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THE UNIVERSITY OF DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 2006
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"The era of procrastination, of half-measures of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences."
Winston Churchill
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Smell plays a large role in the taste of food. If you close your nostrils while eating a potato and an apple, you can't tell the difference between the two.
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2. Winter weather strikes campus
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a day of skating. Children under five and senior citizens are free. There is also a $2 skate rental fee. Season passes are available for $65. Special promotions this season include "Two for One Tuesdays." That means one free admission for every regularly priced admission on Tuesday nights from 5-9 p.m. That does not include the skate rental fee.
GET READY FOR THE BEAKEND
BY ANDREA CHAO
"I go ice-skating with my family and friends every year at Center," Caitlin Shanks, Lawrence sophomore said. "Me and my sister always have a really good time."
What better way to celebrate the season than ice-skating? Crown Center is the perfect place to go to enjoy winter and get some shopping done. Located on the southern edge of downtown Kansas City, Mo, the Crown Center Ice Terrace
is open Nov. 3 to March 18. Its hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The Crown Center Ice Terrace has been open since November 1973, according to its Web site. More than 50,000 skaters visited last season. The skating rink, Kansas City's only public outdoor skating rink, is on top of the Crown
Admission is $6 per person for
Center parking garage. Skating lessons are also available. For more information, visit crowncenter.com or call (816) 274-8411.
While at Crown Center, take advantage of the opportunity to get some holiday shopping done. Crown Center also offers hotels, entertainment and dining. Crown Center is a three level building with all sorts of things to do, both on and off the ice.
Kansan correspondent Andrea Chao can be contacted at editor@kansan.com.
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Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
Slip 'N Slide
Kevin Reese, 9, of Lawrence, and Taylor Covert, 7, of Lawrence, fall off the side of their sled while careening down the hill east of JRP Hall yesterday afternoon. The two were brought to campus along with several friends and neighbors by Taylor's dad, Angelo, on their day off from Prairie Park Elementary School.
CAMPUS Graduate student will present work done on AIDS
Former Peace Corps volunteer Hilary Hungerford, graduate student, will present her work on an AIDS health project in West Africa at noon today at Alcove E in the Kansas Union.
Hungerford spent two years with the Peace Corps in West Africa working with AIDS victims and teaching about the disease.
She said her presentation was to commemorate World AIDS day which is today.
Hungerford said she learned that creativity was useful in solving problems with AIDS. She worked with a theater group in Africa that traveled to small communities performing skits about AIDS.
"It's not all despair." Hungerford said. "There's hope in the midst of the terrible situation."
Free show to display work made by student, alumna
A fashion show to model the work of student Andrew Shirk and alumna Martha Pierce will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kansas Union.
Shrink, who designed and hand-sewed all of his outfits, said he had been working on them since February. The show is a way for him to show off his senior portfolio before he graduates and moves to New York.
Anna Faltermeyer
The show is free for students
Experts visit University to discuss groundwater
Groundwater experts from India, China, Nepal and Bangladesh are at the University of Kansas from Nov. 26 through Dec. 16 to discuss groundwater issues.
east of Watson Library, damaging about 150 books and forcing one woman out of her office.
Survey; faculty from the University, Washburn University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and officials at the Kansas Division of Water Resources.
They will meet with staff members from the Kansas Geological
The International Water Management Institute is sponsoring the program.
Diana Carlin, dean of the Graduate School and International Programs at the University, is the co-director of the group. Carlin said the visit was an opportunity for cross-culture learning and for KU faculty and researchers to share research with other countries.
"Water is an international issue and there are very few countries that don't have some kind of a water issue," Carlin said.
Whitney Baker, library conservator, said the pipe burst around 8:30 a.m. She said she noticed water seeping along the floor and through a wall that books were stacked against.
Burst pipe damages books forces out staff member
Anna Faltermeier
A pipe burst this morning on level one and level one and a half
Kent Miller, assistant dean of libraries, said the pipe still hadn't been fixed, but was no longer leaking water. He said cold weather caused the pipe to burst.
Miller said the water was vacuumed and books are being dried with fans to prevent molding.The library is still open to students.
Baker, who was moved from her office, said she expected to be back in her office within the next couple days.
"There was a lot of water, but there were a lot of people helping to clean it up too," she said. "It was lucky the library was open today, or it could have been a lot worse."
Anna Faltermeier
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Peace Corps Volunteer Hilary Hungerford, a KU graduate student and Peace Corps Volunteer who served in a health project in Benin, a country located in West Africa, will present a PowerPoint show, "Turning Hope into Action: Combating HIV/AIDS" at onoon on Friday at Alcove E in the Kansas Union.
Made in China: Observations and Understanding;"a photography exhibit showcasing a study abroad experience in China, is currently showing until Feb. 4 at the North Balcony in Spencer Museum of Art.
A 20-year-old KU student reported the theft of an Olympus digital camera and a set of keys from the 300 block of W. 17th St. The incident occurred between Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 and the total loss was $150.
A 23-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a Honda Civic parked near the 1200 block of Ohio Street. Someone dented the top of the car and its hood. The incident occurred between Nov. 17 and Nov. 18 and damage was estimated at $500.
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A 21-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a Saturn S2L parked near the 1300 block of Lawrence Ave. Someone broke the driver-side rear window and a side mirror. The incident occurred between Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 and damage was estimated at $265.
A 31-year-old KU student reported the theft of a black Auto-Bike bicycle and a combination lock from the 1800 block of Tennessee Street. The incident occurred between Nov. 17 and Nov. 18 and the total loss was $60.
A University employee reported the theft of a DVD player, 50 CD, and other items from the 2500 block of Redbud. The incident occurred between Nov. 23 and Nov. 25 and the total loss was $2,433.
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