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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
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"Cease to hope and you will cease to fear."
— The Stoic philosopher Seneca,
quoting Hecato
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Today is the 217th anniversary of the position of Postmaster General. Benjamin Franklin was the first to organize a national postal service, and Samuel Osgood was the first man appointed to the position by then-President George Washington. Bonus fact: The Postal Service operates the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the world, with 260,000 vehicles.
—Source; United States Postal Service
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Renaissance Festival
The 30th annual Kansas City Renaissance Festival, located in Bonner Springs, will be in its 4th week this Saturday and Sunday. All ages are welcome and costumes are encouraged. Adult tickets are $15.95, children (ages 5-12) are $7.95 and for those who just can't leave their best friends at home, dogs can get in (with a valid shot record) for $2.
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The gates open at 10 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Admission for the Feaste of Fooles, a six-course meal hosted each festival day, will begin at 3 p.m. Tickets to the meal are $45 and includes your entry to the festival as well. This weekend is also one of three artisan appreciation weekends. Attendees who spend $200 or more at the booths will be eligible for a free ticket to attend another weekend. Information was provided by www.kcrenfest.com.
Chris Brown will be in concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater located at 633 N. 130th St, in Bonner Springs, this Sunday, Juelz Santana, Ne-Yo, Dem Franchise Boyz and Lil' Wayne will play as well. The cost for lawn seating tickets is $16 and reserved seats range from $35 to $55. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 7 p.m. To purchase tickets online visit www.livenation.com.
The Lawrence Arts Center will have its final performance of "Krapp's Last Tape" this Saturday, in honor of the author Samuel Beckett's 100th birthday. Beckett is internationally acclaimed and known for other works including "Breath," "Endgame," and "Happy Days." Tickets for the one-hour show are $8 to $10. The center's Web site, www.lawrenceartscenter.com, urges those wishing to attend to purchase their tickets early as many KU students attend these plays in order to receive extra credit in their courses. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.
Kansan correspondent Katie Hobson can be reached at editor@ kansan.com.
Edited by Elyse Weidner
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Amusement park offers cockroaches to customers
GURNEE, III. (AP) — Why wait in line when you can just eat a cockroach?
That's the question Six Flags Great America is asking thrill seekers during a Halloween-themed FrightFest. The amusement park is daring customers to eat a live Madagascar hissing cockroach in exchange for unlimited line-jumping privileges.
The promotion, which has Lake
County Health Department officials shaking their heads, starts Oct. 7.
Park officials insist it's safe to eat the crunchy critters, but health officials are cautioning participants.
Consuming live roaches might increase risks of gastrointestinal illness and allergies, according to Bill Mays. Lake County Health Department's community health director.
Moose breaks into school while looking for love
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — A moose that wandered onto the Northern Michigan University campus and broke a residence hall window might have been looking for love in all the wrong places, a wildlife expert said.
City police chased the animal away after the Tuesday evening incursion at Magers Hall, Detective Capt. Mike Angeli said.
"It's not unusual for a moose to do something like this now," said Dean Beyer, a Michigan Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist who has an office at Northern Michigan. "We're in the middle of the (mating) rut right about now.
"Moose, especially a young bull moose, will move long distances," he said. "They could be searching for a cow to mate with, or simply be a young bull dispersing after being chased away from its herd and looking for a new range."
Picture of back of head accompanies obituary
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Artist and retired art professor Jim Schinneler's love of laughter didn't end with his death.
When an obituary for the lifelong jokester appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, it was
"It's a family that goes for a little bit of one-upmanship," Jim Schinneller Jr. explained to a Journal Sentinel columnist.
accompanied with a photo — of the back of his head.
He said the family couldn't resist sending it in, giving his dad a chance for one more joke.
Family members said it was just the kind of thing they could expect from Schinneller, a retired professor who died at home Sept. 9 at the age of 81.
"He liked to buck the system," his daughter Diane Colla said. "He enjoyed showing people how absurd life was."
The senior Schinneller's companion, Gloria Bosben, said that she took the photo as a joke.
So he turned around and she snapped the picture outside his suburban Fox Point home. He gave framed copies to each of his four grown children and Bosben's brother two years ago.
"He had just gotten a haircut and it was a sunny day out," she said. "He said, 'I want you to take a picture of the back of my head. I want to give it to the kids for Christmas."
Gnome travels the country after abduction from yard
MORGAN TOWN, W.V.A. (A)
— Allen Snyder's garden gnome is apparently out of jail and traveling the country.
The 14-inch tall red-and-white statue disappeared from Snyder's yard in the spring, and Snyder has since received three letters claiming to have been written by "Gnomey."
The latest letter, which Snyder received this week, included photos of the gnome in the company of Steelers fans attending Pittsburgh's football home opener.
The plight of his gnome has gotten a lot of attention. Snyder said people are always asking if he's heard from Gnomey.
"You never took me to any games," the note said. The letter ended: "Have to go now. Boarding a plane. Now, finally, broadening my travels."
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"I never thought it would go this far," he said.
An earlier letter included a request for ball money and included what appeared to be booking photos of Gnomey and another of the gnome in the back seat of a police car.
Watkins reminds students of stricter class note policy
Snyder isn't sure who's pulling the prank but said his suspects includes several gag-loving friends.
Several students have been requesting medical excuses from class at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said Patricia Denning, Watkins chief of staff. She said Watkins stopped granting these "class notes" last August.
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Denning said class notes would only be granted if patients had received care or treatment from Student Health Services or had documentation of treatment from another health care provider and they had three or more consecutive days of absence from extended illness or injury.
Denning said Watkins dropped the class note policy in order to improve customer service because students requesting class notes took up physicians' time in dealing with sick patients.
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Anna Faltermeyer
KU Public Safety officers arrested a 25-year-old Lawrence man for operating a vehicle under the influence, driving with a suspended license and having no proof of insurance. The arrest happened near the intersection of Becker Drive and Constant Avenue on Sept. 20.
A University employee reported a burglary and theft from a car parked near Robinson Center. Someone smashed the rear passenger-side window of a Mitsubishi Montero on Sept. 20. Damage was estimated at $200.
A 21-year-old KU student reported a burglary and theft from a car parked near Robinson Center. Someone smashed the rear passenger-side window of a Ford Escape. Damage was estimated at $200.
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