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Articles
Thursday November 8, 2001
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Activities of two UA fraternities suspended
Fighting and hazing being investigated by Dean of Students Office
The Dean of Students Office has suspended the activities of two UA fraternities after reports of alleged hazing and fighting.
The suspensions of the Pi Kappa Alpha and Delta Chi fraternities include deferral of this weekend's homecoming activities.
All Pi Kappa Alpha-sponsored activities were suspended last week after a number of fights were reported that involved members of the fraternity, said Veda Kowalski, associate dean of students.
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Fast facts:
High temperatures can make rubber or plastic grips on tennis, golf or racquetball equipment completely unusable.
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The once popular dog name "Fido" is derived from Latin and means fidelity.
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According to the General Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, the typical American spends an average of one year of his life speaking on the telephone.
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The longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. This narrow thigh muscle helps rotate the leg into the cross-legged position.
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Huckleberry Finn's remedy for warts was swinging a dead cat in a graveyard at night.
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On this date:
In 1520, King Christian II ordered the massacre of Swedish bishops and nobles in what became known as the "Stockholm Bloodbath."
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In 1793, the Louvre Museum opened in Paris.
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In 1889, Montana became the 41st state in the United States.
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In 1917, the Council of People's Commissars was established as the new government of Russia, and it named Lenin as chairman, Trotsky as foreign commissar and Stalin as commissar of nationalities.
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In 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted a secretly planned attempt to overthrow the German government in Munich's largest beer hall but was arrested two days later.
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Quotable...
"It seems they are more bent than ever on causing pain and destruction."
- Jose Maria Fernandez from Judges for Democracy, a judicial think tank and lobbying group on the supposed direction of Basque separatists in Madrid.
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