Wednesday, March 30, 2011

3-30-11

IN LOCAL NEWS…

VISITORS WHO ATTEND THE ALL-UNIVERSITY OPEN HOUSE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE NATIONAL BIO-AGRO DEFENSE FACILITY. THE FACILITY WILL BE OPEN FROM NINE IN THE MORNING TO THREE IN AFTERNOON ON APRIL 16TH.

ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY….

CITY COMMISSION CANDIDATE RICH JANE-COH-VITCH OUTSPENT ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES BY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. JANE-COH-VITCH HAS SPENT NEARLY TWELVE THOUSAND DOLLARS SINCE FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. THE CITY COMMISIONER ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL FIFTH.

ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY

SENIOR K-STATE STUDENT TIFFANY JOHNSON IS SUING THE UNIVERSITY FOR SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. JOHNSON SLIPPED ON A STAIRWELL IN THE DERBY DINING CENTER. JOHNSON CLAIMS A FAULTY TILE CAUSED HER SPILL IN THE DINING CENTER’S STAIRWELL.

IN STATE NEWS…

ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL…..

THE STATE SENATE PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD DISTRIBUTE 14 BILLION DOLLARS ACROSS KANSAS. THE SENATE WAS ENTOMBED IN DEBATE FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS. KANSAS IS CURRENTLY ENTRENCHED IN A 500 MILLION DOLLAR DEBT. TO ERASE THE DEBT….THE STATE CUT DEEPLY IN TO IT’S AID FOR K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS. THE SENATE ALSO REDUCED EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, INCLUDING CUTTING THE SALARIES OF LEGISLATORS AND JUDGES BY SEVEN-POINT-FIVE PERCENT. SENATOR LAURA KELLY OF TOPEKA SAID THAT THE SALARY CUTS WILL FORCE THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF KANSAS STATE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS TO SEEK BETTER PAYING OPPORTUNITIES. SENATOR ROGER REITZ (RIGHTS) OF MANHATTAN ALSO DISAPPROVED OF THE STATEWIDE CUTS. HE SAID, "WE'RE JUST BUMBLING ALONG TRYING TO SHOW HOW GOOD WE CAN BE ABOUT CUTTING OUR EXPENSES. KANSAS IS BETTER THAN THIS."

ACCORDING TO BAY NEWS 9

A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ARREST OF FORMER KU STAR CURRENT DEFENSIVE BACK FOR THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AQIB TALIB. TALIB IS ACCUSED OF PISTOL WHIPPING HIS SISTER’S BOYFRIEND. TALIB THEN PROCEEDED TO FIRE SHOTS AT THE MAN. TALIB IS FACING A FELONY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. TALIB IS SCHEDULED TO TURN HIMSELF IN LATER THIS WEEK.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….

ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BABY DON’T LIKE IT…THE WAY YOU MOVE ON THAT TOUR. SINGER BRITNEY SPEARS ANNOUNCED ON ABCEES GOOD MORNING AMERICA THAT ENRIQUE IGLESIAS WOULD BE JOINING HER ON HER UPCOMING TOUR. IGLESIAS’ REPRESENTATIVE GARY MCINTOSH SQUASHED THE THOSE RUMORS IN A RELEASED STATEMENT. IN THE STATEMENT…IGLESIAS APOLOGIZED FOR ANY DISAPPOINTMENT AND CONFUSION. CURRENTLY…THE LATIN POP SENSATION IS TOURING IN EUROPE. SPEARS WILL KICK OFF HER FEMME FATALE TOUR IN SACRAMENTO ON JUNE 17TH.

Monday, March 28, 2011

3-29-2011

In Local News….

According to the Manhattan Mercury…Riley County Police Officers used tasers 17 times in 2010….and every time…the taser proved effective. Because of this…officers may be required to carry them. Currently…35 officers carry tasers.

As reported by the Associated Press…tuition for K-State students is expected to increase by 4 percent. In-State tuition would increase to two hundred and thirty one dollars while out-of-state tuition would increase to over six hundred and ten dollars. Around the country, other state universities are feeling the bind of tight state budgets. At the University of Arizona, tuition is expected to increase by 20 percent. Students at UCLA and other California institutions have protested the tuition hikes.

In State News…

The Topeka Capitol-Journal reports….The Kansas Expocentre needs a sixty million dollar expansion. Shawnee county residents need to decide whether they want to foot the bill. The exhibition hall will increase by thirty thousand feet and a livestock pavilion will also be added. These two features are one just one of the many highlights of the expansion. Commision Chairman Vick Miller said that letting the expocentre deteriorate would have a negative effect on the economy. According to Miller, the expocentre currently generates tens of millions of dollars.

