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Volume 115 | No. 115
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Paccione’s game
Kefalas: ‘Anytime, anywhere’
By J. DaviD McSWane
The Rocky Mountain Collegian
State Rep. John Kefalas is clueless, Angie Paccione says.
“(He) has no idea what he’s getting
into,” the former state representative told
the Collegian Tuesday. “All I have to do is
post him up.”
Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, announced a
challenge Thursday night to Paccione, a
former Democratic congressional candidate. But the challenge, though as serious
as they come, has nothing to do with state
politics.
Kefalas proposed a one-on-one showdown with Paccione — on the basketball
court.
“You let her know that I’m ready anytime,” Kefalas told the Collegian. “I’m
ready anytime she’s up for the challenge.”
But Kefalas, who stands 5-feet-3 inches, would be wise to know what he is getting himself into. Paccione played in the
pros, and she’s got more than one game
plan.
Seatbelt violation
bill passes Senate
By JaMeS Holt
The Colorado Senate passed a bill Tuesday
that would make driving without a seat belt a
primary offense.
Bill sponsor Rep. Joe Rice, D-Littleton, is
scheduled to introduce Senate Bill 151 to the
House next week.
The purpose of the bill is to increase usage
of restraining devices in vehicles to save lives in
automobile accidents.
“It will save lives and save money,” said Sen.
Peter Groff, D-Adams, on Monday.
According to Groff, similar bills have saved
“hundreds if not thousands of lives” in other
states.
California, Hawaii and Texas are among the
25 states that already have primary offense seat
belt statutes.
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said the bill would save an estimated $72.5 million in Medicaid tax dollars over the next 10
years. It would also secure approximately $14
million in federal highway funds for Colorado
that are granted to states that adopt primary offense safety belt legislation.
Currently, driving without a seat belt is only
a secondary offense. If a law enforcement officer
pulls a driver over for a different violation and
subsequently notices the driver is neglecting to
use a safety belt, the officer can add safety belt
negligence to the ticket. Police are not allowed
to pull drivers over for only neglecting safety
belt use.
By making it a primary offense, officers will
be able to pull drivers over with safety belt negligence as the driver’s only infraction, punishable
as a Class-B infraction.
SB151 specifies that law enforcers must be
able to clearly observe the restraining device
violation and be able to articulate that the restraining device was unfastened.
Not only drivers would be required to wear
safety belts, but also certain children and all
front seat passengers. In addition, the bill
a class act
Last fall, Paccione gave Republican incumbent Marilyn Musgrave quite a scare
after catapulting her campaign into “a
dead heat” over the historically conservative 4th Congressional District. But the
former professional basketball player lost
the match in the final seconds by only 3
percent of the vote.
Running a political campaign is no
easy task, Paccione says, and losing one is
even harder. But the former CSU student
and assistant professor is no benchwarmer when it comes to adversity.
Growing up in a poor New York City
neighborhood with a black single mother
prepared her for anything, she told the
Collegian Thursday.
“Living in what we call the working
poor of the south Bronx, I didn’t know my
father. I grew up in a real disadvantaged
environment,” she said.
Determined to escape that environment, Paccione sweated enough in school
and on the court to win a full-ride athletic
scholarship to attend Stanford University
in California.
The affluent beach community of Palo
Alto seemed a world away for an aspiring
young basketball player from the Bronx.
But with a lot of determination and a little
fast-food grease, Paccione packed quite a
game.
“When I went to Stanford, it was a real
culture shock because I was coming out of
a completely different environment than
most of the people who were attending
Stanford,” she said. “The first year or two
was really hard for me to make that adjustment.”
“My classmates were driving BMWs
and Mercedes,” she added. “I didn’t even
have a bike.”
To make up for what her scholarship
See BeltS on Page 3
“During the genocide you had to buy a bullet
because it wasn’t a matter of that you would
die, only how. A bullet would have been better
than torture with a machete.”
Eugenie Mukeshimana | Rwandan genocide survivor
Survivors bring
history to life
By Hilary DaviS
Katie StevenS | COLLEGIAN
Eugenie Mukeshimana speaks to a full house in the Lory Student Center
Theatre on Tuesday night about how she and her infant daughter survived
the Rwanda genocide. Behind Mukeshimana sits David Gewirtzman, who
later shared his own experience as a survivor of the Losice Ghetto, a labor
camp, during the Holocaust.
More than 200 people filled the
Lory Student Center Theater on
Tuesday night to hear Holocaust
survivor David Gewirtzman and
Rwandan genocide survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana share their testimonies of survival.
“It’s an important topic,” said
Laura Castellano, an open-option
freshman. “A depressing topic, but
it sparked my curiosity. I think it’s
important to hear their stories from
a firsthand perspective.”
Many students and community
members were moved to tears as
Mukeshimana described her experience during the Rwandan genocide, hiding under a bed for several
weeks without food, fresh water or
clothing. Mukeshimana was also
pregnant at the time.
After colonialism peaked in Africa in the 1950s, there was a stronger sense of division between the
Hutus and Tutsis, different social
groups based on prestige and status. Mukeshimana was classified as
a Tutsi, the group that was targeted
and killed in the genocide.
“Old, young, poor rich – it didn’t
matter,” Mukeshimana said. “In
this time, your only crime was being born a Tutsi. You couldn’t switch
or convert. There was nothing we
could do.”
The only measure of control
some Tutsis felt was in how they
would die.
“During the genocide you had
to buy a bullet,” Mukeshimana said.
“Because it wasn’t a matter of that
you would die, only how. A bullet
would have been better than
See Survivor on Page 3
Teen driver
faces careless
driving
By Jenna lynn elliS
BERTHOUD, Colo. — The 17-year-old
driver who slammed into two Berthoud
High School students Jan. 15, causing both
to lose their legs will face two careless driving charges.
The Weld County District Attorney filed
charges Tuesday afternoon against the
teenage driver. She is expected to appear
in court April 17, responding to the two
misdemeanor counts of careless driving
resulting in injuries.
The misdemeanor charges each carry a
penalty of 10 days to one year in jail and a
fine of $100 to $1,000.
The driver was coming home from
a school dance late Jan. 15 when she
slammed into the back of another car and
hit fellow students Tyler Carron and Nikko
Landeros, who were behind the car changing a tire. Carron and Landeros spent
almost a month in the Denver Medical
Center hospital. Each lost both legs and
sustained other injuries.
The driver returned to BHS soon after
the accident and Tyler and Nikko returned
to school Tuesday for part of the day.
Bruce Carron, Tyler’s father, said the
girl hasn’t seen or spoken with Tyler or
Nikko since the crash on advice from her
attorney.
Staff writer Jenna Lynn Ellis can be
reached at [email protected].
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Swing Dance Society
7:15 p.m.
Lory Student Center
Weekly swing dances and
lessons.
Melissa at (970) 412-0011 or visit
csuswing.org.
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Thursday, March 1
Vital Vinyl
Classic Rock
7pm
A Son’s Journey
Noon
LSC 224
Fort Collins resident and historian
Ron Sladek will provide a
presentation on his recent return
to Slovakia with his father Osi,
who survived the Holocaust
there.
Janet Reno Dance
Party
80’s and 90’s Pop
9pm
The Urban Wire
Hip-Hop and Soul
11pm
Tune in to channel 11
from 8 to midnight
for CTV News, CTV
Sports and Studio CTV.
Defying Hitler: The White Rose
College Student Resistance
Movement
7 p.m.
LSC North Ballroom
Jud Newborn, author, lecturer
and expert on anti-Semitism and
extremism, will speak as part
of Colorado State University’s
Holocaust Awareness Week.
Newborn will speak about
the White Rose Resistance
Movement, a group of young
German Christian college
students who rose up against the
Nazi regime.
For more information, contact
Hillel at 491-2080.
SETH kUDDES | CoLLeGIAN
Aaron Frazee, a senior business management major, works on his homework in a Rockwell Hall computer lab on the new
Windows Vista systems. At the start of the spring semester, the business school updated 20 computers to the newest Windows
Vista system.
Latest Research on Health
Induced Asthma
5:15 p.m.
Horsetooth Lounge, LSC
Learn symptoms and latest
treatment, stretching, diet and
supplements.
Lynn Kalert at 491-1731.
Friday, March 2
Choral Concert: Voices of
Heaven and Earth
7:30 p.m.
Griffin Concert Hall,
University Center for the Arts
1400 Remington St., Fort Collins.
The concert combines folk
music & spirituals, creating an
exciting evening as sacred music
combines with music of the
people. Pieces include the Irish
anthem Danny Boy, the American
folk song Shenandoah, several
African-American spirituals,
sacred music by John Rutter, and
selections from Mendelssohn’s
Tickets are $5 for CSU students
and $8 for the general public,
plus a small campus box office
service charge. Tickets can be
purchased by calling 491-4TIX
or at www.csutix.com. Visa
and MasterCard accepted.
Performances are popular and
advance purchase is highly
recommended.
For more information, visit www.
sota.colostate.edu or contact the
department of music at 491-5529.
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the world
Canada’s
Parliament
votes to scrap anti-terrorism measures
TORONTO (AP) - Canada’s
House of Commons voted
Tuesday to not extend provisions in the country’s anti-terrorism legislation that allow for
preventive arrests and forced
testimony.
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GAME |
Campaigners hit the courts
Continued from Page 1
couldn’t afford her, Paccione
worked the graveyard shift at
a local Jack in the Box restaurant in the off season while
still attending classes.
