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NEW YORK As the out-
look for Lehman Brothers dimmed
Sunday, U.S. and foreign banks
were pressed to create a plan aimed
at inoculating the global finan-
cial system against the investment
banks failure, a top investment
banking official said.
Banks were in tense talks to cre-
ate a pool of money worth up to
$100 billion to lend troubled finan-
cial companies, the official said on
condition of anonymity because
the discussions were ongoing. And
officials at the U.S. Treasury and
the Federal Reserve were expect-
ed to announce they are prepared
to be more generous in the Feds
emergency lending program for
commercial and investment banks.
The plan comes as top govern-
ment officials and Wall Street exec-
utives held marathon, but so far
fruitless, meetings to save Lehman
Brothers, and amid signs that the
158-year-old investment bank
might be forced to seek bankrupt-
cy protection and liquidate. The
companys shares have plunged 95
percent in the past year over wor-
ries that it does not have enough
money to cover losses from its
massive real estate holdings.
The official also said the
Treasury Department and the Fed
were pushing Bank of America
Corp. to buy Merrill Lynch & Co.
On Friday, Merrill Lynchs shares
fell as investors fretted it might be
the next investment bank to come
under pressure from its portfolio of
risky mortgage-backed securities.
Expectations that the 158-year-
old Lehman would survive
dimmed Sunday afternoon after
Barclays PLC withdrew its bid to
buy the investment bank. Barclays
and Bank of America were consid-
ered front-runners to buy Lehman,
which is foundering under the
weight of $60 billion in soured real
estate holdings.
The Lehman talks originally
were aimed at selling the invest-
ment bank in whole or in part. The
deal was tripping on the potential
buyers insistence that they receive
the same kind of help that Bear
Stearns Cos. got last March when
JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought the
securities firm with a $29 billion
Fed-backed loan.
Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson has said the government
will not help close a Lehman deal,
and it was clear late Sunday he was
not budging.
Lehman declined to comment
on the talks.
If no deal were reached, it raised
the specter of a bankruptcy and
liquidation of the investment bank,
which in turn could have a tumul-
tuous effect on world markets. Late
Sunday, Dow Jones industrial aver-
age futures were down 276 points,
or 2.4 percent, at 11,182.
Traders and bankers across Wall
Street came into the office Sunday
to prepare their departments for
what is expected to be a brutal day
in the market. JPMorgan employ-
ees who work trading desks were
asked to come in at 7 a.m. EDT,
way before the markets 9:30 a.m.
open.
An employee at Lehman
Brothers, who spoke on condi-
tion of anonymity, said employees
were briefed of the situation earlier
Sunday afternoon via conference
call. Lehman executives did not
explicitly say the company was fil-
ing for bankruptcy protection, but
essentially confirmed the bank was
planning to liquidate its assets.
There were other signs that
Lehman was moving closer to
a bankruptcy filing, with sever-
al reports that it has hired Weil,
Gotshal & Manges, the law firm
that handled the collapse of
investment firm Drexel Burnham
Lambert in 1990.
Moreover, there was also an
emergency trading session held
at the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association to reduce
risk associated with a potential
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
bankruptcy. The ISDA, which
arranges trades for derivatives,
said it was allowing customers to
make trades and unwind positions
linked to Lehman but that those
trades would be voided if no filing
occurred before midnight.
Paulson, Timothy Geithner,
president of the New York Fed,
and Securities and Exchange
Commissi on Chai rman
Christopher Cox were among those
taking part in the Lehman meet-
ings. Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke is actively engaged
in the deliberations but wasnt in
attendance.
Paulsons tough bargaining
stance received support from out-
side observers Sunday, who argued
that the government had no choice
but to draw a line in the sand.
If Treasury put money into
the Lehman deal, then going
forward no deal would get done
without Treasury help, said Mark
Zandi, chief economist at Moodys
Economy.com. Every potential
buyer would wait until Treasury
stepped in and that would mean
Treasury would be on the hook for
a lot more bailouts.
The current situation is differ-
ent from Bear Stearns situation six
months ago.
In Lehmans case, financial mar-
kets have been aware of the com-
panys problems for a much longer
period and have had time to pre-
pare. Investment banks also now
have the ability to obtain emer-
gency loans directly from the Fed,
a crucial support that they did not
have back in March when Bear
Stearns was rescued.
Bankers and government offi-
cials were also trying to tackle a
broader agenda that includes prob-
lems at American International
Group Inc. and Washington
Mutual Inc., said the investment
bank officials, who were briefed on
the talks.
AIG, the worlds largest insurer,
and WaMu, the nations biggest sav-
ings bank, have taken steep losses
during the past year from risky
investments. There were reports
that AIG plans to disclose a restruc-
turing by early Monday thats likely
to include the disposal of major
assets including its aircraft-leasing
business and other holdings.
Lehman put itself on the block
earlier last week. Bad bets on real-
estate holdings which have fac-
tored into bank failures and caused
other financial companies to
founder have thrust the firm in
peril. It has been dogged by grow-
ing doubts about whether other
financial institutions would con-
tinue to do business with it.
Richard S. Fuld, Lehmans long-
time CEO, pitched a plan to share-
holders Wednesday that would
spin off Lehmans soured real estate
holdings into a separately traded
company. He would then raise
cash by selling a majority stake in
the companys unit that manages
money for people and institutions.
That division includes asset man-
ager Neuberger Berman.
Bankers brace as
Lehman Brothers
stock prices drop
Economy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pedestrians walk past Lehman Brothers headquarters onWednesday in NewYork. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the nations fourth-largest investment bank whose shares have fallen more than
80 percent this year as investors lost confdence amid mounting losses also saidWednesday it lost $3.9 billion during the third quarter due to wrong-way bets on mortgage securities and other risky
assets.
Jan. 17
Lehman
stops
originating
mortgages
through
wholesale
channels.
May 16
Company
cuts
1,400
jobs, or
about 5
percent
of its
work-
force.
Sept. 8
Shares
plunge 52
percent
amid
worries
bank is
struggling
to raise
capital.
Sept. 10
Company
reports
$3.9 billion
loss in third
quarter.
July 17
Moodys
Investors
Service cuts
long-term
senior debt
rating of
company.
Aug. 29
The New
York Times
reports
Lehman will
cut 1,500
jobs.
June 12
CFO Erin
Callan and
COO Joseph
Gregory are
fired.
June 16
Lehman loses
$2.87 billion,
or $5.14 per
share, for its
second
quarter.
April 1
Lehman raises
$4 billion in
capital.
April 15 CEO
Richard Fuld
tells investors
that the worst
of the credit
crisis is behind
Wall Street
March 16
Federal govern-
ment, JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
bail out Bear
Stearns Cos.
March 18
Company earns
$489 million in
first quarter.
Lehman languishes
amid credit crisis
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declined as the credit crisis took hold of Wall Street. Its stock
prices have fallen 88 percent since the start of the year.
