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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature."
George W. Bush
FACT OF THE DAY
Twenty-five percent of the world's sheep are fat-tailed.
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What's going on?
There will be a FacEx meeting from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Provost Conference Room at Strong Hall.
TUESDAY February 1
There will be an informative talk on careers in the foreign service by David Peterson at 4 p.m. in the English Room of the Kansas Union.
WEDNESDAY February 2
There will be a brown bag lunch from noon to 1 p.m. in room 318 of Bailey Hall entitled "The New Germany in Today's World: Strategies, Policies and Great Power Relations" with Manfred Stinnes, a lecturer in International Relations at Humbolt University of Berlin.
SATURDAY
THURSDAY
February 3
February 5
Student Union Activities will be playing the movie "For Colored Girls" as part of its Campus Movies series at 8 p.m. In Woodruff Auditorium on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union. The film is free with a Student Saver Card, $2 with a KUID and $3 without.
Author Michael Byers will discuss his novel "Percival's Planet" which was inspired by the true story of Kansan and noted astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto. Byers discussion will be in the Kansas Union Ballroom from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
SUNDAY February 6
The School of Music will host the Student Recital Series, featuring soprano Jennifer White, at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. The event is free.
FRIDAY February 4
The Human Resources and Equal Opportunity department will host the "Dealing with Stress" seminar from 10 a.m. to noon in Joseph R. Pearson Hall, room 204. The seminar will examine the effect of stress on daily lives and will offer advice on how to reduce that stress with simple steps.
MONDAY
February 7
The Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center will be hosting the "Tunnel of Oppression" interactive program from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
WORLD
Egypt attempts TV closure
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBA1, United Arab Emirates The pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Sunday that Egyptian authorities ordered the closure of its Cairo news hub overseeing coverage of the country's massive street protests. The station denounced the move as an attempt to "stifle and repress" open reporting.
The Qatar-based network has given nearly round-the-clock coverage to the unprecedented uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and had faced criticism by some government supporters and other Arab leaders as a forum to inspire more unrest.
to inspire us.
Al-jazera's flagship Arabic channel has faced numerous bans and backlash across the Arab world,
including bitter complaints this month from the Palestinian Authority over allegations that its reporting favored rival Hamas over leaked documents about peace talks with Israel. Al-Jazeera headlined in
control of media by governments.
"In this time of deep turmoil and unrest in Egyptian society, it is imperative that voices from all sides be heard," said the statement from its headquarters in Qatar's capital Doha. "The closing of our bureau by the Egyptian government is aimed at censoring and silencing the voices of the Egyptian people."
Al-Jazeera called the Egyptian ban "an act designed to stifle and repress the freedom of reporting by the network and its journalists."
The network promised to continue its coverage, but it was unclear in what form. It said Al-Jazeera journalists would provide updates on Twitter. The network had previously posted clips from broadcasts on YouTube.
The station broadcast video
"An act designed to stifle and repress freedom of reporting by the network and its journalists."
also broadcasts in English
But the ban by Egyptian officials comes amid one of the most pivotal Arab political showdowns in decades and a possible watershed moment for Arab networks expanding their presence on the web and social media. The blanket coverage offers another example of how border-spanning outlets such as Al-jazeera and the worldwide reach of the Internet have destroyed the once-unchallenged
AL-JAZEERA
Descriptions of the scenes from Tahir Square and other locations in Egypt were phoned in to the channel's studio in Doha by correspondents. It did not identify them — presumably to protect them from authorities.
clips tagged as "live" showing crowds in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, but they appeared to be from fixed rooftop cameras and were not accompanied by reports directly from
Egypt. It was unclear how Egypt's ban would affect such shots; the view from the fixed camera continued after night fell in Cairo.
Al-jazeera said the government shut off the channel's signal from authorities.
an Egyptian satellite. Egyptians with satellite dishes could adjust them to point to other satellites beaming the Al-jazeera signal, but that is not easy to do. In recent days, the channel gave viewers the coordinates to make the change.
In contrast, at least one Egyptian state TV channel late Saturday and early Sunday started broadcasting soothing pharaonic pictures, shots of the tranquil Nile River and greenery after ending a newscast in which they listed the areas where thugs were active in Cairo.
It also was not immediately clear whether Egypt's ban would extend to other Arab broadcasters, such as Dubai-based Al-Arabiya.
Egypt has moved aggressively to try to control cell phones and the web since protests swelled late last week, inspired by the uprising in Tunisia that drove its long-ruling leader from power. Egyptian authorities cut cell phones and web links in tactics that mirrored the information choke-hold imposed by Iran's security forces in the chaos after last year's disputed elections.
