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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008
sports trivia of the day
Q: When was the last time the NCAA basketball National Championship was played on April 7th?
ncoasports.com
A: 2003 when Syracuse defeated Kansas, 81-78.
sports fact of the day
—Kansas basketball media guide
Kansas is 6-7 all-time against No.1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks, however, have beaten the last two in a row that they've faced.
"We've had a good year, but I don't think anybody's goal here was to be one of the top four teams in the country."
quote of the day
I'm taking this ball with me
North Carolina junior Tyler Hansbrough
Sophomore forward Shannon McCabe takes a touch inside the 18 yard box between two Iowa State defenders. McCabe slotted the ball across the box but was cleared out by another Iowa State defender. Kansas' next game is Sunday at 3 p.m. against Creighton.
Marla Keown/KANSAN
Men's College Basketball:
—NCAA Division I National
Championship: Kansas vs. Mem-
phis, 8:21 p.m., CBS
on tv tonight
—Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m., WGN
MLB:
TODAY
Tampa Bay at New York Yankees, 6 p.m., ESPN2
calendar
TODAY
**Men's basketball vs.**
Memphis, 8:21 p.m., San
Antonio
**Women's golf, Susie**
Maxwell Berning Classic,
All day, Tucson, Ariz.
London's Metropolitan police arrest 37 as protests intensify
OLYMPICS
TUESDAY
TUESDAY Baseball vs. Northern Colorado, 6 p.m., Lawrence
Women's golf, Susie Maxwell Berning Classic,
All day, Tucson, Ariz.
BY BRYAN MITCHELL ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London.
85,000-mile journey from Greece to and shouting "Shame on China!" Beijing has became a stage for activ- Police stopped to form a protective
Authorities said 37 people were arrested.
ists decrying China's recent crackdown on Tibetans and support for Sudan despite attacks on civilians in Darfur.
The biggest protests since last month's torch-lighting in Greece tarnished China's hope for a harmonious prelude to a Summer Olympics celebrating its rise as a global power. Instead, the flame's
The torch was closely fol-
PASSANG DOLNE Tibetan national
on horseback were mobilized to keep the procession under control.
"It feels like we are restrained like a sheep in a barn. It really hurts."
phalanx three or four officers deep every time the torch was handed to a new runner.
London's Metropolitan police said some 2,000 officers, on foot, motorcycles, bikes, and
lowed in east London by dozens of demonstrators waving Tibetan flags
"Maybe on TV screens there might be some chaotic spin but I witnessed ... I saw more smiling faces, waving hands, and thumbs-up welcoming the Olympic relay," Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Weimin told the BBC from the torch relay convoy.
A police officer detains a pro-Tibet demonstrator along the route of the torch relay in London, Sunday. Police scuffled with protesters as Olympians and celebrities carried the Olympic torch through snowy London during a chaotic relay Sunday.
Frantic organizers shuffled the order of participants to keep the Chinese ambassador away from demonstrators who grew bolder throughout the day.
The torch made it unscathed to the O2 Arena in Greenwich after more than seven fraught hours that belied the London event's theme: "Journey of Harmony."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
How much do you know about the rest of the WORLD?
Brown briefly greeted the torch when it arrived outside his Downing Street residence as pro-Tibet demonstrators and police clashed yards away near Britain's Parliament
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About 100 demonstrators managed to briefly impede the flame's progress by surrounding it near St. Paul's Cathedral, forcing police to put the flame-bearer on a bus before continuing.
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buildings. Brown never handled the torch, but watched as Olympic gold medalist Denise Lewis handed it to Paralympic hopeful Ali Jawad.
"It feels like we are restrained like a sheep in a barn," said Passang Dolne, 27, a Tibetan national who works as a nurse in London. "It really hurts."
Chinese nationals about 100 yards away were allowed to move freely as they waved Chinese flags distributed by the Chinese Embassy and the Bank of China.
French torchbearers will be encircled Monday by several hundred officers, some in riot police vehicles and on motorcycles, others on skates and on foot. Three boats were also to patrol the Seine River, and a helicopter was to fly over Paris, police said.
"We don't like the Tibet people who use this time against the Chinese. It's not a proper venue," said Ting Yan, 27.
There were scattered protests before the torch reached London. More are expected as the flame moves on to Paris, San Francisco and New Delhi.
The Kenneth A. Spencer Memorial Lecture
Tim Flannery
nationally Acclaimed Scientist, Explorer, Humanist & Conservationist
The Weather Makers How We Are Changing The Climate and What It Means
Monday, April 7 • 7:30 p.m. • Ballroom, Kansas Union
Additional Event: "A Conversation with Tim Flannery"
Tuesday, April 8 • 9:00-10:30 a.m. • The Commons, Spooner Hall
KU
THE COMMONS
The University of Kansas
Events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 785-864-4798 or visit
www.hallcenter.ku.edu
The Commons is a partnership between the Biodiversity Institute, the Hall Center for the Humanities & the Spencer Museum of Art.
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