IN LOCAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN…19 YEAR OLD DENVER BARR AND 72 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH BERTELS DIED ON FRIDAY JUST OUTSIDE OF NORTONVILLE. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THE CRASH OCCURRED AROUND 7 P.M. THE PATROL ADDS THAT BARR WAS HEADING NORTHBOUND ON US ROUTE 59 WHEN BARR’S VEHICLE CROSSED OVER THE CENTER LINE TO THE SOUTH BOUND SHOULDER. BARR OVERCORRECTED AND STRUCK BERTEL’S VEHICLE. BARR WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE. BARR WAS A SOPHOMORE IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND PRODUCT DESIGN AND WAS HEADING HOME FOR THE WEEKEND.
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…78 STUDENTS FROM NEARBY RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE AND CLAY COUNTY WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND ENDOWMENT FOR THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS. THE STUDENTS WILL BE NAMED KANSAS HONOR SCHOLARS AT THE MANHATTAN COUNTRY CLUB ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 1ST. THE KANSAS HONORS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE IN THE TOP TEN PERCENT OF THEIR CLASS REGARDLESS OF THEIR GOALS UPON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS…YESTERDAY AROUND TWELVE HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS WALKED A THREE MILE ROUTE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF BREAST CANCER. MANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE DECKED OUT IN PINK TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT. THE CANCER SOCIETY’S REGIONAL COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR JILL SITTENAUER SAYS THE WALK SHOULD BECOME AN ANNUAL EVENT. SITTENAUER ADDS THAT SUNDAY’S EVENT RAISED AROUND SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, HALF OF ITS INTENDED GOAL. THE GROUP WILL BE TAKING DONATIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FACULTY WILL GET THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO REVIEW CHANCELLOR BRADY DEATON’S PERFORMANCE. DEATON TOOK OVER THE JOB IN 2004. THE COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE REPORTS THAT MOST CHANCELLORS PERFORMANCES ARE REVIEWED AFTER EVERY FIVE YEARS BUT DEATON’S WAS POSTPONED. FACULTY WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING PROVOST BRIAN FOSTER AS WELL. ONLINE SURVEYS WILL BE SENT OUT TO FACULTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE. FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RAISE IN TWO YEARS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
CNN REPORTS… AFTER A WEEKEND OF DRINKING, RESIDENTS OF ANY COLLEGE TOWN CAN EXPECT TO FIND FOUR LOKO CANS LITTERED ACROSS SIDEWALKS. RAMAPO COLLEGE IN NEW JERSEY IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT. THE COLLEGE IS BANNING THE CAN FOR FEARS OF WHAT THEY CALL BLACKOUT IN A CAN. POLICE CHIEF JAMES BATTELI TOLD THE NEWSPAPER, THE RECORDER THAT THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE FOUND DRINKING THE POPULAR DRINK. THE BEVERAGE CAN ONLY BE BOUGHT IN LIQUOR STORES IN NEW JERSEY DUE TO ITS 12 PERCENT ALCOHOL CONTENT.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
BARABARA BILLINGSLEY, NINETY FOUR, DIED IN HER SANTA MONICA HOME ON SATURDAY. FANS MAY REMEMBER BILLINGSLEY BETTER FOR HER PORTRAYAL AS JUNE CLEAVER ON TV’S LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. BILLINGSLEY APPEARED IN THE MOVIE AIRPLANE, WHERE SHE WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH A GROUP OF PASSENGERS BY SPEAKING JIVE. TONY DOW WHO PLAYED WALLY SAID AMERICA’S FAVORITE MOTHER IS NOW GONE.
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