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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2006
quote of the day
"I added food coloring, 'cause it's a holiday. But it turned black, 'cause I added all the food coloring I had. And I ate this butter straight out of the tub, 'cause it tastes good. There's a reason behind everything."
Meatwad, from the TV show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force"
fact of the day
Source: National Climatic Data Center
Forget Chicago. Dodge City is actually the windiest city in America, with an average wind speed of 13.9 mph. Chicago's is only 10.3 mph, placing it outside the top 10.
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. Madeleine Albright to speak on campus
2. Kansas seeks to end losses in Nebraska
3. Letter to the Editor: Kansan disappoints
4. Standardized tests...in college?
5. Cheaper tutoring services offered
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A welder for Ewell Construction, Inc. works on steel beams for the additions of Wescoe Hall Wednesday afternoon. Steel erectors are working on Wescoe Hall's patio for the planned addition of 70 new offices; the project is expected to continue throughout the fall semester and wrap up by April, 2007.
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'C'mon Barbie, let's go party'on the Internet
Welding Wescoe
LONDON — Three-year-old Jack Neal loves cars and apparently can't resist a deal.
While his mother's back was turned, the toddler bought a Barbie-pink Nissan Figaro for nearly $16,000 on eBay.
"I had just come off the computer and I thought I had logged off, I came out of eBay," his mother Rachel told the British Broadcasting Corp. on Monday.
"Jack jumped on the chair, (went) straight in, found the page and bought the car." Unable to read, the youngster likely used the "buy it now" option to make the purchase.
The Neals learned about the sale when they received an e-mail from auto dealer David Jones, who thought he had made his first Internet sale.
An amused Jones said he will not hold the Neals to their purchase. The car will be relisted later.
"I've got a 2 1/2-year-old son myself and I don't think he would be able to do this, although he's bright," he said.
Jack denied culpability.
Asked if he had made the purchase, he simply squirmed and muttered, "No..."
Officers investigate Lil Tootsie's nightclub
TAMPA, Fla. — Hillsborough County vice officers spent $6,400 for more than 90 lap dances, drinks and tips in an investigation into nudity and liquor law violations at an adult bikini bar that spanned more than two years, county records show.
"Sometimes that's what it takes to get rid of the problems — a lot of attention," Sheriff David Gee said of the investigation into Lil Tootsie's nightclub.
Gee said vice detectives first targeted the club, which features bikini-clad women available for private dance sessions, in February 2004 after deputies responded to numerous calls ranging from violence to DUI arrests, The Tampa Tribune reported.
Hillsborough bikini bars can serve alcohol as long as they don't allow nudity. Sheriff's detectives sought 41 misdemeanor nudity charges against 15 dancers at the club, but were unable to identify another 34 dancers, records show. Detectives bought seven lap dances from "Cherry" but never identified her, records show.
The agency recently asked county commissioners to revoke the club's special permit to serve alcohol. A vote is set for November.
The owner of the property, JEM-N-I Inc., is suing to stop the revocation process, saying the company was not given enough
notice about the county hearing.
Terrestrial snakes find haven around family
WILFORD, Idaho — Shortly after the Hepworths began working on their fixer-upper, they experienced a trauma known to few besides Samuel L. Jackson's character in "Snakes on a Plane."
Snakes fell on Lyman Hepworth's head when he opened the door to a pump house near the small house the couple planned to buy.
"When it warmed up, we walked onto the yard and the whole yard moved," Jeanine Hepworth told the Rexburg Standard Journal.
One day, Lyman Hepworth reached to turn on a light and discovered the pull cord was actually a snake.
Turns out the property was a winter snake sanctuary, likely a snake den or hibernaculum where snakes gather in large numbers to hibernate for the winter, said Lauri Hanauska-Brown, a biologist with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
The snakes are likely terrestrial garter snakes, she said. Reptiles are a protected species, meaning the Hepworths cannot bait them or kill them.
Fish and Game will attempt to move the snakes, but it could be difficult because if they move them too far away they could die and if they move them nearby the snakes would likely return to hibernate, Hanauska-Brown said.
The Hepworths so far have not moved in, but they have a plan: They sent a videotape of the house, their children and, of course, the snakes to the producers of "Extreme Home Makeover" in hopes the television show will send its decorators in for a filmed renovation.
CHICAGO — it's the Boston Tea Party gone high-tech.
Opinions voiced through e-mailed tea bag images
Quinn's official Web site now has online images of tea bags consumers can mail electronically to chief executives of St. Louis-based Ameren Corp. and to ComEd, a division of Chicagobased Exelon Corp.
A week after asking unhappy illinoisans to mail tea bags with their utility bill payments to protest upcoming rate increases, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said online bill-payers can get in on the act.
Earlier this month, Ameren announced that its customers will see increases of between 40 and 55 percent, while Com-Ed is planning increases of about 22 percent.
The utilities serve 4.9 million customers in Illinois.
Quinn initially wanted customers to mail tea bags to the companies with their payments, but the Postal Service warned that the lumpy bags could damage their high-speed, high-dollar processing equipment.
Quinn said the tea bags will harken back to the Boston Tea Party protest over unfair taxation by the British.
Ameren spokesman Leigh Morris has said that consumers wanting to voice their opinion should use e-mail, instead of sending tea bags that could slow the processing of bills.
correction
An article in Wednesday's The University Dally Kansan contained an error. The incorrect photo was run with Mark Dent's column, "Tragedies reveal lack of thorough coverage."The photo was of columnist Evan Hengel, not Dent.
The University Career Center will host a workshop to jumpstart a job search from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday at room 149 in the Burge Union.
CAMPUS
Semester's class-option deadlines nearing
Credit/No Credit Option:
Course Withdrawal Policy:
Students must be submit paperwork in their dean's office by Thursday for 15-week courses.
The new deadlines are approaching for the University of Kansas's credit/no credit option, course withdrawal and course repeat policies.
The last day to drop a course is Nov. 13. Students no longer have an option to drop a course until and including the last day of class.
Course Repeat Policy:
For 15-week courses, students must fill out paperwork their dean's office by Friday.
For more information, go to www.registrar.ku.edu.
LAWRENCE
Kim Lynch
Emergency fire crews control small blaze
A small fire was reported Wednesday night at 2030 Massachusetts St.
Fire crews responded to a call reporting a fire in the chimney and attic of the house.
When the crews arrived, they found heavy smoke in the attic, but were able to control the fire.
There were no injuries. Catherine Odson
STATE
Meth makers beware:
KBI may require registry
TOPEKA — Makers and sellers of methamphetamines would be added to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's public offender registry list under legislation proposed for the 2007 Legislature by two Senate leaders.
The measure would enable Kansans to find out whether they have such people living in their communities.
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