KCTV Five reports…..Former KU football star and current starting defensive back for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers Aqib Talib is a person of interest in a Garland Texas incident. Allegedley Tahlib hit Shannon Billings with a handgun. Tahlib then fired shots at Billings. Billings is the boyfriend of Talib’s sister. The police report says that incident happened after an argument between Talib’s sister and Billings. Billings was arrested after police discovered that he had two pending family violence offenses.

The Kansas City Star reports…Grandview High School was evacuated on Monday after someone made a bomb threat. Grandview is located in the Kansas City metro area. Police searched the entire school, but were unable to find a bomb.

In Entertainment News…
According to the Associated Press….Singer and Actress Beyonce Knowles is searching for a manager. Her father and former manager Matthew Knowles decided to part ways after nearly 20 years. Matthew Knowles told the associated press that the split was mutual. Knowles also managed former Destinys Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Rowland and Knowles parted ways in 2009, while Williams gaves Knowles the axe just one year later. In a released statement, Beyonce said, "He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly. I am grateful for everything he has taught me.” It is still unclear on who Beyonce’s new manager will be.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Debate team wins national championship

According to a K-State media release...

Senior Beth Mendenhall, best known for her columns in the K-State Collegian, is quite the speaker as well. Mendenhall, along with junior Derek Ziegler won the 2011 Cross-Examination Debate Association's national tournament in Binghampton, N.Y.

This the team's third national championship since 1991.

Ziegler and Mendenall defeated a team from Towson University to claim the championship.

The senior racked up two more awards at the event.

Mendenhall was also named a All-American and Academic All-American.

Next up for Mendenhall and her teammates is a trip to American Forensic Association's National Debate Tournament. The tournament will take place from march 24-28 and will be held at the University of Texas-Dallas.

Monday, March 7, 2011

March 7, 2011 KSDB news

IN LOCAL NEWS...

- THE K-STATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS... EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE BEACH MUSEUM OF ART HAVE BEEN HANGING IN FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY SINCE GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO ABOLISH THE KANSAS ARTS COMMISSION. THE MOVE, WHICH SHOULD SAVE THE STATE CLOSE TO SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IS ONE OF SEVERAL RECENT CUTS MADE IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOFTEN THE BLOW OF NEXT YEAR'S EXPECTED ECONOMIC SHORTFALL.

THE KANSAS ARTS COMMISSION HAS BEEN A SOURCE OF CONSISTENT FUNDING FOR THE MUSEUM, WHICH NOW FACES THE CHALLENGE OF REPLACING ITS BIGGEST SOURCE OF DONATIONS. THE MUSEUM RECEIVED ALMOST TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FROM THE KANSAS ARTS COMMISSION. MUSEUM PERSONNEL ARE UNSURE WHERE THEY WILL FIND NEW FUNDING.


THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS... STATE SENATOR TIM OWENS IS DRIVING HARD TOWARD A POLITICAL DEAL TO SAVE KEY PROVISIONS OF A D-U-I REFORM PACKAGE WITH A PRICE TAG EXCEEDING TEN MILLION DOLLARS. THE REFORM BILL WOULD MANDATE ALL FIRST-TIME DRUNKEN DRIVING OFFENDERS HAVE AN IGNITION LOCKING DEVICE INSTALLED IN THEIR VEHICLE THAT WOULD PREVENT OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE IF THE DRIVER TESTED POSITIVE FOR ALCOHOL ON THE EQUIPMENT. THE REFORM BILL ALSO CALLS FOR MANDATORY PRISON TIME FOR FOURTH-TIME OFFENDERS. THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL BE WORKING ON A STREAMLINED VERSION OF THE BILL IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.


IN NATIONAL NEWS...

FOX NEWS REPORTS... A FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN HAS DIED AFTER FALLING INTO A MINE SHAFT SO DEEP AND TREACHEROUS THAT RESCUERS HAD TO ABANDON EFFORTS TO REACH HIM WHILE HE WAS STILL ALIVE. THE TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD MAN WORKED AT A GEOTHERMAL OPERATION IN NEVADA AND HAD GONE EXPLORING WEDNESDAY WITH TWO FRIENDS DURING HIS OFF-HOURS WHEN HE FELL ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FEET INTO THE OPEN SHAFT NORTHEAST OF RENO.

THE DECISION TO END THE RESCUE CAME AFTER TWO UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS BY SEARCH TEAMS TO DESCEND INTO THE SHAFT WHERE THE MAN WAS TRAPPED IN DEBRIS. A VIDEO CAMERA LOWERED INTO THE SHAFT SHOWED HE HAD BEEN BREATHING BUT NOT MOVING AND HAD SUFFERED SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES. PLANS ARE IN PLACE TO PERMANENTLY SEAL THE SHAFT AND SEVERAL OTHER OPENINGS IN THE AREA.


