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By Gaby Souzagsouza@kansan.comKansan staff writer Joel Kelly couldn’t light up in-side the Granada, but he scored two free packs of Camels in the nightclub and joined the crowd outside holding smoldering cig-arettes between their fingers. Just before stepping outside, the O’Fallon, Mo., senior, hand-ed his driver’s license to a young man dressed in a white T-shirt and jeans. The man slid the li-cense through a scanner, gave it back to Kelly, and with a smile handed him a reward: Camel cigarettes.Tobacco marketers have made Lawrence bars hot spots to attract college-age customers, despite the city-wide ban on smoking in public buildings.When Kelly gave his driver’s license information to a repre-sentative from Camel cigarettes, he was signing up for frequent mailings, and gifts of shot glass-es, money clips and cigarette cases — each of them contain-ing tobacco companies’ logos.Long barred from television and radio advertising, tobacco companies were further re-stricted in how, where and to whom they could advertise by the 1998 settlement of a lawsuit brought by 46 states including Kansas. That kept tobacco com-panies from advertising through sponsorships in sports, such as NASCAR’s Winston Cup. They were also banned from using product placement in movies, advertising on billboards and in publications circulated to indi- viduals under the age of 18. Free samples were only allowed in adult-only facilities.Bars in college towns have become target locations be-cause they offer the youngest possible candidates to become new smokers in an environment where alcohol consumption could make them more vulner-able to those messages, critics say.
Young age, high market
Tobacco companies focus 70 percent of their advertising on 18-to-24-year-olds, according to the Federal Trade Commis-sion. In Kansas alone, tobacco companies spend $125.9 mil-lion each year in advertising, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. By that per-cent measure, about $88 million
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KU professor Paul Mirecki resigned from his position as chairman of the department of religious studies Wednesday. He will continue to teach in the de-partment.Mirecki, who joined the KU faculty in 1989, drew criticism from University of Kansas offi-cials and state legislators in the last two weeks after e-mails he had sent to a mailing list be-came public.In the e-mails, he made remarks about Christian fun-damentalists that some con-sidered offen-sive, including one message that the intelligent design class he planned to teach in the spring would serve as a “nice slap” in the “big fat face” of religious fundamentalists. He apolo-gized and canceled the class last week.On Monday morning, Mirecki reported to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department that two men beat him with their fists and a metal object in the head, shoulders and back on a road-side south of Lawrence. He said the attackers referenced the intelligent design controversy. Mirecki spent between three and four hours at Lawrence Me-morial Hospital.Mirecki submitted his resigna-tion letter to Barbara Romzek, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He said in the letter that he decided to resign as departmental chair-man because of the controversy. He also said colleagues in the department recommended that he step down.Romzek said in a statement that she was in discussions with religious studies faculty about ap-pointing an interim chairperson.“This allows the department to focus on what’s most impor-tant — teaching, research and service — and to minimize the distractions of the last couple of weeks,” she said.Andrew Stangl, president of the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics, the 121-person student group for which Mirecki serves as faculty adviser, said Mirecki told him on Tues-day that he would step down as department chairman.“It’s just another symptom of what’s been going on the last couple of weeks,” said Stangl, Wichita junior. “As a result of Dr. Mirecki sharing private opinions of his, he became pub-lic enemy number-one in the eyes of the Legislature.
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Kansas might not play Houston until Dec. 23 but everything you need to know about the Fort Worth Bowl is available now.
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Melissa Evans left Marga-ret Amini Scholarship Hall at 10:45 Wednesday morning in her flip-flops and dashed over to K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall. When Evans, Topeka junior, left the hall, it was snowing and the wind chill was zero degrees Fahrenheit.She and 20 other girls waited in the lobby of the neighboring scholarship hall because of an-other fire alarm. Margaret Amini had two false fire alarms in less than 12 hours, during some of the coldest weather of the semes-ter. Tuesday night, alarms went off about 11 p.m. and main-tenance crews weren’t able to turn off alarms in the residents’ rooms for three hours, Evans said.The hall’s problems came from a fire detector in the laun-dry room, said Vince Avila, as-sociate director for housing shop maintenance. The detector in question was replaced and then cleaned and tested in the maintenance shop.Avila said the false alarms were caused by either the dirty detector or a power “bump.” Avila said the cold or wind could have caused a power bump and that fire detectors were sensitive to them.