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Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit and Merill
Lynch CEO John Thain left The Federal
Reserve Bank of New York Saturday, where
deliberations resumed as leading Wall
Street executives and top U.S. fnancial of-
fcials tried to fnd a buyer or fnancing for
the nations No. 4 investment bank, Lehman
Brothers, and to stop the crisis of conf-
dence spreading to other U.S. banks, bro-
kerages, insurance companies and thrifts.
Whos Involved? CEOs attempt to fnd buyer
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CEO Vikram Pandit
Citigroup
CEO John Thain
Merill Lynch
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KABUL, Afghanistan An
American bombing that killed up
to 90 Afghan civilians last month
was based on false information
provided by a rival tribe and did
not kill a single Taliban fighter,
the presidents spokesman said
Sunday.
The claim contradicted a U.S.
contention that the Aug. 22 raid
on the western village of Azizabad
killed up to 35 Taliban fighters.
There was total misinforma-
tion fed to the coalition forces,
Humayun Hamidzada, the spokes-
man for President Hamid Karzai,
told The Associated Press.
Afghan police arrested three
suspects accused of giving the U.S.
military false intelligence that led
to the bombardment, the Interior
Ministry has said.
An Afghan government com-
mission found that up to 90 civil-
ians were killed, including 60
children, a finding backed by a
preliminary U.N. report.
The bombing strained the U.S.-
Afghan relationship but the coun-
tries remain committed allies,
Hamidzada said.
The operation, conducted by
U.S. Special Forces and Afghan sol-
diers, targeted Afghan employees
of a British security firm and their
family members the reason the
U.S. military recovered weapons
after the battle, Hamidzada said.
The U.S. has said its forces were
fired on first during a raid that tar-
geted and killed a known militant
commander named Mullah Sidiq.
But villagers say their homes were
targeted because of false informa-
tion provided by a rival tribesman
named Nader Tawakil.
An Afghan parliamentarian has
said Tawakil is in the protective
custody of U.S. forces. The coali-
tion has declined to comment.
How the information was
gathered, how it was misfed, and
their personal animosity led to
trying to use the international
forces for their own political dis-
putes, which led to a disastrous
event and caused a strain on the
relationship of the Afghan gov-
ernment and international forces,
Hamidzada said.
Not a single Talib was killed,
he added. So it was a total disas-
ter, and it made it even worse when
there were denials, total denials.
The U.S. at first said that 30
militants and no civilians were
killed. A formal military investi-
gation found that the operation
killed up to 35 militants and seven
civilians.
But after video images showing
at least 10 dead children and up
to 40 other dead villagers surfaced
last week, the U.S. said it would
send a one-star general from the
United States to investigate the
strike.
Afghanistans Interior Ministry
said Friday three suspects had
been arrested for allegedly giving
false information to the American
military, but it did not say who
they were. Hamidzada and the
Interior Ministry spokesman
have also declined to say who was
arrested.
A U.S. military spokeswoman
did not respond to an e-mail seek-
ing comment.
Villagers had gathered for a
memorial ceremony in Azizabad
to honor a tribal leader named
Timor Shah, who had allegedly
been killed by Tawakil, the rival
t r i b e s ma n,
about eight
months ago.
Villagers said
families had
traveled to
Azizabad for
the ceremony,
one of the rea-
sons so many
children were
killed.
The top
NATO spokes-
man in Afghanistan, Brig. Gen.
Richard Blanchette, has said the
U.S. coalition, U.N. and Afghan
government would hold a joint
investigation, but Hamidzada said
the Afghan government would
not take part.
The Afghan government did
not agree to a three-way investi-
gation, because we have already
completed two investigations, he
said.
There is no need to go around
to the village and actually harass
people one more time and remind
them of the terrible ordeal they
went through. We have the facts
straight, we have all the informa-
tion.
Karzai has long pleaded with
international forces to reduce the
number of civilians killed in oper-
ations, and now the government is
studying its status of force agree-
ment governing U.S. and NATO
operations in the country. Afghan
officials are also reviewing the
use of airstrikes by international
forces.
Hamidzada said Azizabad
strained a relationship between
friends.
We can be critical of one par-
ticular issue but we are still part-
ners, he said,
adding there
are ways of
killing Taliban
without hurting
civilians.
If we only
rely on air raids,
we know these
are not accu-
rate, we know
the potential for
civilian casual-
ties is extremely
high, he said. So there has to be a
combination of ground forces and
the use of Afghan military forces.
But you cannot just conduct oper-
ations from the air alone, because
you hurt civilians.
In violence Sunday, a suicide
car bomber attacked a convoy car-
rying Afghan doctors working for
the United Nations in southern
Afghanistan, killing two doctors
and their driver, officials said.
The U.N. said it was trying to
determine whether the bombing
was an explicit attack on the world
body or if the doctors were a tar-
get of opportunity.
Also in the Afghan south,
a British soldier was killed in
an explosion on Saturday, the
Ministry of Defense said.
Elsewhere, seven children died
after ordnance they were play-
ing with exploded, and militants
ambushed and killed seven police,
officials said.
InTERnATIOnAl
Bomb goes of near
Indonesian airport
JAKARTA, Indonesia Po-
lice say a suspected bomb has
exploded near an international
airport in easternmost Indonesia,
but no one has been injured.
Police chief Maj. Gen. Bagus
Ekodanto says the explosion oc-
curred late Sunday in an empty
feld several miles from the
Moses Kilangin airport in Papua
province.
He refused to provide details,
other than to say no one was
hurt and that authorities sus-
pected it was a bomb.
Members of an elite anti-
terrorism unit have rushed to the
scene to investigate.
Associated Press
U.S. denies claim of faulty intelligence
Casualties rise
in Afghanistan
during weekend
InTERnATIOnAl
Plane crash in Moscow
kills 88 Sunday morning
MOSCOW A Russian investi-
gator says the crash of a pas-
senger jet that killed 88 people
in a central Russian city was most
likely caused by engine failure.
Vladimir Markin said in
televised remarks that a failure
of one of the Boeing-737-500s
two engines may have caused
Sundays crash.
The Boeing-737-500 was
traveling from Moscow when
it went down on the outskirts
of the city of Perm around 3:15
a.m. local time, said Emergency
Situations Ministry spokeswoman
Irina Andrianova. She said there
was no indication terrorism was
involved.
Eighty-two passengers,
including seven children, and six
crew were on board, Andrianova
said. Ofcials said there were no
deaths on the ground and investi-
gators were working to deter-
mine the cause of the crash.
Investigators found the planes
black box fight recorders and
were working to analyze them.
The crash destroyed a section
of railway and shut down part
of the Trans-Siberian railway,
a spokesman for the national
railroad company said.
The plane, operated by a
division of Aerofot, was on its
approach to land when it crashed
into an unpopulated area of the
city, just a few hundred yards
from residential buildings, Andri-
anova said.
Associated Press
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9, will feature six lunches spaced
throughout the fall semester:
three for freshman through senior
undergraduates, one for fifth-year
undergraduate students and two
for graduate students. Originally
only five lunches were scheduled,
but because of growing interest
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added. Next semester, students will
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The school relies heavily on its
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Bolivia President Morales
struggles with violence
LA PAZ, Bolivia President
Evo Morales struggled to assert
control over a badly fractured
Bolivia on Sunday as protesters
set fre to a town hall and block-
aded highways in opposition-
controlled provinces, impeding
gasoline and food distribution.
