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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008
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"A collapse in the U.S. stock prices certainly would cause a lot of white knuckles on Wall Street. But what effect would it have on the broader U.S. economy? If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily."
Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board Chairman
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Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.
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Specialist James Denaro, left, directs trades at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Thursday, stocks plunged in the final minutes of trading Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 67 points, or more than 7 percent, to their lowest level in five years.
ELECTION 2008
Nader speaks to crowd in Lawrence
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader stopped by Lawrence Thursday evening to remind voters that Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama were not only the presidential candidates who would appear on Kansas' ballot Nov. 4.
Nader (I-Conn.), who will be on the ballot in 45 states, said voters deserved better than McCain or Obama because neither candidate had proposed a solution to the economic problem and both of the candidates had accepted donations from major corporations.
"These are cowardly, inhibited candidates who are unworthy of the American people" he said.
Nader spoke to a full audience at Abe and Jake's Landing, E 8.6th St., about curbing corporate corruption, reforming presidential debate restrictions and many other topics he said the two main candidates
refused to discuss.
Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, said because the University is a state institution, it could not host fundraising events. He said the University had turned down other candidates as well.
This is Nader's fourth run for the presidency, his second as an independent. He is the first Arab American to run for president. Before seeking the presidency, Nader was best known for his work as a consumer advocacy lobbist.
Sean Buchanan, Hutchinson freshman, attended the Democratic National Convention as an Obama delegate. But he came to see Nader speak Thursday night.
"We expect to be a good third party candidate and get millions of votes and hold the two major candidates' feet to the fire on some of these issues," Nader said.
Allan Cigler, professor of political science, predicted most of the people who would vote for Nader would be Democrats. In close states such as Missouri, if Nader receives even two percent of the vote, McCain could win the election.
Many voters are still considering Nader, though.
Nader said it was unfair for pollsters to exclude him from polls and it was corrupt of the Commission on Presidential Debates to exclude him from participating when many polls showed a majority of Americans wanted his participation.
According to CNN, Nader is projected to win six percent of the
vote, with a 3 percent margin of error. Nader's popularity is difficult to calculate because many polls, including Gallup, do not list him.
Candidates must be winning a projected 15 percent of the vote to be invited to the debates, according the Presidential Commission on Debates' Web site.
"I'm just checking it out," he said.
"I'm totally committed to Obama, but I've got an open mind."
Cigler, a Democrat, sang Nader's
praises as well.
"He's a true believer in what he's advocated," he said. "I love Ralph Nader. I think he's done tremendously good things."
Nader said he did not support the $700 billion "blank check bail-out" because it did nothing to prevent homeowners from defaulting on their loans.
"This is going to be more than a recession," he said. "This is going to be a depression."
Adam Wood and William Stewart. Lawrence seniors, also spoke at Nader's event. Stewart is president of the KU chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War. Wood is Libertarian candidate Bob Barr's Douglas County campaign manager. He said he was indecisive of which third party candidate he would vote for.
"I don't care who you vote for," Wood said. "Just don't vote for McCain or Obama."
— Edited by Brieun Scottt
Jayhawks & Friends
INTERNATIONAL
Syria says it will release
2 American journalists
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria says it is holding two missing American journalists for illegally crossing the border from Lebanon.
A Foreign Ministry statement says Holli Chmela, 27, and Taylor Luck, 23 were arrested Thursday after they crossed into the country with the help of smuqglers.
It says the two will be handed over to the U.S. Embassy following a completion of "necessary measures."
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut announced Wednesday the two went missing during a vacation in Lebanon and have not been heard from since Oct. 1, when they headed to northern Lebanon en route to Syria.
An official with the U.S. Embassy in Damascus confirmed two Americans are being held by Syrian authorities and added that the embassy was trying to confirm their identities.
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The seminar "The Motorcar and the Landscape Gardening Critic" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The seminar "Theatre/Performance, Empathy, and Cognitive Neuroscience" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The seminar "There's A Spirit That Transcends the Border: Religious Mobilizations for Immigrant Rights" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference Hall in Hall Center.
The panel discussion "Town & Gown Forum" will begin at 10 a.m. In the Central Court & Galleries in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The seminar "The 2008 Election" will begin at 12 p.m. in Classroom 116 in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center.
The student group event "Resources and Supports for Students with Autism and Their Parents" will begin at 12 p.m. in 550 JRP.
The public event "The Impact of Race on Education" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in The Commons in Spooner Hall.
The seminar "What Vitamin C and Antibiotics Reveal about Neuronal Dysfunction in Huntington's Disease" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 1001 Malott,
The swimming event "Swimming vs. Intrasquad" will begin at 4 p.m. in Robinson Center.
The student group event "NALFO - Stroll Off" will begin at 6 p.m. in the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
The film event "Friday Night at the Kino - Film #1 Master and Margarita Part #3" will begin at 7 p.m. in 318 Bailey.
The lecture "Recipe for a Galaxy Cluster" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in 2001 Malott.
The dance event "Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Co. in A Quarreling Pair" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
The play "A Flea in Her Ear" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The film event "SUA Feature Film; Wanted" will begin at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The entertainment event "FREE Cosmic Bowling" will begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
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