WITH SPRING BREAK COMING UP NEXT WEEK MANY PEOPLE WILL BE HEADING OUT OF KANSAS. HOWEVER, ONE ORGANIZATION IS TRYING TO PROMOTE TOURISM TO KANSAS. THE KANSAS SAMPLER FOUNDATION IS TAKING NOMINATIONS FOR ITS EIGHT WONDERS OF KANSAS CONTEST. THIS CONTEST IS MADE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE STATE ALONG WITH ENCOURAGE THEM TO VISIT. PREVOUSLY THIS CONTEST HAS SHOWCASED ARCHITECTURE, ART, COMMERCE, CUISINE, CUSTOMS, AND GEOGRAPHY.
KANSAS’S STATE PARKS HAVE HAD AN UPSWING IN VISITORS THIS LAST YEAR. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDIFE AND PARKS SAY MORE THAN 7.2 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED THE PARKS OVER THE 6.5 MILLION LAST YEAR. THE PARKS SECRETARY SAYS ONE REASON FOR THE EXTRA VISITORS IS MORE EVENTS ARE BEING HELD AT THE PARKS. HE ALSO SAYS THEY ADDED CABINS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 75 CABINS WITH 23 MORE THAT ARE PLANNED TO OPEN THIS YEAR.
ONE MAD IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE IN WINFIELD. A MAN IN HIS MID 50’S, WHO’S NAME HASN’T BEEN RELEASED, DIED AT AN APARTMENT LATE SATURDAY. WINDFIELD DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE MARSHALL SAYS HE PROBABLY DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION. THE APARTMENT HAD NO WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS AND DAMAGES WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN THOUSDAND DOLLARS. THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
17 MILES OF I-70 ARE CLOSED AFTER A ROCK SLIDE PUT GAPING HOLES IN A BRIDGE AND LEFT BOULDERS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SLIDE HAPPENED AROUND MIDNIGHT NEAR THE HANGING LAKE TUNNEL IN GLENWOOD CANYON, ABOUT 110 MILES WEST OF DENVER. REPORTS ARE SHOWING THE HOLES IN THE BRIDGE ARE THE ABOUT 10 FEET BY 20 FEET AND SOME OF THE BOULDERS ARE THE SIZE OF TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS.
MILLIONS OF LETTERS WERE WRITTEN TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY’S WIDOW AFTER HIS ASSASINATION. MOST OF THEM WERE DESTROYED BUT AROUND 200,000 OF THEM WERE HIDDEN IN THE ARCHIVES OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IN BOSTON. NOW MORE THAN 200 OF THEM HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK “LETTERS TO JACKIE: CONDOLENCES FROM A GRIEVING NATION.” AUTHOR ELLEN FITZPATRICK SPENT MONTHS READING LETTERS AND THEN CONTACTED WRITERS AND THEIR HEIRS TO GET PERMISSION TO PUBLISH THEM. THE BOOK INCLUDES A VIVID RECOLLECTION OF THE DAY KENNEDY WAS SHOT…LETTERS THAT EXPRESS VIEWS ON SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND THE PRESIDENCY, AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF GRIED AND LOSS.
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE HAS STUCK THE WORLD. THIS TIME TURKEY WAS THE VICTIM WITH OFFICIALS SAYING IT HAD A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN MORE THAN 30 AFTERSHOCKS WITH THE STRONGEST BEING A 4.1. OFFICIALS SAY THE EPICENTER IS TOTALLY FLATTENED WITH DOZENS SAID TO BE DEAD.
LAST NIGHT’S 82ND ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS WAS A STAR STUDDED EVENT THAT WRAPS UP AWARDS SEASON. KATHRYN BIGELOW TOOK HOME BEST DIRECTOR FOR HURT LOCKER BEING THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THIS AWARD. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS WENT TO MO’NIQUE FOR PRECIOUS AND SUPPORTING ACTOR WENT TO CHRISTOPH WALTZ FOR INGLORIUS BASTERDS. SANDRA BULLOCK TOOK HOME HER FIRST ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE IN THE BLIND SIDE AND JEFF BRIDGES GOT BEST ACTOR. AND THE BIGGEST AWARD OF THE NIGHT BEST MOTION PICTURE WENT TO THE HURT LOCKER. THIS YEAR TEN FILMS WERE UP FOR BEST MOTION PICTURE INSTEAD OF THE FIVE THERE HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
3-5-10
DENNIS MOORE, A KANSAS CONGRESSMAN, INSTITUTED LEGISLATION THIS WEEK TO HONOR HARRY W. COLMERY. UNDER THE BILL COLMERY WOULD BE HONORED WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY. COLMERY, A WORLD WAR I VETERAN WROTE THE SERVICE READJUSTMENT ACT OF 1944 OR THE GI BILL.