THE ORLANDO SENTINEL REPORTS... A MICHIGAN DENTIST, WHO BRAGGED HIS NET WORTH WAS BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, WAS ARRESTED IN FLORIDA AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY STOLE A COLLEGE STUDENT'S LOST CREDIT CARD AND USED IT TO BUY TWO PIZZAS.

THE COLLEGE STUDENT REALIZED HIS CARD WAS MISSING AND CALLED TO CANCEL IT WHEN A REPRESENTATIVE TOLD HIM THAT SOMEONE HAD USED THE CARD AT A PIZZA RESTAURANT IN THE SAME SHOPPING CENTER WHERE HE DROPPED THE CARD. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WENT TO THE RESTAURANT AND FOUND RICHARD LEWIS LUDWIG WAITING FOR TWO LARGE PIES WITH EXTRA OLIVES.

LUDWIG ADMITTED TO FINDING THE CARD IN THE PARKING LOT AND USING IT TO PAY HIS PIZZA BILL. HE REPORTEDLY HAD TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS IN CASH ON HIM AT THE TIME. HE NOW FACES CREDIT CARD THEFT AND FORGERY CHARGES, AS WELL AS COUNTS OF IMPERSONATING AND ATTEMPTING TO USE THE IDENTITY OF ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT CONSENT.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

March 3, 2011 KSDB news

IN LOCAL NEWS…

THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION’S PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT PRIMARY ELECTION CONCLUDED LAST NIGHT. RUNNING MATES NATE SPRIGGS AND KATE BORRMAN WAITED IN AGGIEVILLE ALONG WITH THEIR OPPOSITION JOHN GRICE AND NATALIE RAUTH ANXIOUSLY ANTICIPATING THE PRIMARY RESULTS. AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED AT SEVEN O’CLOCK, ALL VOTES WERE COUNTED AND A WINNER WAS DETERMINED. SPRIGGS AND BORRMAN WON THE PRIMARY ELECTION WITH A TOTAL OF ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE VOTES. GRICE AND RAUTH FINISHED WITH ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE TOTAL VOTES.

ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN, MANHATTAN CITIZENS AWAKENED YESTERDAY MORNING ONLY TO HAVE THEIR DAILY ROUTINE INTERRUPTED. THE CITY OF MANHATTAN AND LARSON CONSTRUCTION BEGAN WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING TO REPLACE A WATER VALVE NEAR THE TWELVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF VATTIER STREET. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WERE WITHOUT WATER FROM APPROXIMATELY 8:30AM TO ONE O’CLOCK… IN A PRESS RELEASE, THE CITY OF MANHATTAN SAYS THAT THE VALVE COULD NO LONGER PROVIDE ISOLATION DURING A WATER MAIN RUPTURE. THE CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING.

IN STATE NEWS…


THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS THAT KANSAS EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF HISPANIC POPULATION IN THE LAST DECADE. AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND HISPANICS MIGRATED TO KANSAS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010, DRAWING AN INCREASE OF SIXTY PERCENT FROM THE PRE-EXISTING HISPANIC POPULATION. THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING A BILL THAT WILL REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CHECK THE STATUS OF PEOPLE THEY STOP AND SUSPECT OF BEING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

A WICHITA POLICE OFFICER WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER COMMITTING SEXUAL BATTERY WHILE ON DUTY. THE WICHITA EAGLE REPORTS THAT OFFICER JOSEPH MCGILL, AGE 27, WAS CHARGED AFTER INCIDENTS INCLUDING FELONY AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY ON SUNDAY AND A MISDEAMNOR SEXUAL BATTERY IN 2010. MCGILL WAS HELD ON A BOND OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON MARCH 16TH.

IN NATIONAL NEWS…
MAZDA IS RECALLING FIFTY TWO THOUSAND CARS DUE TO A SPIDER PROBLEM. THE CARS ARE BEING RECALLED AFTER THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION DISCOVERED THAT THE VENT LINES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CLOGGED BY SPIDER WEBS. CBS NEWS REPORTS THE RECALL APPLIES TO ALL 2009-2010 MAZDA 6 MODELS. MAZDA ADDS THAT NO FIRES, ACCIDENTS, OR INJURIES, ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS ARACHNID ISSUE.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…

IMDB.COM REPORTS THAT WARNER BROTHERS AND ZACK SNYDER OF THE ANTICIPATED SUPERMAN PROJECT HAVE ANNOUNCED THE ACTRESS TO PLAY MARTHA KENT, THE ADOPTIVE MOTHER OF CLARK. FORTY SEVEN YEAR OLD DIANE LANE, KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN “THE OUTSIDERS” AND “UNTRACEABLE” WILL FILL THE ROLE… THE MOVIE ENTITLED “SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL” IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN 2012.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

3-02-11

IN LOCAL NEWS...


