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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008
quote of the day
"My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."
Stephen Hawking
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) causes more deaths a year than Multiple Sclerosis and it occurs two-thirds as often.
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Paul's people
Ron Paul volunteer Will Stewart, Whittier, Calf., senior, talks to Dan O'Neil, Lawrence sophomore, about the upcoming elections. Paul volunteers had signs and pamphlets available to promote the Paul campaign on Wescoe Beach yesterday.
STUDENT SENATE Student Senate supports bill opposing hotel construction
The Student Rights Committee voted last night to support legislation that would oppose construction of the Oread Inn at 12th and Oread streets.
Sam Schlageck, the student senator who authored the bill, said the hotel would send the wrong message to University students and should not be built.
One of the legislation's objections of the project is that it would not benefit students. The hotel would be placed in an area that students typically live in and
possibly raise property values. Schlageck felt that the area could be used for more student-friendly real estate, including coffee shops and bookstores.
Another objection is that it would increase traffic at 12th and Oread streets and the city was asking for $10 million to improve the traffic flow there. The $10 million has not been approved by the city.
Funds provided for Battle of the Sexes on campus
The finance committee voted unanimously to provide funding for Battle of the Sexes: The KU
Leadership Academy.
The program will address the gender gap difference in leadership and performance in men and women. Women at the University hold more leadership positions and earn higher grade point averages, but in the real world men have higher salaries and more leadership positions.
Senate voted to provide the program $1,000. The program is on Saturday, Feb. 2, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
Campus engineers group denied travel funds
The finance committee
rejected legislation to give Engineers Without Borders a travel exemption.
A travel exemption gives a group that must travel in order to exist an avenue to ask Senate to fund the travels.
The committee rejected the legislation because Engineers Without Borders has only been a group since May, and members of the committee felt the group might not have a large enough student base to merit the high costs of travel.
— Brenna Hawley
NEWS BRIEFS Big 12 Championship ticket purchase explained
The Big 12 basketball championship is still 49 days away, but the time to buy tickets to the tournament is now.
Kansas Athletics sent out an e-mail that explained the process for buying Big 12 Championship tickets to all season ticket holders Tuesday. The e-mail included a form for requesting tickets to the games. Tickets will cost $240 plus a $25 handling fee. One ticket will cover all games of the tournament. Students may request one ticket, and faculty and staff may request two. Requests for tickets will be accepted through Feb.8.
This year the tournament will be held Mar. 13-16 in the brand new Spirt Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Tickets are limited and will be
distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, according to the e-mail. If requests for student, faculty and staff tickets outnumber tickets allotted, the athletic department will hold a lottery to decide who will receive tickets to the games.
According to the e-mail tickets will be distributed at the Sprint Center, and cannot be transferred to someone else.
—Luke Morris
Candidates begin real campaigning in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign began airing TV advertisements across Missouri on Wednesday that focus on her plans to revive the economy.
in preparation for the state's Feb. 5 primary. Missouri is one of 22 states that will hold a Democratic primary or caucus on that day.
One of Clinton's Democratic rivals, Barack Obama, began running ads in Missouri on Saturday.
Rice voices confidence in strugaling U.S. economy
DAVOS, Switzerland — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a nod to the anxiety that has enveloped the World Economic Forum, said Wednesday that the U.S. economy was resilient and would remain an "engine of growth."
Speaking to an audience of chief executives and world leaders, Rice said a $150 billion stimulus package proposed by President Bush would "boost consumer spending and support business investment this year."
Taliban targets Afghan schools and children
KABUL, Afghanistan — The
number of students and teachers killed in Taliban attacks has tripped in the past year in a campaign to close schools and force teenage boys to join the Islamic militia, Afghanistan's education minister says.
While the overall state of Afghan education shows improvement, Education Ministry numbers point to a sharp decline in security for students, teachers and schools in the south, where the Taliban thrives. The Taliban strategy is deliberate: "to close these schools down so that the children and primarily the teenagers that are going to the schools — the boys — have no other option but to join the Taliban," Education Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar told The Associated Press.
Associated Press
correction
Wednesday's article "Following the away game" misstated the status of Kelly Kohn's ankle injury. Kohn returned to play in the game Tuesdays at Colorado.
on the record
A 30-pack of Bud Light beer, valued at $20.99, was stolen from the Dillons on 23rd Street.
on campus
Sonic reported the theft of food in the amount of $8.13. The thief used a counterfeit $10 bill.
The Flu Immunization Clinic will begin at 1 p.m. on the first floor of the Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Heather McCrea, Kansas State University Assistant Professor of History, will present the Merienda Brown Bag at noon in 318 Bailey Hall.
The workshop "Get Ready to Interview After the Career Fair" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in room 149 of the Burge Union.
The Geology colloquium "Insights into continental deformation from a decade of continuous GPS observations in the Basin and Range" will be presented by Nathan Niemi at 4 p.m. in 103 Lindley Hall.
The workshop "Endnote in 60 Minutes" will begin at 6 p.m. at the Regents Center Library.
The film, "The Rape of Europa" will be presented by Professor Sally Cornellin in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium at 7 p.m.
KU Opera will present "La Traviata" at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Baustian Theater inside Murphy Hall. Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for students.
The United Nations has declared 2008 the International Year of the Potato. You can learn more at www.potato2008.org.
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