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Kristen Menz and Caliee Kelly, KU Atmospheric Science
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Friday
HI: 71
Sunny skies, Southeast wind 5
LO: 49
mph.
Saturday
HI: 74 Sunny skies.
L0: 50
Sunday
HI: 74 Sunny skies.
L0: 48
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Perfect weather for a Sunday stroll.
Monday
HI: 75 Sunny skies.
LO: 50
No case of the Mondays on this sunny day.
Plenty of time and sun for outdoor activities.
A beautiful fall Friday.
"What's your major?" If you're one of around 3,000 undeclared students on campus, you should attend the Majors Fair on Tuesday, 4th floor of the Kansas Union from 11 a.m. to 3 o.m.
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UNITED NATIONS
Global leaders pointed to democratic uprisings across the Arab world as a sign of hope in a world wracked by conflict, climate change and other crises as they gathered Wednesday for the annual opening of the new U.N. General Assembly.
The Arab Spring that saw peaceful protesters rise up against repressive regimes was a major focus of this year's ministerial meeting, along with the Palestinians' bid for U.N. membership.
"From Tunis to Cairo, from Tripoli to Damascus, from Benghazi to Sanaa, populations too long crushed by oppression, rose up and claimed the right to be free at last," French President Nicolas Sarkozy said.
Now, Sarkozy said, the world must find a solution to the Israel-Palestinian peace process.
NEW YORK
The developer of an Islamic cultural center that opened Wednesday evening near the site of the terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade Center says the biggest error on the project was not involving the families of 9/11 victims from the start.
People crowded into the center, where a small orchestra played traditional Middle Eastern instruments and a photo exhibit of New York children of different ethnicities lined the walls. The enthusiasm at the opening belied its troubled beginnings.
"We made incredible mistakes." Sharif El-Gamal told The Associated Press in an earlier interview at his Manhattan office.
The building at 51 Park Place, two blocks from the World Trade Center site, includes a mosque that has been open for two years.
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
Federal officials said Wednesday that they broke up a ring of education officials and businessmen that siphoned funds meant for special-needs children, training and supplies into bribes and kickbacks.
Seven businessmen and six current and former employees of Puerto Rico's Department of Education were arrested by the FBI on charges that include bribery and money laundering.
Authorities say the education department's former chief procurement officer, Luis Conde Rosa, masterminded the plan, raking in kickbacks on more than $7.6 million in contracts awarded to three companies from January 2008 to February 2010.
U. S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez said at a news conference that Conde received 2 percent of all contracts awarded to one of the three companies.
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA
Colombian police have seized 301 properties, including houses, vehicles and estates, that belonged to alleged front men for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the head of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, police said Wednesday.
About 500 officers participated in the operation in the capital of Bogota and five other districts of Colombia and seized about $250 million in assets, said Gen. Carlos Mena of Colombia's investigations police.
Mena said officers targeted members of the Cifuentes Villa gang, which has worked with Guzman to transport cocaine and launder money. He said that the property seized Tuesday will be sold or otherwise used to help victims of Colombia's internal conflicts and people affected by last year's intense rains.
HOUSING
Renter's insurance covers students' personal property
JESSIE BLAKEBOROUGH jblakeborough@kansan.com
A blaze that engulfed a house in the 1300 block of Tennessee Street caused an estimated loss of $234,000 in possessions and property damage for the 10 residents.
Ten days after the fire, nine of the victims have accepted aid from the Douglas County Red Cross and one victim has been forced to drop out of school.
"Most of us lost everything we had," said James Hennahane, a sophomore from Leawood and a resident of the house.
He, along with the other nine tenants, didn't have renter's insurance.
"In the past 10 years of being in my position, I can count on one hand the number of students who have had renter's insurance," said Jane Blocher, executive director of the Douglas County Red Cross. "It doesn't have to be this way."
The intent of the DCRC is to address the short-term disaster related needs for victims for the first two to three days following the event.
DOUGLAS COUNTY RED CROSS (DCRC) SERVICES
"We do not take the place of insurance and we do not have the financial resources to replace everything people have lost," Blocher said.
People who qualify for and accept DCRC aid receive a debit card with an allotted amount, typically between $50 and $250, to cover everything from clothing and temporary housing to toiletries. The debit card funds come directly from donations.
'Clients', as Blocher calls them, are prohibited from using the money to purchase alcohol or tobacco products. Blocher says in past years people have abused their funds by purchasing Kansas merchandise at Lords, 729 Massachusetts St., and in
one case someone spent more than $100 on a fried-chicken dinner at Stroud's in Fairway.
WHAT IS RENTER'S INSURANCE?
"When you deal with numbers that big, you are going to have people who take advantage of the system," Blocher said. "We are a transparent organization and have a responsibility to our donors to prove that we are spending their funds correctly."
"As a steward of the donated dollar, I feel a huge responsibility to our donors that their donations are used wisely and efficiently," Blocher said.
Renter's insurance is a special type of insurance that covers just personal property, not the building itself. Travis Oliver, owner of Douglas County Insurance, says personal property will be covered up to the exact dollar amount.
Debit card purchases are now monitored on an intranet site that Red Cross officials can view. This new system came about in response to the Red Cross' problems of fraud and abuse in the fallout of the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.
For people who don't know the exact price of their belongings, Oliver advises against worrying. He says $20,000 covers most possessions from TVs and clothes to electronics such as iPods and cellphones.
"You have to look at it like this. 'Do you have ten couches or one?' Three beds or one? A 72-inch plasma or a black and white?" Oliver said.
For Blocher, purchasing renter's insurance makes sense for more
"As long as you are living around other people, you are at their mercy and you just assume people are blowing out candles, turning off the stove and using good judgment to keep your things safe," Blocher said. "The reality is that is not the norm."
LESSONS LEARNED
than just replacing your property. She says it gives renters a peace of mind that is priceless.
Blocher advises students against adding the worry high level of stress that comes with being at college. Oliver adds that accidents do happen.
"It is so easy, just $10 to $15 a month," Blocher said. "Think how easy it is to blow that on a few beers, movie and popcorn or Starbucks."
Blocher says just $100 a year can purchase good insurance.
"You can take every precaution you want to be safe but you can't do that with the people you are surrounded by in a group living situation," Blocher said.
Edited by Mike Lavieri
ODD NEWS
Dog-sitter takes pet on 'walk,' faces charges
BOULDER, Colo. — A dog-sitter's shortcut led to criminal charges for a Colorado woman who ran a Chihuahua alongside her car at 10 to 15 mph.
The Daily Camera reports that 29-year-old Joan Renee Zalk of Boulder faces animal cruelty and felony menacing charges after witnesses confronted her Friday morning for running the pup alongside her Toyota Camry.
The newspaper reports that Zalk told officers the dog, named Cooper, "goes ballistic" if it doesn't walk 3 miles a day.
Witnesses called police after seeing the leashed dog struggling to keep up with the car. Zalk reportedly said the dog was fine.
was uninjured and was taken to a local shelter. The dog was expected to be released to its owner, who was out of town at the time of the incident.
Zalk is free on bond. Cooper
Man issued two DUIs in about 15 minutes
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Police have charged a man in western Pennsylvania with driving drunk twice in the same night — the second time about 15 minutes after they released him into the custody of a friend.
Online court records don't list an attorney for 58-year-old Robert Brodnick, of Washington, Pa., who was arrested Monday night by the state police.
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CORRECTION
A story on page one of Wednesday's Kansan misstated the cost of Internet to University of Missouri students. The correct cost is $13.75 per month.
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