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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007
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Mike Getto, assistant football coach at Kansas from 1929- 1939 and 1947-1950, brought the Jayhawk back to his hometown of Jeannette, Pa., where it was adopted by the high school and remains their mascot to this day.
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3. Delta Forces loses presidential race, but gains seats
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1. School of Journalism wins writing award
2. United Students win top seats in election
4. Themeing the Night Away
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5. Rowing heads to East Coast
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Spotlight Four Square Club on Organizations
BY AMRUTA BHADKAMKAR
As the weather becomes less forbidding and more cheerful, most students are on the lookout for outdoor games that can be played without costing an arm and leg and do not require too much expertise. This is where four-square comes in.
For the beginner, four-square is basically a game that is played by four people on a square court divided into four squares. The objective is to work from the lowest square into the highest square by eliminating players in higher-ranking squares.
It is easy to learn and is cheap because the only equipment needed
The Four-Square Club of KU endeavors to promote this game by holding weekly Four-Square "tournments" from 2 to 4 p.m. on Fridays.
is a ball and a square court.
"The mission of the club is to spread and promote four-square and all its silliness to all on the University campus", John Nguyen, the president of the club, said. "This silliness and fun will be passed on to others through the great childhood 'sport' of four-square."
For more information on the club,
contact Nguyen at itwm8@ku.edu.
Edited by Sharla Shivers
Contributed by Four Square Club of KU
Horsing around
Benoit Photo/ASSOCIATED PRESS
River's Prayer ridden by jockey Clinton Potts, right, holds off Indian Flare ridden by David Flores to win the Las Cienegas Handicap horse race Sunday at Santa Anita Park in ArCADIA, Calif.
What do you think?
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
CHELSI SHIPLEY
Lakin sophomore
"Apart from being written on the sidewalk and people bugging me to vote, I really didn't feel compelled to vote."
"I wasn't really involved with it, but I overheard some guys from Delta Force complaining because the girl who won wasn't completely honest through the whole thing — but I don't really like to get involved."
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THE RECENT STUDENT SENATE ELECTIONS?
JULIO CASTILLO Sucre, Bolivia, senior
"It always seems kind of the same; I think the elections were fair and everything went well."
CAMPUS University moves to 44th in research rankings
CAMPUS
BROCK POTUCEK Hutchinson junior
The University of Kansas spent $111 million on federally funded research in 2005, propelling it to its highest ranking ever in a recent National Science Foundation study.
The foundation, a federal research agency, compared the research expenditures of public universities and rated the University 44th overall. Jim Roberts, vice provost for research, said the University's ranking has increased 11 places in the past 10 years.
Roberts said the ranking was a measure of a university's ability to do research, which depended on the University's more than 600 researchers earning valuable federal research grants. He said the University supported researchers by investing in laboratories and equipment and by helping them write grant proposals.
"It says we're moving up relative to other universities," Roberts said, "and we'd like to keep it that way."
"What makes a great research university is the research itself." Roberts said. "It's one of the key missions of the University."
Nathan Gill
WAR IN IRAQ
Bombs ravage Baghdad,
attacks kill at least 45
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Cars, minibuses and roadside bombs exploded in Shiite Muslim enclaves across the city Sunday, killing at least 45 people in sectarian violence that defied the Baghdad security crackdown, while a radical anti-U.S. cleric raised a new threat to Iraq's government.
Two officials close to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said his followers would quit their six Cabinet posts Monday — a move that could leave Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's already weak administration without enough support to stay in power.
Associated Press
WAR IN IRAQ U.S. soldier death toll rises to 3,300 since 2003
As of Sunday at least 3,300 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians.
At least 2,674 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Associated Press
on campus
Rob Kaplan, Harvard Business School, will present the seminar "How to Reach Your Potential in the Post-College World" at 12:30 p.m. at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union.
Fatima Sadiqi will present the lecture "Crossing Language Borders: Berber Women and the Expression of the Sacred" at 1:30 p.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Margaret Arnold will present the Philosophy and Literature seminar at 3:30 p.m. at the Seminar Room in the Hall Center.
The workshop "Better Late than Jobless" will be held at 3:30 p.m. at 149 Burge Union.
James Najarian, Boston College, will present the seminar "George Eliot's Servant Problem: Domestic and Intellectual Labor in the Nineteenth Century" at 3:30 p.m. at 3132 Wescoe Hall.
Andrew Baruch Wachtel will present the lecture "The End of the Balkans" at 4 p.m. at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
Alan Mulally, Ford Motor Company, will present the lecture "Working Together" at 7 p.m. in the Lied Center.
Derek H.Davis will present the lecture "Religion and Politics in the United States: Conflict and Anomalies" at 7:30 p.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
correction
An article in Friday's The University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article "Journalists win awards" should not have said that the stripper profiled by Fred A. Davis III was a practicing Mormon.
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