At least 30 people have been
killed in the poor Andean na-
tion this week, Interior Minister
Alfredo Rada said. All the deaths
occurred in Pando province,
where Morales declared martial
law on Friday, dispatching troops
and accusing government foes of
killing his supporters.
Pandos security chief, Alberto
Murakami, told The Associated
Press by telephone that 15
people had died and 55 were
injured.
Presidency Minister Juan
Ramon Quintana told local radio
Red Erbol that authorities had
arrested Pando Gov. Leopoldo
Fernandez, for violating the
constitution and generating the
bloody killings of the peasants,
and using assassins against his
supporters.
Associated Press
not a single talib was killed.
So it was a total disaster, and it
made it even worse when there
were denials, total denials.
HuMAyun HAMIdZAdA
spokesman for Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai
Middle east
entertainment 8a Monday, SepteMber 15, 2008
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
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Today is a 6
Dont worry if youre of to a slow
start this morning. Newcomplica-
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decide which way to go. Get your
bearings before you take action.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Dont freak out when you get the
bills. Remember, you were warned.
Take full responsibility to assuage
any feelings of guilt. Face the facts
and dont whine.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
The situation thats developing
will turn out well, so dont worry.
Theres never much use in worrying
anyway, as you may have already
noticed.
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Today is a 7
A bold scheme needs more work.
The way its put together nowwill
lead to a breakdown. Its not a good
time to travel, either.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
The action picks up as the day pro-
gresses. Dont fret if you get a slow
start. Do fgure out early what you
want. Youll build up speed later.
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Today is an 8
Proceed with caution. Odds are
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or information. Listen to and watch
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Take the best of both.
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Today is a 7
All of a sudden youre behind, and it
isnt even your fault. The good news
is that extra work will help you pay
of a fewbills. Let someone elses
emergency be your lucky break.
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Today is a 5
Luckily, youre pretty good at
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that everything that can change
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into rabbits.
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Today is a 6
You might be slightly tired from
your social activities. Going back
to your work routine could be a
welcome relief. Dont schedule
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Today is a 5
You cant aford to foot the whole
bill yourself. Youll have to talk ev-
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in. You can do this, and so can they.
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Today is an 8
A breakdown will occur if others try
to boss you around. Youre generally
very nice, but you do have a break-
ing point. If they get too close, tell
themto back of.
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Actor Damon, musician
Wyclef survey Ike damage
GONAIVES, Haiti There were
cries of adulation and also of
hunger as Matt Damon and
Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean
toured the food-ravaged city of
Gonaives on Sunday to call atten-
tion to the widespread sufering.
Tropical storm Hanna and
Hurricane Ike submerged the
city and cut of roadways in and
out. Where waters have receded,
streets remained a stinking mud-
bath and homes were left with
a carpet of muck and encrusted
pots, pans and laundry.
As Damon and Jean surveyed
the destruction from the back of
a pickup truck in a U.N. convoy, a
man on a bicycle followed as far
as he could, shouting out, Wyclef,
I love you, Wyclef.Jean raised his
hand, but couldnt bring himself
to smile back.
Its inhumane. I wish there was
a word in the dictionary. No hu-
man should be living like this.
Catching frst sight of fooded
homes and people living on roofs
with all their belongings, Damon
also was at a loss.
Im speechless, I cant believe
it,he said.
Damon and Jean are encour-
aging more people to help the
United Nations raise more than
US$100 million for an estimated
800,000 Haitians in need of aid
after four devastating tropical
storms and hurricanes since mid-
August. They went to a school
shelter Sunday to drop of cooking
oil from USAID and bags of beans
from the World Food Program.
AssociatedPress
Fridays
The presidential election is
49 days away, and the anticipa-
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among young adults is increas-
ing. According to civicyouth.org, 47
percent of 18 to 24 year olds voted
in the 2004 presidential election,
up from 36 percent in 2000. With
all the enthusiasm surrounding the
November election, why werent
students this excited about the
Student Senate elections in April?
Voter turnout for the last Student
Senate election was extremely low.
Only 17 percent of the student
body voted. Although this is an
increase from 12 percent the year
before, the turnout is pitiful. Not
voting means not being heard, and
less than a fifth of the student body
had a voice in April.
The presidential election may
seem more significant than the
Student Senate elections, but politi-
cal involvement on campus is just
as important. Student senators have
as much of an impact, if not more,
on our daily lives than the person
we put in the White House.
The decisions of Student Senate
set the foundation of the school
and have been widely questioned,
and sometimes criticized, by stu-
dents. Issues like voting with click-
ers, financing the construction of a
boathouse and making buses free
for students were widely discussed.
But why didnt the majority of the
student body vote?
Apparently only 17 percent of
the student body found these issues
important enough to elect the peo-
ple who control them instead of
just complaining.
Political involvement on campus
does not begin and end with vot-
ing. Students should get involved
in the decision-making process.
If you didnt vote on Student
Senate election day, you can still
have a say about what happens
to your campus and your money.
Students can start petitions and
write referendums. Students can
even write their own bills with the
permission of a student senator.
Student Senate said it is trying
to tackle campus voting apathy.
Student Senate has created a new
committee to reform the election
process in an effort to get more stu-
dents to the polls, said Aly Rodee,
Student Senate communications
director. Student Senate hopes to
shorten the campaigning process
so that students wont feel burnt
out and may be excited to vote.
Being informed about the poli-
tics of the University is just as
important as voting for the presi-
dent. It may even be more impor-
tant. After all, the president does
not manage student fees.
In order to get the best experi-
ence from the University, students
must be informed and involved in
their campus community.
Young people are hungry for a
positive change. This change we
crave will not come from our next
president but from ourselves.
Brown is a Wichita
sophomore in journalism and
political science.
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What Will Wright gets
wrong about evolution
presidential election should
revitalize politics on campus
ERin bRown
THE
CAMPUS
VOTE
no reason not to
prepare for storms
To the girl who took all the
duct tape of me: Thank you. I
probably looked ridiculous.
n n n
To the person who tried to
check in at the dorms with a
fake ID: not smart.
n n n
Im so tired of hearing
people whine about the new
Facebook. Its not that difer-
ent. Learn to adapt, please.
n n n
I was going to delete all
the pictures of us, but I didnt
have the heart to clean out
my recycle bin.
n n n
Am I a loser because I was
doing homework for part of
my Saturday night? And I was
OK with it?
n n n
I need a good date. A really
good date. Like something
out of a movie.
n n n
To the guy I almost hit with
my car Friday when it was
raining: Im so, so sorry. Lets
hang out and celebrate the
fact that I didnt break your
legs.
n n n
That rainbow was
awesome!
n n n
You may laugh at your
roommate in ROTC for hav-
ing to get up every morning
at 5:30, but you wont be
laughing when hes the one
defending our country.
n n n
Why are all the guys I like
so focused on school that
they cant be open to the idea
of dating?
n n n
Everyone is slowly leaving
Facebook chat and yet here
I am still on Free for All. And
fve hours from now, I will
still be here. I am a loser. Im
going to go play Grand Theft
Auto 4 and pretend Im not a
loser with no girlfriend and
no money.
n n n
My best friend was a virgin
until two months ago. Now
hes getting married.
n n n
Three members of my high
school graduating class got
married in the past month.
