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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008
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"Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock."
Pablo Picasso
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Nevada has more out-of-work dancers than any other state.
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1. Rush rises after Self's plea
2. Editorial Board: Campaign trailblazers
3. Mac gains popularity on campus
4. The Qwest Begins
5. Examining the Student
Senate VP candidates
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A gorilla carries an Easter basket filled with eggs and treats at the Cincinnati Zoo, Thursday, in Cincinnati.
ODD NEWS Oreo cookie is driver's favorite defense
SAISUBUR, Conn. — Police say a man's excuse for speeding through a small Connecticut town takes the cake — or, at least, the cookie.
A state trooper who stopped the 1993 BMW last fall says its driver, 28-year-old Justin Vonkummer of Millerton, N.Y., blamed his driving problems on an errant Oreo.
Vonkummer told the trooper that an Oreo had just slipped from his fingers as he dunked it in a cup of milk, and that he was trying to fish it out when he lost control of his car.
Prosecutors learned in court this week that Vonkummer had been charged with speeding and driving under a suspended license — not driving under the influence, as a clerk had mistakenly noted in the court records.
Hawaii man takes horse on visit to the hospital
LIHUE, Hawaii — A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.
The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said Lani Yukimura, a spokeswoman at the hospital. He and the horse entered the hospital earlier this month and rode an elevator up to the third floor, where they were met and stopped by security personnel.
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Meet your Student Senator with Doug Brady, freshman senator
BY JASON BAKER
jbaker@kansan.com
Doug Brady came to the University this year wanting to get involved, and he's managed to rack up a long list of accomplishments by semester's end. The United Students Topeka freshman is not only a freshman student senator, but also the president of the Lewis and Templin Hall Council, a KU Student Ambassador, a member of National Residency Hall Honorary, a member of Student Union Activities and will be the new Live Music Coordinator next year.
Brady said he wanted to join the Senate because he felt that it was important to have a say in what they do with the millions of dollars that they have each year. Brady said he was looking forward to, as a senator, writing his first bill, which could happen relatively soon.
An issue that concerns Brady is that recently Senate can no longer pay for organizations to travel. "I think that we should help groups because when these groups travel, they represent KU," he said. "Our University looks good by our constant involvement in conferences, but if we don't help groups, then less
people will attend these conferences because they won't have the money to send very many people."
Brady believes that by funding these groups, it makes the University look good as a whole for graduate school and potential employers. However, Brady wants to look further into the issue before doing anything. "I plan to start talking to senators who have been around longer before I try to do anything about it. It may be that I am in the wrong," he said.
Brady said he was in love with classical music, he even played the violin and thought about it for his major. "I wanted to major in music performance for a while, but then I realized I wasn't good enough to make a living off of my violin," he said. Brady had the opportunity this
Brady is an English and communication studies major. Once he graduates, Brady said he planned on attending graduate school to get a master's and a doctorate in higher administration. "From there, I want to work in student involvement and leadership. When people then ask me, 'So you want to be Reuben Perez?' I reply, 'Basically, yes.'" Brady said.
past winter to see violinist Joshua Bell perform in Kansas City, Mo.. "It was the best concert Ive ever witnessed or probably ever will witness," he said.
Throughout most of his life, Brady has stayed in the Midwest. However,
on spring break of his senior year of high school, he went to New Orleans, La., for a mission trip. "I got to see the ocean for the very first time. It was the most amazing thing I've ever seen," he said.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
on campus
New Staff Orientation will begin at 8 a.m. in 204 Joseph R. Pearson.
"Recovering a Lost Kansas Landscape: A Novelist Explores Personal History" will begin at 2 p.m. at the Tallgrass Creek Retirement Community.
The workshop "Teaching Tea: Student Evaluation of Teaching at KU" will begin at 3 p.m. in 135 Budig.
"Gender/Philosophy & Literature Seminar-Ann Russo" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Hall Center Conference Hall.
The seminar "Generalizations of the Ahoronov-Bohm effect"*Physics & Astronomy Departmental Colloquium* will begin at 4 p.m. in 2017 Malott.
The seminar "Souls on Ice: Human Conquest and Study of the Antarctic Icecap" will begin at 7 p.m. at Continuing Education, 1515 St. Andrews Dr.
"Movement (R)evolution Africa"a Special Film Screening will begin at 7 p.m. at Liberty Hall.
The concert "Visiting Artist Maureen O'Boyle, violin" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
SPACE
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CAPE CANAVERAL Ela
Astronauts spacewalk final night away
CAPE CANVAERAL, Fla.
— Enneavour's astronauts embarked on the fifth and final spacewalk of their mission Saturday, this time to attach a 50-foot inspection pole to the international space station for use by the next shuttle visitors.
Michael Foreman and Robert Behnken floated out the hatch late in the afternoon as the linked shuttle and station soared more than 200 miles above the Pacific. They planned to spacewalk the night away.
"Spacewalk No. 5 out of five, It's going to be a great one," said their commander, Dominic Gorle.
The shuttle astronauts used the laser-tipped inspection boom at the beginning of their 16-day mission and again Friday night to check for any damage to their spaceship. It's become a routine safety procedure ever since the 2003 Columbia accident.
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