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"Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe."
Galileo Galilei
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It's estimated that the number of stars in the universe is greater than the number of grains of sand on all the beaches in the world. On a clear night, we can see the equivalent of a handful of sand.
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Forty years ago tomorrow was the last time KU crowned a homecoming queen. The tradition has transitioned to crowning both a male and female student with the Ex.C.E.L. award, based on academic excellence and student leadership.
CORRECTION
Tuesday's article "Groups protest wetlands stance" misidentified the First Nations Student Association as being based at Haskell Indian Nations University. FNSA is a KU-sanctioned student association.
CRIME
CRIME
lowa mother found guilty of killing son
GRUNDY CENTER, Iowa —
A jury has found an Iowa
woman guilty of killing her
2-year-old son and seriously
injuring his older brother
when she slit the boys'
throats before cutting her
own neck last year.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Michelle Kheo's hands trembled and she wiped tears from her face as District Court Judge Bruce Zager read the verdict on Thursday.
Kehoe, of Coralville, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Her sentencing hearing is set for Dec. 15. The jury convicted her of first-degree murder, attempted murder and child endangerment.
Kehoe was accused of driving her sons to a pond, where she covered their faces with duct tape before slicing their throats with a knife in October 2008.
During closing arguments, Kehoe's attorney suffered from severe depression.
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTERNATIONAL 1. U.N. calls on Palestine, Israel to investigate abuse
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly is calling on Israel and the Palestinians to investigate alleged war crimes during last winter's conflict in Gaza.
The 192-member body adopted the resolution Thursday by a vote of 114-18, with others absent or abstaining.
The resolution calls on the Security Council to act if either side fails to launch credible investigations within three months.
2. Zimbabwe's P.M. ends boycott of unity Cabinet
It endorses a report by an expert panel chaired by South African Judge Richard Goldstone which concluded both Israel and Palestinian militants committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity.
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Zimbabwe's prime minister ended his boycott of his country's unity Cabinet on Thursday, saying he was relenting to give southern African leaders a chance to resolve the problems besetting the coalition.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsavgirai had announced his boycott of the unity government three weeks ago, citing a surge in political violence and accusing longtime President Robert Mugabe of undermining their coalition agreement.
MOSCOW — A Russian rights group said Chechen authorities on Thursday abducted a human rights advocate in Moscow who has been critical of Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader.
3. Chechen leadership accused in abduction
Arbi Khachukayev was detained by Chechen security officers and was flown to the Chechen capital of Grozny against his will, the Memorial group said. It said it learned about his abduction when he was being taken to the Vnukovo airport outside Moscow.
Khachukayev heads a Chechen rights group named Law that has exposed alleged human rights abuses committed by forces loyal to Chechnya's president.
NATIONAL
4. Obama mourns 'horrific'
shooting at military base
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling a mass shooting at a Texas Army base a "horrific outburst of violence."
The commander in chief said it's a tragedy to lose a soldier overseas and even more horrifying when they come under fire at an army base on American soil.
He says he doesn't yet know all the details but promised the government would get "answers to every single question."
Obama also said his thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and families of the fallen.
EL DORADO, Texas — A prosecutor in the first criminal trial stemming from the raid of a polygamist group's Texas ranch urged jurors to convict a 38-year-old member of sexual assault of a child.
5. Prosecutor urges jurors to convict leader of sect
Standing before photos of the alleged victim and her daughter, Assistant Attorney General Eric
Nichols said the evidence showed that Raymond Jessop was guilty.
Nichols said the alleged victim was brought to the Yearning For Zion Ranch at age 15 and entered a so-called "spiritual" marriage with Jessop.
6. Charges against man grow in Mass. terror case
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has been indicted on new charges in an alleged terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and shoot people at American shopping malls.
Tarek Mehanna, of Sudbury, is accused of conspiring with two other men — Ahmad Abousamra who authorities say is now in Syria, and an unnamed cooperating witness.
The 27-year-old Mehanna was arrested Oct. 21 on a charge of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, conspiracy to provide false information to law enforcement and making false statements to law enforcement.
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ENVIRONMENT
Putting words into sustainable action
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BY ALY VAN DYKE
avandyke@kansan.com
On the west side of New York Street sits a fairly standard, two-story white house, its cement porch planked by four three-foot tall brick pillars. Clusters of green bushes hug the 84-year-old house, a natural barrier to the large lawn that drowns the house in green during the summer. The closest house from the south, about 50 feet away from the front porch, peeks through a fence of shrubbery.
Simran Sethi, associate professor of journalism, is transforming her house into a "green" home. She will blog about her experience on Orab.com.
But as green as this plot of land is on the outside, it will be nothing compared to the inside once Simran Sethi is done with her improvements.
Sethi, associate professor of journalism, will spend the next year transforming her house into a sustainable home.
