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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2007
quote of the day
"Hindsight is always twenty-
twenty."
— Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder is one of only four people who have won three Academy Awards for producing, directing and writing the same film ("The Apartment").
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BY JASON BAKER
Department:Communication Studies
What courses do you teach?
What courses do you teach?
I teach history of rhetoric and argumentation classes.
you go to college?
Where did you go to college?
I went to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penn, for my undergraduate then I got my master's at New York University and my doctorate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
What inspired you to teach?
Well, at my first job I was creating user manuals for computer systems, and I found it was more fun teaching people how to use word processors than creating the manuals.
Were you involved in any organization?
I wrote for my school's yearbook, and I was a member of Mortar Board, a national honors society that recognizes college seniors. I was also a resident assistant, and that's about it.
Do you have any hobbies that you're passionate about?
I love to hike. I love to ride bikes. Also, I love sports such as swimming, and I love to cook Indian food.
Do you have a favorite vacation area?
Do you have a favorite sport to watch?
Hiking in the mountains in the Pacific Northwest, such as the Cascades in Washington state.
Steelers Football. They did a number
Jason Raker/KANSAN
on the Cleveland Browns. Big Ben is healthy, and I like their prospects. Did you have a favorite class in college?
They were all OK; some were bad,
but no.
What's your favorite music to listen to?
I love listening to classic rock.
Favorite restaurant to eat at?
There's a place in Nashville, 'Tenn., where I had lobster ravioli. I forget the name of the place, but it was the most delicious ravioli I've ever had.
What was the craziest job you've worked at?
Well, I worked at KFC.
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Tug-a-spud
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Kara Mauseth, front left, and her fiance Isaac Comacho, front right, fall into a pit of liquefied mashed potatoes during the Spud Tug tug-of-war competition at the Spud Days Festival in Shelley, Idaho, on Saturday.
What do you think?
ALISHA WILLIAMS
Kansas City, Kan., sophomore "No. I think that it has really only caused problems. I think that the things that have happened are over because they were done a long time ago."
BY VANESSA CUNNINGHAM
"I say yes because security has really increased. I feel safe."
LINDSAY STEWART
Columbus, Mo., sophomore
"I say yes because security has re-
PAUL NEMETH
Overland Park freshman.
"Generally I do. It's always a hassle to get in and out of the airport. I feel as if they're watching people more closely."
MIKE BERRY San Jose, Calif., senior
"I feel safe, but then again other countries want to hurt us. They will find a way to hurt us if they really want to."
KU1info daily KU info
The KU Bookstores offer a 5 percent discount for every downhit KU scores during the previous weekend's football game. The team scored six touchdowns on Saturday, so there's a 30 percent discount today at the Kansas and Burge unions. It's called Touchdown Tuesday, and it's happening today.
on campus
Recruiters from CHESAPEAKE will be available all day in 103 Lindley Hall.
The Pizza and Politics seminar "Youth in Politics: The Road to Becoming a Political After Graduation" will be presented by state Reps, Kevin Yoder and Josh Svaty at noon in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Margaret Paxson, senior associate at the Kennan Institute, will present the CREES Brownbag lecture "What's in a Story?: Memory, History and Research Methodologies" at noon p.m. in 318 Bailey Hall.
Margaret Paxson, senior associate at the Kennan Institute and author of "Solovyovo: The Story of Memory in a Russian Village," will talk about her book and hold a book signing at 4 p.m. in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
There will be a Peace Corps informational meeting at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Judge Steve Leben of the Kansas Court of Appeals, Burdette Loomis, professor of political science, and state Rep. Pat Colloton will hold the panel discussion "The Roberts Court" at 7:30 p.m. in Hansen Hall in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
The Big Lebowski Party will start at 8 p.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
on the record
The KU Public Safety Office reported that someone used black spray paint to paint over the Docking name on the Docking Family Gateway.
A 21-year-old KU student reported the theft of a wallet and its contents, valued at $73, on East Sixth Street.
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