They are dropping like fies.
n n n
I broke up with someone,
and they dont even know.
n n n
I hate the new Facebook,
but I dont think my will-
power is strong enough to
boycott it.
n n n
Jayhawks, what
happened?
n n n
Im playing Spore right
now. One of the greatest
games since sliced bread, eh?
n n n
If LOLcatz, Battlestar Galactica
and Mr. Potatohead procreated,
youd get the newest video game
sensation, Spore. Its the brainchild
of Will Wright, who created The
Sims, which turned out to be the
best-selling PC game in history.
Spore is similar to The Sims,
in that players control the evo-
lution of their creatures. The
evolutionary premise of Spore is
quite innovative, but when science
and pop culture meet, scientific
accuracy always takes a back seat
to amusement (see Star Trek,
Frankenstein, The Brave Little
Toaster).
Spore isnt trying to teach us
evolution its trying to take up
space on your hard drive. Heres
what you should take with a grain
of salt:
We Are ALL reALLy
cuTe ALiens
Life in Spore begins when
an asteroid hits earth, deposit-
ing multi-celled bacteria that laze
about until a player starts adding
limbs and allows the bacteria to
reproduce. Spore deserves a nod
for including a scientifically sup-
ported background story, but the
space stork is only one theory.
Other scientists think organic
material, such as amino acids and
proteins, was grown in the right
temperature, light and chemical
conditions in some unfortunate
prehistoric time when computer
games couldnt stunt their pro-
ductivity.
nO need TO sAve
THe WHALes
Spore is infused with a humans-
as-divine-beings mentality. While
the creatures dont resemble us, the
game assumes that our conditions
as land-dwelling, group-cooperat-
ing strategic thinkers led to our
survival. This is why the game is so
popular: It feeds our egos by allow-
ing us to control life.
As June bugs have proven, you
dont need much of a brain to
resist extinction. Surviving on land
doesnt guarantee better survival,
either. Whales, the largest aquatic
mammals, actually developed from
land animals. Evolution requires a
pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps
mentality. Organisms survive if
they can use limited resources in a
small area, not if they can conquer
the universe.
iF yOu sucK AT LiFe,
MOve PAsT GO
Spore allows you to skip entire
stages completely after you have
played the game once. Unlike
in Spore, species dont seek out
new ways to succeed unless their
environment or genetic makeup
demands it. In Spore, advancing
from level to level is expected.
seeinG GOd BeHind
THe curTAin
Saving your thatch hut from
burning to the ground in the
tribal phase depends largely on
what type of arms, legs and eyes
players give their creature at the
start. Like the real world, creatures
with the best-fit characteristics
flourish. However, Spore doesnt
notice that evolution isnt a deci-
sion. Organisms dont choose how
they look. Biodiversity arises from
genetic mutations and environ-
mental pressure. Giving players
a God complex ignores the basic
mechanism of evolution natural
selection, not divine power.
But the point of Spore isnt for
the Board of Education to dispatch
librarian patrol over all K-12 com-
puters. Players can overlook the
simplified representations of evo-
lution because Spore isnt a learn-
ing tool: It is science appropriated
for entertainment.
If Spore didnt have the God
complex built in, wed be doing the
same old thing making secret
ugly Sim characters out of our sib-
lings.
Oberthaler is a Wichita junior
in English.
MAX RinKEL
KAtiE obERthALER
I LICHEN
THIS TO
SCIENCE
Do campus police have
nothing else to do?
I realize at 9:50 on a Thursday
morning there might not be
too much for the ever-so-busy
University police ofcers to be
doing. However, while most
students are still recovering
from dollar night, I was riding
my bicycle to class. With the
Lollipop remix bumpin on my
iPod, I cruised down Jayhawk
Boulevard on the 26-inch rims
of my bicycle.
Midway through the second
fow of rhymes from Lil Wayne, I
hear the sound of a cop car. Are
you kidding me?
Yes, I got pulled over on my
bike. If you were on campus and
witnessed this, please laugh it
up. Although I thought it was
hilarious, the ofcer did not. He
informed me that I was indeed
endangering lives by failing to
yield at a stop sign.
Students: please learn from
my $130 mistake. The University
obviously doesnt have enough
money. Now it seems like we
are in the middle of a war
between the University police
department and the KU Parking
Department to see which can
give out the most ridiculous
tickets.
Max Kozak is a junior from
Anchorage, Alaska.
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ASSOCiATED pRESS
The hurricane season has
gotten off to a strong start, and
as hurricanes dart closer to the
Louisiana coastline, officials
should ask themselves how far
the United States has actually
come since Katrina.
New Orleans was whol-
ly unprepared for that
storm, and cities and
states should not hesi-
tate to issue voluntary
evacuation notices, even
if the storm has only a chance of
hitting that location.
Hurricanes present a difficult
situation to government and law
enforcement agencies, especial-
ly during evacuations. Unlike a
tornado, which people can take
shelter from in their basement,
a hurricane forces evacuations
because no type of effective hurri-
cane shelters exist. Even if citizens
stayed, New Orleans showed us
that the damage to water, sewer,
gas and electrical systems would
place them in serious danger.
Unfortunately, hurricanes are
also unpredictable. Even if the
National Hurricane Center can
give people a range of where the
storm might strike, intensity and
exact location are not certain.
Although the hurricane might
fizzle out, mandatory evacuations
should be enforced for any urban
area that might lie in
the path of a hurricane,
simply because of the
likely unlivable state
of the city afterward.
Rural residents should
be given more leeway in
choosing if they want to leave, as
long as they understand their life
is in their hands.
Although it might seem like
a waste of money to prepare for
only a possibility, this country has
seen the devastating consequenc-
es of not doing enough.
All areas in this country are
prone to some kind of natural
disaster, and states should make
sure they have the ability to help
and protect their citizens, even if
the storms arent as disastrous as
projected.
No one should try to balance
the equation of money saved by
comparing it to lives saved.
If you want cars to treat bicy-
cles as equal passengers, you'd
better be prepared to equally
follow the laws of the road.
comment by Hendrix321
I don't know which is stupid-
er, blowing through stop signs
on a bike or having headphones
on while riding a bike around
cars and huge buses. And if you
weren't wearing a helmet while
riding, then youre insane.
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NEW YORK As the out-
look for Lehman Brothers dimmed
Sunday, U.S. and foreign banks
were pressed to create a plan aimed
at inoculating the global finan-
cial system against the investment
banks failure, a top investment
banking official said.