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE, LOCATED IN ATCHISON, KANSAS, RECEIVED A 3.3 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS FROM ATCHISON HOSPITAL.BENEDICTINE PRESIDENT STEPHEN MINNIS SAID THE BUILDINGS WILL BE USED TO HOUSE STUDENTS….EXPAND SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND CREATE A NURSING PROGRAM. THE RENOVATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST, ACCORDING TO BENDICTINE COLLEGE.
A DEADLY BUS CRASH OCCURRED AT 530 THIS MORNING ON INTERSTATE 10, LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF PHOENIX. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED A SEMI, A BUS AND POSSIBLY OTHER VEHICLES, THE WESTBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 10 HAVE BEEN CLOSED. OFFICER ROBERT BAILEY OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD DIED, BUT ADDED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE INJURIES.
RICHARD HEENE, FATHER OF BALLOON BOY TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES TODAY TO BEGIN A 90-DAY JAIL SENTENCE. HEENE WILL SERVE HIS SENTENCE IN LARIMER COUNTY JAIL IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. ALTHOUGH HEENE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT, HE HAS CONTINUED TO PROFESS HIS INNONENCE. LAST WEEK HEENE SAID HE TRULY BELIEVED HIS SON WAS INSIDE THE BALLOON AND ENTERED THE PLEA AS A WAY TO APPEAL TO AUTHORITES AND STOP HIS WIFE FROM BEING DEPORTED TO JAPAN.
FLORIDA’S FRIGID WINTERS HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON THE TOMATO, OR TOEMATO. NO MATTER HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT, FLORIDA GROWERS REPORTEDLY LOST 70 PERCENT OF THEIR CROP. RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE PAYING A WHOLE LOT MORE. THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE FOR A 25 POUND BOX IS NEARLY 24 DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
MAN DOWN. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DRUMMER , BOB BRYAR LEFT THE BAND FOUR WEEKS AGO. THE GROUP DID NOT SAY WHY BUT WROTE THAT THE DECISION WAS PAINFUL AND THEY WISH BRYAR THE BEST OF LUCK ON THEIR WEBSITE. THERE IS NO WORD ON WHO WILL REPLACE THE DRUMMER, BUT THE BAND HAS BEEN WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM.
STRABUCKS LOVERS MAY JUST FIND A WHOLE LOT MORE TO LOVE. STARBUCKS IS UNVEILING A 31 OUNCE DRINK CALLED TRENTA, ITALIAN FOR 30. THE DRINK IS BEING TESTED IN 170 PHOENIX, TAMPA AND FLORIDA AREA LOCATIONS. THE DRINK WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR ICED COFFEES AND ICED TEAS.
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE, LOCATED IN ATCHISON, KANSAS, RECEIVED A 3.3 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS FROM ATCHISON HOSPITAL.BENEDICTINE PRESIDENT STEPHEN MINNIS SAID THE BUILDINGS WILL BE USED TO HOUSE STUDENTS….EXPAND SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND CREATE A NURSING PROGRAM. THE RENOVATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST, ACCORDING TO BENDICTINE COLLEGE.
A DEADLY BUS CRASH OCCURRED AT 530 THIS MORNING ON INTERSTATE 10, LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF PHOENIX. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED A SEMI, A BUS AND POSSIBLY OTHER VEHICLES, THE WESTBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 10 HAVE BEEN CLOSED. OFFICER ROBERT BAILEY OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD DIED, BUT ADDED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE INJURIES.
RICHARD HEENE, FATHER OF BALLOON BOY TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES TODAY TO BEGIN A 90-DAY JAIL SENTENCE. HEENE WILL SERVE HIS SENTENCE IN LARIMER COUNTY JAIL IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. ALTHOUGH HEENE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT, HE HAS CONTINUED TO PROFESS HIS INNONENCE. LAST WEEK HEENE SAID HE TRULY BELIEVED HIS SON WAS INSIDE THE BALLOON AND ENTERED THE PLEA AS A WAY TO APPEAL TO AUTHORITES AND STOP HIS WIFE FROM BEING DEPORTED TO JAPAN.
