World Expo displays international cultures

International students at Kansas University showed off their homelands Friday at the Kansas Union.

More than 30 countries were represented in the annual World Expo, organized by the International Student Assn.

Students set up booths about the geography, culture, customs and food of their countries. Above, Ilham Alazizi, a junior from Muscat, Oman, left, tells fellow student Olivia Guinebault, Aubernas, France, about her country.

International Awareness Week at KU continues today with a soccer tournament from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Robinson Field. It concludes tonight with “Festival of Nations,” a collection of performances by international students, which runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.

Douglas County: 3-year-old boy killed in ATV roll-over accident

A four-wheeler overturned and killed a 3-year-old Topeka boy Thursday night in southwest Douglas County, a sheriff’s official said.

The boy, Richard C. Perkins, was visiting his grandfather’s home in the 100 section of East 300 Road at the time of the accident, said Lt. Kathy Tate, spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

His grandfather, Francis W. Hyer, took him riding on the four-wheeler to check cattle. On the way back, the grandfather stopped the vehicle, turned it off and got down to open a gate, Tate said.

The 3-year-old turned the vehicle back on, and it began moving, Tate said. The grandfather reached for the child but missed him and instead grabbed the vehicle. As the grandfather was being dragged, the ATV hit a rut, flipped and landed on the child.