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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Who was the first guy that looked at a tow and said, 'I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them?'
— Calvin & Hobbes
FACT OF THE DAY
Dairy cows produce more milk when listening to relaxing music.
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Friday, March 26, 2010
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State may ban texting while driving
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The Kansas legislature is trying to pass new regulations to prohibit texting while driving.
The sights and sounds of debate
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Debaters from the University of Kansas argued using a rapid-fire speaking style in the National Debate Tournament Saturday.
The first class of students at KU was in 1866 and consisted of 29 men and 26 women. There are now more women than men at KU, but not by much: $52\%$ women and $48\%$ men.
What's going on today?
The 2009 Russian film "Taras Bulba" will play with English subtitles from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 318 of Bailey Hall.
University Theatre will present various undergraduate student plays from 7:30 to 10 p.m. in the William Inge Memorial Theatre of Murphy Hall. Ticket are $10 for students, $14 for senior citizens and $15 for general public.
If you would like to submit an event to be included on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at news.kanansan.com with the subject "Calendar."
Student Union Activities will screen "Scream" from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 with KUID and $3 for the general public.
SATURDAY March 27
University Theatre will present various undergraduate student plays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the William Inge Memorial Theatre of Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $14 for senior citizens and $15 for general public.
- Free Cosmic Bowling from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Jaybowell in the Kansas Union.
TUESDAY
March 30
SUNDAY March 28
■ Frank Lenk, research services director for Mid-America Regional Council, will present "MARC's Adaptive Growth Scenario" from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 155 of Regnier Hall at the KU Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivia Road. Lenk will discuss job growth in the Kansas City area and what it means for the community.
- Percussionist Collin Watten will perform from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Swainton Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series.
Baritone Ryan King and pianist Laura Gibson will perform from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series.to 9:30 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Union.
WEDNESDAY March 31
The Latin American film "Sin Nombre" will play from 7 to 9 p.m. in room 4051 of Wescoe Hall as part of the Latin American Studies Film Festival.
Baritone Christopher Bohling will perform from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series.
MONDAY March 29
Percussionist Miguel Rivera-Ramirez will perform from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series.
Rory Stewart, Ryan Family Professor of the Practice of Human Rights at Harvard University, will present the lecture "Afghanistan: Rhetoric and Reality" from 7.30 to 9 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
THURSDAY April 1
Composer Li Kal Han Jeremiah will perform from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series.
■ Percussionist Tracy Thomas will perform from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 130 of Murphy Hall as part of the KU School of Music's Student Recital Series.
INTERNATIONAL
Drug-related violence ensues despite arrests
Associated Press
BY E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
MEXICO CITY — Federal police have arrested Mexico's "king of Heroin" a powerful drug
edly responsible for running thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year, authorities said Thursday.
lose Antonio Medina, nicknamed "Don Pepe," was
in 2007 to 38 tons in 2008, with the increase translating to lower heroin prices and more heroin-related overdoses and more overdose deaths, according to U.S. government estimates in a report by the National Drug Intelligence
Border Patrol agents seized 4.8 million pounds of narcotics at border crossings last year.
arrested in the western state of Michoacan on Wednesday and is being held for prosecution, said Ramon Pequeno, head of the antinarcotics division of Mexico's federal police.
The White House National Drug Threat Assessment says that, while heroin use is stable or decreasing in the U.S., the source of the drug has shifted in recent years from Colombia — where production and purity are declining — to Mexico, where powerful drug cartels are gaining a foothold in the lucrative market.
Heroin production in Mexico rose from 17 pure metric tons
Medina, 36, ran a complex smuggling operation that hauled 440 pounds (200 kilograms) of heroin each month across the Mexican border in Tijuana for La Familia drug cartel. Peauoan said
Center.
B order agents Patrol agents seized 4.8 million pounds of narcotics at border crossings last year, and heroin seizures saw the most significant increase
during that time, with a 316 percent tump over 2008.
Mexico and the U.S. are working together to counter a handful of increasingly violent drug cartels that supply most of the illicit drugs sold in the U.S. The arrest came the day after top U.S. Cabinet officials, led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, visited Mexico to underscore their shared responsibility for the country's drug-related violence.
The bloodshed continued Thursday, when Mexican marines on patrol in the small town of Cerralvo, north of the city of Monterrey, came under fire after ordering a convoy of gunmen
Nearly 17,900 people have died in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderon launched an assault on cartels after taking office in December 2006.
traveling in 6 vehicles to stop.
Six of the assailants were killed in the ensuing battle, the navy said. The marine patrol, which was supported by two navy helicopters during the firefight, seized 15 rifles, 10 pistols, 2 grenades and ammunition from the vehicles.
In Ciudad harez, a border city of 1.3 million people just south of El Paso, Tex., police found a decapitated man lying in a shopping center parking lot, his head inside a black plastic bag nearby.
Police in Ciudad huarez also evacuated a grade school after two explosive charges were found on the sidewalk in front of the building.
In the southern state of Guerrero, the body of a 16-year-old boy
In Monterray, a human rights group said a suspected drug trafficker wanted for questioning about a shootout — and the death of a fellow suspect — was in hiding. So was the police chief, who state investigators want to question about the case.
was found at a trash dump in the township of Tecpan de Galeana. State police said the body bore multiple gunshot wounds.
Such killings are believed to be the result of drug cartels
Mexicans for allegedly running financial operations for cartels.
The two trafficking suspects were detained Sunday in the Monterrey suburb of Santa Catarina. They were last seen being put aboard a navy helicopter. On Monday, one of the suspects turned up tortured, killed and wrapped in a blanket.
Federal police in Mexico City said Thursday they had seized $1.7 million in small bills and arrested two Colombians and two
fighting among themselves for control of the drug trade, a lucrative business estimated to bring $25 billion in cash into Mexico each year.
It was unclear how one suspect died and the other wound up on the run, but the navy has said it simply transported the men to
Such killings are believed to be the result of drug cartels fighting amongst themselves for control of the drug trade.
Nuevo Leon state police were sent to question the surviving suspect Wednesday night, but he had disappeared by the
a hospital at the request of local police.
Nuevo Leon Gov. Rodrigo Medina said Santa Catarina police chief Eduardo Murrieta should testify before authorities to clear up the mystery. Murrieta had custody of the two suspects after they were detained.
time investigators arrived, the state human rights commission said.
CRIME REPORT
At approximately 6:30 p.m. Tuesday a student's KU ID and keys were stolen from a cubbie at the Ambler Student Recreation Center. Losses were valued at $11.
It was discovered on Sunday that a custom guitar had been stolen from Murphy Hall sometime over the last month. Losses were valued at $3,000.
INTERNATIONAL
Chavez continues news crackdown
CARACAS, Venezuela — The owner of Venezuela's only remaining TV channel that takes a critical line against President Hugo Chavez was arrested Thursday, raising concerns the government is pursuing a widening crackdown to silence opponents.
Guillermo Zuloaga, owner of Globovision, was detained on a warrant charging him with making remarks "offensive" to the president, Attorney General Luisa Ortega said. Zuloaga was later released, but the judge issued an order preventing from leaving the country while prosecutors proceed with their investigation.
Zuloaga said military intelligence agents detained him at an airport in the northwestern state of Falcon as he was preparing to fly on his private plane with his wife to the Caribbean island of Bonaire, where they planned to vacation.
The arrest could be a decisive development in Chavez's drive to rein in a channel that he has accused of trying to undermine his government. Globovision has been the only stridently anti-Chavez channel on the air since another opposition-aligned channel, RCTV, was forced off cable and satellite TV in January. RCTV was booted off the open airwaves in 2007.
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