“I’d clean the milkshake
machine and the fry machine,
and I worked with people who
were not going to Stanford,”
she said. “I worked with community people…and being
exposed to the people who
really work for a living always
kept me grounded.”
After graduating with an
honors degree in political
science in 1983, Paccione
moved on to play in the now
defunct Women’s American
Basketball Association.
But professional sports
would soon fall to the wayside as her other passion,
teaching, took over.
“I’ll always have a heart
for higher education and K12 education because that
was my ticket out of an impoverished
environment,”
she said.
After receiving a teaching
certificate from the University of Denver, Paccione taught
at Smoky Hill High School in
Denver for eight years, where
she would also become the
first and only female to coach
men’s varsity basketball in
Colorado history.
Paccione received her
master’s degree in education
from CSU in 1995, when she
began teaching and working
toward her doctoral degree.
But in 2000, Paccione
again found herself at a turning point. Excited to fulfill her
civic duty by casting her vote,
she was disappointed that no
Democratic candidate was
listed on the ballot.
Paccione says she then
saw an opportunity to do
what she had been encouraging young people to do for
years: “Step up, step in and
step out.”
Empowered,
Paccione
ran a successful campaign in
2003 for Colorado’s District
53.
As a representative, she
sponsored a bill that raised
the fine for underage drinking after CSU sophomore
Samantha Spady died from
alcohol poisoning. The bill
included an exemption — a
“safe haven” — for minors
who call 911 in a medical
emergency involving underage drinking.
And in 2006, Paccione began her quest to replace twotime incumbent Musgrave
from office — a pursuit she
says is far from finished.
Filling a need
Although Paccione was
reluctant to make any official
campaign announcement,
she said her main concern
now isn’t so much finding a
job or running for office, but
more a desire to serve.
“That’s what I’m looking
to do — not find a job, but fill
a need,” she said, “whether
it be in political office, as a
teacher or a civic servant.”
Paige Noon, a close friend
and former campaign staffer,
says that’s the woman she’s
come to admire.
“I’m impressed with how
sincere she is,” Noon said.
“She’s the real thing. She’s
just a fantastic person.”
When Paccione isn’t trying to win over votes to unseat prominent politicians,
she spends a lot of her time
enjoying movies like “Whale
Rider” or “Rocky,” movies
that inspire people, she says
— movies that tell a story of
overcoming great odds to
achieve greatness — movies
that resonate in her personal
life.
“Never, ever, ever, ever
give up,” she said. “Never
give up the pursuit of your
dream.”
Anne Marie Merline, a
CSU sociology professor
and long-time Fort Collins
Democrat, says she voted for
Paccione in the last election
season because she felt Paccione was in-tune with what
the district needs.
“It’s obvious she stands
for more progressive ideals,”
Merline said. “More so than
Musgrave.”
But Merline, a good friend
and neighbor of Kefalas, says
she would stand on Kefalas’
side of the court when it
comes to competitive sports.
“I’d be rooting for John
because he’s the underdog
“I’m impressed
with how
sincere she is.
She’s the real
thing. She’s
just a fantastic
person.”
Paige Noon
Paccione campaign staffer
in that situation,” she said,
laughing. “I think for it to be
fair (Paccione) would have to
be in her high heels.”
Standing up
to the challenge
“She’s a hard act to follow,” Kefalas admits, speaking mostly of Paccione’s political game, adding nothing
of her skills inside the paint.
In the short term at least,
Paccione has a less serious
need to fill — Kefalas’ need
for a competitive game of
basketball, and he’s calling
her out.
“She’s from the Bronx,
and I’m from Brooklyn, so we
have a little competition,” he
said. “Only I come from the
better borough, but I won’t
hold that against her.”
And Paccione’s ready to
represent.
“I’ve got a pretty good
height advantage on John,”
she said. “They used to call
me ‘Ms. Inside’ and ‘Ms. Outside’ because I can shoot the
three and I can post them
up.”
Kefalas did say, however,
that the game would have to
wait until the state legislative session is over, as he’s got
a few plays to make on the
House floor.
“I’ll have to warm up a bit.
The only exercise I get now
is walking up and down the
stairs here at the Capitol.”
Associate news managing editor J. David McSwane
can be reached at [email protected].
BELTS |
3
Senate passes seatbelt bill
modifies the age, height and
weight requirements for certain children who are otherwise required to be fastened in
a child restraint system.
Despite being passed by
the State Senate, the fate of the
bill is still under inspection by
the House. If approved by the
House, the governor must sign
the bill into law or veto it.
“This same bill, or similar
bills, have failed four out of the
five last sessions on very close
votes,” Rice said.
According to Williams,
last year’s bill lost by only one
vote.
“It tends to break down
along party lines,” Rice said. In
general, Democrats have been
for the bill and Republicans
have been against it.
Rice identifies concern for
civil liberties and fear of racial
profiling and “bad cops” as the
primary reasons people give
for opposing the bill.
According to Williams, the
bill has been turned down in
the past because “people don’t
want the government telling
them what to do.”
Ben Prytherch, a senior
economics major and treasurer of the Libertarian party at
CSU, is against the bill.
“Government does have a
cause in protecting children,”
he said. “Once you become an
adult you’re responsible for all
your decisions yourself… It’s
not the government’s job to
protect adults.”
Jason Gott, a junior mechanical engineering major,
disagrees.
“I think it is a good idea,”
he said. “People driving without seat belts can get killed.”
Staff Writer James Holt can
be reached at news@collegian.
com.
THE FACTS
• 81 percent of drivers buckle up
• 25 states have seat belt
infractions as a primary offense
• 24 states have seat belt
infractions as a secondary
offense
• New Hampshire is the only
state without a mandatory seat
belt law for adults
Source: USA Today
SURVIVOR | Speakers talk of survival
torture with a machete.”
Gewirtzman felt a similar
sense of helplessness and terror years earlier during the Holocaust.
A native of Losice, Poland,
Gewirtzman survived a labor camp and also lived in an
earthen hole in a pig sty for two
years with eight people waiting
for liberation.
“How do you teach people
how to hate?” Gewirtzman
asked the crowd. “The Nazis
were certainly good at it. First,
they isolated us, forcing us to
wear armbands showing that
we were Jews. Then they dehumanized us and confiscated
Jewish properties and businesses. Then came violence.”
After Jewish children were
banned from school, Gewirtzman remembers attending
clandestine classes held by
candlelight to continue his education for sixth, seventh and
eighth grades.
“Education was very dear
to us,” he said.
It is because of this that
Gewirtzman and Mukeshimana have chosen to travel the
country, speaking to audiences
and educating them through
their first-hand experiences.
“Diversity does not have to
create adversity,” Gewirtzman
said. “Together, we can and
should make a difference. We
chose life over hate. Instead
of weapons of mass destruction, we have chosen weapons
of mass instruction: books, literature, speeches and lectures.
Our weapons do not kill, they
heal.”
“I am still here, and I will
survive,” Mukeshimana said.
“Every day is a blessing and I
will not spoil it with hate.”
Staff writer Hilary Davis
can be reached at [email protected]
Collegian
OPINION
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 | Page 4
Now what could go wrong here?
Visceral, racist rage is a powerful tool
in a politician’s arsenal – just ask a few
of our own Colorado representatives.
But it comes with a major drawback: It’s
nearsighted.
After a crackdown on illegal immigrants, Coloradan farmers
This column
have found themselves represents
the views of
short-handed – even after the Collegian’s
editorial board.
offering as much as $9.60
an hour for labor, which is
much more than they had paid undocumented workers.
That’s right – the immigration crackdown has hurt the very same corn-fed,
red-white-and-blue-bleeding Ameri-
can farmers whom Representatives like
Marilyn Musgrave and Tom Tancredo
claim to represent throughout their
campaigns.
Tancredo, a Republican U.S. congressman right here in Colorado, is
leading the charge to purge this country
of illegal immigrants. He’s drawn plenty of support with the topic – national
infamy, even, when he compared Miami to a third-world nation. Musgrave,
similarly, is hesitant to touch a bill that
doesn’t include a “kick-out-all-the-Mexican-illegals” clause.
Tancredo has argued that illegal immigrants take hard-earned American
“None of the Collegian staff had keys, and therefore
they trespassed on university property when they
entered. Trespassing in public buildings is a violation
of state law.”
Shame on you, Collegian
By SETH ANTHONY
The Collegian editorial
board recently asked in one of
its regular columns (“Shame
on you, Coloradoan,” Monday,
Feb. 5): “What’s more important to a journalist than credibility?”
Even though it was a rhetorical question, I’ll answer it:
Integrity.
While credibility is a journalist’s outward face, integrity
is his or her inner self. It goes
beyond “Have I reported the
facts correctly?” to ask “Have
I behaved ethically in all respects?”
Part of any code of ethics is
the mandate not to flagrantly
or needlessly flaunt just authority.
The Society of Professional
Journalists’ Code of Ethics,
upon which CSU’s Student
Media Code of Ethics is based,
cautions reporters to “avoid
undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering
information except when traditional open methods will not
yield information vital to the
public.”
This is precisely what the
Collegian didn’t do while investigating a recent series of stories on the security of the CSU
campus. Three reporters, under cover of darkness, entered
multiple buildings, documented the contents of unlocked
rooms, and then publicly admitted to doing so on the front
page of the Collegian for three
consecutive days.
There’s a term for their actions, and it’s not courageous
journalism. It’s trespassing.
Their actions needlessly
violated the law, and it undermined the integrity of the Collegian, thereby damaging the
credibility of all those associated with the paper.
