6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2006
▼ MARDI GRAS
Alex Brandon/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Orleans Police Officer Jonathan Carroll Jr., arrests Eric Hashim, from Branford, Conn., on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Saturday. Fewer than 30 people were arrested at the intersection of Bourbon and St. Louis Streets, where Carroll was patrolling.
Mooners beware: nudity not OK
BY MARY FOSTER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — Four hours into his second 12-hour shift of the weekend in the French Quarter, Officer Jonathan Carroll Jr. has been busy answering questions, giving directions, listening to drunken declarations of love and drunken jokes amid the endless roar of the crowd.
Quarter, he acknowledged, but not everything. So when a man drops his trousers, Carroll snaps a handcuff onto his arm before he pulled his pants back up.
After 10 years as a cop and six monitoring Mardi Gras, he's learned to be patient.
"It's never the local people," Carroll said. "They know how to behave. It's always the tourist from Nebraska or somewhere who've seen things on television and think anything goes."
You can do a lot of things during Carnival in the French
Police tolerate flashing breasts, simulating sex acts and generally lascivious behavior. But topping the list of things that aren't allowed are fighting, urinating on the streets and exposing genitalia.
"Any exposure below the waist will get you arrested," said State Police Trooper Arrid Hansell.
Although a smaller crowd was expected for this year's Carnival after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of the city, police said it did not look like anyone passed up the last weekend of the celebration before Mardi Gras.
"They're just here earlier and there are a lot more locals than normal." Caroll said.
Ordinarily, most New Orleans residents skip the French Quarter frenzy in favor of family celebrations along the parade routes, but many said they changed their minds after being exiled by Katrina.
"You can't spend Mardi Gras in Birmingham," says Judy Jones, who lost her Chalmette house in the Aug.29 storm.
Arrests are swift and humiliating. As officers lead miscreants into a fenced-in holding area, the crowd frequently breaks into the theme song from the television show "COPS," singing "Bad boys, bad boys."
"I can't believe this," sobs one man who was caught exposing himself. "I was an altar boy."
The Student Alumni Association is proud to announce spirit week
Stop by our table at Wescoe or the Kansas Union this week to celebrate March madness!
Each day there will be different contests and prizes to win!
Monday, Feb. 27 Cocoa on Wescoe with Big Jay: 9-10:30 a.m. Free hot chocolate while it lasts! Change for Champions kick-off: Donate your change to the Special Olympics all week.
Tuesday, Feb. 28
Breakfast with Baby Jay: 9-10:30 a.m., Kansas Union. Free donuts while they last!
SAA meeting: 7 p.m., Adams Alumni Center. "Beat the Buffs" – free buffalo wings!
Wednesday, March 1 Tradition Keeper Appreciation Day: Get spotted in your TK T-shirt, and you might win! KU Senior Night: 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse. KU beats CU! Go Hawks!
Wednesday, March 1
Friday, March 3
Crimson and Blue Day-wear KU colors!
Sign the Good Luck Card for the Basketball Team: I I a.m.-I p.m.,
Kansas Union. Score some giveaways.
Thursday, March 2
Sign the Good Luck Card for the Basketball Team: 11 a.m.-1 p.m..
Wescoe Beach. Score some giveaways.
Free Cosmic Bowling: 7-9 p.m., Jaybowl.
Donations go to Special Olympics.
Saturday, March 4 KU beats KSU!
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