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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009
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INTERNATIONAL 1. Boat competition turns ugly on river
Competition for the rich tourist trade has increased recently among operators of the historic wooden tourist boats called punts — a trade estimated at 2.5 million pounds ($4 million) a year. In some cases, the scramble for profits has turned ugly.
ON THE RIVER CAM, England — On the surface, it is the stuff of English postcards — champagne-swilling tourists gliding down the River Cam and listening to the lore of Cambridge University.
This month, two boats were cut to pieces with an electric saw — the apparent work of a punting rival. In other incidents, operators have cut moorings with bolt cutters, chained punts together or sunk boats to sabotage each other's business. Last year, one man dangled a
But a nasty undercurrent runs through this river, an otherwise placid waterway that snakes past Cambridge's many gothic buildings.
2. Madonna protests treatment of Gypsies
BUCHAREST, Romania — At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies — and the cheers gave way to jeers.
competitor over the railing at Magdalene Bridge.
BEIJING — A state news agency says China "resolutely opposes" a decision by Taiwan's president to allow the Dalai Lama to visit the self-governed island
The sharp mood change that swept the crowd of 60,000, who had packed a park for Wednesday night's concert, underscores how prejudice against Gypsies remains deeply entrenched across Eastern Europe.
Officials from a Taiwanese opposition party extended the invitation to the Dalai Lama to visit typhoon victims.
3. Taiwan to allow Dalai Lama to visit island
NATIONAL
4. Officer accused of
JEFFERSON, Wis. — A former drifter accused of killing two high school sweethearts nearly 30 years ago told detectives he had sex with the woman and then watched a group of men stomp the couple to death, according to prosecutors.
WICHITA, Kan. — A former Goddard police officer accused of sending naked pictures of himself from a police department computer to a woman he had arrested apparently will accept a plea deal.
Prosecutors say Calvin Schafer offered to seek dismissal of drunken driving charges against a Wichita woman in exchange for a sexual relationship.
propositioning woman
The 44-year-old former officer was charged with one count of wire fraud after the woman, Angelique Mason, went to investigators with secretly recorded tapes.
5. Drifter accused of murder after 30 years
Edward W. Edwards, 76, who
has been living in Louisville for several years, was charged last month with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of the couple.
6. Abducted girl found after 18 years missing
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sheriff's officials said Thursday they believe a woman who walked into a police station had been kidnapped as an 11-year-old in 1991 outside her South Lake Tahoe home. Two people were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping.
Her family has been contacted and they are in the process of arranging a meeting.
The woman came into a San Francisco Bay area police station and said she was Jaycee Lee Dugard, a blond, ponytailed girl when she was abducted as she headed to a school bus stop 18 years ago, said sherriff's Lt. Les Lovell of the El Dorado Sheriff's Department.
"We are very confident at this point in time that it is her," Lovell said.
- Associated Press
CAMPUS
SUA Carnival kicks off the school year
BY ALY VAN DYKE avandyke@kansan.com
The third-annual Student Union Activities Carnival will be tomorrow in the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center parking lot.
"This is a kick-off for the school year for freshmen and all KU students," said Molly Iler, Summit, N.J., junior and games coordinator with SUA. "I'm really excited to have everyone come out and have
From 8 p.m. to midnight, the student recreation center parking lot will be filled with a smorgasbord of carnival rides, games and food.
a little fun before school gets in full swing."
And for the most part, it's free.
Coca-Cola Co., is also a sponsor of the event, providing refreshments, a ring pop toss and other products throughout the night.
dartboard to a moonwalk, a Tilt-A Whirl and a Ferris wheel. Andoverbased Lewellen Amusements will provide the carnival rides.
KU Dining will provide food typically found at carnivals, including hot dogs, nachos, cotton candy and popcorn.
Attendees can buy another 10 tickets for $5 or a wristband for unlimited rides and games for $10. All proceeds go toward more SUA events, said Susan Hoffman, SUA adviser.
Admission for students, faculty and staff doesn't cost a dime, and gets KUID holders five free tickets, which the ticket holders can chose to spend on any of the several attractions at the event.
Iler said she expected between 75 and 100 student volunteers for the event, including members of Jaybowl and the Panhellenic Association.
Attractions range from basketball Pop-A-Shot games and a balloon
SUA CARNIVAL
**WHAT:** Student Union
Activities Carnival
**WHEN:** 8 p.m. to midnight
Saturday, Aug. 29
**WHERE:** Ambler Student
Recreation Fitness Center
parking lot
**COST:** Free entrance and
5 tickets with valid KUJID
She also said she expected a crowd of up to 3,000 for Saturday's carnival.
Edited by Jonathan Hermes
ODD NEWS Skinny vertical suite for sale in New York City
NEW YORK — It's 9½ feet wide and 42 feet long and is billed as the narrowest house in New York City. But there's nothing small about its asking price: $2.7 million.
The narrow house is considered a curiosity and is one of the neighborhood's most photographed homes. A small plaque on the house notes that poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived there; so did anthropologist Margaret Mead. The residential interiors are a tight squeeze even by New York standards, measur-
sandwiched in a narrow space that used to be an alley between homes at 75 and 77 Bedford.
"Due to the narrowness of the house, I think you have to be very clever in how you decorate," said Corcoran real estate broker Alex Nicholas.
Located at 75% Bedford St. in Greenwich Village, the red brick building was built in 1873.
The current owners bought the house for $1.6 million in 2000.
ing just 8½ feet wide and 42 feet long on each of its three floors.
on the first floor, a double living room on the second floor and a top-floor master bedroom suite. A trapdoor in the kitchen floor leads to a finished basement.
The broker's Web site describes it as a vertical suite, with a kitchen, dining room and parlor
Large windows in the front and back of the house and a garret skylight, plus a small backyard garden, give it "an airiness, a sense of light and charm," Nicholas said.
- Associated Press
ON CAMPUS
The New Staff Orientation will begin at 8 a.m. in 204 JRP.
The Blackboard Strategies and Tools workshop will begin at 9 a.m.and again at 1:30 p.m. in 6 Budig.
The State of the Cancer Center Address will begin at 2 p.m. in the Simons Research Laboratories Auditorium in the Higuchi Biosciences Center.
The Kansas African Studies Center Fall Welcoming Reception with Food and Refreshments will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Bailey Hall.
"The Gendered Nature of Sexual Scripts" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in the Hall Center.
The Welcome Week at the KU Edwards Campus will begin at 3:30 p.m. across the Edwards Campus.
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ODD NEWS Nude model not allowed in Metropolitan museum
NEW YORK — It seems the only nudes allowed at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art are the ones in the collection.
Police say they arrested a 26-year-old woman who was posing naked for a photographer, and in full view of visitors, in the museum's arms and armor department on Wednesday.
Model Kathleen "K.C." Neill faces a charge of public lewdness.
Photographer Zach Hyman directed the shoot. He's been getting local attention for photographing nude models on subways.
Defense attorney Donald Schechter says the museum is full of nude art, and to call what the model and her photographer were doing obscenity "is ridiculous."
Hyman has said he is inspired by nude paintings at the Met and his photos are not pornographic.
NEW YORK — ABC is adding Kate Gosselin to the list of guest co-hosts for "The View."
CELEBRITY Kate Gosselin set to guest host 'The View'
Celebrity mom Gosselin will be subbing for regular "View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Sept. 14 and 15.
Gosselin, the mother of twins and sextuplets, co-stars with her estranged husband on TLC's reality series" Jon & Kate Plus 8."
Associated Press
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