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"You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pal."
Hank Aaron
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fact of the day
4. Students Rights coalition forms
The normal lifespan of a cow is five years. The oldest known cow was Big Bertha, who was almost 49 when she died in 1993.
5. Donation made for baseball clubhouse
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Spotlight Latin American Organizations Solidarity
BY MEGAN HIRT
The region of Latin America brings together its indigenous and colonial influences to form a rich patchwork of culture. Latin American Solidarity is an organization that celebrates this wealth of different cultures while also raising awareness of issues facing the region, such as emigration, fair trade and militarization.
"There's so much to Latin America," said Spike Evans, Teopaka senior and LAS president. "It's untending culture and diversity."
"The United States has been so influential in Latin America," Evans said. "It's really important for us as a political and economic power to know more about who we're interacting with."
LAS began in 1978 with a focus on the U.S. involvement in Chile. The group adopted the term "solidarity" to refer to members' unified commitment to fighting injustice in Latin America. Evans said the group currently has about 15 regular members and extends its membership beyond the campus community.
"Lawrence has a lot of people who like to be involved in these social issues, and that's what has kept us around," she said.
The organization held its annual Latin American Food Festival in November, which raised money toward a college scholarship for a local Latino student through Lawrence's Latino Community Coalition.
LAS hosts monthly rice and bean
dinners at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. The gatherings also feature speakers and films addressing current Latin American social issues. The next rice and bean dinner will be at 6 p.m. on Feb.19.
Continuing its cuisine trend, LAS will host a Haitian Awareness Dinner on Feb. 27. The event will raise money for the construction of an all-girls orphanage in Hinche, Haiti.
"Right now there no place for the girls to stay", Evans said, as Haitian law forbids males and females to live together in public housing.
In March, LAS will welcome Onesim Hidalgo, a political activist from Chipapas, Mexico. Hidalgo will discuss the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on
Chiapas and other areas of southern Mexico.
"Latin America is our neighbor," Evans said. "We can do a lot there."
Evans said all LAS events were free and she encouraged students to become involved in fighting for justice south of the border, regardless of their field of study.
Latin American Solidarity meets every Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. near the STA counter on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. More information on upcoming events is available online at http://groups.ku.edu/~las.
Kansan correspondent Megan Hirt can be contacted at editor@ kansan.com.
Edited by Stacey Couch
Dog days of desire
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Dean Shapiro takes a cell phone picture of dogs dressed as characters from the film, "A Streetcar Named Desire," during the Mystic Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras parade for dogs in New Orleans Sunday.
What do you think?
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
Mbali Mbuvisa
Stellenbosch, South Africa, junioi it depends on what the universities would specifically do with the
SHOULD KANSAS TOLL ROAD PRICES BE INCREASED IN ORDER TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE STATE'S UNIVERSITIES?
money. The motorist probably wouldn't be happy but education is important and [the money] would
"The roads have nothing to do with the universities. It's an interesting indirect funding source. Deferred maintenance needs to be paid for, and I think this is a very interesting
Hannah Love Dodge City junior
way to go about it."
be going toward a good cause."
Charlie Shreve Lincoln sophomore
"I think it would affect the in-state students more than the out-of-state students. It would be annoying to make it more expensive than it already is. It's already a pain to
find $1.40."
Randall Friesen
Olathe junior
"The current toll prices are not that much and every little bit helps, so they should [increase the prices]."
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on campus
Richard Schowen will present the Brown Bag Seminar "Forms Most Beautiful, Ideas of Evolution at the Molecular Level" at noon today at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
Dorice Ellott will present the British Seminar "Meeting the Past in Pride and Prejudice" at 3:30 p.m. today at the Conference Hall in the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Wendy Herd will present the Linguistics Colloquium "Incomplete neutralization of t/ and /d in flapping environments" at 3:30 p.m. today at Room 206 in Blake Hall.
John Ugtgead will present a lecture as part of the KU Department of Design Hallmark Design Symposium Series at 6 p.m. today in 3140 Wescoe Hall.
The Darwin Day Celebration & Open House will begin at 6 p.m. today in the Panorama Gallery at Dyche Hall.
The film "Flock of Dodos" will be shown at 7:30 p.m. today at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 at the Natural History Museum gift shop.
odd news
Ex-girlfriend snitches on accused lingerie thief
HEBREON, Ky. — A warehouse worker has been accused of pilfering high-end lingerie worth nearly $15,000 after his ex-girlfriend snatched on him. Investigators say a manager stole Victoria's Secret lingerie from a warehouse where he worked near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the Kentucky Enquirer reported.
Christopher L. Perry, 24, of Villa Hills, Ky., has not been seen since he was charged, authorites said. His estranged girlfriend, Elizabeth Gibbs, called police Jan. 31.
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