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"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 2008
Confucius
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Mahjong has unclear origins. It supposedly comes from Confucius, or Noah's ark, depending on who you ask.
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corrections
Tuesday's article "Coalition prioritizes parking" said students with a parking pass can park in the garage for free on weekdays. These students can only park for free after 5 p.m.
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Spotlight Mahjong Organizations Club
BY HELEN MUBARAK
hmubarak@kansan.com
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
Although Arnold Lillich learned to play mahjong as a child, he understood that the majority of students at the University of Kansas were unfamiliar with the Chinese game, which is similar to poker. He wanted to create a club in order to meet others interested in mahjong and to teach the game to beginners.
It was not until Lillich, Twin Lakes, Colo., junior, met Ethan Skinner, Brisbee, Ariz., junior, that the club was founded.
Although many versions of mahjong exist, members of the club focus on the Chinese and Japanese styles, Lillich said. Mahjong is played with tiles and although it usually involves gambling, members of the club play for fun rather than money.
Arnold Lillich, Twin Lakes, Colo., junior and president of the Mahjong Club, celebrates as he wins a game of Japanese style Mahjong. The Mahjong Club meets every Thursday at the Kansas Union. The club welcomes members of all skill levels and plays both the Chinese and Japanese versions of the game.
"Ethan and I each thought of starting the club independently before we ever even knew each other." Lillich, the club president, said. "A mutual friend put he and I together."
During club meetings, the officers concentrate on helping beginners understand the game structure.
They also demonstrate unusual hands such as 13 Orphans.
"It is easy enough to understand the basics of mahjong, and there is quite a bit of luck involved, which makes things easy for beginners," Skinner, the vice president of the club, said. "Once you get more into it though, it gets very complex, and skill and speed become more of a factor."
Skinner said the club was a good way to meet people from many different cultural backgrounds.
"There is always a lot of socializing going on during the games unless it is a particularly serious match," Skinner, who learned to play mahjong during a visit to China, said.
Lillich said he hoped to teach more students to play the game so a tournament would be feasible. Eric Benavidez, Topeka graduate student, is one of the people whom Lillich taught to play mabion.
The tiles usually display artwork and can be made of bone, ivory, jade, wood and bakelite. The sets vary from $10 acrylic versions to hand-carved versions costing thousands of dollars. Because of the beauty of the sets' artwork and the history of the game, Benavidez said the club was a way for students to
Now the club's secretary and treasurer, Benavidez is particularly interested in the game's use of tiles.
"Tiles set mahjong apart from simply being a poker-like game," Benavidez said. "I love the fact that it's just not possible to gobored
playing mahjong."
expose themselves to a new cultural experience.
The Mahjong Club meets Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in the dining area of the third level of the Kansas Union. Those interested in the club should e-mail mahjong@ku.edu.
Hot off the press
—Edited by Jared Duncan
Maria Keown/KANSAN
Nick Zacharias, Lawrence senior, talks to comic book creator Travis Fox, from Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday afternoon at Astrokitty Comics and More's annual Minicomicpaloza. Zacharias has been reading comic books since he was 10 years old and has always liked the art of comics. "I dabble in the doodles," Zacharias said. Fox's strip, "Foxymoron," runs every Thursday in the preview section of The Kansas City Star.
ODD NEWS
ODD NEWS Swan finds unusual love at boathouse next to zoo
BERLIN — Petra the swan has a new home and so does her beloved swan-shaped paddleboat.
In 2006, Petra, a black swan,
became so attached to the host
— shaped like an out-sized white swan — that she refused to leave its side at a lake near a zoo in the German city of Muenster.
Zoo officials finally parted bird and boat last week after Petra settled down with a real white swan and the boat was returned to the lake. But the romance was short-lived. The zoo says that, on Saturday, her new beau flew off and sought out the company of other black swans.
A zoo statement says that Petra "appears to feel lonely"
Petra and her paddleboat were taken to the zoo.
and is swimming around in an agitated state. The solution? On Friday, she will be taken back to the nearby lake and to her faithful paddleboat.
Cincinnati man's charity one-ups Easter bunny
Kelsey Tolliver was selling newspapers inside Cincinnati's University Hospital last Sunday when she says a customer in his mid-20s wished her Happy Easter and said to keep the change.
CINCINNATI — An 18-year-old in Indiana will have the prom night she was dreaming of, thanks to a mystery man's Easter tip.
At first, she thought he'd given her $4 for a Sunday paper costing $1.50. But then she realized the wad of bills was too thick — and she had $500 in twenties, plus four $1 bills.
She says she'd never seen the man before and couldn't find him afterward.
The student at Switzerland County Senior High in Patriot, Ind., says she gave half the money to her stepfather. The rest she's using for a dress, shoes, purse and limo for her senior prom.
Couple slips and slides into marriage ceremony
bowed their heads while Scott Coffman, senior pastor at College Heights Baptist Church, blessed their marriage.
NIKISKI, Alaska — The cake was in the shape of a pool and the walk down the aisle was replaced by a zip down a water slide as Mark Confer and Joanne Wainwright took the plunge into marriage — literally.
The two were married Saturday in a swimming pool.
Confer and Wainwright are dedicated to physical fitness. Confer's passion is skiing, while Wainwright has swum competitively and coached high school swim teams most of her life.
Instead of jumping in with both feet, they came whooshing around and down the pool's 136-foot slide. The couple then
"always would tell my students if I ever got married in Alaska I was going to get married at the Nikiski pool" Wainwright said. According to its Web site, the enclosed, heated pool is open year-round and offers "excellent views of the surrounding terrain and wildlife."
On top of their pool-shaped wedding cake, the couple placed a tiny bride and groom coiled on the diving board, ready to dive in.
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on campus
The lecture "Senior Session" will begin at 10 a.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The seminar "Merienda Brown Bag" will begin at noon in 318 Bailey Hall.
The public event "Around the World with the Peace Corps" will begin at noon in the International room in the Kansas Union.
The University/Faculty Senate Meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 203 Green Hall.
The Edwards Campus World Tour Series "Japan at the Crossroads" will begin at 7 p.m. in 155 Regen Hall.
The workshop "True Colors Personality Assessment" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 149 Burge Union.
The Tea and Talk Series Lecture "Beyond Sports: The Cultural Impact of the Olympics in North & South Korea" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Pine room in the Kansas Union.
The Grant Goodman Distinguished Lecture in Japanese Studies "What Kind of a Sporting Nation is Japan" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The 2008 Lindley Lecture "Solidarity" will begin at 8 p.m. in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
on the record
A 22-year-old KU student was arrested by the Lawrence Police Department on Tuesday on a charge of operating under the influence.
An 18-year-old KU student reported theft of personal items from a motor vehicle to the Lawrence Police Department Monday.The theft occurred on the 1700 block of Indiana Street between 7:50 a.m. on Sunday and 1 p.m. on Monday and the items were valued at $442.
Two KU students, ages 19 and 20, reported aggravated burglary of their residence to the Lawrence Police Department Tuesday. The burglary happened on the 2000 block of west sixth Street 2 a.m. and 7 a.m.
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