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Dec. 10, 2004
Vol. 29, No. 8

• KU prepares for Legislature
• Senior is 25th KU student named Rhodes scholar
• Study Abroad fourth in nation
• Recycling program generates bicycles for kids at KU
• Holiday hall
• Friday fun
• KU schools to hold December graduation ceremonies
• KU, county offer flu vaccination clinic
• Rec center planning to include neighbors, city
• Experts to analyze election results during Dole Institute series
• Campaign reaches 85 percent of goal
• KU prof compiles academic study of Harry Potter
• Loomis tapped for communications post
• KU Web site makes historical additions
• Recruits teach math, science in Kansas City public schools
• Dole Institute to host Toys for Tots ‘Drive for 500’ event
• KU, Topeka to launch loan program to fill high need areas
• New book chronicles fieldhouse history
• Roosting writers
• Pulitzer Prize-winning KU grad gives lecture, visits students
• Masked man
• Senior curator tracks bison fossils for clues
• Banner display
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Q: Who was the first Jayhawk in space?


A: The first KU alumnus in space was Commander Ron Evans, who graduated with an engineering degree in 1955. Evans piloted the command module on Apollo 17, which took him and two other astronauts on America’s sixth and final 20th-century voyage to the moon. Although Evans did not set foot on the lunar surface, he performed scientific experiments and made an hourlong space walk

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