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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
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"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
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While digging, an Armadillo can hold its breath for up to six minutes.
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ENTERTAINMENT
West accuses MTV of exploitation
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NEW YORK - Kanye West blames MTV for Britney Spears' less than stellar performance at the Video Music Awards.
"Man, they were just trying to get ratings, and they knew she wasn't ready and they exploited her," the 29-year-old rapper said Tuesday on Sirius Satellite Radio's "The Morning Mash Up."
The network made a "bad move" by having the troubled pop star open Sunday's event in Las Vegas, said West, who feels he should have kicked off the show with "Stronger," the first single from his new album, "Graduation."
"They exploited her, they played
me and I really don't mess with MTV' he said.
Spears, 25. looked unprepared while performing her new song,
"Gimme More," to a bewildered
audience of her music industry peers. She seemed nervous and, at times, stopped singing altogether.
West said he wanted to perform "Stronger" on the show's main stage — where R&B hot-shot Chris Bott
moves — but complied when he was asked to host a suite party.
West said it was a blow to the ego when Justin Timberlake, who also hosted a suite party, ended up "on
"Man, they were just trying to get ratings, and they knew she wasn't ready and they exploited her."
shot Chris Brown wowed the crowd,
with Michael Jackson-esque dance
KANYE WEST
Rapper
the big stage" to give the closing performance with Timbaland and Nelly Furtado.
stadiums," he said.
MTV spokesman David French
didn't immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
West — who threw a tantrum backstage after losing all five categories for which he was nominated
— said he has bonded with 50 Cent over what they view as disrespectful behavior from MTV.
"So why do you have me do 'Stronger' in a suite, but you end the show with Justin?" he said. "I looked at 50 like, we, you need to help each other as much as possible."
50 Cent has said hed stop making solo records if West's new album outsells his "Curtis" CD in their first week out. Both albums were released Tuesday.
A little help, please?
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Zoee Moore. 3. of Dubuque, Iowa, tries to hold an armful of movies that she and her babysitter picked out while at Carnegie-Stout Public Library in Dubuque on Monday.
ODD NEWS Senior citizen fends off would-be mugger
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — A tire iron-wielding man who police said was looking to mug a senior citizen probably thought he found an easy target — that is, until the 74-year-old fought back.
Bruce Ferraro had no idea someone was following him as he walked out of a department store at the South Shore Mall on Saturday and got into his car, police said. But then a man pounded on Ferraro's window and demanded cash.
"Ferraro says, 'What, are you kidling me? and he actually gets out
of the car, 'Suffolk County Detective Sqt. Thomas Groneman said.
The mugger demanded Ferraro hand over his wallet, calling the Bay Shore resident an "old man" and threatening to hit him with the tire iron, Groneman said.
Instead, Ferraro grabbed the bar and the two fought, until the septaugenarian managed to snatch away the tire iron, police said.
Groneman said Ferraro did "a good job" of disarming his would-be assailant, though he would not recommend other people attempt such a brazen act of self-defense.
Without the weapon, the 32-year-old suspect ran to his car and attempted to drive away, police
said. But the vehicle stalled, and the man got out of the car and fled on foot. Ferraro later helped police identify the suspect.
The man was arrested later Saturday at his home in West Babylon. Police charged him with attempted robbery and he was being held on $10,000 bail in Riverhead.
Scientists mourn loss of research parrot
Ferraro's only injury was a scrape on the wrist.
WALTHAM, Mass. — Alex, a parrot who could count to six, identify colors and even express frustration with repetitive scientific trials, has died after 30 years
of helping researchers better understand the avian brain.
The cause of Alex's death was unknown. The African Grey parrot's average life span is 50 years, Brandeis University scientist Irene Pepperberg said. She said Alex was discovered dead in his cage Friday but she waited to release the news until this week so grieving researchers could get over the shock and talk about it.
"It's devastating to lose an individual you've worked with pretty much every day for 30 years," Pepperberg told The Boston Globe.
Associated Press
Someone spray-painted graffiti on dumpsters and walls outside of Gertrude Sellars Pearson Hall, according to the KU Public Safety Office.
A 31-year-old KU employee reported the theft of $10,339 from the 2000 block of West 27th Street.
Connie Schultz will host the study group "Women in Politics: Pulitzer-Prize Winning Columnist Connie Schultz" at 4 p.m. in Simmons Hall at the Dole Institute of Politics.
Someone reported the theft of a stereo and sunglasses from a motor vehicle to the KU Public Safety Office. The objects were valued for a combined $600.
KU ON WHEELS Department adds new buses for fall
Kent Stone will present the university forum "Who Did Liberation Theology Libereate?" at noon at the ECM Center.
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Laura Larson will present the Ujamaa Brownbag lecture "South Africa: A Journalistic Perspective" at 11:30 a.m. in Alcove C at the Kansas Union.
A free advanced screening of the film "The Kingdom" will start at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kanas Union.
May Davis, KU on Wheels transportation coordinator, said KU On Wheels had bought five 35-foot-long buses that are supposed to arrive later this month. The 35-foot-long buses will be used for routes with lower ridership and tighter turns.
The play "Antigone" by Sophocles will be performed at 8 p.m. at the Lawrence Arts Center. Tickets are $6 for students, $8 for seniors, and $10 for others.
She said this year's new 40-foot-long buses were necessary to provide more space because of high ridership. According to Davis, KU on Wheels will also need the longer buses for more room if the University moves to unlimited access instead of the $1 fee or bus pass system. Davis also said KU on Wheels would buy even more new buses for fall 2008.
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