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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 20,2008
quote of the day
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow."
— Jeff Valdez
fact of the dav
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The greatest snowfall ever in a single storm was 189 inches at the Mount Shasta Ski Bowl in California in February 1959.
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1. Administrators focus on campus safety instead of shootings
2. A much needed break gives team time to improve
3. Alumna follows unforeseen career path abroad
4. Sig Ep4 beats Dunkston Checks In in intramural game
5. Hartz: Diet colas, artificial sugar will drown us
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ODD NEWS Counterfeit money cheats Girl Scout troop
ODD NEWS
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — A pair of con artists ripped off a Girl Scout group when they exchanged a fake $100 bill for cookies, police said.
The unknown couple handed over the bill Friday night at a supermarket, telling the girls it had been washed when asked about why it looked so strange.
"It felt and looked wrong and it was a quarter of an inch shortened than a $1 bill," said Jil Hennessey-Seabolt, the cookie director for Junior Girl Scouts Troop 2121. Hennessey-Seabolt said the Girl Scouts gave the couple $93.50 in change after the purchase.
The exchange eradicated the Scouts' earnings that day. The money they raise in the sales goes to camping trips and to area charities.
"Something like this isn't fair when it happens to adults, but when it happens to kids who work so hard, it's so frustrating." Hennesey-Seabolt said.
The story does have a happy ending, though. A resident donated $100 to the Girl Scouts.
Florida pastor issues 30-day sex challenge
YBOR CITY, Fla. — A southwest Florida church issued a challenge for its married members: Hanky panky every day.
Relevant Church head pastor Paul Wirth issued the 30-day sex challenge to take on high divorce rates.
"And that's no different for people who attend church,"Wirth said Sunday. "Sometimes life gets in the way. Our jobs get in the way."
The challenge doesn't extend to unwed congregants, however.
Unique spots save steer's life
SPAULDING TOWNSHIP, Mich. — One steer's unique hide may save it from someone's dinner table.
Total eclipse of campus
The animal is named Michigan, and for a good reason — the brown spot on its side resembles the state's mitten shape.
It's one of 30 cattle on Jacob and Georgia Kessler's family-run farm.
Cattie from the farm are eventually sold for beef. But the owners are willing to sell the steer for promotional or mascot use instead of shipping it to the slaughterhouse.
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A silver of the new moon peeks behind the Campanile, the same moon that will be affected by a total lunar eclipse on Wednesday between 9:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. The eclipse will be visible to most of the Americas as well as Western Europe. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth and the moon are directly aligned, and the moon passes through the shadow created by Earth. The last total lunar eclipse was in late August.
What do you think?
BY CAITY LOTHAMER
KELLY CARAFIOL Dallas freshman
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS IN ILLINOIS AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CHANCES ARE OF THAT HAPPENING HERE?
Dallas freshman
“It's not comforting because it could happen here. But the chances are that it won't.”
"What I feel isn't exactly what I can say, but sad is not enough. What I've heard about the Kansas security and what I see of the security at the football games and other places, I feel pretty secure. I would say chances are low. It's a small city, not like Illinois."
ZAKI ABU-GHAZALEH Amman, Jordan, sophomore
JOEY RALPH
Hutchison freshman
"its obviously a terrible tragedy and what makes it worse is its proximity to the events at Virginia Tech. Considering the shootings at ease and the frequency of these events occurring in our society it is a plausible threat we face on campus."
STEPHANIE TEMAAT Spearville sophomore
"While the shooting in Illinois is a tragedy and I feel for the people involved, the chances of something like that happening on the KU campus are small. I've personally always felt safe on campus."
The workshop "Blackboard Strategies and Tools" will begin in Room 6 in Budig Hall.
on campus
The seminar "Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning" will begin at 9 a.m. in the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The workshop "Dynamic Interviewing Skills" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in room 149 of the Burge Union.
Bruce Rosenstock will present the lecture "Closing the Circle of German-Jewish Philosophy: Moses Mendelssohn and Franz Rosenzweig" at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Hall in the Hall Center.
The workshop "Word 2003: Mail Merge" will begin at 10 a.m. in the instruction center in Anschutz Library.
The Health & Humanities Seminar-Troy Duster”will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference Hall in the Hall Center.
The seminar "Long Term Care" will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The Grad Finite is going on today and tomorrow in the KS Union Ballroom, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. It is a must for all graduates. You can apply for graduation, order announcements, get your picture taken in cap and gown, and much more.
"El Lissitzky's: Futuristic Portfolios" will begin at 10 a.m. in the South Balcony Gallery in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The workshop "EndNote:
Bibliographies and Cite-While-
You-Write will begin at 10 a.m.
in the Budig Media Lab.
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The workshop "Excel 2003: Functions and Data Analysis Tools" will begin at 1 p.m. in the Anschutz Library Instruction Center.
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Pat Kehde will present the University Forum "The Globalization of Mysteries" at noon in the ECM Center.
The Study Abroad Fair will begin at 10:30 a.m. on the 4th Floor Lobby of the Kansas Union.
The workshop "Conducting Staff Searches-Updates" will begin at 10 a.m. in 103B Carruth-O'Leary.
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