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monday, november 23, 2009 www.kansan.com volume 121 issue 66
BY JESSE RANGEL
jrangel@kansan.com
In a Nov. 10 speech to academic com-
mittees, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
said that she had received a long letter
from a faculty member at the University
of Kansas Medical Center telling her
that top high school students werent
interested in coming to the med center.
She also said an engineering graduate
and teacher from Garden City told her
how Kansas State had out-recruited the
University. She said these stories represented
a common perception that the University did a
poor job of recruitment.
Now, Gray-Little is traveling the state, looking
at ways to improve recruiting at the University
at all levels.
Somehow or another, in spite of all of our
efforts, we are not projecting the image of
welcome that we want to project in our recruit-
ment, Gray-Little said during the same speech.
So the question is how do we get the students to
apply that we want to apply that we think would
be successful? How do we raise our expecta-
tions about what is required, and then once we
identify stu-
dents we think
would be success-
ful, how do we enhance our recruitment efforts
to make sure that they come here?
ITS THAT EASY TO GET IN?
A committee within the University is look-
ing at changing admissions standards. If these
standards are changed, the recruiting process
might also change.
Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student
success, said the University had a tiered recruit-
ment policy. She said students who met the
Universitys admissions standards received
recruitment material through e-mail, phone
calls, letters and postcards. But Roney said a
student who was a leader in the community and
had special academic talent was recruited much
more heavily.
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com
Katie Houtz didnt have an agen-
da as she started moseying down
Massachusetts Street with her room-
mate Saturday afternoon. But as Houtz,
Ozawkie freshman, browsed by stores
with holiday stock already on display
in every window, she said she couldnt
help but consider ideas for the seasonal
gifts she would soon select.
I just sort of go by and go through
everything until I find what Id like to
buy, Houtz said. In the first or sec-
ond week of December, Houtz said,
she would return to make her final
choices.
This two-week span, running from
the end of Thanksgiving weekend until
Stop Day, is the most popular time
of the year for downtown businesses
to draw student shoppers, said Jane
Pennington, director of Downtown
Lawrence Inc.
Out-of-town students often only
have this time to shop for the holi-
days because they leave town at
Thanksgiving and, from the last day of
classes to the last Friday of finals week,
their schedules are usually too busy to
shop, said Joe Flannery, president of
Weavers, 901 Massachusetts St.
Pennington said businesses down-
town were working to encourage early
holiday shopping so students pick up
their presents before traveling home
over winter break.
Pennington said although many of
the stores had already begun market-
ing their holiday merchandise, a series
of downtown events this Friday would
formally kick off the holiday shopping
season.
She said the ceremony would start at
4 p.m. with Christmas carolers singing
BY JUSTIN LEVERETT
jleverett@kansan.com
Music and eclectic art crossed
paths Saturday evening when an
art show called Take Two and
Call Me in the Morning opened
in Love Garden, a local record
store. It was the first art show to
open in Love Gardens new loca-
tion, 822 Massachusetts St.
The show, which will remain
on display until Dec. 18, features
local artists Kenneth Kupfer,
Clint Ricketts
and a street art-
ist known only
as b. d. eek. For
Love Garden,
which relocated
in August and
will celebrate its
20th anniver-
sary in January,
the show was an
opportunity to
familiarize people with its new
location.
I feel like this is the begin-
ning, so were just testing it out
and were going to see how it
goes, said Alicia Kelly, Sapulpa,
Okla., senior art student and
curator of the exhibit. This
new space is kind of like a new
project; theyre growing up.
She said the show was unique
not only because it was the first
show in Love Gardens new
location, but also because it was
a showcase for the work of the
mysterious street artist b. d. eek.
The artist, who sneakily posts
his work in public places, is
vigilant about remaining anon-
ymous even Kelly doesnt
know eeks identity. She said she
had only communicated with
eek through e-mail, and was not
even certain whether eek was a
man or a woman.
He has someone bring his
work and pick it up, so I dont
know who he or she, who this
person is, she said. I think,
being a street artist, he or she
wants to remain anonymous.
The shows organizers said
eek could very well have attend-
ed the show, but they wouldnt
have known because none of
them could identify him or her.
Love Garden, which opened
in 1990, was formerly located at
936 Massachusetts St. above
the Toy Store. It was only acces-
sible through a small staircase
opening onto the street. Owners
said the new location was more
visible and accessible.
Aaron Marable, Love Garden
employee, was in charge of
organizing art shows in the
old location. He said it would
take time for the
record stores fans
to appreciate the
new location.
A lot of people
are really attached
to the old space,
so nostalgia
weighs in heavy in
peoples response,
he said. Like
anybody whos
human, were all resistant to
change, especially when its a
good thing that youre leaving.