By their own admission,
Collegian staff entered buildings including Rockwell Hall,
the Chemistry Building and
the Clark Building between the
hours of midnight and 2 a.m.
They admitted to not having
keys and to being stopped by
campus police.
The university’s Building
Proctor’s Manual, available
online, is very clear: “Default
restricted access hours for
all campus buildings will be
10 p.m. through 7 a.m.” and
“ANYONE wishing to enter a
building, classroom, or office
during restricted access hours
MUST have their own keys.”
(Original emphasis).
None of the Collegian staff
had keys, and therefore they
trespassed on university property when they entered. Trespassing in public buildings is a
violation of state law.
The Collegian’s claim that it
“didn’t feel there was any other
way” (Friday, Feb. 2) to investigate the story doesn’t hold
up as a defense, either. There
were obviously other ways to
go about this.
For starters, the reporters
could have contacted individuals who were authorized to
access campus buildings late
at night.
I’m a graduate student in
chemistry and am authorized
to be there at all hours. I, or
any of a few hundred other
people, could have brought in
reporters as our guests to test
doorknobs.
Having a legitimate guide
around these buildings would
also have helped ensure
that these reporters didn’t
put themselves at risk
by disturbing hazardous
chemicals.
Students or staff who
have valid after-hours access to the Rockwell Hall or
the Clark Building would
have been happy to do the
same for those buildings,
I’m sure.
Had Collegian staff
done this, they could have
stayed within the law,
been safer, and better informed about the nature
of the valuable unprotected equipment they saw.
In short, they would have
been more responsible
journalists.
But did James Baetke,
David McSwane, and Vimal Patel, as well as editor-in-chief Brandon Lowrey, who authorized the
story, avail themselves of
the legal option? No. They
skipped steps, broke the
law, and compromised
their integrity in the process.
There are times when
breaking the law may be
necessary in the vital public interest, but those tests
were not met here. Collegian reporters failed to
pursue legal alternatives
and have failed to own up
to their clear violation of
the law.
Before the Collegian
takes other papers to task
for ethical lapses, it should
first admit to its own.
Shame on you, Collegian.
Seth Anthony is a
chemistry master’s student.
His column appears occasionally in the Collegian.
Replies and feedback can
be sent to [email protected].
jobs, and that they make the country
unsafe.
In Pueblo, farmers offered $9.60 an
hour for the jobs that had been taken
by illegal immigrants. Minimum wage
is $6.85.
And they have not been able to find
anyone willing to do the work. As for
safety?
A likely solution will be to bring in
prison inmates to take the field hand
jobs, instead. The farmers will pay the
state at least minimum wage. And for
all of the hard labor, inmates will be rewarded with pennies a day.
Now what could go wrong here?
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Anna Nicole Smith lives on
By RYAN SPEAKER
I wish Anna Nicole Smith
would just die already.
We have all been inundated with stories about her, who
should get her body, who will
receive her inheritance.
Matters worsened when
Britney Spears shaved her
head and made her way to rehab three times in a week.
The television news media — including MSNBC, Fox
News, CNN Headline News,
and CNN — has run circles
around itself, trying to get exclusive interviews other organizations have not gotten, and
breaking away from real news
to go to live press conferences.
In the past few weeks, the
only people who handled the
issue like journalists were two
non-journalist TV hosts.
One was Jon Stewart of
“The Daily Show.” The show
had four features on Anna Nicole Smith’s death, but all four
were critiques of the way television news media was covering the issue.
The Feb. 12 episode featured a correspondent live in
the field; his report was first
accompanied by on-screen
video of Anna Nicole, then
girls dancing in bikinis, and
devolved to two girls mudwrestling.
Stewart asked, “Can we
just discuss the coverage of
this incident without showing footage? Is the story not
sensational enough in and of
itself?”
The correspondent, confused, asked, “Why?”
Stewart responded, “(It)
makes the whole thing look
like we’re just narrating to the
most lurid footage we can
find.”
It is almost as if Stewart
and “The Daily Show” have a
sense of integrity. Networks
should take note. And as Stewart noted, the images rarely
contribute anything meaningful to the story.
The other TV host was
Craig Ferguson, of CBS’ “The
Late Late Show.” He used his
12-minute monologue on Feb.
19 to discuss his uneasiness in
making fun of Anna Nicole and
Britney.
“People are falling apart,
people are dying; that Anna
Nicole Smith woman, she died.
(Audience laughs) It’s not a
joke; it stops being funny there.
She’s got a... 6-month-old kid;
what the hell is that? And I’m
starting to feel uncomfortable
about making fun of these
people... We shouldn’t be attacking vulnerable people.”
On why he couldn’t make
jokes about Britney Spears:
“This woman has two kids;
she’s 25 years old. She’s a baby
herself. She’s a baby.”
Ferguson — unlike other
late-night hosts and news networks — realized the seriousness of the issue and decided it
isn’t worth laughs or extra dollars that might be brought in
by increased viewership.
Excepting perhaps CNBC,
PBS and Sunday morning political news programs, “The
Daily Show” was the only cable news program that decided
Smith’s death was not significant for the social and political
discourse.
And it isn’t even a “real”
news program!
This
celebrity-oriented,
unimportant “news” is something relatively new to our culture, as Richard Dreyfuss noted
on the Nov. 17 episode of “Real
Time with Bill Maher.”
“I was away from the country for two years studying.
When I came back, I realized
we had two wars, the towers
falling, and the only thing that
America knew was that Scott
Peterson had killed his wife
and unborn child.”
He continued: “(It) used
to be a given that the news
industry, the news network
departments, were not part of
the profit center. And now it is
a given that they are. And Dan
Rather... was at the center of an
enormous change, an invisible
change, which made the news
division expected to be profit
“In the past
few weeks, the
only people who
handled the issue
like journalists
were two nonjournalist TV
hosts.”
centers. That should never
have happened.”
The networks have quickly
adapted to this new business
model, in which real news
takes a back seat to stories
only seventh-grade girls find
interesting.
CNN had a “CNN Special
Investigations Unit” program
Saturday night, titled “Chasing
Angelina: Paparazzi and Celebrity Obsession.”
The piece concludes: “So
who is at fault for stalking Angelina: Is it the paparazzi... or
is it the fault of the celebrity
weeklies? Or, in the end, is the
public’s obsession to blame?”
CNN, and other news networks, do not understand they
themselves are a big part of the
problem. They perpetuate the
perceived importance of the
story simply be covering it — if
it wasn’t important, could it
possibly displace news about
the war, the economy, the
president and Congress?
Yes, because of the allpowerful dollar. War, perhaps
unsurprisingly, doesn’t bring
in viewers. Who did not wear
panties this weekend, perhaps
unsurprisingly, does.
News should not be subjected to standards of the
checkbook. News networks
need to discern real reporting,
and real news, from the stories reported by People and Us
Weekly.
Ryan Speaker is a senior
history major. His column appears every Wednesday in the
Collegian. Replies and feedback
can be sent to letters@collegian.
com.
letters to the editor
Hemenway insults
Americans
In response to Nick Hemenway’s article “I am an
American”, I feel insulted as an
American citizen of Mexican
descent. Mr. Hemenway says,
“Among all the things that we
may disagree on, our allegiance
should not be one of them” in
reference to protesters waving
the Mexican flag. I believe that
if someone expresses pride
in their ethnic origins then
not only is it healthy, but it in
no way suggests a “loyalty” to
a foreign nation. The idea is
pure nonsense and quite uneducated.
I believe that, as a nation,
we are fortunate enough to
live in a country that is filled
with many cultures. In countries such as Mexico, however,
this is not the case. While waving the American flag can be a
symbol of support for our government, waving a Mexican
flag can quite often be something as innocuous as showing
cultural pride.
I agree with Hemenway
that asking someone’s ethnicity is unnecessary.
Not because someone’s
culture is unimportant, but
because a person‘s culture
does not define them.
While American culture
may be too hung up on political correctness, we should
still celebrate the cultural differences in our society. Not as
a way to separate us, but as a
way to remind us all that differences are okay.
From Einstein with science
to the Asian-Americans who
helped build railroads and foster industrialization, the backbone of this country has been
forged by immigrants who gave
strenuously to our great country while maintaining pride in
their original culture.
And while there are many
benefits to having everyone
speaking the same language, it
also seems slightly hypocritical.
The Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase gave land from Mexico
to the United States that today
comprise 6 different states.
Many Mexicans had lived there
for generations. So perhaps we
should recognize that Spanish was spoken exclusively
in several areas of the United
States centuries before English
was. In fact, several languages
lay claim to this (including
French).
As for Mr. Hemenway’s
claim that his relatives “realized the only way they would
make it in this new world was
to adopt the American way of
life as their own”, perhaps we
shouldn’t be asking why immigrants now seem unwilling
to do this.
Perhaps we should be asking ourselves that if we are truly a nation that has grown to be
accepting of all races and cultures, then why should immigrants feel they must change
whom they are in order to
make it here?
Christopher Wheeler
senior
biochemistry
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State considing using
prisoners on farms
“The MWC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee decided
to start the blood drive because they wanted to do
something good for the community.”
Farmers complain about immigration clamp
MWC hosts blood drive
the associated Press
DENVER — State prison
officials are considering using
prison inmates to help out on
farms after farmers complained that a
crackdown on
illegal immi- See page 4
grants has left to read more
them
short- about this
topic.
handed.