FLORIDA’S FRIGID WINTERS HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON THE TOMATO, OR TOEMATO. NO MATTER HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT, FLORIDA GROWERS REPORTEDLY LOST 70 PERCENT OF THEIR CROP. RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE PAYING A WHOLE LOT MORE. THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE FOR A 25 POUND BOX IS NEARLY 24 DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
MAN DOWN. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DRUMMER , BOB BRYAR LEFT THE BAND FOUR WEEKS AGO. THE GROUP DID NOT SAY WHY BUT WROTE THAT THE DECISION WAS PAINFUL AND THEY WISH BRYAR THE BEST OF LUCK ON THEIR WEBSITE. THERE IS NO WORD ON WHO WILL REPLACE THE DRUMMER, BUT THE BAND HAS BEEN WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM.
STRABUCKS LOVERS MAY JUST FIND A WHOLE LOT MORE TO LOVE. STARBUCKS IS UNVEILING A 31 OUNCE DRINK CALLED TRENTA, ITALIAN FOR 30. THE DRINK IS BEING TESTED IN 170 PHOENIX, TAMPA AND FLORIDA AREA LOCATIONS. THE DRINK WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR ICED COFFEES AND ICED TEAS.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
News 3-4-10
THE K-STATE STUDENTS HAVE VOTED AND DECIDED THAT DANNY UNRUH AND ANNIE OLIVER WILL BE THE 2010-2011 STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. UNRUH AND OLIVER WERE DOWN TO SAM BRINTON AND MOLLY MCGUIRE IN THE PRIMARIES BY 49 VOTES. SOME OF THE ELECTION RESULTS ARE UP ON OUR BLOG WWW.KSDBNEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM AND MORE WILL BE UP SOON. THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WAS HEARD RIGHT HERE ON 91.9 LAST NIGHT.
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL MICHAEL MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING AT FORT LEAVENWORTH TODAY. HE SPOKE YESTERDAY AT A K-STATE LANDON LECTURE WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT HIS VISION FOR US MILITARY AND FOREIGN POLICY. HE ALSO SAID “VICTORY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WON’T COME IN ONE GLORIOUS BATTLE.” TODAY MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING TO ABOUT 1,000 OFFICERS STUDYING AT THE ARMY’S COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO IN RILEY COUNTY’S ARRAIGNMENT DATE HAS BEEN SET. LUIS AGUIRRE’S ARRAIGNMENT IS SET FOR MARCH 22ND. HE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 18-YEAR OLD TANYA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN. THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND IN A DITCH EAST OF OGDEN IN RILEY COUNTY BACK IN OCTOBER. AGUIRRE IS BEING HELD IN RILEY COUNTY JAIL AND HIS BOND IS SET FOR $2.5 MILLION .
STANTON COUNTY JUST PASSED A VOTE TO RENOVATE THEIR HOSPITAL. VOTERS GAVE IT THE O-K WITH A 257 TO 212 VOTE. THE GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM REPORTS THEY PLAN TO ADD NEW PATIENT EXAM ROOMS…RELOCATE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT…AND EXTENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK. THE CONSTRUCTION IS HOPED TO BEGIN THIS FALL AND BE FINISHED BY DECEMBER 2011.
KANSAS’S STATE FLOWER IS THE SUNFLOWER…ANIMAL IS THE BUFFALO…SONG IS HOME ON THE RANGE BUT NOW THERE’S A PUSH TO ADD A STATE GRASS TO ADD TO THAT LIST. LITTLE BLUESTEM GRASS HAS PASSED ITS FIRST ROUND APPROVAL IN THE HOUSE AND NOW HAS TO MAKE IT’S WAY THROUGH THE SENATE. THE HOUSE REJECTED TO ADD BIG BLUESTEM BECAUSE IT IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE AND BUFFALO GRASS BECAUSE IT’S FOUND MOSTLY IN THE WEST. LITTLE BLUESTEM IS FOUND IN EVERY COUNTY.
US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON IS WRAPPING UP A SIX COUNTRY TOUR. SHE IS IN COSTA RICA PRESSING THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS. CLINON ARRIVED EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS FROM 16 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS. SHE WILL END HER TRIP TOMORROW IN GUATEMALA.
THE RAIL SERVICE IS STOPPED IN PARTS OF TAIWAN AFTER A 6.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE COUNTRY TODAY. THE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TAIWAN AND SO FAR A SMALL NUMBER OF INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. JUST LAST SATURDAY AN 8.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT CHILE.
