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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007
quote of the day
"Cats regard people as warm-blooded furniture."
— Jacquelyn Mitchard The Deep End of the Ocean
fact of the day
source: wikipedia.org
A skilled predator, the cat is known to hunt over 1,000 species for food.
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Silent statement
Kenyan journalists wear gags during a protest in Nairobi Wednesday. Hundreds of journalists wearing gags over their mouths marched silently through Kenya's capital Wednesday to protest a proposed law that would allow courts to compel reporters to reveal their sources.
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odd news
Boy trapped in store's gun safe for 15 minutes
WORCESTER, Mass. — Gun safes are supposed to keep children out, but a 10-year-old boy managed to lock himself in.
Daniel Jancura and two other boys were playing with a safe on display at a Sam's Club on Monday when he became trapped inside. It was at least 15 minutes before firefighters and store employees could get him out.
"I was pretty scared," the Rutland boy said. "It was hot."
Daniel's mother, Laura Jancura, had brought him, his older brother and a cousin on a shopping outing. The boys came across the safe which is 5 feet tall,30 inches wide and 22 inches deep — while she wasn't looking.
Playing with the key pad on
the lock, they somehow managed to open the door. Daniel crawled inside and the door locked behind him.
Store employees were able to get an override code from the manufacturer.
"My back was turned for five minutes,"she said.
Slowing down things, however, was a security feature that locks the key pad for at least 5 minutes so no new code could be entered.
Buddhist sect sets aquatic creatures free into river
PATERSON, N.J. — Members of a Buddhist sect bought hundreds of eels, frogs and turtles and set them free in the Passaic River, hoping they would survive and realize their karmic potential.
The act did nothing for the karma of the state Department of Environmental Protection, which
Authorities said they had not found members of the New York-based Buddhist group yet, but the newspaper said it talked to one member, Ann Chin.
said the Amitabba Buddhists did not have a permit and may be subject to fines up to $1,000.
She said their intent was to save the animals, bought in New York's Chinatown, that had been destined for dinner tables.
Permits are required for releasing critters into the wild, and New Jersey is reluctant to issue them for anything beyond stocking fish ponds because of concern that nonnative species could harm the local ecosystem.
The Passaic has been cleaned up in recent years and Boriek said the animals released Sunday might have a chance of survival.
"When I pass by the fish market, i cry," Chin said. "I tell people:'Stop killing them.'Then:'Don't eat them.'
Then your heart goes to mercy."
Ohio jurors banned from watching 'CSI' shows
HAMILTON, Ohio — Most jurors are told not to read news about their case. Jurors in Butler County can't even look forward to their weekly installment of "CSI."
Common Pleas Judge Patricia Oney tells sitting jurors in this southwest Ohio city they can't watch shows ranging from the "CSI" crime scene investigation shows to the several "Law & Order" series.
"So many shows now are pulled in part from cases all over the country." Oney said, "I don't want jurors watching them while they are in deliberation."
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What do you think?
BY ALEX DUFEK
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE EXPERIENCE OF THE SUMMER?
SCOTT REID
Abilene, Texas, sophomore "I built a pontoon boat out of wood and barrels and then tried to pirate an old man's boat."
ALYSON MARTIN
Overland Park junior
"My roomates and I lined up the whole Smirnoff vodka collection and drank every color of the rainbow."
MARY SREVINGTON
Lewisop lamphomore
"I Hookahed" with Third Eye Blind
at the Jerusalem Cafe in Westport.
They were really chill."
MARY SKEVINGTON
JOHN PITTAS
Chicago sophomore
"Saving lives all summer long by life guarding at a pool."
"Academic freedom among all institutions or higher education must be carefully nurtured, no matter the nation or existing political environment." Hemenway and Lariviere said in a joint statement.
Courtney Condron
Six professors to receive fellowships
Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provost Richard Lariviere have joined hundreds of other American and Canadian college and university employees to oppose Britain's University and College Union. The Union wants to ban Israeli and British higher education staff from helping each other with their work.
The Union represents about 120,000 employees in higher education. More than 11,000 academics have signed a petition initiated by the U.S.-based Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, urging the Union to reverse its decision.
in brief
University leaders protest academic ban
University of Kansas leaders are speaking out against efforts in Britain to ban academic exchanges with Israel.
Matt Erickson
The film "Hot Fuzz" will be shown at 7:00 p.m. in SMA Audi torium at the Spencer Museum of Art.
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Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provost Richard Lariviere will surprise six professors today by visiting their classrooms to present them with W.T. Kemper Fellowships.
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