2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2006
BY PATRIC DE OLIVERA
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
What do you think of the debate regarding immigration reformation?
Daniel Portillo, Paraguay sophomore
"It is a very complicated issue. People need to analyze all the sides of the debate. They need to put themselves in the shoes of the immigrants who come over here in search of a better life and are mostly honest people."
"I'm against illegal aliens coming into the United States because they are breaking the law, but the problem with sending them back is you are sending 12 million people who work the jobs that no one else wants."
Bleir Tudas, Leawood freshman
"I really think that they should help the immigrant students that are motivated in seeking an education." Kearne, Jimenez, Mexico for Obama.
Karina Jimenez, Mexico freshman
"We should make the process of becoming an American citizen faster and more efficient, which in turn would decrease the number of illegal immigrants and raise the minimum wage."
John Murray, Leawood freshmen
"Quote of the Day"
"The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost."
—William Carlos Williams,
The Kansas City Royals are the only team to sweep a series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees in the same season, doing it last year.
Source: ESPN.com
Here's a list of Wednesday's most e-mailed stories from Kansan.com:
1. KU students bare all for Playboy
2. Jayhawks hand out awards
3. Hall residents take precautions against mumps
ODDS AND ENDS Forget the classifieds, buy a billboard instead
4. KU student reports rape
5. KU comes out with ugly win
ERIE, Pa. — A laid-off city worker has taken an unconventional approach to finding a job -- posting an ad on a billboard.
Mary Witt, 48, has been looking for full-time work since December, when she was laid off from her City Hall secretarial job.
She sought help from employment agencies and scoured Internet sites and newspapers looking for full-time work, all to no avail.
Her husband, Tim, came up with the billboard idea. He said, "The money, to be honest, was an issue. But I just thought it would get her out there."
They paid $600 for a 10-foot-tall, 22-foot wide billboard. It includes a photograph of a smiling Mary and the words: "Mary W. Administrative Assistant Looking for Employment." It will be up for a month.
"It's hard out there. That's what I want people to know," she said. "I've worked almost nonstop since I was 17 years old. I'm a worker. I don't want to sit at home."
The Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's most celebrated elephant, Raja, has fallen ill after eating scores of cookies, chocolates and other rich food offered to him as part of Buddhist new year celebrations.
If you give an elephant a cookie, he'll get sick
Thousands of worshippers have visited Raja at Colombo's 150-year-old Gangaramaya Temple in recent days ahead of the celebrations starting Thursday.
Tammy Ljungblad/THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Many have offered Raja homemade cookies deep fried in coconut oil, chocolates, rice cooked in thick milk and fermented slices of sweet pineapple, said monks who
Monks, a veterinarian and the chief of zoology at Colombo University on Tuesday attended to Raja, 45, who retched and thrashed about in discomfort in his sandy enclosure.
Elephant's mostly eat vegetation, and their digestive system can not easily cope with rich or processed foods, veterinarians said.
The monks hung a hand-written notice by Raja's enclosure that read: "Do not feed the elephant."
Sounds of sweetness
Ashlee Thoa, 5, holds a beeping egg to her ear after finding the treasure during an Easter egg hunt Wednesday, April 12, at the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kan. The beeper egg hunt for blind, visually impaired and some deaf students was put on by the AT&T Volunteer Pioneers.
The Associated Press
ON CAMPUS
- Tanya Golash-Boza, assistant professor of sociology/American studies, is giving a lecture on "Mestizaje: Blackness and Nation-Making in Latin America" at noon today at room 318 in Bailey Hall.
Joseph Keehn, intern, is giving a lecture on "Curios in the Permanent Collection" at 12:15.p.m. today at the Central Court in the Spencer Museum of Art.
The University Career Center is holding a workshop entitled "Better Late Than Jobless" at 3 p.m. today at room 149 in the Burge Union.
Miranda Schreurs, associate professor in the Department of Government and Politics at University of Maryland, is giving a lecture entitled "Environmental Crisis and Response in East Asia: Japan and China Compared" at 4:30 p.m. today in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries.
Kalu Kalu, associate professor of political science at Emporia State University, is hosting a seminar entitled "Does Foreign Aid Make a Difference? Validating OECD Investment and Development Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa" at 3:30 p.m. today at room 109 in Bailey Hall. The event is sponsored by the African Studies Center.
Patricia Berger, department chair and associate professor of Chinese art, University of California-Berkeley, is giving a lecture entitled "Reincarnation in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction: Chinese and Tibetan Portraits of the Panchen Lamas" at 5 p.m. today at room 211 in the Spencer Museum of Art.
There is a performance of the play "Stop Kiss" as part of the Student Play Festival at 7:30 p.m. today at the William Inge Memorial Theater in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10-$12. Additional performances will be held April 14-16.
The Inaugural Muncy Journalism &
Politics Lecture is at 7:30 p.m. today
in the Dole Institute of Politics.
CORRECTION
An article in Wednesday's The University Daily Kansan needs clarification. The article "Self optimistic at ceremony" incorrectly stated that assistant coach Joe Dooley said he was still in the running for the head coaching job at UNC-Wilmington. Dooley did not comment on his status for the job.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student reported criminal damage to her 1996 Lexus, which was parked in the 1300 block of Ohio Street. An unknown person dented and scratched the car's hood between 11:30 p.m. Monday and 11 a.m. Tuesday. The damage is estimated at $1,000.
LAWRENCE New fire station to open; KU group leases land
On Friday, Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical will begin moving into Fire Station No. 5, located at the corner of 19th Street and Stewart Avenue near the KU Endowment Association. Late next week, station crews will begin taking dispatch calls, according to a city press release.
The fire station is a single-story, 23,843 square foot facility and a $5.4 million project. KU Endowment provided about four acres to the city with a 25-year lease for $1 per year. First Management, Inc. was the general contractor. A tour of the new fire station will be available to the public this summer.
— Kristen Jarboe
ODDS AND ENDS Coin-operated laundry crook caught on camera
ELKO, Nev. — A man accused of burglarizing a coin-operated laundry figured he made a clean escape over the weekend when he took off with the store's six video surveillance cameras.
It turns out he left behind some rather compelling evidence — the video machine and videotape that recorded his face each time he stood in front of the cameras at the Southside Laundry.
Even if the portraits were a little fuzzy, police said they would have been able to easily identify the suspect. They said he was wearing cowboy chaps and a trench coat.Police are still working to recover the missing cameras.
Police said they came away with several close-ups of the suspect, Robert Lynn White, 52, whom they arrested on suspicion of grand larceny.
The Associated Press
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