2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2006
"Quote of the Day"
Road from Banbury a man spilled from his crushed car dead eyes full of rain
Jane K. Lambert
Fact of the Day
Screwworm larvae, a type of fly livestock parasite, can consume an entire sheep from the inside out in five to seven days.
Source: mental_floss magazine
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Here's a list of Wednesday's most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com
1. Student to run three-day marathon on Jayhawk Boulevard
3. Co-op housing provides more than a place to live
2. KU athletes get full-time psychologist
4. Jayhawks cruise 6-0 against Saint Mary
5. 'Mum's the word' about gas fire
Judge sentences girl for slaying her mother
OLATHE - A judge on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old girl to eight years and four months in prison for killing her mother.
STATE
EsmieTseng declined to speak during a brief hearing in Johnson County District Court. The sentence was recommended by her attorney and the prosecution as part of a plea agreement reached in March, when she pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Tseng, of Overland Park, originally was charged with first-degree murder.
What do you THINK?
BY JOE SCHREMER
editor@kansan.com
KANSA CONSPONDENT
Teeng has been in custody since Aug. 19, when 55-year-old Shu Yi Zhang was found dead in her home.
Not really. It's just a disease, no big deal. It's not as serious as other things.
Police saidTseng stabbed her mother after an argument. Zhang called her husband and ask him to come home but was dead by the time emergency workers arrived.
John White, Leavenworth junior
How concerned are you about the mumps outbreak on campus?
As long as someone stays careful, they shouldn't catch it or be worried.
Diane Plymale Kansas City, Kan. senior
Aaron Collard. Wichita sophomore
I just saw the count today.
Something must be happening on campus. It does kind of concern me; I have two kids.
There are two girls in my hallway (McCollum 10th floor) who have it. My biggest concern is getting it.
Jessica Quinn,
Kansas City, Kan.
freshman
The Associated Press
Travis Hèvina/WICHITA EAGLE
All aboard!
A 1944 Steam Locomotive comes to a stop in Pratt, Wednesday. The train was the last steam engine built for Union Pacific Railroad and is on a public relations tour across the United States.
ODD NEWS
Man marries woman
71 years his senior
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A 33-year-old man in northern Malaysia has married a 104-year-old woman, saying mutual respect and friendship had turned to love, a news report said.
It was Muhamad Noor Che Musa's first marriage and his wife's 21st, according to The Star newspaper on Tuesday, citing a report in the Malay-
language Harian Metro tabloid.
"I am not after her money, as she is poor," Muhamad reportedly said. "Before meeting Wook, I never stayed in one place for long."
Four-year-old runs 40
miles in seven hours
The Associated Press
BHUBANESWAR, India — Cheered by thousands, a 4-year-old boy dubbed "India's Forrest Gump" ran 40 miles to enter the country's foremost record book.
"I loved running today, I can run as much as I want," Budhia Singh told reporters Tuesday after the run. Then he sucked his thumb.
Buddia had planned to run 43 miles, but doctors stopped him after 40 miles when he showed signs of extreme exhaustion. His coach, Biranchi Das, said he completed the distance in seven hours and two minutes without a break, a record for someone that young.
Representative drives golf cart to his office
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The hike in gas prices has prompted one lawmaker to buy a golf cart for his commute.
The Associated Press
Rep. Todd Rutherford, (D-S.C.), began driving his E-Z-GO golf cart to the Statehouse last week. The attorney bought the cart last fall after Hurricane Katrina caused fuel prices to spike. He drives it to his office and courts downtown
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A 41-year-old Olathe man reported criminal damage to his 1997 Ford truck between 1 a.m. and 5:40 p.m. Tuesday. The truck was parked in KU parking lot 105. Both driver and passenger mirrors were destroyed and scratches were made on the passenger-side door. The damage is estimated at $400.
ON CAMPUS
John Edgar Tidwell, associate professor of English, is hosting a seminar entitled "Sterling A. Brown: Life in the Shadow of the Capitol" at noon today in the Conference Hall of the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Irene Masing-Delic, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, Ohio State University, is giving a lecture entitled "Larissa - Lolita, or Catharsis and Dolor, in Doktor Zhivago and Lolita" at 2:30 p.m. today at 2120 Wescoe Hall.
Deborah "Misty" Gerner, professor of political science and co-director of the Center for International Political Analysis, is hosting a seminar entitled "US Interventions and Failures to Intervene in African Crises" at 3:30 p.m. today at 109 Bailey Hall.
Anne Soon Choi, assistant professor of American studies is giving a lecture entitled "Aging, Immigration and Overland Park, Kansas" at 4 p.m. today at 209 Dole Human Development Center.
The Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company is performing Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" at 7:30 p.m. today at the Lied Center. Tickets are $19.50 to $22.50 for students.
The film "Glory Road" is showing at 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.Tickets are $2 or free with an SUA Activities Card.
The Department of Music and Dance is hosting "The Marriage of Figaro" at 7:30 p.m. today at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.Tickets are $10 for students.
STATE
STATE Wichita city officials to shut down rodeos
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WICHITA - City officials are temporarily shutting down several Mexican-style rodeos after noise complaints from a Wichita neighborhood, while the council considers new rules for issuing outdoor rodeo licenses.
The Associated Press
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You know it as your empty water bottle from your workout at the rec center; we see polyethylene terephthalate (PET) 2, a valued recyclable item.
Plastic can take up to 400 years to break down in a landfill. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator. Source: Can Manufacturers Institute
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