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Show Friday, February 10, 2006 At A Glance News Editor: Cory Duclos The Perry Bifcte Feiioy/shit* Phone: 626-7655 By Nicholas Gurewitch 'Cats on Campus C o m p i l e d by Brad Fidler • sr. news reporter | The Signpost .,'• . .,• -• What constitutes peace in the world? and language), as a benefit performance for the prevention of domestic violence; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Shepherd Union Building Wildcat Theater, S15/S10. For more information call 626-6431. Campus Calendar Friday, Feb. 10 •Bill McGlynn, Diplomat in Residence at Arizona State University, will speak about careers in the U.S. foreign service industry; 10 a.m.; Shepherd Union Building Room 352; free. •Women's basketball vs. Northern Arizona; 7 p.m.; Dee Events Center; $5/$3. •DII Hockey vs. BYU; 8 p.m.; Ice Sheet; S2/S1. •"Full-Moon Cross Country Ski," sponsored by the Wilderness Recreation Center; 6:30 p.m.; North Fork Park; $10/$7. •Spring Choirfest of popular choral music from the past 500 years; 7:30 p.m.; Val A. Browning Center Austad Auditorium; $4.50/$3.50. Saturday, Feb. 11 •Market Smart Introduction to Marketing Seminar; 10a.m.;Ogden Business Information Center (2444 Washington Blvd., Ogden); free. •"V-DAY: Until the Violence Stops," a theater reading for mature audiences (adult themes •Executive Lecture Series featuring Brad R. Wilson, President & CEO of Destination Homes; 6:30 p.m.; WSU Davis Campus Room 110; free. For more information, call 395-3482. WASHINGTON BAGHDAD Jill Carroll, the American journalist who was kidnapped on Jan. 7, appeared in a video that a private Kuwaiti television station aired Thursday. She pleaded to the United States government, asking that her kidnappers' demands be met "as quickly as possible." Along with the video, the television station also received a letter written from Carroll. United States' armed forces are expected to release 450 male Iraqi prisoners, an Iraqi deputy justice minister said Thursday. No women are expected to be released. "Peace is everyone working together and getting along in society." -StevieTapp WSU nursing freshman "Peace isjust pretty much everyone getting along, in a sense. It's freedom and safety." -Jennifer Faumuina WSU criminal law junior -Chad Jones WSU undeclared freshman "If everyonejust got along, people would understand that other people have different thoughts and beliefs. It's an acceptance of other peoples' thoughts and ideas." "For me, world peace would be for each nation and government would be able to rule itself and not create an uprising or cause too much attention In a negative way. It's pretty much JW wars." -John Pa]omares WSU chemical engineering freshman ••">.• -KylanBodrero WSU psychology sophomore "I don't think we'll ever have world peace. Tiierearetoo many problems in tlie world. People won't come together because of their differences." HANGU, PAKISTAN A suicide bomber blew himself up, which caused a riot that resulted in the deaths of 27 people. At PHILADELPHIA least 50 were wounded. The attack occurred on A bus driver threw a woman off his bus because Ashoura, the holiest festival for Shiite Muslims. she had been yelling at him for missing her stop. The occasion marks the death of Imam Hussain, He grabbed her hair, knocked her head into a pole the grandson of the prophet Muhammad. and threw her off the bus into traffic. The incident broke the 52-year-old woman's shoulder. The bus MADRID,SPAIN driver skipped the woman's stop because of a de- Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, invited tour. He was arraigned Thursday on aggravated leaders of the Pakistani militant group Hamas to assault and other charges. He was being held on Moscow on Thursday. Putin said Russia doesn't a$2,0Q0bail. : • ;: ./."."".• consider Hamas, which won the Palestinian election Jan. 25, to be a terrorist organization. CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Russia's special envoy for the Middle East said A British man was charged with killing his wife this opportunity would be used to encourage and 9-month-old daughter at their home in Mas- Hamas to recognize Israel's right to exist. The sachusetts Jan. 20, officials said Thursday. The militant group's manifesto is the destruction of man fled to Britain after the killings and was ar- Israel. Putin announced this invitation on the rested Thursday afternoon in London. last day of his two-day trip to Spain. -Jed Qulnn WSU physics freshman "To me, peace means harmony." National and World Headlines The Bush administration was aware of the New Orleans levee failures^is'eariy as 8:30 a.m. EST Aug. 29, the day Hurricane Katrina hit the city, according to documents released Thursday. Democratic senators pieced together e-mails, situation updates and weather reports. The documents question the timeliness of the federal government's response, the senators said. The White House spokesman said the Bush administration was aware of the flooding, but was more concerned about saving lives than the cause of the flooding, whether it was broken levees, overtoppings or failed pumps. All three of these causes had been reported at the same time. . -Tani Crockett WSU criminal justice freshman -Kevin Strand WSU undeclared sophomore In the last entry of the police blotter on Feb. 8, the alcoholic consumption of the minors cannot be linked to having taken place at The Pie Pizzeria. Managers of The Pie say they closely safeguard against underage drinking. In the same issue, in "From Drinking to Dry" Bryan Duquette said drinking grew into a bad habit, but he was never diagnosed with alcoholism. He has long since quit drinking. •13-25 - Northern Utah High School Art; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery; free. "Peace is respecting what's around you and living the way you want to. I think it's respecting everyone." "I would think that peace is just getting along with people and being appreciative and respectful." •Red Cross Blood Drive; 9 a.m.; Shepherd Union Building Rooms 338-340; free. • 10-11 - Bob Berky, New •Disco Cupid; 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Union Building Vaudeville Theatre; 7:30 p.m. Shepherd Ballrooms. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday; Browning Center Allred Theater; Monday, Feb. 13 $10/$5. "Peace is everyone willing to work together without all of the greediness, but I don't see tliat happening anytime soon." "It's hard to define peace. 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