Rep. Dorothy Butcher,
D-Pueblo, said the Colorado
Department of Corrections
has tentatively agreed to
supply inmates to work area
farms.
Department of Corrections executive director Ari
Zavaras said the work program would operate under
the department’s Correctional Industries Program, which
helps inmates obtain work
while in prison and learn a
skill at the same time.
“We have a lot of details
to work out, but this probably
will start as a pilot program in
Pueblo County. Depending
on how well it works, we’ll see
where it will go,” Zavaras said
Monday.
Zavaras said the program
fits in with his and Gov. Bill
Ritter’s new emphasis on reducing recidivism in state
prisons.
Zavaras and Ritter have
said that by reducing recidivism, the state can save money on having to build new
prisons, which under current
growth estimates will cost the
state hundreds of millions
of dollars over the next five
years.
Avondale farmers Joe Pisciotta and Phil Prutch told
Zavaras and House Speaker
Andrew Romanoff, D-Denver,
that immigrant workers are
afraid to come to Colorado
because of the state’s tougher
Students give
it up for Lent
By eMily lanCe
Katie McKeeman promised her mom she would give
up sweets for Lent. Beginning
last Wednesday, things like
cookies, candy and chocolate
were kicked out of her diet.
“I have tried to give up gum
and soda or different things
like that,” said McKeeman,
a freshman sports medicine
major. “I couldn’t do Girl Scout
cookies. It was just too hard.”
Lent is the symbolic representation of the 40 days Jesus
spent in the wilderness, where
he fasted and prayed.
It is said that he resisted
temptation by the devil during this time, was spoken to
by angels and then began his
ministry in Galilee, a region of
Israel.
Catholics are among the
traditional Christians who
sacrifice something for Lent,
but others in the faith observe it as well, including nonChristians.
The Rev. Lawrence Christensen of Saint Elizabeth Ann
Seton Parish, encourages his
congregation to give as well as
sacrifice during this time.
“Through sacrifice, prayer
and alms giving, we remember and reflect on this time,”
Christensen said. “I encourage
all people to take part in some
way.”
Alms giving is an act in
which Catholics will save
their pocket change, typically
nickels and dimes, in a round
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bring those savings to church
on the last Sunday of Lent,
also known as Palm Sunday.
The church will give the funds
received to Catholic relief or
other charitable organizations
in the community.
“It is up to the individual
what they choose to give or
sacrifice. Some give up movies, some choose not to have a
drink or even smoking. Some
do positive things like visit a
person in the hospital, call a
person you have not talked
to in a while or volunteer at
a soup kitchen,” Christensen
said.
Danielle Lohman, a freshman social work major, chose
to give up Facebook, the popular networking Web site.
“It is hard because it is
something you check when
you’re bored,” Lohman said.
“I have so much more time for
other things. You don’t realize
how much time you are on
Facebook until you give it up.”
Although Lohman is not
a Catholic, she uses Lent as a
justification to exercise selfcontrol in her life.
“You have to have selfcontrol but you also need support from others,” she said.
“Because you forget, ‘Oh crap
I just drank a soda.’”
Brian Crawford, a sophomore recreation and tourism
major, has been a Catholic his
entire life. He is giving up gum
Marsh Smeltzer | CSU associate athletic director
“They (farmers)
just don’t want to
deal with it.”
By Sean Star
Fans tired of watching CSU
lose to Mountain West Conference foes have the chance to
play an active role in leading
the Rams to victory today.
Students, faculty, staff,
alumni and friends are encouraged to donate blood outside
the Lory Student Center Theatre and Moby Arena from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m. to help CSU win
the second annual Rebuilding
Lives Blood Drive Challenge.
The Rams are competing with the eight other MWC
teams for the right to be
awarded champion during the
men’s and women’s basketball
conference championships in
Las Vegas, March 6-10.
Drop-ins are welcome
upon filling out paperwork at
either the Wellness Zone in the
LSC or the Moby Arena Team
Room.
Joe Pisciotta | farmer
immigrant laws.
“They’ve just given up
and gone to other states that
don’t have these new laws.
They just don’t want to deal
with it,” Pisciotta said.
The two Pueblo vegetable
farmers said they need from
five to 20 workers and are
willing to pay up to $9.60 an
hour, more than they’ve paid
migrant workers in the past,
but they can’t find anyone to
do the work.
Zavaras said he is hopeful
something will be done before the farmers need them in
May and June, when the local
growing season begins.
“The MWC Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee decided
to start the blood drive because
they wanted to do something
good for the community,” said
CSU Associate Athletic Director Marsha Smeltzer.
The Northern Colorado
Medical Center will be taking
blood with students from Association of Student Activity
Programming and the Student
Health Advisory Council outside the LSC.
Members of SAAC will be
working with Garth Englund
Blood Donor Center taking
blood on the south side of
Moby.
All blood will be donated
to non-profit blood centers in
Fort Collins or Greeley, unlike
to the drive hosted by Bonfils
Blood Center earlier this year
on the CSU campus, according
to Smelzter.
Air Force won the challenge last year, while CSU fin-
ished with 15 percent of the
total donated blood with 134
donations.
“I know this year we’re hoping for a lot more (donations),”
said junior natural resources
and recreational tourism major Pete Whiting, a member of
SHAC.
“We’re doing a raffle for
everyone who signs up at the
Wellness Zone…which is new
this year,” he said.
Two $20 gift certificates,
free chair massages and complimentary classes at the Student Recreation Center are
among some of the prizes that
will be given to participants.
Pre-registration for the
event was available during
CSU men’s and women’s basketball games.
CSU is the last MWC institution to hold its blood drive.
Staff writer Sean Star can
be reached at news@collegian.
com.
campuS voice
Have you
or are you
currently
observing
Lent?
“I’ve tried to give
up chocolate
or sweets for a
while.”
Bethany Porter
senior speech
communications
Yes, I have. I’m
Catholic and grew
up Catholic. I
haven’t decided
what to give up yet,
I’m still thinking
about it.
Bethany porter
senior
speech
communications
valerie moldonado
sophomore
chemical
engineering
and junk food this year.
“I love gum. I go through a
pack a day. We can be thankful for what Jesus did back in
the day by giving up the little
things we can,” Crawford said.
“Jesus is our Savior and God
is our center. We give up stuff
that is taking away from that
center.”
For Christians, Lent is also
an act of remembering Jesus’
history.
“We sacrifice, because (Jesus) sacrificed by being nailed
to the cross,” Christensen
said. “It brings you closer to
the Lord as well as helping another person.”
Lohman said it is beneficial to her relationship with
God and Lent perpetuates this
mindset.
“I have learned how trivial
Facebook is. It’s all about ‘Let’s
look at a person’s pictures for
40 minutes or let’s Facebookstalk this person,’” Lohman
said.
Easter morning signifies
the resurrection of Jesus from
the dead after being crucified.
It also commences the season
of Lent.
McKeeman said she will
hold true to her promise, but
by Easter morning she plans
to indulge.
“I will fall back into my
old ways,” McKeeman said. “I
will probably gain 50 million
pounds on Easter.”
Staff writer Emily Lance
can be reached at [email protected].
“I have before but
I’ve never related
it to religion. It’s
societies challenge
to me to give up
something.
JoSh Wood
junior
technical
journalism
“I am currently.
I gave up soda.
It’s really difficult,
actually.”
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senior
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A policeman takes position at a bunker after a suicide attack outside the main U.S. air base of
Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday. A suicide bomber killed at least 14 people and
wounded about a dozen more outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a
visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney was the
intended target.
SALT LAKE CITY — Five
men ejected from an Amtrak
train for smoking marijuana
were discovered with a cardboard box holding $700,000
in U.S. savings bonds, apparently stolen from a Nevada
house, authorities said.
The men were traveling
to Chicago from Sacramento,
Calif., to launder the bonds
when they were arrested Feb.
19 at a depot in Helper, about
100 miles south of Salt Lake
City, the FBI said.
They are charged in federal court with possessing stolen securities and aiding and
abetting.
The bonds were taken
from a safe inside a home in
Sparks, Nev., on Dec. 16, FBI
agent Todd Argyle said in an
affidavit filed in federal court.
Johnny Raymond, 24,
Tony Mitchell, 42, and Shawn
Mitchell, 31, remained in
custody Tuesday. Dino Nick
Mitchell, 36, and Danny Leo,
31, were released on bond.
“They have mentioned
they’re from Sacramento and
the Phoenix area but the exact
cities of residence are unclear
at this point,” said Melodie
Rydalch, a spokeswoman for
the U.S. Attorney’s Office in
Salt Lake City.
After the men were removed from the train for
smoking marijuana, a drugsniffing dog reacted strongly
to two bags, Argyle said.
Helper police searched
the bags and found the bonds
inside a box, he said.
Suicide bombing kills 23
outside U.S. base in Afghanistan
By alisa TanG
The associated press
BAGRAM,
Afghanistan
— In what the Taliban claimed
was an assassination attempt,
a suicide bomber attacked the
main gate of a U.S. military
base Tuesday within earshot
of Vice President Dick Cheney.
The explosion killed 23 people,
including two Americans, and
delivered a propaganda blow
that undercut the U.S. military
and the weak Afghan government it supports.
The bomber struck about
10 a.m., and U.S. military officials declared a “red alert” at
the sprawling Bagram Air Base
while Cheney was rushed to
a bomb shelter. Cheney, who
had been stranded at the base
overnight by a snowstorm, met
with President Hamid Karzai
in the capital before heading
back to the United States via
the Gulf state of Oman.
