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Hannah Arredondo and Colin Thompson KU Atmospheric Science students
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
Wednesday
HI: 82 Clear skies, northwest winds
LO: 56 5-10 mph.
Thursday
Clear skies, northwest winds
10-15 mph with gusts up to
30 mph.
HI: 79
LO: 51
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday is the last day to elect CreditNo/No credit grade option. This option is required to undergraduates only, and not for courses in your declared major.
Friday
HI: 73 Clear skies, northwest winds
LO: 51 10-15 mph.
On a clear day, can you really see forever?
Cooling off for the homecoming weekend.
Saturday
HI: 76 Clear skies.
LO: 53
A warm day for the beginning of fall.
Nearly a perfect day for the homecoming game.
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MYANMAR
Military-dominated Myanmar said its recent democratic reforms are irreversible and has promised a prisoner amnesty in the near future.
Foreign Minister Wanna Maung Lewin told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that talks last month between Myanmar's president and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi were intended to put aside differences and find common grounds to cooperate.
The minister urged nations to lift economic sanctions.
In November Myanmar held its first elections in 20 years. The new government is nominally civilian but remains dominated by the military, which has ruled since 1962.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN
Western nations are urging Myanmar to free its more than 2,000 political prisoners and reconcile with Suu Kyi, whose party won 1990 elections but was barred from taking power.
An American drone fired two missiles at a house in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border Tuesday, killing three people
Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Pakistani intelligence officials said. The two officials said some people were also wounded in the strike near the town of Wana in South Waziristan.
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.
Washington has fired scores of missiles into northwest Pakistan since 2008 to target Taliban and al-Qaida-linked operatives.
The latest strike comes at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Islamabad following a recent claim by top U.S. military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, that Pakistan's main spy agency backed militants who carried out attacks against American targets in Afghanistan.
CAIRO
A Saudi woman was sentenced Tuesday to be lashed 10 times with a whip for defying the kingdom's prohibition on female drivers, the first time a legal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the longtime ban in the
ultraconservative Muslim nation.
Normally, police just stop female drivers, question them and let them go after they sign a pledge not to drive again. But dozens of women have continued to take to the roads since June in a campaign to break the taboo.
Making Tuesday's sentence all the more up-setting to activists is that it came just two days after King Abdullah promised to protect women's rights and decreed that women would be allowed to participate in municipal elections in 2015. Abdullah also promised to appoint women to a currently all-male advisory body known as the Shura Council.
MANILA. PHILIPINES
Manila residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters and dodged flying debris Tuesday as a powerful typhoon struck the Philippines, killing at least 16 people and sending waves as tall as palm trees crashing over seawalls.
Most deaths occurred in metropolitan Manila, which already was soaked by heavy monsoon rains ahead of Typhoon Nesat's arrival with more downpours and wind gusts of up to 93 mph (150 kph). Downtown areas along Manila Bay suffered their worst flooding in decades.
Pounding rains obscured the view of anyone on the streets as soldiers and police scrambled to safely evacuate thousands of people in low-lying areas, where rivers and the sea spilled into shanties, hospitals, swanky hotels and even the seaside U.S. Embassy compound.
CAMPUS
Alternative Breaks hosts story slam
Alternative Breaks and the Center for Community Outreach (CCO) are hosting a story slam tomorrow night. The event is similar to a poetry slam, but instead of reading poems, eight students and KU alumni will share stories about their personal experiences volunteering for Alternative breaks or with CCO.
English professor Mary Klayber is hosting the event and proud to showcase these two groups on campus.
"I'm excited to have a celebration of service for two organizations that have been a part of KU for so long." Klaver said.
The story slam will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. A reception will be held after the event in the Big 12 room.
Claire McInerney
CAMPUS
KU enrollment down 2.5 percent
Enrollment numbers for fall 2011 were yesterday and enrollment at the University has declined 2.5 percent. The University is putting new recruitment and retention practices into effect to help increase the current enrollment population of 28,718 students.
One strategy to improve enrollment is to offer renewable scholarships worth up to $40,000 to students enrolling in fall 2012.
Although enrollment declined, the University said the students that are enrolled, are prepared academically. The average ACT score for the incoming class is a 24.9, which is higher than the national average of 22.2.
Although the Lawrence campus saw declines in enrollment, the KU Medical Center and Edwards campuses saw increases in enrollment for this school year.
Claire McInerney
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