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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2006
quote of the dav
"We have enough missiles to blow you up 30 times over"
— John F. Kennedy, former President of the United States
fact of the day
William Quantrill, of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, was reburied in the Old Confederate Home and Cemetery in Higginsville, Mo., in 1992 with full Confederate honors by the Missouri Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. His bones were moved multiple times after he died in the Civil War, and some of them were stolen at one point.
Source: William Clark Quantrill Society
most e-mailed
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1. Joe's Bakery: New twist on sweet tradition
2. Dole Institute displays photographer's work
3. Converted democrat running for attorney general
4. Associate professor of linguistics gets $300K to document dying languages
5. Black Student Union serves sings
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Freshman falls ill
Justine McReynolds, Tonganoxie freshman, is attended to by an emergency medical technician after becoming faint in front of Wescoe Hall. McReynold's cousin, Derrick Betts, Linwood senior, waited with her until she was carried off in an ambulance. He attributed her illness to high blood pressure and heat.
on the record
A 33-year-old KU student reported the theft of a 1988 Volvo from the 1700 block of W. 19th Street. The car was valued at $2,000 and no arrests were made.
A 19-year-old KU student received criminal threats between Aug.20 and Aug.21. The incident occurred in the 1000 block of Kentucky street. No arrests were made.
A 22-year-old KU student reported the theft of a Jayhawker Towers parking permit. The incident happened between Aug. 19 and Aug. 22. The permit is valued at $160.
An 18-year-old KU student was cited for possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia. KU Public Safety Officers found a "green and brown leafy substance" and a "clear plastic honey jar with a tuba mouthpiece" in the student's room at Oliver Hall.
Student Union Activities will show The Da Vinci Code" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Woodruff Auditorium.
on campus
Kansas Rowing will hold informational meetings at 5 p.m. today in Hadl Auditorium. The meetings are open to female students interested in walking on to the 2006-07 team.
odd news
Priest gets parking ticket while visiting sick woman
NEW YORK — A mission of mercy at a hospital turned costly for a priest who violated a city commandment: Thou shalt not park illegally.
The Rev. Cletus Forson, of St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Brooklyn, was ticketed last month when he responded to an emergency call from a parishioner afraid her mother would die without receiving the sacrament of the sick.
Forson is now protesting the $115 parking ticket, although city officials seem unlikely to absolve him.
"On humanitarian grounds, the law should not be interpreted and applied so stringently that it will prohibit a religious leader from doing his work" the priest said.
Forson said he knew the spot was illegal but he didn't have time to look for a legal spot. He placed his clergy parking permit on the dashboard and went in.
VIENNA, Austria — A man mistook a government building in southern Austria for a bank and tried to rob it, police said.
ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A motorist knew something was very wrong when her SUV began meowing.
"couldn't get any parking," Forson said. "It is my obligation to get there and administer to the needs of the sick."
A 4-month-old kitten had climbed into a hole behind the
Kitten found trapped behind glove box
"At first, I thought he was making a bad joke," Austrian broadcaster ORF quoted the woman, Helga Aichwalder, as saying.
The 34-year-old man thought a municipal building in the southern village of Poggersdorf was a bank because it had an ATM in the lobby, said Hermann Klammer, head of the criminal division at Carinthia province's police department.
vehicle's glove box on Sunday and made its way behind the dashboard, said the township's animal control officer, Dan McDonald.
Associated Press
The man fled the building after a woman he allegedly threatened with an air gun told him she had no money and that he had made a mistake, Klammer said.
"She was driving around town and she was hearing something meowing," Hodes said of the driver, whose name was not released.
The woman said she had left her car windows open because of the warm weather, and that's when the stray, a gray tabby, sneaked inside.
McDonald helped dislodge the female kitten with the help of Steven Hodes, a veterinarian.
McDonald was able to hold the cat's foot while Hodes slipped a needle into the limb and injected the kitten with ketamine, an anesthesia that made the feline drowsy. He then lifted her to freedom.
Associated Press
Man mistakenly tries to rob govt. building
The man, who was not identi
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — An 85-year-old man who lost his driver's license and was told he couldn't keep driving his lawn mower on sidewalks now has a brand new ride.
Lawn mower driver gets free new ride from donor
fied, was arrested shortly after Tuesday's incident and has admitted the act, Klammer said.
Steinbach had been using a mower since the state took away his driver's license two years ago for health reasons. He'd been making trips to the supermarket, hardware store and City Hall.
An anonymous woman donated a motorized scooter Tuesday to Benjamin Steinbach, which prompted this response: "Gee, I got to learn to drive all over again."
But, after hearing about Steinbach's treks, Cedarburg Police Chief Tom Frank noted that state law allowed only motorized scooters, wheelchairs and Segways on sidewalks.
Carol LaFontaine, director of the Cedarburg Senior Center, said the mysterious donor contacted the center after reading about Steinbach and offered the scooter.
"It had been purchased for the woman's mother, but the mother barely used it," LaFontaine said. "The donor felt that, if someone could benefit from it, it was better that the scooter be used."
The police chief said Steinbach could drive the scooter on the sidewalk.
"I'm happy for him," the chief said.
Associated Press
What doyou think?
How accurate is the University's US News & World Report ranking of 88th in the country?
"I'd assume it's pretty accurate."
Patrick Moore, Olathe senior
"I think it's pretty accurate. I think there's a lot of universities that are better as far as
academics go, but as far as student life and stuff, we're pretty good. I mean, 88th's not bad." P.J. Heberly, Wichita junior
"I don't think it's that high.
I'm from the east coast,
and I've never heard anything
special about KU?
Lindsey Poet, Metuchen, N.J., first-year graduate student
"I think it's great. Eighty-eight is a nice, round number. It could be worse." Meghomala Chakrabarti,
Manhattan sophomore
"I think the University has gone down over time. They think athletics are more
important than physics or math, and that's why research here is worse than research at other universities."
Haitham Alsadhan, Riyadh Saudi Arabia, sophomore
Kansan correspondant Matt Erickson can be reached at editor@kansan.com
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