“I heard a loud boom,”
Cheney told reporters aboard
Air Force Two en route to
Oman. “The Secret Service
came in and told me there had
been an attack on the main
gate.”
Many of the victims were
said to be Afghan truck drivers
waiting to get inside the base.
A dozen men — many of them
sobbing heavily — left the
base holding a stretcher bearing their loved ones wrapped
in black body bags. Tears
streamed down the face of one
man sitting in the passenger
seat of an SUV that carried another victim away.
Although the bomber did
not get closer than roughly a
mile to the vice president, the
attack highlighted an increasingly precarious security situation posed by the resurgent
Taliban. Five years after U.S.led forces toppled their regime,
Taliban-led militants have
stepped up attacks. There were
139 suicide bombings last year,
a fivefold increase over 2005,
and a fresh wave of violence is
expected this spring.
The guerrillas, according
to NATO officials, have the
flexibility to organize an attack
quickly and may have been
able to plan a bombing at the
base while Cheney was there
after hearing news reports on
Monday that he was delayed
by bad weather. The Taliban
have attacked in the area north
of the capital in the past even
though people living in the Bagram area have not been supportive of the guerrillas. Col.
Tom Collins, the top spokesman for the NATO force, said
the Taliban had a cell in Kabul
that could have traveled the 30
miles north to Bagram.
Asked if the Taliban were
trying to send a message with
the attack, Cheney said: “I
think they clearly try to find
ways to question the authority of the central government.
Striking at Bagram with a suicide bomber, I suppose, is one
way to do that. But it shouldn’t
affect our behavior at all.”
kevin wolf | ap
National Governors Association Chairwoman, Arizona Gov.
Janet Napolitano, center, flanked by Vermont Gov. Jim
Douglas, left, and Co-Chairman Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty,
speaks at the closing news conference of the National Governors Association 2007 Winter Meeting on Tuesday in Washington.
Governors urge action
on immigration issues
By JennifeR TalHelM
WASHINGTON — Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano,
a Democrat whose state is
the No. 1 entry point for illegal immigration, implored
Congress Tuesday to fix the
nation’s broken immigration
system before the year’s end.
“We’ve heard too much
talk about border security
and not enough action,” Napolitano said in a speech at
the National Press Club. She
urged Congress to “end the
rhetoric, stop the politics,
provide sustained funding
and turn away from extreme,
unworkable solutions that
solve nothing and only delay
the benefits of real reform.”
“All of America is waiting
— and time is running out,”
said Napolitano, who is in
Washington for the National
Governors Association winter meeting.
The solution, she said,
is a combination of border
enforcement, a temporary
worker program to deal with
the demand for workers to
fill jobs in the U.S. and strong
cooperation with Mexico
and other trade partners, she
said.
7
NASA postpones shuttle launch
Hail storm damages external fuel tank on wing
by MIKe SChNeIder
red huber | ap
NASA workers walk down stairs on a rotating service structure
after inspecting damage to space shuttle Atlantis’ external fuel
tank on Tuesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,
Fla.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
NASA on Tuesday postponed
next month’s launch of space
shuttle Atlantis after a hail
storm left hundreds of small
dents on the spacecraft’s external fuel tank and on a wing.
The launch, which had
been set for March 15, was
pushed back to at least late
April to give NASA time to
make repairs.
NASA technicians planned
to move the orbiter back to a
giant hangar to examine the
damage and decide if repairs
can be made at the Kennedy
Space Center.
“This constitutes, in our
evaluation, the worst damage
we have ever seen of hail on
the external tank,” said Wayne
Hale, manager of the space
shuttle program.
The need to make repairs
had raised the likelihood that
the launch would be delayed
since NASA only had four ex-
Bush to veto anti-terror bill
by LAurIe KeLLMAN
WASHINGTON — President Bush and his Senate allies
will kill a Sept. 11 anti-terror
bill if Congress sends it to the
White House with a provision
to let airport screeners unionize, the White House and 36
Republicans said Tuesday.
“As the legislation currently stands, the president’s
senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill,”
said White House spokesman
Scott Stanzel.
Senate Republicans swiftly
backed up the threat with a
pledge by more than enough
senators to block any veto
override attempt.
“If the final bill contains
such a provision, forcing you
to veto it, we pledge to sustain
your veto,” they wrote to the
president. Sen. Jim DeMint,
R-S.C., planned to offer an
amendment to strip the provision from the bill.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said
that allowing screeners to
unionize would impede the
department’s quick response
to possible threats. Fast redeployment of screeners, such as
in response to Hurricane Rita
and the failed London plot to
blow up airliners, cannot wait
for negotiations, he said.
Chertoff said screeners are
as much on the front lines in
the war against terror as military troops.
“Marines don’t collectively
bargain over whether they’re
going to wind up, you know,
being deployed in Anbar province or in Baghdad,” Chertoff
told reporters after a briefing
with senators. “We can’t negotiate over terms and conditions of work that goes to the
heart of our ability to move
rapidly in order to deal with
the threats that are emerging.”
The White House made
its displeasure with the union
provision clear before the
House passed it as part of its
Homeland Security bill. Sen.
Susan Collins said Chertoff told
her that a statement Thursday
would include an explicit veto
threat.
Casting the provision as a
deal-killer would flex Bush’s
political muscle with the new,
Democratic-led Congress on
the old battleground of labor
rights. It also could throw an
obstacle into talks over how
to debate and pass the recommendations of the Sept. 11
Commission.
For now, senators are eager to follow the House and
pass a bill enacting the commission’s recommendations
to tighten the nation’s security.
The House bill also includes a
provision that would let TSA
screeners bargain collectively.
Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid of Nevada and Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky had reached a
tentative agreement Tuesday
to conduct the debate over the
next 10 days without the distraction of Iraq.
The sense of urgency on the
9/11 recommendations was
conveyed to both leaders in a
letter Tuesday from families of
those killed in the terrorist attacks on that day in 2001.
“This legislation is far too
important to be politicized by
... controversial amendments
and debate, particularly those
relating to Iraq,” wrote Carol
Ashley and Mary Fetchet of the
Voices of September 11th.
Reid and McConnell said
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tra days to spare in its launchpreparation schedule.
The damage was concentrated in the upper third of the
153-foot-tall external tank, a
section that holds liquid oxygen propellant.
During their 11 days in
space, Atlantis’ astronauts
must deliver a 35,000-pound
addition to the international
space station, the heaviest
ever, along with a new pair of
solar arrays. Crew members
are also supposed to unfurl
the solar arrays, fold up an old
pair and conduct at least three
spacewalks.
Monday evening’s thunderstorms moved quickly and
had winds of up to 60 miles per
hour. The size of the hail was
between a half inch and two
inches and landed only at the
NASA space center. The National Weather Service considers three-quarters-of-an-inchsized hail to be “severe,” said
David Sharp, a meteorologist
with the weather service.
“Most people didn’t see
thunderstorms, let alone severe thunderstorms,” Sharp
said. “It only occurred in one
location, and that was NASA’s
Kennedy Space Center complex.”
In 1999, hail from a storm
made 650 divots in space shuttle Discovery’s external tank,
forcing NASA to delay a launch
and return the spacecraft to
the Vehicle Assembly Building.
In 1995, space shuttle Discovery was sent back to the Vehicle Assembly Building because
of fuel-tank damage caused
by a pair of woodpeckers that
drilled about 200 holes in the
rust-colored foam insulation,
apparently in an attempt to
roost and build nests.
Hail also hit the external
tank of space shuttle Atlantis
in 1990, causing minor damage.
The insulating foam on
the external tank is of special
concern to NASA since foam
flew off space shuttle Columbia during lift off in 2003 and
struck the orbiter. The dam-
“This constitutes,
in our
evaluation, the
worst damage we
have ever seen
of hail on the
external tank.”
Wayne Hale
manager of the space shuttle
program
age allowed fiery gases to penetrate Columbia during re-entry, breaking up the craft and
killing its seven astronauts.
NASA redesigned the external tank, removing large
amounts of foam, before last
year’s three successful shuttle
missions.
Chinese stocks plunge 9 percent,
the biggest drop in a decade
by eLAINe KurTeNbACh
SHANGHAI, China —
Chinese stocks plunged
nearly 9 percent Tuesday,
their biggest drop in a
decade, rattling markets
from Hong Kong to Singapore and as far away
as New York amid fears
of a slowdown in China’s
economy.
Investors were also
spooked by comments
Monday from former
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan,
who said a recession in the
U.S. was “possible” later this
year.
One day after sending
Shanghai’s benchmark index
to a record, investors dumped
stocks to lock in profits amid
speculation about a fresh
round of austerity measures
from Beijing to slow the nation’s sizzling economy. The
Shanghai Composite Index
tumbled 8.8 percent to close
at 2.771.79, its largest decline
since it fell 8.9 percent on Feb.
18, 1997, at the time of the
death of Communist Party elder Deng Xiaoping.
Meanwhile, the price of oil
fell on speculation that a slowing Chinese economy would
slice into demand for fuel.
A barrel of light, sweet
crude was down 56 cents
$60.83 in pre-market trading
on the New York Mercantile
Exchange.
“The (rumors) that China
is going to impose a capital gains tax resulted in regional markets falling,” said
S. Sharath, an analyst with
MIDF-Amanah
Investment
Bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the benchmark
index tumbled 2.8 percent.
