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QUOTE OF THE DAY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2009
"At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets."
Oscar Wilde
FACT OF THE DAY
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2. Adderall Addiction?
3. Facing the Music
4. Zukerman, Philharmonic to perform
5. Men's basketball vs. Kansas State
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTERNATIONAL
1. Peace deal reached with Pakistan and Taliban
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani officials on Sunday hammered out a peace deal with a Taliban-linked group that could lead to the enforcement of elements of Islamic law in parts of the northwest, prompting militants in the blood-soaked Swat Valley to declare a 10-day cease-fire as a goodwill gesture.
The agreement, expected to be formally announced today, could re-spark U.S. criticism that Pakistan's truces with insurgents merely gives them time to regroup. Although several of its past deals failed, Pakistan says force alone cannot defeat al-Qaida and Taliban fighters sowing havoc in its northwest and attacking U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan.
2. New species of animals found in Antarctic, Arctic
BANGKOK, Thailand — A marine census released Monday documented 7,500 species in the
Antarctic and 5,500 in the Arctic, including several hundred that researchers believe could be new to science.
"The textbooks have said there is less diversity at the poles than the tropics, but we found astonishing richness of marine life in the Antarctic and Arctic oceans," said Victoria Wadley, a researcher from the Australian Antarctic Division who took part in the Antarctic survey. "We are rewriting the textbooks."
3. Naval ships capturing pirates around the world
ABOARD THE USS MAHAN — American warships off the lawless Somali coast are using unmanned drones to hunt pirates threatening one of the world's most important shipping lanes.
For years, the U.S. has used drones to track potential terrorists among Somalia's warlords, but the Navy said more and more of the planes are now being used to fight piracy.
Pirates attacked more than 100 ships last year with a success rate of nearly 50 percent.
NATIONAL
4. Remains of satellite collision showering Texas
NATIONAL
DALLAS — The Federal Aviation Administration has received numerous reports of falling debris across Texas, which could be related to a recent satellite collision.
Some of the callers around midmorning Sunday reported what looked like a fireball in the sky.
The FAA notified pilots on Saturday to be aware of possible debris after a collision Tuesday between U.S. and Russian communication satellites.
5. Oil officials predict gas prices will skvrocket
NEW YORK — Crude oil prices have fallen to new lows for this year. On Thursday, for example, crude oil closed just under $34 a barrel, its lowest point for 2009. But the national average price of a gallon of gas rose to $1.95 on the same day, its peak for the year.
The benchmark for crude oil
prices is West Texas Intermediate, drilled exactly where you would imagine. That's the price, set at the New York Mercantile Exchange, that you see quoted on business channels and in the morning paper.
"We're going definitely over $2, and I bet we'll hit $2.50 before spring," said Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service. "This is going to be an unusual year."
6. Sin City officials ponder decline in tourists, money
LAS VEGAS — Sin City is worried that its well-honed style is cripping its business.
In the past two weeks, at least four major companies canceled meetings in Las Vegas worth hundreds of thousands of dollars — not because of costs but because of appearances. Even President Barack Obama questioned the propriety of flying off to Las Vegas if taxpayers were helping foot the bill.
Associated Press
What do you think?
BY KATIE STEINBRINK
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT?
SADIE WIECHMANN Overland Park freshman "Abe Lincoln, because he is honest ... like 'honest Abe.'"
TYLER CHADWICK
Bonner Springs senior
"Grover Cleveland, because his name is Grover."
BECCA SHOUSE Overland Park seni
Overland Park senior
"Abe Lincoln, because he made our world the place it is now between African Americans and white people."
FARUKH MIRZA
Wichita sophomore "Bill Clinton, because the economy was doing good, and it just kind of went downhill from there."
Children write to Obama to express their concerns
POLITICS
why are we fighting why can't we all be friends."
NEW YORK — End war, forever
Make the planet greener. Please
help my dad find work. Make it
rain candy!
Most had tall orders for the new guy in the White House.
President Barack Obama in letters and drawings as part of a worldwide project, with 150 chosen for a free e-book being released on Presidents Day.
Thousands of kids detailed their hopes and expectations for
Anthony Pape, 10, of Du Bois,
Pa., offered: "I hope that we will
have no war ever again. I mean
Fellow 10-year-old Sasha Townsend of Soquel, Calif., had a similar request, and then some.
"I would appreciate it if you would try to make this a greener planet and try to bring home the troops and end the war," the fifth-grader wrote. "I am very lucky
because I am not part of a military family, but it saddens me to hear about all the people who die in Iraq and know that somewhere In the world people are greiving over a lost family member"
The project was a joint effort between the National Education Association and kidthing.com. - Associated Press
ON CAMPUS
The Multicultural Visit Day for high school students will begin at 9 a.m. in the Kansas Union.
The "Blackboard Strategies and Tools" workshop will begin at 9 a.m. in 6 Budig Hall.
The "Lunch & Conversation:
How to Incorporate Service
Learning in Your Courses"
workshop will begin at noon in
135 Budig Hall.
The "PS5S I: Getting Started" workshop will begin at 1 p.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
The "Philosophy of Nature in the Prose and Poetry of Varlam Shalamov" seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The Black Achievement & Awareness Day event will begin at 6 p.m. in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center.
The "Linguistics Colloquy: Verb Telicity Affects On-line Sentence Comprehension" lecture will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 206 Blake Hall.
The KU Wind Ensemble with the Lawrence High School concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Lawrence High School.
The "Jewish-Pagan Dialogue" lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Hall Center Conference Hall.
The "Eurydice" performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in William Inge Memorial Theater in Murphy Hall.
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Beginning today, you can apply for a U.S. passport through KU's international Programs office. Call 864-6161 to schedule an appointment, or go to www.international. ku.edu/passport for information about forms, fees and photos.
CORRECTION
Friday's brief "Campus mourns death of Dean Brill's husband" misspelled the name of Ann Brill, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
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