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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Rock and roll is the hamburger that ate the world."
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
Peter York, British journalist
FACT OF THE DAY
Nearly 10 percent of American households dress their pets in Halloween costumes.
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3. Students stay in town for Jewish holiday
4. Bus crashes into campus building
5. Addition to Memorial Stadium approved
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INTERNATIONAL
1. John Trovolta could testify in extortion case
NASSAU, Bahamas — Actor John Travolta may testify against two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from the movie star. He would act as a witness in a Bahamas trial beginning Monday, court officials say. An ambulance driver and a former Bahamas senator allegedly targeted Travolta after his chronically ill son died in the Bahamas.
2. Group therapy doctor accused of giving drugs
The doctor who led the session has acknowledged giving the participants various substances and drugs during the meeting,
BERLIN — A doctor leading a group therapy session gave participants drugs and other substances that killed two and left 10 hospitalized, Berlin police said Sunday. One person was left comatose and in critical condition.
Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the Berlin prosecutor's office, told The Associated Press on Sunday. It was not clear whether illegal drugs were given and whether the substances were injected or taken orally.
A police statement said autopsies have been carried out on the two dead people but "the chemical-toxicological investigation will take a while."
3. Archbishop urges help for Camp Ashraf inmates
FOR Camp Ashraf Minutes
LONDON — The Archbishop
of Canterbury said Sunday that
U.S. and Iraq must protect the
residents of Camp Ashraf from
violence and abuse.
The situation in Camp Ashraf "constitutes a humanitarian and human rights issue of real magnitude and urgency"; Archbishop Rowan Williams said in a statement on his Web site.
NATIONAL
NATIONAL 4. Coast Guard recovers body of Calif. windsurfer
"There is a strong argument in terms of international law that the Ashraf residents are protected persons" he said.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a San Francisco windsurfer found dead in ocean waters about 2½ miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Coast Guard spokesman Jeremy Pichette said a search was launched Saturday afternoon after a pedestrian on the bridge reported an unmanned surfboard floating in the water.
A helicopter spotted the body around 6:18 p.m. and a lifeboat pulled the unresponsive man on board, still in his wetsuit.
TEMECULA, Calif. — Authorities say they expect to have a Southern California wildfire that's destroyed 12 structures and forced the evacuation of about 30 homes under control within a day.
5. Officials expect wildfire to be under control soon
Riverside County fire Captain Fernando Herrera says the 340
acre-fire is 50 percent contained and should be surrounded by Sundav evening.
The wildfire broke out shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday in the Cleveland National Forest near Temecula.
6. Man allegedly uses sword on his roommates
BRYAN, Texas — A man who was apparently upset after finding a soda can in his room allegedly used a sword to cut two of his roommates. Michael Angel Zamago was jailed on Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to family violence. Bail was $25,000.
A police report indicates Zamago was upset to find a soda can in his room, thinking someone entered without permission. Zamago allegedly used the sword to poke holes in a closed door to a room where the pair fled.
One roommate has a cut under his right arm pit. The other suffered a cut in the shoulder area.
Associated Press
What do you think?
BY LISA ANDERSON
BY LISA ANDERSON
BRIAN WILLIAMS Lawrence senior
"I wasn't very impressed by his behavior. It seems like he was trying to be in the spotlight."
EMILY HEIDEN
Urbandale, Iowa, sophomore
"I thought it was rude; I'd be upset."
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT KANYE'S ACTIONS AT THE MTV VMAs?
AUDREY MOYLAN
Lenexa freshman
"I love Taylor Swift and I thought it was totally uncalled for."
CHRIS HANNEMANN Wichita junior
"I think Kanye sucks; he wouldn't be anything without his voice-over machines."
Tour explains how stars are related to buildings
of Mount Oread before dawn on campus, He will discuss the importance of several campus buildings and how they were constructed with cardinal directions and star alignment in mind
Starting at 5 a.m. tomorrow,
Johnson will guide The Autumnal
Equinox Starlight Walking Tour
"It's fun to walk about and see how these buildings are set down and how they do relate to the North Star and so forth," Johnson said. "It will get people to think
CAMPUS
Johnson said he liked to guide the tour on the autumn equinox but that anyone could conduct a tour any night throughout the year.
Professor Emeritus Ted Johnson wants to give students the opportunity to see campus in a different light — or lack thereof.
about the rationality of how our buildings are constructed on Mount Oread and they're done with great sense of geography and how to put them down."
The tour will begin at the
intersection of 14th Street and Jayhawk Boulevard. From 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. the tour will make scheduled stops at a few campus buildings to learn how they relate to astronomy. At 7 a.m. the tour will return to 14th Street to watch the sun come up directly above the street.
-Jesse Brown
ON CAMPUS
The "Lunch & Conversation:
Options for Civility Issues"
workshop will begin at noon in 135 Budig.
The Francis Heller book talk and signing will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
ON THE RECORD
At about 2 a.m. Thursday near 14th and Ohio Streets, a man was cited for urinating in public.
At about 8 p.m. Thursday at McCollum Hall, a resident was cited for disorderly conduct after an altercation with another resident in an elevator.
At about 10 p.m. Thursday at the Ambler Student Recreation center, somebody reported their wallet stolen, at a loss of $550.
At about 11 p.m. Thursday at the Ambler Student Recreation center, somebody reported their bicycle and lock stolen, at a loss of $850.
At about 10 p.m. Thursday at the Ambler Student Recreation center, somebody reported their wallet stolen, at a loss of about $100.
MILITARY For slain soldiers, flags to be flown at half-staff
The lowered flags will honor Cpl. Daniel Cox of Parson on Monday and Sgt. Tyler Juden of Winfield on Tuesday. Both men were 23 when they died Sept. 12 in separate attacks. k
Associated Press
TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for two days this week to honor two soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
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