YESTERDAY WAS FINALLY JESSICA SIMPSON’S TURN TO SPEAK AFTER HER WEIGHT AND ROMANTIC LIFE HAVE BEEN SWIRLING THROUGH HEADLINES. SIMPSON WAS ON OPRAH YESTERDAY WHERE SHE TOUCHED ON THESE ISSUES. HER WEIGHT BECAME AN ISSUE AFTER PICTURES OF HER CAME OUT OF HER PERFORMING AT A CHILI COOK OFF IN 2009. SIMPSON TOLD OPRAH SHE COULDN’T READ THE JOHN MAYER ARTICLE IN PLAYBOY AND SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN HIM. MAYER TOLD PLAYBOY ABOUT THE TWO’S LOVE LIFE. SIMPSON WILL HAVE A NEW SHOW ON V-H-1 CALLED THE PRICE OF BEAUTY WHERE SHE WILL TRAVEL TO SEVEN COUNTRIES AND LEARN WHAT WOMEN DO FOR BEAUTY.
CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL MICHAEL MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING AT FORT LEAVENWORTH TODAY. HE SPOKE YESTERDAY AT A K-STATE LANDON LECTURE WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT HIS VISION FOR US MILITARY AND FOREIGN POLICY. HE ALSO SAID “VICTORY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WON’T COME IN ONE GLORIOUS BATTLE.” TODAY MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING TO ABOUT 1,000 OFFICERS STUDYING AT THE ARMY’S COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO IN RILEY COUNTY’S ARRAIGNMENT DATE HAS BEEN SET. LUIS AGUIRRE’S ARRAIGNMENT IS SET FOR MARCH 22ND. HE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 18-YEAR OLD TANYA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN. THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND IN A DITCH EAST OF OGDEN IN RILEY COUNTY BACK IN OCTOBER. AGUIRRE IS BEING HELD IN RILEY COUNTY JAIL AND HIS BOND IS SET FOR $2.5 MILLION .
STANTON COUNTY JUST PASSED A VOTE TO RENOVATE THEIR HOSPITAL. VOTERS GAVE IT THE O-K WITH A 257 TO 212 VOTE. THE GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM REPORTS THEY PLAN TO ADD NEW PATIENT EXAM ROOMS…RELOCATE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT…AND EXTENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK. THE CONSTRUCTION IS HOPED TO BEGIN THIS FALL AND BE FINISHED BY DECEMBER 2011.
KANSAS’S STATE FLOWER IS THE SUNFLOWER…ANIMAL IS THE BUFFALO…SONG IS HOME ON THE RANGE BUT NOW THERE’S A PUSH TO ADD A STATE GRASS TO ADD TO THAT LIST. LITTLE BLUESTEM GRASS HAS PASSED ITS FIRST ROUND APPROVAL IN THE HOUSE AND NOW HAS TO MAKE IT’S WAY THROUGH THE SENATE. THE HOUSE REJECTED TO ADD BIG BLUESTEM BECAUSE IT IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE AND BUFFALO GRASS BECAUSE IT’S FOUND MOSTLY IN THE WEST. LITTLE BLUESTEM IS FOUND IN EVERY COUNTY.
US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON IS WRAPPING UP A SIX COUNTRY TOUR. SHE IS IN COSTA RICA PRESSING THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS. CLINON ARRIVED EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS FROM 16 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS. SHE WILL END HER TRIP TOMORROW IN GUATEMALA.
THE RAIL SERVICE IS STOPPED IN PARTS OF TAIWAN AFTER A 6.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE COUNTRY TODAY. THE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TAIWAN AND SO FAR A SMALL NUMBER OF INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. JUST LAST SATURDAY AN 8.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT CHILE.