Banks were in tense talks to cre-
ate a pool of money worth up to
$100 billion to lend troubled finan-
cial companies, the official said on
condition of anonymity because
the discussions were ongoing. And
officials at the U.S. Treasury and
the Federal Reserve were expect-
ed to announce they are prepared
to be more generous in the Feds
emergency lending program for
commercial and investment banks.
The plan comes as top govern-
ment officials and Wall Street exec-
utives held marathon, but so far
fruitless, meetings to save Lehman
Brothers, and amid signs that the
158-year-old investment bank
might be forced to seek bankrupt-
cy protection and liquidate. The
companys shares have plunged 95
percent in the past year over wor-
ries that it does not have enough
money to cover losses from its
massive real estate holdings.
The official also said the
Treasury Department and the Fed
were pushing Bank of America
Corp. to buy Merrill Lynch & Co.
On Friday, Merrill Lynchs shares
fell as investors fretted it might be
the next investment bank to come
under pressure from its portfolio of
risky mortgage-backed securities.
Expectations that the 158-year-
old Lehman would survive
dimmed Sunday afternoon after
Barclays PLC withdrew its bid to
buy the investment bank. Barclays
and Bank of America were consid-
ered front-runners to buy Lehman,
which is foundering under the
weight of $60 billion in soured real
estate holdings.
The Lehman talks originally
were aimed at selling the invest-
ment bank in whole or in part. The
deal was tripping on the potential
buyers insistence that they receive
the same kind of help that Bear
Stearns Cos. got last March when
JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought the
securities firm with a $29 billion
Fed-backed loan.
Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson has said the government
will not help close a Lehman deal,
and it was clear late Sunday he was
not budging.
Lehman declined to comment
on the talks.
If no deal were reached, it raised
the specter of a bankruptcy and
liquidation of the investment bank,
which in turn could have a tumul-
tuous effect on world markets. Late
Sunday, Dow Jones industrial aver-
age futures were down 276 points,
or 2.4 percent, at 11,182.
Traders and bankers across Wall
Street came into the office Sunday
to prepare their departments for
what is expected to be a brutal day
in the market. JPMorgan employ-
ees who work trading desks were
asked to come in at 7 a.m. EDT,
way before the markets 9:30 a.m.
open.
An employee at Lehman
Brothers, who spoke on condi-
tion of anonymity, said employees
were briefed of the situation earlier
Sunday afternoon via conference
call. Lehman executives did not
explicitly say the company was fil-
ing for bankruptcy protection, but
essentially confirmed the bank was
planning to liquidate its assets.
There were other signs that
Lehman was moving closer to
a bankruptcy filing, with sever-
al reports that it has hired Weil,
Gotshal & Manges, the law firm
that handled the collapse of
investment firm Drexel Burnham
Lambert in 1990.
Moreover, there was also an
emergency trading session held
at the International Swaps and
Derivatives Association to reduce
risk associated with a potential
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
bankruptcy. The ISDA, which
arranges trades for derivatives,
said it was allowing customers to
make trades and unwind positions
linked to Lehman but that those
trades would be voided if no filing
occurred before midnight.
Paulson, Timothy Geithner,
president of the New York Fed,
and Securities and Exchange
Commissi on Chai rman
Christopher Cox were among those
taking part in the Lehman meet-
ings. Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke is actively engaged
in the deliberations but wasnt in
attendance.
Paulsons tough bargaining
stance received support from out-
side observers Sunday, who argued
that the government had no choice
but to draw a line in the sand.
If Treasury put money into
the Lehman deal, then going
forward no deal would get done
without Treasury help, said Mark
Zandi, chief economist at Moodys
Economy.com. Every potential
buyer would wait until Treasury
stepped in and that would mean
Treasury would be on the hook for
a lot more bailouts.
The current situation is differ-
ent from Bear Stearns situation six
months ago.
In Lehmans case, financial mar-
kets have been aware of the com-
panys problems for a much longer
period and have had time to pre-
pare. Investment banks also now
have the ability to obtain emer-
gency loans directly from the Fed,
a crucial support that they did not
have back in March when Bear
Stearns was rescued.
Bankers and government offi-
cials were also trying to tackle a
broader agenda that includes prob-
lems at American International
Group Inc. and Washington
Mutual Inc., said the investment
bank officials, who were briefed on
the talks.
AIG, the worlds largest insurer,
and WaMu, the nations biggest sav-
ings bank, have taken steep losses
during the past year from risky
investments. There were reports
that AIG plans to disclose a restruc-
turing by early Monday thats likely
to include the disposal of major
assets including its aircraft-leasing
business and other holdings.
Lehman put itself on the block
earlier last week. Bad bets on real-
estate holdings which have fac-
tored into bank failures and caused
other financial companies to
founder have thrust the firm in
peril. It has been dogged by grow-
ing doubts about whether other
financial institutions would con-
tinue to do business with it.
Richard S. Fuld, Lehmans long-
time CEO, pitched a plan to share-
holders Wednesday that would
spin off Lehmans soured real estate
holdings into a separately traded
company. He would then raise
cash by selling a majority stake in
the companys unit that manages
money for people and institutions.
That division includes asset man-
ager Neuberger Berman.
Bankers brace as
Lehman Brothers
stock prices drop
Economy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pedestrians walk past Lehman Brothers headquarters onWednesday in NewYork. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the nations fourth-largest investment bank whose shares have fallen more than
80 percent this year as investors lost confdence amid mounting losses also saidWednesday it lost $3.9 billion during the third quarter due to wrong-way bets on mortgage securities and other risky
assets.
Jan. 17
Lehman
stops
originating
mortgages
through
wholesale
channels.
May 16
Company
cuts
1,400
jobs, or
about 5
percent
of its
work-
force.
Sept. 8
Shares
plunge 52
percent
amid
worries
bank is
struggling
to raise
capital.
Sept. 10
Company
reports
$3.9 billion
loss in third
quarter.
July 17
Moodys
Investors
Service cuts
long-term
senior debt
rating of
company.
Aug. 29
The New
York Times
reports
Lehman will
cut 1,500
jobs.
June 12
CFO Erin
Callan and
COO Joseph
Gregory are
fired.
June 16
Lehman loses
$2.87 billion,
or $5.14 per
share, for its
second
quarter.
April 1
Lehman raises
$4 billion in
capital.
April 15 CEO
Richard Fuld
tells investors
that the worst
of the credit
crisis is behind
Wall Street
March 16
Federal govern-
ment, JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
bail out Bear
Stearns Cos.
March 18
Company earns
$489 million in
first quarter.
Lehman languishes
amid credit crisis
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declined as the credit crisis took hold of Wall Street. Its stock
prices have fallen 88 percent since the start of the year.
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SOURCE: Thomson Financial AP
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit and Merill
Lynch CEO John Thain left The Federal
Reserve Bank of New York Saturday, where
deliberations resumed as leading Wall
Street executives and top U.S. fnancial of-
fcials tried to fnd a buyer or fnancing for
the nations No. 4 investment bank, Lehman
Brothers, and to stop the crisis of conf-
dence spreading to other U.S. banks, bro-
kerages, insurance companies and thrifts.
