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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006
quote of the day
"Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only su rivors."
Frank Gifford
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green was cut in 1994 by the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League.
Source: wikipedia.org
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3. Soccer midfielder attacks new position
2. Facebook meets resistance from users
1. Biology professor bargains with publishers for low textbook price
4. Jayhawks sweep ranked Cougars
5. Associate dean alters professional life for administrative role
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Spotlight on Organizations
BY JESSICA SAIN-BAIRD
The KU organization Alternative Breaks regularly sends involved students to places in Lawrence, outside of Lawrence and often out of Kansas to complete unique service work.
find time for because it's split into three time frames of service work: Weekend Breaks, Winter Breaks and Spring Breaks.
Ashley Bloom, Hutchinson junior, and Katie Jahnke, Shawnee junior, are co-directors of Alternative Breaks. They describe the 11-year-old program as a service learning organization dedicated to giving students hands-on opportunities with service work.
Weekend Breaks take four trips each semester, usually one per month, to locations only in Lawrence, Manhattan or Topeka. Approximately 40 students each semester participate in Weekend Breaks. Food, lodging and gas are covered by a $10 fee. The fee is reduced to $5 after a student has participated in a previous Weekend Break. Service locations for Weekend Breaks are in places like The Salvation Army and The Ronald McDonald
House.
About 50 students go on a Winter Break each year, which is from January 6 to 13 this school year. A student participating in a Winter Break must pay $225, which covers all necessities.
Alternative Breaks
About 70 students each year participate in a Spring Break. This year's Spring Break will be playing host to 10 sites. The cost for attending a Spring Break is also $225.
All students who are interested must apply ahead of time and be interviewed before being accepted.
The application deadline for
Winter Breaks is today at 5 p.m.
while the deadline for Spring Breaks
is Dec. 2. Weekend Breaks offers
many trips with varying deadlines,
with the next being on Sept. 29
for a trip to the Meadowlark Hills
Retirement Center in Manhattan
this Oct. 6 and 7.
Information and applications can be found on the Alternative Breaks website at www.ku.edu/~albreaks, or by visiting the group's office: 425 Kansas Union.
Edited by Travis Robinett
Watch them fly
Vanessa Pearson/KANSAN
Anna Wilson, 4, Lexena, holds a monarch butterfly Saturday at the Monarch Watch open house at Foley Hall. Chip Taylor, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, estimated that between 400 and 500 people attended the event. Guests could take home butterfly pupae, hold butterflies and caterpillars and learn about the Monarch Watch program. The Monarch Watch and the Jayhawk Audubon Society invite the public to tag butterflies from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Baker University Wetlands, located on 31st Street between Louisiana and Haskell. Nets, tags and instructions will be provided; there is no cost to participate. For more information about the tagging event or the Monarch Watch, visit www.monarchwatch.org/wetlands.
KANSAS
Democratic challenger criticizes Kline's actions
A handful of prosecutions have resulted from information obtained from patient records at two abortion clinics, Attorney General Phill Kline said Saturday, using a campaign debate to defend his pursuit of the documents.
Democratic challenger Paul Morrison continued to criticize Kline's efforts to gain access to the records, suggesting the Republican attorney general had no results.
Kansas producers had been in line for $4.2 million from an $800 million drought assistance package announced Aug. 29 by federal Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, said Roberts. R-Kan.
HUTCHINSON — An error by a "doofus" at the U.S. Department of Agriculture means livestock producers in Kansas, Wyoming and Arizona will get far less emergency drought aid than they expected, Sen. Pat Roberts told farmers Saturday at the Kansas State Fair.
Livestock producers to get less aid than expected
But the Kansas share will actually be closer to $900,000, Roberts said.
Shell Oil Co. president draws attention to U.S. oil
MANHATTAN — There are still plentiful energy resources around the world, but "pragmatic realities" can get in the way of tapping them, the president of Shell Oil Co. told a Kansas State University audience.
John Hofmeister, a 1969 graduate of Kansas State, spoke Friday as part of the university's Landon Lecture series.
Hofmeister said the United States is especially rich in natural energy resources.
However, he said, reaching those resources can be politically controversial because it would involve drilling offshore or in wildlife refuges and other federally protected areas.
on campus
A representative from Congressman Jerry Moran's office will hold an information session about congressional internships today from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Parlor ABC Room in the Union.
odd news
56-year-old woman shoots man in elbow
NEW YORK — Margaret Johnson might have looked like an easy target in her wheelchair.
So when a man tried to grab a chain off her neck Friday, the 56 year old pulled out her licensed .357 pistol and shot him in the elbow, police said.
"There's not much to it," she said in a brief interview. "Somebody tried to mug me, and I shot him."
Johnson said she was in Harlem on her way to a shooting range when the man, identified by police as 45-year-old Deron Johnson, came up from behind and went for the chain.
Boa constrictor survives traumatic mistreatment
NEW YORK — Snake's alive! A boa constrictor was recovering Friday at a Manhattan animal shelter, one day after it was injured by a man who was waving the six-foot snake at passers-by on a Brooklyn street, authorities said.
"The boa is resting, healing, and our medical technicians are keeping an eye on it," said Richard Gentles, spokesman for the Manhattan Animal Care Center. The snake was brought to the facility on Thursday with an injury to its lower jaw, reportedly when the man stabbed the boa with scissors.
Elephant learns Korean by mimicking keeper
SEOUL, South Korea — A 16-year-old Asian elephant can make sounds imitating up to eight Korean words, including "sit," "no," "yes," and "le down," amusement park officials said.
The pachyderm produces humanlike sounds by putting his trunk in his mouth and shaking it while exhaling similar to the way people whistle with their fingers. Park workers said it's unclear whether Kosik knows the meaning of the sounds he makes. Kim Jong-gap, who has been Kosik's keeper for 10 years, said he first heard the elephant speak two years ago.
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