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quote of the day
"When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
Abraham Lincoln
fact of the day
Each day at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, elephants eat 125 pounds of hay. 10 pounds of herbivore pellets. 10 pounds of vegetables and fruits and a few leafy branches.
Source: Smithsonian National Zoological Park
KU Daily Info
The first Jayhawk was created in 1912. But KU dates back to 1865. How could there be a KU without the Jayhawk? There were several unofficial mascots from 1865 to 1912. One of the most popular was the bulldog.
Source: kuinfo.ku.edu
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Greased Lightning replica crashes in orchestra pit
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
Whoab Greased Lightning!
Dutch theater-goers were shocked Sunday night when a would-be John Fravolta and his Olivia Newton-John look-alike counterpart were injured as their car plunged into the orchestra pit during a performance of the musical "Grease."
Jim Bakkum got a concussion and Bettina Holwerda may have broken her arm, the director of the Almere City Theater, Peter Swinkels, told Dutch television.
"Jim was driving. ... She (Bettina) was able to jump off before it went over to the edge, and Jim went down with the car" Swinkels told RTL Nieuws. No musicians were injured, as the car happened to land in an empty part of the pit.
Both were immediately taken to hospital for treatment in the town of Almere, nine miles east of Amsterdam.
The car, dubbed "Greased Lightning" during a song in the play, was made up of the chassis of a classic red-and-white convertible and the engine of a golf cart.
The incident took place during a scene where the characters made famous by Travolta and Newton-John in the movie version — Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson
go to a drive-in movie in the car.
Police in Idaho not amused by shrink-wrap iokester
BOISE, Idaho — A prakster is stretching sheets of plastic wrap across a Boise road — but police don't think the joke is very funny.
For the second time in as many months, Boise police responded to a report from a motorist last week who struck one of the see-through barriers, which had been stretched between two power poles.
"This is not a joke." Said Boise police Sgt. Paul Burch. "This is a very reckless activity and creates a serious hazard to the public."
The act of stretching plastic across the roadway would typically be a misdemeanor — obstructing a road. But if it results in an injury, the culprit could be charged with a felony, police said.
Associated Press
Does HIV look like me?
Marla Keown/KANSAN
M. Kearney/KANSAN Lua Gitchell, British Columbia, Canada, freshman sets up an HIV awareness display for Student Union Activities. The display is Gitchell's first assignment with SUA. "We wanted to let people know that HIV isn't choosy" Gitchell said. "It can look like anyone." The mirrored display can be seen at the main entrance of the building.
Where were you on March 12? Send The Kansan your photos and stories from last year's microburst to studentphotos@kansan.com.
What do you think?
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR SPRING BREAK?
BY RICHELLE BUSER
EMILY MARKEY
Chapman freshmar
"Iam going to New York to visit my brother and sister in law."
ANDREW CAMPBELL
Wichita freshman
I am just going home."
JEN ORGAS
Omaha, Neb. sophomore
"I am visiting a friend in Alabama."
JEN ORGAS
BRIDGET HEINE
St. Louis, Mo. freshman
"am going to St. Louis to celebrate St. Patty's Day right."
on the record
The KU E-Fair will be held at 11 a.m. at the Relays and Court-side Rooms in the Burge Union.
The public event Celebrate Food Day will be held at 11 a.m. in the Kansas and Burge Unions.
The University Career Center will present an Etiquette Dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Malott & Kansas Rooms in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $12 in 110 Burge Union.
The free lecture "Does HIV Look Like Me?" will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Steve Leising, trumpet, will perform a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. in Bales Organ Recital Hall.
odd news
The film "Constant Gardener" with commentary by Garth Meyers will be shown at 7 p.m. in 3140 Wescoe Hall.
Professor Okwui Enwezor will present the lecture "Archaeology of the Preset: The Postcolonial Archive, Photography and African Modernity. Part I: The Photographer and Images of Society (Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibe and David Goldblatt)" at 7 p.m. in the Spencer Museum of Art.
'Rent-a-wife'business cleans up men's messes
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A woman who started a "Renta-Wife" business says she'll do lots of things for men, but only when it comes to housework.
Dawn Haney started advertising her cleaning business as "Rent-a-Wife" two weeks ago. She offers housekeeping, meal preparation, laundry, windows, errands, help with bookkeeping and even being a party hostess for single men.
Of course, the name of her business draws lots of questions. Asked how far her wifely chores go, she says, "not that far."
Of course, some people don't get the joke.
She said she got a call from one person asking if it was an escort service, and another who was looking for a companion.
"When I explained that wasn't what I do, at least he was polite," she said.
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