Whos Involved? CEOs attempt to fnd buyer
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CEO Vikram Pandit
Citigroup
CEO John Thain
Merill Lynch
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KABUL, Afghanistan An
American bombing that killed up
to 90 Afghan civilians last month
was based on false information
provided by a rival tribe and did
not kill a single Taliban fighter,
the presidents spokesman said
Sunday.
The claim contradicted a U.S.
contention that the Aug. 22 raid
on the western village of Azizabad
killed up to 35 Taliban fighters.
There was total misinforma-
tion fed to the coalition forces,
Humayun Hamidzada, the spokes-
man for President Hamid Karzai,
told The Associated Press.
Afghan police arrested three
suspects accused of giving the U.S.
military false intelligence that led
to the bombardment, the Interior
Ministry has said.
An Afghan government com-
mission found that up to 90 civil-
ians were killed, including 60
children, a finding backed by a
preliminary U.N. report.
The bombing strained the U.S.-
Afghan relationship but the coun-
tries remain committed allies,
Hamidzada said.
The operation, conducted by
U.S. Special Forces and Afghan sol-
diers, targeted Afghan employees
of a British security firm and their
family members the reason the
U.S. military recovered weapons
after the battle, Hamidzada said.
The U.S. has said its forces were
fired on first during a raid that tar-
geted and killed a known militant
commander named Mullah Sidiq.
But villagers say their homes were
targeted because of false informa-
tion provided by a rival tribesman
named Nader Tawakil.
An Afghan parliamentarian has
said Tawakil is in the protective
custody of U.S. forces. The coali-
tion has declined to comment.
How the information was
gathered, how it was misfed, and
their personal animosity led to
trying to use the international
forces for their own political dis-
putes, which led to a disastrous
event and caused a strain on the
relationship of the Afghan gov-
ernment and international forces,
Hamidzada said.
Not a single Talib was killed,
he added. So it was a total disas-
ter, and it made it even worse when
there were denials, total denials.
The U.S. at first said that 30
militants and no civilians were
killed. A formal military investi-
gation found that the operation
killed up to 35 militants and seven
civilians.
But after video images showing
at least 10 dead children and up
to 40 other dead villagers surfaced
last week, the U.S. said it would
send a one-star general from the
United States to investigate the
strike.
Afghanistans Interior Ministry
said Friday three suspects had
been arrested for allegedly giving
false information to the American
military, but it did not say who
they were. Hamidzada and the
Interior Ministry spokesman
have also declined to say who was
arrested.
A U.S. military spokeswoman
did not respond to an e-mail seek-
ing comment.
Villagers had gathered for a
memorial ceremony in Azizabad
to honor a tribal leader named
Timor Shah, who had allegedly
been killed by Tawakil, the rival
t r i b e s ma n,
about eight
months ago.
Villagers said
families had
traveled to
Azizabad for
the ceremony,
one of the rea-
sons so many
children were
killed.
The top
NATO spokes-
man in Afghanistan, Brig. Gen.
Richard Blanchette, has said the
U.S. coalition, U.N. and Afghan
government would hold a joint
investigation, but Hamidzada said
the Afghan government would
not take part.
The Afghan government did
not agree to a three-way investi-
gation, because we have already
completed two investigations, he
said.
There is no need to go around
to the village and actually harass
people one more time and remind
them of the terrible ordeal they
went through. We have the facts
straight, we have all the informa-
tion.
Karzai has long pleaded with
international forces to reduce the
number of civilians killed in oper-
ations, and now the government is
studying its status of force agree-
ment governing U.S. and NATO
operations in the country. Afghan
officials are also reviewing the
use of airstrikes by international
forces.
Hamidzada said Azizabad
strained a relationship between
friends.
We can be critical of one par-
ticular issue but we are still part-
ners, he said,
adding there
are ways of
killing Taliban
without hurting
civilians.
If we only
rely on air raids,
we know these
are not accu-
rate, we know
the potential for
civilian casual-
ties is extremely
high, he said. So there has to be a
combination of ground forces and
the use of Afghan military forces.
But you cannot just conduct oper-
ations from the air alone, because
you hurt civilians.
In violence Sunday, a suicide
car bomber attacked a convoy car-
rying Afghan doctors working for
the United Nations in southern
Afghanistan, killing two doctors
and their driver, officials said.
The U.N. said it was trying to
determine whether the bombing
was an explicit attack on the world
body or if the doctors were a tar-
get of opportunity.
Also in the Afghan south,
a British soldier was killed in
an explosion on Saturday, the
Ministry of Defense said.
Elsewhere, seven children died
after ordnance they were play-
ing with exploded, and militants
ambushed and killed seven police,
officials said.
InTERnATIOnAl
Bomb goes of near
Indonesian airport
JAKARTA, Indonesia Po-
lice say a suspected bomb has
exploded near an international
airport in easternmost Indonesia,
but no one has been injured.
Police chief Maj. Gen. Bagus
Ekodanto says the explosion oc-
curred late Sunday in an empty
feld several miles from the
Moses Kilangin airport in Papua
province.
He refused to provide details,
other than to say no one was
hurt and that authorities sus-
pected it was a bomb.
Members of an elite anti-
terrorism unit have rushed to the
scene to investigate.
Associated Press
U.S. denies claim of faulty intelligence
Casualties rise
in Afghanistan
during weekend
InTERnATIOnAl
Plane crash in Moscow
kills 88 Sunday morning
MOSCOW A Russian investi-
gator says the crash of a pas-
senger jet that killed 88 people
in a central Russian city was most
likely caused by engine failure.
Vladimir Markin said in
televised remarks that a failure
of one of the Boeing-737-500s
two engines may have caused
Sundays crash.
The Boeing-737-500 was
traveling from Moscow when
it went down on the outskirts
of the city of Perm around 3:15
a.m. local time, said Emergency
Situations Ministry spokeswoman
Irina Andrianova. She said there
was no indication terrorism was
involved.
Eighty-two passengers,
including seven children, and six
crew were on board, Andrianova
said. Ofcials said there were no
deaths on the ground and investi-
gators were working to deter-
mine the cause of the crash.
Investigators found the planes
black box fight recorders and
were working to analyze them.
The crash destroyed a section
of railway and shut down part
of the Trans-Siberian railway,
a spokesman for the national
railroad company said.
The plane, operated by a
division of Aerofot, was on its
approach to land when it crashed
into an unpopulated area of the
city, just a few hundred yards
from residential buildings, Andri-
anova said.
Associated Press
the sign-up sheets quickly. The
program, which started on Sept.
9, will feature six lunches spaced
throughout the fall semester:
three for freshman through senior
undergraduates, one for fifth-year
undergraduate students and two
for graduate students. Originally
only five lunches were scheduled,
but because of growing interest
in the program, another date was
added. Next semester, students will
still have the opportunity to dine
with the dean.
The school relies heavily on its
bond with students, and dining
with the dean is another way to
create that connection.
