2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006
"There have been injuries and deaths in boxing, but none of them serious."
Alan Mintor, former middleweight champion
Fact of the Day
Gas prices have soared to more than $3 a gallon in some parts of the country, and the national average for self-service is $2.91 a gallon. But in Venezuela, gas costs just 12 cents a gallon.
Source: NBC Nightly News
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2. Be wary of herbal remedies; educate yourself beforehand
3. Tibet adds Western medicine to its holistic approach
4. Air Force ROTC provides survival training
5. Students build concrete canoe
STATE
Bus drivers stage walkout in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — School school bus drivers and monitors in the Kansas City school district staged a walkout Wednesday, causing what the district described as minor delays on some routes.
What do you THINK?
The workers are seeking to pressure one of the district's school bus contractors, Durham School Services, to recognize Service Employees International Union as the workers' bargaining representative.
BY PATRICK DE OLIVIEIR
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
bargaining for jobs. The workers hope the union, which seeks to unionize drivers across the country, will be able to negotiate a contract with better wages, benefits and working conditions.
Oil prices won't go down while the government officials continue to benefit from the profits of oil companies.The problem is much bigger than just the cost of oil right now.
Lara Willinsky
Overland Park sophomore
The walkout was scheduled on the same day that the school board planned to renew their contract with Durham.
What do you think needs to be done now that oil prices have reached a new high?
This is a short term problem. Based on long-term markets, if price continues to increase the demand will go down and consequently prices will go down, equaling it all out in the end. JR Keller Godfray III. sophomorri
We need to stop wasting our money on overly expensive SUVs, which consume excess amounts of gas and start being smart about money.
President Bush should give subsidies to oil companies like President Reagan did in the early 1980s. But he can't because it will look like he's catering to his oil buddies. [Kevin Kaneff]
Jeff Konrath Leawood junior
Stephanie Sato, St. Louis junior, works on a weaving project in the Art and Design building Wednesday. Sato said she was threading the loom in preparation for the project.
Andrew Bruns Overland Park senior
The Associated Press
Weaving project looming ahead
ODD NEWS
Students locked out of California Six Flags
RENO, Nev. — Some reward.
ment park's gates locked Monday.
Four bus loads of students from O'Brien Middle School made the four-hour trip to Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, Calif., only to find the amuse-
The school-sponsored trip was supposed to reward top students.
"It was pretty much a fiasco," said Washoe County School District spokesman Steve Mulvenon. "They ended up wasting a day that those kids could have better spent in
Principal Scott Grange said the school was even given printed tickets with Monday's date on them.
class or doing what they were going to do at the park"
going to use the pay certificate. School officials said the $50 fee will be refunded, and the tour company that arranged the trip has agreed to pay for the next one."The tour company neglected to check the schedule," Mulvenon said.
"Now, they will have to wait another month to go and a lot of the kids might not be able to go then."
"It is just a bummer for the kids," said parent Jeff Wood.
"But shame on us for not checking"he said.
The Associated Press
CORRECTION
■ Wednesday's The University Daily Kansan contained an error. The article, "Referendum polling causes stir" incorrectly identified Tom Cox. Cox campaigned for Ignite, not Delta Force, during this year's Student Senate elections.
■ Wednesday's The University Daily Kansan contained an error. On page 3A the Wayne and Larry's Sports Bar and Grill ad should have said that import sluggers are $2.75 on Fridays.
ON THE RECORD
ON CAMPUS
An 18-year-old student from St. Thomas Aquinas High School reported that his black Apple iPod was stolen between 11 a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Tuesday from 1101 Mississippi St. The iPod is valued at $380.
Renee Hanson, graduate student in Latin American studies, is giving a lecture entitled "Identity and Power: Transcribing Oral Histories of Plant Animism in the Upper Amazon" at noon today at 318 Bailey Hall.
Emily Stamey, intern, is giving a lecture on "The Prints of Roger Shimomura" at 12:15 p.m. today in the central court of the Spencer Museum of Art.
Abdirahman Gutale and Osman Nur, KU students, are hosting a seminar on "A Nation without a Government: Somalia Case Study" at 3:30 p.m. today in Bailey Hall 109.
The film "King Kong" is showing at 6:30 and 9:45 p.m. today in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.Tickets are $2 or free with an SUA Activity Card.
The film "Memoirs of Geisha" is showing at 7 p.m. today in the auditorium of the Spencer Museum of Art.
The University Dance Company is performing at 7:30 p.m. today at the Lied Center. Tickets are $7 for students and seniors and $10 for adults.
STATE
Chess-school founder seeks replacement
The Russian immigrant who made Lindsborg a world-renowned center for chess has left the helm of the chess school he founded in the small Kansas town.
But the community, which formed a non-profit group to take over ownership of the struggling school, is now seeking another visionary to keep his dream alive.
The Associated Press
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