“I think Paul Rudd was at a football game or something once.”

— Grace McWhirt, data processing, Lawrence

“I missed President Obama, which was disappointing. But I did see Alan Mulally, former CEO of Ford.”

— Michael Smith, works at Kansas University, Lawrence

“I saw Will Ferrell at Quinton's once.”

— Amberlee Desiderio, unemployed, Lawrence

“I saw Chalmers Johnson give a lecture at KU once. In the Q-and-A session afterward, he had a great quote: 'Listen: You kids aren't half radical enough.'”

— Eric Farnsworth, mechanical design, Lawrence