I hear other buildings arent
as warm and friendly as ours,
said Connie Gentry, administra-
tive associate with the School of
Education welcome center. We
have a nice building and were very
lucky here.
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Bolivia President Morales
struggles with violence
LA PAZ, Bolivia President
Evo Morales struggled to assert
control over a badly fractured
Bolivia on Sunday as protesters
set fre to a town hall and block-
aded highways in opposition-
controlled provinces, impeding
gasoline and food distribution.
At least 30 people have been
killed in the poor Andean na-
tion this week, Interior Minister
Alfredo Rada said. All the deaths
occurred in Pando province,
where Morales declared martial
law on Friday, dispatching troops
and accusing government foes of
killing his supporters.
Pandos security chief, Alberto
Murakami, told The Associated
Press by telephone that 15
people had died and 55 were
injured.
Presidency Minister Juan
Ramon Quintana told local radio
Red Erbol that authorities had
arrested Pando Gov. Leopoldo
Fernandez, for violating the
constitution and generating the
bloody killings of the peasants,
and using assassins against his
supporters.
Associated Press
not a single talib was killed.
So it was a total disaster, and it
made it even worse when there
were denials, total denials.
HuMAyun HAMIdZAdA
spokesman for Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai
Middle east
entertainment 8a Monday, SepteMber 15, 2008
10 is the easiest day, 0 the
most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 6
Dont worry if youre of to a slow
start this morning. Newcomplica-
tions require pondering before you
decide which way to go. Get your
bearings before you take action.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Dont freak out when you get the
bills. Remember, you were warned.
Take full responsibility to assuage
any feelings of guilt. Face the facts
and dont whine.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
The situation thats developing
will turn out well, so dont worry.
Theres never much use in worrying
anyway, as you may have already
noticed.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is a 7
A bold scheme needs more work.
The way its put together nowwill
lead to a breakdown. Its not a good
time to travel, either.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is an 8
The action picks up as the day pro-
gresses. Dont fret if you get a slow
start. Do fgure out early what you
want. Youll build up speed later.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is an 8
Proceed with caution. Odds are
high you or somebody nearby will
get confused and do something
stupid. Drive defensively.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today is a 5
Dont rely too heavily on newskills
or information. Listen to and watch
people who have lots of experience.
Take the best of both.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 7
All of a sudden youre behind, and it
isnt even your fault. The good news
is that extra work will help you pay
of a fewbills. Let someone elses
emergency be your lucky break.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 5
Luckily, youre pretty good at
multitasking. Its safe to assume
that everything that can change
today, will. Keep all the balls in the
air, but dont freak out if they turn
into rabbits.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 6
You might be slightly tired from
your social activities. Going back
to your work routine could be a
welcome relief. Dont schedule
anything hectic for tonight.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Today is a 5
You cant aford to foot the whole
bill yourself. Youll have to talk ev-
erybody on the teaminto pitching
in. You can do this, and so can they.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
A breakdown will occur if others try
to boss you around. Youre generally
very nice, but you do have a break-
ing point. If they get too close, tell
themto back of.
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GONAIVES, Haiti There were
cries of adulation and also of
hunger as Matt Damon and
Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean
toured the food-ravaged city of
Gonaives on Sunday to call atten-
tion to the widespread sufering.
Tropical storm Hanna and
Hurricane Ike submerged the
city and cut of roadways in and
out. Where waters have receded,
streets remained a stinking mud-
bath and homes were left with
a carpet of muck and encrusted
pots, pans and laundry.
As Damon and Jean surveyed
the destruction from the back of
a pickup truck in a U.N. convoy, a
man on a bicycle followed as far
as he could, shouting out, Wyclef,
I love you, Wyclef.Jean raised his
hand, but couldnt bring himself
to smile back.
Its inhumane. I wish there was
a word in the dictionary. No hu-
man should be living like this.
Catching frst sight of fooded
homes and people living on roofs
with all their belongings, Damon
also was at a loss.
Im speechless, I cant believe
it,he said.
Damon and Jean are encour-
aging more people to help the
United Nations raise more than
US$100 million for an estimated
800,000 Haitians in need of aid
after four devastating tropical
storms and hurricanes since mid-
August. They went to a school
shelter Sunday to drop of cooking
oil from USAID and bags of beans
from the World Food Program.
AssociatedPress
Fridays
The presidential election is
49 days away, and the anticipa-
tion is building. Voter turnout
among young adults is increas-
ing. According to civicyouth.org, 47
percent of 18 to 24 year olds voted
in the 2004 presidential election,
up from 36 percent in 2000. With
all the enthusiasm surrounding the
November election, why werent
students this excited about the
Student Senate elections in April?
Voter turnout for the last Student
Senate election was extremely low.
Only 17 percent of the student
body voted. Although this is an
increase from 12 percent the year
before, the turnout is pitiful. Not
voting means not being heard, and
less than a fifth of the student body
had a voice in April.
The presidential election may
seem more significant than the
Student Senate elections, but politi-
cal involvement on campus is just
as important. Student senators have
as much of an impact, if not more,
on our daily lives than the person
we put in the White House.
The decisions of Student Senate
set the foundation of the school
and have been widely questioned,
and sometimes criticized, by stu-
dents. Issues like voting with click-
ers, financing the construction of a
boathouse and making buses free
for students were widely discussed.
But why didnt the majority of the
student body vote?
Apparently only 17 percent of
the student body found these issues
important enough to elect the peo-
ple who control them instead of
just complaining.
Political involvement on campus
does not begin and end with vot-
ing. Students should get involved
in the decision-making process.
If you didnt vote on Student
Senate election day, you can still
have a say about what happens
to your campus and your money.
Students can start petitions and
write referendums. Students can
even write their own bills with the
permission of a student senator.
Student Senate said it is trying
to tackle campus voting apathy.
Student Senate has created a new
committee to reform the election
process in an effort to get more stu-
dents to the polls, said Aly Rodee,
Student Senate communications
director. Student Senate hopes to
shorten the campaigning process
so that students wont feel burnt
out and may be excited to vote.
Being informed about the poli-
tics of the University is just as
important as voting for the presi-
dent. It may even be more impor-
tant. After all, the president does
not manage student fees.
In order to get the best experi-
ence from the University, students
must be informed and involved in
their campus community.
Young people are hungry for a
positive change. This change we
crave will not come from our next
president but from ourselves.
Brown is a Wichita
sophomore in journalism and
political science.