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College is a time for freshmen to experience living on their own, away from the rules of Mom and Dad. But as the semester comes to an end, some students are packing up and heading home to live back under their parents’ roofs during winter break.After living on their own, students often clash with their parents when they’re expected to once again fol-low the household rules.“It’s kind of perceived as a power struggle,” said Frank DeSalvo, as-sistant dean of students and direc-tor of Counseling and Psychological Services. “The issues are much more important than who’s the boss at a certain address.” Stephanie Langley, Leavenworth freshman, said her first semester at the University of Kansas has allowed her to do “pretty much whatever you want.” She said partying with friends and staying up late goes against the rules her parents had for her when she was in high school. “It’s kind of difficult to adjust,” she said. DeSalvo said the key to prevent-ing arguments is communication. He said students need to discuss the changes they’ve made while in college, whether it’s a new smoking habit or a new religion. He said parents get frightened when it seems their children are adopting new values. He said par-ents often show apprehension by getting offended.He said there was a need to talk and learn. Parents shouldn’t be frightened and students shouldn’t get defensive, he said.Kyle Begole, Wichita freshman, said he wouldn’t have that problem with his parents because he went home at least once a month. His parents understand he’s a col-lege student and allow him the same freedom he has when he’s on his own, he said.Diana Robertson, associate di-rector of student housing, said that because for the last four months students have made decisions on their own, they think they should be able to do whatever they want at home. She said students needed to manage their time to allow time for their parents, as well as old friends. DeSalvo said it’s important to remember that students need their parents. But after students have been on their own, they no longer rely on their parents to fulfill their needs, he said.
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Behind Watson Library stands Twente Hall. The current home of the University’s School of Social Welfare, the building served the needs of physical health instead of social health when it opened in the 1930s. In 1905, a University student be-came infected with smallpox. Because there were no campus health services and the city hospitals weren’t able to admit the patient, the student was isolated to a small cab-in located on an island in the Kaw River. Students ferried food to the island, leaving it on a tree stump for the quarantined student. Although the student recovered from the illness, harsh criticism over the treatment of the smallpox patient sparked efforts to provide proper health care for KU students.The Benefit Health Association was created because state funds were unavailable to finance student health services. Participating students paid a 50-cent fee for health insurance. As diphtheria and typhoid fever outbreaks hit the University, mem-bership in the health association in-creased rapidly, raising interest and support for a University hospital. The University approved plans for a hospital in 1908. The hospital, fund-ed entirely by voluntary student fees, originally operated out of a rented home near campus and moved sev-eral more times before Elizabeth Watkins remedied the situation.An influenza epidemic in 1928 forced the University to close cam-pus, proving the inadequacy of hos-pital care for the student body. Wat-kins, the daughter of a doctor, offered $175,000 to fund the construction of a permanent hospital on campus. Watkins Memorial Hospital, built in memory of her late husband, Jabez B. Watkins, was built on a site near her own home, which is now the chancellor’s residence.Constructed in 1932, the hospi-tal’s wings radiated from an art deco-styled central tower. The hospital’s thirteen-member staff and KU Medi-cal Center interns could treat up to 46 patients at a time. Examination, sterilizing, operating and dressing rooms along with the doctor’s of-fice were constructed on the ground floor, while the second and third floors were for patient care. Wat-kins chose furnishings for patients’ rooms, including walnut beds with carved Jayhawk headboards.As the population of students in-creased over the decades, the hospi-tal became overcrowded and unable to adequately meet students’ health needs. Construction of the current, larger Watkins Memorial Hospital was completed in March 1974. Two months later, KU Chancellor Archie R. Dykes rededicated the for-mer hospital as Twente Hall, honor-ing Professor Esther Elizabeth Twen-te, who founded the department of social welfare in 1946.
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“No, I don’t think it should be taught as a mythology class be-cause that makes it seem like a myth.”
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“Personally I think religion is a theory as to how the world was created, or came together or how life came to earth. Religion ... has no facts and there is no way to test it, so it would be wrong to teach it as a science, so the only way to teach it would be as a mythology or religion class.”
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Rebecca Ralstin, Shawnee freshman
“All legitimate scientific fact justifies the theory of evolution. This idea is on par with the idea of mass religion denying the legitimacy of gravity. I don’t mean to devaluate Christianity, but there are a lot of religions ideas that are untrue.”
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NEW YORK — Mariah had a comeback year, 50 Cent dropped another multiplatinum album, Coldplay was hot and Kanye West beat the soph-omore jinx. Gwen Stefani made us holla, Kelly Clarkson reveled in being free and the Black Eyed Peas celebrated those lovely lady lumps.But while a lot of artists combined for some memorable music this year, few dominated the music scene like in years past. So it’s unlikely that one name will dominate the Grammy nominations on Thursday.“I think Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani and Kanye West are going to be going at it for who has the most awards,” says Steve Stoute, a former music industry executive who remains tapped into the scene through his company Translations, which links music superstars with commercial products. “They have songs that have song-of-the-year potential on their albums.”
