Friday inside Farmers' market The Lawrence Farmers' Market opens tomorrow. Perry and Laurie Walters, owners of The Wildhorse Orchard, will sell their 16 different types of apples and other products at the market beginning in July.PAGE 8A Two Web sites started by students provide alternatives for their classmates to buy and sell textbooks at a possibly cheaper price. But bookstores say the competition doesn't bother them. PAGE 3A Big 12 football Book buyback options The University Daily Kansan's Kevin Flaherty looks at each Big 12 Conference football team's potential next season, including analysis of returning players and recruits. PAGE 1B Weekend baseball The Jayhawk baseball team has struggled as of late and things won't get easier any time soon. The team will take on the No. 2 Texas Longhorns for a series this weekend in Austin, Texas. PAGE 1B Weather Today 8864 sunny Two-day forecast tomorrow sunday 8867 8864 sunny partly cloudy weather.com Talk to us Tell us your news. Contact Michelle Rombeck or Andrew Vaupel at 864-4810 or editor@kansan.com index Briefs 2A Opinion 4A Sports 1B Sports briefs 2B Horoscopes 3B Comic 3B KANSAN IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.14 May 7,2004 The science and circumstance of the song stuck in your head "You spin me right round, baby,right round, Like a record baby, right round round." -Head or Alive Imagine having this colorful 80s classic stuck in your head. sic stuck in your head. All right, now imagine having it stuck in there for three days. That's what happened to Marcia Williams, Salina senior, earlier this semester. In fact, the song became such a distraction for Williams that she started singing it in different voices in her head. She sang it as the Queen of England, the Crocodile Hunter and the Count from Sesame Street, among others. It even affected her in the classroom. It even affected her in the classroom. "I was there at eight in the morning, and I had no clue what my professor was saying," Williams said. "Yeah, it's pretty sad." Perhaps Williams was an exceptional case, but most people have had a song stuck in their head at some point in their lives. A survey conducted in 2003 by James Kellaris, marketing professor at the University of Cincinnati, showed that 98 percent of people have experienced this phenomenon. But what makes a song stick? "Purple haze, all in my brain, lately things just don't seem the same." You may have seen Ruth Ann Atchley in Fraser Hall. The psychology professor is often humming I'm A Jayhawk, the University's fight song, on her way to her Brain and Behavior class. -Jimi Hendrix Brain and Behavior She sometimes suffers from what she calls a preservative thought — a SEE TUNES ON PAGE 6A Journalists, professors to discuss Iraq war By Ron Knox rknox@kansan.com Kansan staff writer But continued conflict has ensured this weekend's Iraq conference at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics will be anything but a pleasant reflection. One year ago, when President Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq, this May could have been a time.for reflection on a job well done. The conference, "One Year After 'Victory' in Iraq: International and Domestic Perspectives," will feature speakers from around the country discussing issues critical to the year-long occupation of the country. "It's critical because Iraq is the foreign policy issue in America today," said James M. Lindsay, vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations and the keynote speaker at the conference. "It's as simple as that." It's as simple as this. Burdett Loomis, chairman of the political science department, organized SEE DISCUSS ON PAGE 7A THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS What: One Year After 'Victory' in Iraq conference When: 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., today and 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., tomorrow a.m. to 1:50 p.m. thursday Where: Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics How much: Free How much. Free Topics: Today; the war's impact on Iraqi people and politics, and US foreign policy Saturday; the war's impact on domestic policy Speakers: Today. James Lindsay, vice president of the Council on Foreign Relations; Robert Silverman, deputy director of the U.S. State Department's Iraq office; Helena Cobban, writer for the Christian Science Monitor; and others. Saturday. James Piffner, professor at George Mason University; Dick Kurtenbach, director of the Western-Missouri-Kansas ACLU; and others. Source: University Relations A year later, lessons learned from tornado By Steve Vockrodt svockrodt@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Jill Kennedy did not have to worry about her safety during last year's tornado in Lawrence. She and her boyfriend were safe in the Kansas Union, far from where the tornado touched down. Instead, the Ellsworth senior was worried about the status of her townhouse. red about the situation. "Not knowing if you had a place to live was very nerve-racking," Kennedy said. Kansan File Photo Kennedy's townhome in Aberdeen Apartments was located in the 2300 block of Wakarusa Drive and was in the middle of the area hardest hit by the tornado. All told, the Kansas Insurance Department said last year's tornadoes were destructive enough to cause more than $5 million in damage in Lawrence. When Kennedy heard about the tornado, she tried to head back to her house. The trip took longer than usual. There was a lot of traffic and emergency response crews had blocked the entrance to her townhouse. Though tornadoes have only hit Lawrence twice since 1981, last year's storm offered important lessons for emergency response teams and Lawrence residents. It took about half way through July for the Aberdeen Apartments to be repaired. The management had to fix structural damage to some of the apartments. Once she got through, the storm's destruction was difficult to handle. She said she was overwhelmed by the power of the tornado and the destruction it caused. Broken glass from shattered windows and cracked walls greeted Kennedy when she arrived. The damage on Kennedy's townhouse was not as extensive as other buildings in her neighborhood. The house across the street, for example, was demolished. After the storm, Kennedy stayed with friends for a couple days before moving back into the townhouse. Her roommates had to stay away longer because their rooms sustained more damage. It took until about halfway through July for everything at her townhouse to be repaired. Aberdeen Apartments had SEE TORNADO ON PAGE 74 During last night's series finale of Friends, Karly Schieder, Liberty, Mo., sophomore, cried while talking to her friend Schuyler Jones, Shawnee sophomore. "When Rachel showed up at Ross' apartment I started bawling. Nothing like that that will ever happen in real life, and I want someone wonderful like that," Schieder said. "Friends has been in our lives forever." Schieder and Jones have been watching the show since it premiered when they were in the fourth grade. University viewers say farewell to 'Friends' By Rupea Gor rgor@kansan.com Kansan staff writer Karly Schieder, Liberty, Mo., sophomore, started crying when Rachel showed up at Ross' apartment instead of taking the plane to Paris — and she wasn't the only one. in the only one. In a nutshell, the highlights were Rachel and Ross' romantic reconciliation, Monica and Chandler's surprise twins and the six friends leaving the New York City apartment together one last time. ment together one last time. All good things must come to an end. All good things must come to an end. Last night was the two-hour finale of the show *Friends*, and groups of friends at the University of Kansas watched this number one comedy come to a bittersweet end. The ending of the show left students with mixed feelings, as some were sad to see the show end while others thought its time had come. thought to take me to Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Joey, Monica 4. 20 SEE FRIENDS ON PAGE 7A 20 ?