Iraqis say 18 boys die in car bomb
U.S. reports ‘controlled’ blast in area but no deaths
By BRIAN MURPHY
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Police
and Iraqi state television said
a car bomb exploded Tuesday near a park popular with
young soccer players, killing at
least 18 boys in Ramadi, a city
west of Baghdad.
However, the U.S. military said 30 civilians and one
Iraqi soldier were injured in a
“controlled detonation” of explosives southeast of Ramadi
but there were no deaths. The
military routinely blows up
captured weapons and ammunition.
It was unclear whether
there were two blasts or confusion over the casualties from a
single explosion.
Both local police and state
television said the bombrigged car blew apart Tuesday
afternoon while the boys, aged
10-15, were playing in Ramadi,
an insurgent stronghold about
70 miles west of Baghdad.
The Interior Ministry did
not immediately return calls
for details.
In Baghdad on Tuesday, at
least 10 people were killed in
bombings amid a security operation launched this month
targeting militant factions and
sectarian death squads that
have ruled the capital’s streets.
As part of the sweeps, U.S.
and Iraqi forces staged raids in
Baghdad’s main Shiite militant
stronghold, making politically
sensitive forays into areas loyal
to radical cleric Muqtada alSadr.
Al-Sadr withdrew his Mahdi Army militia from checkpoints and bases under intense
government pressure to let the
neighbor-by-neighbor security
sweeps move ahead. But Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki and
others have opposed extensive
U.S.-led patrols through Sadr
City, fearing a violent backlash
could derail the security effort.
The pre-dawn raids appeared to highlight a strategy
of pinpoint strikes in Sadr City
rather than the flood of soldiers
sent into some Sunni districts.
At least 16 people were
arrested after U.S.-Iraqi commandos — using concussion grenades — stormed six
homes, police said. The U.S.
military statement said the
raids targeted “the leadership
of several rogue” Mahdi Army
cells that “direct and perpetrate sectarian murder” — an
apparent reference to Shiite
gangs accused of carrying out
execution-style slayings and
torture on Sunni rivals.
“My sons and wife were
very terrified,” complained
Muhand Mihbas, 30, who
said his brother and six cousins were taken in the sweeps.
“Does the security plan mean
arresting innocent people and
scaring civilians at night?”
At a news conference, the
Pentagon’s No. 2 commander
in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, declined to comment on
whether there were special
tactics for Sadr City.
“We will go after anyone
who we feel is working against
the government of Iraq,” he
said. U.S. military spokesman
Maj. Gen. William Caldwell
told Al-Arabiya television that
forces “will increase our operations in the coming days,” but
noted that the security crackdown in the capital should
continue until at least October.
Added Odierno: “We will
keep at this until the people
feel safe in their neighborhoods.”
A roadside bomb southwest of the capital killed three
U.S. soldiers assigned to a unit
based in Baghdad, the military
said. A fourth soldier was killed
near Diwaniyah, a mostly Shiite
town 80 miles south of Baghdad. Bombings continued to
strike across central Baghdad,
including a suicide attack in an
area filled with restaurants and
ice cream parlors that killed at
least five people.
In the Wassit province,
southeast of Baghdad, Iraqi
forces engaged in intense fighting with suspected Sunni insurgents along a key highway,
police said. Near the northern
city of Mosul, a suicide bomber
struck a factory, killing at least
four people.
MAHMoUd Al-BAdRI | AP
A man passes by cars destroyed in a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq on Tuesday. A parked car
bomb went off in central Baghdad’s Karradah neighborhood.
A separate suicide car
bombing in Mosul killed at
least six policemen and injured 38 policemen and civilians, said police Col. Aidan alJubouri.
Iraqi authorities, meanwhile, arrested a suspect in
the attempted assassination of
Shiite Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, an aide said.
The aide said the arrest was
made after reviewing security
camera video from Monday’s
blast, which ripped through an
awards ceremony at the ministry of public works and killed
at least 10 people. Abdul-Mahdi was injured.
The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because he
was not authorized to brief the
media. The bomb was planted
under a chair in the first row of
the meeting hall — about six
feet from the vice president,
the aide said. Police initially
thought the bomb was hidden
under a speakers’ podium.
“Investigations are being
done to figure out how the
attack was planned,” AbdulMahdi told Furat television.
Abdul-Mahdi is one of two vice
presidents. The other is Sunni.
And in the southern Qadisiya province, Iraqi security
forces said they captured 157
suspects linked to a shadowy
armed cell called the Soldiers
of Heaven, or Jund al-Samaa.
The group was involved in
a fierce gunbattle last month
with Iraqi forces who accused
it of planning to kill Shiite clerics and others in the belief it
would hasten the return of the
“Hidden Imam” — a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad who disappeared as a
child in the 9th century.
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Editor in Chief Position
Applications are being accepted for Editor in Chief of the
Rocky Mountain Collegian for the academic year 20072008. Students with newspaper experience, preferably
working in the Student Media at CSU, as well as students
from diverse backgrounds, are encouraged to apply. The
Editor in Chief and all of the Collegian newsroom staff
must be full-time (9 hours for undergraduates, 6 for grad
students), admitted, fee-paying degree-seeking students at
CSU.
Applications for Editor in Chief will be accepted until
the position is filled, but to ensure consideration, all
applications must be received by 4pm, Friday, March 2,
2007.
Application Packets are available during business hours at the
Student Media front desk, lower level of the Lory Student
Center. For information, call Holly Wolcott at 491-1781 or
Jeff Browne at 491-2549
Overweight child sets off debate
By THOMaS wagner
LONDON - A mother who
feared she might lose custody
of her obese 8-year-old son
unless he lost weight was allowed to keep the boy after
striking a deal Tuesday with
social workers to safeguard
his welfare.
The case has set off a
debate over child obesity
and raised questions about
whether genetics, junk food
or bad parenting is to blame.
Connor McCreaddie, of
Wallsend in northeastern
England, weighs 218 pounds,
four times the weight of a
healthy child his age.
Connor and his mother,
Nicola McKeown, 35, both
attended a child protection
meeting Tuesday with North
Tyneside Council officials.
Before it began, McKeown, a single mother of two,
said she hoped she would not
lose custody of her son.
“I’m not too good, and I’m
very nervous about the meeting. I’m hoping for the best,”
she said.
Afterward, the Local Safeguarding Children Board issued a statement saying it
“was able to confirm that its
hope and ambition is to enable this child to remain with
his family. In order to move
this matter forward, we have
made a formal agreement
with the family to safeguard
THE HAGUE, Netherlands
- The International Criminal
Court’s prosecutor on Tuesday linked Sudan’s government to atrocities in Darfur,
naming a minister close to
the president as a war crimes
suspect who helped recruit,
arm and bankroll the murderous desert fighters known
as the janjaweed.
Prosecutor Luis MorenoOcampo made the allegations
against Ahmed Muhammed
Harun, now junior minister
for humanitarian affairs and
formerly junior interior minister for the western region of
Darfur. The prosecutor also
named Ali Mohammed Ali
Abd-al-Rahman, saying he
was a janjaweed militia leader known as Ali Kushayb.
A 94-page prosecution
document said the two are
suspected of a total of 51
counts of war crimes and
crimes against humanity,
Moreno-Ocampo said. All but
10 of the 51 counts name
both men. While the prosecution document is not an
indictment, it does say there
are reasonable grounds to believe the two “bear criminal
responsibility” for offenses
including murder, rape, torture and persecution.
They were the court’s
first accusations against individuals for war crimes in
the 4-year-old Darfur conflict
which has claimed more than
200,000 lives and displaced
2.5 million people in a vast
humanitarian disaster.
Human rights groups welcomed the move but urged
action against more senior
figures.
“Officials at the highest
A walk in the wild
and promote the child’s
welfare.”
The agency provided
no details about what
Connor or his mother
would have to do to fight
his obesity. The hearing
was held under the Children Act, which places a
duty on the local authority to conduct an inquiry
if it has “reasonable cause
to suspect that a child ...
in their area is suffering,
or is likely to suffer, significant harm.”
The boy’s case attracted national attention after his mother allowed an ITV News crew
to film his day-to-day life
for a month.
Sudan names official in
Darfur war crimes case
By MIKe COrder
9
levels of the Sudanese
government are responsible for widespread and
systematic abuses in Darfur,” said Richard Dicker
of New York-based Human Rights Watch.
“While the individuals identified today are
important, the ICC prosecutor should move up the
chain of command to target those senior Sudanese
government and military
officials responsible for
the most serious crimes
in Darfur,” he added. The
announcement for the
first time unveiled details
of a 21-month investigation into Darfur. MorenoOcampo indicated more
allegations could be levied, and could take in
violence spilling over into
Chad and the Central African Republic.
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A wild elephant guides its calf in Yala , about 250 kilometers (156 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka
on Monday. According to Sri Lanka’s wildlife department, there are about 4,500 elephants roaming
the country’s forests, of which 150 are killed every year by ivory poachers and farmers who complain
their crops are destroyed by the wild animals.
Korea resumes high-level talks
By Jae-SOOn CHang
SEOUL, South Korea North and South Korea held
high-level reconciliation talks
Tuesday for the first time since
the communist nation’s nuclear test in October, paving the
way for a resumption of aid to
the impoverished country.
The meetings came as
North Korea showed strong
signs of commitment to its Feb.
13 pledge at international arms
talks to shut down its main nuclear reactor within 60 days in
exchange for energy aid.
It has already invited the
chief U.N. nuclear inspector to
visit to discuss verification of a
shutdown.
