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THE UNIVERSITY OF DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY MARCH 5, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."
Walt Disney
The Disney Magic cruise ship is almost as long as the Eiffel Tower's height.
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1. Students clamor for pre break bronzing
2. Response to computer security audit show
3. Collins and Taylor share a special relationship
4. Student body president suspends treasurer
5. Coalitions plan financial advising office
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2. China announces cuts to military spending
BEIJING — China announced a nearly 15 percent rise in military spending on Wednesday — a
An Azteca gang member 'pressured' a guard to open the cells of fellow gang members, Valencia said, without describing the pressure.
The fight broke out shortly after 6 a.m. as visitors were leaving after an evening of conjugal visits, said Marco Antonio Moreno, state police spokesman.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A fight between gangs at a state prison in the Mexican border city left at least 20 prisoners dead and seven others injured on Wednesday, police said.
Some gunshot wounds were reported and police were investigating how a firearm entered the prison, said Victor Valencia, the Chihuahua state governor's representative.
INTERNATIONAL
1. Fight in Mexican prison kills 20, injures seven
The 14.9 percent increase in defense spending is the lowest in three years, a possible reflection of shifting priorities amid plans for a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package and a 850 billion yuan ($124 billion) spending boost to expand and revamp an inadequate health care system.
3. U.S. warns North Korea against missile test-fire
smaller boost than in previous years — as the national legislature prepared to open its annual session with a focus firmly on overcoming the country's brewing economic crisis.
SEOUL, South Korea — Washington's new North Korea envoy renewed warnings that the communist nation refrain from test-firing a ballistic missile.
Tensions are high on the Korean peninsula, with the North announcing last week it will send a communications satellite into orbit as part of its space program — a claim neighboring governments believe is a cover for a test of a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska.
4. Armored car imposter makes off with $145,000
NATIONAL
LINCOLN, Neb. — Police say a man posing as an armored car guard made off with more than $145,000 from a church.
Police Officer Katie Flood said Wednesday that a man dressed as a guard walked into the financial office of the Berean Church on Tuesday and told an employee he was there to pick up the weekly deposit.
The employee said the man appeared to know what he was doing, so she gave him the more than $145,000 in cash and checks
The real armored car and driver arrived about 15 minutes later and church employees realized they had been robbed.
PASADENA, Calif. — An asteroid about the size of one that blasted Siberia a century ago just buzzed the Earth.
5. Asteroid narrowly misses striking the Earth
The asteroid named 2009 DD45
was about 48,800 miles from Earth when it zipped past early Monday,NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.
That is just twice as high as the orbits of some telecommunications satellites.
The space rock measured between 69 feet and 154 feet in diameter. The Planetary Society said that made it about the same size as the asteroid that exploded over Siberia in 1908 and leveled more than 800 square miles of forest.
6. United States deportes Black September terrorist
NEW YORK — A recently released Black September terrorist convicted of placing three powerful car bombs in New York City in 1973 has been deported to Sudan, an African nation that once sheltered Osama bin Laden and other terrorists.
Khalid Al-Jawary, 63, arrived Tuesday in Khartoum, said a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman.
Associated Press
KANSASCITIES
Hutchinson
★ Hutchinson
BY BARBARA PLATTS
bplatts@kansan.com
County: Reno
Founded:1871
City : Hutchinson
Nickname: The "Salt City" or
"Hutch"
Location: South central Kansas Distance from Lawrence: 3 hours or 182.72 miles
Population: about 40,000
Destinations: Kansas State Fair,
Lawrence
Hutchinson Community College, Dillon Nature Center, Hutchinson Zoo, Reno County Historical Museum, Kansas Underground Salt Museum, and Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.
Interesting Fact: Hutchinson is
home to the largest grain elevator in the world. It is more than half a mile long.
- Source: http://www.hutchgov.com/, www.
maquest.com
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT GROWING UP IN HUTCHINSON?
Corey Ellis
Ezekiel Kunze
Hutchinson freshman
Hutchinson freshman "The State Fair and always having school off on Wednesdays for Ride-O-Rama!"
"Dragging Main Street in my car, racing with my friends."
Grant McCormick Hutchinson freshman "The Cosmosphere, because it's a fun and exciting adventure!"
Holly Leiker Hutchinson junior
"I really liked how I went to school with the same people from elementary to high school. I also liked the high school sporting events. They were a lot of fun."
NATIONAL
states, outraged by California's "Octomom," are seeking to limit the number of embryos that may be implanted by fertility clinics.
The legislation in Missouri
'Octomom' prompts new laws for fertility clinics ATLANTA — Lawmakers in two
But critics say the measures also would make having even one child more difficult for women who desperately want to become mothers.
"What they are proposing is a cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all approach," said Dr. Andrew Toledo, medical director of the Atlanta-based Reproductive Biology Associates. "Not every couple and not every patient is the same."
and Georgia is intended to spare taxpayers from footing the bill for women having more children than they can afford.
Infertility doctors argue that decisions on how many embryos to transfer should be left up to medical experts familiar with a patient's individual circumstances.
Debate has raged since Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets in Bellflower, Calif., on Jan. 26. She has six other children, lives in her mother's three-bedroom home and has relied on food stamps and disability income to provide for her family.
ON CAMPUS
Associated Press
The Structural Engineering Conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Kansas Union.
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The "Dreamweaver: Visual Design using CSS" workshop will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Instruction Center in Anschutz Library.
The Geography Brownbag Series will begin at noon in Room 210 in Lindley Hall.
The "KU Energy Council Presents Susan Eisenhower" public event will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The "Now what?" Resources and strategies to assist when you're non-renewed, downsized, or let go" workshop will begin at noon in the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
The SUA Tea Time event will begin at 3 p.m. in the Lobby in the Kansas Union.
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The "Practical Training for F-1 Students" workshop will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Courtside Room in the Burge Union.
The "FM-chirped laser radar using coherent homodyne detection" seminar will begin at 4 p.m. in 1089 Malott Hall.
The "Talk and Book Signing — Arlington National Cemetery: Shrine to America's Heroes" public event will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Oread Books in the Kansas Union.
The "Reception and Talk Featuring George Gibbs Work with Centron Films" public event will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Watson Library.
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"The Price of Pleasure" event will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
The "Rock Chalk Revue" will begin at 7 p.m. in the Lied Center.
"The Power of Nonviolence" lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
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TELEVISION Alumna to appear on 'Millionaire' today
KU alumna Joanna Pergande will appear on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" this afternoon. The show will air at 4 p.m. on NBC, channel 14.
Pergande's appearance was taped in October. She auditioned for the show in August in Detroit by passing a multiple choice test and going through two rounds of interviews. In September she was invited to appear on the show.
Pergande appeared on the last portion of yesterday's show, and she will continue to try for $1 million in today's show.
"It was really surreal," Pergande said. "I'm a big fan of the show, and I was starstruck."
Pergande graduated from the University in 2006 with degrees in Spanish and International Studies. She lived in Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall and was a member of the honors program. She currently lives in Bay City, Mich.
- Jennifer Torline
People with O- blood types are universal donors. People with AB+ blood types are universal recipients. The KU Blood Drive is going on all this week in the Kansas Union ballroom and other campus locations.
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