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DISCUSS: Iraq a year later
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the conference months ago. When he started planning for the event, he said he couldn't have foreseen some of the recent events in Iraq, such as the backlash over photographs of American abuse of Iraqi prisoners or the high amount of U.S. deaths in Iraq in April.
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"We thought it would be timely."
Loomis said, "but we had no idea it
would be this timely."
Loomis decided to organize the conference from his initial impression of the declared end to military combat on May 1, 2003.
"We looked at the declaration of
George Bush saying, 'Mission accomplished,' and clearly the war has not stopped. "Loomis said."
Today's portion of the conference will feature speakers discussing the impact of the war on Iraq and Iraqi citizens.
The speeches and round-table discussions will feature Lindsay, U.S. State Department Deputy Director Robert Silverman, and journalists from the Christian Science Monitor and The Denver Post, among others.
Saturday's discussions will focus on the war's impact on domestic policy, including the USA PATRIOT Act and Bush's decision to go to war.
Pffiffner, professor at George Mason University's School of Public Policy in Fairfax, Va., and round-table discussions with Allan Cigler, professor of political science, and Dick Kurtenbach, director of the Missouri-Western Kansas ACLU, and others.
The speakers include James
For Loomis, the anniversary will be a good time for a public discussion on the ongoing situation in Iraq.
"There is no particular end in sight," he said. "It struck me as a useful time to review what was going on."
going on.
The conference will be held today from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the institute. Free.
- Edited by Henry C. Jackson
FRIENDS: Show runs its course
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and Phoebe will be remembered as a group of close friends who sat around Central Perk, living their lives for 10 years on the top NBC television show.
Schieder said she could relate to Friends because she has a group of friends that she considers family, like the characters on the show.
"They love each other, their friendships aren't fake and they can last through everything," she said.
Megan Deiter, Sabeth senior, and her three friends from high school have watched the show together every Thursday since the pilot show aired. It's a
reason to get together, hang out,
eat and drink, she said.
The characters are all different and weird, Deiter said, which makes the show funny.
"They're not friends, they're family, and will always be there for each other," she said.
But Deiter, like most students, said that although she was sad, Friends had run its course.
AITan Martin, Lawrence freshman, began watching the show five years ago after seeing it once and finding it funny. She said she was going to miss Joey the most.
the host. "I like him the most because he's funny," Martin said. "He's my typical guy—he's cute, dumb and funny."
Renee Klinges was almost in tears when she watched the group of friends leave the apartment for the last time. The St. Mary's freshman said that other shows couldn't compare to Friends and that it would be a while for another show to have the same success.
"It's great how these people shared all these experiences," Klinges said. "They had such magic together as characters."
There's no point to sitcoms like Friends, said Jeremy Gillespie, custodian. He said the show was overly dramatic and predictable.
predicted that TV is not supposed to be realistic but it's pointless watching it," he said.
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to replace the townhouse's carpet because of the glass shards stuck in the carpeting. The complex also fixed structural damage to the apartment.
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Despite Kansas' reputation as a haven for tornadoes — thanks mostly to *The Wizard of Oz* — Lawrence doesn't get that many. Since 1981, Lawrence has only had two.
the apartment Common, but not in Lawrence
TORNADO: Residents must protect themselves
Clinton Lake, one of Lawrences most distinctive geographical features, does not block tornadoes, said Josh Molgren, a KUH meteorologist. If anything, the lack of tornadoes has more to do with just random happenstance, said Matt Laubhan, the University of Kansas' weatherlab manager.
There are plenty of theories about why tornadoes are scarce in Lawrence, but there aren't any clear cut causes.
Laubhan said Kansas as a whole got many tornadoes, but spread across a large geographical area, the probability of several tornadoes in one area was relatively low.
But, "That's not to say there won't be a tornado this year or next year," Laubhan said. "This year in particular jet streams have not come close enough to bring enough variables for tornadoes."
Even though tornadoes are rare, Lawrence and Douglas County emergency workers must
Responding to a tornado
"It's important to understand they practice, they drill and they go through lots of training for events like this," said Lisa Patterson, communications director for the city of Lawrence.
stay on alert.
the authority of law.
The main emergency response is the duty of Douglas County.
Paula Phillips, director of Douglas County Emergency Response,
said preparing for a tornado was no different than preparing for any other disaster.
She said last year's response was successful, but the city's emergency response still learned how to better deal with a disaster.
Because the last tornado before 2003 was in 1981, some confusion ensued when the storm touched down last year.
"It's a matter that technology has changed and agencies have changed and leadership has changed," Phillips said.
Improvements made as a result of the tornado included clarifying the roles and responsibilities of each group involved in emergency response. Emergency response organizes disaster response from divisions such as law enforcement and fire rescue.
As prepared as the city and county need to be, tenants and landlords must be vigilant about their responsibilities in the event of property damage.
Protecting against a tornado
Panta Rhei, Lawrence landlord, did not have any of his property damaged last year from the weather, but said tenants should get their own renter's insurance.
"A landlord has insurance on the property but it does not cover the student's possessions," Rhei said. "I don't think a lot of students know that."
Louise Kirkpatrick tenant/landlord counselor for Housing and Consumer Credit Counseling, 2518 Ridge Court, said some landlord's property insurance could cover a student's displacement.
If the dwelling is rendered uninhabitable, the tenant has five days to write the landlord to terminate the lease, but Kirkpatrick said those issues usually got worked out before it came to that.
"The first thing is there needs to be some kind of work-together mentality." Kirkpatrick said. "These people might not have anything. You need to get them some shelter."
Kennedy said shelter and meals were provided by the Red Cross last year, which was helpful while she got the pieces of her townhouse picked up.
Looking back on the whole situation a year later, she said she might respond differently. As far as getting renter's insurance, she said she would consider it for next year when she moves. Otherwise, she thought she might act differently if a tornado comes near this year.
year.
"It will make me think twice about not going to a shelter," Kennedy said. "I thought it wasn't coming near us."
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