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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
quote of the day
"Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference." — Bill Clinton
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fact of the day
Restless legs syndrome is a sensory disorder causing an almost irresistible urge to move the legs. The urge to move is usually due to unpleasant feelings in the legs that occur when at rest.
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Spotlight on Organizations SWAT
A typical SWAT team comes armed with mace and high-powered rifles, ready to undertake a hazardous operation.
BY MEGAN HIRT
However, the special weapons and tactics employed by members of KU SWAT include plot and setting, allusion and irony.
Officially titled "Student Writer's Association, The," SWAT began in the spring of 2005 with the mission of fostering a richer creative writing environment at the University.
Natalie McAllister, Topeka senior and one of the organization's founders, describes SWAT as "a place to be heard." Whether searching for an audience, an opportunity to be published or a network of other budding wordsmiths, student writers can fulfill their creative whims through all things SWAT.
McAllister calls SWAT "a supplemental creative writing class" because of the meetings' workshops, in which writers can receive peer feedback on their work. A second-hand perspective is often all a stumped writer needs to overcome a block, or to lay those final, perfecting touches to a story.
The literary journal Comma,
Splice made its debut on campus last
spring. The journal allows all KU students, including those who may be excluded from other publications because they are not in an English class or a writing-focused major, to have their creative writing published.
This year, SWAT received additional funding from Student Senate, which will allow the organization to produce Comma, Splice in greater quantity and quality. McAllister, editor of Comma, Splice, also hopes to print editions of the journal for both the fall and spring semesters and focus more on poetry.
KU professors regularly visit the meetings to discuss careers in the
creative writing field and offer further ideas for getting published.
The organization has 85 student members, and writers of all experience and genres are welcome. Anyone interested in joining SWAT should e-mail kuswat@yahoo.com with a request to be added to the mailing list, which issues information on upcoming meetings and activities.
Kansan correspondent Megan Hirt can be contacted at editor@ kansan.com.
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Glen Yutye outruns his competitor during the buggy races at Yoder Heritage Day Saturday in Yoder.
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Students disobey dress code, kicked out of class
HAMMOND, Ind. — Classrooms were a little less crowded at Morton High School on the first day of classes. Fed up with inappropriate outfits, the principal suspended 128 students for one day Wednesday, minutes after doors opened at the school.
The offending attire — including baggy pants, low-cut shirts, tank tops and graphic T-shirts
— are banned from classrooms.
Old fashioned outlaw robs elderly gamblers, escapes
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A man wielding a silver revolver and wearing a bandana mask stepped aboard a casino shuttle bus and robbed seven elderly passengers and the driver. Police are calling it "the stagecoach robbery."
The Ramblin' Express had made the 20-mile trip to Colorado Springs from Cripple Creek late Thursday when the man climbed on, told the riders and driver they could keep their wedding rings but
demanded their other valuables, police Sgt. Scott Schwall said. The man fled and police dogs could not pick up his trail.
Schwall said "it would be more productive to rob them on the way up."
Judge upset with cell phones that ring in court
CROWN POINT, Ind. — If you next find yourself in Judge Diane Boswell's courtroom, leave the cell phone at home. Boswell detained and questioned a row of spectators when a phone rang for a third time in her courtroom.
One spectator, Cynthia Cannon, agreed to pay a $100 fine after admitting that her phone was one of those that went off.
Another spectator, Verdell Berry Jr., said he had two phones. One was off, the other he turned off when Boswell warned the gallery about the phones. The sound of it powering down is what she heard, Berrv said.
A third spectator, Shonique Freeman, said she knew it was Berry's phone, but she didn't tattle on him. The judge ordered both Berry and Freeman to serve 40 hours of community service.
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The Humanities Lecture Series presents, "An Evening with Andrei Codrescu." The event will be at the Lied Center at 7:30 tonight and is free and open to the public.
Peace Corps Around the World, a brown-bag event, will take place the last Wednesday of every month from noon to 1 p.m. in Alcove C of the Kansas Union. On Aug. 30, John Brewer will talk about Micronesia and Stacy Sabraw will discuss Morocco.The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Betty Baron, Peace Corps Coordinator, 864-7679, or peacecorps@ku.edu.
The Peace Corps will have a general information meeting and video showing at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Betty Baron, Peace Corps Coordinator, 864-7679, or peacecorps@ku.edu.
on the record
A 20-year-old KU student was attacked late Thursday night near an apartment complex at the 2500 block of West Sixth Street. Someone approached the student from behind and struck him with a beer bottle.
Apartment complex employees grabbed the attacker and escorted him off the property, said Kim Murphree, Lawrence Police Department spokeswoman. The student went to the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with undisclosed injuries. Early Friday morning, Lawrence police arrested Taylor Pratt and charged him with aggravated battery in connection with the incident.
A University employee reported the theft of an Xbox console game system and other items. The total value was $430. The theft occurred between Aug. 22 and Aug. 23 in the 400 block of Eldridge Avenue.
A 19-year-old KU student reported being harassed by telephone between July 31 and Aug.24. The incidents occurred at Ellsworth Hall. There are no suspects.
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