"The shutting down of Al-Jazeera is a brazen violation of the fundamental right of Egyptians to receive information as their country is in turmoil," said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, Middle East and North Africa program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists. "The international community should prevail upon President Mubarak to lift this censorship immediately."
Anti-government riots also have spread to Yemen, where President Ali Abdullah Saleh said the tone of Al-Jazeera's coverage incited "unrest, violence and sabotage in the Arab countries."
POLITICS
CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn, saying it was a "day of history", signed legislation Monday legalizing civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, making Illinois one of about a dozen states that extend significant legal protections to same-sex couples.
Illinois legalizes civil unions
About 1,000 people crowded into the Chicago Cultural Center to watch Quinn, a Democrat, sign the measure that supporters call a matter of basic fairness and opponents decry as a threat to the sanctity of traditional marriage.
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The law, which takes effect June 1, gives gay and lesbian couples official recognition from the state and many of the rights that accompany traditional marriage, including the power to decide medical treatment for an ailing partner and the right to inherit a partner's property.
Five states already allow civil unions or their equivalent, according to the Human Rights
"We believe in civil rights and we believe in civil unions", Quinn said before signing the bill to a roar of cheers and applause.
Campaign. Five other states and Washington, D.C., let gay couples marry outright, as do some countries, including Canada, South Africa and the Netherlands.
Africa and the Illinois law will continue to limit marriage to one man and one woman, and civil unions still are not recognized by the federal government.
The measure doesn't require churches to recognize civil unions or perform any kind of ceremony, but critics fear it will lead to other requirements, such as including same-sex couples in adoption programs run by religious groups or granting benefits to employees' partners.
The legislation, sent to Quinn in December, passed 61-52 in the Illinois House and 32-24 in the Senate.
senate. "Illinois is taking an historic step forward in embracing fairness and extending basic dignity to all couples in our state," John Knight, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Project of the ACLU of Illinois, said in a written statement issued hours before the bill-signing.
CRIME
WICHITA, Kan. — A therapist who was treating a Fort Riley soldier in Kansas for a
Therapist charged with sexual harassment
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CHANCELLOR'S STUDENT AWARDS COMMITTEE is accepting applications for the following graduating senior awards:
The Agnes Wright Strickland Award
The Class of 1913 Award
*The Rusty Leffel Concerned Student Award
*The Leffel Award is not limited to graduating seniors
The Donald K. Alderson Memorial Award
The Alexis F. Dillard Student Involvement Award
The Caryl K. Smith Student Leader Award
post-traumatic stress disorder and marital issues has been accused of sexually harassing the patient.
Nomination and Application forms are online at: http://www.vpss.ku.edu/awards Nominations must be received by Friday, February 11, 2011 at 5 p.m. Applications must be received by Friday, February 18, 2011, at 5 p.m.
Rachelle Santiago was charged Monday in a federal criminal complaint. An affidavit also alleges she sent the sergeant sexually explicit messages and pictures, and stalked the soldier and his wife.
Santiago is a clinical social worker who was working as a contract employee at the Irwin Army Community Hospital.
She had been barred from the post on Jan. 25. The next day, she allegedly drove her car through the post's entry gates, leading police on a 50-minute vehicle chase through Fort Riley at speeds reaching 110 mph.
Santiago was sent to a state mental hospital for treatment.
Associated Press
CRIME
Mail carrier charged with grand larceny
WESTBURY, N.Y.—A mail carrier on New York's Long Island is accused of pinching thousands of discount coupons intended for residents'mailboxes.
Police say 38-year-old Thomas Tang of Baldwin stole more than 7,000 J.C. Penney Co. discount coupons he was supposed to deliver to the department store's customers. Police say Tang then sold the coupons on eBay.
The alleged theft occurred between October 2009 and this January.
His attorney was not immediately available for comment
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's governing party has pronounced: eating sushi off the body of a model in a bikini is politically incorrect.
A Monday statement from African National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe is unequivocal:"This act is anti- ANC and anti-revolutionary. This act is defamatory, insensitive and undermining of woman's integrity."
the nsh-on-flesh question has raged in South African media in recent months following reports of the practice at parties of wealthy businessmen and socialists. Earlier Monday, Johannesburg newspapers reported the head of the ANC's powerful youth league had attended such a party over the weekend.
Tang was charged with grand larceny. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Friday and was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail.
Mantashe adds:"The ANC is not into nightclubs or partying, but it is a revolutionary movement."
Fish on flesh
POLITICS
Associated Press
CORRECTION
The article "Faces in the crowd" that ran on Wednesday, Jan. 26 incorrectly identified the chancellor who responded to Ed Harvey's letter in 1914. It was actually chancellor Frank Strong who responded to the letter.
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