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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007
quote of the day
"Like Ken and Barbie of an earlier mania, the Cabbage Patch Kids are mannequins waiting to be outfitted with all the costumes and accoutements that Daddy can afford."
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1. Hirschfield: KU football fans don't rival those at K-State
2. Student questions amount of diversity
3. KU to host next Asian-American conference
4. System seeks to include 'A+'
5. Investigation of leaked documents underway
Time.com
fact of the day
For the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Cabbage Patch Kids were named the official mascot for the United States Olympic Team. In 1995, Cabbage Patch Kids were named the official mascot again for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
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BY AINERI EDORO editor@kansan.com
well garbage boy, with whom he teams up for an exhilarating culinary adventure. The sheer beauty of the animation, the heart-thumping suspense of the adventures, and the human touch of the charming characters makes the movie a prefall break weekend treat. Ratatouille will soon be on DVD, but if you would like to catch it on big screen, grab a ticket for $2 at the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union and make your way to the Woodruff Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Friday or Saturday, or both, to enjoy this adventure-filled movie.
The spirit of Halloween is in the air
Why not get an early start on exc
Fall break is a week away, but it's not too early to begin to relax your mind. Follow the popcorn trail to the animated summer favorite brought to you by Student Union Activities and an old movie feature at Java Break.
"THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS"
"RATATOUILLE"
From Brad Bird, the award-win
ning director of "The Incredibles," comes yet another charming animated film, "Ratatouille" (Rat-a-too-ee). In this moving tale about impossible dreams and the power of friendship, Remy, a rat with exceptional culinary abilities, finds himself on the streets of Paris with nothing except the unusual dream, for a rat, of becoming a chef. But rodents and restaurants don't go together, and Remy's dream seems impossible until he meets Linguini, a neer-do-
ing your cravings for the dark and the macabre? Old movie aficionados and anyone with a taste for dark comedy are welcome this weekend at Java Break at midnight Saturday for a screening of the 1960 cult-classic, "The Little Shop of Horrors." The movie is a quirky comedy about a flower that feeds on human flesh and a desperate florist who must do unthinkable things to satisfy the flower's cannibalistic yearnings. Although "Little Shop of Horrors" is dark, it's also a comedy, and it will be fun, said Derek Hogan, owner of Java Break and Lawrence resident. The charge for the event is the price of one of the coffee shop's drinks.
— Edited by Amelia Freidline
A march toward peace?
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A South Korean protester tears a portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally against the inter-Korean summit near the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday. The leaders of North and South Korea pledged Thursday to seek a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War and expand projects to reduce tension on the world's last Cold War frontier, a day after Pyongyang committed to an unprecedented step toward dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
"We've got other interests and love to have fun."Ford said."We want to show that to everybody else"
Ford, 31, president of the Linux Users Group and a graduate student, said he's more than a "dude holed up in his basement lit up by the glow of his monitor"
Ford, in a posting to the Web site, said people were missing the humor of the situation.
that it was "offensively stereotyped and outrageously insensitive"
ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS Madeover computer nerds auctioned for fundraiser
SPOKANE, Wash. — A computer club at Washington State University is preparing for its first "nerd auction." But first, a few of its members will get their own upgrades.
Six sororities have offered makeovers for seven men who aim to raise scholarship money for women in computer science, and
improve the image of computer geeks, organizer Ben Ford said.
"The newly fashioned nerds will then be auctioned off to the general public for homework help, computer help or a dinner date," the school said.
Women make up less than 5 percent of computer science students at WSU, reflecting national trends. The goal of the auction is to show that "computer science is fun and interesting and not just for
nerdy boys,"the school said.
Reaction to the event has not been all positive. One person wrote on the Linux Users Group Web site
"Think about it. We are nerds," Ford wrote. "We know how to calculate return on investment. This event is costing us thousands of dollars to put on and I'm sorry, but I'm not willing to pay that kind of money to make six or eight dudes happy for a night."
on the record
A 26-year-old KU student reported the theft of an iPod and stereo accessories valued at $480 from the 1000 block of Emery Drive.
Someone reportedly stole an LCD projector valued at $4,250 from the Kansas Union.
on campus
Someone punched someone else in the face at Oliver Hall, according to police reports.
Anne Justice will present the lecture "Fieldwork in Tamahu Alta Verapas, Guatemala" at noon in 633 Fraser Hall.
Sooa Im will present the lecture "Beyond the Outlandish Charm: Manpukuji's EighteenArhat Sculptures" at 12:30 p.m. in 3002 Weseo Hall.
Lester Grau will present the seminar "The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan: A Successful Model for Disengagement" at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Professor Gary J. Pielak,
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, will present the
seminar "Studying Proteins
Under Physiologically Relevant
Conditions" at 3:30 p.m. in 1001
Malott Hall.
The opening reception for the "Art to Go" program will start at 5 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The play "Translations" by Brian Friel will be performed at 7:30 p.m. in Crafton-Preyer Theatre at Murphy Hall. Tickets cost $10-$16.
The Student Chamber Ensemble Bales Chorale will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Bales Organ Recital Hall.
There are nine students in this year's freshman class who are fifth-generation Jayhawks. This means a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent and great-great-grandparent attended KU all the way back to the 1900s or earlier. To see who they are, check out www. kualumni.org.
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