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/ NEWS / TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
FACT OF THE DAY
The scientific study of dreams is known as oneirology.
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What's going on?
TUESDAY
November 23
Men's basketball vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 7 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse.
WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY JULY 28
November 24 - November 28
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies is hosting a brownbag lecture,"Russian Military Doctrine: Past, Present and Ruture" at noon in Bailey Hall.
The School of Business is hosting a Job Club workshop from 2 to 4 p.m. in Summerfield Hall.
Thanksgiving Break — no classes
MONDAY
November 29
December 1
The Dole Institute of Politics is hosting a discussion with ambassadors from the U.S. and South Korea in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War at 7:30 p.m.at the institute.
Hanukkah begins.
THURSDAY
December 2
November 30
TUESDAY
The Department of Dance is hosting a dance concert at 7:30 p.m. in Robinson Center.
- The School of Music Symphonic & University Bands will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. Tickets are $5 for KU students and $7 for adults.
FRIDAY December 3
KU Hillel is hosting a Hanukkah Shabbat at 6 p.m. in the Burge Union.
What do you think?
BY VICTORIA PITCHER
WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR THIS YEAR?
BROOKE JELNIKER Highlands Ranch, Co. freshman "My family."
RUAA HASSABALLA
Lawrence freshman
"I'm thankful for my friends and family and for winter break."
SETH WILEY
Topeka sophomore
"Alcohol. Wohoo!"
JEETUN MOON
Seoul, South Korea senior
"I'm thankful that I am able to be in school and for my health."
MACKENZIE ABERNATHY Plano Texas junior
"I'm thankful for the opportunity to be a light to the people in my life in faith, attitude and dedication."
ODD NEWS
Funeral farewell is available on TVs
SAO PAULO — A funeral home in Brazil is broadcasting its services live over the Internet.
The Gonzaga funeral home says it has started streaming video of burials, masses and funeral processions in real time.
Funeral home director Eres Gonzaga told The Associated Press on Monday it charges about $60 an hour, depending on the service.
Associated Press
ODD NEWS
Some turkeys have reason to be thankful and relieved
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bina Ahmad hugged an old friend this weekend — a turkey named Opal she first met five years ago.
"She's a lot older and chunkier now but she's still so beautiful," said Ahmad, a vegan who joined hundreds of people over the weekend to feed turkeys their own Thanksgiving feast.
Ahmad spent Saturday at a turkey-hugging Thanksgiving event in Poplar Farms animal sanctuary in Poolesville, Md., where she kissed turkeys and fed them割 of grain, bread and grapes. Similar turkey-honoring events are taking place in animal shelters across the country this week.
"It's an alternative to the traditional Thanksgiving and it's really inspiring for thousands of people," Ahmad said. And Opal? "She loves the attention."
Four-time NBA championship winner John Salley was also hugging turkies on Saturday at a 300-acre sanctuary in California run by an animal advocacy group Farm Sanctuary.
"I was invited to a meat-free Thanksgiving party in the Hollywood Hills. Pamela Anderson was there and they had this live turkey walking around in the front garden. That's when it really hit me — I got more of a kick out of meeting this turkey than I ever would from eating it."
On Saturday, Salley and hundreds of others ate a meat-free Thanksgiving dinner and fed cranberries and pumpkin to the shelter's resident turkeys.
"This time of year, I love to hug turkeys," said Salley, who first became interested in saving the birds seven years ago and no longer eat meat.
"It's so much fun for me," said
Salley, "just playing with them makes me happier than any Thanksgiving dinner ever could."
Most turkey-feeding events are happening pre- Thanksgiving so that Ahmad, Salley and hundreds of others can return to celebrate Thanksgiving with their families. And for some of these turkey-huggers, the family reunion can be uncomfortable.
"I love my family very much and it's great to see them at Thanksgiving, even though it really, really pains me to see the turkey on the table," said Ahmad.
Even the president's annual pardoning of turkeys, which takes place at the White House on Wednesday, doesn't escape criticism.
"I think it's really in bad taste," said Jenny Brown of Woodstock Farm Sanctuary in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. "The pardon might be amusing to
the public but hundreds of millions of birds deserve that same deal."
Woodstock threw its Thanksgiving event in October when the weather was better and the Catskill leaves were changing color, which helps attract guests.
"The turkeys were wandering around among us, just like dogs would. It was unbelievable," said Jasmin Singer, who attended the event.
"My 86-year-old grandmother went vegetarian this year, so that was the last holdout. Now there's no turkey. My brother eats meat but he's a thousand miles away. When he turns up for family
Singer, executive director of Ourhenhouse.org, an animal advocacy website, is one of the few among her turkey-hugging friends who will not be seeing a family turkey on the table this Thanksgiving.
dinners, he's the odd one out," she said.
Most turkey-hugging celebrations are happening within days of Thanksgiving.
"It's always fun. When the guests come for Thanksgiving, the turkeys look at them sideways, trying to figure them out. If they trust you, they love to be petted. They become like family," said Lorri Houston, founder of Animals Acres in Acton, Calif.
Houston is likely the inventor of the turkey-petting Thanksgiving, having first organized one in 1986, after she co-founded Farm Sanctuary and was living in a row house in Wilmington, Del. "It was coming up to Thanksgiving and I remember saying: 'This is a sad festival for turkey lovers, unless we turn it on its head and feed the turkeys.' Now there are turkey-feeding Thanksgivings all over the country."
So what about middle-of the road meat eaters who think turkeys are cute? May they attend turkey-friendly Thanksgivings?
"Absolutely," said Houston, who held the Animal Acres $35 a head. Thanksgiving dinner and Turkey feeding event on Saturday. "This isn't just about preaching to the convert. Come and see these beautiful birds, make that connection yourself. They love humans and cuddle up you to like cats."
For Smalley, who said he is vegan for his own health as much as for the birds, the conversion to turkey love can be gradual.
"I never thought I would love them, but they just grow on you," he said. "There's no way I could enjoy Thanksgiving now unless the turkey is having a good time too."
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