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TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2009
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signed our two most important recruits right now. Self said.
The decision for both Collins and Aldrich came down to a lot of things. Family, degrees and the college experience were popular answers.
But most importantly, the two men standing in front of that crowd want to win a second national championship.
"Sherron and I talked about this," Aldrich said. "We could be those special names in Kansas history that all the little kids look up to."
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Kansas has one more scholarship to offer
While Kansas may have gotten its two most important "recruits" Monday night coach Bill Self still has one scholarship to give out.
The two likely candidates are Oklahoma City's Xavier Henry and Brooklyn's Lance Stephenson.
The New York Daily News reported that Self visited the Stephenson home Friday evening, and then the Stephenson family took an official visit to St. John's over the weekend.
Stephenson is expected
to choose between those two schools, and his decision could come as early as this week.
Henry, who originally committed to Memphis before withdrawing after John Calipari's departure, doesn't appear any closer to a decision.
He is reportedly choosing between Kansas, Kentucky and Memphis. Last weekend Henry led the USA Junior National Select team with 22 points.
"We can always get better." Self said at the awards banquet. "And certainly we have a scholarship to do so."
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manned mission to the moon.
The moon rock, classified as a mare basalt, weighs about seventh of an ounce and is about the size of an unchewed piece of gum. The polished, silvery smooth rock is one of only seven in the world that the public can touch. Temple Richardson, Excelsior Springs, Mo., junior, said she was surprised by the texture and size of the lunar rock.
"I thought it wasn't going to be smooth," Richardson said. "I expected a raw rock right from the moon. I thought it'd be bigger"
In addition to touching the lunar rock, the public can learn more about NASA's plans for future space and lunar missions.
Lucie Johannes, materials research engineer with NASA, said the exhibit was meant to inform the public about the Constellation Program, NASA's new fleet of manned space crafts.
NASA is designing the new vehicles to take astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.
Johannes said the traveling exhibit began its tour in Hutchinson at the Kansas Cosmosphere and would make several stops in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma before heading back to Houston.
Johannes said NASA engineers from Houston took turns traveling with the exhibit on different tours.
"It's a volunteer thing," Johannes said, "and I have family in Kansas, so I decided to come up here and freeze my toes off." Russ Engel, engineering alumnus, and his family drove from Overland Park to see the moon rock.
Although he said it was informative, Engel was surprised by the size of the exhibit.
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"It's interesting," Engel said. "It's a lot smaller than I was expecting. But there's a lot of new information here."
Jill Hummels, public relations director for the School of Engineering; said the exhibit showcased how NASA's work benefited society as a whole.
What: NASA's traveling "Driven to Explore" exhibit
What You'll See: A 3.75 billion-year-old lunar rock, brought back to the Earth by the first KU astronaut
Where: Parking lot directly east of Eaton Hall
When: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public
"I think it shows people that
there are a lot of worthwhile activities that require planning, imagination and analysis," Hummels said.
"We're happy to have everyone come out and take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity"
The mobile exhibit is finishing up a two-day stop in the parking lot directly east of Eaton Hall. The exhibit is open today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Lock and key: keeping the lunar rock secure
In addition to meeting space and logistical requirements to host the event, the KU School of Engineering has undertaken special safety measures to protect the price less lunar rock.
Jill Hummels, public relations director for the school,
said she was working closely with the KU Public Safety Office to keep the rock safe. Hummels said NASA required officers to regularly check in on the exhibit.
"We have spoken to the engineering school about the safety requirements and are acting accordingly," said Capt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office.
Lucie Johannes, materials research engineer with NASA, said each location hosting the exhibit had to collaborate with NASA in order to ensure the safety of the moon rock.
"We just keep a constant watch over it," Johannes said. "And at night, it's kept in a double-lock safe with a key and combination."
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candidate for Envision, said. "I think we're definitely a digital generation."
Candidates had 90 seconds to respond to questions posed by KUJH and Kansan staff members. Many of the questions focused on how continued budget problems at the University would affect candidates' platform goals.
Students of Liberty, United Students and Envision presidential candidates all expressed interest in prioritizing projects and keeping costs low.
Tutu Lee, presidential candidate for the Free State coalition, said the best way to pay for campus improvements was to raise student fees.
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See video of the entire debate online by visiting Kansan.com/videos.
"I think it's good that we had a chance to all get together and talk at a venue sponsored by one of the campus media outlets," Mason Heilman, United Students presidential candidate, said. "I think having a debate in a setting like this added some validity and impartiality to it."
Adam Wood, Students of Liberty presidential candidate,
said he felt the debates covered the most important aspects of each coalition's platforms. He said that while he knew that voter turnout would not be at 100 percent, he hoped turnout would improve compared with previous years.
