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Student attempts to break world record

In an attempt to set a new world record, a BYU-Idaho student plans to run 101,000 stadium stairs in 20 hours and 30 minutes.

Claudiu Bora, a senior from Transylvania, Romania will tackle the stairs Oct. 14. starting at 4 a.m. and ending at 12:30 a.m.

Anyone who has ever run the stadium stairs knows that 101,000 stairs in a single day will not be easy.

To prepare for this feat, Bora works out six times a week for a couple hours each day. Four times a week he lifts weights, and the other two days he does intense cardio workouts. [read more]

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Where trust is given, there must be accountability. The response to Hurricane Katrina was initially pitiful. And, although there is plenty of blame to be passed around, today we will focus on the federal government.

Sept. 14, President Bush made an admission at a White House press conference and said “Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government to the extent that the federal government didn’t do its job right. I take full responsibility,” according to National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. [read more]