North Korea’s main nuclear
negotiator, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, headed for
the United States for talks on following through on the landmark
deal on dismantling its nuclear
weapons program. Kim stopped
over in Beijing en route to the
U.S., the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
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Appeals court to hear
dispute on Smith’s burial
decomposing.
The girl’s attorney, Richard
Milstein, quickly said he would
bury Smith in the Bahamas,
where witnesses said she wanted to be laid to rest.
But
Smith’s
estranged
mother, Virgie Arthur, filed a
petition Monday challenging
the decision. In filings Tuesday,
she claimed that Seidlin had no
authority under Florida law to
grant custody of Smith’s body
to the girl’s advocate, and that
she is the “legally recognized
person” to take her daughter’s
remains.
Smith’s death has also
sparked a dispute over her
infant daughter. Smith’s boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, is listed on the birth certificate, but
two other men also claim to be
the girl’s father.
Los Angeles photographer
Larry Birkhead wants a Fort
Lauderdale court to enforce
a California judge’s orders so
he can get DNA samples from
Smith’s body and the baby.
Broward Family Court
Judge Lawrence Korda is expected to rule on that request
Wednesday.
By BRIAN SKOLOFF
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
— An appeals court was set to
hear arguments Wednesday
about whether Anna Nicole
Smith should be buried in the
Bahamas or Texas — a dispute
that has dragged on for more
than two weeks after the pinup’s death.
In filings Tuesday with the
Florida 4th District Court of Appeal, attorneys for Smith’s boyfriend and her infant daughter claimed Smith’s estranged
mother was trying to “place her
in death where she never wanted to be in life” — Texas.
The three judges assigned
to the case haven’t said when
they will rule. Smith, 39, died in
a Florida hotel Feb. 8.
Florida Circuit Judge Larry
Seidlin last week gave control
of Smith’s body to the attorney
for her 5-month-old daughter,
Dannielynn.
The judge said he wanted
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Naomi Campbell talks
about her hot temper
NEW YORK — Naomi
Campbell says she very much
regrets losing her temper and
hitting her maid with a cell
phone over a pair of missing
jeans last year.
“I felt very remorseful for
having thrown the phone at
someone that didn’t deserve
it,” the 35-year-old supermodel tells the TV show “Extra” in an interview set to air
Tuesday. “I have a deep sense
of shame for the things I’ve
done.”
What made her do it? It
was “tiredness, lack of sleep
(and) just so many things,”
she says.
“I was being really destructive to myself. ... I didn’t know
how to reach out,” she says. “It
was a really scary time.”
Campbell, who has a reputation for angry outbursts,
pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault last month for hitting Ana Scolavino in the back
of the head with the phone
last March.
Scolavino was treated for
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a head injury.
“I threw a cell phone in
the apartment. The cell phone
hit Ana,” Campbell said at her
court appearance. “This was
an accident because I did not
intend to hit her.”
In exchange for her guilty
plea, she was ordered to pay
Scolavino’s medical expenses
of $363, do five days of community service and attend a
two-day anger-management
program.
“I do therapy every day,”
Campbell tells “Extra,” adding
that she’s also partaking in the
healing powers of crystals: “I
think they bring great energy.
...You should see how many I
travel with.”
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1 bdrm in a 4 bdrm house
avail May 14th or after, until
July 31st. Near parks and
trails. Rent is $362.50/mo
with cable/ internet incl. Call
Bryce @ 720-771-7359.
HOUSES
3 bdrm, 1 bath, preleasing,
walk to CSU, utils paid, W/D,
fenced yard, pets ok. 2272292.
3 bdrm, 1 bath. Old Town,
close to CSU. 6 person hot
tub. Pet friendly. Avail now.
$1100/mo. 970-218-3390.
HOUSES FOR RENT!
5 bdrm, 2 bath, & 4 bdrm, 2
bath, close to campus, W/D,
garage, yard, pets ok.
www.rentfoco.com, 5968600.
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FOR RENT
5 bdrm houses close to campus, close to City Park, nice
houses. Avail August 1st.
970-310-5253.
Preleasing for fall, large quality homes, W/D, close to
campus.
www.colostaterentals.com.
224-3656.
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A Great Place
A Great Price
NorthernColoradoRentals.com.
DANNY MOLOSHOK | AP
4 bdrm, 2 bath. 2 car heated
garage. On 3 acres. Pet/
horse friendly. Close to CSU.
$1500/mo. Avail Now. 970218-3390.
1 bdrm in 3 bdrm. Quiet,
great for student. W/D, DSL,
1 block to CSU. $295/mo
+utils. Heruka Buddhist
Center, 825 Remington. 970482-7613.
All utils incl room, $400/mo,
avail immediately. Nice 3
bdrm house with cable, internet, and hot tub. Near campus. Rhett 310-4092.
Close to CSU. Bdrm/ bath &
living room. $450/mo all utils
incl. Kris 689-8803.
COME SEE OUR
COLORFUL HOUSE
Central air/ heat, D/W, disposal, parking, W/D, all pets.
$675/mo.
1 bdrm, $300/mo + 1/3 utils.
W/D, D/W, swamp cooler.
Close to CSU. 970-420-4035.
Prelease Specials
Flexible lease terms
Room for Rent, own bath,
$400/mo +cable, 2 blocks SE
of Campus.
970-397-2414.
Sunray Place Apts
224-3008
www.sunrayapartments.co
m.
Brookview Apartments
1 bdrm $557/mo
2 bdrm $597/mo
3 bdrm $657/mo
Low deposit, 1717 Welch St.
970-493-4250.
Sublease 1 bdrm 1 bath apt.
Avail from 3/14/07 thru
6/09/07. Elizabeth and City
Park. Including all utils, A/C,
D/W, $650/mo. Respond to
[email protected]
Sublease 2 bdrm , 2 bath
apartment, avail 3/1/07 thru
7/31/07. Great location,
Elizabeth and City Park. Big
Horn Village South. $725/mo.
Interested only respond to:
[email protected].
THINK HOUSING
FOR THE FALL.
LOOK US UP.
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HOUSEAPTS.COM,
419-8384.
PROSPECT PLAZA APARTMENTS
GREAT LOCATION!
One Block From Campus
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SERVICES
IPOD repair. I fix iPods.
Screens, batteries, drives,
etc. 970-219-6479. E-mail at
[email protected].
EMPLOYMENT
!BARTENDING!
Up to $300/day potential. No
experience necessary. Age
18+ ok. Training provided. 1800-965-6520 ex167.
All natural food company
seeking two highly experienced telemarketers. Must
have references and show
excellent attendance. Hard
work here will equal very
good pay. Hours are afernoons/ evenings/ Saturday
mornings. Contact Jen at
416-6506 after 2pm please.
For private, paid portfolio
work. No experience necessary. 866-234-7497.
Nanny for 5/mo old girl, 4-5
hours Friday in my home,
must be non-smoker, prefer
human development major,
references, copy of transcripts, 2-letters of recommendation required $8-10/hr.
Contact Cindy 970-2828622.
P/T position avail. Apply at
Fabby’s Wine & Spirits. 2608
S. Timberline. 970-267-9463.
Maine camp needs fun loving
counselors to teach all land,
adventure & water sports.
Great summer!
Call 888-844-8080, apply:
www.campcedar.com.
PROGRAM
COORDINATORTUTORING/
SUPPLEMENTAL
INSTRUCTION
Care giver needed. Seeking a
P/T day program provider to
assist active young man with
developmental disability
access his community. Must
have valid license. Contact
Kara at 970-266-9038 x11.
DARE TO BE
DIFFERENT
SEEKING P/T
RECEPTIONIST
Dancers wanted $$$ potential. Great way to pay for
school and earn extra cash.
Flexible Schedule for students. No experience necessary. A Hunt Club. 490-1885.
For the Screamin’ Peach
Waxing Studio. Apply in person. 638 S. College Ave.,
80524. 224-2930.
Data entry position, ebay
experience a must, flex
hours, call or stop by for
more info eAuctions @ 2245800.
Earn $2500+ monthly and
more to type simple ads
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www.DataAdEntry.com.
Great Part Time Job!
Janitorial, M-F, 5:30pm to
8:30pm Good attitude
required! Will train, $7.75/hr
to start. Call 221-1736.
Gymnastics instructors, part
time, experience necessary,
GK’s Gym. 226-0306.
APPLY NOW
18- 24 OPENINGS,
$450-$575/ WEEK TO
START
Bonuses available upon
starting. No experience necessary, company training
provided. Must be able to
start immediately. Call Alexis
at 667-2695 or 669-7920.
SPRING/SUMMER
WORK
Summer Employment- all
majors welcome to apply:
teach, reside, supervise High
School students at CUBoulder this summer. 3 & 5
week sessions. Salary, room/
board, activities, weekend
travel included. Call for application
800-666-2556.
Interviews can be scheduled
after applications are submitted.
PLAY SPORTS! HAVE
FUN! SAVE MONEY!
Full- Time position in the
Academic Resource Center
responsible for supervising
tutoring and supplemental
instruction programs for the
College; determines student
needs and assesses outcomes of services provided.
Complete job announcement
including info on application
materials required available
at www.aims.edu. Minimum
salary $33,739/yr (DOQ) plus
extensive employer- supported benefits including tuition
waiver (UNC)/ reimbursement
(Aims).
Human Resources Office
5401 W. 20th St.
Greeley, Co 80634
(970)330-8008 Ext. 6670
EOE/AA
All natural food company
seeking self motivated canvasers. Must have references
and reliable transportation.
Flexible hours. Easy money.
