006 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2006 NEWS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3A NATION ED PRESS chal- pecifics offered like..." unpleted dy who side the wanted of me one con- tops on t out of session idget. d ents im- cards in- for $400 $1,100 and $150 doms to strongerity of daid over er plan for fur urtention of temporary elems. d to ad- type of every collins state panel response act activ- Stauffer during the holidays, ins of are 54 Jayhawk The Associated Press Mark Dimond and son Cameron, 5, of North Grafton, Mass., slide down the snow-covered slopes of the Westborough Country Club Monday in Westborough, Mass. Schools along the East Coast were closed after a snowstorm blanketed the region on Sunday. Snowfall hinders travel in Northeast BY ROGER PETTERSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Most highways had been cleared in time for the morning commute, though many city streets and sidewalks were still snow-packed and slippery. Drivers shoveled out of their cars, stranded travelers waited impatiently for trains and planes to get back to full service, and utility crews struggled to restore power Monday after a record-breaking weekend snowstorm hit the Northeast. Hundreds of schools canceled classes from West Virginia to Massachusetts, but youngsters did not get a holiday in New York City, where subways continued running and major streets had been plowed despite a record-breaking 26.9-inch snowfall. "I never want to see snow again," Laura Guerra, 27, of Miami, said after spending the night on a cot at New York's LaGuardia Airport. She said she had not seen snow since she was 4, "but I got it out of my system." Coast from Maine to the mountains of western North Carolina, where Robbinsville got 20 inches of snow and a scenic highway remained closed Monday by 6-foot drifts. The storm blanketed the East Airlines worked to catch up after canceling hundreds of weekend flights at major airports, stranding travelers in the Northeast. All three major New York area airports — Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark — had reopened by Monday morning with limited service. Amtrak still had numerous storm-related schedule changes. Some passengers were stranded Sunday on the Long Island Rail Road east of New York City, where trains got stuck on snow-covered tracks. One train was marooned for five hours. Limited LIRR service into Manhattan resumed on Monday morning. ON CAMPUS "Usually the trains never stop. It's never been like this," Rebecca Karpus said Monday as she waited to return home on the LIRR after being marooned at Penn Station since 6:30 p.m. Sunday. "It's very,very poor emergency planning on the part of the Long Island Rail Road to have passengers stranded for 10,15 17 hours," fumed Walter Garcia, 39, who spent almost 18 hours at Penn Station. The storm also knocked out power across parts of the Northeast, most severely in Maryland, where utilities personnel said more than 48,000 homes and businesses still had no power Monday. About 16,000 customers lost power Sunday in New Jersey, but almost all of them had electricity again on Monday. Student Union Activities is holding a Valentine's Day Open House from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Kansas Union. - Tom Volek, professor of journalism, is giving a lecture entitled "Grassroots Russian Media: It's Working" as part of the Brown Bag Discussion Series at 12:30 p.m. today in 318 Bailey Hall. The University Career Center is holding a workshop on Job Winning Resumes at 4 p.m. today in 149 Burge Union. James Woodfill, sculptor and installation artist, is giving a lecture as part of the Visiting Artists series at 2 p.m. today at room 421 in the Art and Design Building. - Isidro Rivera, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, is hosting a seminar on "The Performance of Devotion in Andrés de Li's Summa de paciencia" at 4 p.m. today in the Hall Center for the Humanities. - Celinda Lake and Kellyanne Conway, authors of "What Women Really Want: How American Women Are Quietly Erasing Political, Racial, Class and Religious Lines to Change the Way We Live," are giving a lecture entitled "The First Woman President" as part of the 2006 Presidential Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. today in the Dole Institute of Politics. ♦ The films "An Affair to Remember" and "Fatal Attraction" are showing at 7 and 9:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Union. "Affair" will be shown at Woodruff Auditorium, and "Attraction" will be at the Big 12 Room. Tickets are $3. ON THE RECORD A 42-year-old KU employee reported a 32-inch LCD computer monitor stolen between 6 p.m. Friday and 8 p.m. Saturday from 410 Murphy Hall. The computer monitor was valued at $1,300. THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS February 14,2006 KUPD Luncheon Lecture "Hot Topics" meeting: Open Wednesday, 15 • 7:00pm ALCOVE G in the Kansas Union An Update on Special Education Issues in Washington, D.C. Presented by Dr. Chris Walther-Thomas First Meeting of the Semester No Experience Necessary!! Thursday, Feb. 16 12:00-1:30pm JRP 247 - Say thank you to outgoing KUPD officers • Welcome new KUPD officers • Discuss volunteer opportunities • Discuss KUPD Second Annual Student Research Conference K U P D PAID FOR BY KU KUVSA presents... Tet Show '06 Free Admission Feb. 18th at 7:30pm the Kansas Union Ballroom Natural Ties Spaghetti Dinner! Natural Ties is a student-run volunteer program that fosters friendships between individuals with and with- Volunteers knowledgeable in another language tutor people of all ages who are learning English as a second language. Meeting will take place: Wednesday, February 15th,6-8pm Big XII Room in the Kansas Union For more information e-mail pbridge@ku.edu Project Bridge Want to Stop by the KU Habitat for Humanity booth on Wescoe Beach February today and tomorrow! GET NAILED this Valentine's Day? BATS in Kansas ECM 12-1pm is the lecture with a $3 lunch served at 11:30 or brownbag. Stan Roth, retired Lawrence High School science teacher, and "Batman" (according to the Lawrence Journal-World), will share his research of forty-two years. Roth's photographic collection of Kansas bats will be integral to his presentation. Alternative Spring Break Cooper Alton Lindsee Acton Shnuel Bergman Paige Blair Ashley Bloom Kevin Brown John Byerley Jennifer Cormack Kayte Cormack Kristen Cowan Rebecca Cremer Davlin Carles Congratulations to the candidate chosen to participate in a 2006 Alternative Spring Break: Kendra Davis Kathleen Daughey Molly Daughtley Jennifer Dean James DiGiussep Derick Farmer Cortney Fox Hadley Galbraith Megan Geimer Gwen Gerdsen Kenny Goodell Robbie Gordy Whitney Gudgel Becky Harpstrife Jena Hartman Melissa Hartman Erin Holton Tina Hoang Hannah Hohendorf Andrea Hullman Samia Javed Nolan T. Jones Valerie Johnson Emily King-Clark Kate Kingsbury Maureen Kiteley Sarah Latif Audrey Lauber Natalia Malesa Katie Mayer Ashley Meyer Will Miller Amanda McIntosh Adriane Nunez Tara O'Brien Andrew Phillips Brittany Pickell Joseph Pinaire Rupa Polam Lindsey Powers courtney Ryan Nick Salva Farasta Sediqzad Jason Shimanek Melissa Shippy Sarah Simpson Alex Smith Danielle Strauber Christina Staab Alimee Thomas Bazigha Tufail Jihyne Suh Laura Waskins Jebel Wilson Lake Wooten Tracy Wingerie KU's newest journal, "Comma, Splice," has extended its submission deadline to the 14th of February. Submissions must be sent as either doc format or in the body of an email. Questions and submissions can be sent to kuswat@yahoo.com -submissions of any genre of creative writing are welcome -Up to five pieces or 13 pages of submission welcome -we are a faction of KU Student Writer's Association. The (KU SWA,T) prints leadership conference Leadership Conference February 25,2006 Cost:$10 Registration is online at www.ku.edu/~silc/blueprints Or stop by the Student Involvement & Leadership Office Due Monday February 20th ---