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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists?"
FACT OF THE DAY
Dreams were first considered to be caused by indigestion or evil spirits.
— Woody Allen, "Without Feathers"
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NEWS NEAR & FAR
INTERNATIONAL
1. Signed budget will delay no-confidence vote in P.M.
KABUL — Ballots from about 10 percent of Afghanistan's polling stations need recounting because of suspicions of fraud, the chief election watchdog said Tuesday, increasing the chances that President Hamid Karzai
TORONTO — One of Canada's opposition parties said Tuesday it would prop up Prime Minister Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government in a no-confidence vote this week, averting an immediate election
2. Election fraud allegations delay results in Afghanistan
The development means Harper's Conservative government will survive at least until the first week of October, when the main opposition Liberals plan to introduce their own no-confidence motion.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said his party would vote for the government's budget bill Friday because there was nothing inherently wrong with it.
Afghanistan's second direct presidential vote, has been tainted by allegations of massive fraud, and the final results, which were to be announced Thursday, may now be weeks away.
could face a runoff.
According to the latest tally, Karzai was outpolling Abdullah 54 percent to 28 percent with 5 percent of votes still to be counted and 2 percent quarantined for suspected fraud.
3. First earthquake victims receive kevs to new homes
ROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi handed out keys Monday to some of the first new homes for survivors of the April 6 earthquake that devastated parts of central Italy.
Some 40 of Onna's 300 people were killed. Across the mountainous Abruzzo region, 300 died in the quake, and about 50,000 were left homeless.
The new structures — simple single-story, fully furnished houses or apartments — were provided by Italy's Trento region, the Red Cross and the civil protection department.
NATIONAL
4. Grad student charged in killing of his ex-wife
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — A California graduate student has been charged with killing his ex-wife.
The boy was a hammer.
Court records show Brian
Benedict was recently ordered to
pay twice as much child support
as he had expected.
The Orange County district attorney's office filed the charge Tuesday in a Newport Beach court against 35-year-old Brian Benedict. He could face 50 years to life if convicted.
Benedict is a physics graduate student who lives on the University of California, Irvine campus. Prosecutors say he first swung a hammer at 30-year-old Rebecca Benedict when she went to pick up their 4-year-old son after a visit Sunday night then chased and shot her.
The boy wasn't harmed.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Police in New York say an 18-year-old
5. Female student raped in dormitory restroom
female Hofstra University student was lured into a dormitory men's room and sexually assaulted by five men.
Four suspects, including the only Hofstra student among them, have been arraigned on rape and other charges. The fifth suspect was still at-large Tuesday. Nassau County authorities say the rage occurred early Sunday.
Police said the woman had been at an on-campus nightclub. After dancing with one of the suspects, he snatched her phone. Police said she pursued him and was forced into the men's room.
LOS ANGELES — A former assistant principal has been sentenced to eight years in prison for molesting four girls at two Los Angeles schools.
6. Ex-assistant principal receives 8-year sentence
A Superior Court judge on Tuesday also ordered 40-year-old Steve Thomas Rooney to pay $5,000 in fines and restitution.
Rooney pleaded no contest in August to four counts, including a lewd act on a child under 14.
Associated Press
Better know a major
BY ISAIAH CARDONA icardona@kansan.com
Major: Bachelor of Science in mathematics
College College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Required Credit Hours:
Students interested in pursuing a bachelor's in mathematics should declare the major with the department to be assigned an adviser. Consulting with an adviser as early as the first academic year is preferred. The degree is granted upon the successful completion of 124 hours, approximately 42 of those hours required in mathematics and a minimum of 46 hours in general requirements.
Sample of Major Courses:
"Calculus I", "Applied Differential Equations",
"Evolution of Mathematical Thought", "Time Series Analysis", "Elementary Number Theory", "Discrete Probability", and "Complex Variables and Applications".
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
Resources: The department of mathematics offers many resources for students majoring in mathematics, such as help rooms, the undergraduate math club, math awareness month and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Academic Services.
ematicians will find employment as university faculty where they will be able to divide their time between teaching and researching. The applied mathematicians will find work that involves formulating and solving practical problems in business, government, engineering and the physical, life and social sciences.
Career Possibilities: According to the 2008-09 Occupational Outlook Handbook, the work of mathematicians falls into two broad classes - theoretical (pure) mathematics and applied mathematics. Many theoretical math-
- 2008-10 University of Kansas
Undergraduate Catalog, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-09 Edition.
http://www.math.ku.edu/academics/
undergraduate.html
Additional Opportunities:
After students complete a bachelor's in mathematics, they have the opportunity to further their education and obtain a master's or doctorate in mathematics.
- Edited by Melissa Johnson
BENJAMIN SCHLOTE St. Louis senior
"Originally I got into math because I thought it was the most philosophical of all the sciences. I thought that I could find the answers to deep philosophical questions like Dalton, Newton or Lieutnat. I have come to realize that math is applicable in absolutely every area of modern industry."
DAILY KU INFO
Until the early 1940s, only unmarried women were admitted to the University's nursing school, and had to remain single until they completed the program.
CORRECTIONS
Yesterday's story "Face to face with abortion" included a quote by Elise Higgins that was not accurate. It should have read, "I think their framing of abortion as a civil rights issue is an insult to civil rights leaders and to the people of color who lost their lives." The Kansan regrets the error.
Tuesday's article "Junior dies in highway accident on Saturday" contained an error. Eric Sill of Olathe was the driver of the other car that Kara Louise Morgan, Lawrence junior, collided with early Saturday morning.
ON THE RECORD
Around 4 p.m. Friday at the Kansas Union, someone reported damage to the rear wheel of their bicycle, at a loss of $35.
Around 5 p.m. Friday at the Irving Hill Park Garage, someone reported the theft of a bicycle, at a loss of $500.
Around 2 p.m. Friday at Hillview Apartments, a University student reported $3,000 in cash stolen from his residence.
Around 2 a.m. Saturday near the Chi Omega Fountain, two men were cited for minor in possession of alcohol after they were seen walking on campus with beers in hand.
Around 2 a.m. Saturday, two men arrived at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds.
"The Search for Serenity in Chinese & Japanese Architecture" will begin at 2 p.m. in the Continuing Education building.
Around 3 a.m. Saturday near Oliver Hall, a group of six people were observed smoking marijuana and approached by University Public Safety Officers. All but one of the persons ran, and the remaining man was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
The "island of Shame" The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia" book signing will begin at 4 p.m. in Oread Books in the Kansas Union.
ON CAMPUS
The Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair will begin at noon on the fifth floor in the Kansas Union.
The "National Identity in a Diverse Society: Out of Many, One?" seminar will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The "Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus" showing will begin at 7 p.m. in The Commons in Spooner Hall.
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