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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2009
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3. Budget cuts hinder academic programs
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INTERNATIONAL
1. Italians brave the cold while waiting for homes
LAQUILA, Italy — More than 4,000 people who survived last spring's earthquake in italy are shivering in tents, but they say they hope to be living in new, earthquake-proof homes soon.
Snow was capping the Apennine mountains near the quake devastated town of LAquila on Tuesday as the homeless tried to keep warm in tents and keep up hopes. They are waiting to be assigned soon to some of the homes whose construction is a priority of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government.
With temperatures dipping as low as minus-5C (23F) on recent nights, authorities are offering free hotel rooms to the people still in tents. But the homeless say they need to be near jobs and schools and can't stay in distant hotels.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua's leftist President Daniel Ortega appears to have won the right to seek re-election in 2011.
2. Nicaragua president approved to run again
The constitutional commission of the Supreme Court is dominated by judges loyal to Ortega's Sandinista party. It has thrown out a ban on consecutive
Judges from the opposition Liberal Party were not present at Monday's vote and say it must be approved by the full Supreme Court. But they lack the votes to overturn it.
Latin American leaders such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Ecuador's Rafael Correa and Colombia's Alvaro Uribe also have maneuvered to extend their terms in office.
3. UN condemns Afghan president for elections
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief calls a second round of Afghan elections a "huge challenge" while commending Afghan President Hamid Karzai for endorsing a runoff next month.
Ban promised more U.N. technical help for the election. He spoke after Afghanistan's election commission ordered a runoff election for Nov. 7 because no candidate got more than 50 percent of the vote.
Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that Karzai's endorsement and his acceptance of a fraud panel's finding show his "full respect" for Afghanistan's constitutional and democratic processes.
The U.N. secretary-general also praised Karzai rival Abdullah Abdullah for taking a "dignified approach" to the crisis.
NATIONAL
4. Jurors debate about sentencing man to death
SALT LAKE CITY — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has requested an investigation into last-minute changes the Bush administration made to speed up oil-ship development in the Rocky Mountains.
CHICAGO Jurors are deciding whether a man convicted of killing seven employees at a suburban Chicago restaurant in 1993 should be sent to death row.
Before the case was turned over to jurors on Tuesday, defense attorney Mark Levitt asked them to spare the life of James Degorski. He says a life sentence for Degorski would be punishment enough.
Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Tom Biesty says Degorski does not deserve the jury's mercy because he didn't show it to those he shot and stabbed at the Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant in Palatine.
Degorski's co-defendant, Juan Luna, was convicted of murder in 2007 and sentenced to life in prison after one juror held out and refused to vote in favor of the death penalty.
5. Secretary demands oil royalties investigation
Salazar says he's asking his
department's inspector general, Mary Kendall, to look into the changes.
Salazar says that in the final days of the Bush administration, the Interior Department locked in a bargain royalty rate on 30,000 acres of existing oil-shale leases for oil companies.
In addition, Salazar said Tuesday he was opening a second, more environmentally sensitive round of oil-shale leasing for Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
6. Ashcroft asks for ruling to be reconsidered in case
BOISE, Idaho — Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that he can be held personally responsible for misuse of the material witness statute after the Sept. 11 attacks.
U. S. citizen Abdullah al-Kidd sued Ashcroft and other federal officials after he was arrested and jailed as a material witness in a terrorism case against another man. Al-Kidd was never called to testify at the trial and said the government was using the statute to arrest people without cause.
In a request filed Monday, Ashcroft asked the full 9th Circuit to review the ruling made by a three-judge panel last month.
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Better know a major Women, gender and sexuality studies
BY STEFANIE PENN
spenn@kansan.com
Major: Women, gender and sexuality studies
College: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Required Credit Hours: For a B.A. or B.G.S., six core classes are required: an introductory course, social science course, a humanities course, a feminist or gender theory course, a course with international content, and a
seminar course during the senior year. Majoring students must also take four designated electives: one in humanities, one in social science, and two that are within the department or cross-referenced.
Sample of Major Courses:
"Women's studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction," "Women and Politics," "Women of Africa Today," "Feminism and Philosophy," "Love, Sex, and Globalization" and "The Politics of Physical Appearance."
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Many women's studies majors continue their studies in graduate work leading to careers in law, social work, activism, teaching or research.
Career Opportunities: According to the women, gender and sexuality studies Web site, a degree in women, gender and sexuality studies will provide students with a solid liberal arts and social science background.
Additional Opportunities: There is a women's studies honors program that enables students to work on a thesis piece to be approved by a three-member thesis committee during senior year. The department also offers a minor.
— Edited by Jacob Muselmann
GEORGE DUNGAN Lincoln, Neb., senior
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE THIS MAJOR?
"It's something that I think everyone should know about but no one really seems to have any formal education on. Women have been an integral part of the world's history but have been relegated to secondary status in history books and popular culture. Our society has, for too long, been taught to focus only on men and their accomplishments, and we have forgotten just how important women are."
ON CAMPUS
Seasonal Flu Vaccination Clinics will begin at 10 a.m. in Watkins Memorial Health Center.
The "A New Generation of Vocal Students" forum will begin at noon in the ECM center.
"You Be the Mayor will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The "Learning to be illegal:
Undocumented Youth and the
Confusing and Contradictory
Routes to Adulthood" seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
"2008: Obama's Victory featuring Washington Post reporter Dan Baltz" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The Mario Kart Wii Tournament will begin at 6 p.m. in the Entertainment Room in Ellsworth Hall.
ON THE RECORD
About 8 a.m. Sunday near 19th Street and Naismith Drive, a University student reported an aggravated burglary, and the theft of two PlayStation 3's and other items, at a loss of $1,300.
About 5 a.m. Monday near 27th Street and Inverness Drive, a University student reported an aggravated burglary, and the theft of an iPod and FM receiver, at a loss of $70.
About 11 a.m. Monday near 7th and Michigan streets, a University student reported an aggravated burglary, and the theft of a vehicle, laptop, GPS, wallet and other items, at a loss of $15,720.
KANSAN JOBS Now taking managing editor applications
The University Daily Kansan is hiring managing editors for the Spring 2010 semester.
Applications are posted online at jobs.ku.edu. The applications include qualifications and supplemental questions and require a resume and cover letter. Applications are due Monday, Oct. 26, at midnight.
Previous Kansan experience is preferred but not required. If you have any questions about the positions, please e-mail current editor-in-chief Brenna Hawley at bhawley@kansan.com, or e-mail Kansan adviser Malcolm Gibson at mgibson@kansan.com.
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