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A Few Good Men
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Peter Schifferie, military historian and faculty member at Fort Leavenworth, signs his new book, "America's School of War: Fort Leavenworth, Officer Education, and Victory in World War II," after his presentation at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics Wednesday afternoon. Guests were allowed to ask questions and personally speak with the author.
DUI arrests result of Kansas initiative
LAW ENFORCEMENT
BY MEG LOWRY
mlowry@kansan.com
A recent DUI check lane in Lawrence contributed to 22 DUI-related arrests in Douglas County between Friday evening, Aug. 27, and noon Sunday, Aug. 29. Police stopped a total of 278 vehicles.
Douglas County law enforcement officers operated the check lane, located at the 1800 block of Kentucky Street.
"The sheriff's office and the Lawrence Police Department do get involved with a program sponsored by the Kansas Department of Traffic Safety," Sgt. Steve Lewis, a Douglas County Sheriff's spokesman, said. These are certainly not monthly, but we may do four or more a year."
The scheduled check lane was in compliance with the statewide "Drunk driving. Over the limit. Under arrest" initiative. In early August, the KDOT Bureau of Transportation and Safety Technology announced the increased statewide DUI enforcement mobilization, which took place from Aug. 20 to Labor Day.
"The time and location must be specific," Lewis said. "Grant money pays us to hire and pay for overtime and saturation patrol. We do a certain number of crackdowns a year
to give them the statistics that they require?
The University of Kansas Public Safety Office, who have the authority to issue DUIs, also participated in the check lane, as Jimmy Ahern, a junior from Chicago, discovered after a night out.
"I got a DU1 last semester, driving on campus," Ahern said. "Campus police pulled me over for not stopping for a full three seconds at a stop sign."
Ahern, who refused a breathalyzer and failed his field sobriety test, is
due back in court in October.
"Since I wouldn't do the breathalyzer, I automatically got my license suspended for a year," Ahern said. "My lawyer told me, 'You can either take your medicine now, or you can take it later.'"
"I definitely should not have been driving," Ahern said.
If convicted, Ahern will face a mandatory 48 hours in prison.
Kansas, according to KDOT. Of those crashes, half were caused by drivers between the ages 20 and 34. This year, the Douglas County Police Department said, 344 DUI-related arrests have been made in Douglas County.
In 2008, the most recent year for which statewide data is available, there were 120 alcohol-related crashes that caused 131 deaths in
"The point is, we do this at our own choice," Lewis said. "If you drive drunk, whether you are over 21 or under, there will be consequences."
Edited by Michael Bednar
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Digital Design allows students to be creative
BY KELLY MORGAN
kmorgan@kansan.com
Students in the KU School of Architecture, Design and Planning are all too familiar with technology and the changing world. As humans increasingly rely on iPhones, laptops and other gadgets to manage their fast-paced lifestyles, architecture students are hard at work trying to keep up with new trends and design the next big thing.
"Computers have really changed the way architecture is being practiced," said Nils Gore, associate professor in the School of Architecture, Design and Planning. "Even compared to the way it was when I was in school 25 years ago, they didn't exist in the practice of architecture, and now it's kind of hard to imagine doing architecture without them."
Digital design is a new movement in the industrial and architectural world that swaps the use of a standard pencil and pad of paper with a keyboard and computer program.
Changes from old to modern design methods are what prompted members of KU's American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) to host Digital Design Week. The week-long event began Monday and offers architectural and industrial design students the opportunity to discuss the future of their transforming industry.
"I think the change is an extremely exciting thing," said Yong Zhang, president of AIAS. It's a good thing because now designers can use digital tools
to design things that otherwise would be impossible, he said.
These designs include everything from buildings that are uniquely shaped to buildings that are made of cement and fabric.
"A lot of designs we see by using digital technology today are really organic," Zhang said. "It's more of a sculpture other than a building or an object that you normally make and also it opens up a lot of opportunities and challenges for other people."
While this new digital technology allows students and design professionals in the architecture industry to expand on their design creativity, its newness has resulted in a few problems.
"It's so expensive," Yang said. "Even though firms are excited by the possibilities that the new technology brings, it's not what they're used to."
Steve Hardy, a director of the international architectural group, Urban Future Organization, will speak to students on Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Spencer Museum of Art about these challenges and share stories about his success in the field of digital design.
"It shows you stuff that's outside of the box," said third-year architecture student Julie Lickenbrock. "They're talking about architecture of the future because we're all going to be designing the future."
Edited by David Cawthon
SPEAKER TO DISCUSS DIGITAL CHALLENGES
MEET-AND-GREET: Steve Hardy will briefly be available to meet
one-on-one with KU students
WHEN: Thursday, September 9, 2010 from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Jurv Room on the 2nd Floor of Marvin Hall
TALK: Steve Hardy will speak about his experience with Parametric Generative Design
WHEN: Friday, September 10, 2010 from 12:30 to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Spencer Museum of Art
GAMING
Town name blocked on Xbox Live
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay.
The town's name is real. But when Josh Moore tried to tell Seattle-based
Microsoft and the enforcement team at Xbox Live, they wouldn't take his word for it. Or Google it.
Instead, they suspended his gaming privileges until Moore could convince them the location in his profile, "fort gay WV," wasn't a joke or a slur.
Moore, an unemployed factory worker who plays shooters under the gamertag Joshanboo. Angry and incredulous, Moore contacted customer service.
"Unfortunately, one of my people agreed with that. ... When it was brought to my attention, we did revoke the suspension."
Toulouse said he will contact Moore and apologize. Staying ahead of slang and policing Xbox for offensive is a constant challenge, he said.
"In this very, very specific case, a mistake was made," he said, "and we're going to make it right."
icy and enforcement for Xbox Live blamed miscommunication.
Stephen Toulouse, director of pol-
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Man held for theft ID'd by his tattoos
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SEATTLE — A woman who was robbed of $310 while sitting at a Seattle traffic light gave police a detailed description of the man who stuck a gun in her open window.
He had "GET MONEY" shaved into the hair on one side of his head. He also had "GET" tattooed on his right hand and "MONEY" on his left hand.
The Seattle pi.com reports a detective searched records using the tattoo information and identified a suspect who was later pulled over by a patrol officer in the Lake City neighborhood.
His "GET MONEY" haircut and tattoos matched, and 18-year-old Larry Shawn Taylor was identified by the victim in the Aug. 23 robbery.
Now, he's held in the King County Jail for investigation of robbery.
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