THE MARIANNA KISTLER BEACH MUSEUM OF ARTS IS EXPECTING YET MORE BUDGET CUTS THE COLLEGIAN WRITES...DUE TO GOVERNOR BROWNBACK'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO ABOLISH THE KANSAS ARTS COMMISSION, LEAVING THE MUSEUM TO WONDER WHERE AND HOW IT WILL REPLACE ITS BIGGEST SOURCE OF FUNDING...THIS RESULTS IN BUDGET CUTS FOR THE MUSEUM WHICH IN TURN MEANS THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FEWERE HOURS AND POSITIONS FOR STUDENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE REDUCED.

AN OLD PIZZA PLACE GETS A NEW TWIST THE COLLEGIAN WRITES…”DOUGHBOYS PIZZA AND PUB,” WHICH REPLACED THE UBER POPULAR “GUMBY’S” PIZZA IN AGGIEVILLE, HAS A SIMILAR ATMOSPHERE AND DELICIOUS FOOD, INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF BRAND NEW SPECIALTY PIZZAS AND FOOD…THE PUB OPENED FEBRUARY 24TH…

IN STATE NEWS…

AN ATCHISON KANSAS MAN IS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL ONLINE REPORTS…ROGER HOLLISTER, ACCUSED OF MURDERING 58 YEAR OLD PATRICIA KIMMI, WAS FOUND GUILTY TUESDAY OF CAPITAL MURDER…DESPITE THE VERDICT, ATCHISON COUNTY ATTORNEY JERRY KUCKLEMEN SAYS THAT “THIS CASE DOESN’T END TODAY-WE WILL KEEP THE INVESTIGATION OPEN.” THE ATTORNEY REFERS TO KIMMI’S HUSBAND, EUGENE, WHO’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CASE IS UNDER “SPECULATION.” PATRICIA KIMMI’S REMAINS WERE NOT FOUND UNTIL SIX MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH ON PROPERTY OWNED BY HOLLISTER’S BROTHER WHICH IS ADJACENT TO ROGER HOLLISTER’S FARM…IN ADDITION TO THE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE, HOLLISTER IS TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN APRIL IN BROWN COUNTY FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS WIFE, REBECCA…HOLLISTER WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE…

IN NATIONAL NEWS…

THE UNREST IN WISCONSIN CONTINUES AS REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES….GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER’S PROPOSED 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR CUTS TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADDED MORE FUEL TO AN ALREADY TOWERING INFERNO…THE GOVERNOR’S CUTS COME AFTER AN ALREADY CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSITION TO LIMIT THE COLLEVTIVE BARGAINING OF UNIONS AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR HEALTH AND PENSION BENEFITS THAT UNION WORKERS MUST PAY FOR OUT OF POCKET…WALKER IS PROPOSING THESE CUTS IN LIEU OF RAISING TAXES, HE SAYS, “THE PREFERABLE CHOICE, HE SAID, FOR SOLVING A DEFICIT EXPECTED TO ARISE IN THE TWO-YEAR BUDGET PERIOD THAT BEGINS IN JULY…

AND IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…

TODAY MARKS THE 107TH BIRTHDAY OF THE LATE “THEODOR ‘SEUSS’ GEISEL,” OR AS HE IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, “DR. SEUSS”…THE DOCTOR, WHO IS RENOWNED THE WORLD OVER FOR HIS CLEVER RHYMES AND COLORFUL CHARACTERS, HAS CAPTIVATED CHILDREN FOR YEARS WITH BOOKS LIKE “HOP ON POP,” “ONE FISH TWO FISH RED FISH BLUE FISH,” “CAT IN THE HAT,” AND THE EVER-PRESENT, “GREEN EGGS AND HAM.” IN HIS LIFETIME SEUSS WROTE FORTY EIGHT BOOKS THAT CAUSED BOTH CHILDREN AND PARENTS ALIKE TO REFLECT ON LIFE LESSONS LIKE LEARNING TO GET ALONG OR TRYING SOMETHING NEW…HE HAD SUCH AN IMPACT THAT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO HIS BIRTHDAY WAS DECLARED “READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY.” FIRST LADY MICHELE OBAMA WILL BE READING SOME OF HIS BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TODAY.