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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
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5. Student creates new Alternative Spring Break
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Obama's Mideast envoy visits Israel a second time
JERUSALEM — Israel's next leader sat face-to-face Thursday with a man whose vision of Israeli-Palestinian relations is radically different from his own: the Obama administration's new Mideast envoy.
Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu thinks negotiations on Palestinian statehood are pointless. But envoy George Mitchell wants Israel to resume negotiations to establish a Palestinian state.
This is Mitchell's second Mid-east visit since President Barack Obama took office last month.
2. Former Serbian leader acquitted by U.N. judges
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.N. judges on Thursday acquitted former Serbian President Milan Milutinov of ordering a deadly campaign of terror against
Kosovo Albanians, saying he had no role in what they ruled was a criminal plot to drive ethnic Albanians out of Kosovo.
TROLL RESEARCH STATION,
Antarctica — Antarctica's western ice sheet is pushing ever faster into the sea, but scientists know an even greater long-term threat lies here in the vast, little-explored whiteness of east Antarctica.
The tribunal ordered Milutinovic released from custody, but it convicted five other senior Serbs and gave them prison sentences of between 15 and 22 years. It was the court's first judgment establishing widespread Serb crimes in Kosovo.
An "absolutely titanic" store of ice that sits atop the east Antarctic plateau should be more closely monitored by glaciologists, the world's thinly spread corps of ice specialist, says Ted Scambos, a leading U.S. expert.
3. Eastern Anarctic plateau should be monitored
NATIONAL
4. Students warned of drug violence in Mexico
PHOENIX — The U.S. State Department and universities around the country are warning college students headed for Mexico for some spring-break partying of a surge in drug-related murder and mayhem south of the border.
NATIONAL
"We want to make sure they are as well-informed as possible," said Patrick Day, vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. "It's important to us that they are safe, that we provide them with as much information as we can so that they can be safe."
DENVER — Landscapers were digging a hole for a fish pond in the front yard of a Boulder home last May when they heard a "chink" that didn't sound right.
5. Ancient tools found buried in front yard
Just some lost tools. Some
13,000-year-old lost tools.
They had stumbled onto a cache of more than 83 ancient tools buried by the Cliois people
— ice age hunter-gatherers who remain a puzzle to anthropologists. The home's owner, Patrick Mahaffy, thought they were only a century or two old before contacting researchers at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Police say a teenager who soaked her hair in gasoline to try to kill head lice was severely burned when the gas fumes ignited and set her head ablaze.
Eighteen-year-old Jessica Brooks was in serious condition Thursday at the burn unit at University Hospital in Louisville, Ky. She was burned Sunday night at her apartment in Evansville, Ind.
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Cuisine Critique BY ANDREW ROGERS Students' view on the food arogers@kansan.com
Encore Cafe
1007 Massachusetts St.
Bird's Nest...$9.75
Andrew Ronerc/KANSAN
Type of restaurant: Chinese
Overall star rating: 4.5 out of 5
Location: 1007 Massachusetts
St
**Signature Dish:** Bird's Nest
$9.25, Fried Rice $6.95
Tastes like: Bo Ling's (Kansas City) fused with Zen Zero
Price range: $3-11
What I ate: Strawberry Milk Tea
$3.55, Crab Rangoon (3) $3.75,
Vegetable Spring Roll $2.95,
General Tso's Chicken (lunch)
$6.95; Pad Thai (with chicken)
$8.45
Chinese food in Lawrence. Since I moved here, I've been looking for some place that will serve me higher-grade Asian cuisine that doesn't leave me drowning in MSG and peanut oil. Well, Encore Café is that place.
Review: Let's face it, there isn't exactly an abundance of great
Upon first seeing this joint, you may be skeptical. The interior is a bit sketchy, with the weird diamond cloth patterns and the bamboo bar that doesn't quite fit. But what they lack in atmosphere they more than make up for in taste.
Encore Cafe, 1007 Massachusetts St., offers the best Chinese in Lawrence despite a lack of atmosphere.
I started with a strawberry bubble tea, kind of like a smoothie mixed with green tea, and tapaice pearls, which really soaked up the fruit flavor. Delicious. Then I ordered some spring rolls and crab rangoon, which were well done. My entree, General Tso's chicken, was a great blend of spice and tang, and was served with fresh broccoli and steamed rice. (Needless
to say. I left satisfied.)
Everything I had, and all the food around me, looked and smelled incredible.
The next time around I made sure to try the Pad Thai. It looked amazing, and it delivered. The noodles, egg, green onion and芽 sprouts were all tossed in a tasty sweet chili sauce that wasn't overpowered by the peanut flavor like other restaurants'
Encore Café is a great place for a date or a night out with friends, and I'd say it's the best Chinese in Lawrence. Try it out.
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ON CAMPUS
The "Establishing Nurturing Teams" workshop will begin at 11:30 a.m. in 308 McCook in the Burge Union.
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The "What does' Revolution' Mean in Our Time? Society, the Environment, and the Arts' panel discussion will begin at 3 p.m. in The Commons in Spooner Hall.
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The conference is designed to address issues such as career exploration and networking, retention, academic success, recruitment programs, male and female relationships, student apathy, financial management and black Greek letter organizations. Events for the conference will include career workshops, a vendor fair and guest speakers discussing community, health and student leadership.
The Big 12 Career Networking Fair will take place Friday in the Kansas Union and provide leadership development and motivation to students participating in student government. The conference will also include evening activities such as a step show, alternative socials and other informal gatherings.
Saturday night comedian Ronnie Jordan will host a variety show at the Lied Center with performances from African American Greek Letter Groups, and spoken-word artists Travis Watkins and Erica Haworthne.
The "Colonial History in Transit: Mier, Las Casas, and the Construction of Political Identity" seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
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For further information on times, dates and locations for this weekends' events, go to www.oma.ku.edu/big12/events.html.
The "A journey across the first row transition metals with high-frequency and field electron paramagnetic resonance (HFEPR)" seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 1001 Malott Hall,
David Ugarte
Members of the Black Student Union from every Big 12 school will attend the events. According to the conference Web site, about 850 student leaders are expected to attend
The Fearless Friday event, a part of Eating Disorder Awareness Week will begin at 5 p.m. in GSP Hall and Mrs. E's Dining Hall.
GROUP KU hosts conference of the Black Student Union
The University of Kansas is hosting the 32nd annual Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government Feb. 26 through 28 at the Kansas Union.
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