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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Champagne has the taste of an apple peeled with a steel knife."
Aldous Huxley
FACT OF THE DAY
There are about 8,000 named varieties of apple. More than 40 million tons of apples are produced in the world each year.
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FRIDAY October 8
What's going on?
SATURDAY October 9
Student Union Activities will host a free concert with Yes'ir from noon to 1 p.m. in front of the Kansas Union.
SUNDAY October 10
University Theatre will hold a production of "Lost in Yonkers" at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
TUESDAY
University Theatre will hold a production of "Lost in Yonkers" at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
KU Opera will hold "Cosi Fan Tutte" at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Baustian Theatre in Murphy Hall.
October 12
The Dole Institute of Politics will hold "Pizza and Politics" with Mark Zwonitzer, writer and director of PBS "American Experience," from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the Adams Alumni Center.
October 13
The Department of Visual Art will present the last day of artist Kati Toivanen's "Domestic Debris" exhibition at the Art and Design Building. The exhibition is free.
MONDAY
October 11
University Theatre will host a production of "Lost in Yonkers" at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyler Theatre in Murphy Hall.
KU School of Music will present a concert of KU Jazz Ensembles II, I and III at 7:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.
THURSDAY
October 14
First day of Fall Break
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will present Veggie Lunch at the ECM building from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Omnivores are welcome.
ODD NEWS
Political ad slams wrong politician
The radio ad mentions his younger brother, Ken Salazar, five times.
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.
— A political advertisement that takes aim at Colorado U.S.
Rep. John Salazar is slightly off the mark: It names the wrong Salazar.
Ken Salazar is a former Colorado senator who is now the interior secretary. John Salazar represents the state's 3rd Congressional District and is being challenged by Republican state lawmaker Scott Tipton.
The ad is paid for by Americans United for Life, a Washington-based anti-abortion group, which tells The Daily Sentinel that a corrected ad will be aired.
The group criticizes Salazar for backing health care reform, which it says will undo a ban on taxpayer-funded abortions. President Barack Obama signed an executive order to affirm the ban.
CAMPUS
Associated Press
First West Campus cafeteria opens up
For the first time in the history of KU Dining Services, a cafeteria will now operate on West Campus.
Before this year, Daisy Hill was the closest dining option for students on West Campus, but this new cafeteria is in the new School of Pharmacy building.
Dining Servies has incorporated a pharmaceutical theme in the cafeteria, naming it Mortar and Pestle Cafe. This represents the traditional mortar and pestle used to crush various ingredients before preparing prescriptions.
"It is really convenient to go in between classes or meetings," said Maggie Barnett, a pharmacy student.
Even though the cafeteria is located in the pharmacy building, anyone is welcome. Alecia Stultz, the assistant director of retail dining, said this new option could also be convenient
for students who use the Park and Ride buses.
"We open at 7:30 in the morning," Stultz said. "They can come up here, get a cup of coffee, maybe a smoothie or pastry and then there is a Park and Ride stop just on the other side of the building."
Currently, the cafeteria has a "Grill and FreshFusion" option for entrees and a Pulse store for soda, coffee and ice cream.
Barnett said she also appreciated the quality of the food.
"They cook the food right in front of you, which is really nice." Barnett said.
"I think the feedback we get most is that we are so glad there is something over here on West Campus," Stultz said.
Stultz said the convenience is also a big draw for students.
Beginning on Oct.18, Dining Services will host a week's worth of specials leading up to the Pharmacy building's dedication on Oct.22.
Lindsay Carlton
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Study says texting laws are ineffective
When students are driving in their cars and the phone chimes to indicate a text message, what do they do? A new study indicates that not even bans on texting while driving may stop people from checking their phones while at the wheel.
A study by the Highway Loss Data Institute, which is funded by the insurance industry, found that there is no reduction in the number of accidents among four states with texting-while-driving bans. HLDI theorizes that the ban may actually make driving less safe, as people simply text lower down, where it is less visible, but which also keeps their focus from the road they should be looking at.
Currently, Lawrence drivers who are caught texting are issued warnings, but that will change next January when a new law goes into effect. Violators who are caught texting will be sent to municipal court.
Still, Sgt. Matt Sarna from the Lawrence Police Department said there was no guaranteed formula to enforce the regulations.
It's going to be hard for officers to enforce whether they are texting or on the phone or dialing a number, Sarna said.
"That's something our officers will have to deal with when we are out on the streets."
After the new regulations come in place, the Lawrence Police Department will better be able to judge how texting affects safe driving around the University.
Lawrence students don't see how the current law has helped
Tara Falkner, a sophomore from Gardner, said she didn't think the ban would have an effect on accidents or people texting in Lawrence.
-Samantha Anderson
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