And she'll be writing about her experience on Orab.com.
"This is my attempt to walk my talk and really figure out the best way to do it," she said. "It's my way of making myself a more authentic advocate of being more environmentally friendly."
In her career, Sethi has written for the Huffington Post, won several journalism awards and appeared on "Oprab" the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "Nightly News with Brian Williams." She's been labeled an "environmental messenger" as well as one of the world's top 10 eco-heroes by the British newspaper The Independent.
From exposing the nutrition wasteland in parts of America's urban core to providing tips on green living, Sethi has covered a multitude of environmental bases during her career. But Sethi said she wanted to try something new to help people know what really was cheaper, easier and more efficient about making a home more sustainable — not by reading reviews and asking around, but by experiencing it herself.
"I just hope people can know that I'm right there with them and they can really see that if I can do it, anybody can do it," she said.
To start, she said, she'll be dealing with the brown recluse infestation in her basement. From there.
She's alreadyposted her first entry on Oprah's Web site — "Greening the Green Girl" — where she talks about her new home and her plans for its greener future.
she'll work on insulating the ceiling and preparing the house for the Kansas winter. After prepping the house for her move, which will include adding some color to the white-walled home with ecofriendly paints, she said she would go through the house, room by room, finding new and better ways to green her home.
In the spring, she will consider yard sharing — letting others without yards grow food on hers in exchange for a few tomatoes.
She said writ ing about these improvements would be educational for both herself and those who read her blog.
She said the University's decision to give her tenure played a factor in the idea for a "green home." It allowed her to stay in Lawrence long enough to buy a house.
"I have never dealt with this stuff before," she said. "I've talked about it, but actually doing it is going to be a totally humbling, messy, illuminating experience."
"I've talked about it, but actually doing it is going to be a totally humbling, messy, illuminating experience."
Sethi said she pitched the idea as soon as she bought the house. She said the Oprah team had been
asking her to write for the Web site since she appeared on the show for the third time in April.
Barbara Barnett, interim associate dean of the William Allen White
SIMRAN SETHI Associate professor
"Simran is considered a national expert on environmentalism and how media communicate those issues," Barnett said. "She's a really creative person
School of Journalism, said Sethi was an asset to the journalism faculty and to the students she taught.
and the students benefit from that."
and the students benefit from that. One such student is Lauren Keith, Wichita senior, who took Seth's "Media and the Environment" class, which explored environmental journalism through the lens of food, last spring. She said Seth opened her eyes to the world of professional blogging and helped her think of environmentalism not
only as a journalist but as a consumer too.
"She shaped the questions I ask as a journalist and the way I approach stories," Keith said. "People have to be able to relate to environmentalism through their pocketbooks."
"I love that she's talked about it for so long and now she has the opportunity to put these things into practice," she said.
She said she was excited for Seth's new project with Oprah.
Tina Wood, Wichita senior, took Sethi's class with Keith and is working with Sethi this semester as a student research assistant. Wood, who is an environmental studies major, said Sethi exposed her to areas of environmentalism shed never thought of before, such as urban farming and local food systems.
"As a teacher, Simran is super knowledgeable and experienced," she said. "Because I know her, I've become more aware of my own actions and developed the ability to sympathize rather than ridicule people's reluctance to change."
Edited by Jonathan Hermes
ON CAMPUS
The Biolaw 3.0 Symposium will be held all day in Green Hall.
"Kolya" will be shown at 7 p.m. in 318 Bailey Hall.
The KU School of Music Faculty Recital Series will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall,
"Jason and the Argonauts" will be shown at 8 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will begin at 11 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium.
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About 8 a.m. Tuesday near 23rd and Iowa streets, a University student reported an auto burglary and the theft of a wallet and contents, at a loss of $555.
About 6 a.m. Wednesday near 14th St. and Apple Lane, a University student reported an auto burglary and the theft of a GPS and miscellaneous property, at a loss of $580.
CULTURE Dance group combines education and theatre
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Science and dance will fuse during tomorrow night's performance of "Ferocious Beauty: Genome" at the Lied Center.
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night for a multimedia dance performance that will examine the latest science of genetic research and explore the related ethical dilemmas.
"it's a mix between theatre, dance and information," said Elizabeth Johnson, associate artistic director of the professional dance company.
Johnson said the musical incorporated recorded audio and video elements with live dance. The show was first choreographed in 2006 in collaboration with an international team of scientists and experts in genetic research.
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She said the first half of the performance would present the current science of genetic research with the help of large projection screens and audio accompaniment. The second half would explore ethical scenarios and implications.
"Science and movement are ways for us to catalyze a conversation," Johnson said. "Hopefully people will leave the show asking more curious questions about genetics, science and the bigger questions of life itself."
Following the performance, Lerman and other members of the company will hold a question and answer session for all attendees.
Daniel Johnson
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