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"Quote of the Day"
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2006
"Ive said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed."
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— B.B. King
Fact of the Day
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The set for the 1990s Nickelodeon show "Hey Dude" is still standing on a dude ranch in Tucson, Ariz., called the Tanque Verde Guest Ranch.
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STATE Two indicted for the death of immigrant
5. The Lost Art of Dating
WICHITA — Two suspected smugglers accused of leaving a sick Mexican woman at a Gove County rest stop face federal charges in the wake of her death, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
Jabel A. Castro-Renteria and Mario Gonzales-Tapia each were indicted on one charge of transporting illegal immigrants resulting in death and one charge of transporting illegal immigrants for private financial gain.
The Kansas Highway Patrol has said the woman died of apparent dehydration after being dropped off at rest stop along Interstate 70 with her adult son and another man.
The case is the latest in a string of human smuggling incidents in Kansas.
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Residents awaiting free land
Erica Whiles, Nolan Real Estate employee, draws an advertisement on the sidewalk outside Bailey Hall yesterday. Whiles advertised new apartment leases for the fall semester.
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GOVERNMENT
MARQUETTE — Marquette Mayor Steve Piper defended proposed assessments that came as a surprise to some people who received free land through a local development program in this small central Kansas community, but the City Council decided to hold off on putting them into effect.
About 20 participants in the program created by the nonprofit Marquette Development organization crammed into a small meeting room at City Hall
"That was something that maybe probably could've been communicated a lot better, but from a legal standpoint we weren't required to say anything," the mayor said.
Piper, a local grocer who helped initiate the development group's land giveaway, had said earlier that participants received notification on their title insurance policies about the cost for street and water improvements.
Facing the option of either approving the assessment charge or putting the cost on the shoulders of all taxpayers in the community of 600, the council voted 5-0 to table the issue until it meets again on April 20.
on Tuesday for an explanation of the planned $4,000 assessments they found out about in a letter last week. The charge for gravel roads and a water system in the development area could be paid off either as a lump sum or spread out over 20 years.
Piper spent most of the meeting making the case that he and
the city weren't responsible for homeowners not knowing about the assessment.
tuesday's meeting he checked the land records at the McPherson County register of deed's office.
The mayor said that before
"I wanted to make sure things were done the way I thought they were done," he said.
The Associated Press
The city's financial adviser said a decision will have to be made soon on how the note financing the improvements will be paid off. If the council decides it should come from general tax funds rather than the special assessments, it would mean a four-to-five mill increase in the property tax levy.
ODD NEWS Wisconsin-Madison called top party school
The magazine, breaking a four-year hiatus by issuing a list of top party schools, has named the University of Wisconsin-Madison No. 1 in its study of "books, babes and beer."
MADISON, Wis. - Where's the best place for a college kid to party? Right here in the heartland, Playboy magazine says.
The issue hitting newsstands Friday cites two annual parties that UW-Madison students love: a Halloween Party that
attracts up to 100,000 people and a rowdy spring block party in the heart of campus.
But the magazine also commends the city's vibrant music scene, its enthusiasm for the Badgers sports teams — and yes, its reputation as a good academic school.
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Lucas. "It's good they do take into account the academics."
University officials said they weren't thrilled about topping another list for party schools after the Princeton Review named the school its top party school last year.
But "it's good to be known as a place where there's a lot going on for students," said UW-Madison spokesman John
Myrtle Beach wants sand castle record
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Myrtle Beach wants another sand castle record. And this time the resort town wants to add the world's tallest castle to its record for the longest.
ing the resort's annual Sun Fun Festival, which runs from May 31 through June 7.
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that there will be an attempt to build the world's tallest sand castle dur-
If the town wins the title, it will apparently hold two Guinness World Records for sand castle construction.
In 1991, an estimated 10,000 people helped create the world's longest sand castle at the beach. That sand castle wound up and down the beach for 86,535 feet, or more than 16 miles.
Myrtle Beach plans a sand castle that is 35 feet tall. It will use 70 dump trucks full of sand and have a base that is 60 feet wide.
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Candidates to determine who knows mate best
CAMPUS
The All Scholarship Hall Council will hold its annual "Know your Mate" event at 8 tonight at 3140 Wescoe Hall.
Nicole Kelley
The event will be another way for students to get to know the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the Student Senate election, Angela Carlon, Shawnee senior, said.
The event is open to all students.
Carlon organized the event and said the candidates would answer light-hearted questions about their running mates to determine who knew their partner the best. She said they would also ask and answer serious questions about their platforms.
ON CAMPUS
ON THE RECORD
A 19-year-old KU student reported his Western Digital 200gb hard drive enhancer stolen from his Oliver Hall dorm room March 29. The hard drive enhancer was valued at $62.
William Woods, director of the Department of Environmental Studies, is giving a lecture entitled "Pre-European Water Control in the Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley of Mexico" at noon today at 318 Bailey Hall.
Alison Miller, intern, is giving a lecture on the Asia Gallery spring exhibition Transformations at 12:15 p.m. today at the Spencer Museum of Art.
Randye Jones, soprano and researcher at Grinnell College, is giving a lecture on "Afro-Native Influence in Classical Music" at 3:30 p.m. today in the Conference Hall of Hall Center.
The University Theater is performing the student directed play "Pippin" at 7:30 tonight at the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The Spencer Museum of Art is sponsoring an event called "Take This Moment: Reflection Through ARTS" from 6 to 9 tonight at Spencer.
The film "Rumor Has It..." is showing at 7 and 9 tonight at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Admission is $2 or free with an SUA activity card.
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