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Mariah Carey’s comeback may lead to Grammy nominations
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Steam billows
 from Lake Vui in the volcano crater of Mount Manaro on the island of Ambae, part of the Vanuatu islands chain, this morning. Five thousand people living in  the so called red zone have been evacuated to the coast because of fears of a possible mud flow if the lake wall bursts.
 
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Duties will include:·Administer, interpret, and enforce all policies and election rules set forth by the Commission.·Serve as an administrative assistant to the Commission, attending and reporting on all meetings and functions, and representing the Student Senate in investigations of election misconduct.·Be available to communicate with all candidates, coalitions, and others in the University community regarding the Elections Code and Commission policies.·Be responsible for conducting all aspects of the campaign under the authority and guidance of the Commission.
Applica tions are a vailable in  the Dean o f S tuden ts o f fice and are due December 9. For more in forma tion, please con tac t Jona than S teele b y email a t js teele2@ku.edu.
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Nebraska senior dies in highway accident
Ryan Ostendorf, 28-year-old KU student, died in a two-ve-hicle crash at 6400 E. Highway 40 in Shawnee County at 8:21 p.m. Dec. 5, said Sharon Mandel, chief medical investi-gator at the Shawnee County coroner’s office.A press release from Blase Memorial Chapel stated Osten-dorf, Gothenburg, Neb., senior, would have graduated in May 2006. He was a biology major and had hoped to become a doctor. Ostendorf also worked as a paramedic in Topeka.Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Zion Lu-theran Church in Gothenburg, Neb. Burial will be held in the Grandview Cemetery. Visita-tion will be Friday between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
— Steve Lynn 
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Med Center approves blood cell substitute
PolyHeme, a temporary oxygen-carrying red blood cell substitute, was approved for use at the University of Kansas Hospital by the Medical Center’s Human Subjects Committee.Dennis McCulloch, public re-lations at the Med Center, said the committee went through an extensive public input process before PolyHeme was approved. He said the Med Center educated the public and asked for their input.Training medical personel to use PolyHeme began in early November. Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Douglas counties will be using the product.Michael Moncure, the principal investigator, said the counties involved would be on the leading edge of emergency response medical science, and he appreciated their cooperation.
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TOPEKA — Moderate Re-publicans say they’ve formed an organization to take back the party from conservatives.First on the must-do list for the Kansas Traditional Republi-can Majority is replacing those on the State Board of Education who want to treat evolution as flawed science.Among the prominent Re-publicans in the group is former Senate President Dick Bond of Overland Park.“The moderates have no one to blame but themselves for let-ting this party drift so far to the right, and they’ve done that by sitting on their hands,” Bond said. “They don’t go to the polls.”Moderates are looking to be-come active in the state board and House races next year. The board has a 6-4 conservative majority, with four of those six standing for re-election in 2006.Bond said changing the party and the political landscape will take time.“The moderates aren’t go-ing to flip a switch and change things overnight. It’s going to take a lot of hard work and the awareness of the nonpolitical public to understand that some of the basic structures in our state are in jeopardy, in par-ticular education,” said Bond, a member of the State Board of Regents, which oversees higher education.The Board of Education has drawn international criticism for its recent changes to science standards for students. Critics say it will permit the teaching of intelligent design, which they call repackaged creationism. Supporters say it will expose stu-dents to valid criticisms of evo-lutionary theory and promote openness in the classroom.
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Noam Yifrach, right, head of Israel’s partner organization, Magen David Adom (Red Star of David), takes over
 the banner, which carries the new “red crystal” emblem from Blaise Godet, chairman of the 192-nation conference and Swiss Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office, early Thursday morning in Geneva, Switzerland. The 192 signatories of the Geneva Conventions approved the new “red crystal” emblem by vote after last-ditch negotiations between Israel and Syria over Damascus’ demands for humanitarian access to Syrian citizens in the Golan Heights broke down.
A new red crystal
CITY 
Former KU student charged in arsons
A man already convicted of setting fires in Johnson County faces additional arson charges in Douglas CountyDavid R. Jay, a former University of Kansas student, made his first appearance by closed circuit television Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Jay is charged with three counts of arson. He told District Judge Pro Tem Peggy Kittel that he couldn’t afford an attorney, so the court appointed one for him.Jay was sentenced to six years and four months in prison for the Johnson Coun-try arsons.In Douglas County, he is charged with aggravated ar-son for a fire started in Watson Library in March 2004. Two other arson counts stem from fires at the Clinton Parkway Nursery and Garden Store and the Lawrence Dental Center.At Jay’s trial in Johnson County, a psychologist said he was a paranoid schizophrenic who lit fires to battle the “new world order.
— Associated Press 

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