News 10-27-09

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT K-STATE IS BEGINNING TO NARROW. THE FOUR CANIDATES WERE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK AND WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY TO CAMPUS THIS WEEK AND NEXT. Dr. APRIL MASON FROM COLORADO STATE WILL HAVE HER FOURUM TODAY FROM 3:45 TO 5-O’CLOCK. TOMORROW WILL BE DR. RALPH RICHARDSON WHO IS FROM KANSAS STATE AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH WILL BE IN THE BALLROOM OF THE K-STATE ALUMNI CENTER. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH CANIDTATE AND WHEN THEY SPEAK YOU CAN GO TO
WWW.K-STATE.EDU/PROVOST.SEARCHES.


HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN RILEY COUNTY. THEY WERE NEAR THE 63-HUNDRED BLOCK OF 32ND STREET. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE…SOMEONE FOUND THE BONES AND CALLED THEM. THEY BODY HASN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED.


KANSAS’S COLD WEATHER RULE GOES INTO EFFECT THIS SUNDAY..NOVEMBER FIRST. THIS RULE MEANS UNTIL MARCH FIRST IF THE TEMPERATURE IS FORCASTED TO GO BELOW 35 DEGREES WITHIN THE 24 HOURS UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION CAN’T BE TURNED OFF. THIS GIVES SOME RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO GET BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.


A MAN IN SHAWNEE KANSAS WAS WALKING A DOG AND FOUND A LEG BONE. A PATHOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL SAID THIS LEG BONE COULD BE 150 TO 200 YEARS OLD. REPORTS SAY THE BONE’S BEING SENT TO AN ANTHROPOLOGIST FOR ANOTHER EXAMINATION.


NASA IS WORKING TO GET MEN BACK ON THE MOON. THEY PLAN TO BLAST OFF A ROCKET TODAY TO TEST. WITH A 60-PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AT CAPE CANAVERAL TODAY…THE TEST MAY BE DELAYED. THE TWO MINUTE FLIGHT WILL COST 445 MILLION DOLLARS AND DROP INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO BE RECOVERED. NASA MANAGERS SAY THEY EXPECT TO LEARN A LOT FROM THIS FLIGHT.


THE PARENTS OF A GIRL WHO DISSAPPEARED OUTSIDE OF A METALLICA CONCERT LAST WEEK ARE SPEAKING OUT. 20-YEAR OLD MORAN DANA HARRINGTON HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE OCTOBER 17TH OUTSIDE A UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ARENA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. HARRINGTON’S FATHER SAID ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING THAT THIS IS “A PARENT’S WORST NIGHTMARE” AND HER MOTHER IS WORRIED FOUL PLAY IS INVOLVED. METALLICA HAS PUT HARRINGTON’S PICTURE UP ON THEIR WEBSITE AND HAS CONTRIBUTED 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR HER RETURN.


TO QUOTE QUEEN…FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS YOU MAKE THE ROCKING WORLD GO ROUND. IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA A NEW CLUB IS MADE TO ATTRACT A LARGER AUDIENCE. OWNER LISA MARIE GARBO OPENED IT BECAUSE SHE WAS “TIRED OF BEING THE ONLY FAT GIRL AT THE LOCAL NIGHT CLUB.” ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF HER FEMALE PATRONS ARE HEAVY AND A QUARTER OF THE MEN.