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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 2009
"You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be. For without victory there is no survival."
QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Winston Churchill,
www.winstonchurchill.org
FACT OF THE DAY
3. Final Score: Kansas 87, Kansas State 71
"Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air."
Here's a list of Wednesday's top five most e-mailed stories on Kansan.com:
4. Photo Gallery: Men's Basket ball vs. Kansas State
MOST E-MAILED
1. Puff the Magic Hookah
www.hightechscience.org
2. That's disgusting: old toothbrushes
5. College basketball referee at the top of his game
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INTERNATIONAL
1. China becomes world's third largest economy
BEIJING - China's economy grew to the world's third-largest in 2007, new data showed Wednesday, another milestone in the country's stunning ascent in the global pecking order that puts it behind only Japan and the United States.
"I think it will take only three to four years for China to overtake Japan as the second-largest economy in the world," said Merrill Lynch economist Ting Lu. Catching up with the United States could take decades, he added
China has grown tenfold in the past 30 years, and the revised data leapfrogged it ahead of Germany. But overtaking the United States is another matter.
the status is symbolic — China's 1.3 billion people are, on average, among the world's poorest. But it reflects the country's explosive growth as it transformed from a long-isolated nation to the world's factory.
SYDNEY, Australia — A recent string of shark attacks across Australia has rattled swimmers' nerves, but experts say fear not — it's (relatively) safe to go in the water.
2. Experts debate causes of three shark attacks
CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt and Hamas were negotiating a proposal for a 10-day cease-fire in Gaza, officials said Wednesday, as the Palestinian death toll in the war passed 1,000 and smoke from Israel airstrikes rose over Gaza City's devastated streets.
Egyptian and Palestinian officials said they hoped to seal Hamas' agreement on a temporary halt in fighting, which would be key to Israel for approval. Key uncertainties remained for a longer-term deal under which Gaza's borders would be open and Israeli troops would withdraw. Israel, meanwhile, prepared to dispatch two envoys — one to Egypt to present the Jerusalem government's stance, and one to Washington to discuss a possible American role in security on the porous border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
"This is a mild hysteria," said Rachel Robbins, chief scientist at Australia's Rodney Fox Shark
Research Foundation, named for and founded by the famed shark expert. "I think it's just a freak coincidence that we've happened to have three shark attacks" in two days.
The trouble began on Dec. 27, when 51-year-old Brian Guest vanished while snorkeling with his son off a beach in Western Australia. A piece of his wet suit was later found, and officials said he was almost certainly eaten by a shark.
NATIONAL 4. Cold weather causes school and ski closings
3. Egypt, Hamas discuss peace deal for Gaza
The temperature at Bolton, Vt., was 10 below zero and operators of the Bolton Valley ski resort feared that skiers could freeze if a lift功能ed, said spokesman Josh Armeson. "Getting people off a lift can take time," he said.
MINNEAPOLIS — Arctic air extended its grip Wednesday with below-zero temperatures stretching from Montana to northern New England and frost nipping the Gulf Coast.
Schools from Iowa to Pennsylvania opened late so kids would not have to be in the coldest part of the morning. Some schools closed.
A few ski areas in Vermont and northern Minnesota closed for the day because of the cold — 38 below zero at International Falls, with the wind chill during the night estimated at 50 below.
5. Governor Blagojevich swears-in Illinois senate
SPRINGFIELD, III. — Impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich presided Wednesday over a tense swearing-in of the state Senate that must ultimately decide whether
to oust him, telling the lawmakers he hopes they will "find the truth and sort things out."
The Democratic governor was greeted by silence as he entered the Senate chamber through a back entrance, took the podium without introduction and banged a gavel to call the session to order. He mostly stuck to the formalities of overseeing the ceremony during the hour or so he presided over the chamber.
6. Transit officer charged with murder in shooting
OAKLAND, Calif. — A former transit officer has been charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed black man that set off violent protests, officials said Wednesday.
Johannes Mehserle, 27, was arrested Tuesday in Nevada and on Wednesday appeared briefly in court, where he waived extradition to California. He was expected to be returned to California later Wednesday.
Witnesses said Mehserle, who is white, fired a shot into the back of 22-year-old Oscar Grant while the man was lying face down on a train platform at a station in Oakland. Grant and others had been pulled off a train after reports of fighting, as New Year's Eve revelers were shutting home after midnight.
Mehserle surrendered without incident Tuesday at a family friend's house.
KANSASCITIES Overland Park
★ Overland Park
BY ALEX ESPOSITO aesposito@kansan.com
**City:** Overland Park
**Nickname:** "O-town" or "The O.P"
**Location:** suburb of Kansas City
**Founded:** 1905
Distance from Lawrence: 45 minutes or 35 miles
Population: 167,500 people
Destinations: The Oak Park Mall and many other places to shop and eat, Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Deanna
Rose Children's Farmstead, New Theatre Restaurant, KU Edwards Campus, Johnson County Community College, golf courses, parks and walking/biking trails Interesting Fact: 56 percent of Overland Park citizens have college degrees, making it the second most-educated city in the United States.
- Lawrence
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT LIVING IN OVERLAND PARK?
SARAH LIMBOCKER
— Sources: http://www.opkansas.org/. Gov/
index.cfm, http://www.opcvb.org/welcome/
areafacts.html. www.mapquest.com
Overland Park freshman "There's always a lot of stuff going on in Overland Park. My favorite restaurant is Touch of Asia. They have the best Asian food."
JOSIE SANGA Overland Park freshman "I like the people. I have awesome friends from high school."
KATIE SACHS
Overland Park sophomore "The best part about living in Overland Park is that it takes five minutes to go pretty much anywhere. There are lots of different places right by my house."
The Certified Public Manager Program will be held all day in the Public Management Center in Topeka.
ON CAMPUS
The Customer Service workshop will begin at 9 a.m. 204 in JRP Hall.
The KU Edwards Campus Welcome Week will begin at 4 p.m. in the Regents Center and Regnier Hall on the Edwards campus.
The Gems of the Baroque:
France, Spain and Latin
America concert will begin at
7:30 p.m. in the Regnier Hall
auditorium on the Edwards
campus.
KANSAN Student wins Hearst award for editorial
The William Randolph Hearst Foundation awarded Patrick De Oliveira with a Hearst award and $500 scholarship Jan. 7.
De Oliveira argued that many Lawrence residents depended on the T
The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications will also get $500 from the foundation.
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De Oliveira, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, senior, placed eighth in the editorial writing competition for his Nov. 3, 2008, editorial "Why maintaining the T is a moral issue." The editorial encouraged voters to support ballot initiatives increasing sales tax revives for the Lawrence Transit System.
According to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program Web site, 98 students from 54 universities across the country entered the competition.
"A lot of people just think about the numbers, but there's a human element," De Oliveira said. "It was easy to write after I researched and realized I supported it."
The University of Kansas placed first in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition with the highest accumulated points in the first two segments of the academic yearlong competition. The final university-wide winner will be named in April.
Alexandra Garry
ODD NEWS Toilet shatters after man's gun goes off
CENTERVILLE, Utah — The man escaped with a few cuts to his arm, but the toilet made out much worse.
Police say a man's gun fell out of its holster while he pulled up his pants after using the bathroom at a Carl's Jr. restaurant Tuesday. The gun fired when it hit the floor and shattered the commode.
Police say they confiscated the 26-year-old's firearm while they review the incident.
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