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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
quote of the day
"When I retire, I want to step away on a positive note. What you put out into the world comes back to you."
— Lupe Fiasco
fact of the day
In high school, Lupe Fiasco considered himself a nerd who was popular because he came from "the hood"
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Playin' that funky music
Adam Meyer, Overland Park senior, plays his guitar on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Meyer said he had been playing the guitar for two years and hoped to get outside to practice more often. Tuesday was a perfect afternoon for him to be on campus playing. Temperatures hovered around the mid-60s, and the sun shined.
NATIONAL
NATIONAL
Lieberman distances self from Democrats again
WASHINGTON — Democratturned-independent Joe Lieberman skipped Senate Democrats' weekly caucus luncheon Tuesday and will not attend them for a while after angering many Democrats by criticizing their presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama.
The Connecticut senator was Democrat Al Gore's vice presidential running mate in 2000, but he endorsed Republican John McCain in this year's contest.
Lieberman said through a spokesman that he had an informal policy of skipping the lunches when presidential politics or the Iraq war would be discussed.
"September is likely a month where presidential politics will be discussed, so it's likely he won't be attending,"spokesman Marshall Wittmann said.
Democrats last week hinted that payback could be in store for Lieberman, who in a prime-time address last week at the Republican National Convention called Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups.
Tuesday's luncheon was the first for Senate Democrats since their party's convention in late August.
INTERNATIONAL Kim Jong Il's health under scrutiny from officials
WASHINGTON — Western officials are closely watching signs that North Korea's unpredictable dictator Kim Jong Il may be gravely ill.
Incapacity of the man North Koreans call the "Dear Leader" would have serious implications for the international effort to get North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons.
There was no sign of Kim at a closely watched parade Tuesday marking the 60th anniversary of North Korea's founding, and the country's state media was silent about his absence. His last reported public appearance was in mid-August.
"There is reason to believe Kim Jong Il has suffered a serious health setback, possibly a stroke," a Western intelligence official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe sensitive intelligence gathering.
Another official said rumors and reports of a possible health setback were based in part on intelligence gathered by other nations.
White House press secretary Dana Perino said Tuesday that the Bush administration was watching the situation, but, "There's nothing I can provide for you now."
ODD NEWS Freshman moves into his dad's old dorm room
ODD NEWS
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Following in your father's footsteps by attending the same university is one thing. But moving into the same dorm room as your dad?
Mike Robell has found himself in B310 in Emmons Hall at Michigan State University — the very same room occupied by his father
in 1978.
What are the odds? The East Lansing university has about 8,000 rooms.
The freshman's father, Rich Robell, 50, said he suspected it was his old room. It has the same floor and same wall color.
The phone number is the same, too. The same broken window latch offered some key evidence.
The proof came from a university archivist, who located a 1978 student directory.
Housing complex manager Tim Knight says it's the first time in his 37-year tenure that he's aware of a parent and child having the same room by chance.
"I guess it was meant to be," said Rich Robell.
Giant mechanical gorilla kidnapped, held for ransom
EAST MACHIAS, Maine — An 8-foot-tall mechanical gorilla that was swiped in broad daylight from its longtime location outside a store has turned up several hundred miles away
— with an apologetic ransom demand.
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The arm-waving primate disappeared during the Labor Day weekend and store owner Lowell Miller and his wife, Sandy, marveled at how such a big ape on a heavy base could have been taken without attracting attention.
The gorilla's creator, Ken Booth of the Gorilla Robot Factory in Akron, Ohio, helped out by posting a YouTube video seeking the gorilla's return and offering a reward.
Then another video turned up on YouTube, showing a hooded person demanding a $1 million ransom — apologizing for causing a flap.
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"I didn't know it'd be such a big deal," the hooded doctor said.
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"What really upset me was the YouTube video. He was so nonchalant," she said Tuesday. "You don't steal other people's property and take it out of state."
She said her husband's old truck is in no shape to make the 750-mile roundtrip to St. Albans, Vt., where the gorilla is being held by state police.
But she said offers were pouring in from people willing to assist.
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on the record
On Sept. 9, the Lawrence Police Department reported that:
On Sept. 3, one KU student reported an instance of identity theft and illegal use of his name, address and social security number, while another student reported being criminally restrained when she awoke to discover that the door to her bedroom had been tied shut from the outside.
— On Sept. 7, a KU student reported being the victim of aggravated battery.
— On Sept. 8, one KU student reported a lost or stolen wallet, another reported identity theft and a stolen debit card number, and a third KU student reported $200 in criminal damage to a motor vehicle.
on campus
The public event "Sci-Fi Book Sale" will be held all day in Watson Library.
The international program "Fall Study Abroad Fair" will begin at 9:30 a.m. on the fourth floor in the Kansas Union.
The governance meeting "University Support Staff Senate" will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The brown bag lecture "One Path to Africa" will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Alcove J in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "University Forum. Murder in the Sunflower State: The Lynching of Fred Alexander and the Early Civil Rights Struggle in Kansas" will begin at 12 p.m. in the ECM Center.
The workshop "Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Workshop - Anne Dotter" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in the Hall Center.
The public event "Second Annual Welcome Reception for University of Kansas - Haskell Indian Nations University NIH Funded Programs" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
The seminar "Osoh Institute:
The School of Rock: A Short
History of Rock & Roll" will
begin at 7 p.m. in Continuing
Education, located at 1515 S.
Andrews Dr.
The lecture "Obama vs. McCain: Campaign 2008" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
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correction
Monday's article "Mongolian international student writes poems to alleviate homesickness" misidentified Undarmaa Pirenlei. She is an international student from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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