Contact Jen after 2pm at
416-6506.
EMPLOYMENT
SPEND YOUR SUMMER
WORKING OUTSIDE!
Summer Field Technician
Biologist Positions avail.
Interest in Field Bio,
Entomology, Environmental
Science, or Public Health
preferred, but not necessary.
18+, good physical condition,
& good driving record
required. Jobs are located
throughout Colorado.
Application available at
www.comosquitocontrol.com
.
Loveland
phone: 970-962-2582,
Fax: 970-962-2584.
Brighton
phone: 303-558-8730
Fax: 303-558-8734.
Email to
[email protected]
SUMMER IN THE
ROCKIES!
Live & work at 9000 ft in a
beautiful valley at Pingree
Park (CSU mountain
campus) 55 mi W. of Ft
Collins. Opportunities to hike,
fish, mountain bike, & rock
climb. Positions in food services, house-keeping,
labor crew, and office.
Applications available at the
Palmer Center.
Appliction deadline is March
16th. Apply
on-line
www.pingree.colostate.edu.
Young active women with
developmental disability is in
need of LIVE-IN SUPPORT
STAFF to help support her
with accessing the community and living independently.
Contact Kara at Carmel
Community Living
970-266-9038 x11.
JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
Winter/ Spring Positions
Available. Earn up to $150
per day. Exp not Required.
Undercover shoppers needed to Judge Retail and Dining
Establishments. Call 800722-4791.
GREAT JOB
POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
$7- $9/hr Flexible scheduling,
with a variety of shifts 10-35
hrs/wk. Conduct satisfaction
and opinion surveys over the
phone. Casual environment,
opportunities for advancement. No Sales! 1 block west
of CSU. (970)407-2802 anytime.
Work online at home. 23 people needed immediately. Earn
PT/ FT income. Apply free
online and get started! 800807-5176,
www.wahusa.com. Enter ad
code 9059.
GEEK MINION
Part-time PC hardware/ software sales, service and support. Networking knowledge
and experience a definite
plus. Fax resume to
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The Last Word in Astrology
by Eugenia Last
Jim Davis
Garfield
Baldo
Cantu & Castellanos
Glen McCoy
The Duplex
Happy BirtHday: Learn to take the bad with the good and
your year will turn out better than expected. Just roll with the
punches. If you stay true to yourself, you will have no regrets
or backtracking to do at the end of the year. Your numbers are
9, 14, 17, 28, 35, 41
ariES (March 21-April 19): You have the drive, energy and
the ideas to put yourself in a number one spot. Opportunities
coupled with your responsible attitude will lead to a great deal,
profit or job today. A little self-promotion will go a long way. 5
stars
taUrUS (April 20-May 20): You may not be thinking far
enough ahead to make a suitable choice today. Take your time
and find out what everyone else wants before you make promises, decisions or take on someone else’s responsibility. 2 stars
GEMiNi (May 21-June 20): Don’t get hung up by what others
are doing. If you go out of your way to be unique, you will grab
the attention of someone who can help you out. Someone
from your past can make a difference to your future. 4 stars
CaNCEr (June 21-July 22): Don’t trust everything that someone you are close to tells you. Read between the lines to get to
the bottom of a situation that is brewing. A chance to make a
change professionally must not be missed due to other people’s needs. 3 stars
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be in rare form today. You will
be emotional, passionate and very in tune with what is going
on around you. Deals can be made, lovers appeased and travel
plans put into motion. You can take advantage of an opportunity heading your way. 3 stars
VirGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Someone you don’t expect will
probably sell you short today. A problem at home may occupy
your mind but don’t allow this to blind you to the situation going on at work. A money deal can bring you peace of mind. 3
stars
LiBra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your timing is impeccable. Don’t
give up or think that something or someone isn’t worth the effort or you will lose out. Travel, communication and networking will all come into play. Educational pursuits will lead to
success. 4 stars
SCOrpiO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be careful with whom you talk,
confide or make deals. You aren’t likely to win if you get involved in joint ventures. Publishing, Internet exposure, travel
and creative pursuits can be rewarding if you go it alone. 2
stars
SaGittariUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You shouldn’t be making
changes today. There will be enough going on that you have to
adapt to without forcing more pressure on yourself. Although
you may be drawn to someone who has a big idea or scheme,
don’t get involved financially. 3 stars
CapriCOrN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may run into difficulty with
someone you are close to. Try not to be judgmental or to give
out too much information. Be a little secretive. Once you have
everything in order it will be easier to get approval. 3 stars
aQUariUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your strength will be what
counts today. Don’t give in to people, addictions or anything
else that will hold you back or slow you down. Someone from
your past may try to tempt you. Be strong and you will gain
respect where it counts. 3 stars
piSCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ve come a long way and as
long as you don’t exaggerate, take on too much or overindulge,
you can accomplish what you’re working toward. Your love life
will pick up if you make the right choices today. 5 stars
CrOSSWOrd
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Is anyone else irritated that
since daylight savings time
has been moved up to March
11 we are now cheated out of
an hour of Spring Break?
Dear boy in my physiology
class: Hartshorn Health
Service offers excellent testing
and treatment for STDs. In
other words, your incessant
itching is very distracting.
People who wear cowboy
hats to lecture are jerks. I
understand they look cool,
I think cowboy hats are
downright sexy. But in lecture
can’t you just take it off? I
guarantee you are blocking at
least 20 peoples’ views.
To the person complaining
about the heat on the 3rd floor
of the library: That’s the only
warm spot on campus! If you
don’t like it you can be cold in
any other room!
I wouldn’t pay $300 for a
CSU parking permit even if a
squirrel were to valet my car
next to the Lagoon.
Isn’t it ironic that while in the
Financial Aid parking lot I get a
parking ticket?
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Duke to require culture class
RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke
University needs to become
more diverse, inclusive and
engaged, a committee concluded Tuesday in its evaluation of campus culture following rape allegations involving
the lacrosse team.
The committee called for
new course requirement for
undergraduates focusing on
racial and class differences in
the United States, and increasing admission standards at the
elite, private university in Durham. University officials said
they look forward to discussing the recommendations.
The report barely mentions the March 13 party
thrown by the school’s lacrosse
team, where a woman hired to
perform as a stripper told police she was attacked by three
men in a bathroom. The local
district attorney dropped rape
charges against three indicted players late last year, and
later turned over the case to
state prosecutors after he was
charged by the state bar with
several ethics violations.
The players, who have
steadfastly maintained their
innocence, still face charges of
sexual offense and kidnapping.
The new prosecutors have not
said whether they plan to bring
the case to trial.
The “Campus Culture Initiative” was formed last year
after university president Rich-
Vets throw down
another shutout
at Hall of Fame
By BEN WALKEr
SArA D. DAviS | ap
Duke lacrosse players wore practice jerseys representing the numbers of Dave Evans (6), Collin
Finnerty (13) and Reade Seligmann (45), the lacrosse players charged with kidnapping and first degree sexual assault of a stripper last year before their opening game against Dartmouth in Durham,
N.C., on Saturday.
ard Brodhead canceled the lacrosse team’s 2006 season, and
was one of several committees created to examine issues
raised by the incident.
The team returned to action for the first time since last
March with a 17-11 win over
Dartmouth Saturday.
Also Tuesday, lawyers for
the indicted players filed an
updated request for more information about DNA testing conducted at a private lab
hired by Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong.
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NEW YORK — The Hall of
Fame pitched another shutout.
Ron Santo, Jim Kaat,
Marvin Miller and all the
other candidates were left
out Tuesday when the Veterans Committee admitted no
new members for the third
straight election.
The blank slate could
lead to changes before the
next vote in 2009.
“We’re being blamed because something hasn’t happened,” Hall member and
vice chairman Joe Morgan
said. “If you’re asking me, ‘Do
we lower our standards to get
more people in?’ my answer
would be no.”
Santo came the closest
to the required 75 percent.
A nine-time All-Star, the former Cubs third baseman was
picked on 57 of 82 ballots (70
percent).
Kaat, a 283-game winner and strongly backed by
Hall member Mike Schmidt,
drew 52 votes. Gil Hodges,
who hit 370 home runs, got
50 votes and three-time AL
batting champion Tony Oliva
had 47. Players needed 62 for
election.
Umpire Doug Harvey received 52 of the necessary 81
votes on the ballot for managers, umpires and executives. Miller, the union head
who led players to free-agent
riches, showed a strong increase in getting 51.
The vets committee was
revamped after charges of
cronyism when it elected
Bill Mazeroski in 2001. That
marked the eighth straight
year the 15-member panel
sent someone to Cooperstown.
After that, the panel was
expanded to include all living Hall of Famers. The new
committee votes every other
year for players and every
four years for the others.
“We are disappointed
that no one has been elected
in the three voting cycles,”
Hall chairman Jane Forbes
Clark said. “We will be evaluating this process and its
trends at our next meeting,
which is March 13, and discussing whether there should
be any changes.”
“The board may decide
that the trends are not what
we thought they were going to be. Perhaps this hasn’t
worked as well as some of the
board members thought it
would and maybe it needs a
little bit of change,” she said.
Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony
Gwynn were elected to the
Hall by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America
in January. They will stand
alone at the induction ceremonies July 29 in Cooperstown.
The 84 eligible voters on
the vets committee included
61 Hall members, 14 broadcasters, eight writers and one
holdover from the previous
panel.
Morgan said he voted for
the maximum 10 players.
“I feel there are some
guys out there that belong
in the Hall of Fame,” he said.

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