THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
NEWS
3A
ENTERTAINMENT
Game release causes frenzy
BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw.kansan.com
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grand Theft Auto IV is available in PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Copies of the game have sold out in stores across Lawrence.
Sounds of gunfire filled University residence halls, apartments and houses all over Lawrence Tuesday after the debut of the long-awaited and controversial Grand Theft Auto IV. The game's release meant big business for Lawrence retail stores.
AJ Matthews, Wal-Mart employee, said Wal-Mart sold all 72 of its Xbox 360 copies in 30 minutes. He said half of the PlayStation 3 copies were sold.
"The line went from electronics to almost out the door," he said. "I was actually one of them in line."
Matthews said Wal-Mart would double its next shipment, which should be in by the end of this week.
Kaitlyn Fairchild, an Overland Park freshman and Hastings employee, said Hastings sold out of its PlayStation 3 copies, but had 30 Xbox 360 copies left as of 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
She said she had personally sold 15 copies in one hour.
"Pretty much every five minutes someone comes in wanting one," Fairchild said. "I've personally had to turn away seven customers who wanted PlayStation 3 copies of the game."
She said she wasn't sure when Hastings would restock its
PlayStation 3 supply.
Jeremy Tuggle, Target electronics team leader, said Target sold 55 of its 94 Xbox 360 copies and 12 of its PlayStation 3 copies.
"We get a customer who wants one every three or four minutes," he said.
Tuggle said he went to Target at 8 a.m. to buy his own copy so he could play it before he went to work.
He said Grand Theft Auto IV was a little different than the previous games of its series, but he said it still had all the trademark aspects to it.
"There's a multiplayer part to this one, so you can get online and play with your friends," Tuggle said. "Graphic-wise, it also looks a lot sharper than the previous GTAS."
Insider Games News gave the game a 10 in every category: presentation, graphics, sound, gameplay and lasting appeal. According to IGN's Web site, the last game to receive an overall rating of 10 from IGN was Soul Caliber in 1999.
Edited by Jessica Sain-Baird
NATION
Army barracks investigated after plumbing incident
WASHINGTON — Army officials said Tuesday they are inspecting every barracks building worldwide to see whether plumbing and other problems revealed at Fort Bragg, N.C., last week are widespread.
Brig. Gen. Dennis Rogers, who is responsible for maintaining barracks throughout the Army, told reporters at the Pentagon that most inspections were done
last weekend but he had not seen final results.
While not providing specifics about problems discovered during the weekend inspections, Rogers indicated some deficiencies were corrected. In cases where extensive repairs are deemed necessary, the soldiers in that housing would be moved elsewhere until the fixes are completed, he added.
Rogers said it was too soon to know whether the Fort Bragg problem was an isolated incident. He acknowledged the revelations
from a video shot by the father of an 82nd Airborne Division soldier showing poor conditions such as mold inside the barracks, peeling interior paint and a bathroom drain plugged with sewage.
Rogers said the Army's standard procedure is to inspect a barracks building to verify that it meets Army standards before it is occupied by soldiers returning from an overseas deployment. For reasons he was unable to explain, that apparently did not happen in the Fort Bragg incident.
Chief Justice fields questions
CAMPUS
John G. Roberts Jr. visits campus tonight for the first time
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
chambersca.com
fchambers@kansan.com
Four students will receive the opportunity to question the Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. about his
policies and possible Supreme Court cases this evening at the business school's annual Vickers Memorial Lecture.
Two business students and two law students
Roberts
were selected by their the professors to ask the Chief Justice questions submitted by their peers. The students will also be allowed to ask a few of their own questions.
Peter Curzon, Phoenix senior, and a business student who will question Roberts, said he would ask Roberts what role the Supreme Court would play in regulating interstate
round of the law school's "Moot Court" competition.
Steve McAllister, a professor of law and a former law clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas, said the University caught Roberts at a good time because Roberts was early in his tenure and still enhiusastic about visiting schools.
"He just comes across as a very engaging, personable fellow who I think people will really like and students will really enjoy," McAllister said.
McAllister said he would ask Roberts how it felt to take his boss's place and how his court differed from former Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist's court. Roberts clerked for Rehnquist from 1980-1981 when Rehnquist was the Associate Justice.
"He (Roberts) comes across as a very engaging, personable fellow who I think people will really like and students will really enjoy."
commerce through the Internet.
STEVE MCALLISTER Professor of law
Curzon said he was specifically interested in finding out how the court would regulate Web sites' abilities to use spyware on their users. Curzon said he expected this practice to be challenged in the Supreme Court in the future.
Roberts, who was appointed to the Supreme Court to the Chief Justice position by George W. Bush in 2005, is the first Chief Justice to visit the University of Kansas. Roberts will also visit several business and law classes Thursday morning before judging the final
Annie Van Allen, Clearwater junior and a business student who will also question Roberts, said she was unsure what she would ask the Chief Justice because she would
serve as the voice of the business school. She said being selected for such an honor was very humbling.
"It's an incredible opportunity that I feel very very blessed to have," Van Allen said.
McAllister, who served on a committee with Roberts once, also said he was looking forward to becoming better acquainted with the Chief Justice during his visit.
McAllister said he and Roberts had several mutual friends, which helped McAllister persuade the Chief Justice to visit the University. McAllister has also hosted Associate
details
The Vickers Memorial Lecture will begin at 6 p.m. in the Lied Center. People who do not have tickets can watch the lecture live from Budig Hall Room 120. People who plan to watch the lecture at Budig are advised to arrive when the doors open at 5 p.m. as seats are first come first serve.
The Vickers Memorial Lecture has been given at the University since 1969. The lecture is named after J.A. Vickers, a business alumnus and owner of Vickers Petroleum Co., and Vickers' son, Robert.
Justice Antonin Scalia's visit to the University's study abroad program in Turkey in 2005 and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's visit to the program in 2006.
Two law students, Adam Davis and Bella Truong, will also question Roberts at this evening's lecture in the Lied Center.
The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. but people will not be admitted into the theater after 5:45 p.m. Tickets for the event are sold out, and empty seats will not be given away.
People who do not have tickets can watch the lecture live from 120 Budig Hall. People will be admitted into the room on a first come first serve basis. Those who plan to watch the lecture in Budig are advised to arrive when the doors open at 5 p.m.
Edited by Matt Hirschfeld
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