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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006
ASHLEY PATE
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Top 10 requested books at Lawrence Public Library (as of Feb. 6)
1. "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frev
2. "S is for Silence" by Sue Grafton
3. "The 5th Horseman" by James Patterson
4. "Our Endangered Values:
America's Moral Crisis" by Jimmy Carter
5. "On the Run" by Iris Johansen
6. "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden
7. "Mary, Mary" by James Patterson
8. "The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century" by Thomas L. Friedman
9. "My Friend Leonard" by James Frey
10. "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion
Source: lawrence.lib.ks.us
"New York became the first state to ban talking on handheld cell phones while driving. First-time violators could receive a fine of $100, with an additional mandatory six-month jail sentence if your ringer plays a Latin-themed novelty song."
Jon Stewart
Fact of the Day
The International Pancake Race between Liberal and Olney, England, is today. The race is a 415-yard dash with pancakes and griddle honoring a housewife who, in 1445, rushed to church carrying her pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. Runners in Liberal and Olney have competed in the annual race since 1950. Bonus fact: Liberal has won the race seven years in a row.
Source: International Pancake Race Board of Directors
Popcorn popped several students and faculty members from their desks at Strong Hall Monday afternoon.
CAMPUS Check that timer: Bag of popcorn clears hall
someone sets the timer to four or five minutes instead of one or two," said Rodney Smith, general maintenance and repair senior technician for Facilities Operations.
"Every now and again
popcorn in the microwave too long. At about 4 p.m., a fire truck and KU facilities workers responded.
The alarm was set off by smoke from room 37 in the basement of Strong Hall, where someone left a bag of
For most, the alarm was the only indication that there was a problem in the building.
"I have no idea what's going on," said Rey Lastimus. Houston junior. "I was just in
Lastimosa works as a calculus tutor in the building and was just showing up for work when the crowd met him outside.
Marvin and saw the fire truck outside."
The onlookers were let back in the building by 4:45 p.m.
NATION
Alissa Bauer
Susan Tuan/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sergeant Carl E. Dixon holds up the police tape to let a police vehicle through in front of Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church Sunday in Detroit. According to police, a man opened fire during a church service Sunday, killing a woman and wounding a child before shooting another man outside.
Second dead after shooting
BY MICHAEL J. FEENEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — A second victim died Monday after a man opened fire during a Sunday church service, sending frightened parishioners ducking under the pews for safety. The gunman later killed himself.
The victim who died Monday,
identified only as a man in his
50s, was shot while trying to protect his wife from a carjacking attempt outside the church.
The shooting at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church killed a 38-year-old woman and wounded a girl sitting next to her. The violence grew out of a domestic dispute, said police Second Deputy Chief James Tate. The gunman was identified as 22-year-old Kevin L. Collins, who reportedly went to the church looking for his 19-year-old girlfriend, Jamika Williams.
The young woman's aunt, Connie Minder, told The Detroit News that Collins began shooting after Williams' mother refused to tell him where to find her daughter. The mother, Rosetta Williams, was killed.
woman before shooting her husband when he tried to intervene.
the gunman then left the church and tried to carjack a
About 5 1/2 hours later, Tate said officers spotted Collins walking about a mile south of the church and saw him run behind a home. "An officer then heard a loud boom," Tate said. Collins died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
CAMPUS
CAMPUS KU professor receives highest honor in field
Paul Willhite has become the fourth KU professor elected to the highest distinction in his field, the National Academy of Engineering.
The University of Kansas is the only university in Kansas to have professors in the academy, which has 2,000 peer-elected members.
Willhite, who has been at the University since 1969, has already held many leadership
Other KU professors elected to the academy were Stan Rolfe, professor of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, and professors emeriti Ross McKinney and Dick Moore.
positions in the school and University, directed projects and received other distinctions. These honors include the Ross E. Forney Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, the Lester C. Uren Award, the John Franklin Carll Award, and the Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty.
CAMPUS Senate forum to focus on student issues
— Anne Weltmer
Student Senate will hold an openTown Hall Meeting at 7 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Marynell Jones, student body vice president, will conduct the event.
There will be a discussion on topics such as tuition, transportation, finance and student services. At the end of the evening there will be an open forum for further questions.
"This is a great chance for students and student organizations to come and speak with their elected representatives." Jones said. "With this sort of contact, Student Senate can ensure they are doing what matters the most for their fellow students."
Student Senate has held similar meetings in the past, but this year more of an effort is being made for publicity and increased participation from individual student groups because of the current Senate's focus on outreach efforts.
Nicole Kelley
CORRECTION
- Monday's The University Daily Kansan contained an editing error. The article "Basketball notes" should have said freshman guard Brandon Rush's three points were the fewest of his career.
ON THE RECORD
ON CAMPUS
A pedalcyclist was struck by a white 1998 Chevy S10 truck at 9 a.m. Feb. 20 in the 1500 block of Engel Road.
Ted Wilson, professor of history, is giving a lecture entitled "Anglo-American Assessments of the Red Army in World War II" as part of the Brown Bag Lecture Series at 12:30 p.m. today at 318 Bailey Hall.
Sylvester Ogbeohie, University of California-Santa Barbara, is giving a lecture entitled "Globalization, Art and the New African Diaspora: Visual Activism from AfriCobra to Cyberspace" at 5 p.m. today at 211 Spencer Museum of Art.
John Toohey, Dole Fellow, is hosting a seminar on "Politics in an Age of Entertainment & Instant Information" at 4 p.m. today in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
The film "Mad Hot Ballroom" is showing at 7 tonight at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire), former governor of New Hampshire, Jane Swift (R-Massachusetts), former governor of Massachusetts, and Barbara Lee, political activist, are giving a lecture as part of the 2006 Presidential Lecture Series at 7:30 tonight in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The KU Symphonic Orchestra and KU Choirs will perform at 7:30 tonight in the Lied Center. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors and $10 for adults.
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