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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007
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Author Leo Rosten once described Dorothy Parker as a homicidal kewpie doll.
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HASKELL INTERTRIBAL
CULTURAL CLUB DANCE
PERFORMANCE
In celebration of Indian Heritage Month, Haskell's Intertribal Cultural Club will perform traditional Native American dances today at 7 p.m. in the Haskell Auditorium, 155 Indian Ave.
Following the performance are two films, presented by the Stories 'N Motion film club of Haskell:
"When Your Hands are Tied" and
"What a Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire."
"When Your Hands are Tied," lasting 56 minutes and playing at 7:30 p.m., investigates how young Native Americans deal with trying to sustain a traditional lifestyle while growing up in American society.
middle class man figuring out how to deal with climate change, extinction, population overshoot and an ending to the traditional American lifestyle.
"What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire" plays at 8:30 p.m. The documentary features a
The event is free and open to all ages.
HIV/AIDS CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL SERVICE
At 11:30 tonight, the Douglas Counting AIDS Project is sponsoring a poignant event at KU's Campanile. In remembrance of those lost to AIDS/HIV and in support of those affected by it, they will hold a candlelight memorial service. The event continues until 12:30 a.m. and is open to the public.
LAWRENCE OLD-
FASHIONED CHRISTMAS PARADE
If you've never seen a horse-drawn parade, At 11 a.m. Saturday, you'll get your chance. Taking place on Massachusetts Street between 6th and 11th streets, the parade will feature more than 100 carriages, rigs and riding groups and is advertised by the organizers as the nation's largest horse-drawn Christmas parade. Crowds will get to see old-fashioned contraptions, such as stage coaches and old-time wagons, in full regalia.
The parade is in its 15th year.
— Edited by Amelia Freidline
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An opposition protester shouts slogans against Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at a rally against constitutional reforms proposed by Chavez Thursday in Caracas. Venezuelans will vote on the changes in a referendum on Dec. 2.
ODD NEWS Woman loses $1,100, cane in shopping cart accident
MONTAGUE, Mass. — Cash fluttering in the breeze might have seemed like a gift from heaven, but anyone in this western Massachusetts town who grabbed some of it is being asked to please give it back.
The money — a total of $1,100 — belonged to 83-year-old Mary Olive Corbiere, who was banking on it to buy Christmas presents and lost it after a freak accident.
Corbire had left a drugstore Tuesday and was putting her bags in her car when a wind gust pushed her shopping cart — still containing her purse and cane — into the back of a nearby delivery truck.
The cart somehow became stuck in a rear wheel well before the truck pulled away and disappeared into traffic.
"Everything was normal, then I turned around and the cart had taken off," said Corbiere, a retired English teacher and nurse.
The cart was dragged for blocks along one of the town's busiest thoroughfares as the driver, oblivious to what had occurred, headed to the next delivery.
Witnesses told police that when the purse finally burst open, strangers stopped and grabbed the fluttering currency, which Corbier had withdrawn for holiday shopping and bills.
Officers found Corbierie's tattered checkbook and cane — but little cash. They are urging people to not be Grinches and return any of the money they might have found.
"We're hoping people will do the right thing," police Sgt. Charles Dodge said.
Corbie, though, isn't waiting around for the money's return. She headed to the bank Wednesday to get a new checkbook and make another withdrawal.
She didn't even bother to retrieve the battered purse from police.
thatns no use to me now," she said. "What I really needed badly is my cane, and I am lucky I did get that back."
WESTBURY, N.Y. — A 72-year-old man fought off a would-be robber who brandished a gun, wrecked his Christmas decorations and allegedly had been sent by his nephew in search of jewelry and cash, police
Elderly man fights off robber who wrecked decorations
"I don't know how I got the power," said the victim, Reinaldo Herrera.
said.
Herrera was working on his outdoor Christmas light display Tuesday afternoon when Santos Zelaya, 21, followed him into his suburban home on Long Island and confronted him with what turned out to be a pellet gun, police said. Herrera believed it was a real firearm.
Demanding cash and jewelry, Zelaya tore down Herrera's living room Christmas tree and Nativity scene, Detective Lt. Raymond Cote said.
"I punched him many, many times, (and) he punched me," the 5-foot-6 supermarket worker said. "He got afraid."
"Jesus, Mary and the wise men all fell to the ground," Cote said.
Herrera was pushed to the ground, but he managed to fight back.
Zelaya ran off, police said, but authorities soon noticed him because he was without a jacket, which he had lost in the fray. They later also apprehended Herrera's nephew Jorge Duque, 47, who drove with Zelaya to Herrera's home and waited in a car during the robbery attempt, police said. Duque thought his uncle would be a good target because he
Zelaya and Duque were arrested on robbery and burglary charges. No telephone numbers for them could be found at the addresses police provided. Information on their court appearances was not available early Thursday.
kept cash and jewelry in the house,
Cote said.
NYC parrot goes missing from pet boarding facility
NEW YORK — Missing; one parrot with Brooklyn accent. Reward: $10,000.
The African gray parrot named Franklin disappeared from a pet boarding facility in Manhattan the day before Thanksgiving, said owner Leigh Ann Frankel.
"Franklin is my child. Every day he wakes up and says, 'Hi, mommy, how are ya?" she said.
Frankel, a fitness instructor, said the 18-year-old parrot had been a comforting presence to her in tough times over the years. African gray parrots can live past 50 years.
Frankel and her husband, Lee Frankel, are offering the reward for Franklin's safe return.
WALL STREET More gains mean biggest two-day rally in years
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Wall Street extended its rally with modest gains in the major indexes following two days of sharp advances, despite economic readings that painted a mixed picture of the economy.
Though the indexes rose, declining issues narrowly outpaced advancers on the New York Stock Exchange.
Wall Street's anticipation of a rate cut followed comments from a Fed official Wednesday. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke also hinted in a speech Thursday evening that another cut may be needed to bolster the economy.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the market posted Its biggest two-day rally in five years. Hopes have been growing that financial companies may be starting to recover from the credit crisis and that the Federal Reserve may lower interest rates to calm the markets.
The oil price recovery gave some strength to energy stocks. Meanwhile, financial companies, which had shown gains Wednesday, retreated as did retailers following a weak showing by Sears Holdings Corp.
Oil prices spiked early Thursday then fell back somewhat after a fire at an Enbridge Energy pipeline carrying crude from Canada to the Midwest.
Aside from a reading on third-quarter growth, economic news didn't offer investors much reason to cheer.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 22.28, or 0.17 percent, to 13,311.73. In the three sessions since a pullback Monday, the Dow has jumped 568.29, of 4.5 percent.
"The data's weak, and says to us that the Fed needs to stay engaged here," said Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors.
Broader stock indicators also rose. The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up 0.70, or 0.05 percent, to 1,469.72, and the Nasdaq composite index rose 5.22, or 0.20 percent, to 2,668.13.
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Sixty-five years ago today, Dyche Hall was declared structurally unsound and was closed to the public, along with the popular Natural History Museum housed within. It remained closed for nine years, amidst fears of demolition, while state funds trickled in for renovation. Today, it is one of the most beautiful buildings on campus.
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