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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2006
quote of the day
"Forever is composed of nows."
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6,2006
Emily Dickinson
fact of the day
Source: www.toiletpaperworld.com
The first toilet paper rolls in America were made by the Scott Company in 1890. It was hard to get people to adopt the new product, so early advertisements suggested that "over 65% of middle-aged men and women suffer from some sort of rectal disease"Bonus fact: The same company later invented the first roll of paper towels in 1907.
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Becky Dunavin Senior Administrative Assistant at the student involvement center at the Kansas Union
Becky Dunavin is one of the most sought after people on campus. She is the senior administrative assistant at the student involvement center at the Kansas Union. Dunavin is one of the many behind the scenes people that help student organizations be able to function.
"This is the starting point for almost anything that has anything to do with on campus life," Dunavin said.
In reality, Dunavin is the secretary for all the student organizations that have an office in the union. This means that there is no shortage of work for Dunavin.
"I like to keep busy, and this job does that," Dunavin said.
Dunavin on an average day will see at least 60 students who need information on some sort of student activity or organization. This number does not include the faculty that look for the same type of information. Dunavin started working for the University of Kansas since she graduated from high school. She has worked here for 25 years.
"I wasn't the college student type," Dunavin said. "I always knew that I was going to work here, though."
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Spreading Christmas beer
Davon Drews AND ASSOCIATED PRESS
Joe Douglas, left, and Patrick Gordon place Christmas spirits beneath their "Bee free" on Monday in front of their house in Emporia. "We were just sitting around drinking and thought we would get some good laughs," Gordon said of the tree.
CAMPUS ABC executive to speak at Dole Institute
Mark Halperin, ABC News Political Director, will be a guest lecturer at 7:30 tonight at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, west of the Lied Center.
Halperin, author of the book "The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008," will discuss the challenges and issues facing presidential contenders in their upcoming political campaigns in 2008.
The event is free and open to the public with a book signing to follow.
ODD NEWS
Ben Smith
Bus shelter displays ads that smell like cookies
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Milk Processor Board has outfitted five San Francisco bus shelters with ads embedded with the smell of just-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies.
The scented bus shelter advertisements made their U.S. debut Monday, according to Louis Zafonte, spokesman for New York-based Arcade Marketing, which designed the ads to encourage milk drinking.
To overcome the frequent blasts of exhaust and the funky whiffs that often permeate a big-city bus shelter, sheltered oils were
sandwiched between cardboard cards emblazoned with "Got Milk?" and affixed to shelter walls.
It costs about $30 per shelter, Zafonte said, and the smell should last one to two weeks depending on the location. The displays will last about a month.
Man on parade float faces charge of drunken driving
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man accused of speeding down Main Street in Anderson has been charged with drunken driving. He was driving a float in a Christmas parade at the time.
in the truck he used to haul the children and adults on a float for the Steppin Out Dance Studio, Anderson Police spokeswoman Linda Dudley said.
When officers caught up to 42 year-old David Allen Rodgers, he had an open container of alcohol
Witnesses said Rodgers was driving in Sunday's parade when he pulled out to pass a tractor in the float. Rodgers sped down Main Street and ran a red light, while a witness on the float called 911 on a cell phone, police said.
Officers started chasing Rodgers, who didn't stop for three miles. Once he pulled over, he tried to attack an officer, Dudley said.
Rodgers, whose child was on the float, faces more than three dozen charges, including DUI, 18 counts of kidnapping and assault an officer, authorities said.
correction
An article in Tuesday's The University Daily Kansan needs clarification. The article, "Students dig in to real-life experience" should have said that the dig site the students visited is 12,000 to 13,000 years old.
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A University employee reported an auto burglary and theft from a vehicle parked near the 700 block of Ash Street. Someone took a check book and prescription medication for spider bites from the vehicle. The incident occurred between Nov. 19 and Nov. 20 and the total loss was $2.
A University employee reported a burglary and theft from the 1200 block of East 13th Street. Someone stole a Canon video camera, a Sennheiser boom microphone and almost $3,000 of other items. The incident occurred Dec. 1 and the total loss is $5,903.
A 22 year-old KU student reported criminal trespassing at the student's residence in the 2100 block of Harvard Road. The incident occurred Dec. 2.
CAMPUS Creationist to speak at Murphy Hall on Thursday
The final lecture in the Knowledge: Faith and Reason series that was canceled last week has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday at the Crafton Pryer Theater in Murphy Hall. Michael Behe, professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University, will discuss the argument for intelligent design in biology.
The lecture is sponsored by the Commons, a joint effort of the Hall Center for the Humanities and the Biodiversity Institute.
Behe is a creationist, biochemist and author of the book "Darwin's Black Box."
The Hall Center has brought speakers to present diverse views on roles of reason and faith in the human experience. There will be a public discussion about Behe's lecture 10 a.m. Friday at the Conference Hall in the Hall Center, east of the Dole Human Development Center.
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