But Kenneth Kupfer, one of
the artists featured in the show,
said events like this helped him
become more accustomed to the
change.
I was afraid to come to the
new Love Garden for a while
because I didnt want to think
that they moved, he said. But
I think theyve already fit in
perfect. The Love Gardens more
than just a building, man.
The show features art with
figures doing weird positions
and doing weird things, Kelly
said. All the artwork was on
paper, and most was done in
pencil or marker.
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Edited by Brenna M.T. Daldorph
Love Garden fuses
sweet sounds, art
Downtown events kick of holiday shopping
CuLTurE
Andrew Hoxey/KANSAN
Stores like The Ect. Shop put out holiday decor to attract shoppers.
Events will be held beginning Friday to drawshoppers downtown.
Artwork on display
at local record shop
I feel like this is the
beginning, so were
just testing it out and
were going to see
how it goes.
AliciA Kelly
curator
SEE downtown ON PAgE 3A
SEE recruitment ON PAgE 3A
The following events will launch
the downtown holiday shopping
season:
Friday
4:30 p.m. caroling and other
performances on a stage at Ninth
and Massachusetts streets.
6 p.m. A ceremony starting
the Salvation Army bell-ringing
holiday fundraiser.
6:10 p.m. A countdown to
the frst lighting of all the down-
town holiday lights.
6:15 p.m. Santa claus is
discovered with his sleigh on top
of Weavers and by a fre truck and
ladder.
Dec. 5
Shoppers who buy at least $5
of merchandise in fve diferent
downtown stores can submit their
receipts for a $25 downtown gift
certifcate.
From Friday through Dec. 24
most stores will have extended
hours until 8, 9, or 10 at night.
Source: Jane Pen-
nington, director of
Downtown Lawrence,
Inc.
SCHEduLE OF dOwNTOwN FESTIvITIES
BuSINESS
SEArCHING FOr THE BEST
KU
wANTS
YOU
Committee examines
recruitment and
admission policies
Illustration by Nick gerik
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About 5 a.m. Thursday near
the Smissman Research Lab,
someone reported a burglary
and the theft of a glass fask, at
an unspecifed loss.
About noon Thursday near
9th and Michigan streets, a
University student reported a
criminal threat.
About 4 p.m. Thursday
near the Wilna Crawford
Community Center, someone
reported criminal damage to
his or her vehicles window, at
a loss of $100.
About midnight Friday
near 10th and Massachusetts
streets, a University student
reported a disorderly conduct.
ON CAMPUS
The Rock Chalk Revue In/
Out Ceremony will begin at 7
p.m. in Liberty Hall.
The KU School of Music
Student Recital Series
will begin at 7:30 p.m. in
Swarthout Recital Hall.
NEWS NEAR & FAR
international
1. Nun from Palestine
moves closer to sainthood
NAZARETH, Israel A Pales-
tinian nun who co-founded a
charity dedicated to educating
Arab girls on Sunday took an im-
portant step toward sainthood.
Thousands of worshippers
gathered in the biblical town of
Nazareth to attend the beati-
fcation of the late Sister Maria
Alfonsina Danil Ghattas.
Ghattas helped found the
Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary
of Jerusalem in the 1880s. The
order, highly regarded in Pales-
tinian communities, continues to
run schools for Palestinian girls
in Israel, the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip.
2. Storms in England lead
experts to check bridges
LONDON Police and army
experts say theyre urgently
checking the safety of about
1,800 bridges in northern
England amid some of the worst
storms ever recorded in Britain.
Heavy rainfall has ravaged Eng-
lands popular Lake District, with
more than 1,000 homes fooded
and several river crossings
destroyed. Police said Sunday
that concerns over the safety of
bridges have crippled the regions
road network.
A police ofcer was swept to
his death Friday when a major
bridge collapsed close to Cocker-
mouth, the hardest-hit town.
Britains Met Ofce said a
record 12.3 inches (314.4 mil-
limeters) of rain had fallen near
Cockermouth in 24 hours. Military
helicopters were scrambled Friday
to winch people from rooftops,
while debris foated down the
towns fooded main street.
3. Space-ship designer
from Russia dies at 83
MOSCOW Russian spaceship
designer Konstantin Feoktistov,
the only non-Communist space
traveler in the history of the
Soviet space program, has died at
the age of 83.
The Russian Space Agency said
in a statement Sunday that Feok-
tistov died of unspecifed causes
late Saturday in Moscow.
In 1964, he traveled aboard the
Voskhod spaceship as part of the
frst group space fight in history.
