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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007
quote of the day
"Control your time. If you're working off your inbox,you're working off the priorities of others."
— Donald Rumsfeld
fact of the day
Source: state.gov
Former Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld resigned at age 74, making him the oldest Secretary ever. He was also the youngest ever, serving in the 1970s beginning at age 43. Source: state.gov
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Professor Peter Hierl
BY RICHELLE BUSER
What department do you teach in?
Chemistry.
Chemistry Why did you decide to teach at KU?
Because they offered me a job and it seemed like a great idea at the time.
What's your favorite thing to do outside of the classroom?
Just being in Colorado in general, whether I am skiing, biking, or partaking in other outdoor activities.
Where did you attend college?
A variety of places, starting with my undergraduate at MIT. I earned my doctorate at Rice in Houston and was also a student at Yale and the University of Colorado.
What's your favorite thing about Lawrence?
It's not Manhattan.
It's not Manhattan.
What's something your students don't know about you?
If I told you, I'd have to kill you.
If you had any other career, what would it be and why?
As a child, I dreamed of playing for the New York Yankees. As an adult, I would love to be a forest ranger.
What's your favorite food? Lobster and elk
What was the best class you took in college?
A Western Civilization course that was extremely interesting.
If you could live anywhere else where would you live?
At my house out in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
When no one's watching...
Joshua Gunter/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Four-year old Ty Sayen, of Bowling Green, Ohio, entertains himself using his inflatable noodles as horns while watching Bowling Green play Ohio in a basketball game at the Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament on Wednesday in Cleveland. Ty, along with is mom and sister, had this section almost entirely to themselves.
What do you think? BY JENNIFER MOHWINKLE
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT IN LAWRENCE?
KAYLA DUDLEY
Tonoka senior
Topeka senior
"Wa. It's the sushi restaurant on
Mass., and I love the Sean Connery
roll."
RAFE ELENBURG
Wichita freshman
"I don't really know. I don't go out to eat much in Lawrence."
BRITTANY BELFORD
Leavenworth freshman
"El Mezcal because of the margaritas, I have to say."
MARTINA SMITH
Knoxville, Ill., graduate student "El Mez, I guess, because the Mexican is pretty authentic, and they have good margaritas."
on campus
William G. Staples and Stephanie K. Decker will present the lecture "Between the Home" and "Institutional Worlds: House Arrest as Post Modern Social Control" at 12 p.m. at room 706 in Fraser Hall.
The teleconference "Leading the Way: Encouraging Student Success through Peer Education" will be held at 12 p.m. at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
Robert Smale, University of Missouri, will present the lecture "Indian Communities and Industry in Oruro, Bolivia 1899-1929" at 12 p.m. at room 318 in Bailey Hall.
James Rodger Fleming and Takao Shibata will present the lecture "The Human Dimensions of Climate Change Science" at 1 p.m. at the conference hall in the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Manuel Burga, University of San Marcos, Peru, will present the seminar "The Andean Utopia and the Building of the Peruvian Nation: Myth and Memory" at 3:30 p.m. at the conference hall in the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Free tea and treats will be served at Tea Time at 3 p.m. at the Union Lobby in the Kansas Union.
Stephen Commins, UCLA,
will present the lecture "Making
Services Work for Poor People in
African Cities" at 3:30 p.m. at the
Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
correction
An article in Wednesday's The University Daily Kansan needs clarification. The article, "Roles continue to grow," should have said Nancy Kassebaum Baker was the first woman to be elected to the US Senate who did not succeed her husband after his death in office or previously serve in the House of Representatives.
People with O- blood types are universal donors. People with AB+ blood types are universal recipients. The KU Blood Drive is going on today and tomorrow at the ballroom in the Kansas Union. For details, visit www.ku血液drive.com.
— Source: kuinfo.ku.edu
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