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"Wait here, Audrey. This is between me and the vegetable."
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2000
Eggplants belong to the nightshade family, and because of this, in early years it was believed to cause madness in people who ate the fruit.
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INTERNATIONAL 1. Chavez attacks Israel during visit to Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attacked Israel Thursday during his visit to Syria, calling it an imperialist nation that annihilates other people.
Chavez comments came during a news conference with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad after a one-hour meeting at the hilltop presidential palace.
"Israel has become a country that annihilates people and is hostile to peace," he said, according to the Arabic translation of his remarks to reporters.
Chavez is on an 11-day trip to Libya, Algeria, Syria, Iran, Belarus and Russia in his bid to build a multi-polar world and decrease U.S. influence in the region.
2. Iraq transport minister allegedly took bribe
BAGHDAD — Iraqi police arrested the deputy transport minister after he was allegedly filmed
taking a bribe in a sting operation, a lawmaker said Thursday.
Sabah al-Saedi, the chairman of parliament's anti-corruption committee, said police filmed Adnan al-Obeidi accepting a $100,000 bribe from a company doing work at the Baghdad airport.
The arrest is the latest attempt by the Iraqi government to grapple with the rampant corruption plaguing the country after years of ignoring the problem.
3. Storm Jimena provides drought relief in Mexico
LOS CABOS, Mexico — A once-dangerous and powerful Hurricane Jimena mellowed into a soggy, drifting tropical storm Thursday, bringing much needed rain to Mexico's drought-stricken Baia California peninsula.
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4. Senator wants more
Forecasters still warned of flash floods and large waves, but even those were expected to gradually subside as the slow-moving storm made its way up the peninsula and then back out over the Pacific Ocean.
4. Senator wants more
money to reduce wildfires
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A judge on Rhode Island's Supreme Court has blocked a planned state government shutdown until the full court can consider the case
The California Democrat says overgrown chaparral poses a menacing wildfire threat in many areas of drought-stricken California. The massive wildfire burning north of Los Angeles is being fueled by dry, decades-old brush.
LOS ANGELES — Sen. Barbara Boxer wants more federal money devoted to reducing wildfire danger in the highest-risk areas.
Boxer says the U.S. Forest Service should be using its funds to thin or clear those overgrown areas, especially when they are near homes.
5. Court blocks state's government shutdown
Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg decided Thursday to block Gov.
Don Carcieri from forcing about 80 percent of state force to stay home without pay Friday.
Carcieri has scheduled one or two shutdown days every month until the start of the state's next fiscal year in July. Friday's closure was supposed to be the first. The shutdowns were meant to help close a $68 million budget shortfall.
6. Competitive eater dethroned in Nevada
SPARKS, Nev. — Top-ranked competitive eater and threetime defending champion Joey Chestnut has been dethroned as the winner of the Best in the West Nugget World Rib Eating Championship in Sparks. Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti of Chicago beat Chestnut on Wednesday by one-tenth of a pound. Bertoletti downed 5.8 pounds in 12 minutes.
Wednesday's contest was the fourth annual and featured 12 competitors.
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- Newton
Newton
BY SHAUNA BLACKMON
City: Newton
County: Harvey
- Lawrence
Nickname: From 1871 to 1873,
Newton came to be known as
bloody and lawless, the wickedest
city in the West. Newton got this
reputation from the 1871 gunfire
at Hide Park, which resulted in the death of eight men.
Location: South central Kansas along the Little Arkansas River, about 10 miles north of Wichita
Distance from Lawrence: 150 miles or two hours and 23 minutes Founded: 1871
Population (2008 estimate):
18,133
Destinations: Sand Creek
Station Golf Course, an 18-hole public course, ranked among 2006's best new public courses in America by "Golf Digest"; Warkentin House, a Victorian house museum; Blue Sky Sculpture at Centennial Park; Mennonite Settler statue, a 17-foot limestone statue honoring Mennonite farmers and their wheat heritage; Carriage Factory Art Gallery; Kauffman Museum;
Harvey County Historical Society Library and Museum; the Cougars of the Central Football League currently play at Newton's Fischer Field.
Interesting fact: In 1872, the Newton city council passed an ordinance prohibiting the running at large of buffalo and other wild animals.
WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT GROWING UP IN NEWTON?
SANDRA YODER
"Druber's Donut Shop and its delicious peanut butter twists."
ATIQ AHMADULLAH
Sonphore
"The Taste of Newton' festival — basically lots of food and dancing on Main Street."
"Being close to Sedgwick County, because that's where Wichita is, and the sense of togetherness and sense of family."
COLE HWA DAVIS Senior
Tunes @ Noon will begin at noon at the Union Plaza of the Kansas Union.
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The KU Technology Opportunities workshop will begin at 11 a.m. in the Budig PC Lab
The Friday Fall Fellowship Brown Bag Lunch Series will begin at noon in the English Room in the Kansas Union.
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The Space & Astrophysical Plasma Seminar will begin at 1 p.m. in 3078 Malton Hall.
Around 2 p.m. Wednesday, a University student at Anschutz Library reported that a person he had a protection order against had been following him.
KU Weekend at the Crossroads!
TWO GREAT SHOWS- THIS WEEKEND!
NO HOME FOOTBALL- PARTY IN KC!
The "Two Extreme Examples of Enzyme Catalytic Proficiency" lecture will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 1001 Malott Hall.
An article that ran Sept. 2 about the misuse of ADHD prescriptions mistreated the last name of Dr. Linda Keeler.
Just after midnight Wednesday, a University student at Quinton's Bar & Deli reported a Louis Vuitton purse, iphone and other items stolen, at a loss of $935.
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"The American Occupation of Britain: Gls, Donut Ladies, and Official Busybodies, 1942-1945" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Cosmic Bowling will begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
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CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED w Lucero and Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights
SAT SEPT 12 BUCKETHEAD w/Wolff (of Drums and Tuba)
BOTH SHOWS ARE 2 FOR 1 IF YOU ARE AKUSTUDENT!!!
Melanie Patton Renfrew, a Harbor College teacher, wants KNB-CTV's Fritz Coleman to change references to onshore and offshore winds.
ODD NEWS Professor irked about weatherman's terms
BURBANK, Calif. — Authorities said a college professor on a crusade to change the way a Los Angeles weatherman uses terminology has to leave him alone or face six months in jail.
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2009-10 Season
Pastiche
A Friends of the Theatre Fundraiser for the Jack B. Wright Student Ticket Fund Saturday, September 12 Crafton-Prever Theatre
**The Thirteen Clocks**
Book by Fred Sadoff, Music and
Lyrics by Mark Bucci, based on a book
by James Thurber
September 26 - 27
Inge Theatre
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
October 8 - 13
Crafton-Preyer Theatre
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KU Confidential, an original devised piece created by Henry Bial and KU Theatre Students February 4 - 7 & 10 - 13 Ince Theatre
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams November 14 - 15 & 19 - 22 Crafton-Preyer Theatre
Distracted by Lisa Loomer December 4-9 Inge Theatre
Arms and the Man
by George Bernard Shaw
February 26 - 28 & March 4 - 6
Crafton-Preyer Theatre
Undergraduate Student Projects
Bedside by Tosin Morahunfola &
4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane
March 25 - 28, 31 & April 1 - 2
Inge Theatre
Anything Goes Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter, Book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse Featuring the KU Symphony Orchestra April 23 - 25 & 29 - May 1 Crafton-Preyer Theatre
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