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Friday, October 19, 2007

Loud.

UD's friend Jeff sends her this strange item. UD, being UD, is less interested in the massage than she is in what the student means by loud.



'A massage may have led to the killing of a popular community college professor, sources said.

Richard Urdiales, 53, was found beaten to death on Sunday outside a house on North 55th Street.

Urdiales was an English professor at Blue River Metropolitan Community College in Independence, Mo., but he also made extra money as a masseur.

Students told KCTV5's Liana Joyce that Urdiales had a unique teaching style they could relate to. "He was really loud sometimes. And I liked it, because I'm really loud, too," said Lindsay Walker, a student at the school. She added, "He was one of my favorite teachers."'



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