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WEATHER
Today
66 46
Rainy
FOUR-DAY FORECAST Tomorrow Thursday
72 40 A few showers
61 40
Friday
Some sun!
Saturday
66 34
63 35
Rainy again
Cooling down — Alex Perkins, KUJH-TV
Question of the Day KU info exists to answer all your questions about KU and life as a student. Check out KU Info's Web site at kinfo.libku.edu, call it at 864-3508 or visit it in person at Anzuh Library.
Are there any dancing clubs on campus?
If you want to learn to dance you should check out the KU Ballroom Dancing Club. Each week they meet on Sunday from 2pm-4pm in the Kansas Union Ballroom, and they hold lessons in a particular style. They go over everything in Latin dances like Salsa and Meringue, to classics like the Waltz and the Froxtot. Get more info at their website: www.ku.edu/~kubdc. There are numerous other Dance-related clubs. You can check out the KU Swing Society at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kuswingsociety.
For more information on Dance Clubs, or any other club for that matter, go to the KU Organizations website at http://www.ku.edu/organizations/.
Classical concert
Rvlan Howe/KANSAN
John Lynch, director, and members of the Wind Ensemble receive the audience's applause after performing Lincolnshire Posi. The piece was part of a homecoming concert put on by the department of music and dance and performed Friday night at the Lied Center.
Saudi female voting barred
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Women may neither vote nor run in Saudi Arabia's first nationwide elections, the government announced yesterday, dashing hopes of progressive Saudis and easing fears among conservatives that the kingdom is moving too fast on reforms.
Some women considered the move yet another indignity in a country where they need their husbands' permission to study, travel or work.
But others said they wouldn't trust themselves to judge whether a candidate is more than just a handsome face.
"I don't think that women's participation is possible."
The religious establishment had been lobbying against women's participation in the elections, diplomats said.
But an electoral official cited administrative and logistical reasons yesterday for the decision to ban women from the municipal elections, scheduled to be
Interior Minister
Prince Nayef
held in three stages from Feb. 10 to April 21.
The decision was first announced by Interior Minister Prince Nayef in an interview published yesterday. In his terse comment to a Kuwaiti newspaper, Nayef said only: "I don't think that women's participation is possible."
His remark was the first by a named top official on the issue.
It settled a question that had been occupying Saudis since the government set the date for the elections in August. When the election law was published, it did not explicitly bar women from voting, which encouraged three women to
declare themselves candidates.
"I am surprised," said Nadia Bakhurji, 37, the first woman to announce she planned to run. "I was optimistic and didn't think they would ban it."
Bakhurji said she hoped Nayef and the elections committee would "rethink their decision" and show transparency by saying why women have been banned.
She said that would give women the chance to "work hand-in-hand with them to solve these problems in time for elections," said Bakhurji, an architect and a mother of two.
Saudi Arabia's only electoral experiences were some municipal polls held in a few cities in the 1960s.
They did not cover the whole country, and their electoral rules and registration procedures did not conform to international standards. Women did not vote.
'Superman' Reeve dies at age 52
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y.
Christopher Reeve, the chiseled, strapping "Superman" of celluloid who became another kind of hero as a force for spinal cord research after a devastating horse-riding accident, has died at 52. Reeve, a quadriplegic for the last nine years of his life who vowed that he would one day walk again, died Sunday of complications from an infection caused by a bedsore.
His wife, actress Dana Reeve, issued a statement thanking "the millions of fans from around the world who have supported and loved my husband over the years."
"The world has lost a tremendous activist and artist, and an inspiration
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2004
After winning worldwide fame as Superman in three films from 1978 to 1983 and struggling to "escape the cape" with later roles.
for people worldwide. I have lost a great friend," said actor and comedian Robin Williams.
He used his Hollywood fame to win attention and funding for scientific study of disabilities like his and to lobby for looser restrictions on stem-cell research.
Reeve suddenly became the face of spinal cord injury after his May 1995 riding accident.
"I consider myself a spokesman for people who can't call the president or a senator or testify by Congress," Reeve said in a 1998 interview with The Associated Press.
Reeve, born in New York City in 1952, landed a part on the soap opera Love of Life in 1974. His first Broadway role was as Katharine Hepburn's grandson in A Matter of Gravity, and his first movie role was in the 1978 submarine movie Gray Lady Down.
"I felt the best opportunities of my career still lay ahead." Reeve wrote.
But then came the accident in Culpeper, Va.
Then came Superman, fame and wealth.
Besides his wife, Reeve is survived by their son, Will, 12; two children from a relationship with Gae Exton, Matthew, 25, and Alexandra, 21; his mother; his father, Franklin Reeve; and a brother, Benjamin Reeve.
ON CAMPUS
The Kansas African Studies Center will hold a seminar from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today in Alcove D of the Kansas Union called "African Immigrant Communities in Kansas City: Institution-Building and Community Organizing."
The Laird Brown Bag Lecture sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies will hold a lecture from noon until 1 p.m. today at 318 Bailey Hall called "Observations on Russian Orthodoxy Today" by Andrew Moulton, REES Program Assistant and MA student.
The Islamic Society of Lawrence is having an open house from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at the Islamic Center of Lawrence, 1917 Naismith Drive.
ON THE RECORD
Lawrence police arrested an 18-year-old KU student at about 2:30 a.m. Friday in the 2100 block of Iowa Street. He was charged with operating under the influence. He also refused to complete a portable breath test, according to a police report.
Lawrence police arrested a 22-year-old KU student at about 8 a.m. Saturday. He was charged with criminal damage to property valued more than $500.
Lawrence police arrested a 22-year-old KU student at about 4 a.m. Saturday. He was charged with urinating in public.
Lawrence police arrested a 19-year-old KU student at about 9 p.m. Saturday. He was charged with operating under the influence and transportation of an open container.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital reported to Lawrence police that someone had burned its Kansas State University flag Saturday night. Damage is estimated around $50.
Police arrested an 18-year-old KU student at about 1 a.m. Friday in the 2100 block of Clinton Parkway. He was charged with operating under the influence.
A 22-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen her red electric Schwinn scooter sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning in the 1000 block of Mississippi Street. The theft is valued at approximately $200.
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"Kick it oldschool"
CLASSIC LAWRENCE PARKS & RECREATION
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
CLINTON LAKE SOFTBALL COMPLEX
FIRST KICK AT NOON
COST $75 PER TEAM
This is a coed, double-elimination tournament. Teams must have an equal number of men and women (maximum 10/minimum 8) on the playing field but all players on the roster may kick. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place teams.
Register at the Community Building, 115 W. 15th St., or online at www.lprd.org Registration deadline is Wednesday, October 20. For more information, contact the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department Adult Sports Division at 832-7920.
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