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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors."
James Woods
KANSAN.com Thursday, February 3, 2011
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Students take advantage of an empty campus by snowboarding down the hill.
No break for staff
University employees spend the snow day clearing sidewalks and other common areas.
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THURSDAY
What's going on?
February 3
FRIDAY February 4
The "Discovering Pluto" event with author Michael Byers has been postponed because of travel problems. Byers was going to discuss his novel "Percival's Planet," which was inspired by the true story of Kansan and noted astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto. The event will be rescheduled for a later date.
The Human Resources and Equal Opportunity department will host the "Dealing with Stress" seminar from 10 a.m. to noon in Joseph R. Pearson Hall, room 204. The seminar will examine the effect of stress on daily lives and will offer advice on how to reduce that stress with simple steps.
SATURDAY
February.5
Student Union Activities will be playing the movie "For Colored Girls" as part of its Campus Movies series at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union. The film is free with a Student Saver Card, $2 with a KUID and $3 without.
MONDAY
MONDAY
February 7
The Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center will be hosting the "Tunnel of Oppression" interactive program from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
SUNDAY
February 6
February 8
TUESDAY
There will be a brown bag lunch from noon to 1 p.m. in room 318 of Bailey Hall entitled "Stanford U.S. Russia Forum."
The School of Music will host the Student Recital Series, featuring soprano Jennifer White, at 7:30 p.m. in Swarouth Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. The event is free.
WEDNESDAY
February 9
SUA will host a Valentine's Day Open House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on level 4 of the Kansas Union. The event is free.
CAMPUS
Staff work overtime to clear snow
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BY ALEESE KOPF
While most students camped out in their beds the last two nights, watching a movie, sipping on hot chocolate and putting off homework for one more night, the situation was not so pleasant for others. Gary Baker was huddled in the back seat of a truck with only snow shovels and salt bags to keep him company.
Baker, a 27-year employee with the Facilities Operations Department, lives about 10 miles south of town and didn't want to brave the treacherous roads to
make it home. Besides, with his shift starting at 5:30 a.m., he said spending the night was just easier.
"I've had to work 12 to 15 hour days because of the snow so I knew I had to make sure I could be here early," Baker said.
The other 30 employees with the landscaping division of Facilities Operations fell under the same expectations. Grounds maintenance is their responsibility. Thane Haug, a 10-year employee with the department, was part of a three-man crew in charge of shoveling Jayhawk Boulevard. Haug didn't know when he would get off Tuesday, but said his shift wouldn't end until the campus was ready for students to come back.
"Handicap ramps and stairs are the main concerns," Haug said. "The first day there wasn't a lot we could do — try to treat the icy areas — but after the snow started all we could do was wait to start plowing."
Andy Peterson, one of the employees driving the plow, worked all day Tuesday and Wednesday clearing streets and sidewalks, but said there will still be some slick spots today.
"I've been here for 16 years and this is the worst storm I've ever pushed." Peterson said. "We're getting there, but the roads were pretty
crappy in some places and the parking lots still need work."
With that in mind, Trey Walts,
a Facilities Operations employee from Ottawa, had some tips to offer students back to campus.
"It's going to be really slick in areas," Walts said. "If students fall a lot of times it's because they had their hands in their pockets or they tried to jump over the plow mounds along the curbs instead of using the crosswalk. I would say just try to have your hands free and take extra time."
Edited by Danielle Packer
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frequented liquor stores with determined fervor.
"We were definitely twice as busy as normal," Dowdle said.
Bars around campus like The Hawk and The Wheel opened early on Tuesday to accommodate those celebrating the snow days.
Steve Mason, a senior from Atchison, said his job closed around noon on Tuesday, enabling him to become drunk by early afternoon.
Ken Pingleton, the bar manager at The Burger Stand at the Casbah, 803 Massachusetts St. said everyone has been in good spirits despite the snow and the bitter temperatures.
"Everybody's had a smile on their face," Pingleton said. "It's like a weekend in the middle of the week."
Business was slower on Tuesday than it was on Wednesday though, Pingleton said.
"We closed down early on Tuesday because of concern for our employees' safety," Pingleton said. "But today has been full of students and teachers."
Pingleton said that it was definitely evident that it was a snow day.
- Edited by Erin Wilbert
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