Feoktistov played key role in
the development of the Voskhod.
Approval of his fight met re-
sistance from the Politburo since
Feoktistov was not a Communist
Party member at the time.
Until 1990, Feoktistov helped
design Soviet space ships and
stations such as Soyuz, Progress
and Mir.
national
4. Proposed health bill
splits Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON Moderate
Senate Democrats threatened
Sunday to scuttle health-care
legislation if their demands arent
met, while more liberal members
warned their party leaders not
to bend.
The dispute among Demo-
crats foretells of a rowdy foor
debate next month on legislation
that would extend health care
coverage to roughly 31 million
Americans. Republicans have
already made clear they arent
supporting the bill.
Final passage is in jeopardy,
even after the chambers historic
60-39 vote Saturday night to
begin debate.
5. Airport bottlenecks
may pose problems in NYC
NEW YORK Fewer people
are expected to fy this holiday
season, but travelers shouldnt
expect a full reprieve from the
horrid fight delays of Thanksgiv-
ings past, especially if they need
to land anywhere near New York
City.
Despite some recent improve-
ments, the Big Apples three
major airports continue to be
the countrys worst air travel
bottleneck.
Through the frst nine months
of the year, they ranked frst,
second and third worst in on-
time arrivals among the 31 major
U.S. air hubs, according to federal
statistics.
The problem doesnt afect
just New Yorkers. Because such a
large percentage of the nations
fights pass through the city
sometime during any given day,
delays there have a tendency to
ripple elsewhere.
6. Earthquake, aftershock
rock Southern California
LOS ANGELES A magni-
tude 3.7 earthquake has rattled
Southern Californias Big Bear
Lake area, followed by a sharp
aftershock.
The U.S. Geological Survey says
the frst quake struck at 7:55 a.m.
Sunday, about seven miles north
of Big Bear City.
The same area was rocked by
a 2.4 magnitude aftershock two-
and-a-half minutes later.
A San Bernardino County
Sherifs dispatcher says there
have been no reports of damage
or injury.
Big Bear Lake is in the San
Bernardino National Forest about
80 miles east of downtown Los
Angeles.
Associated Press
Enjoy your Thanksgiving
break, everyone. There will
certainly be lots of Jayhawks
on the highway this week,
since almost exactly one-third
of the KU student population is
from out-of-state.
What do you think?
BY raCHel SCHWartZ
CARLY ADAMS
Sedgwick freshman
I cant wait to go sledding down
Daisy Hill.
LILL WOOD
Leawood sophomore
I like to drink hot chocolate and
have Disney movie marathons.
LIbbY bASH
Overland Park freshman
I like to play in the snow and then
after, I like to go inside and get really
warm with a lot of blankets and make
apple cider and soup.
What are your favorite activities
to do on snowy days?
reliGion
Communion withheld
from Patrick Kennedy
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I.
The Roman Catholic bishop
of Rhode Island said he asked
Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop
receiving Holy Communion in
2007 because of the lawmak-
ers support for abortion rights.
That revelation Sunday
proved an ugly climax to a sim-
mering feud between Kennedy
and his staunch critic, Bishop
Thomas Tobin.
Kennedy told The Provi-
dence Journal in a story
published Sunday that Tobin
instructed him not to receive
Communion because of his
abortion rights stance.
Associated Press
news 3A Monday, noveMber 23, 2009
She said there was an easy
comparison with how coaches
recruited athletes.
If you think of what Bill Self
might do, when there is a blue-
chip player out there, hes going
all out to recruit that player,
Roney said.
Roney is the chairwoman of
the chancellors committee that
will look at changing admissions
standards. She said that right
now some students viewed the
University, which admitted 91.8
percent of applicants in the fall of
2008, as a backup plan for college.
She said that because some stu-
dents thought they wouldnt have
to work as hard to get into the
University, they werent prepared
for the rigors of college.
Theres not much in the way
of bragging rights to say you
got admitted to KU because you
would have been admitted to any
institution in the state, Roney
said.
Roney said a change in admis-
sions standards would redefine
who the University targeted with
its recruitment to focus on stu-
dents who had a better academic
profile. Higher admissions stan-
dards would also differentiate the
University from other institutions
across Kansas.
She said some of the recruit-
ment events for honors students
have focused on admissions stan-
dards and recruiters received a
negative reaction after these pre-
sentations.
You could just kind of see them
disconnect with us. Kind of like,
Its that easy to get in? Roney
said. So we actually changed the
program. Instead we talk about
undergraduate research oppor-
tunities and the honors program
and the co-curricular and help
them understand the academic
excellence that exists even though
the admissions standards dont
really reflect that.