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What Will Wright gets
wrong about evolution
presidential election should
revitalize politics on campus
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CAMPUS
VOTE
no reason not to
prepare for storms
To the girl who took all the
duct tape of me: Thank you. I
probably looked ridiculous.
n n n
To the person who tried to
check in at the dorms with a
fake ID: not smart.
n n n
Im so tired of hearing
people whine about the new
Facebook. Its not that difer-
ent. Learn to adapt, please.
n n n
I was going to delete all
the pictures of us, but I didnt
have the heart to clean out
my recycle bin.
n n n
Am I a loser because I was
doing homework for part of
my Saturday night? And I was
OK with it?
n n n
I need a good date. A really
good date. Like something
out of a movie.
n n n
To the guy I almost hit with
my car Friday when it was
raining: Im so, so sorry. Lets
hang out and celebrate the
fact that I didnt break your
legs.
n n n
That rainbow was
awesome!
n n n
You may laugh at your
roommate in ROTC for hav-
ing to get up every morning
at 5:30, but you wont be
laughing when hes the one
defending our country.
n n n
Why are all the guys I like
so focused on school that
they cant be open to the idea
of dating?
n n n
Everyone is slowly leaving
Facebook chat and yet here
I am still on Free for All. And
fve hours from now, I will
still be here. I am a loser. Im
going to go play Grand Theft
Auto 4 and pretend Im not a
loser with no girlfriend and
no money.
n n n
My best friend was a virgin
until two months ago. Now
hes getting married.
n n n
Three members of my high
school graduating class got
married in the past month.
They are dropping like fies.
n n n
I broke up with someone,
and they dont even know.
n n n
I hate the new Facebook,
but I dont think my will-
power is strong enough to
boycott it.
n n n
Jayhawks, what
happened?
n n n
Im playing Spore right
now. One of the greatest
games since sliced bread, eh?
n n n
If LOLcatz, Battlestar Galactica
and Mr. Potatohead procreated,
youd get the newest video game
sensation, Spore. Its the brainchild
of Will Wright, who created The
Sims, which turned out to be the
best-selling PC game in history.
Spore is similar to The Sims,
in that players control the evo-
lution of their creatures. The
evolutionary premise of Spore is
quite innovative, but when science
and pop culture meet, scientific
accuracy always takes a back seat
to amusement (see Star Trek,
Frankenstein, The Brave Little
Toaster).
Spore isnt trying to teach us
evolution its trying to take up
space on your hard drive. Heres
what you should take with a grain
of salt:
We Are ALL reALLy
cuTe ALiens
Life in Spore begins when
an asteroid hits earth, deposit-
ing multi-celled bacteria that laze
about until a player starts adding
limbs and allows the bacteria to
reproduce. Spore deserves a nod
for including a scientifically sup-
ported background story, but the
space stork is only one theory.
Other scientists think organic
material, such as amino acids and
proteins, was grown in the right
temperature, light and chemical
conditions in some unfortunate
prehistoric time when computer
games couldnt stunt their pro-
ductivity.
nO need TO sAve
THe WHALes
Spore is infused with a humans-
as-divine-beings mentality. While
the creatures dont resemble us, the
game assumes that our conditions
as land-dwelling, group-cooperat-
ing strategic thinkers led to our
survival. This is why the game is so
popular: It feeds our egos by allow-
ing us to control life.
As June bugs have proven, you
dont need much of a brain to
resist extinction. Surviving on land
doesnt guarantee better survival,
either. Whales, the largest aquatic
mammals, actually developed from
land animals. Evolution requires a
pull-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps
mentality. Organisms survive if
they can use limited resources in a
small area, not if they can conquer
the universe.
iF yOu sucK AT LiFe,
MOve PAsT GO
Spore allows you to skip entire
stages completely after you have
played the game once. Unlike
in Spore, species dont seek out
new ways to succeed unless their
environment or genetic makeup
demands it. In Spore, advancing
from level to level is expected.
seeinG GOd BeHind
THe curTAin
Saving your thatch hut from
burning to the ground in the
tribal phase depends largely on
what type of arms, legs and eyes
players give their creature at the
start. Like the real world, creatures
with the best-fit characteristics
flourish. However, Spore doesnt
notice that evolution isnt a deci-
sion. Organisms dont choose how
they look. Biodiversity arises from
genetic mutations and environ-
mental pressure. Giving players
a God complex ignores the basic
mechanism of evolution natural
selection, not divine power.
But the point of Spore isnt for
the Board of Education to dispatch
librarian patrol over all K-12 com-
puters. Players can overlook the
simplified representations of evo-
lution because Spore isnt a learn-
ing tool: It is science appropriated
for entertainment.
If Spore didnt have the God
complex built in, wed be doing the
same old thing making secret
ugly Sim characters out of our sib-
lings.
Oberthaler is a Wichita junior
in English.
MAX RinKEL
KAtiE obERthALER
I LICHEN
THIS TO
SCIENCE
Do campus police have
nothing else to do?
I realize at 9:50 on a Thursday
morning there might not be
too much for the ever-so-busy
University police ofcers to be
doing. However, while most
students are still recovering
from dollar night, I was riding
my bicycle to class. With the
Lollipop remix bumpin on my
iPod, I cruised down Jayhawk
Boulevard on the 26-inch rims
of my bicycle.
Midway through the second
fow of rhymes from Lil Wayne, I
hear the sound of a cop car. Are
you kidding me?
Yes, I got pulled over on my
bike. If you were on campus and
witnessed this, please laugh it
up. Although I thought it was
hilarious, the ofcer did not. He
informed me that I was indeed
endangering lives by failing to
yield at a stop sign.
Students: please learn from
my $130 mistake. The University
obviously doesnt have enough
money. Now it seems like we
are in the middle of a war
between the University police
department and the KU Parking
Department to see which can
give out the most ridiculous
tickets.
Max Kozak is a junior from
Anchorage, Alaska.
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The hurricane season has
gotten off to a strong start, and
as hurricanes dart closer to the
Louisiana coastline, officials
should ask themselves how far
the United States has actually
come since Katrina.
New Orleans was whol-
ly unprepared for that
storm, and cities and
states should not hesi-
tate to issue voluntary
evacuation notices, even
if the storm has only a chance of
hitting that location.
Hurricanes present a difficult
situation to government and law
enforcement agencies, especial-
ly during evacuations. Unlike a
tornado, which people can take
shelter from in their basement,
a hurricane forces evacuations
because no type of effective hurri-
cane shelters exist. Even if citizens
stayed, New Orleans showed us
that the damage to water, sewer,
gas and electrical systems would
place them in serious danger.
Unfortunately, hurricanes are
also unpredictable. Even if the
National Hurricane Center can
give people a range of where the
storm might strike, intensity and
exact location are not certain.
Although the hurricane might
fizzle out, mandatory evacuations
should be enforced for any urban
area that might lie in
the path of a hurricane,
simply because of the
likely unlivable state
of the city afterward.
Rural residents should
be given more leeway in
choosing if they want to leave, as
long as they understand their life
is in their hands.
Although it might seem like
a waste of money to prepare for
only a possibility, this country has
seen the devastating consequenc-
es of not doing enough.
All areas in this country are
prone to some kind of natural
disaster, and states should make
sure they have the ability to help
and protect their citizens, even if
the storms arent as disastrous as
projected.
No one should try to balance
the equation of money saved by
comparing it to lives saved.
If you want cars to treat bicy-
cles as equal passengers, you'd
better be prepared to equally
follow the laws of the road.
comment by Hendrix321
I don't know which is stupid-
er, blowing through stop signs
on a bike or having headphones
on while riding a bike around
cars and huge buses. And if you
weren't wearing a helmet while
riding, then youre insane.
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