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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2006
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2006
quote of the day
"I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me."
— Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska
fact of the day
Pork is the world's most widely eaten meat. Bonus Fact: Hogs are a source of nearly 40 drugs and pharmaceuticals on the market.
Source: National Park Producers Council
most e-mailed
Want to know what people are talking about? Here's a list of Wednesday's most e-mailed stories from Kansan. com.
1. Self juggles limited basketball lineup
2. Spooky storytelling common for Halloween
3. Students prepare for hunting season
4. False sizing benefits debated
5. Money examined in attor ney general race
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Pinching pennies
Marla Keown/KANSAN
Whitney Worthington, Austin, Texas, Freshman, works at the Kappa Kappa Gamma table in front of Wescoe Hall. "It's a Penny War," Worthington said. Kappa Kappa asked students passing by to donate pennies to help raise money for Takayasu Arteritis research. Only 2.5 million people are diagnosed with the rare chronic disease and the cause for the disease is still unknown.
STATE
STATE President Bush may or may not appear in Kansa
President George W. Bush was expected to appear in Topeka on Sunday. However, this may no longer be the case.
The president was supposed to appear in support of Jim Ryun, the Republican incumbent running for Congress. The White House Press Secretary reported today that there were no plans for the president to be in Kansas this weekend.
Jeffrey Black, spokesman for Jim Ryan's campaign, could not say whether Bush would be visiting Topeka. But he confirmed that Bush would not be appearing in support of Ryun.
But at least one KU campus organization is expecting a visit from Bush. A staff member at St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center sent out an e-mail on Wednesday that said Ann Ryun, wife of Jim Ryun, had called and asked for volunteers to help with the rally where the president would be present.
Three University of Kansas professors will be prominently featured on an episode of the National Geographic Channel show Naked Science airing at 9 tonight
Black could not confirm that Ann Ryun had called the staff member or St. Lawrence.
CAMPUS
National Geographic show to feature KU professors
Adrian Melett, professor of astronomy, Mikhail Medvedev assistant professor of astronomy and Bruce Lieberman, associate professor of geology, will explain their theory that a gamma ray burst caused a mass extinction at the end of the Ordovician period
Kanson staff reports
around 440 million years ago.
Melott said when the extinction occurred, the earth was primarily underwater. He theorizes a gamma ray burst, a concentrated beam of energy expelled from the collapse of a massive spinning star, hit the earth and destroyed significant parts of the atmosphere. He said the burst destroyed a third of the ozone in the atmosphere, which greatly increased the amount of ultra violet light. This increase in light would killed animals who lived in very shallow water, destroying about eighty percent of planetary life.
Nate McGinnis
LAWRENCE
Fate of alleged killer in
hands of district attorney
Lawrence police have finished the investigation into the death of a KU student who was struck by a car Sept. 23. The investigation has been forwarded to the Douglas County district attorney's office.
District Attorney Charles Branson will decide if Joshua Walton, a 24-year-old Lawrence man, will be arrested and charged with striking and killing Ryan Kanost, Manhattan senior.
Walton drove a Toyota Camry through the intersection of 13th and Kentucky early in the morning Sept. 23, and allegedly struck Kanost in a crosswalk. A police report called Walton's driving "reckless and careless." Witnesses said Walton was exceeding the 30-mph speed limit on Kentucky
Assistant District Attorney Amy McGowan said she and Branson had been in a trial all day Wednesday and had not had a chance to view the death investigation report.
David Linhardt
what do you think?
ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS THIS TUESDAY?
BY MATT ERICKSON
JOHN O'NELIO, Pittsburg, Kan., sophomore
"No. I don't think I'm registered, and I haven't really been following any of that stuff right now."
TRACE WILSON, Wichita sophomore
"Probably. It's just your duty as an American."
SPENCER COURTNEY, Derby, sophomore
"I'm afraid not. I didn't register. I was kind of lazy about it."
MEGAN SANDERS, Baileyville sophomore
"Yeah. I think more people should vote.I know college students have a lower percentage of voting."
CHRISTINA ALEXOPOULOS, Lenexa freshman
"Yes, because it's my first time I can actually vote."
clarification
The campaign finance break box that accompanied the story, "Unitemized contributions spark debate," on Tuesday inadvertently left out several candidates. The 2nd and 3rd Congressional District candidates are listed below. Congressional Campaign Finance Reports 2005-2006 Cycle Source: Federal Election Commission
2nd District
Jim Ryun
Total receipts: $883,156
Individual Contributions:
$409,792
Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $448,916
Total Disbursements: $720,286
Beginning cash: $57,790
Ending cash on hand: $220,659
Nancy Boyda
Total receipts: $528,132
Individual Contributions:
$414,165
Non Party (e.g. PACs) or Other
Committees: $37,000
Total Disbursements: $403,330
Beginning cash: $512
Ending cash on hand: $125,313
3rd District
Dennis Moore
BRA DISTRICT
Dennis Moore
Total receipts: $2,020,962
Individual Contributions:
$768,279
Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other
Committees: $1,180,277
Total Disbursements:
$1,679,583
Beginning cash: $26,276
Ending cash on hand: $132,138
Chuck Ahner
Total receipts: $435,005
Individual Contributions:
$176,565
Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other
Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $6,000
Total Disbursements: $301,586
Beginning cash: $0
Ending cash on hand: $133,418
Erin Castaneda
correction
An article in Tuesday's The University Daily Kansan needs clarification. The article, "Unitemized contributions spark debate," should have said Attorney General Phill Kline's memo, leaked in September, directed his campaign staff to schedule him to deliver sermons at churches where pastors could be convinced to bring "money people" to afterchurch fundraising receptions.
—Erin Castaneda
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