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OBITUARY
Doctoral student dies
Saudi Arabia native described as quiet, well-liked and outgoing
BY LOUIS MORA
lmora@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Although Islamic tradition discourages talking about the deceased, friends of doctoral student Abdulrahman Alhomoud spoke highly of the Saudi native.
Sara Rosen, chairwoman of the department of linguistics, said the loss came as a shock. She said his kind personality would be missed.
"He was a very hard worker and very close with the graduate students," Rosen said.
Alhoudm, a KU doctoral student in linguistics, died on Wednesday of natural causes in his apartment, the coroner's office said. He was 37 years old.
Alhomoud was beginning the third year of his doctoral studies. He is survived by his wife and five children.
Alhomoud also was an active member of the Islamic Center of Lawrence and had developed
Moussa Elbayoumy, a friend of Alhomoud and facilities manager of the Islamic Society of Lawrence, said Alhomoud had been a shv. wonderful person.
many friendships there.
"He was quiet, but an outgoing man. He was well-liked by people around him," he said.
According to Islamic beliefs, writing obituaries is against tradition; Alhoudou's friends and family were reluctant to speak of his life.
Elbayoumy said Alhomoud's remains would be returned to Saudi Arabia and buried after a simple funeral.
"It doesn't do the deceased any good to talk about how good they are," Elbayoumy said. "It doesn't promote the healing of the bereaved and help them accept death as a fact. In our belief, only the deeds in their lives count in their favor."
Messages of condolence can be sent to the Islamic Center of Lawrence, 1917 Nismith Drive.
Crop art for a quarter
ART
BY CARL MANNING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Herd plans to have his project completed Saturday, and employees of the sponsoring organizations can be photographed standing on the border of the artwork.
dening tools and a Roto-Tiller. No tractor this time."
"I'm working in the field now," Herd said, "I've got a hard week ahead of me. I'll have a dozen people working with me on this, and we're creating it mainly with a Weed Eater, shovels, hand gar-
For nearly 25 years, the Lawrence artist has been known for turning fields into portraits, still lifes and commercial advertisements to be viewed from the air, using natural elements such as crops, rocks and flowers.
A poster-sized aerial photograph of the project will be on sale at the fair.
TOPEKA - Artist Stan Herd figures he'll be busy this week getting his latest crop-art project in shape for its viewing — a 200-foot replica of the quarter commemorating Kansas, with a giant buffalo, carved in an alfalfa field near Hutchinson.
Herd said Monday he's about halfway through the project under way in a 1-acre field not far from the Kansas State Fairgrounds, where the quarter will make its state debut on Sept. 9. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius plans to lead the celebration for the official launch of the coin.
Kim Andrews
He said his $7,000 fee — about one-third what he normally charges for such a project — is financed mainly by SBC of Kansas, the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas, the Topeka Community Foundation and the Kansas Museum of History Foundation.
There is money in art
Chris Moore, Shawnee junior, works hard on his first day selling posters. Moore saw a help needed sign and volunteered to help with the Union poster sale. Like many students, Moore is looking to make a little extra cash.
CAMPUS
Jayhawk women celebrate success
The new "Women of Distinction" poster-calendar is out and ready to be tacked on walls.
Marge Heard Franklin, cofounder of an environmental consulting agency in Prairie Village called Franklin Associates, Ltd., is one of the women who appeared on the calendar. She said she was proud to appear as a role model to younger women.
The free poster includes pictures and brief biographies of 19 high-achieving female students, alumni, faculty and staff, as well as a calendar of the academic year.
"I think often-times people are not aware of the important contributions women make to the campus and to the community at large," Rose-Mockry said.
Two years ago, Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center director Katherine Rose-Mockry led the effort to produce the poster-calendar, partly in response to the "Women of KU" calendar, which features KU women in revealing outfits.
Franklin graduated in 1959 as the first woman to earn a degree in aeronautical engineering from the University.
"From my perspective, there still aren't enough women in engineering" she said.
The poster-calendar is available at all KU Bookstores, including the KU Edwards Campus bookstore, and at the Student Involvement and Leadership Center in the Kansas Union.
Dole Leadership Prize awarded
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics announced Lech Walesa as its third annual winner of the Dole Leadership
Frank Tankard
ON CAMPUS
"Along with Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa is responsible for the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Prize yesterday. Walesa is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the first democratically elected president of Poland.
Tickets for Wales's Sept.
22 lecture will be available
to the public at no cost at the
Lied Center box office from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays or
the SUA office in the Kansas
Union.
It is an honor to welcome him to the University of Kansas to accept the Dole Leadership Prize," said Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute.
The Murphy Hall ticket office will also have tickets.
Previous Dole Leadership Prize recipients include, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2003 and Senator George McGovern in 2004.
— Alv Barland
KU Student Ambassadors is conducting informational sessions for students interested in joining the group. Student Ambassadors gives campus tours and answers questions for perspective students.The informational sessions are at 7 p.m.tomorrow in the Visitor's Center attached to Templin Hall and 7 p.m. Thursday in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union.
- The Student Union Association is giving out information on this semester's events in the Hawk's Nest of the Kansas Union tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. Bowling at the Jaybowl will be free.
Note: The University Daily Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. Submission forms are available in the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Items must be turned in two days in advance of the desired publication date. On Campus is printed on a space available basis.
ON THE RECORD
A 20-year-old KU student reported $500 in damage to a vehicle's side mirror between 5 p.m. on Aug. 15 and 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 16 on the 1300 block of W. Campus Road.
A 20-year-old KU student reported $100 in damage to a window and $200 in damage to a door between 3 p.m. on Aug. 19 and 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 20 on the 2600 block of W. Sixth Street.
- An 18-year-old KU student reported the theft of a $1000 Gateway laptop computer between 10 p.m. on Aug. 20 and 1 a.m. on Aug. 21 on the 1400 block of Apple Lane.
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