Roney said by changing the
focus of recruitment techniques
to the opportunities available
at the University, University
officials hoped to change the
attitudes of potential students as
well. She referenced the School
of Engineering and its freshman
admission program, which has
tougher standards.
When you compare opportu-
nity at KU to opportunity at any
research institution in the coun-
try, we are very, very competitive
then, Roney said.
ENGINEERING
RECRUITMENT
Alexis McKinley Jones, direc-
tor of recruitment for the School
of Engineering, said recruiters
spoke at high-level math and
science classes in high schools.
They also launched engineer-
ing competitions to engage high
school students. One of these
programs, a competition called
FIRST Robotics, challenges teams
of high school students to build
robots that can complete a cer-
tain task. McKinley Jones said
the engineering program was also
holding a Future City event in
January, which would challenge
seventh- and eighth-grade stu-
dents and potential Kansas
engineers to come up with
their vision of a city.
She said it was important for
the School of Engineering to
reach students at a young age.
Students are starting to form
some pretty solid decisions about
what theyre interested in and
what they want to do early on, so
targeting some of those younger
students is a direction we want to
go in, she said.
McKinley Jones said the school
didnt hire its first recruitment
coordinator until 2003. It hired a
second last year.
Thats really atypical of what
youd find for a professional pro-
gram, McKinley Jones said. Its
unique that we have two.
Jill Hummels, engineering
public relations director, said
the engineering program had
always had a targeted approach
to recruiting students because
it dealt in a highly competitive
market for students of high abil-
ity.
We let general recruiting hap-
pen at the Office of Admissions
level, but ours is always highly
pinpointed, Hummels said.
Craig Bell, Olathe junior, said
he made sure the University and
the School of Engineering noticed
his ACT scores. He said K-State
also recruited him, but in the
end it came down to scholarship
money. He picked the University.
It made sense economically,
Bell said.
Even the little things, such
as mailers, are important to the
school. Hummels, who handles
printed communications for the
school, eliminated the multi-page
engineering brochure for students
a couple of years ago and instead
brought in one sheet with infor-
mation about the school on both
sides. Its a quicker read, she said.
We want to speak with those
prospective students, Hummels
said. We also want to speak with
their parents, too. We want them
to find the information that they
find valuable.
Jeremy Wall, Kansas City, Mo.,
sophomore, said he spent half
as much in tuition by studying
engineering at the University as
opposed to Missouri. But he said
the mailers made little difference
in his decision.
They go into my junk pile,
Wall said.
WHAT IT TAKES
The Chancellors task forces
are expected to present proposals
for goals such as retention and
improved graduation rates in the
spring. But recruiting is just one
piece of that puzzle.
We ought to be really clear
about what it takes to succeed
and try to encourage students
to meet that goal so that we do
have a much higher success rate,
Gray-Little said.
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on the sidewalks and other enter-
tainers performing on stage in front
of the U.S. Bank at the corner of
Ninth and Massachusetts streets. At
6 p.m., she said, the Salvation Army
bell ringing holiday fundraiser
would begin and a countdown cer-
emony, at roughly 6:10 p.m., for the
first lighting of all the downtown
Christmas lights would follow.
Flannery said after the holiday
lights were illuminated, the crowd
would discover Santa Claus stuck
with his sleigh on top of Weavers.
A local fire truck would come to
rescue him with a ladder.
The idea is he lands up there
from the North Pole and the fire
department brings him down to
Massachusetts Street so he can min-
gle with all the kids and families
and kick off the holiday season,
Flannery said.
Pennington said once the family-
oriented activities ended, the city
had a new event she hoped would
draw students downtown. On Dec.
5, the day of the holiday parade,
anyone who spends at least $5 at
five different stores and submits
their receipts will receive a $25
downtown gift certificate.
Pennington said he hoped these
activities would encourage students
to do their shopping in downtown
Lawrence.
We have such unique shops
that they could get things here that
theyre not able to get anywhere
else, Pennington said. If theyre
looking for something unusual
and not just the run-of-the-mill
Walmart or Target sweater, down-
town Lawrence is a great place to
shop.
Jeanette Spencer, sales represen-
tative, said unique products such as
Jayhawk-themed jewelry, doorbells
and wineglass charms had been the
most popular present choices at the
Etc. Shop, 928 Massachusetts St.
She said she had already noticed the
earliest droves of students arriving
to pick out their gifts.
Were absolutely having students
coming in, Spencer said. We just
had a girl come in looking for a
Jayhawk charm to go on her moth-
ers bracelet for the holidays. Its
amazing how early it is this year.
