¢ A columnist for the Chico (Calif.) News & Review has picked up on former Lawrence Mayor Boog Highberger’s declaration of Dada Month last year._When the mayor of Lawrence, Kan., Boog Highberger, recently declared International Dadaism Month, I thought to myself, “Self, how could the mayor of a Podunk town in the northeast corner of a Podunk state manage an act of such fabulousness?” The mayor (whose name is rather Dada don’t you think?) chose the month, which happens to be 13 days, by rolling dice and pulling numbers out of a hat, giving us the dates Feb. 4, March 28, April 1, July 15, Aug. 2, 7, 16 and 26, Sept. 18 and 22, and Oct. 1, 17 and 26. So on Feb. 4, in honor of International Dadaism month and just because I could, I sat on all the downtown art benches in one day. It’s true. I chanted my new mantra the whole time, “Boog Highberger, Boog Highberger.” … Boooooog!_¢ The Chesty Lions – the mascot of Lawrence High – takes a shot in a St. Petersburg Times column about strange mascots across the country._Imagine the fun if we could cover the Frankfort (Ind.) Hot Dogs vs. the Warrensburg (N.Y.) Burgers (heard their last meeting was a rout, and Frankfort never mustered a rally to catchup to Warrensburg).__Or the Mifflin (Ohio) Punchers vs. the Haskell (Okla.) Haymakers; the Mt. Clemens (Mich.) Battling Bathers against the Gettysburg (S.D.) Battlers (hope the press box is behind the Mt. Clemens bench.__Okay, okay. I’ll stop. It’s not like I tried to squeeze the Lawrence (Kan.) Chesty Lions in the paper or anything._¢ Canadian basketball officials are heralding the induction of James Naismith, the Canadian-born inventor of basketball who later coached at KU, into the new International Basketball Federal Hall of Fame in Madrid, according to the Toronto Star._”Dr. Naismith’s induction into the new Hall of Fame is a great honour for his family and for our country,” said Canada Basketball executive director Fred Nykamp. “He is at the forefront of a strong Canadian basketball heritage that includes the famed world champion Edmonton Grads team, Jack Donohue, and continues to this day with the accomplishments of Steve Nash.”_¢ The first set of twins from the KU School of Nursing – Ruth Cox and Ruby Harris – are now 94 years old and live in Arizona. They’re the subject of a profile today in the Green Valley (Ariz.) News and Sun._”We were the first class to get actual degrees, and I remember we were so proud and excited,” Ruth said._¢ Dr. Kim Templeton, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the KU Medical Center, offers an insight into why women’s ACLs are more susceptible to tears than those of men in a San Jose Mercury News story_Biomechanics. Women’s bodies move differently than men’s. Dr. Kim Templeton, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said that when men jump, they land with knees bent, protecting the ACL. Women tend to land flat-footed and with knees straight – stretching the ACL._