YESTERDAY WAS FINALLY JESSICA SIMPSON’S TURN TO SPEAK AFTER HER WEIGHT AND ROMANTIC LIFE HAVE BEEN SWIRLING THROUGH HEADLINES. SIMPSON WAS ON OPRAH YESTERDAY WHERE SHE TOUCHED ON THESE ISSUES. HER WEIGHT BECAME AN ISSUE AFTER PICTURES OF HER CAME OUT OF HER PERFORMING AT A CHILI COOK OFF IN 2009. SIMPSON TOLD OPRAH SHE COULDN’T READ THE JOHN MAYER ARTICLE IN PLAYBOY AND SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN HIM. MAYER TOLD PLAYBOY ABOUT THE TWO’S LOVE LIFE. SIMPSON WILL HAVE A NEW SHOW ON V-H-1 CALLED THE PRICE OF BEAUTY WHERE SHE WILL TRAVEL TO SEVEN COUNTRIES AND LEARN WHAT WOMEN DO FOR BEAUTY.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
SGA General Election Results
More results will be posted soon
Student Body President & Vice President
Total number of votes for this office: 3224
* Danny Unruh / Annie Oliver 1758 54.5 %
Sam Brinton / Molly McGuire 1466 45.5 %
Board of Directors, Student Publications (1 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 6113
* Molly McGuire 1418 23.2 %
Michael Champlin 1265 20.7
Jeff Hyder 1142 18.7
Nicholas Sevart 1113 18.2
Board of Directors, Student Publications (2 year term)
* Andrew Rickel 2052 97.0 %
Union Governing Board (1 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 3828
* Molly McGuire 885 23.1 %
Luke Fangman 782 20.4
Union Governing Board (2 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 4516
* Sarah Works 1560 34.5 %
Jeff Hyder 1464 32.4
Sophia Dongilli 1444 32.0
Student Body President & Vice President
Total number of votes for this office: 3224
* Danny Unruh / Annie Oliver 1758 54.5 %
Sam Brinton / Molly McGuire 1466 45.5 %
Board of Directors, Student Publications (1 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 6113
* Molly McGuire 1418 23.2 %
Michael Champlin 1265 20.7
Jeff Hyder 1142 18.7
Nicholas Sevart 1113 18.2
Board of Directors, Student Publications (2 year term)
* Andrew Rickel 2052 97.0 %
Union Governing Board (1 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 3828
* Molly McGuire 885 23.1 %
Luke Fangman 782 20.4
Union Governing Board (2 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 4516
* Sarah Works 1560 34.5 %
Jeff Hyder 1464 32.4
Sophia Dongilli 1444 32.0
SGA General Elections
Listen in to the Wildcat 91.9 for live coverage of the Primary Election. We will announce the top to tickets moving on at 6 pm when the polls close.
Voting can be done at sgaelections.ksu.edu Voting closes at 6 pm tonight.
Looking for your watch parties tonight?
Danny Unruh and Annie Oliver - Ale House
Sam Brinton and Molly McGuire - KSU's Nichols Theater
Voting can be done at sgaelections.ksu.edu Voting closes at 6 pm tonight.
Looking for your watch parties tonight?
Danny Unruh and Annie Oliver - Ale House
Sam Brinton and Molly McGuire - KSU's Nichols Theater
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
News 3-2-10
VOTING BEGINS TODAY FOR SGA GENERAL ELECTIONS. THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT DUOS ARE DANNY UNRUH AND ANNIE OLIVER AND SAM BRINTON AND MOLLY MCGUIRE. BESIDES VOTING FOR THAT STUDENTS CAN ALSO VOTE FOR SENATORS…UNION GOVERNING BOARD…AND OTHER POSITIONS. VOTING CAN BE DONE AT WWW.K-STATE.EDU/ELECTION AND ENDS TOMORROW AT 6 PM. TUNE IN RIGHT HERE TO THE WILDCAT 91.9 TO HEAR THE RESULTS LIVE AT 6 PM.
K-STATE’S SECOND LANDON LECTURE OF THE SEMESTER IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING IN MCCAIN AUDITORIUM AT 3:30. THAT TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. MULLEN WILL THEN HEAD TO FORT LEAVENWORTH TO SPEAK THURSDAY AT THE ARMY’S COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MULLEN IS THE TOP UNIFORMED OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES.
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM THE 35TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN LEAVENWORTH WILL DEPLOY TO SOUTH KOREA THIS WEEK. THE 145 TROOPS ARE GOING FOR ANNUAL TRAINING WITH KOREAN MILITARY AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE LEAVING WEDNESDAY. THEY WILL BE HEADING TO SOUTH KOREA’S FIRST ARMY HEADQUATERS IN WONJU AND STAY UNTIL MARCH 20TH. THERE THEY WILL BE WORKING ON STRATEGIC, OPERATIONAL, AND TACTICAL APECTS OF GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS.