Flannery said he was hopeful stu-
dents would show the same enthu-
siasm for downtown holiday shop-
ping he expected from Lawrence
families this Friday.
We love the students, Flannery
said. Lawrence wouldnt be the
community it is without KU and its
students.
Follow Ray Segebrecht at twit-
ter.com/rsegebrecht.
Edited by Abbey Strusz
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downtown (continued from 1A)
recruitment (continued from 1A)
By SUE LINDSEy
Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Va. Virginia
Military Institute is defending itself
against a lengthy investigation into
accusations that the schools poli-
cies are sexist and hostile toward
female cadets, a dozen years after
women won the right to enroll.
The federal Department of
Educations Office for Civil Rights
has an ongoing investigation of a
sex discrimination complaint at
the small, state-supported school
that so far has taken nearly a year
and a half three times longer
than usual.
Defenders say VMI has worked
hard to recruit women and make
them comfortable since the U.S.
Supreme Court ordered co-educa-
tion in 1997, but women remain a
small minority. Of the 1,500 cadets
on the Shenandoah Valley campus
this fall, 126 are women.
The language and terminol-
ogy that is used and considered
acceptable by VMI in the bar-
racks reflects a climate and cul-
ture that is derogatory and dis-
criminatory toward the women
that are required as cadets to live
in the barracks, according to the
Education Departments June 2008
complaint.
Details of the federal complaint
were first reported by The Roanoke
Times.
Federal authorities are also
investigating whether sexism is
prevalent in VMIs tenure and pro-
motion policies; the handling of
student and employee complaints;
and the schools marriage and par-
enthood policy, which requires
cadets resign once they marry or
conceive a child.
The list of specific policies
authorities were asked to investi-
gate was among large portions of
the complaint that were redacted
in the copy given to The Associated
Press, as was any information
about the complainant.
Department of Education
spokesman Jim Bradshaw said
90 percent of investigations are
completed within six months, but
had no estimate of when the VMI
probe might conclude. It is still
ongoing after 16 months.
No similar complaint has
been filed against The Citadel in
Charleston, S.C., the nations only
other four-year state college with
an all-military undergraduate pro-
gram.
The complaint against VMI
doesnt include accusations of sex-
ual assault or other criminal acts,
although a cadet was dismissed
last spring after being charged with
rape and sodomy of a female class-
mate. Stephen J. Lloyd of Mason
Neck was convicted in October of
a lesser charge, sexual battery.
The school has had seven sexu-
al-offense complaints since women
started enrolling in 1997, spokes-
man Stewart MacInnis said, but
Lloyds was the first that resulted
in a criminal charge.
Women are more likely to
encounter discrimination
including degrading comments
and lack of advancement opportu-
nities if they comprise less than
25 percent of a group, said Nancy
Duff Campbell, co-president of the
National Womens Law Center in
Washington.
They dont necessarily want to
rock the boat by complaining,
she said. Its not necessarily fear.
Its just I want to go along to get
along.
The Virginia military college
founded in 1839 fought co-edu-
cation, but since the court ruling
has tried to recruit and welcome
women, MacInnis said.
In June, VMI won a top award
for its recruitment efforts from
the Council for the Advancement
and Support of Education, a
Washington-based association of
educational institutions.
Female cadets hold special ses-
sions at open houses for prospec-
tive students, and the school has
dedicated an admissions counselor
to recruiting women.
More women are looking at
VMI as an option applications
by women nearly doubled from
87 in 2003 to 169 for the current
year. Of those, 50 women came to
campus this semester.
Still, the school has had only 159
female graduates since it began
awarding degrees to women in
2001. During that time, 2,349 men
have graduated. And far more
women drop out after their first
year: 29 percent in the class of
2011 did so, compared with 11
percent of men.
The experience has been similar
at The Citadel, which went coed a
year before VMI and has had 205
female graduates.
associated press
amber Blain waves to friends and family as she makes her way to the stage to get her diploma during graduation ceremonies at Virginia Military
Institute May 16, 2006, in Lexington, Va. The federal Department of Educations Ofce for Civil Rights has an ongoing investigation of a sex discrimi-
nation complaint at VMI.
LEGAL
Discrimination investigation
continues at military institute
@Avila.edu
contact
JoAnna Grifn at
816-501-3601
for more information
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BERKELEY, Calif. Dozens
of demonstrators who barricaded
themselves inside a campus build-
ing at the University of California,
Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes
and budget cuts were removed
late Friday, bringing the daylong
occupation to an end, university
officials said.
The occupation of a campus
building at the University of
California, Santa Cruz meanwhile
continued.
