TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2004
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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CAMPUS
'Whose line'at Lied to perform suggestions
Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of *Whose Line Is It Anyway* fame will perform Sunday night at the Lied Center.
Sunday night at the Lied Center
The performance will begin at
7 p.m. Tickets are $39.50 and
$44.50 and are available at the
Lied Center ticket office, 864-
2787 or online at www.ticket-
master.com.
The performers will take suggestions from the audience and improvise skits. Viewers can see the TV show in syndication more than 15 times each week on ABC, Comedy Central and ABC Family.
Austin Caster
Buffet brings attention to African food, culture
The African Student Association hosted an African Thanksgiving buffet Saturday afternoon. The event raised more than $300 for the group's future events.
Almost 100 people from different countries came to taste food from all over Africa. Everyone liked it because there was a lot of variety, Ugo Okoronkwo, Imo, Nigeria freshman and social chair for ASA, said.
"The vegetarians and the meat lovers were all happy," he said.
Close to 20 dishes were served and many different kinds of juices.
"In Africa we drink a lot of fruit juice," Okoronkwo said.
The food ranged from different kinds of soup to plantains to African donuts, which are similar to American banana bread.
This is the first year the group has had hosted a Thanksgiving buffet.
Nikola Rowe
WORLD
Iran temporarily halts production of uranium
VIENNA, Austria — Iran said yesterday it has frozen all uranium enrichment programs, weakening a U.S. effort to refer Tehran's suspect nuclear activities to the U.N. Security
Council. President Bush said he hoped the statement is true but "there must be verification."
Iran's claim was welcomed by Europe and cautiously endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. atomic watchdog agency. But even if verified by the IAEA, such a freeze falls short of European and U.S. hopes of an Iranian commitment to scrap enrichment ambitions.
Iran has said suspension will be only temporary and insists that it has the ultimate right to enrich uranium. It dismisses U.S. assertions that it wants to use the technology to make weapons, saying it is interested in generating nuclear power.
And Tehran's announcement of a start to suspension came only after it had already converted a few tons of raw uranium into the gas used as feedstock for enrichment. While not prohibited from doing so until yesterday — when the freeze took effect — conversion continued until shortly before the deadline, raising doubts about Iran's interest in dispelling international concerns.
The Associated Press
KIEV, Ukraine — Tens of thousands of demonstrators jammed downtown Kiev in freezing temperatures last night, denouncing Ukraine's presidential runoff election as fraudulent and chanting the name of their reformist candidate who authorities said was trailing in the vote count.
Ukrainians reject results of presidential election
Viktor Yushchenko stood beaming on a platform with campaign aides and flashed a "V" for victory sign — even though the Central Election Commission said earlier that with nearly all the votes counted, he was losing to Kremlin-backed Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovchv.
The election commission's announcement galvanized widespread dismay and anger among the former Soviet republic's 48 million people. The capital's city council and several other municipal governments rejected the official results and a major chocolate factory closed plants in protest.
THANKSGIVING: Holiday offers recoup time before finals
The Associated Press
"We'll have a turkey — the works," he said.
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He will miss the family atmosphere, but will enjoy the time in Lawrence, he said.
"I'm just glad I'm not going to be taking any more tests, and I can recover for finals," he said. "I'm just going to sit back, watch some football and eat."
John Kanaga, Orleans, Mass., senior, also will not be going home, because his parents will be in Italy for the holiday.
However, he said he wouldn't miss much. Some of his other family is gathering in the Kansas City area so he will be able to spend the holiday with them and catch up with his older sister and extended family.
Kengo Terada, Kashiwa, Japan, junior, said Thanksgiving was not a holiday in Japan, but he has celebrated
it since coming to Lawrence.
He will spend the break going to his girlfriend's uncle's house in Washington, D.C.
He said the holiday break was a good time for students to rest and for them to do things they would not otherwise be able to do. He will also use the extra time to catch up on a presentation that is due after the break, he said.
Still others say they will do anything to make their way home.
Ethan Golub, Lincoln, R.I. sophomore, will be going home even though the plane ticket cost more than $400.
"I waited a bit too long to book the flight," he said.
That won't stop him from getting back.
"It's important because Thanksgiving is a good family event," he said. "It'll be good to get home."
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LAND: City, University try to settle compromise
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One of the issues with the plan concerns the neighborhoods surrounding the University.
"It was rejected in the form it was presented in," said Candice Davis, Oread representative to the Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods.
The agreement needs some changes made to it, but the changes are fairly minor, she said. If the University is honestly and sincerely interested in seeing this work, it will make the modest changes.
sion because that's where the neighborhoods are.
A skyscraper could be built in the middle of campus and there would be nothing anyone could do about that, she said, but the main campus isn't the concern. The perimeter areas of the University are what's affected by building and expansion, but didn't think the state would agree. There 'is probably still some agreement that can be worked out between the University and the city, he said, but "the commission needs to contact us."
These zoning standards are what everyone followed, she said. They're meant for the protection of everyone, including the University.
"To me it isn't asking a lot to revisit this," Davis said. "The University is good for the city, but, likewise, the city is good for the University."
The Oread neighborhood has a lot of history to it, and it's interested in keeping that integrity, she said.
The University worked on the proposal for months, said David Shulenburger, provost and executive vice chancellor.
"I think the proposal we have stands," he said.
Shulenburger said he understood the reason behind the actions of the planning commis-
The city commission is set to discuss the agreement at its Dec. 14 meeting.
Legal action might be sought by either the city or University, if the city attempts to enforce its land use regulations on the University and the University finds that the city has no authority to do so, said David Corliss, director for administrative legal services for the city. The land use agreement was an attempt "to avoid litigation and resolve these land use issues ahead of time," he said.
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hit two key free throws and senior guard Aaron Miles hit a jumper that sealed the victory for the Jayhawks.
"We hit shots when it was time to hit shots and executed when we needed to and that is what good teams do when things aren't flowing their way," Giddens said.
Martelli said that experience was what concerned him most about playing the lavwhaws.
"They are a team driven by their oldest guys and they have a certain calm to them," Martelli said. "We have more young guys who are trying to find their way."
The Hawks don't have that kind of experience after losing two first round NBA draft picks, Jameer Nelson and Delonte
West. They will also be playing without one of the senior leaders, Pat Carroll, Carroll, a senior guard who led the Atlantic 10 in three-point percentage last year, will miss tomorrow's game because of a separated right shoulder. Junior guard Chet Stachitas will start in his place, Martelli said.
St. Joe's will have three freshman playing in its top eight rotation. Unlike Vermont's power forward, Taylor Coppenrath, who scored 23 points, and was the only Catamount to score in the final 6:30 of Friday's game, St. Joe's doesn't have a standout player.
"We are not going to have one guy who will go out there and win it for us." Martelli said. "It will be a collective effort."
West. Martelli said the identity of his team has changed from a group that depended on a couple of experienced guys to a team whose focus is playing together.
They know not to overlook the Hawks, but the Jayhawks take a little comfort in knowing they don't have to defend two NBA-caliber players.
After losing Nelson and
"We can't just take it for granted that we are going to beat them because those two guys are gone, but obviously we are going to feel better knowing that they did lose some first round draft picks," Keith Langford, senior guard, said.
Kansas Coach Bill Self simply said: "We will just have to get better between now and then."
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