in other words
"We don't know where it is."
—Pierre de Bousquet de Florian,the head of France's domestic intelligence agency,on the prewar estimates of the $40 billion stashed away by Saddam Hussein.
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news in brief
monday, february 9,2004
CORRECTION
Friday's The University Daily Kansan contained errors. The article, "Necesitamos profesores," contained a graphic that was incorrect because of a technical error. The correct graphic is pictured below.
A 'major' dilemma
The average of number of students majoring in Spanish per tenured or tenure-track faculty member has risen quickly over the last five years. The number of students majoring in Spanish has increased by 273 percent from 1996 to 2003, while the number of tenured and tenure-tracked faculty has decreased by 29 percent in the same time.
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Black Student Union presents comedy with positive outlook
The Black Student Union will present A Night of Comedy, 'I Mean History' at 7:30 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The show will feature guest speaker Steve Virdine, CEO of the organization Affirmation in Action.
Kristen Guillot, Shawnee sophomore and the organization's co-programs chairman, said the show would contain comedy with a positive message. The program is part of the University's celebration of African-American History Month, which has a theme of "Bringing Our Future Into Focus."
Marc Ingber
Groups sponsor film about life after bombing in Afghanistan
Student Union Activities and the February Sisters Association will co-sponsor a viewing of Return to Kandahar at 8 tonight at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The film depicts Afghanistan and the lives of its people after the United States bombing.
Admission is free with a movie card. or tickets can be purchased for $2 from the Hawk Shop in the Union.
Students who watch the film will have a better understanding of events that have taken place in the Middle East, said Molly Dingel, graduate teaching assistant of women's studies.
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Jodie Krafft
Ecumenical Christian Ministries is sponsoring a Faith Forum: A Liberating Take on Christianity from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM, 1204 Oread. There will be dialogue, questions, conversation on a variety of personal, social and environmental issues. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries is sponsoring Feminists United at 9 p.m. Thursday at the ECM, 1204 Oread. This is open to all men and women for discussion of issues on gender and concerns of feminism. Contact Sarah Shay at 843-4933.
University Christian Fellowship is sponsoring a Bible Study at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the ECM building, 1204 Oread. Contact Rick Clock at 841-3148 or www.ucf4u.org.
The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring the Art and Design Gallery Exhibitions that lasts until Friday on the third floor of the Art and Design Building. The Senior Design Exhibition features the works of students in metals, textiles, ceramics and visual art education. Free. Contact the Art and Design Office at 864-4401.
The School of Fine Arts is sponsoring Student Concerto Readings held with the KU Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lied Center. Free. Contact the KU Music and Dance office at 864-3436.
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Grease lightning
Amanda Kim Stairrett/Kansan
Matt Donovan, Olathe senior, milled a suspension bracket Saturday afternoon in the machine shop at Learned Hall. Donovan is a member of The University of Kansas Jayhawk Motorsports Team, which is building a formula-style car.
100TH ANNIVERSARY
FROM THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ARCHIVES
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Twenty-five years ago
Fifty years ago
The Apathy Coalition sparked controversy at a Student Senate debate with suggestions like the installation of an escalator up the hill to campus. Presidential candidate for the opposing La Plume Coalition called the Apathy Coalition's existence a "crisis in the Student Senate."
green paint. "I suppose many of the students will miss the bright caricatures," Charles Sargent, Kansas room librarian said, "but the new wall color will be more conductive to study than the dark blue that has been a tradition of the study room." Sixty years ago
The "traditional Jayhawkers" on the walls of the Kansas room in Watson Library were covered in a coat of light
The new department of anatomy headquarters of the School of Medicine returned to Haworth Hall after being located in Snow Hall for nearly a year. The department had to relocate
to Snow Hall after a fire left the Haworth building useless. Seventy years ago
A staff writer wrote, "Someone who enjoys seeing things burn and has no respect for the University property evidently seems to be making an annual affair of burning the grass." For the third consecutive year, an unknown student set fire to the to the area north of Potter Lake, killing nearly 40 young trees. Total damage was estimated at $300.
ON THE RECORD
age was estimated at $1,270.
A 21-year-old KU student reported auto burglary and criminal damage at 9:50 a.m. Thursday in the 2400 block of Louisiana Street. The damage was estimated at $200.
A 22-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a 1990 Honda CRX at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday at the Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St. The damage was estimated at $1,180.
A 21-year-old KU student reported auto burglary, theft and criminal damage at 10:10 a.m. Thursday in the 2400 block of Louisiana Street. The dam-
A 23-year-old KU student reported auto burglary, theft and criminal damage at 9:16 a.m. Thursday in the 2400 block of Louisiana Street. The damage was estimated at $2,800.
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