"I'm pretty sure this is the first time in KU history that four people are running for the top of the ticket and it's definitely the most entertaining campaign in a long time," Wood said.
Senate elections will be held Wednesday and Thursday. Students can vote online at www.ku.edu/~election.
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Dustin Herron, technician for Haley Pest Control, 1035 E. 23rd St., said most pest control companies successfully get rid of brown recluses by spraying the home, or destroying the spider's food source. However, Sandidge said, while those techniques may appear to solve the problem in
"It's not as simple as throwing a bug bomb in an attic."
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JAMEL SANDIDGE Pest controller
"You have to have the adequate knowledge, and that's what this book represents."
Getting rid of a brown recluse problem for good requires research and work. Sandidge said that students who didn't
the short term,
they do not eliminate the spiders entirely. Brown recluse spiders eat almost every type of insect, whether it is living, dead, small or large. The spiders also resort to cannibalism
breeding.
He said the spiders needed a specific environment and temperature to mate, and his techniques tried to eliminate those conditions to keep the spiders from reproducing.
"The book is different way to think about control as a means of population regulation," Sandidge
said. "It combines academics we have known for years with what pest control operators are trying to accomplish."
Inside homes, the brown recluse spider can be found in any of the following places: dark spots within bathrooms, garages, closets and cellars, vent and heating ducts, seldomly used clothes and shoes. They can nest in stored clothes, old books, boxes, furniture, toys, carpets, coats, corners and cracks.
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"It's not as simple as throwing a bug bomb in an attic," Sandidge said. "The only way to actually get rid of them is to actually get rid of the spiders."
"People can stand up and say, 'I have rights; I know this is a public health threat and I don't have to stay in this house.'" Sandidge said. "I've written landlords myself."
when food supplies are low, and can survive six to eight months without feeding. Pesticide sprays are often ineffective against brown recluses, which have different skin layers and breathe differently than other pests.
Those who want more information on brown recluse spiders can visit the BRS Web site, www. brownreclusions.com.
Sandridge said the only way to get rid of a brown recluse population was to keep the spiders from
have the time or money to devote to eradicating spiders should write a letter to their landlord or contact BRS.
Symptoms can include: fever, shivering, nausea, vomiting, itching, restlessness, possible shock.
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The injury usually manifests with a size of a hole that can be 1 to 2 3/4 inches, which can take several months to heal and generally leaves an ugly scar.
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Music producer Phil Spector listens to the verdict in Los Angeles County Superior Court Monday. Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of an actress at his mansion six years ago.
Music producer found guilty in 2003 Lana Clarkson murder
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A Superior Court jury returned the verdict after about 30 hours of deliberations. the jury had the option of choosing involuntary man-slaughter, but did not do so.
LOS ANGELES — Rock music producer Phil Spector was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a film actress at his mansion six years ago.
Spector's young wife, Rachelle, sobbed as the decision was announced. It was Spector's second trial. The first jury deadlocked 10-2, favoring conviction in 2007.
Spector exhibited no reaction to the verdict. His attorney argued that he should remain free on bail pending the May 29 sentencing, but Judge Larry Paul Fidler remanded him to jail immediately.
The 40-year-old Lana Clarkson, star of the 1985 cult film "Barbarian Queen" died of a gunshot fired in her mouth as she sat in the foyer of Spector's mansion in 2003. She met Spector only hours earlier at her job as a nightclub hostess.
Prosecutors argued Spector had a history of threatening women with guns when they tried to leave his presence. The defense claimed she killed herself.
Spector, 69, who had long lived in seduction at his suburban Alhambra "castle" was out on the town in Hollywood when he met Clarkson on Feb. 3. 2003, at the House of Blues. The tall, blond actress, recently turned 40 and unable to find acting work, had taken a job as a hostess. When the club closed in the wee hours, she accepted a chauffeured ride to Spector's home for a drink. Three hours later, she
was dead.
Spector's chauffeur, the key witness, said he heard a gunshot, then saw Spector emerge holding a gun and heard him say: "I think I killed somebody."
Defense attorney Doron Weinberg disputed whether the chauffeur remembered the words accurately. In closing arguments, Weinberg listed 14 points of forensic evidence including blood spatter, gunshot residue and DNA, which he said were proof of a self-inflicted wound.
"It's very difficult to put a gun in somebody's mouth," he said.
"Every single fact says this is a self-inflicted gunshot wound." Weinberg argued. "How do you ignore it? How do you say this could have been a homicide?"
But prosecutors portrayed Spector as a dangerous man who became a "demonic maniac" when he drank and had a history of threatening women with guns. They also contended blood spatter evidence proved that Clarkson could not have shot herself.
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