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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
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"The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest."
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correction
Wednesday's article "Looking beyond the veil" misspelled the name of a source. She is Dalal AlBuhayri.
Soakin' up the sun
The expanded media work "After Cunha Claude" soaks up some sun on Wednesday afternoon. The work is by Chris Luxem, tope senior, and consists of warped records with Luxem's photography at the center. Luxem said that there would be a lot more "flowers" between Marvin Hall and the Art and Design building by Monday.
ODD NEWS Fashion police ruling overturned by judge
RIVIERA BEACH. Fla.. A judge has decided that a law banning sagging pants in this town is unconstitutional after a teenager spent a night in jail on accusations that he exposed too much underwear.
Julius Hart, 17, was charged last week after an officer said he spotted the teenager riding his bicycle with 4 to 5 inches of blue-and-black boxer shorts revealed.
Hart's public defender, Carol Bickerstaff, urged a judge Monday to strike down the sagging pants law, and told him:"Your honor, we now have the fashion police."
Circuit Judge Paul Moyle ruled that the law was unconstitutional based on "the limited facts" of the case. Technically, however, the charge hasn't been dropped yet: a new arraignment awaits Hart on Oct. 5.
Voters in Riviera Beach approved the law in March. A first offense for sagging pants carries a $150 fine or community service, and habitual offenders face the possibility of jail time.
Bickerstaff said she wanted the city to drop the law — regardless of whether anyone disliked low-riding pants.
"The first time I saw this particular fashion, I disliked it," she told the judge. "And then I realized I'm getting old."
Candidate apologizes for automated calls in advance
MCCOOK, Neb. — A city council candidate in McCook, Neb., is apologizing for an automated phone call campaign — in advance.
Mike O'Dell said the call being used later this week addressed important local issues and was the only method that made economic sense.
He said it was the only automated call he would send out this campaign season. He was sorry if it interrupted someone's dinner or favorite television program.
The Legislature enacted restrictions on so-called robo-calls this year, but the bill won't go into effect until 2009.
The law will limit automated calls to between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Messages will have to begin with the name of the person paying for the call. A phone number other than that of the machine making the call will have to be provided.
NATION
NATION Galveston residents try to return home. are denied
GALVESTON, Texas — Residents of this hurricane-wrecked island city launched an ill-advised attempt to return to their crippled hometown Wednesday, but instead fumed in hours
of gridlocked traffic only to be turned away at the bridge.
Traffic backed up for 20 miles along Interstate 45, the one route onto Galveston Island. Cars jocked for position with utility workers, repair crews and police trying to begin repairs to the city wrecked by Hurricane like five days ago.
The city announced Tuesday that people could briefly return under a new "look and leave" plan, causing evacuees all over the state to pack up and head for the coast. Hours later, the city abruptly halted the policy out of fear of just the sort of roadway chaos that occurred on Wednesday.
Jayhawks & Friends
Some people in the long line angrily complained that they'd never heard the policy was rescinded.
"I don't understand this," Carlos Azucena said Wednesday, motioning toward repair workers after waiting in line three hours before he was rejected on his third try to go home. "You see those other people. They don't even live here; I live in Galveston."
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X-ray alternative to colonoscopy effective
ATLANTA—A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect.
Some experts believe the new method may boost the 50 percent screening rate for a cancer that is the country's second biggest killer.
In the new study, the largest of its kind, the so-called virtual colonoscopy"identified nine out of 10 people who had cancers and large growths seen by regular colonoscopies.
But there were flaws, too. Among them: The radiologists sometimes misread the X-ray, leading them to spot polyps that weren't there. That led to unnecessary follow-up testing.
Associated Press
campus
The seminar "Merienda Brown Bag" will begin at noon in 318 Bailey Hall.
The Business Career Fair will begin at noon on the fifth and sixth floors of the Kansas Union.
The social group event "Federalist Society: The Partisan Divide: The McCain and Obama Plans for U.S. Health Care Reform" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in 104 Green Hall.
The workshop "InDesign: Introduction" will begin at 1 p.m. in the Instruction Center in Anschutz Library.
FREE Tea at Three will begin at 3 p.m. in the lobby of the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Osher Institute: 'A Flea in Her Ear' presented by the University Theatre" will begin at 2 p.m. in Crafton-Preyer Theater in Murphy Hall.
The seminar "Early Modern Seminar — Douglas Dow" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The international program "A Chain Reaction: Nuclear Weapons, Policy and People" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The tea and talk lecture "China in 2008: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
The film event "49 Up" will begin at 5:30 p.m.in the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
The student group event "Public Interest Law Society (PILS): Casino Night" will begin at 7:30 p.m. In the Lawrence Arts Center.
The entertainment event "SUA Features: Comedian Alex Thomas" will begin at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
This weekend is Family Weekend. There is a full schedule of events Friday and Saturday, including the 61st annual Band Day Parade downtown, featuring the Marching Jayhawks and bands from more than 40 high schools, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
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