Forty-one people inside UC
Berkeleys Wheeler Hall were
arrested on suspicion of trespass-
ing around 5 p.m. Friday, said
Claire Holmes, a spokeswoman for
the university. The group, which
included university students, was
cited and released around 7:30
p.m to cheers from supporters
outside.
Our whole goal was to make
sure this was safe, Holmes said.
The demonstrators had occu-
pied the building 14 hours earlier
to protest a 32 percent increase in
student fees and job and program
cuts.
A group of students also rallied
outside the building.
The demonstrators were
NEWS 4A Monday, noveMber 23, 2009
LEGAL
Nidal Hasan to be confned until trial
ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT WORTH, Texas The
Army psychiatrist charged with
killing 13 people at Fort Hood will
be confined until his military trial,
initially staying in a hospital where
he is recovering from gunshot
wounds, his attor-
ney said Saturday.
During a hear-
ing at Maj. Nidal
Hasans hos-
pital room in
San Antonio on
Saturday, a mag-
istrate ruled that
there was prob-
able cause that
Hasan commit-
ted the Nov. 5
shooting spree at Fort
Hood, said his civilian attorney,
John Galligan. Hasan has been at
Brooke Army Medical Center since
the shooting, and his attorney said
Hasan has been told he has perma-
nent paralysis.
Galligan told The Associated
Press in a telephone interview that
the judge also ordered Hasan to
pretrial confinement, which usually
means jail, until his court-martial.
The military justice system does
not have bail for defendants.
The magistrate ruled that Hasan
will initially remain in the hospi-
tal, where he is in intensive care,
Galligan said.
Saturdays hearing was closed to
the media. Officials at Fort Hood,
about 150 miles southwest of Fort
Worth, declined to comment.
Galligan said Hasan has no feel-
ing from the chest down and has
limited movement in his arms.
Hasan was shot by civilian
members of Fort Hoods police
force after the shooting spree in
a crowded building
where soldiers must
go before they are
deployed to finalize
wills, update vac-
cinations and get
vision and dental
screenings.
Hasan has been
under guard at the
hospital, Galligan
said, and military
officials have not
told him how the
pretrial confinement status will
change anything.
I dont know what rights and
privileges he had that will now
be changed, such as visitors or if
theyll open his mail, Galligan
said. There are still many issues
that havent been addressed. I feel
like I just wasted a day.
Hasan has been charged with
13 counts of premeditated murder.
Authorities have not said whether
they will seek the death penalty,
his attorney said.
Galligan said he is concerned
about where Hasan will be moved
once hes released from the hospi-
tal, but he does not know when that
will happen.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bags sit on the foor inside the apartment of Maj. Nidal Hasan Nov. 11 in Killeen, Texas. Hasan,
an Army psychiatrist, is accused of killing 13 people and wounding dozens more Nov. 5 at the
Fort Hood military base. Authorities continue to refer to Hasan, 39, as the only suspect in the
shootings.
I dont know what
rights and privileges
he had that will now
be changed, such as
visitors or if theyll
open his mail.
John GalliGan
Defense attorney
CRIME
Gunman in Saipan
kills four, wounds six
during shooting spree
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana
Islands The gunman who
carried out Saipans most violent
attack in recent memory ended
his life on the same rocky cliffs
where numerous Japanese leapt
to their deaths to avoid capture
by U.S. troops during World
War II.
Police and witnesses say that
after the attacker went on a
shooting rampage Friday that
left four dead, he parked his van
and walked to edge of Banzai
Cliff. But instead of jumping, the
gunman shot himself.
Six people were also wounded
in the violence that left this usu-
ally tranquil tourist island reel-
ing and shaken.
The commonwealth has
never experienced a tragic situ-
ation like this, and we are sad-
dened by the appalling action
of a single individual that has
caused so much harm to our
peaceful island community,
Gov. Benigno R. Fitial said.
F i t i a l
stressed the
tourist haven
was still a safe
place and said
pr e c a ut i ons
would be taken
to prevent sim-
ilar attacks.
Meanwhile,
church and
c o mmu n i t y
groups organized a candlelight
vigil, set for Sunday evening at
Saipans American Memorial
Park, for the victims of the
shootings.
Besides the gunman, the vio-
lence claimed the lives of two
men, a 4-year-old boy and a
2-year-old girl, all residents of
the U.S. commonwealth, Public
Safety spokesman Jason Tarkong
said. The wounded included a
4-year-old local girl and five
South Korean tourists, includ-
ing a boy and a girl.
The most seriously injured
South Korean, a 39-year-old
man with a gunshot wound to
his back, was flown by a U.S.
Air Force plane to Seoul for
treatment.
