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NEWS / TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
"I don't even know what street Canada is on."
QUOTE OF THE DAY
— Al Capone,
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FACT OF THE DAY
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
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What's going on today?
- Student Union Activities will present the annual Tunes @ Noon, featuring the Q & A Brown Bag Drag, at 12 p.m. on the Kansas Union Plaza.
- Home network and computer security workshop will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at Budig PC Lab.
■ The KU Theatre Department will show the documentary "Say My Name" at 6 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
If you would like to submit an event to be included on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail at newskansan.com with the subject "Calendar."
Feb.10
WEDNESDAY
- "Help Wanted: Landing that Job in Washington" seminar will be at 4 p.m. at Dole Institute of Politics.
The University Career Fair will be on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union from 2 to 6 p.m.
- The play 'KU Confidential' will show from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the William Iseam Memorial Theater in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students.
Israeli director Roniit Kertsner will discuss and present his documentary "Menachem & Fred: a tale of two brothers" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
SATURDAY
The University Career Fair is tomorrow. It will be held in the ballroom of the Kansas Union, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. It is one of the few times of the year that the Union parking garage fills completely!
THURSDAY
Feb.13
- KU Opera will present the play "The Rake's Progress" from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Robert Baustian Theatre of Murphy Hall. Tickets are $5 for students and senior citizens and $10 for adults.
Feb.11
The play "KU Confidential" will show from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the William Ingram Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $15 for public and $14 for senior citizens.
Student Union Activities will host a Valentine's Day Open House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Traditions Area of the Kansas Union
The Engineering and Computer Science Career Fair will be from noon to 4 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union.
SUA will show "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
SUNDAY
Feb.14
Valentine's Day
Chinese New Year
FRIDAY
Feb.12
The Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center will host the Tunnel of Oppression, an interactive exhibit into the various types of oppression within society and the campus community, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours start on the hour and last about 30 minutes.
Student Union Activities will offer free Cosmic Bowling for KU students from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
MONDAY
KU School of Music will present a visiting artist workshop with trombonist Ron Barron at 4:30 in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. The workshop is free.
- Robin Nethertham, freelance editor and writer, will present the lecture "When Medieval Meets Victorian: The Development of Scholarship in Medieval and Renaissance Dress" at 5:15 p.m. in Room 211 of the Spencer Museum of Art.
CORRECTIONS
Wednesday's story entitled "StudyBlue changes the ethics of studying"failed to include the input of studyblue.com representatives. They have since been contacted and offered the following information:
In the Fall 2009 case referred to in the story, representatives of StudyBlue removed the material in question and contacted the chair of the KU art history department. Once they were aware of the copyright infringement, the material was taken off of the website, said Ben Jedd, the site's chief communications officer.
Friday's story "Pulitzer prize winner receives KU journalism award"misspelled the name of Washington Post op-ed columnist David Broder.
ODD NEWS
A mix of natural gas and rotten radishes
DEFIANCE, Ohio — An Ohio fire department says the smell of decaying radishes prompted calls from residents worried about a possible gas leak. Tiffin Township Volunteer Fire Department near Defiance in northwest Ohio responded to five reports of the suspicious smells in the last 45 days. A field of oilseed radishes is planted near a natural gas station.
ODD NEWS
Boy crashes car into high school
SHORELINE, Wash. — Sheriff's deputies said a 17-year-old boy crashed his parents' car through the doors of Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, then drove it down the hall. The car finally stopped 75 yards later when it hit a security office. Two school workers were still on the property and heard the crash.
Associated Press
Police found the teen on school grounds about an hour and a half after the crash late Friday night. He was taken into custody and then brought to Harborview Medical Center for a mental evaluation. Investigators said they do not believe drugs or alcohol played a role.
The boy, from Lake Forest Park, is a student at the school He was not injured.
Addict steals car reports it stolen
FLINT, Mich. — Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen.
Police reports indicated the vehicle was previously stolen out of Lapeer, about 50 miles north-northwest of Detroit.
The suspect is being lodged at the Genesee County Jail.
No further details were released.
Club hosts 'Lap dances for Haiti'
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A strip club in Ohio has raised $1,000 for Haitian earthquake relief during what was billed as "Lap dances for Haiti."
Marilyn's on Monroe in Toledo donated the $10 cover charges collected Saturday to ISOH (I-S-O-H)/IMPACT, an organization based in suburban Perrysburg that provides food and clothing for Haiti.
Marilyn's general manager Kenny Soprano says his establishment had been looking for a reason to hold a charity fundraiser even before the quake, as a way to improve its image. He says you don't hear much about strip clubs giving back to the community.
ISOH/IMPACT CEO Linda Greene doesn't have a problem with where the money came from. She says her group appreciates any donations to help Haiti.
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The Dow, down almost 104 points, had its 10th triple-digit move in 16 trading days. Shares of big banks pulled the market lower, extending a slump that has led to four straight weekly losses.
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Dow average closes below 10,000
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Greece's finance minister said Monday the government is preparing to boost some taxes to shore up its finances. But civil servants opposed to cutbacks have pledged to strike on Wednesday.
Mounting deficits in weaker European economies including Greece, Portugal and Spain have raised questions about the health of the global financial system. That compounded concerns about growth in China and proposed U.S. bank regulations took the market down from a 15-month high reached in January.
The Dow fell 103.84, or 1 percent, to 9,908.39. On Thursday, the Dow traded below the psychological barrier of 10,000 for the first time since November. It didn't closed below that mark since Nov. 4. and first closed above 10,000 in March 1999. The Dow is still up 51.3 percent since last March.
Monday's drop extends the stumble the market began in mid-January. At that time, China announced plans to contain economic growth and the Obama administration proposed rules to restrict trading by large financial institutions.
The broader Standard & Poor's
Jerry Webman, chief economist at OppenheimerFunds Inc., said he doesn't expect that problems with rising debt loads in Europe will cascade into other parts of the world's economy, but he remains cautious.
Brett Hryb, a portfolio manager with MFC Global Investment Management in Toronto, said the latest concern is that the financial troubles in a country like Greece, whose economy is small compared with the rest of Europe, will spill into other countries.
500 index fell 9.45, or 0.9 percent, to 1,056.74, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 15.07, or 0.7 percent, to 2,126.05.
"Clearly Greece itself is nothing. It's just a blip. It's what the contagion could be," he said.
The dollar fell against other major currencies, while gold rose.
Questions about the global economy have interrupted a 10-month climb in stocks, which hit 12-year lows last March. The Dow is down 817 points, or 7.6 percent, from its recent high of 10,725.43 on Jan. 19.
Bond prices edged higher,pushing yields lower. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was flat at 3.57 percent from late Friday.
major carriers, white gold rose.
Crude oil rose 70 cents to settle at $71.89 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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