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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008
"A little tough talk in the midst of a campaign or as part of a presidential debate cannot obscure a record of 30 years of being on the wrong side of defense issues."
Vice President Dick Cheney
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3. Study abroad experience gets pricey
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4. Ecumenical Christian Ministries to host finance class
5. Lucky date nearing for marrying couples
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Erin Goodman, San Antonio senior, rehearses for the University Dance Company's spring performance Tuesday afternoon in Robinson Center. Goodman, along with three other students, practiced a dance called Power Surge for their contemporary ballet class.
ODD NEWS
One person's trash is another's mariuana
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A pot grower in northern California is following nature's rules, if not the law.
Workers who were sorting items at a San Jose recycling center last week found a large trash bag full of mariuana plants.
The center collects leaves, tree limbs and other natural material for composting, but San Jose police say the plants won't end up that way.
Instead, they'll be held as evidence of a crime.
Police say the marijuana could have come from anywhere in Santa Clara County. They don't know how much of the pot in the bag was able to be sold.
Leap Day gift giveaway turns chaotic, aggressive
NEW YORK — Even giving away something for free can turn into a hassle in New York.
A video-sharing Web site set out to observe Leap Day by handing out prizes worth up to $29 on Feb. 29 outside Union Square Park.
As the clocked toward the event's scheduled time — 2:29 p.m. — people shouting "Make it raint!" and "Give me my money!" trampled one another and mobbed the costumed representatives of CashTomato.com
Some people wrested bags of cash-stuffed envelopes and other items from the CashTomato workers, said Jason Buzi, who identified himself as the company's senior vice president.
the only ones who were overwhelmed.
The prize-givers weren't
"Before I knew it, I was on the floor and under a pile of people," said Anabel DeJesus, 17. She left without any prize. "It's not worth it," she told the Daily News.
Buzi said CashTomato has staged relatively uneventful giveaways in other cities, and he was startled by the Manhattan mayhem.
Police didn't have any information Saturday on whether anyone was iniured or arrested.
"It turned out to be a lot of aggressive people," he said. "Maybe next time, I would plan this better."
Man has own arm shot to avoid work, drug test
PASCO, Wash. — What happened to faking a cough?
Sheriff's detectives in Franklin County, Wash., say a man had his friend shoot him in the shoulder so he wouldn't have to go to work.
When he first spoke with deputies, Daniel Kuch told them he'd been the victim of a drive-by shooting while he was jogging Thursday. But detectives told KONA radio that Kuch later acknowledged that he asked his friend to shoot him so he could get some time off work and avoid a drug test.
The friend has been arrested for investigation of reckless endangerment. Kuch is expected to be charged with false reporting.
Detectives declined to say where Kuch works, or whether he still has a job. It wasn't known if he had obtained a lawyer.
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Volunteers feed the feral cats everyday at Douglas Memorial Park in Cape May, N.J. The deal to move the feral cat colonies, suspected of eating the Piping Plover, a threatened and protected species of shore bird, has fallen through. The cats' backers, said there was no proof anything was killed.
to withhold funds for replenishing Cape May's beach if the city refused to protect the birds.
Feral cats cause trouble
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CAPE MAY, N.J. — Having learned a lesson about the birds and the beach, this Victorian seaside resort adopted a compromise plan Tuesday to protect both by keeping cats away from them.
After nearly a year of conflict that pitted cat lovers against bird lovers in one of North America's prime bird-watching spots, the City Council approved a plan to move feral cat colonies 1,000 feet away from the beach.
The move was necessary to protect endangered shore birds like the piping plover and the least tern, both of which are vulnerable to cats and other predators because they nest on the ground, in ruts on Cape May's popular beach.
"It's important to protect our beaches," said Councilwoman Linda Steenrod. "At the same time, it's important to protect life. That means all life. I think we have a good compromise."
Because the birds are listed as endangered species, federal environmental officials had threatened
About 40 cat lovers picketed outside City Hall before Tuesday's vote, chanting "Feral cats won't go away, revise the plan and let them stay."
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had wanted feral cat colonies banned within one mile of the beach which would have eliminated all wild cats in Cape May, where both cats and birds are popular.
The compromise calls for a 1,000-foot buffer zone between the cats and known bird nesting grounds.
The federal Endangered Species Act prohibits killing, harming or even bothering endangered birds like piping plovers and least terns.
The public event "Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show" will take place all day at University Press of Kansas.
The lecture "The Business' of Life Sciences" will begin at 8 a.m. at the Edwards Campus.
The KU Libraries' Book Sale will take place between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. in the Watson Library.
The workshop "Conducting Faculty Searches" will begin at 9 a.m. in 258 Strong.
The workshop "InDesign:
Introduction" will begin at 9
a.m. in the Anschutz Library
Instruction Center.
The workshop "Photoshop:
Introduction" will begin at 10 a.m. in the Budig PC Lab.
USS Executive Meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the International Room in the Kansas Union.
on campus
The public event "University Forum. Universal Health Care: Is it Possible?" will begin at noon at the ECM center.
The seminar "Osher Institute: Islam and Muslim Approaches to Modernity" will begin at 2 p.m. at Continuing Education.
The baseball team will compete against LeMoyne at 3 p.m. at Hoglund Ballpark.
The women's basketball team will compete against Kansas State at 7 p.m. in Allen Fieldhouse.
Student Union Activities will present Post Secret's Frank Warren at 7 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
NATION Former narcotics officer runs for congressman
DALLAS — A former narcotics officer who advocates the legalization of drugs has a new career goal — congressman.
Barry Cooper is running as a Libertarian candidate in the 31st Congressional District in Central Texas.
Cooper became a successful narcotics officer after joining the Permian Basin Drug Task Force, a regional group in West Texas.
Cooper, 38, said he took part in 800 drug buests, and seized more than 50 vehicles and $500,000 in cash and assets.
However, he soured on his former profession and now advocates the legalization of drugs, saying that would mean addicts could receive better treatment and drug-related crimes would decrease.
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