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NEWS / MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Why can't they invent something for us to marry instead of women?"
— Fred Flinstone
FACT OF THE DAY
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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What's going on today?
TUESDAY
The KU School of Music will present the Trombone Choir from 5 to 6 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets cost $5 for students and senior citizens and $10 for adults.
Feb.23
The Office of Multicultural Affairs will offer an Asian Traditional Dance and Modern Dance Practice Tutorial in recognition of Asian American Week from 6 to 9 p.m. in Robinson Center.
KU Opera presents "The Rake's Progress" from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Robert Baustian Theatre in Murphy Hall. Tickets cost $5 for students and senior citizens and $10 for adults.
If you would like to submit an event to be included on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at news@kansan.com with the subject "Calendar."
Paul Hovda, associate professor of philosophy at Reed College, will present the lecture. "The Significance of the Problem of the Many" from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union.
FRIDAY Feb.26
WEDNESDAY Feb. 24
Feb.24
Salsa Night will be from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union.
- "Voices Unheard; an open mic and poetry slam benefit for Haiti, will begin at 7 p.m. in the theater of Hashinger Hall."
Student Union Activities will screen "Reservoir Dogs" from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
THURSDAY
The Center of Latin American Studies will screen "Cautiva" at 7 p.m. in Room 4051 of Wescoe Hall.
David Coleman, "The Dating Doctor," will speak at 7 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Feb. 25
SATURDAY
Feb. 27
Feb. 27
The 13th Annual Taste of Asia Variety Show will be from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
University Theatre will show the play, "Arms and the Man," at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre of Murphy Hall.
Free cosmic bowling from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Jaybowl in the Kansas Union, courtesy of SUA.
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will screen the Turkish Film "Devrim Arabalari (Cars of the Revolution)" in Turkish with English subtitles at 7 p.m. in Room 318 of Bailey Hall. Free to the public. Refreshments provided.
SUNDAY Feb.28
University Theatre will show the play "Arms and the Man" at 2:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre of Murphy Hall.
Soprano Jacquelyn V. Kelly will perform as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
Archaeologists find early 8-sided house
The ruins were found last fall on the banks of the May River in the southern coastal town of Bluffton. A letter written in 1796 by a visitor mentions the octagonal house and helps date the structure.
BLUFFTON, S.C. — South Carolina archaeologists believe they might have unearthed the first octagonal house in the United States.
Archaeologists Heather Cline and Mary Socci say the 900-square-foot house was owned by Scottish immigrant
William McKimmy and was built about 1790.
The director of archaeological restoration at Poplar Forest says he questions whether the find in South Carolina is a full-size home
That would mean the home predates Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest. That home was built in the 1820s near Lynchburg, Va., and is considered to be the first octagonal house in the U.S.
Woman discovers check from 1970s
LAUDERHILL, Fla. — An 85-year-old South Florida woman who went looking for a photo of her ex-husband says she found
a 517,500 insurance claim check from 1978 instead. Barbara Cosgrove found the check, dated Jan. 23, 1978, in an unopened envelope inside a nightstand drawer at her Lauderhill home. She said she doesn't know why she hadn't found the check sooner and had looked inside the drawer "a thousand times" before the discovery.
Cosgrove saids the check stems from an accident that occurred under the Brooklyn Bridge in 1976. A tarp filled with rainwater fell 200 feet onto her car, damaging the vehicle.
It's unclear if Cosgrove can claim the money from the check, which was issued by an insurance company that has been declared insolvent and liquidated.
City sends woman massive water bill
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis woman has received a $1,600 water bill, a bill the city believes is accurate even though it's 20 times the woman's usual bill. Erica Kocur said her bill is generally $70 to $80 per month. She said her "heart just dropped" when she got her latest bill. The city said she must have a running toilet or dripping faucet.
But KSTP-TV said the bill is charging for almost 200,000 gallons of water. That's three times the volume of her entire home. A shower would have to run nonstop for almost two months
to use that much water.
The city's director of treasury is LeeAnn Stagg. She said the city believes the bill is accurate,but the city will check Kocur's meter one more time.
No charges filed in branding incident
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Breck enridge authorities said a Texas Christian University student who suffered burns when his peers branded his buttocks participated in the act willingly and no charges will be filed.
Authorities said Thursday they made the decision not to pursue charges after reviewing statements from Amon Carter IV and a dozen TCU students. The Summit Daily News reported that Carter had Greek symbols from his fraternity and a sorority branded on his buttocks Jan. 8 during a trip to Breckenridge and needed surgery after suffering second-and third-degree burns.
Investigators said what happened was not part of a fraternity initiation because Carter was already a group member.
Carter is the great-grandson of Amon G. Carter, Sr., who founded the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Associated Press
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