6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2004
NATION
Japan starts cleanup after typhoon kills 67
TOKYO — Rescue workers and Japanese troops waded through sludge early today to search for victims of mudslides in Japan's deadliest typhoon in over a decade that ripped across the country, killing 67 and leaving 21 missing.
Typhoon Tokage unleashed towering waves and rapid mudslides that demolished homes and flooded dozens of communities when the storm slammed into western Japan Wednesday.
Tokage headed east into the Pacific Ocean Thursday after
losing power, leaving clear blue skies in its wake and rescue workers combing the sea for victims feared washed away in the typhoon.
Tsutomu Mukai on the small island of Awaji 279 miles west of Tokyo said a mudslide buried his home and killed his 72-year old mother.
"We panicked. We had no time to escape," Mukai, 50, told broadcaster TV Asahi. "I called out, 'Mother, are you alive?', but there was no answer."
By Friday morning, the death toll had risen to 67, and 21 others were still unaccounted for, the National Police Agency said. Injuries totaled 281.
- The Associated Press
SYMPOSIUM: Students learn the importance of leadership
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Stepping is synchronizing steps, clapping and chanting, sometimes along with music. The performers chanted about their organization and their background. Performers included three sororities and three fraternities.
"It is watching history and entertainment together," Scott said.
Marina Burton, Topeka senior, performed in last year's Black Leadership Symposium but this year she enjoyed just watching. Burton remembered the performances from when she was in high school.
"There are a lot of things about KU that you don't see in a normal visit," she said. "I was impressed by the performances."
Burton said she was always planning on attending the University but the Black Leadership Symposium made it more comfortable for her to come.
A cash prize of $100 was awarded to Kourtney Williams, Maize High School, the "Reading Gets You There" essay contest winner. Participants in the contest read one book by Frederick Douglas, Ernest J.
Gaines, Booker T. Washington,
W.E.B DuBois or Langston
Hughes. The award was given by
Marshall Jackson, associate
director in the student development center.
"Communication is a important skill to have as a leader and writing is communication," Jackson said. "It is also a history lesson because we pick literature from different parts of history."
Barbara Ballard, associate director in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, was the keynote speaker and led the workshop on black female leadership.
The men had their own workshop during this time.
Ballard said learning together without certain criticisms helps for a more open environment, and there are some things that women will not say in front of men.
"It's important to have that opportunity to get in touch with each other, to have a camaraderie and validity with each other as women." Ballard said.
The symposium also had workshops for each high school graduate and a student talent show.
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through the transportation department before coming to the state senate or the Kansas House of Representatives, said Rachelle Colombo, communications director for Speaker of the House Doug Mays (D-Topeka).
DRINKING: Change unlikely because of funding
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The big opposition to lowering the age would be the loss of funding for transportation, Colombo said.
If the drinking age was lowered in 2004, the state would lose $25 million dollars in transportation funding, said Pete Bodyk, bureau chief for Bureau of Traffic Safety for the Kansas Department of Transportation.
"I don't ever see that happening." Bodyk said.
Jared Loehr, Overland Park sophomore, started the club in 2004.
The club now has 500 members and held its first event, a march promoting the group, on
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For using a fake I.D., a minor can be fined $300 to $2,500, spend up to a year in jail and perform up to 100 hours of community service.
PUNISHMENTS FOR UNDERAGE DRINKING
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For using a fake LD
If convicted of possessing an open container or consuming alcohol in public, a minor can spend up to six months in jail and be fined $50 to $500.
First conviction for operating under the influence: A minor must serve a mandatory 48-hour minimum jail sentence and must attend an alcohol program
Oct. 9 before the homecoming ome.
Student Senate is providing the group with $200 in general funding. Ryan Faulconer, finance committee chairman.
A minor can be fined $500 to $1,000 and his or her liabilities may be ruined.
license may be revoked.
Second conviction: A minor can be fined a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of $1,500. He or she is required to spend a minimum of five days in jail and attend an alcohol program.
Third conviction: A minor must spend at least 90 days in jail and can be fined $1,500 to $2,500. This conviction is considered a felony.
Source: City of Lawrence
said Senate was not funding the group's activism, but rather saying the group was available for students to join.
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BIODIESEL:1997 test run failed after half a day
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Akright said planning began during the summer, but the process of bringing biodiesel fuel to campus has been more difficult than expected.
The board is working with the Kansas Soybean Association to begin the trial.
Akright said the association would pay for rental of the tank to store the fuel for the trial and might even pay for other costs of the trial.
The University will use B20 biodiesel fuel, which is comparable in efficiency to generic diesel fuel, said Dunlap, Leawood senior. B20 is 20 percent biodiesel fuel and 80 percent diesel fuel.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, biodiesel fuel emits 20 percent unburned hydrocarbons and 12 percent less carbon monoxide than diesel fuel. Unburned hydrocarbons are one of the major exhaust pollutants left after fuel is burned.
The last time Student Senate initiated a biodiesel trial was 1997. It lasted less than one day because administrators at Strong Hall complained about the stench and the bus driver became nauseated.
The last time Student Senate initiated a biodiesel trial was 1997, Akright said. It lasted less than one day because administrators at Strong Hall complained about the stench and the bus driver became nauseated. The biodiesel fuel that the University of Kansas will test this semester is the same composition as the previous trial, but
the Kansas Soybean Association said this biodiesel fuel would not stink, Akright said.
The previous biodiesel fuel had another disadvantage. The biodiesel and regular diesel fuels needed to be hand mixed. The fuel for this trial is pre-blended.
Dunlap said working between companies and government agencies to meet specifications for the trial took time.
"There's always more bureaucracy than you think," Dunlap said.
The Transportation Board is currently discussing other ways to bus reduces emissions, he said. A possible option is a better filtering system which would reduce emissions year round.
If the Transportation Board finds that biodiesel fuel will work with the climate and hilly conditions of campus, biodiesel fuel would probably be used during warmer months only. Akright said.
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