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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2006
quote of the day
"Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake."
- Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch
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fact of the dav
Che Guevara wasn't just famous for starting revolutions, he was also well-known in chess circles. His 1950 rating put him just 50 points short of being considered for "master" status.
Source: ochess.org
2. Dead student still remembered
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Spotlight on Organizations
BY JESSICA SAIN-BAIRD
Bringing together recreational and competitive cyclists is an organization at the University of Kansas that has been active for more than 30 years.
Cycling Club
KU Cycling Club hopes "to invite and get together people who are interested in riding bikes so that we can ride together and also have the opportunity to race." Kathy Kalbac, St. Louis senior and Cycling Club president, said.
Curiosity about the group and the sport has been on the rise.
interest since Lance Armstrong and the popularity in professional cycling." Kalbac said, referring to the approximate 35 members currently involved in the organization.
"A lot of people have gained
Though members of the club can choose whether to compete or not, the opportunities for those interested in racing are vast. Five collegiate mountain-bike races are held in the fall and five road races will be in the spring. Various schools compete in races with KU, mostly from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota, according to Kalbac.
The goal for racers in the club is to compete in USA Cycling's National Collegiate Road Championships held in May of each year. The club has hosted the championships in Lawrence for the past two years and plans to host the event in 2007 as well.
Kalbac, who competed in the championships last spring, admitted that although she had rode bikes before, it was only one year ago that she became serious about cycling. New and experienced riders alike should not feel intimidated to get involved.
Kalbac said the club welcomes
General meetings are typically held once a month for anyone interested about the club. For more information about getting involved with the organization, students can visit www.kucycling.com or e-mail Kalbac at kathyk@ku.edu
students that just want company riding or those who are interested in competing.
Jessica Sain-Baird can be contacted at editor kansan.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
Chi Omega floating
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Laura Frizzle, middle, Lawrence sophomore, tosses candy to the crowd at Saturday morning's Homecoming parade before the Jayhawk against Texas A&M. Frizzle rode aboard the Chi Omega float, which was one of many sponsored by KU sororities and fraternites. The parade began at 10 a.m. because of the game's early kick-off at 11 a.m.
ODD NEWS
World record broken for kissing poisonous snakes
PATTAYA, Thailand — A Thai snake charmer kissed 19 poisonous king cobras in an attempt to set a world record.
One by one, the cobras were released Saturday onto a stage set up in this Thai beach resort town, as the snake charmer, Khum Chaibuddee, kissed each one and then moved onto the next.
Security was tight, with four additional snake charmers flanking the stage at each corner
and a medical team waiting on the sidelines with serum in case one of the snakes snapped, according to a statement from Thailand's Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum in Pattaya, which organized the event.
The museum's manager, Somporn Naksuetrong, said Ripley's planned to submit the attempt to the Guinness Book of World Records to overtake a previous record set in 1999 when an American kissed 11 venomous snakes.
Khum, a part-time snake charmer for more than 12 years, urged children and onlookers not to try the feat.
"I, myself, have been bitten
several times by snakes,"he said in a statement. "Always bear in mind the old story about the snake charmer who died (from being) bitten by snakes."
Man pleads guilty to charges, blames cabbie
HAMILTON, Bermuda — A cabbie who gives rides and sells marijuana?
That's the story an American tourist peddled to a Bermuda judge, who fined him $1,500 on Friday for carrying the drug into the British Atlantic territory.
found on him by narcotics officers at the island's airport after he arrived Thursday on a flight from New York.
Anthony Powe, of Fresno, Calif., pleaded guilty to importing marijuana into Bermuda. Less than two grams of the drug was
Prosecutor Nicole Smith said Powe, 40, told authorities he obtained the drugs in California from a cab driver who gave the marijuana to him after asking if he smoked pot. Powe said he did not realize he had the drugs with him when he traveled to Bermuda.
"That's what I call service. You hire a cab and you get pot and rolling paper," Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner said,
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on campus
The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies will present "American Foreign Policy Challenges in China and Eurasia" with guest lecturer Peter Brookes today from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m in Kansas Union's Pine Room.
Kurt van Dexter, a landscape architect, will speak at the Hallmark Design Symposium tonight at 6 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium.
The University Career Center will offer a Dynamic Interviewing Skills workshop tomorrow in room 149 at the Burge Union.
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. in room 149 at the Burge Union.
The University Career Center will host an etiquette dinner tomorrow on the 6th floor of the Kansas Union.
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.
Late Night in the Phog begins at 6 p.m. on Friday at Allen Fieldhouse.
on the record
A University employee reported the theft of $120 in cash from Moore Hall, 1930 Constant Ave. The incident occurred Oct. 4.
An 18-year-old KU student called the Public Safety Office because the girl with whom he was breaking up allegedly would not give him his property back. The items included DVDs, video games and a TV stand. His ex-girlfriend claimed the property had been a gift. The responding officer advised them to settle their disagreement in small claims court.
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