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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2004
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Does the University have an observatory for looking at the stars and planets with a telescope? It's called the Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory (785) 864-3164, and operated by the KU Astronomy department. It is on the roof of the KU Stadium. You can use the Observatory the last Friday of the month; 7:30pm-9pm, depending on when it gets dark. If it is cloudy that Friday night, it will be open Sunday night instead. The observatory is closed in the summer.
NATION
GOP lawmakers amend rule to protect influential leader
WASHINGTON — House Republicans demonstrated their loyalty to Majority Leader Tom DeLay yesterday, changing a party rule that would have cost him his post if he were indicted by a Texas grand jury that has charged three of his associates.
The change received approval in a voice vote that showed Republicans' eagerness to protect the leader who raised countless campaign dollars for them. He also engineered a redistricting plan in Texas that caused five Democratic losses through retirement or election defeats.
DeLay watched from the back of the room but did not speak as GOP lawmakers struggled in closed session before ending a requirement that leaders indicted on felony charges relinquish their positions. Republicans will now decide a House leader's fate in a case-by-case review.
The dilemma was to shield DeLay in a case that he views as political, while not giving blanket protection to any leader indicted for a crime that clearly has no political overtones.
ON THE RECORD
The Associated Press
A 20-year-old KU student reported to the KU Public Safety Office that someone had stolen a red and gray Columbia coat sometime between 10 a.m. Nov. 10 and 9 a.m. Friday. Her loss is estimated at about $250.
A 20-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had broken the window of his apartment sometime between 12 a.m. Nov. 8 and 12:15 a.m. Monday in the 2000 block of 6th Street. His damages are estimated at about $175.
Brian Lewis/KANSAN
Are you thirsty?
Several pieces of pottery, mostly made out of Anagama-fired porcelain, are for sale at the Student Union Activities box office on the fourth floor in the Kansas Union. This pitcher set was created by Amelia Kennedy. Anagamas are wooden kilns that originated from Japan.
WORLD
U.S.death toll reaches 1,214 as bloody month continues
BAGHAD, Iraq — A suicide car bomber blasted an American convoy north of Baghdad and U.S. troops battled insurgents west of the capital yesterday as a wave of violence across Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland killed at least 27 people.
American forces pursued their search-and-destroy mission against the remaining holdouts in the former insurgent bastion of Fallujah.
November became one of Iraq's bloodiest months as the U.S. death toll in the war in Iraq reached 1,214 according to figures released by the Defense Department.
A suicide attacker drove his bombladen car into a U.S. convoy during fierce fighting in the town of Beiji, 155 miles north of the Baghdad, killing 10 people and wounding 12, including three American soldiers.
Elsewhere, a three-hour gunbattle between militants and U.S. forces after nightfall left seven people dead and 13 hurt in Ramadi, a city west of Fallujah.
—The Associated Press
Topeka amends hiring practices to outlaw prejudice against gays
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Tuesday night the Topeka City Council approved a version of an ordinance making it illegal for the city to discriminate in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation.
of before the final vote. The first 20 speakers all urged the council to reject the ordinance. Most of those were members of the Rev. Fred W. Phelps Sr.'s congregation at Westboro Baptist Church, which has conducted anti-homosexual picketing in Topeka and other cities since 1991.
Council members voted 5-4 to approve the ban. City attorney Brenden Long said the measure affects the city of Topeka's hiring practices and not the public at large. He said Shawnee County commissioners passed a similar measure last year.
Council members then voted 5-4 to amend the ordinance to remove the phrase "gender identity or expression."
The council initially considered a proposal that would have inserted the terms "sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression" into sections of city code that ban discrimination based on other reasons.
Those coming to the lectern included many from conservative Christian churches, who suggested passage of the ordinance would define homosexuals as a protected class. They questioned whether the measure would stand up to legal challenges.
Proponents of the ordinance said gay people don't choose to be homosexual, and that the city has a moral obligation to protect human rights.
About 70 people addressed the coun-
"It does not matter what form discrimination takes, we should at every step attempt to prevent it," said Topeka lawyer Pedro Irigonegaray. "The issue here is equal protection under the law."
CORRECTIONS
- Tuesday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Scared straight from lies, hate," stated that the
Multicultural Resource Center still needs a venue for the program for next year because Hashinger is too small to host the event. The MRC building is too small to host the event and Hashinger will be unavailable as construction on the building begins in the summer.
Tuesday's University Daily Kansan contained an error.Because of a production error, the article, "Mystery team to show real face," was incomplete.The full story is available on the Kansan's Web site at www.kansan.com.
The Nov. 8 issue of The University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Physical police force meets protesters," stated that protesters were arrested in the 300 block of 23rd Street. They were arrested on Ninth Street near Kentucky.
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The brief, "Atheist to speak tomorrow despite denied honorarium," said Dan Barker would speak at 7 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium today. Barker spoke last night.
ON CAMPUS
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics presents Kansas Political Humor featuring David Adkins, state senator, Gary Sherrer, former lieutenant governor, and Candy Ruff, KU student and state representative, at 7:30 p.m. today at the Dole Institute.
Visiting Lecture Series sponsored by KU's Philosophy Department presents "In Defense of Socrates: The Stranger's Role in Plato's Sophist" by Corinne Painter, philosophy in Emporia State University, at 5 p.m. today at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Hall Center for the Humanities will hold a British Seminar by Geraldo de Sousa 3:30 to 5 p.m. today at the Hall Center Conference Room.
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