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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007
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"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and still be considered a good performer."
Ted Williams
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Ted Williams, the last major league baseball player to hit .400 in a season, was so good that opposing defenses would employ "the Williams shift," moving six players to the right of second base, where he usually hit it.
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Name: Professor Nathan Wood
people moving to urban life. I will spend a whole week talking about sewers and another talk about prostitution. It should be interesting.
WHY DO YOU LIKE HISTORY? I think it is a great way to understand how people operate in particular circumstances and particular times. I like to help students identify with ordinary people from history and see how they are alike and how they are different. History also effects how we understand the world.
Name: Professor Nathal Wood Degrees: Ph.D. in history of Eastern Europe, Modern Europe and Cultural Studies; M.A. in Eastern European History;
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON EASTERN EUROPE AND POLAND? I went to Poland as a mission for church for two years. While I was there I fell in love with the culture, people and the language. I decided when I got back to focus on this area of Europe because it is commonly left out of history books in high school. I felt it should be included because it is an important part of world history.
WHAT IS SOMETHING STUDENTS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I am the eldest of seven children.
Study Certificate in Polish
WHAT IS YOU FAVORITE PART
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY? I was
lucky to leave Indiana University
and come to KU because they are
WHAT COURSES DO YOU TEACH? Introduction to history courses and Eastern European courses. Next spring I will teach a course titled "Everyday Communism:" I also just designed a course which I plan on calling "Euro Metro." It will focus on the history of
similar. I left a big state college with a great Russian and Eastern European department and basketball to another big state college with a great Russian and Eastern European department and basketball. I also enjoy teaching here because I get a good range of students.
IF YOU COULD BE ANY HISTORICAL FIGURE, WHO WOULD YOU BE WHY? I would want to be an ordinary clerk who lived in one of the cities at the turn of the century. I would live in an apartment and get to take the first ride on the electric street car in Krakow. On the weekends I could take my family swimming, but then again my children might not have all survived and it was a tough life around this time period. I am fascinated with this period though.
WHAT DO YOU DO OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL? like playing basketball, camping, biking and reading The New Yorker. I also enjoy spending time with my family.
DO YOU SPEAK ANY OTHER LANGUAGE? I speak Polish.
WHERE HAVE YOU TRAVE-LED? I have been to Poland many times and I have also been to the Ukraine.
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The spilled dressing and other materials flowed into the Coachella Canal.
Nineteen of the cars derailed dumping bulk containers of the dressing, other food products and concrete sealant. The cause of the Tuesday afternoon derailment and the amount of materials spilled had not been determined.
SYLVANIA, Ala. — A woman used a horse to ram a police car during a midnight ride through town and was charged with driving under the influence, police said.
Woman rams horse into police car, given DUI
The 52-car train was carrying a variety of cargo from Dupo, Ill., to Los Angeles, said Union Pacific spokesman Joe Arbona.
DUI charges can apply even if the vehicle has four legs instead of wheels, Chief Brad Gregg said Tuesday.
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Police in the northeast Alabama town received a call around midnight Saturday about someone riding a horse on a street, Gregg said.
"Cars were passing by having to avoid it, and almost hitting the horse." he said.
Alexandra Avilia, Mexico freshman, flips her skirt of the Mexican traditional dress on the stage of the fashion show Wednesday evening on the fourth floor of Kansas Union. Many international students from 12 different countries wore their traditional clothes that represent each country.
"She wouldn't stop," he said. "She kept riding the horse."
An officer found Melissa Byrum York, 40, on horseback and tried to stop her, Gregg said.
After ramming the police car with the horse and riding away, York tried to jump off but caught her foot in a stirrup, Gregg said. The officer took her into custody.
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Cleaning up the smelly mess will take a few days, Union Pacific officials said Wednesday.
MECCA, Calif. — A train derailment in the Southern California desert spilled gallons of blue cheese dressing into a canal leading to the Salton Sea.
Spilled dressing causes canal of blue cheese
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Dionisio Borda, Minister of Finance of Paraguay, will present the lecture "Cuestiones y tendencias actuales de la economia paraguaya" at 12 p.m. at room 318 in Bailey Hall.
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Free tea and treats will be served at Tea Time in the Union Lobby at 3 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
The International Culture Quiz Show will be held at 7 p.m. at the English & Continental rooms in the Kansas Union.
Trio Fedele will play a free concert at 7 p.m. at Regnier Hall Auditorium in Edwards Campus.
Ruben Flores will present the seminar "The influence of Postrevolutionary Mexican Debates over Social Equality on the Sociology of Pluralism in the United States" at 3:30 p.m. at the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
U. S. Congressman Dennis Moore, Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson and Kansas Democratic Party State Representative Raj Goyle will take part in a KU Law School-hosted political forum at 12:30 p.m. at room 104 in Green Hall.
Mohamed EI-Hodiri will present the lecture "History of Four Cairos: Ancient, Byzantine, Early Arab, And Fatimid" at 3:30 p.m. at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
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Christopher Fedo, University of Tennessee, will present the lecture "Earth's earliest life: how sure are we?" at 4 p.m. at room 103 in Linden Hall.
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