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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2004
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Question of the Day
KU info excites to answer all your questions about KU and as a student. Check out KU info's web site at knuf.lib.ku.edu. call it at 884-3506 or visit in person at Anchorage Library.
Who's on the ___ dollar bill?
$1: George Washington, first president.
$1. George Washington, first president.
$2. Thomas Jefferson, third president, drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Declaration of independence.
$$5: Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president, saved the union.
the union
$10: Alexander Hamilton, not a president, died in
a duel with Aaron Burr.
$20: Andrew Jackson, seventh president, old hickory.
$50: Ullysses S. Grant, eighteenth president, civil war general.
$100: Benjamin Franklin, not a president, flew kites.
$500: William McKinley, 25th president, assassinated.
$1,000: Grover Cleveland, 22nd, 24th president.
$5,000: James Madison, fourth president, helped write Federalist Papers.
$10,000. Salmon P. Chase, not a president,
Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury.
$100,000. Woodrow Wilson, 28th president
Assault weapons ban expires
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gun shop owners don't expect much to change now that a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons has expired.
For one thing, they say, manufacturers were able to keep many weapons on the market simply by changing the guns' names or altering some features.
"The idea that this is opening up the floodgate to a wave of violence is stupid," said Jeff Neumann, manager of The Bullet Hole in Overland Park, Kan. National
But not everyone is so sure. National police organizations such as the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Brotherhood of Police Officers and the Fraternal Order of Police supported renewing the ban, which expired Monday.
ban, which expired Monday.
"We have some concerns, and we share them with many law enforcement agencies across the nation," said Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman Lt. John Eichkorn. "Truly, what can be gained by having those weapons on our nation's streets? The safety and security of Kansas is our priority, and taking away the ban concerns the patrol."
The measure, signed by President Clinton, had outlawed 19 types of military-style assault weapons, banned certain features on firearms such as bayonet mounts, and limited ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Some gun shop owners, such as John Daily, manager of The Bullet Stop in Wichita, anticipate at least some interest in new high-capacity magazines.
est in new high capacity stores. "There were some companies already advertising in anticipate of this law sunseting." Daily said, "I would think that they are ready to ship high capacity magazines."
Still, Pat Livingston, owner of Pat's Pawn and Gun in Ogden, doesn't anticipate a rush for assault weapons similar to the one that occurred before the ban went into effect.
"Bill Clinton and (gun-control advocate) Sarah Brady were the best salespeople in the world," he said. "They sold all them by doing that."
CAMPUS
Business School sponsors career fair in Kansas Union
The Business School will be sponsoring a career fair tomorrow at the Kansas Union Ballroom on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union, according to an e-mail sent by Ann J. Hartley, associate director of the University career center, to all senior students.
The event will run from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. tomorrow. All majors are welcome to attend the career fair. Nearly 90 businesses are scheduled to be at the event, according to the e-mail.
mail.
More information on the event is available at www.ku.edu/~ubc/careerfair or by calling Business Career Services at 864-5591.
- Andy Hyland
Cover art
Design student Mandy Perkins, Paola senior, attaches a cover onto her portable drawing station yesterday afternoon. Perkins worked on a project for her industrial design class.
Hurricane to arrive near Cuba soon
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands
GEORGIE TOWNE, Cayman Islands — A strengthened Hurricane Ivan headed toward the tip of western Cuba with 160 mph winds yesterday after pummeling the Cayman Islands with flooding that swamped homes and fierce winds that ripped off roofs.
fierce whales that have been slow-moving, extremely dangerous Category 5 storm killed at least 68 people across the Caribbean before reaching the Caymans, and threatens millions more in its projected path.
millions more in its projects. Parts of low-lying Grand Cayman, the largest island in the territory of 45,000 people, were swamped under up to 8 feet of water yesterday and residents stood on rooftops of flooded homes. A car floated by the second story of one building, and a resident called Radio Cayman to report seeing two bodies floating off the beach. Police said they could not confirm the report.
western Cuba, threatening floods in Pinar del Rio province, the center of tobacco growing and the biggest source for the island's famed cigar industry. About 1.3 million Cubans were evacuated from their homes, most taking refuge in the sturdier houses of relatives, co-workers or neighbors.
Ivan intensified overnight, with maximum sustained winds at 160 mph and gusts up to 195 mph, and headed for
Ivan — at Category 5, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson scale and capable of catastrophic damage — was projected to pass near Cuba's western end by yesterday afternoon or evening on a path toward the U.S. gulf coast.
on a path toward the end, gave President Fidel Castro toured western Cuba yesterday morning, stopping to discuss preparations with defense officials in the provincial capital of Pinar del Rio, where residents shouted "Fidel! Fidel!"
"Idell Fidel."
"We are so happy to have him close to us," said 78-year-old Elsa Ramos.
"Fidel protects us from all bad things."
"Fidel protects us from an enormous interest in emergency preparations, appearing the last few nights on state television programs focusing on Ivan's approach.
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
An article in Monday's University Daily Kansan needs clarification. The editorial, "Fans prepare; Kansas is a multiple-sport campus," stated Memorial Stadium is the oldest stadium west of the Mississippi River. Memorial Stadium is the oldest stadium in use west of the Mississippi River.
An article in yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article "Discussions cover impact of attacks, civil liberties" misstated Tom Knutzen's position on the PATRIOT Act. Knutzen is critical of the act.
ON THE RECORD
A 19-year-old KU student reported a burglary and theft of subwoofers and an amplifier with the value of $900, with the criminal damage to the dash of the car estimated at $200. The theft and damage took place between 1:30 a.m. and 6:20 a.m. Friday on the 23rd block of Wakarusa Drive.
A 19-year-old KU student reported the theft of a Dell laptop computer, valued at $2,000. The theft took place just before 2 a.m. Saturday.
A 20-year-old KU student was victim to a reported domestic battery 3 p.m. Sunday at the victim's residence, on the 24th block of west 24th Street.
ON CAMPUS
Kansas African Studies Center will present Peoples of the Horn in the New African Diaspora in the United States and Canada: Bibliographic Sources for Research by Ken Lohrantz, 4 to 5:30 p.m. today in109 Bailey Hall.
Center for Russian and East European Studies will hold a brown bag lunch called Additional Thoughts on Military Intelligence: The Russo-Japanese Situation in Centenary Perspective, featuring Leslie Dienes, Ph.D., of the University's geography department from noon until 1 p.m., today in 318 Bailey Hall.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will present a faith forum, A Liberating Take on Christianity, 9 to 10:10 p.m. today at the ECM at 12th and Oread.
University Christian Fellowship will hold a Bible study, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today in 106 in the Burge Union.
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