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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014
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Atlanta area braces for ice
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Snow and ice build up on the street signs for Snow and McDaniel Streets on Tuesday in Greer, SC. Snow and icy conditions are expected to continue in the state through Wednesday.
ATLANTA — The city dodged the first punch of a dangerous winter storm Tuesday, but forecasters warned of a potentially "catastrophic" second blow in the form of a thick layer of ice that threatened to bring hundreds of thousands of power outages and leave people in their cold, dark homes for days.
Deal said.
The streets and highways in metro Atlanta were largely deserted as people in the South's business hub heeded advice from officials to hunker down at home, especially after the epic snow jam two weeks ago that saw thousands of people stranded on icy, gridlocked roads for hours when two inches of snow fell.
"There is no doubt that this is one of Mother Nature's worst kinds of storms that can be inflicted on the South, and that is ice. It is our biggest enemy," Georgia Gov. Nathan
While only rain fell in Atlanta on Tuesday, cities 40 miles northwest saw two to three inches of snow. The rain was expected to turn into sleet and freezing rain overnight.
The state had more than 22,000 tons of salt,70,000 gallons of brine 45,000 tons of gravel and brought in 180 tons of additional salt and sand. The goal was to make sure at least two interstate lanes were available in each direction. Then material would be used on the most heavily used roads off the highways. Officials were also considering re-routing traffic in extreme circumstances.
"It's certainly going to be a challenge for us. Ice is definitely different than snow," said state Transportation Commissioner Keith Golden. "It is very difficult for us to plow ice."
Hundreds of Georgia National Guard troops were on
standby in case evacuations were needed at hospitals or nursing homes, and more than 70 shelters were set to open. President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Georgia, ordering federal agencies to help the state and local response during the storm. Deal said a priority for that request was generators.
On Monday, before a drop of freezing rain or snow fell, Deal declared a state of emergency for nearly a third of the state and state employees were
told they could stay home. He expanded the declaration Tuesday to more than half the state's counties.
Around the Deep South, slick roads were causing problems. In North Texas, at least four people died in traffic accidents on icy roads, including a Dallas firefighter who was knocked from an Interstate 20 ramp and fell 50 feet, according to a police report.
In northeastern Alabama,
two National Guard wreckers
were dispatched to help clear
jackknifed 18-wheelers on Interstate 65. Gov. Robert Bentley said one lesson learned from the storm two weeks ago was to get those wreckers organized earlier.
Parts of northeast Mississippi could see up to four inches of snow. South Carolina, which hasn't seen a major ice storm in nearly a decade, could get a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of ice and as much as eight inches of snow in some areas.
Delta canceled nearly 2,200 flights on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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The record for most points scored in Allen Fieldhouse is not held by a Jayhawk, nor by a Jayhawk opponent. In the 1950s, we hosted NCAA
tournament games. Oscar Robertson scored 56 points in Cincinnati's defeat of K-State.
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work within the constructs of your current reality" as a way to be effective in the legislature.
The representatives discussed tax policy and the effects sales tax and income tax may have on different groups of people depending on factors such as income, and also commented on attempting to work with the majority structure of legislature.
"It's a numbers game," the democratic representative of the tenth district John Wilson said during the panel discussion. "But these numbers can be changed during election."
Susie McClannahan, a junior
from Prairie Village, said she enjoyed the truthfulness that was present in the representatives' answers to discussion questions.
"I agreed with a lot of what they had to say, and I felt like they spoke very honestly, there wasn't very much walking around issues," McClannahan said. "They all clearly gave their stances, explained how they felt on things and were very responsive."
McClannahan said the issues she thinks other students should be aware of are topics such as gun legislation and tax policies and those may put adverse effects on students.
Wilson said he hopes events such as this panel discussion shed a light on the kind of people that work in the legislature
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"I hope it shows that elected officials generally are just real people who have similar struggles that people go through," Wilson said. "It shows that thoughtful people can have a really thoughtful discussion if there is a venue that does that and is not hyper-politicized."
QUICK HITS
On-campus student group The Future Majority hosted a panel discussion of three young house representatives
Representatives discussed a number of topics ranging from extremism to tax policy
The event attempted to shed light on issues that affect students, as well as the people who work in the legislature
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Already, the KU Bookstore offers resources with the lowest prices it can manage and director of KU Bookstores, Estella McCollum, said there isn't much more that can be
"I do feel bad that I have to spend my money elsewhere when it could be benefitting my community," Farlow said. "But this is what I'm forced to do because I have to be fiscally responsible."
spent $462 on books this semester.
done to slash costs. She said she supports the
elimination of textbook sales tax because it would take a noticeable chunk out of prices.
"If they're shopping in our stores, it contributes to the money we donate to all sorts of student programs on campus like SUA," McCollum said.
Twenty-two states including Missouri have already exempted university textbooks from sales tax, indicated in a Missouri General Assembly statute revised in August of last year.
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