Stories for November 2006

Thursday, November 30

Bitch & Moan: Nov. 30, 2006

Got questions about your love life? We have the answers.

Fall Sports Wrap-Up: Swimming

After an undefeated 2005-06 season, the swimming team was looking to have another repeat year. Although they lost to Missouri, the team has finished the season strong preparing it for the spring.

Fall Sports Wrap-Up

Each KU fall sport team had its ups and downs this season. The Kansan sportswriters offer a look back and what happened specifically with each team throughout its season.

Wednesday, November 29

Street musician upbeat about lifestyle

Joe Schreiner, a transient street musician, views his job as an “open mic night.” One of Lawrence’s “buskers,” Schreiner says the community generally respects homeless people.

Tuesday, November 28

Women audition for 'The Bachelor' in Topeka

ABC representatives interviewed single women interested in finding and marrying Mr. Right for the 10th season of "The Bachelor." Topeka was one of 35 cities to host a casting call for the show.

Monday, November 27

Coke product prices on the rise

University officials have decided to raise the price of pop in vending machines on campus and to add Beak 'Em Buck card readers to five of the machines.

Tuesday, November 21

On to Vegas

Kansas heads into its weekend games with a boost after defeating Tennessee State 89-54 Tuesday night. Sasha Kaun returned to the Kansas lineup.

Collins has breakout night

Sherron Collins had just finished the best night of his collegiate career. Too bad nobody wanted to talk about it.

Bus accident victims identified

Green was a victim of the Power Cat Bus accident near the intersection of 15th and Iowa streets. The Lawrence police also confirmed that Chris Orr was the critically injured man.

Thursday, November 16

Colaianni: Fans need to clean up behavior

In the past few years the behavior of fans at sporting events has gotten increasingly offensive, and alcohol is the biggest cause. Professional stadiums should take greater steps to regulate alcohol consumption during games and fans should realize the message that their actions are sending.

Bitch & Moan: Nov. 16 , 2006

Got questions about your sex life? We have the answers.

Monday, November 13

Musician mixes genres

Mark Harries' dream is to be a church music director. He wrote his first composition in second grade and will play his senior organ recital tonight at Bales Organ Recital Hall.

Professor compiles reader's guide

A 501-page reader's guide titled "Reading Faulkner: Collected Stories" is the end product of five years of work for James Carothers and his former student Theresa Towner.

ROTC cadets honor veterans

Cadets of the ROTC at the University of Kansas spent Veterans Day discussing leadership and guarding flames to honor members of the military.

Thursday, November 9

Bitch & Moan: Nov. 9 , 2006

Relationship troubles...tell us about it.

Lover of words, language visits University

The president and publisher of Merriam-Webster Inc. will give the lecture, “Dictionaries and Democracy: 200 years of Dictionary Making in America, 1806-2006,” tonight in the Kansas Union. John Morse will talk about Noah Webster and his first dictionary.

Wednesday, November 8

Lawsuit attacks birth control patch

Last week, a lawuit was filed in San Francisco blaming the Ortho Evra birth control patch for causing blood clots. Some say the patch is harmless, but a study released in September found that the risk of a serious blood clot doubled from the pill to the patch.

Friday, November 3

Stuewe: Define politics for yourself

Liz Stuewe asks readers to be creative in finding the importance of politics. Your responsibility as a citizen is to protect the "good life" for yourself, your loved ones and all Americans.