanish colonial rule.
The discovery, published in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, comes at a crucial time for conservationists. Thanks in part to the discovery, the government has decided to set aside 500 acres of the pristine cloud forest where it lives to create a national park.
Associated Press
Top Ten Highest Earning Dead Celebrities
1) Elvis Presley
2) Charles M. Schulz
3) John Lennon
4) Andy Warhol
5) Theodore "Dr. Seuss" Geisel
6) Marlon Brando
7) Marilyn Monroe
8) J.R.R. Tolkien
9) George Harrison
10) Johnny Cash
Source: Forbes.com
on the record
A smoking hydraulic pump brought KU Public Safety officers to JRP Hall on Sunday in response to a fire alarm. Officers found no fire. The pump, which operates the east elevator in JRP, will be fixed. The elevator remains out of service until then.
KU Public Safety officers cited a 22-year-old KU student for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia on Sunday. The drugs were found in McColium Hall.
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on campus
The Dole Institute of Politics will host "Political Power Hour: The Culture of Congress" at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Dole Institute of Politics.
Kurt van Dexter, a landscape architect, will speak at the Hallmark Design Symposium tonight at 6 p.m. at Alderson Auditorium.
The University Career Center will offer Job Winning Resumes, a workshop to create an effective resume, today from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at room 149 in the Burge Union.
A KU Public Safety officer found a 19-year-old KU student unconscious Friday in Corbin Hall. The student smelled strongly of alcohol, according to the police report. Lawrence Douglas County Fire & Medical arrived, woke the victim with smelling salts and arranged to transport her to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
The University Career Center will offer a Dynamic Interviewing Skills workshop tomorrow at room 149 in the Burge Union.
An article in Monday's The University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article should have said a tax reform act passed in 1986 lowered taxes to 70 percent when Lyndon B. Johnson was president.
The University Career Center will host an etiquette dinner tomorrow on the 6th floor of the Kansas Union.
Late Night in the Phog begins at 6 p.m. on Friday at Allen Fieldhouse.
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