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NEWS / WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Petrie, do not feel sad. It is alright.
Many things cannot fly. Rocks, trees,
sticks, Spike..."
Ducky in "The Land Before Time"
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FACT OF THE DAY
The name Brontosaurus means "thunder lizard," though its primary name is actually Apatosaurus — "deceptive lizard." The reason for the two names dates back to the 1800s and a feud between two famous palaeontologists, Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.
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City commissioners are considering a $1.4 million dollar construction bid to renovate Carnegie Library downtown.
Carnegie Library renovations proposed
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Several groups of dedicated KU students discuss the Kansas vs. Missouri rivalry game. Students camped out and packed Allen Fieldhouse to watch the Jayhawks defeat the Tigers 84-65.
There are more than 30 different lost and found offices on campus, one in almost every major building. For a list of them, go to the A thru Z site on KU's homepage and click Lost and Found.
ON CAMPUS: TODAY
- The Dole Institute of Politics will host "Pizza & Politics with David Schimk" from noon to 1:30 p.m. Schimk is the editor-in-chief and general manager of Utne Reader. KU students only.
Norm Yetman, professor of American studies and sociology, will present the University-Community Forum "Voices From Slavery: The Federal Writers' Project Slave Narrative Collection" at noon in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. This event is free.
CORRECTION: Yesterday's calendar stated that the Summer Study Abroad Fair is today, but the fair is Feb. 3.
THURSDAY
J Jayoung Hong will present a student piano recital/lecture at 4:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The Ballet Folklorico de Mexico will perform at the Lied Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for students and $28 for adults.
FRIDAY
Jan.28
SUNDAY Jan. 30
SUNDAY
Screening of "Zombieland" from 8 to 11 p.m. at Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 with a KU student ID, $3 for general public and FREE with Student Saver card.
■ "Four Flemish Tapestries" and "Chen Shaoxiong: Ink Things" at the Spencer Museum of Art from 12 PM to 4 PM.
■ Haiti Benefit Show at Liberty Hall with Yuca Roots, The Dactyls, Rachel Anderson and DJ Candlepants. Food will be provided from Genovese, La Parrilla and Zen Zero. All proceeds donated to the relief efforts in Haiti.
KU School of Music Student Recital Series:
Taylor Smith on the bassoon from 7:30 PM to
8:30 PM at Swarthorst Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
MONDAY
Jan. 31
Dai Uk Lee will play the piano as part of the KU School of Music's visiting artist series at 7:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The play, "The Drowsy Chaperone," will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center. Tickets are $18 for students and $46 for adults.
SATURDAY
Jan.29
Ryan Fessinger will play the basoon as part of the KU School of Music's student recital series at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
Student Union Activities will show the film, "Zombieland" at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 for KU students and S3 for the general public.
TUESDAY
Feb.1
The conference, Why Do Humans Migrate, will be held in the Commons of Spooner Hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are free.
The Department of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity will host the workshop, Dealing with Stress, from 9 to 11 a.m. In Room 204 of Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
BETTER KNOW A MAJOR: Religious studies
BY SYDNEY
BALLETEROS
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Degree offered: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of General Studies, minor, Jewish Studies minor
Major: Religious Studies College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Course Requirements: The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of General Studies require 124 credit hours to graduate. For the BA or BGS students are required to take 27 credit hours of religious studies. Thirty hours are required for a minor. 18 credit hours are required for a Jewish Studies minor.
Sample of Major Courses:
"History and Literature of Early Christianity," "Development of the Islamic Tradition," "Living Religions of the East," "Religion in Japan," "Religion in American Society," "New Religious Movements, Western," and "American Communes."
The religious study courses are organized into three areas: religions of the West, religions of the East and religion in North America.
Career Opportunities: A religious studies degree prepares students for a wide variety of jobs. The program provides students with a broad foundation of cultural, historical and artistic background that translates well into a number
of fields. A degree in religious studies can also be used as preparation for a professional career in teaching or law.
Why Religion: Religious studies students will learn about religion as a part of the human experience. The program also shows students the appropriate method for the objective study of religion. Those who are interested in human culture, intrigued by values and morals, and who can express themselves through the written and spoken word should look into religious studies.
Edited by Kate Larrabee
Source: http://www2.ku.edu/~rstudies/
ODD NEWS
Not your normal bowl of ratatouille
APPLETON, WIS. - An Appleton woman who tried to extort money from an upscale restaurant by putting a rat in her lunch has entered no-contest pleas to two criminal charges. The Appleton Post-Crescent reported 43-year-old Debbie R. Miller was found guilty after she entered the plea to a felony extortion charge and a misdemeanor for obstructing police.
Prosecutors said Miller planted the rat at The Seasons on April 17,2008,and then demanded $500,000 from the owners.She threatened to alert the media.
Instead of paying, the owners turned the rat over to investigators for their insurance company. They determined it was a domestic rat that had been cooked in a microwave.
The restaurant doesn't use microwaves. Miller was arrested
about three months later.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 8.
Without headlight not just at night
ALEXANDRIA, La..
Alexandria police said a man stopped for riding his bicycle at night without a headlight was carrying a weapon made from a butcher knife attached to a pool cue. They said the 51-year-old man also had a razor blade in his hat. He was booked with illegally carrying a weapon, doing so after a felony conviction, resisting an officer, public intoxication and at least five outstanding warrants.
The police report said the suspect originally gave police a fake name. An officer patted him down and found a metal push rod that appeared to be used for smoking crack cocaine. They also found a prescription painkiller in someone else's name.
Pharmacy robberies may be connected
MEDFORD, Ore. — A burglar who broke into a Medford pharmacy had the right letter, but not the right drugs. Police said someone broke out a window Saturday night at the West Main Pharmacy and grabbed the prescriptions in the "O" section. The Mail Tribune in Medford said investigators think the burglar was after the narcotic oxycodone — but the drugs in that section were filed alphabetically by customers' last names.
No arrests have been made. But police said the burglary could be related to a robbery at the same drugstore on Friday and an attempted robbery of another pharmacy that day.
Associated Press
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