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"Quote of the Day"
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2006
"Elephant beaten with candy and little pops and chews all bolts and reckless reckless rats, this is this."
— Gertrude Stein,
from "Tender Buttons"
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The founder of Reuters news service, Paul Julius Reuter, got his start in the business in 1850. He transported stock prices between Aachen, Germany, and Brussels, Belgium, with a fleet of 45 homing pigeons, who carried the news in two hours, which beat the railroad by six hours. His pigeons were replaced by the telegraph a year later.
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BY LISA TILSON
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDANT
March 1, 1955 - A crowd of 17,228 fans gathered for the University of Kansas men's basketball game against Kansas State.
The feelhouse was an answer to accommodating the growing student body at the University. Previously, Hoch Auditorium served as the basketball team's home, but the facility lacked adequate seating and the cement floor under the basketball court caused player injuries.
While the Jayhawks left the court with an 11-point victory, the main event of the night was the dedication of Allen Fleldhouse, which was a memorable moment for coach Forrest "Phor" Allen.
this week in KU HISTORY
The basketball players used locker rooms in Robinson Center and walked to the audito-
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rium for games, which caused problems during the winter weather.
Allen said he felt, "very unworthy and deeply grateful" when he heard the new basketball facility would be honored in his name.
The name for the fieldhouse was disputed. Many believed the rightful name for the new facility should have been the inventor of basketball, James Naismith.
Many others believed the fieldhouse should have been named in honor of Allen, "the father of basketball coaching." A hyphenation of the two names was also suggested.
The University Daily Kansan held a poll, and the students favored Allen, but the final decision was left up to the Board of Regents.
The new fieldhouse gave the basketball players a better facility and provided more seats for fans, but most importantly the facility gave Allen the opportunity to recruit better players for the layhawks.
The summer after the fieldhouse was completed, Allen recruited one of basketball's most legendary players, Wilt Chamberlain.
At the dedication, Allen said,
"I humbly accept this fieldhouse
as a tribute to all the players
past, present and future at the
University."
March 2, 1917 - With World War I on the minds of many Americans, the KU faculty wired President Woodrow Wilson a message that gave, "their unqualified support in any measure taken to preserve the honor and integrity of the United States."
March 3, 1906 – Forrest “Phog” Allen, scored 26 points in his final game at Kansas. He left Kansas in 1906 for Baker University, who had offered him room, board and a stipend for coaching its basketball team. While Allen was only a player on the KU basketball team for one season, he returned to KU in 1907 to coach.
March 4, 2001 - The men's swimming and tennis teams were eliminated from the KU Athletics Department. There are now only three men's swimming teams and eight men's tennis teams in the Big 12 Conference.
Elmo goes to Washington
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Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks with Sesame Street's Rosita and Elmo at the National Governors Association Healthy America Forum and Winter Meeting Sunday in Washington. U.S. governors are gathering in Washington this weekend to discuss health care, global economic competitiveness, international education, Medicaid reform and emerging energy technologies.
ENTERTAINMENT
Comedy tops box office, others flounder
Tyler Perry fans reunited at theaters for another tale of mad black women.
DAVID GERMAIN
AP MOVIE WRITER
"Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," a comic drama in which writer-director Perry also stars in three roles, debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $30.25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
It was a second gold mine for Lionsgate Films, which also released Perry's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," the movie that
opened as No. 1 with $21.9 million on the same weekend last year.
Lionsgate hopes to have a third Perry movie out over the same weekend next year, said Steve Rothenberg, the company's president of distribution.
"It's a time when we can really dominate the box office," Rothenberg said. "If we were out at Christmas,we'd be competing with the big holiday and Oscar films, but late February with Black History Month and less competition is a great time period for us."
New Line's crime thriller "Running Scared," starring Paul Walker as a mobster scrambling to recover a gun used in the slaying of a cop, opened at No. 9 with $3.1 million.
This weekend's other new wide releases flopped. The Weinstein Co. animated tale "Doogal," a fairy-tale adventure with a voice cast that includes Whoopi Goldberg, Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Fallon, debuted at No. 8 with $3.6 million.
Though "Madea's Family Reunion" opened stronger than "Diary of a Mad Black Woman,"
the overall weekend box office declined. The top 12 movies took in $99.8 million, down 4.4 percent from the same weekend last year.
Based on Perry's stage play, "Madea's Family Reunion" depicts a variety of domestic crises as a clan prepares for a reunion. Among the characters Perry plays is the heavyset, pistol-packing Grandma Madea, whom he also played in "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."
Perry's stories about empowerment of women set among Madea's family have a built-in
following among black audiences familiar with his plays and video versions of the tales. Black women 35 and older made up 52 percent of the movie's audience, according to Lionsgate.
"The themes Tyler Perry presents resonate very strongly with the black community." said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "It reminds me of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' It has elements of comedy and drama and community that just definitely works."
CAMPUS Vice provost candidate to visit campus soon
Katherine Sermersheim, the first of three candidates for associate vice provost for student success, will visit campus this week and will conduct a public forum on Tuesday.
This vice provost for student success replaces the dean of students position, which Richard Johnson held until April, when he was fired. Frank DeSalvo has served as the interim dean of students.
The public forum will be held at the Centennial Room in the Kansan Union from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Sermersheim is currently the director of student development at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale.
Melinda Ricketts
The associate vice provost for student success is part of the student success senior leadership team. Student success is the University's comprehensive student services organization that provides services such as the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center and the KU Writing Center.
An unknown suspect broke the door handle to an inner entry door in Jayhawker Tower C between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday. The damage is estimated at $20.
ON THE RECORD
ON CAMPUS
- Tara Nummedal, history, Brown University, is hosting a seminar on "The Alchemist's Persona" at 3:30 p.m. today at the Seminar Room in Hall Center for the Humanities.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is sponsoring a lecture entitled "Do extragalactic cosmic rays induce cycles in fossil diversity?" at 4 p.m. today in Malcolm Hall room 2074.
Jennifer Senderby, design director for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is giving a lecture as part of the Hallmark Design Symposium Series at 6 p.m. today in the Spencer Museum of Art.
Angelo Manzo, tuba/euphonium, is performing as part of the Visiting Artists Series at 7:30 p.m. today in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
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The African Student Association and the Black Student Union are hosting a discussion entitled "Bridging the gap between African Americans and Africans" at 7:30 p.m.today at the Relay room in the Burge Union.
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iMovie Film Festival Competition
Sunday, March 05, 2006 Oscar Night 5:00 PM Liberty Hall
KU students, make movies with the help of Apple's iMovie, and win big! The entries will be judged and the top 5 will be played in grand fashion where our winners will be announced. There is no entry fee for this event. First place prize is a $200 gift card to the Tech Shop @ KU Bookstores. Contact SUA at 864-SHOW or www.suaevents.com for more details.
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