THE STATE’S HOUSE IS CONSIDERING A NEW BILL THAT COULD AFFECT GAMBELERS IF THEY OWE CHILD SUPPORT. THE NEW BILL WILL REQUIRE WINNERS AT STATE OWNED CASINOS OR RACETRACKS TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK IF THEY OWE CHILD SUPPORT. IF THEY WIN MORE THAN 1200 DOLLARS THEIR NAME WILL RUN THROUGH A CHILD SUPPORT DEBTOR REGISTRY AND THE JACKPOT WILL BE TAKEN TO PAY THE SUPPORT. THE LAWYER FOR A STATE OWNED CASINO IN DODGE CITY SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE BILL BUT SEES PROBLEMS WITH ENFORCING IT. THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE BILL SOME MORE BEFORE ACTING ON IT.
YOU MAY NOT BE GETTING YOUR SATURDAY MAIL MUCH LONGER, AT LEAST IF THE US POSTAL SERVICE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. LATER THIS MONTH THE POSTAL SERVICE PLANS TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE US POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION TO SCALE BACK DELIVERY TO 5 DAYS A WEEK STARTING IN 2011. ON TOP OF THE SCALE BACK, RATE INCREASES ARE ALSO BEING DISCUSSED. THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS LOST MONEY CONSISTENTLY SINCE 2007 BUT EXPECTS TO SAVE 3 BILLION A YEAR BY ELIMINATING SATURDAY DELIVERIES.
BARACK OBAMA MAY BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BUT HE STRUGGLES WITH SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MOST AMERICANS. THIS WEEKEND OBAMA WAS DEEMED FIT FOR DUTY BY THE WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN BUT APPARENTLY NEEDS TO WORK ON LOWERING HIS HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND KICKING THAT SMOKING HABIT. WHILE OBAMA'S CHOLESTEROL IS UP 42 POINTS SINCE 2007 IT IS STILL NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO REQUIRE MEDICATION. THE PRESIDENT ISN'T A HEAVY SMOKER BUT ACCORDING TO REPORTS OCCASIONALLY FALLS OFF THE WAGON.
DURING THE FINALE OF THE BACHELOR LAST NIGHT TOM BERGERON AND MELISSA RYKROFT ANNOUNCED SEASON TEN’S CAST OF DANCING WITH THE STARS. THE CAST IS SHANNEN DOHERTY, PAM ANDERSON, NIECY NASH, NICOLE SCHERZINGER, KATE GOSSELIN, JAKE PAVELKA, EVAN LYSACECK, ERIN ANDREWS, CHAD OCHOCINCO, AIDEN TURNER, AND BUZZ ALDRIN. THIS SEASON WILL HAVE A FEW CHANGES WITH SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL DANCERS NOT COMING BACK ALONG WITH CO-HOST SAMANTHA HARRIS. THE NEW SEASON BEGINS MARCH 22ND ON ABC. THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE PAIRINGS LATER TODAY.
K-STATE’S SECOND LANDON LECTURE OF THE SEMESTER IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING IN MCCAIN AUDITORIUM AT 3:30. THAT TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. MULLEN WILL THEN HEAD TO FORT LEAVENWORTH TO SPEAK THURSDAY AT THE ARMY’S COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MULLEN IS THE TOP UNIFORMED OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES.
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM THE 35TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN LEAVENWORTH WILL DEPLOY TO SOUTH KOREA THIS WEEK. THE 145 TROOPS ARE GOING FOR ANNUAL TRAINING WITH KOREAN MILITARY AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE LEAVING WEDNESDAY. THEY WILL BE HEADING TO SOUTH KOREA’S FIRST ARMY HEADQUATERS IN WONJU AND STAY UNTIL MARCH 20TH. THERE THEY WILL BE WORKING ON STRATEGIC, OPERATIONAL, AND TACTICAL APECTS OF GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS.
THE STATE’S HOUSE IS CONSIDERING A NEW BILL THAT COULD AFFECT GAMBELERS IF THEY OWE CHILD SUPPORT. THE NEW BILL WILL REQUIRE WINNERS AT STATE OWNED CASINOS OR RACETRACKS TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK IF THEY OWE CHILD SUPPORT. IF THEY WIN MORE THAN 1200 DOLLARS THEIR NAME WILL RUN THROUGH A CHILD SUPPORT DEBTOR REGISTRY AND THE JACKPOT WILL BE TAKEN TO PAY THE SUPPORT. THE LAWYER FOR A STATE OWNED CASINO IN DODGE CITY SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE BILL BUT SEES PROBLEMS WITH ENFORCING IT. THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE BILL SOME MORE BEFORE ACTING ON IT.
