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2 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2006
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, why do I need to do anything? I'm rich."
Steve Guttenberg
FACT OF THE WEEK
Some other occurrences that have happened on July 4: The Louisiana Purchase was announced to the American public (1803); slavery was abolished in New York (1827); Lou Gehrig delivered his "luckiest man in the world" speech (1939).
Source: www.wikipedia.org
DIFFERENTIAL TUITION
For the second time in three years, differential tuition will be proposed, but this time it's a new face calling for action. PAGE 3
inside news
DINING SERVICES
Here's a book at the changes on tap for campus eateries. PAGE 4
PROFILE
A GTA who teaches elementary Japanese is profiled. PAGE 6
KANSAN.COM
The University Daily Kansan
PAGES 10-11
A popular Lawrence bar, The Crossing, is in danger of disappearing altogether. The bar has existed under different names since the 1920s
Here's a list of last week's most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com:
CALENDAR
ENROLL & PAY
What to do and where to do it in the Lawrence/Kansas City/Topeka area for the next week. PAGE 20
The program used for enrollment is undergoing improvements.
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1. Letter to the editor: Petermann
2. Band reunites for one last show
3. On-campus landmark falls on hard times
4. Davis: Next year's NBA draft could have KU angle
Erick R. Schmidt, editor
864-4854 or eschmt@kansan.com
Janiece Gatson, copy chief 864-4716 or jgatson@kansan.com
5. New provost gives first impression of University
Jacky Carter, design editor 864-4854 or jcarter@kansan.com
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Rachel Benson, sales manager
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The KU Juggling Club had $4,000 worth of valuables stolen. PAGE 5
THE CROSSING
Summer allergies have a way of ruining the hot months. PAGE 8
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JUGGLING CLUB
The Kansas Athletics Department was awarded a grant to educate all students about alcohol. PAGE 13
GRANT
COLUMN
What did Fred A. Davis Ill learn from being the best man in a wedding? That sports and wedding celebrations have more in common than you might think. Here's his take on what happens when the two universes intermingle. PAGE 13
inside sports
The rockets'red glare
Michael Moore/THE KEENE SENTINAL
Tyler Nash, 4, of Swanzey, N.H., entertains himself and family members with two sparklers at Ware's Grove Beach while waiting for the fireworks display to begin at Spofford Lake in Spofford, N.H.
OBITUARY
District Court Judge attended KU in 1960s
The honorable Wyandotte County District Court Judge and KU alumnus Cordell D. Meeks Jr. died Wednesday. The cause of death has not been released yet.
Meeks, the district court judge for division six, graduated from the University of Kansas in 1964, then
Meeks was chairman of the KU Alumni Association from 1997 to 1998 and served on the Alumni Association Board. He was also a member, and later president, of KU School of Law's Law Society Board of Gover-
Meeks' father, Cordell D. Meeks Sr., also graduated with a law degree from KU and became the first African-American district court judge in Kansas.
in 1967 with a law degree.
He received the Distinguished Service Citation, KU's highest honor, in 1995,and the KU Alumni Association Fred Ellsworth Medallion in 2002.
nors.
"He was an outstanding person, highly respected," said Torie Randolph, court clerk for Wyandotte County. "He was the epidemy of what you would call a judge."
-Adrienne Bommarito
et cetera
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