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NEWS / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."
— Yogi Berra
FACT OF THE DAY
In the U.S., Americans eat about 18 acres of pizza a day.
- www.berro.com
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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What's going on today?
The KU Libraries will host the instructional services workshop,"Word 2007:Table of Contents, Figures, and Index Tools" from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Anschutz Library instruction center.
A University-Community Forum focusing on the Mexico Solidarity Network will take place beginning at noon at the ECM, Shona Clarkson and Ben Jeffries will host the forum. It is open to the public.
THURSDAY
April 8
FRIDAY April 9
The first Jayhawk was created in 1912, but KU dates back to 1865. There were several unofficial mascots from 1865 to 1912. One of the most popular was the bulldog.
The reception for the Snyder Book Collecting contest will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the third floor of Watson Library. It will feature Nicholas Basbanes, noted author who writes and lectures widely on books and various aspects of book culture, and the winners of the Snyder Book Collecting Contest.
Student Union Activities will screen the film Avatar beginning at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
SUNDAY
Bernadette Gray-Little will be formally installed as the 17th Chancellor of the University of Kansas at 2 p.m. in the Lied Center. Tickets are required for the event. For more information, visit www.chancellor.ku/inauguration.
April 11
MONDAY April12
SATURDAY April 10
April 12
■ Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser will read from his works from 7 to 8 p.m. at The Oread, 1200 Oread Ave.
Author Edward Drea will present the lecture "From Samurai to Soldiers," from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Hall Center as part of the annual Grant Goodman Distinguished Lecture in Japanese Studies.
The KU Writing Center will offer The Spring 2010 Write-In for graduate students from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Road, in Overland Park. Writing center staff will help with exam preparation, thesis or dissertation writing and applications. The event is free.
TUESDAY April 13
■ Student Health Services will host "KU Smokeout: It's Never Too Late to Quit" from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Anschutz Library and The Underground.
Student Legal Services will offer a free tax workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Harris Computer Lab of the Kansas Union.
CAMPUS
Peace Prize winner to visit University
Nobel Peace Prize winner
Jody Williams will speak
at 7 tonight at Woodruff
Auditorium in the Kansas
Union.
Williams won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on banning landmines and is the author of "Banning
Williams is the keynote speaker for Into the Streets Week, an annual week-long event organized by the Center for Community Outreach that highlights volunteer activities in the community.
She also helped found the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy and Human Security"
Williams' lecture is free and will address philanthropy and how students can affect their communities.
Williams will also meet 20 students from the University Scholars Program for a seminar called "The Rhetoric of the Nobel Prize."
- Zach Getz
ODD NEWS
Spring arrives too soon for Vermont gamblers
WEST DANVILLE,Vt. — The ice is "out" earlier than ever at a Vermont pond where folks bet on the arrival of spring.
The Joe's Pond Ice Out sells chances for people to pick the exact date and time that a 65-pound cinder block will fall in the water each spring.
The game ended at 2:46 p.m.
Monday. That's the earliest since the guessing game began in 1988.
More than 11,500 tickets were bought. But the postmark deadline for mailed entries was April 1 and some might not have arrived yet, so a winner hasn't been declared.
Lawbreakers leave fake $1 bills at bar
JUNEAU, Alaska — Police in Alaska say lawbreakers must be really getting desperate because someone left 13 fake $1 bills in a bar's tip jar — an unusually small denomination for the crime.
Viking Lounge owner Jack Tripp said that in the 19 years he had owned the establishment, it had received counterfeit money only twice. Both times were in the last year, and both were fake $20 bills.
probably printed off the Internet.
Some were blank on one side.
Juneau Police Department spokeswoman Cindee Brown-Mills said the latest fake bills were
She says the economy must be really bad if people are counterfeiting $1 bills.
Tripp reimbursed his employees their $13 in tips — with real money.
Police arrest women for corpse on plane
LONDON — Police have arrested two women at an British airport after they reportedly tried to smuggle a corpse onto a flight.
Police said Tuesday the women were detained at Liverpool's John Lennon airport "on suspicion of failing to give notification of death" of a 91-year-old man.
The BBC and other British media reported that the women placed the man, a relative of theirs, into a wheelchair and covered his face with sunglasses in a bid to get him aboard a flight to Berlin.
The women, aged 41 and 66, were detained Saturday and have been released on bail.
They have not been charged and police say inquiries are continuing.
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The Dole Institute of Politics established the Robert Hemenway Public Service Award in May of 2009 in honor of the 16th Chancellor of the University of Kansas upon his retirement. The $1,000 award is given annually to a junior student who has demonstrated a commitment to making a difference for KU students, and furthering the idea of service on campus and within the community; the overriding criterion for this award is commitment to public service, with demonstrated leadership. There is no GPA requirement. This award goes to a high-profile student leader, respected by peers, who is concerned with strengthening civic life at the University of Kansas.
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