10-7-10

IN LOCAL NEWS…

NICODEMUS IS SEEKING A PEPSI REFRESH GRANT. THE BUILD A DORM FOR AGRICULTURE CAMP PROJECT WOULD BUILD A 20-BED DORMITORY IN NICODEMUS. IF THE PROJECT IS ONE OF THE TOP TWO VOTE-GETTERS…IT WILL RECEIVE A TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT. CAMPERS WILL SPEND TWO DAYS AT NICODEMUS AND TWO DAYS AT KANSAS STATE. DURING THE VISIT TO NICODEMUS, CAMPERS WILL GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO FORMER KSTATE GREAT VERYL SWITZER (SWHITE-SIR)

FOR THOSE LEAVING WORK DURING THE GAME DAY FESTIVITIES TODAY, CAMPUS POLICE HAVE SUGGESTED ALTERNATE ROUTES TO AVOID DELAYS AND CONGESTION. CAPTAIN DON STUBBINGS SAYS DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID THE INTERSECTION OF DENISON AND KIMBALL AND COLLEGE AND KIMBALL.

IN STATE NEWS…

THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL….JUSTIN DAN ELNICKI, A THIRTY ONE YEAR OLD TOPEKAN…WAS BEING TRIED FOR RAPE FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE THIRD TIME WAS THE CHARM FOR ELNICKI. JURORS FOUND ELNICKI GUILTY OF RAPING A 19 YEAR OLD WOMAN. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, ELNICKI’S CHARGES WERE OVERTURNED BY THE STATE APPELLATE COURT.

ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR…SUPREME COURT JUSTICES LISTENED TO ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN HOUR IN THE SNYDER VS. WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH. JUSTICE RUTH BADER-GINGSBURG WONDERED WHETHER OR NOT THE FIRST AMENDMENT SHOULD TOLERATE WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS EXPLOITING A PRIVATE PERSON’S GRIEF. THE CASE CENTERS ON A 2006 FUNERAL IN WHICH PROTESTERS STOOD OUTSIDE SNYDER’S SON’S MILITARY FUNERAL. DURING THE ARGUMENTS, NEITHER SIDE SEEMED TO WIN FAVOR WITH THE JUDGES.

IN NATIONAL NEWS…

ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH INSTITUTE, A NEW POLL SHOWS AMERICANS CONTINUE TO OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE. THE LATEST POLL SHOWS THAT FEWER THAN HALF OF AMERICANS OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. ALTHOUGH THOSE AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE SEEM TO BE DWINDLING, IN 2009…37 PERCENT OF THOSE POLLED WERE IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE. AFTER TWO POLLS THIS YEAR, THAT NUMBER HAS JUMPED 5 PERCENT AND IS NOW 42 PERCENT IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…

ACCORDING TO CNN.COM…KIM KARDASHIAN REACHED 5 MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER. THE ACTRESS OF THE REALITY SHOW KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS TWEETS ON A MYRIAD OF SUBJECTS. KARDASHIAN SAYS SHE LOVES TWITTER BECAUSE IT ALLOWS HER TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH HER FANS.