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• tuesday, april 6, 2010 • arizona daily wildcat
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Lance Madden Editor in Chief 520•621•7579 editor@wildcat.arizona.edu
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It’s the white whale in the room
Today at 4:30 p.m. in the UofA BookStore, Anne Finger, author of the memoir“Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio,” will read from her award-winning collection of short stories,“Call Me Ahab.”
Tomorrow: H: 77 L: 49
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Check out my archaeology
Today at 12:30 p.m. in the East Lobby of the Main Library, Patrick Lyons, head of collections and associate curator at the Arizona State Museum and assistant professor in the School of Anthropology, will talk about “The Salado Archaeological Culture: An Ancient Diaspora in the U.S. Southwest
Let it slide off you like Teflon
Today is Drowsy Driver Awareness Day, National Student-Athlete Day, Tartan Day and Teflon Day.
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New question: Do you use a tanning bed?
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Kayla Ihrig
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Do you have any rockin’ summer plans to look forward to? Yes, I have big plans for this summer. I’m going to go to Key West, Fla. for my 21st birthday at the end of May. Then, after a month of working in Seattle, (Wash.) I am going to fly to Australia to take a three week photography course. Then, I am going to spend another two weeks traveling with my friend up the west coast of Australia. We are basically renting this thing called a Chubby Van and living out of that for two weeks while we site see. Woah! That sounds like it will be quite an epic summer. And you can’t go wrong with something called a Chubby Van. (Laughs) Yeah. So, what is a mustsee for when you go to Australia? The Great Barrier Reef? The Sydney Opera House? We don’t have any big plans, but we definitely want to go snorkeling and surfing. Sydney and the Opera House are definitely up there, though. Besides that, we just want it to be an adventure and do as many Australian things as possible. Well I’m envious. But I have to ask, are you going to be brave and have a vegemite sandwich? A what? Vegemite? C’mon, it’s an Aussie tradition. Really? Oh, I’ve never even heard of it. I should probably look into that. (Laughs) I’ve heard it’s an acquired taste, but definitely keep your eyes out.
The Daily Wildcat is always interested in story ideas and tips from readers. If you see something deserving of coverage, contact news editor Michelle Monroe at news@wildcat.arizona.edu or call the newsroom at 621-3193.
Arizona Daily Wildcat Vol. 103, Issue 128
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The glass blocks that make up some of the windows on the north face of the Henry Koffler building transmit a distorted image of the Student Union and Administration building from across the UA Mall. Consequently, the light is softened and diffused randomly into the hallways between classrooms.
Powerful Baja quake less devastating than Haiti LOS ANGELES — Twenty million people in three U.S. states and Mexico felt Sunday’s Baja California earthquake — a more powerful temblor than the Haiti quake, yet with a lower death toll and far less devastation. Why? Scientists say part of the answer is location, location, location. Only about 500 people in the agricultural communities south of the growing city of Mexicali were exposed to the most violent shaking. “If you had to place a large earthquake, this was a good location,” said seismologist Susan Hough of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The magnitude-7.2 Baja quake is believed to have begun in the southeast section of the Laguna Salada fault and moved northwest, focusing much of its energy on a vast, largely vacant desert region. Scientists say the seismic punch would have been a lot worse had the quake ruptured north toward the Mexicali metropolitan region with about 900,000 people. “Call it a near-miss,” said geophysicist David Wald of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado. A similar thing happened during the 1999 magnitude-7.1 Hector Mine quake.
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Judge settles key issues in Hopper divorce case
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Though buildings in downtown Los Angeles swayed, the quake hurled most of its energy toward the desert. Japan was not as lucky when, in 1995, a quake the same size as the Baja temblor hit the bustling port city of Kobe and killed 6,400 people. In January, a less powerful magnitude-7.0 quake struck Haiti, killing a governmentestimated 230,000 people and shattering Port-au-Prince. A month later, a magnitude-8.8 hit Chile and spawned a tsunami. Several hundred people died.
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LOS ANGELES — Dennis Hopper’s estranged wife and daughter can live on his property while the couple resolve their bitter divorce case and the actor fights prostate cancer, a judge ruled Monday. Superior Court Judge Amy Pellman also ordered the actor to pay $12,000 a month in spousal and child support. Hopper, 73, did not attend the hearing but was repeatedly described by his attorney as “desperately ill.” Hopper’s adult children attended but did not speak. Pellman sternly told both sides they needed to come together during what appeared to be Hopper’s final days. “It’s never one-sided,” Pellman said of the family turmoil. “There needs to Dennis Hopper be street-cleaning on both sides of this street.” The judge noted the couple’s 7-year-old daughter is about to undergo the traumatic loss of her father and the rhetoric should be toned down. “Having her extended family in a war with her mother is not in her best interests,” Pellman said. The rulings came after two months of bickering in court filings, including allegations of abuse by both sides, and jockeying for financial position. The couple has been married for nearly 14 years. Hopper filed for divorce in January. “It’s heartbreaking and I hope it can be amicably resolved,” Victoria Duffy Hopper said after the hearing. She has been living in a house at her husband’s Venice compound, which is also home to one of his adult children. She has agreed to remain at least 10 feet away from the“Easy Rider”star and avoid the main home on the property. She said in court filings the divorce was an attempt to cut her out of her inheritance, an accusation that has been denied. Hopper’s attorney, Joseph Mannis, said after the hearing that he was happy with the outcome, aside from the judge awarding Victoria Hopper $200,000 in attorney and accountant fees. He said his side did not intend to further contest the spousal or child support orders but was preparing for a fight over the couple’s prenuptial agreement. The agreement calls for Victoria Hopper to lose her stake in her husband’s estate if they are divorced or not living together when he dies. Another hearing on how to divide Hopper’s life insurance policy will be held in May. —The Associated Press
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