YOU MAY NOT BE GETTING YOUR SATURDAY MAIL MUCH LONGER, AT LEAST IF THE US POSTAL SERVICE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. LATER THIS MONTH THE POSTAL SERVICE PLANS TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE US POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION TO SCALE BACK DELIVERY TO 5 DAYS A WEEK STARTING IN 2011. ON TOP OF THE SCALE BACK, RATE INCREASES ARE ALSO BEING DISCUSSED. THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS LOST MONEY CONSISTENTLY SINCE 2007 BUT EXPECTS TO SAVE 3 BILLION A YEAR BY ELIMINATING SATURDAY DELIVERIES.
BARACK OBAMA MAY BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BUT HE STRUGGLES WITH SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MOST AMERICANS. THIS WEEKEND OBAMA WAS DEEMED FIT FOR DUTY BY THE WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN BUT APPARENTLY NEEDS TO WORK ON LOWERING HIS HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND KICKING THAT SMOKING HABIT. WHILE OBAMA'S CHOLESTEROL IS UP 42 POINTS SINCE 2007 IT IS STILL NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO REQUIRE MEDICATION. THE PRESIDENT ISN'T A HEAVY SMOKER BUT ACCORDING TO REPORTS OCCASIONALLY FALLS OFF THE WAGON.
DURING THE FINALE OF THE BACHELOR LAST NIGHT TOM BERGERON AND MELISSA RYKROFT ANNOUNCED SEASON TEN’S CAST OF DANCING WITH THE STARS. THE CAST IS SHANNEN DOHERTY, PAM ANDERSON, NIECY NASH, NICOLE SCHERZINGER, KATE GOSSELIN, JAKE PAVELKA, EVAN LYSACECK, ERIN ANDREWS, CHAD OCHOCINCO, AIDEN TURNER, AND BUZZ ALDRIN. THIS SEASON WILL HAVE A FEW CHANGES WITH SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL DANCERS NOT COMING BACK ALONG WITH CO-HOST SAMANTHA HARRIS. THE NEW SEASON BEGINS MARCH 22ND ON ABC. THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE PAIRINGS LATER TODAY.
Monday, March 1, 2010
News 3-1-10
K-STATE WILL BE TESTING THEIR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS TODAY AROUND 10 A-M. K-STATE’S WEBSITE SAYS THEY WILL BE TESTING CHANNELS INCLUDING THE TEXT MESSAGING…AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS…EMAILS…ALERT BEACONS IN SOME BUILDINGS AND OTHERS. IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP AND DO NOT GET YOUR ALERT YOU CAN EMAIL THE I-T HELP DESK AT HELP DESK AT K-STATE.EDU OR CALL THEM AT 785-532-7722.
KANSAS’S ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE SIX IS WORKING TO HELP KANSANS PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT. THEY WILL BE HOLDING SHRED-A-THONS FOR PEOPLE TO BRING DOCUMENTS LIKE BANK STATEMENTS AND TAX FORMS TO BE SHREDDED. THE FIRST ONE TOOK PLACE FRIDAY IN DODGE CITY. OTHERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR LEAVENWORTH, VILLAGE WEST IN KANSAS CITY, TOPEKA, OVERLAND PARK, ROELAND PARK, AND WICHITA.
WITH INTEREST IN FOOD…COOKING…AND HOSPITATLITY ON THE RISE…JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS CONSIDERING BUILDING A NEW CENTER FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY WANT TO RAISE THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR A NEW CENTER. THE KANSAS CITY STAR SAYS JCCC DOESN’T CURRENTLY HAVE SPACE FOR SUCH PROGRAMS. THE COLLEGES BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAYS IF THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY WITHING 18-MONTHS THEY WILL APPROVE THE 10-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.
