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NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY OF DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY APRIL 9, 2000
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
— J. R. R. Tolkien,
"The Fellowship of the Ring"
FACT OF THE DAY
No two Orcs are alike. Each of the 200 Orc heads made for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was individually shaped and implanted with yak hair, woven strand by strand to create different hairstyles.
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1. Rumored threats lead to debate cancellation
2. to hell and back
3. Kansan Editor Brenna
Hawley to keep position
4. Taking falls with professional wrestlers
5. Davidson: Government repeating mistakes of Depression
DAILY KU INFO
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Tonight's Spencer Memorial Lecture will feature Bruce Mau, author of critically acclaimed book, "Massive Change." The book presents the world's sustainability challenges as one big design.project. The lecture is in the KS Union's Woodruff Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. and is free to the public.
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTERNATIONAL
1. Castro meets with U.S.
after three year hiatus
HAVANA—Fidel Castro met with three members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday, marking the former Cuban president's first meeting with American officials since he fell ill nearly three years ago.
Coming after lawmakers met with his brother Raul, the current president, the session appeared to underscore the Cuban government's desire for improved relations with the United States under new President Barack Obama.
Greg Adams, a spokesman at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, said Castro met with Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, and two other lawmakers.
2. Israel tests anti-missile system, cites Iran as threat
JERUSALEM — Israel successfully tested an anti-missile system designed to protect the country against Iranian attack, the Defense Ministry said, perfecting technology developed in response to failures of similar systems during the 1991 Gulf War.
The intercept of a dummy missile was the 17th test of the Arrow system, a U.S.-Israeli joint venture, Israeli defense officials said the interceptor was an upgraded Arrow II, designed to counter Iran's Shahab ballistic missile.
Israel has identified Iran as its biggest threat, citing the country's nuclear program.
3. Obama: U.S. troops will be phased out of combat
BAGHDAD — President Barack Obama told U.S. troops and Iraqi officials alike Tuesday it was time to phase out America's combat role in a conflict he opposed as a candidate and has vowed to end as commander in chief.
"You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own as a democratic country. That is an extraordinary achievement," he told the troops.
Iraiq "need to take responsibility for their own country." Obama told hundreds of cheering soldiers.
NATIONAL
4. Army nurse enters plea for hepatitis C infections
A federal grand jury in El Paso indicted him on nine counts last year.
EL PASO, Texas — A former Army hospital nurse accused of infecting more than a dozen patients with hepatitis C pleaded guilty Tuesday to assault and theft.
Federal prosecutors said Jones infected at least 15 patients with hepatitis C in 2004.
Jon Dale Jones, a 46-year-old retired Army captain, entered into a plea agreement that includes one count of assault and one count of stealing drugs.
5. Sex offender posing as middle-schooler sentenced
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A youthful-looking sex offender who posed as a 12-year-old boy to enroll in several Arizona schools was sentenced Tuesday to more than $70½ years in prison.
Neil Havens Rodreick II pleaded guilty last year to seven criminal charges. Most involved child pornography but two stemmed from the charade he pulled off for two years.
Rodreick, 31, didn't speak at his sentencing.
6. Government takes back trailer from storm survivor
JACKSON, Miss. — Thanh Nguyen will soon give up the cramped travel trailer that been her home for more than four years, pack her belongings into an old Toyota Corolla and rely on the kindness of others for a place to live.
She has no choice: The government is taking back the trailer.
"I'm going to pack everything I have in a car and go to my friends' houses and move on and on until I find something I can afford," the Vietnamese immigrant said through a translator. "It's for however long they allow me to stay."
Associated Press
CAMPUS
Candidate's laptop seized and apartment searched
Diana Rhodes, Senate office secretary, said the police arrived
The Lawrence Police Department confiscated the computer of Tutu Lee, a student body presidential candidate, from the Student Senate office Tuesday morning.
at the office about 10 a.m. with
a warrant to take Lee's computer, which was stored in a cabinet near her desk.
Rhodes said she often stored students personal
belongings in the cabinet so
students would not have to worry about them during the day.
Rhodes said that the police tried to take the computer around 3 p.m. Monday, but that they were unable to do so because they didn't have a warrant.
Tutu Lee said the Lawrence Police Department carried out a warrant on Monday to search
his apartment and his electronic equipment in response to a YouTube video he posted online.
Lee said he was questioned about an investigation of reckless communication of a criminal threat. He said he didn't think the investigation began because of the rumored threats to the Student Senate debate.
JOBS
Kayla Regan
Kansan editor applications due online Sunday night
Positions posted include campus editor, sports editor, associate sports editor, opinion editor, web editor, copy chief, design chief, photo editor, correspondence and special sections editor, Jayplay editor and associate Jayplay editor.
Editor positions for The University Daily Kansan are posted on jobs.ku.edu. Applications are due Sunday at midnight.
Previous Kansan experience is preferred but not required.
Other positions will be posted later this week. Those include applications for sportswriter, columnist, editorial writer, opinion designer, editorial cartoonist, news designer, photojournalist, comic strip illustrator correspondent and Jayplay designer. These applications will be due April 19 at midnight.
If you have any questions about these positions, e-mail bhawley at kansan.com.
— Brenna Hawley
Jayhawk Shuffle
Chance Penner, Wichita freshman
"I listen to a lot of pop, female singers. I like music that is fun and upbeat."
What kind of music are you drawn to?
The first 10 songs on shuffle on my iPod!
1. "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" by Lady Gaga
2. "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera
3. "Powder Puff Girls" by the Toonetts
4. "Piece of Me" by Britney Spears
5. "The Garden" by Mirah
6. "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé
7. "Today 4 U" from Rent
8. "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
9. "Mickey" by Toni Basil
10. "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls
Emily McCoy
ON CAMPUS
Vote April 15 & 16 at Envisionku.org
The KU Libraries Book Sale will begin at 9 a.m. on the Main Floor in Watson Library.
The University Support Staff Senate meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The "Wakarusa Wetlands: Protecting Sacred Geography and Critical Habitat" university forum will begin at noon in the ECM Center.
The "Anthropology in Practice: Amazonia & the Prospects for Human Rights" seminar will begin at 2 p.m. in The Town Hall in the Brandon Woods Retirement Community.
The "Women's Landholdings in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana: A Geospatial Analysis" workshop will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
Environmental Action to Revitalize the Heartland, or EARTH, will hold its first planting day at the Campus Garden from 4 to 6 p.m. The garden is on Louisiana Street between 13th and 14th streets.
The Pickens Plan Town Hall Meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Hansen Hall in the Dole Institute of Politics
The KU Jazz Combo concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Regnier Hall auditorium on the Edwards Campus.
The "Massive Change: The Future of Design and Life on Earth" lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The "Anna in the Tropics" play performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in William Inge Memorial Theater in Murphy Hall.
The Faculty artist Eric Stomberg, bassoon concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthown Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
CONTACT US
Tell us your news.
Contact Brenna Hawley, Tara Smith, Mary Sorrick, Brandy Entsinger, Joe Preiner or Jesse Trimble at (785) 864-4810 or editor@kansan.com.
ON THE RECORD
A 22-year-old KU student reported someone disturbing the peace at The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., on Monday.
Campus police reported an aggravated battery about 2 a.m. Sunday in KU parking lot110. According to the report, the victim was struck by a vehicle and transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Criminal damage to a trailer at Arrocha Ballpark was reported April 2 with damages of $1,000. According to campus police an unknown person spray painted foul language onto the trailer.
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