"Maybe this will get people going to church."
90-year-old Edna Oatman, who saw Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ yesterday morning.
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CAMPUS
Foreign policy researcher to speak on rebuilding Iraq
William D. Wood, deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of State, will be speaking at 3:30 p.m tomorrow in 317 Lindley Hall.
Wood researches foreign policy for the Department of State. Tomorrow's speech is called "Iraq: Geographies of Reconstruction."
The event is open to everyone. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet Wood before the lecture at 3:00 p.m. in the geography lounge on the 2nd floor of Lindley Hall.
Megan True/Kansan
Wood's appearance is sponsored by the department of geography.
Steve Vockrodt
STATE
Ban on restaurant smoking passes,easy to challenge
Yuhong Zeng, Sichuan, China, doctoral student in chemistry, performed a DNA transformation experiment last night in Haworth Hall. Zeng said when measuring for experiments she must be very careful.
HUTCHINSON — Beginning next year, smokers will no longer be able to light up in some restaurants.
Twenty residents attended yesterday's City Council meeting when an ordinance banning smoking in restaurants was passed on a 4-1 vote.
But the council also made it easy for residents to challenge the new law. Next week, City Attorney Carolyn Patterson will draw up a sample petition available to anyone who wants to push for a public vote on the smoking ban.
Once a petition is signed by a number equal to at least 25 percent of the people who voted in the last city election, the council can either pass an ordinance rescinding the smoking ban or call a special election.
If left unchallenged, the smoking ban will take effect Jan. 1, 2005. It exempts restaurants that have a separate smoking area or that earn less than 50 percent of revenues from food.
Barbara Lilhyn, chairwoman of the Reno County Tobacco Use Prevention Coalition, said the coalition was pleased the council took a step that's "responsible toward public health."
-The Associated Press
100TH ANNIVERSARY
NATION
ATLANTA — Americans still don't seem to get the message. The latest government figures offer more proof that many people are leading unhealthy lifestyles.
Government survey exposes unhealthy lifestyle patterns
Chemistry with care
FROM THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ARCHIVES
90 years ago
FEB.26
The Jayhawks won the Missouri Valley Basketball Championship by defeating Missouri in the Robinson Gym 38 to 22. After losing the football contest to Missouri earlier in the year, the sting of that defeat was reduced by winning the title in basketball.
50 years ago
The majority of United States adults are overweight, nearly one in five are daily smokers, and one in five consume at least five alcoholic drinks in a day at least once in a year, according to the government's national health survey.
The Kansan reported that a freshman girl working at the library refused to check out a book until a man showed his identification card. The man said he didn't need an ID because he was a University employee. Eventually the woman broke down and allowed him to check out a book. The man was Donald Anderson, dean of men.
"It's almost as if the elements are conspiring against us to lead unhealthy lifestyles," said Dan Blumenthal, chairman of community health and preventive medicine at Morehouse school of medicine.
"We are faced with a constant barrage of advertising on television about fast food. We live in a world where we
are encouraged to drive more and walk less and spend more time in front of our televisions."
WORLD
The Associated Press
Military renews urgent push in search of Osama bin Laden
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military said yesterday that a renewed sense of urgency is fireing the search for Osama bin Laden, even as it dismissed reports that the fugitive Al-Oaeda leader had been located near the Afghan-Pakistan border.
25 years ago
Rep. Mike Meacham (R-Wichita) wrote a bill that would require the University of Kansas and Kansas State University to play Wichita State University in men's basketball. The bill passed committees, but was laughed off the floor of the House. Legislators called it the "doggiest piece of legislation introduced this session."
The U.S. military is planning a new push to improve security across the troubled border regions before national elections planned for June. The plan involves delivering millions in much needed reconstruction aid to remote areas where a bloody Taliban insurgency is strongest — a move the military says should yield better intelligence.
The U.S.military has said it is confident that before the year is out it will catch bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
The Associated Press
A University employee reported an auto theft at 5:32 a.m. yesterday in the 2800 block of Four Wheel Drive. A 1989 Caprice, valued at $5,000, was stolen.
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The KU Ballroom Dance Club is having dance lessons and practice from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the Hashinger Hall Dance Studio.
The KU Ballroom and Dance Club is sponsoring dance practice from 7 to 9 tonight in the Hashinger Hall Dance Studio. This is for beginners or those looking to learn new moves. Attendees can practice salsa, swing and other dances. Contact Hannah Franko at 812-2644.
The African American Studies Resource Center is sponsoring the UJAMAA Brownbag Series from noon to 1 p.m. today at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. The title of the lecture is The Lord's Resistance Army and Politics of Conflicts in Uganda with Michael Kasigwa, Kansas Graduate student.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries is sponsoring Feminists United at 9 p.m. tonight at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. This is open to all everyone for discussion of issues on gender and concerns of feminism. Contact Sarah Shay at 843-4933.
Question of the Day
KU Info exists to answer all your questions about KU and life as a student. Check out KU's Web site at www.kuinfo.lib.uva.edu or visit it on person at Anschutz Library.
Is there anything to eat around this town?
Ecumenical Christian Ministries is having a Veggie Lunch from 11:30 a.m to 1 p.m. at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Come for good food and conversation. Optional donation for meal. Contact Laura Adams at 843-4933.
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Lawrence is full of all kinds of restaurants, nearly every kind of cuisine is represented. Jayplay, published with the Kansan on Thursday, includes a section on dining options called "Bite." Whether you crave fast food or fine dinner you'll find something in Lawrence that suits your tastes. www.lawrence.com/eating_out` has a nice dining guide where you can search by type of food, and even find out what's in your neighborhood. You can also browse menus from many local establishments at: www.lawrencemenus.com/
Tonight on KUJH-TV News, see the new sculpture Lawrence native Jim Brothers is working on. Reporter Kathy Vitale tells us why his first sculpture to stay in Lawrence is so important to him.
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9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m Friday, Feb.27 and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb.28 See the biggest and best "toys" on campus as KU Engineering students display their research and class projects. Keynote Address: 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Lied Center Exhibits open at 11 a.m. Friday in Learned Hall and Eaton Hall
DOZENS OF INTERACTIVE DISPLAY Heat-transfer pancake feed Make your own concrete Flight simulator Chemistry show Robotics AND MORE!
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