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Vandals destroy books at KU library
Kansas.com ^ | Friday, June 12, 2009 | Associated Press

Posted on 06/12/2009 6:23:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Rare books containing old and expensive artwork have been stolen or torn apart, resulting in thousands of dollars of damage at a University of Kansas library, according to campus police.

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When I was a kid, I couldn't open a library book containing a picture of a horse that didn't have cartoon genitals drawn in by some budding sociopath.
1 posted on 06/12/2009 6:23:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 06/12/2009 6:23:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Who can blame the nitwits we force to go to college. They get there and can not read so they decide to eat the books.


3 posted on 06/12/2009 6:34:53 PM PDT by pennyfarmer (Your Socialist Beat our Liberal)
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Just keep pretending everything is equal.


4 posted on 06/12/2009 6:36:18 PM PDT by blam
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Maybe the pages had pictures of food on ‘em. Not that they’d recognize anything but fast food or junk food.


5 posted on 06/12/2009 6:36:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Kansas is broke. And KU just suffered a huge round of layoffs this month. I would suspect laid off faculty.


6 posted on 06/12/2009 6:49:34 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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Kansas is broke?


7 posted on 06/12/2009 7:12:04 PM PDT by pepperdog (As Israel goes, so goes America!)
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"Kansas is broke?"

Yes.

8 posted on 06/12/2009 7:49:16 PM PDT by LiberConservative
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Thanks!


9 posted on 06/13/2009 4:42:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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