Police said the attack began
Friday at a shooting range in
the community of Kannat Tabla,
where two men in their early 20s
and the two children were fatally
shot. The 4-year-old girl was
critically injured with a gunshot
wound to the chest.
Shortly after the first attack,
the suspect drove several miles
and began firing a rifle from a
white van at a group of South
Koreans visiting a World War
II attraction in nearby Marpi,
wounding five.
Roxanne Diaz told the Pacific
Daily News about 60 people
were in the area taking photos,
just like a regular tourist day.
And next thing you know,
they hear something that sound-
ed like fireworks, followed by
the bloody chaos, Diaz said.
The suspect was last spotted
driving toward Banzai Cliff, the
site where numerous Japanese
jumped to their deaths to avoid
capture in 1944 after the Battle
of Saipan.
When officers arrived in the
area, they discovered the van
and found three rifles inside.
The gunmans body was found
along the edge off the cliff with a
.22-caliber rifle strapped around
his shoulder.
Police have not said if they
know of a motive, but they do
not believe the shooter was tar-
geting tourists. Tarkong termed
the violence as a random drive-
by shooting.
Authorities said the suspected
shooter was a contract worker
in his 30s or 40s from China.
His name was withheld pending
notification of family, which was
expected sometime Saturday.
Several residents said the man
was known as Mr. Lee.
The Pacific
News Center iden-
tified him as Lee
Zhong Ren, an
employee at the
shooting range.
The news station
also reported that
Lee left behind a
suicide note that
spoke of a business
deal gone bad.
The telephone at the shooting
range has been disconnected.
Saipan is the main island
of the U.S. Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands,
which has about 60,000 residents
and is about 3,800 miles south-
west of Hawaii. Saipan is a pop-
ular tourist destination among
South Koreans, with more than
111,000 South Koreans visiting
the island in 2008, according to
the Marianas Visitors Authority.
Saipan officials feared the
violence would lead to a drop
in tourism, which has already
suffered because of the sagging
global economy.
The South Korean tour-
ists were sightseeing in an area
known as the Last Command
Post, a World War II spot fea-
turing remnants of American
tanks. A memorial in the area
is dedicated to Koreans who
fought in the war.
Among those injured, a
39-year-old man was critically
hurt with a wound to his back. A
5-year-old girl and an 8-year-old
boy were treated and released
from the Commonwealth Health
Center.
Lt. Gov. Eloy Inos called it a
sad day for the commonwealth.
This is an unfortunate but
isolated incident, he said. It
happened for reasons unbe-
knownst to us, but we can han-
dle this type of situation.
ACTIVISM
Student protesters in California
removed from occupied building
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Demonstrators struggle with police with a barricade in front of a closed-of building on the
University of California, Berkeley on the Berkeley, Calif., campus Friday during a demonstration
against university fee hikes and layofs.
The commonwealth
has never experi-
enced a tragic situa-
tion like this, and we
are saddened ...
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Crime
Charges dropped in case
following investigation
Charges were dismissed against
a man accused in a robbery on
campus last week because the
crime actually happened outside
of city limits, according to KU Pub-
lic Safety Captain Schuyler Bailey.
Police said the 19-year-old who
reported the crime, who doesnt
attend the University, said he
was walking to his vehicle parked
in the southwest corner of the
parking lot near the tennis courts
when he was approached by two
unknown white males.
The man said one of his at-
tackers held him down while the
other punched him in the face. He
said the attackers took his wallet
and told him not to call police
before leaving the area in a white
Cadillac. The man said the stolen
wallet contained a credit card and
drivers license.
Through an investigation, the
KU Public Safety Ofce deter-
mined that the crime did not
take place on campus, or even
in Lawrence for that matter. The
21-year-old Perry man accused in
the crime was released Wednes-
day when the charges against him
were dropped.
Bailey said the results of the
investigation had been forwarded
to the Douglas County Sherifs
Ofce to determine the charges.
Student released on bond
after over a month in jail
A student who police say was
involved in the robberies of two
local delivery drivers will have a
jury trial next April, according to
the judge in the case.
At an arraignment hearing
on Friday, District Court Judge
Robert Fairchild said a jury trial
in the case would begin April
26 at 9 a.m. Billy Kernizant is
accused on four charges; two for
aggravated robbery and two for
conspiracy to commit aggra-
vated robbery.
Kernizant appeared alongside
his lawyer, who asked that his
bail be reduced. At the sugges-
tion of prosecutors, Fairchild
ordered that Kernizants bail
be reduced from $70,000 to
$40,000 on the condition that he
wear a GPS monitoring device at
all times.
Kernizant posted bond and
was released at 10:07 a.m.
