Paul Sneed, Assistant Professor of Portuguese, began drinking at the age of 13 and quit at 18, leaving home in the intervening years and living in the woods near his parents' home in Viginia. After a series of arrests at the age of 18 and 28 days of detox treatment, Sneed completed a GED and egan attending college. After he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma, Sneed spent five years in Brazil, where he founded a Two Brothers, a non-profit organization that promotes education and community service.

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Redshirt junior wide receiver Kerry Meier sprints around the Missouri defense during Saturday's game at Arrowhead Stadium. The Border War match was a back-and-forth battle that came down to multiple touchdowns in the final minutes for a 40-37 Jayhawk victory.

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Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel pitches a last-second pass as sophomore defensive end Jake Laptad takes him to the ground in the KU end zone. Missouri's line of scrimmage began at the two yard line after a deep punt from the Jayhawks in the first half of Saturday's Border War game at Arrowhead Stadium.

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Sophomore wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe fends off a Missouri defender during Saturday's Border Showdown at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Briscoe rushed for 310 yards throughout the game, which culminated in a 40-37 Jayhawk victory over the Tigers.

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Lou McKown, Downingtown, Penn. senior, left, and Gavin Strunk, Wichita senior, push a stripped 1974 VW Super Beetle toward a tow truck on Nov. 24. As members of a mechanical engineering project called the EcoHawks, McKown and Strunk are taking steps toward transforming the vehicle into a fuel-neutral hybrid vehicle that will use an interchangeable engine block concept to reach a fuel efficiency standard of 500 miles per gallon.

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Junior guard Sherron Collins searches for an open passing lane around a Coppin State defender during Friday night's game in Allen Field House.

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Sophomore guard Tyrel Reed keeps a defensive footing as Coppin State's Vince Goldsberry presses upcourt during Friday's game at Allen Field House.

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Junior guard Sherron Collins goes for a layup during Friday night's game against Coppin State in Allen Field House.

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Freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor races past a Coppin State defender during Friday night's game at Allen Field House.

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Crystal Hall, Assistant Professor of Italian, completed her PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in the spring and came directly to the University to begin teaching this fall. After an initial foray into the biological sciences, Hall completely redirected her studies and achieved the unusual feat of beginning her teaching career at a major university.

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Crystal Hall, Assistant Professor of Italian, grades students in an Italian language course during a class exercise in which groups of students conduct rehearsed conversations in the language. Hall completed her PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in the spring and came directly to the University to begin teaching this fall.

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Bob Swan, left, and his grandson Trey, 10, look over some news clippings from 1983, when "The Day After" originally aired on ABC. The film, shot primarily in Lawrence, enjoyed a 25th-anniversary screening Thursday night at Liberty Hall. The Swans were among about 135 people to attend the showing.

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Alex Gordzica and Brian Bracciano, Lawrence juniors, are co-presidents of Prison Ball Club. Prison Ball Club has 41 official members, but has recruited more on occasion to play the dodgeball-like sport.

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Kacie Brown, Wellington junior, pauses for a brief phone call from her father while packing up her possessions on the evening of Nov. 14. Brown, who had lived in a six-bedroom house with five other students since July, decided to leave the house after the students' lease was voided by the city when inspectors discovered they were in violation of the occupancy ordinance that limits multi-family dwellings to a maximum of four non-related residents.

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Thousands of students, living in multi-family dwellings throughout the Oread neighborhood, particularly the area known as the "student ghetto," are living in violation of a Lawrence city ordinance that limits occupancy to four non-related individuals per house, regardless of its size. Some landlords, faced with city inspections brought on by renters' complaints, are forced to redraft leases or evict tennants to fall in line with the city code.

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Emily Lanteigne, Naperville, Ill. junior, races through the first heat of the 200 yard freestyle competion furing Friday night's meet against Drury in the KU Natatorium.

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Luliia Kuzhil, Cherkasy, Ukraine sophomore, springs backward into the water during the only heat of the 200 yard medley relay Friday night. The relay was the first event o the evening's meet against Drury.

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Marci Francisco, 2nd District State Senator, dances with Jacob Hill, Wichita senior, at Abe & Jake's Landing Tuesday night after watching President Elect Obama's acceptance speech on a large-screen television. Fransisco, the 2nd district incumbant, retained her seat with 62 percent of the vote.

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Ian Hrabe, Olathe senior, Annie Harrigan, Pairie Village senior, Kim Davis, Kansas City senior, and Katelyn Stroud, Leawood senior, scream in celebration toward the end of President Elect Barrack Obama's acceptance speech Tuesday night at Abe & Jake's Landing.

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Halie Daniels, 3, passes the time as Patrick Neider and her mother, Marie Daniels, Lawrence sophomore, right, complete their ballots Tuesday afternoon at the polling station inside the Checkers Grocery located at Louisiana and 23rd streets.

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