2A NEWS / MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM QUOTE OF THE DAY "The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure." Sven Goran Eriksson FACT OF THE DAY Monday, November 8, 2010 When the Portuguese first landed in Japan in 1543, the Japanese had never seen guns before. Or buttons. δΈ€ Featured content kansan.com β€” qi.com Kansan newsroom updates Check in at noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. for live Kansan news briefs at Kansan.com/videos How long did you stay at the football game Saturday? - I was there for the win - I left before the fourth quarter - I left before the second half - I made it through the first quarter - I didn't go Go to Kansan.com to vote ROBERT J. DOLE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS The University of Kansas The University of Kansas http://www.facebook.com/doleinstitute MONDAY What's going on? November 8 The School of Music will present a piano recital by Graciella Kowalczky from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. TUESDAY November 9 There will be a flu shot clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m in the Underground in Wescoe Hall. Shots will be $15 and nasal sprays will be $20.50. Student Union Activities will host its fifth annual Project Runway competition from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union. FRIDAY WEDNESDAY November 12 November 10 The Lied Center will host a performance by L.A. Theatre Works of "The Real Dr. Strangelove: Edward Teller and the Battle for the H-bomb" at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10-$32. - The University Theater will host a performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the original Shakespearean pronunciation at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preeyer Theatre of Murphy Hall. The Student Involvement & Leadership Center will sponsor the Up Till Dawn Letter Writing Event all day at the Kansas Union. During the event, students will be encouraged to write to friends and family, asking them to donate to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. The event will be in the Walnut Room on the sixth floor of the Union from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will continue in the Ballroom on the fifth floor from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Food and drink will be provided. SATURDAY November 13 The University Theater will host a performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the original Shakespearean pronunciation at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre of Murphy Hall. *Student Union Activities will host a screening of the movie "Dinner for Schmucks" at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas University. Tickets are $2 with KUID.* THURSDAY November 11 Veteran's Day. SUNDAY November 14 The University Theater will host a performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in the original Shakespearean pronunciation at 7:30 p.m. in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre of Murphy Hall. Hajj begins The Cultural India Club will host a Diwal celebration from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. CAMPUS Potential deans for Law School to visit Two more candidates for dean of the School of Law will visit the University next week. Michael Moffitt, associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Oregon's School of Law, will meet with faculty, staff and students in a public forum at 3:45 p.m. Nov. 8 in 104 Green Hall. A public forum with Annette Clark, associate professor of law and former interim dean of law at the University of Seattle, is set for 3:45 p.m. Nov.10 in 106 Green Hall The first candidate for law school dean, James Ming Chen visited the University Oct. 26. Chen is the dean of the University of Louisville's Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. The name of the final candidate will be released approximately 48 hours before he or she arrives on campus. Information on all candidates is available on the provost's website. CRIME Union struck by case of vandalism Erin Brown The Office of Public Safety confirmed a case of vandalism at the Kansas Union on Saturday. saturday. An officer said the Jayhawk statue in the front of the Union was knocked over, and two ATMs there were damaged. Police are investigating, but no suspect has been identified. ODD NEWS Bug-blasting leads to false fire alarm EMMAUS, Pa. β€” Firefighters were stunned by the fumes coming from a second-floor room of a high-rise home and evacuated the entire floor of the building last week. But they learned that a resident set off several insect foggers that set off smoke alarms. Associated Press NATIONAL 9/11 toxin victims near settlement ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK β€” Thousands of laborers, police officers and firefighters suing New York City over their exposure to toxic World Trade Center dust have until Monday to decide whether to join a legal settlement that could ultimately pay them as much as $815 million. million. More than 10,000 people have sued the city and a long list of companies that handled the massive cleanup of lower Manhattan after the 9/11 attacks. Many claim to be suffering from illnesses caused by inhaling the pulverized remnants of the twin towerers. Their lawsuits blame the government and its contractors for failing to provide proper equipment to protect their lungs. Paul Napoli, a leader of the legal team representing most of the plaintiffs, told The Associated Press on Friday that with Monday's deadline looming on the largest The vast bulk of the litigation could be over on Monday. and most important of several related settlements, 90 percent of those eligible had said "yes" to the deal. the deal. An all-out effort was being made to get the rest to join on, he said. He said he and other lawyers in the firm were being besieged with questions from clients still trying to chose between taking he added that getting the paperwork finished for each claim by midnight on the deadline will be no small feat. "I'm hopeful there will be a little leeway," he said. "A lot of people appear to be making a last minute decision," he said. "It's like tax day ... there is going to be a lot of last minute wrangling." The Monday deadline technically applies only to a settlement negotiated between Napoli's legal team and the city's attorneys in the "It's like tax day ... there is going to be a lot of last minute wrangling." PAUL NAPOLI Lawyer the wringing. Under the terms of the deal, at least 95 percent of the plaintiffs must opt to participate for the settlement to become effective. Napoli said he was feeling good about hitting the target, although spring. That deal would distribute as much as $712 million among the workers, based on the severity of their illnesses and the likelihood they could be linked to the 9/11 attacks. But since that deal was inked, the firm has worked out similar agreements with other defendants in the case, including the agency that owns the World Trade Center site, that will add to the total value An insurance company that represented the operators of barges that carried rubble from Manhattan to Staten Island after the attacks has agreed to settle for $28 million, Napoli said. Other entities, including those involved in the debris-sorting operation at the city's Fresh Kills landfill, have agreed in principle on settlements that will add another $100 million, he said. Some rescue and recovery workers who had been outspoken critics of the deal early on have decided in the end to sign. Retired Fire Department Lt. Kenny Specht, who now leads a fraternal group for New York firefighters, was among them. 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