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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
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"I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."
— Elvis Presley
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For Elvis' eleventh birthday his parents bought him his first guitar for $7.75. He had wanted a bicycle, but the guitar was all they could afford.
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Big Jay takes pictures on the field after stealing a Kansan photographer's camera during the football game on Saturday. The camera was reclaimed, and the photos below were confiscated.
ODD NEWS Notorious bathroom stall becomes tourist attraction
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — When tourists ask for the bathroom in the Minneapolis airport lately, it's usually not because they have to go.
It's because they want to see the stall made famous by U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's arrest in a sex sting.
"it's become a tourist attraction," said Karen Evans, information specialist at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. "People are taking pictures."
Craig was arrested June 11 by a Minneapolis airport police officer. The Idaho Republican pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
Craig has since said his guilty plea was a mistake. His request to withdraw the guilty plea will be heard Sept. 26, just four days before he has said he will step down from his Senate seat.
"It's by the Lottery shop, right next to the shoeshine shop," said newsstand worker Abdalla Said, adding he gets the question daily.
Just 15 minutes into her shift on Friday, Evans said she had been asked directions to the new tourist attraction four times. Other airport workers field the same question
The Royal Zino Shoeshine shop owner's grandson, Royal Zino, said it has been hectic.
"People have been going inside, taking pictures of the stall, taking pictures outside the bathroom door — man, it's been crazy," he said.
"We had to just stop and check out the bathroom," Sally said. "In fact, it's Jon's second time — he was here last week already."
On their way to Guatemala, Jon and Sally Westby of Minneapolis made a visit.
Woman takes motorcycle to 100th birthday party
BERWICK, Pa. — You might say she was born to be wild — a century ago.
Evelyn Warburton rode to her 100th birthday party Saturday in a motorcycle sidecar. She sported a black leather jacket, a helmet and a pair of sunglasses for the 10-minute ride from her home in Lightstreet to her granddaughter's house in Berwick.
"It was fun today" said Warburton.
Her chauffeur on the green 2000 Harley-Davidson Ultra was George Crawford, a friend who had been offering to take her to church on his motorcycle for several years.
Crawford said Warburton was nervous at first, but relaxed after he assured her she wouldn't fly out of the sidecar. The duo hit a top speed of 40 mph.
Warburton finally accepted Crawford's offer of a ride to her party. She had actually turned 100 on Thursday.
"She's always willing to try new things;" said Warburton's daughter, Nancy Hartzel.
Student advocate charged with drunken driving
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Bloomsburg University's student government president was charged with drunken driving just weeks after saying the media has unfairly portrayed students as irresponsible.
Christopher Bevan, 21, was pulled over last weekend after a campus police officer said he saw the student driving more than 50 mph in a 15-mph zone.
A breath test showed Bevan's blood-alcohol level was.147 percent, authorities said.The legal limit for drivers in Pennsylvania is .08 percent.
Bevan recently wrote a letter to the Press Enterprise of Bloomsburg about media coverage of the central Pennsylvania college's annual Block Party, an event critics have described as rowdy and alcohol fueled.
The stories have "painted BU students with a broad and negative brush and are both inaccurate and extremely unfair to the thousands of responsible, mature Bloomsburg students who are an asset to the school and this community." Bevan wrote.
Reached Friday, Bevan declined to say if he would step down from his position. He also would not comment on the arrest.
College spokeswoman Liza Benedict called the arrest out of character for Bevan.
"Up to this point, Chris has set a great example for the students and worked well with the university."
Bevan was charged with driving under the influence, driving at an unsafe speed and careless driving.
Their learns techniques from Discovery Channel
RICHMOND, Ky. — A man who says he learned how to rob homes by watching a TV show was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a string of burglaries in central Kentucky.
Michael W. Hobbs, 36, of Waco, Ky., pleaded guilty to five counts of burglary. He was sentenced Thursday.
Police said Hobbs learned how to break into homes by watching the Discovery Channel TV show "It Takes a Thief" The show features two ex-convicts who show property owners how vulnerable they are to theft.
Police Maj. Steve Gregg said the show's ex-confs said skill burglaries typically don't keep stolen items.
"He didn't hold onto any of the property," Gregg said of Hobbs. "He had no physical evidence at his residence whatsoever. When we entered a couple times, he said, 'Come on in, look around. I've done nothing.'"
But Gregg said Hobbs always showed up at the burglary sites.
"He was one of the type of people who would come to the door and ask if (the homeowner) needed any gutter help," Gregg said. "Then the houses around there would get burglarized. That's just not coincidental."
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Resume Review Day will start at 10 a.m. in 110 Burge Union.
Dr. Jack Shi will present the lecture "Collective Beam-Beam Instability and Nonlinear Dynamics in Storage-Ring Colliders" at 4 p.m. in 2017 Malton Hall.
Artist and anthropologist Ute Ritschel will present a lecture at 7 p.m. in Nunemaker Hall.
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Trumpet player William Richardson will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
A 22-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to his car totaled at $400 near the 1000 block of Ohio Street.
A 20-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to her car totaled at $650 near the 2300 block of West 26th Street.
STUDENT SENATE Senator positions available
Student Senate is accepting applications for replacement senators.
Positions are available for three graduate senators, three junior/senior College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senators and one education senator. Anyone within those criteria may apply.
Applications are due Friday by 5 p.m., and interviews will be held September 24 and 25.
Students may pick up applications in the Student Senate office in 410 Kansas Union. Questions should be directed toward Adam McGonigle, chair of the Student Executive Committee, at 785-864-3710 or amcgonigle87@yahoo.com
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Happy birthday, The University Daily Kansan. The first official issue of the newspaper, then titled Semi-Weekly Kansan, appeared on campus 103 years ago today. It became The Kansan seven years later in 1912.
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