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MONDAY MARCH 5, 2007
RELIGION
Home for Purim
Students celebrate Jewish deliverance story
BY KATY BLAIR
Glasses were poured and laughter was heard in the Chabad Jewish Center last weekend.
Sunday marked the holiday of Purim for the leishish religion. Purim celebrates the deliverance of Jews from Haman and the King of Persia. Haman was an adviser to the king who persuaded him to decree the extermination of all Jews. Because
Queen Esther revealed her Jewish identity to the king and appealed to him to save the Jews. Haman's plans were destroyed and he was hanged.
jewish people now celebrate Purim as a day of utter happiness for overcoming their enemies, said Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel of the Chabad Jewish Center.
"The universal message is, whenever we are faced with challenges, if we stand together as a community, we can overcome anything," said Tiechtel.
"I like spending the holiday with my family, but here there's just one main place where everybody celebrates together."
Members of the Chabad Jewish Center traveled around campus to bring the holiday to students in campus housing. Trechtel said the holiday was for everyone, and he hoped non-Jewish students would learn more about the celebration.
Matt Rissien, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, said the best part of Purim was that everyone enjoyed themselves with singing, dancing and eating.
Rissien said a command for the
The celebration also includes at least two readings of the Book of Esther, or Megillah, and a feast to close out the holiday.
MATT RISSIEN Kansas City, Kan., sophomore
holiday stated that Jews should drink until they don't know the difference between the vilain and hero of the Megillah story.
"if you're 2), of course," he said with a laugh.
the centers members hoped all KU students would see the center as a place to celebrate their heritage.
Marni Green, Buffalo Grove, Ill., sophomore, said the center offered her a place away from home to celebrate the holiday.
She said the rabbi and his wife had almost become second family to her.
Kansan staff writer Katy Blair can be contacted at kblair@kansan. com.
Edited bv Mark Vierthaler
Research proves profitable
》 ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Professors create companies, sell products based on their on-campus studies
BY NATHAN GILL
Some entrepreneurial professors at The University of Kansas not only teach classes and work in laboratories; they also sell the products of their research.
James Baxendale, director of technology transfer and intellectual property, said KU researchers constantly produced and marketed products, from educational videos to new cancer drugs.
Valentino Stella, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, said he had invented and co-invented several pharmaceutical products that led to the creation of three different
companies. One of those companies is Lenexa-based CyDex Inc., which found in 1993.
CyDex uses Captisol, a molecule Stella invented at the University, which improves the solubility, effectiveness and safety of drugs. Captisol makes some drugs more effective in liquid form, allowing patients to better inhale, inject or ingest their medications.
Captisol is used in four drugs that are sold commercially, including one that helps stop vomiting in dogs, Stella said.
"I'm not just doing research," Stella said. "But 1 seem to have a knack for finding products."
Susan Gauch, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, founded the company Veatros in 2002 with her husband John, who is also a professor of electrical engineering and computer science. She said their company sold computer software that allowed broadcasters and television advertisers to know where; when and how many times targeted commercials were played around the world.
"its kind of like a commercial spotting system," Gauch said.
She said their product assures advertisers that their commercials were being played and lets them know what their competitors were doing.
Gauch said she and her husband ran Velatos out of the basement of their Lawrence home. Previous clients include Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
Baxendale said successful companies based off University research yielded many benefits. He said they attracted faculty, revenue and notoriety to the University, created jobs for the community and ultimately helped people.
Kansan staff writer Nathan Gill can be contacted at ngill@kansan.com.
— Edited by Jyl Unruh
CRIME
Police find suspected killer after 10-hour search
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HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich. — Wearing neither coat nor shoes, a fugitive suspected of killing and dismembering his wife was found hiding under a fallen tree Sunday in a snowbound state park after a bitterly cold night on the run, authorities said.
Police tracked down Stephen Grant about 225 miles north of the suburban Detroit community where body parts believed to be
those of his wife were discovered. He was in stable condition and was being treated for frostbite and hypothermia under police guard at a hospital.
Grant was wearing only slacks, a shirt and socks when he was captured nearly 10 hours after he abandoned a truck and set out on foot in Wilderness State Park near the tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, Emmet County Sheriff Pete Wallin said. He had no weapons and did not resist.
"I don't think he probably could have made it much longer in those kind of conditions," Wallin said during a news conference. "I wouldn't want to be out there unless I was dressed for it."
Grant, 37, will be returned to Macbeth County for arraignment in the death of Tara Lynn Grant, a 34-year-old businesswoman and mother of two who disappeared last month. A torso found in the family home and other body parts found in a park near their home were
believed to be hers.
Tara Grant last was seen Feb. 9, and police said the couple had argued that day over her business travels abroad. Her husband reported her missing five days later; he has steadfastly maintained his innocence.
Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said Stephen Grant fled in a friend's pickup Friday hours after police executed a search warrant on Grant's home. Police found Grant three miles from the truck.
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