THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
NEWS7A
FASHION
Searching for bad taste
TLC's 'What Not to Wear' looks for contestants in Lawrence
BY BETH BEAVERS
bbeavers@kansan.com
Everyone has that friend who can't seem to throw out their tiedyed class of 2006 T-shirt or that pair of jeans that is more holes than denim. But don't fear, professional help is just a quick application away.
For its 250th episode, TLC's television show "What Not to Wear" is doing a national contest search, and is looking to Lawrence for contestants.
"It's a nice cross section of America our viewers can relate to," Lauren Ranzino, casting associate producer for "What Not to Wear," said.
Mary Hopkins, Prairie Village sophomore, said "What Not to Wear" was her favorite show on TLC.
"I don't think I would want to nominate anyone," Hopkins said, "They can be pretty brutal."
Hopkins said Stacy London and Clinton Kelly, the show's hosts, taught her how to dress. She said she took advice from the show, such as wearing dark denim, straight leg jeans.
Alexa Backman, Manhattan freshman, said she learned from them too. She said she now knows shoes don't have to match bags or pants.
"I like to see how they do makeup to see if it's like I do it," Backman said.
them unique.
Ranzino said they were looking for America's worst dressed person to make over on the show, but they also wanted a unique and eclectic character. Ranzino said they often look for "character dressers," such as people who dress "gothic" or "hippie." She said what stuck out to producers was not just the person's wardrobe. She said they also looked at the person's story and what made
The application process includes submitting at least three full body photos, a video that gives the applicant the opportunity to show their lack of style as well as their personality, a questionnaire and a waiver. Individuals are also encouraged to secretly nominate women they know who have bad style. They don't necessarily have to be from Kansas.
Ranzino said the show only chose to cast women, so men need not apply. The last day to apply is September 25.
The application is available on the show's website, http://tlc discovery.com/fansites/whatnot towear/whatnottowear.html, or you can e-mail the required materials to Lauren Ranzino at lranzino@bbcproduction.com.
Edited by Betsy Cutcliff
CRIME
Suspected burglar killed by student with samurai sword
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BY BEN NUCKOLS
A Johns Hopkins student killed a suspected burglar in a courtyard behind his garage early Tuesday morning. Electronics had been stolen from the home Monday night, but it was not clear whether the victim was responsible for the earlier theft.
Associated Press
BALTIMORE — A Johns Hopkins University student armed with a samurai sword killed a suspected burglar in a garage behind his off-campus home early Tuesday, hours after someone broke in and stole electronics.
They shocked neighbors said they heard bloodcurdling screams in an area just blocks from the university. Police held the student, a junior chemistry major who turns 21 on Sunday, for several hours, but no charges were filed by early afternoon, said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
Around 1:20 a.m., the student heard noises behind the home and noticed a door to the garage was open, Guglielmi said. He grabbed the sword and confronted the intruder, who was crouching beneath a counter.
The student asked the suspect what he was doing and threatened to call police.
"When he said that, the suspect lunged at him, kind of forced the kid against the wall, and he struck him with the sword." Guglielmi said.
The intruder's left hand was nearly severed — Guglielmi described it as "hanging on by a thread" — and the man suffered a severe cut to the upper body. The 49-year-old suspect, whom police described as a habitual offender, died at the scene.
On Monday, two laptops and a Sony PlayStation were stolen from the student's home, which he shares with three other students, but police were not sure whether the slain
suspect was responsible, Guglielmi said.
There was a pool of blood Tuesday morning in the brick courtyard between the back porch of the home and the garage. The courtyard was strewn with debris, including what looked like broken glass.
Guglielmi did not know why the student kept a sword. He said he may have had some martial arts training, but was not an expert.
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
Emily Hrenchir, Paola sophomore, attempts to stay dry under her laundry basket in the rain Aug. 19. It began sprinkling in the early afternoon.
Jenny Terrell/KANSAN
INTERNATIONAL
Vice President Joe Biden (center) sits with Gen. Ray Odieno (left), the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill in Baghdad Tuesday. Mortar shells killed two civilians and wounded five others Tuesday, the same day that Biden arrived in Baghdad unannounced. Biden will meet with Iraq leaders to discuss security issues in preparation for withdrawing combat forces next year.
2 deaths mark Biden's arrival in Iraq
BY DAVID RISING
Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Insurgents fired four mortar shells at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, killing two civilians, on the same day Vice President Joe Biden arrived in the Iraqi capital on an unannounced visit to help resolve political differences among Iraqis.
One round that fell short hit residential apartments on the Tigris River, killing two people and wounding five others, including a 12-year-old, a police official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment to the press.
The shells were fired after Biden arrived in Iraq on his third trip to the country this year. It was not clear where he was at the time.
As the White House's point man on Iraq, Biden said he has been in regular contact with the country's leaders.
The faint pops of the mortars being fired were audible on the opposite side of the Tigris River from the Green Zone, and at least one of the shells was heard exploding on impact.
"The whole purpose is to see
how we can be helpful, if we can, in helping them resolve the outstanding political issues they have to resolve internally, so that when the (security agreement) is fully implemented we leave a stable Iraq," he told reporters after meeting with Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill.
The U.S.-Iraqi security agreement calls for the withdrawal of American combat forces by the end of August, 2010, and of all U.S. troops by the end of 2011.
The three-day trip gives Biden a chance to meet with the full range of fraqi leaders, both in Baghdad's central government and in the self-governing Kurdish region, whose boundaries with the rest of the country have become a volatile fault line.
"I'm here to listen, and occasionally they have asked me to be an interlocutor on their behalf, and it's been of some value so far," he said.
Biden said that Odierno was optimistic that the readiness of Iraqi forces would allow the U.S. military to withdraw all combat forces next year according to plan, and then proceed with pulling out the remaining 50,000 troops
by the end of the following year. There are now about 130,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.
The Iraqi government plans to hold a national referendum on the agreement in conjunction with elections in January. If approved, the referendum would require all U.S. forces to leave within one year — well ahead of the existing plan to withdraw completely by the end of 2011.
Biden said of the referendum that Iraqi leaders have indicated "it is likely to happen." But he added, "I'm not sure it's settled yet."
Biden made his last visit to the country on July 4 to spend U.S. Independence Day with the troops. During that trip he also met with his son, Beau, who is an Army captain serving in Iraq.
In his meetings with Iraqi officials, Biden was expected to discuss plans for the January elections and the ongoing violence in Iraq's north. As the number of bombings and other attacks declines elsewhere in Iraq, the north remains a battleground between Sunni Arab extremists and Iraqi and U.S. forces. Kurdish-Arab tension there also frequently flares into violence.
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