Friday. Kernizant had been in
police custody since he was ar-
rested on Oct. 5
Brandon Sayers
legal
Military nurse acquitted in killing
crime
Men accused in 9/11 attacks to plead not guilty
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Khalid Sheik Mohammed, above, is the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Mohammeds lawyer said he would plead not guilty to the charges against him.
AssoCiAted Press
NEW YORK The five men
facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks
will plead not guilty so that they
can air their criticisms of U.S. for-
eign policy, the lawyer for one of
the defendants said Sunday.
Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer
for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-
Aziz Ali, said the men would not
deny their role in the 2001 attacks
but would explain what happened
and why they did it.
The U.S. Justice Department
announced earlier this month that
Ali and four other men accused
of murdering nearly 3,000 people
in the deadliest terrorist attack in
the U.S. will face a civilian federal
trial just blocks from the site of the
destroyed World Trade Center.
Ali, also known as Ammar al-
Baluchi, is a nephew of professed
9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed.
Mohammed, Ali and the oth-
ers will explain their assess-
ment of American foreign policy,
Fenstermaker said.
Their assessment is negative,
he said.
Fenstermaker met with Ali
last week at the U.S. prison at
Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He has
not spoken with the others but said
the men have discussed the trial
among themselves.
Fenstermaker was first quoted in
The New York Times in Sundays
editions.
Critics of Attorney General Eric
Holders decision to try the men
in a New York City civilian court-
house have warned that the trial
would provide the defendants with
a propaganda platform.
Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the
Department of Justice, said Sunday
that while the men may attempt
to use the trial to express their
views, we have full confidence
in the ability of the courts and in
particular the federal judge who
may preside over the trial to ensure
that the proceeding is conducted
appropriately and with minimal
disruption, as federal courts have
done in the past.
Last week, the Senate Judiciary
Committee questioned Holder for
hours about his decision to send
the five 9/11 suspects to New York
for trial.
Critics of Holders decision
mostly Republicans argued the
trial will give Mohammed and his
co-defendants a world stage to
spout hateful rhetoric.
AssoCiAted Press
SAN ANTONIO A court-
martial acquitted a former mili-
tary nurse of
murder Saturday
after he was
accused of giv-
ing lethal doses
of painkillers to
hasten the deaths
of three termi-
nally ill patients
at the Air Forces
largest hospital.
Capt. Michael
Fontana, wearing his Air Force
uniform, showed no emotion as
a military judge cleared him of
three counts of murder, then col-
lapsed into the arms of weeping
family members inside a Lackland
Air Force Base courtroom.
Military prosecutors had paint-
ed Fontana as a rogue and arro-
gant nurse who pumped patients
full of fentanyl and morphine
when they were not dying quick
enough. After the ruling, Fontana
said he never second-guessed his
treatment or dosages.
My intention the
whole time was to
take care of dying
patients, Fontana
said.
Fontana, 36, said
he wants to return to
nursing.
Seeing the ver-
dict as a validation,
Fontana said he
hoped the ruling would serve as
a lesson for others tasked with
making sure the terminally sick
are comfortable. One doctor tes-
tified in the court-martial that he
worried the case would chill the
use of painkillers on the gravely
ill.
Elizabeth Higginbotham,
Fontanas attorney, said during
closing arguments that a guilty
verdict would open the flood-
gates for lawsuits against nurses
when a dying patient finally goes.
Col. William Burd, the military
judge, also acquitted Fontana on
one count of conduct unbecom-
ing an officer for altering medical
records.
We have
great confidence
in our military
justice system
and we believe
a fair verdict
was reached
today, the 59th
Medical Wing
said in a state-
ment.
The hospital
said Fontana will now undergo a
clinical competency evaluation to
determine whether he can return
to being an Air Force nurse at
the Wilford Hall Medical Center.
He continued working at Wilford
Hall while awaiting trial, though
was stationed in the library.
During the weeklong trial,
Air Force prosecutors accused
Fontana of changing hospital
records, trying to cover-up his
tracks and chastising other nurses
for not being aggressive enough
in treating the end-
of-life patients. They
argued that Fontana
knew the lethal effect
of the dosages he was
giving.
Fontana has been
in the Air Force since
2006 and served a
tour in Iraq in 2007.
He worked as an
intensive care nurse
at Wilford Hall, which primar-
ily serves military personnel and
retirees but provides emergency
and trauma care to some civil-
ians.
Man who used tentanyl and morphine on patients says he never second-guessed treatment
My intention the
whole time was to
take care of dying
patients.
MiCHAeL FOnTAnA
Military nurse
We have great conf-
dence in our military
justice system and we
believe a fair verdict
was reached today.
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