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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007
quote of the day presents KU football
"You strive until the goal is
Then look for one still unattained.
Your record points the course you take.
To greater records you can make.
For hope springs not from what you have done,
Favorite quote of Potsy Clark, Kansas football coach, 1921-1925
football coach, 1921-1925
But from the work you have just begun."
fact of the day presents KU football
Potsy Clark coached Kansas during their first game in Memorial Stadium. On Oct 29, 1921, the Jayhawks defeated Kansas State 21-7 in front of a crowd of 5,160.
— KU Football Media Guide
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Owen Wilson in hospital, suicide attempt suspected
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Police were called to Owen Wilson's home because of an attempted suicide report, according to a police log of weekend calls.
The log doesn't indicate who made the call Sunday, but lists "attempted suicide" as the reason for it.
Wilson was in good condition Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Hospital officials said Tuesday they weren't releasing any undated information.
The actor's publicist, Ina Treciokas, declined to answer questions Tuesday about whether Wilson
attempted to commit suicide. She said Wilson's statement asking for privacy was all that was being released.
Wilson, 38, was initially taken by ambulance from his home to Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica and later transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
The police log shows the initial call came in at 12:08 p.m. and cleared at 5:17 p.m. and a report was filed. Police said Monday that privacy laws prohibited them from releasing that document.
The police log was obtained Tuesday by CelebTV.com.
Wilson has two movies in production and two more upcoming releases to help promote.
DreamWorks Pictures said in a statement that filming continues on "Tropic Thunder," a comedy starring Wilson. The studio offered no details on whether Wilson's role in the movie, directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jack Black, would be recast.
It was also unknown if Wilson's hospitalization would affect his appearance opposite Jennifer Aniston in the 20th Century Fox comedy "Marley & Me"
A Fox spokesman told Hollywood trade paper Daily Variability that "it's a totally inappropriate question at this
time' whether he would appear in the movie.
Wilson's hospitalization could also keep him from helping promote "The Darjeelie Limited," in which he stars alongside Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman. The Fox Searchlight film was to be released next month.
Paramount also had a Wilson film due out in *March*; the Judd Apatow-produced "Drillbit Taylor."
Treciokla released a brief statement Monday on Wilson's behalf: "I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time."
Sculpting glory
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Artists carve out an ice sculpture on the Venice Boardwalk to promote the DVD release of the Dreamworks Pictures figure skating comedy film "Blades of Glory"; in Venice, Calif., on Tuesday. The film about two male figure skaters partnered together stars Will Ferrel and Jon Heder.
ODD NEWS Texans fry food for third annual fair competition
DALLAS — The entries in this year's Big Tex Choice Awards could entice State Fair visitors back to the deep fryer for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
There are Deep Fried Lattes for a morning jump-start, plus fried chili pie, fried guacamole, and a range of crispy desserts including Fried Cookie Dough.
The third annual Big Tex Choice Awards contest on Labor Day tests the fair grub ingenuity of State Fair of Texas concessionsaires. Past Big Tex awards have offered nonfried options, but none of this year's seven entries escaped the fryer.
"I think they're good products."
said Ron Black, the fair's senior vice president of food service and novelties. "We've got experienced concessionaires, and their products all taste really good."
Michael Levy will debut his family's new Deep Fried Latte, which is a fried pastry topped with cappuccino ice cream, caramel sauce, whipped cream and instant coffee powder.
"We have gained about 10 pounds trying this. I'm not kidding," Levy said."I've probably eaten 300 of these trying to get it right."
Concessionaire Allan Weiss is offering up Zesty Fried Guacamole Bites, a variation on the Fried Avocados he created last year. The bites are a scoop of guacamole, breaded, fried and served with ranch dressings or salsa.
Pride Peach Cobbler on a Stick, which is a peach cobbler with dumplings rolled in pastry dough and fried, and then covered in brown sugar and cinnamon and skewered. it's this year's only entry on a stick.
Gigi White invented Country
The fair opens Sept. 28.
Novelist plans cattle drive commemorates novel
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A modern-day cattle drive will be held next month to commemorate the 30th anniversary of a novel, and author Robert Day is hoping it goes better than a practice run last year.
"We lost all the cattle and ran into a milo field," Day said "It became 'The Lost Cattle Drive' rather than 'The Last Cattle Drive.'"
modern-day drive from northwest Kansas to Kansas City, Kan. Day and friend O. Newton King plan to re-enact part of the fictional drive Sept. 4-5 at the Dickinson Ranch in Gorham.
King, a retired pharmacy owner from Lawrence, has spent three years planning and organizing the drive.
Day's 1977 novel chronicles a
"His idea is almost as crazy as the idea of the book," Day said. "It will sort of be a real chapter of the book — a condensed version."
The drive also will raise money for 4-H clubs in Ellis and Russell counties, with 50 riders each day paying $300 each to go along.
"I wanted to leave something more permanent than cow pies," King said
Associated Press
The first official American casualty of World War I was Army doctor, and KU alum, William T. Fitzsimons. He was killed September 7, 1917, during a German air attack on the hospital he was serving in France.
corrections
on campus
Tuesday's Kansan incorrectly credited, "Food is expensive; this wisdom is priceless" to Benjamin Smith. It should have been credited to Ben Cohen.
Joseph Steinmetz will present the University Forum "How is the Brain Involved in Learning and Memory?" at noon in the ECM Center.
Tuesday's article "Election preparation begins" misspelled Adam McGonigle's name. It is spelled McGonigle, not McGonigle.
The Public Event "Around the World with the Peace Corps" will be held at noon in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The First Annual Welcome Reception University of Kansas - Haskell Indian Nations University NIH-funded Programs will begin at 3 p.m. in the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
SUA will host "The REAL Spider-Man: Stuntman Chris Daniels" at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
on the record
Radio Shack, located at 711 W. 23rd St., reported a theft of an MP3 player valued at $130.
A 23-year-old KU student reported a battery at 1105 Massachusetts Monday night.
An 18-year-old KU student reported a lost wallet that contained a credit card, student ID, and social security card.
A Kwik Shop employee reported 242 stolen CDs from his car for a value of $3,146.
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