¢ A columnist in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram used a story in the Journal-World about Tim Flattery, a male member on the KU dance team, to poke fun at the Big 12 North division._Who is Mr. Flattery? And why is he special?__He is the guy who dared to say “I just want to dance” and then sashayed his way onto the Rock Chalk Dance Team.__Oh, sure, those Big 12 South teams win national championships, but how many have male dancers?_¢ Also from Fort Worth … a man on parole for the kidnapping and rape of a Lawrence woman was arrested in Fort Worth, the Star-Telegram reports._A registered sex offender has been arrested in connection with the robbery and sexual assault of a woman at a west Fort Worth dry-cleaning business this month. Devin T. Galloway, on parole for tying up, raping and kidnapping a woman in Lawrence, Kan., in 1984, was arrested Sunday on a parole violation warrant obtained after Fort Worth police detectives identified him as a suspect in last week’s attack._¢ Columnist Annie Zaleski of the St. Louis River Front Times gives Lawrence concert promoter Jacki Becker and the Bleeding Kansas Arts & Music Festival props in this week’s edition._In fact, on Saturday, August 5, she trekked out to a park in Lawrence, Kansas, for the Bleeding Kansas Festival, an event put on by none other than Jacki Becker – she of Up to Eleven Productions (uptoeleven .com), a.k.a. the woman who brings the coolest shows to St. Louis._¢ A Kansas University professor is quoted in this Associated Press story about the firing of a Reuter news photographer over allegations of photo-doctoring. Here’s the link for the story in the Duluth News-Tribune._”It used to be said that all politics is local, but now blogs are international,” said David D. Perlmutter, a journalism professor at the University of Kansas. “You can be a 10-year-old in your parents’ basement in Madison and you post something, and Saudi Arabians are talking about it three hours later.”_¢ Lawrence is being cited in stories about Olathe moving closer to a smoking ban. Here’s one appearance of the story, posted by the AP._The vote follows a trend begun in Kansas two years ago when Lawrence banned smoking in public areas._¢ KU is cited in this USA Today story about the cost of college textbooks._ At the University of Kansas, students have created “the K-Portal,” an online site where students contact each other directly to get a better deal on buying and selling used textbooks than they would in a bookstore, says junior Hannah Love, 20._¢ KU professor Paul Atchley continues to make headlines around the world for his reporting of research concerning the use of cellphones while driving. Here’s the latest link from the Times of India._Emotional conversations, particularly those on unhappy topics, are most likely to divert attention needed by drivers, suggest studies by University of Kansas psychologist Paul Atchley, who also reported at the APA meeting. __But rational decision-making falters too, according to Strayer’s research. His experiments show adults make poorer decisions when they’re on the phone and driving. “Some people try to work from their cars, and I wonder about their decisions,” he adds._¢ Lawrence’s Morgan Quitno Press gets cited often for its rankings of the safest and least safe cities in the country. He’s a mention of the survey in the Boston Globe._Newton will have to wait until October to find out whether last year’s rash of burglaries will cost it the safest-city title.__The annual survey is compiled by Morgan Quitno Press of Lawrence, Kan._¢ Lawrence filmmaker Kevin Willmott goes in-depth about his movie “C.S.A.” in this interview with Eclipse Magazine._Though writer/director Kevin Willmott uses the devices of alternate history fiction, he’s not so much interested in how a slave-based Confederate nation would evolve, as he is in using the tropes of the genre to create a history that, in paralleling U.S. history, shows just how disturbingly familiar aspects of both actually are._