TAXES ON LIQUOR MAY BE GOING UP IN KANSAS. THE MONEY MADE WITH THE TAX HIKE WOULD SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND THE MENTALLY ILL WHO HAVE RECENTLY SEEN CUTS IN THEIR FUNDING. THE KANSAS CITY STAR SAYS THE EXISTING TAX ON WHOLESALE ALCOHOL WOULD DOUBLE…COSTING KANSAS A FEW MORE CENTS FOR EVERY BEER OR GLASS OF WINE. BAR AND LIQUOR STORE OWNERS SAY THIS WILL HURT SALES AND KANSAS BY THE MISSOURI BORDER WILL CROSS THE STATE LINE TO BUY THEIR ALCOHOL. THIS IS ONE OF MANY TAX INCREASES THAT LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING TO HELPC LOSE A 400 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
THE US AMBASSADOR TO CHILI SAYS HE KNOWS OF NO AMERICAN DEATHS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE REGION OF CONCEPTION. AMBASSADOR PAUL SIMON TOLD THE CBS EARLY SHOW “WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIRMED REPORTS OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE DIED.” THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT A FEW OF THE ONE-THOUSAND AMERICANS THERE BUT “INFORMATION IS STILL VERY, VERY SCARCE.” A MAGNITUDE EIGHT-POINT-EIGHT EARTHQUAKE HIT CHILI SATURDAY AND POWER IS STILL OUT THERE AND WATER IS IN SHORT SUPPLY.
AS THE BACHELOR WRAPS UP ANOTHER SEASON A PREVIOUS BACHELOR JASON MESNICK AND MOLLY MALANEY ARE MARRIED. ON THE FINALE OF MESNICK’S SEASON HE DUMPED MELISSA RYCROFT AND TOOK RUNNER UP MALANEY BACK. THEY EXCHANGED THEIR VOWS AT THE TERRANEA RESORT IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES CALIFORNIA IN FRONT OF 300 PEOPLE. THE NUPTIALS WILL AIR ON ABC MARCH 8TH.
KANSAS’S ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE SIX IS WORKING TO HELP KANSANS PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT. THEY WILL BE HOLDING SHRED-A-THONS FOR PEOPLE TO BRING DOCUMENTS LIKE BANK STATEMENTS AND TAX FORMS TO BE SHREDDED. THE FIRST ONE TOOK PLACE FRIDAY IN DODGE CITY. OTHERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR LEAVENWORTH, VILLAGE WEST IN KANSAS CITY, TOPEKA, OVERLAND PARK, ROELAND PARK, AND WICHITA.
WITH INTEREST IN FOOD…COOKING…AND HOSPITATLITY ON THE RISE…JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS CONSIDERING BUILDING A NEW CENTER FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY WANT TO RAISE THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR A NEW CENTER. THE KANSAS CITY STAR SAYS JCCC DOESN’T CURRENTLY HAVE SPACE FOR SUCH PROGRAMS. THE COLLEGES BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAYS IF THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY WITHING 18-MONTHS THEY WILL APPROVE THE 10-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.
TAXES ON LIQUOR MAY BE GOING UP IN KANSAS. THE MONEY MADE WITH THE TAX HIKE WOULD SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND THE MENTALLY ILL WHO HAVE RECENTLY SEEN CUTS IN THEIR FUNDING. THE KANSAS CITY STAR SAYS THE EXISTING TAX ON WHOLESALE ALCOHOL WOULD DOUBLE…COSTING KANSAS A FEW MORE CENTS FOR EVERY BEER OR GLASS OF WINE. BAR AND LIQUOR STORE OWNERS SAY THIS WILL HURT SALES AND KANSAS BY THE MISSOURI BORDER WILL CROSS THE STATE LINE TO BUY THEIR ALCOHOL. THIS IS ONE OF MANY TAX INCREASES THAT LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING TO HELPC LOSE A 400 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
THE US AMBASSADOR TO CHILI SAYS HE KNOWS OF NO AMERICAN DEATHS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE REGION OF CONCEPTION. AMBASSADOR PAUL SIMON TOLD THE CBS EARLY SHOW “WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIRMED REPORTS OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE DIED.” THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT A FEW OF THE ONE-THOUSAND AMERICANS THERE BUT “INFORMATION IS STILL VERY, VERY SCARCE.” A MAGNITUDE EIGHT-POINT-EIGHT EARTHQUAKE HIT CHILI SATURDAY AND POWER IS STILL OUT THERE AND WATER IS IN SHORT SUPPLY.
AS THE BACHELOR WRAPS UP ANOTHER SEASON A PREVIOUS BACHELOR JASON MESNICK AND MOLLY MALANEY ARE MARRIED. ON THE FINALE OF MESNICK’S SEASON HE DUMPED MELISSA RYCROFT AND TOOK RUNNER UP MALANEY BACK. THEY EXCHANGED THEIR VOWS AT THE TERRANEA RESORT IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES CALIFORNIA IN FRONT OF 300 PEOPLE. THE NUPTIALS WILL AIR ON ABC MARCH 8TH.
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