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2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2005
TUESDAY top10
BY ERN CASTANEDA
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Top 10 indoor house plants
10. Amaryllis, 'Yellow Goddess'
9. Tropical Combo Bonsai
8. Ponytail Palm
7. Moth Orchid, Novelty Stripes
6. Miniature Herb Standard Topiaries
5. Chinese Evergreen
4. Chamaedorea Palm
3. Cactus Combo Bonsai
2. Braided Ficus Tree
1. Angel Ivy Ring Topiary
Source: civpage.com
STATE
Jury deliberates in space center trial
WICHITA - The jury began deliberating Monday afternoon in the federal trial of former Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center President and Chief Executive Officer Max Ary, who is accused of stealing and selling museum items.
Attorneys presented their closing arguments Monday before the jury got the case around 2 p.m. Ary, who co-founded the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center and led it for more than 26 years, is charged with 19 federal counts, including fraud, theft and money laudering.
In her final arguments, prosecutor Darnett said Ary lied.
"He is deceitful, he is manipulative and he is fraudulent." Barnett said.
Ary, 55, testified Friday that items in his own space artifact collection were accidentally intermingled with items owned by the Cosmosphere and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He said many items that prosecutors identified as stolen were part of the collection he brought with him when he came to Hutchinson in 1976 and helped found the Cosmosphere, items he said he obtained as gifts or through trades.
"At no time while employed at the Cosmosphere did I ever intend to cheat or do anything improper for the Cosmosphere," he said.
Prosecutors have contended that nobody ever saw or heard Ary talk about a personal artifact collection.
ON THE BOULEVARD
First flight as a'Hawk An immigrant's route to KU
The Associated Press
FRANK TANKARD
ftankard@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Mari Gallegos always knew she wanted to go to college. She just didn't know how to get there.
When it came time to apply a year ago, she quickly realized a difference between herself and many of her friends. They seemed to know how the process worked. Gallegos, the first person in her family to attend a four-year college, didn't.
"The whole application process, all these things were things I had to find out for myself," said Gallegos, Olathe freshman. "In high school, I remember one of my friends saying, 'Oh, my mom signed me up for the ACT as a sophomore.' I thought the ACT was something you took in high school in class or something."
The story of Mari Gallegos, born in Veracruz, Mexico, and brought to Dallas with her parents at the age of 2, is a common one in the United States, where an estimated 300,000 Mexican immigrants settle each year.
Galegos, who speaks with no hint of an accent but is fluent in Spanish, moved a year ago with her parents and two younger sisters to Olathe, where her father started a small painting company.
It was hard for her to leave Dallas, her adopted hometown. On
top of moving, it was time to get serious about college. She'd always depended on her family for strength, but this time she had to turn elsewhere for answers.
With the help of Janet Bachnick and other counselors at Atlathe North High School, she signed up for the ACT and filled out legal paperwork and scholarship applications.
When Gallegos said she wanted to be a health care worker, Bachnick also set up shadowing appointments with doctors and helped Gallegos pass the Certified Nursing Assistant exam, a rarity for a high school student.
But her flurry of activities, including being a trainer for the football team and participating in several school clubs, came at a price.
"I've never seen a kid, in one single year of high school, take a building by storm the way she did." Bachtnick said.
"In my family, it's very important to come home for dinner, and everybody eats and talks," she said. "With my extra-curricular activities, I wouldn't get home until 6 or 7. My mom didn't understand that. She thought I didn't want to be with her."
Her parents came to accept and understand what she was going through, and in the fall, she applied to colleges. The University of Kansas was the first to accept her, and that's the
The story of Mari Gallegos, born in Veracruz, Mexico, and brought to Dallas with her parents at the age of 2, is a common one in the United States, with an estimated 300,000 Mexican immigrants settling in the United States each year and more applying to college all the time.
one she chose.
Just two and a half months into her college career, she's already the assistant treasurer of Hispanic American Leadership Organization and the treasurer of the new student group Migrant Worker Solidarity (Apoyo Trabajador). She's majoring in biology and wants to be an obstetrician/ynecologist.
Beyond the activities, she's adjusted well. She likes her roommate in McCollum Hall, and she relished the football team's defeat of Missouri on Saturday.
But she hasn't forgotten the difficulties of the application process. She hopes it'll be easier for her 7- and 12-year-old sisters.
"There's a lot you don't expect," she said. "It just happens and you have to deal with it."
Kim Shin-woo Kwang
Mari Gallegos, Olathe freshman, will be the first in her family to attend a four-year college. Gallegos is a pre-med biology major living in McCollum Hall. Her family recently moved to Olathe from Dallas.
Kim Andrews/KANSAN
ing story or know someone who does, e-mail Frank at ftankard@kansan.com.
— Edited by Theresa Montaño
Bush administration defers apology for CIA leak
POLITICS
BY TERENCE HUNT
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Susan Walsh/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, husband of CIA operative Valerie Plame, leaves the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, after addressing a luncheon.
WASHINGTON—The White House on Monday rebuffed calls for a staff shakeup, the firing of Karl Rove and an apology by President George W. Bush for the role of senior administration officials in the unmasking of CIA operative Valerie Plame.
CIA operative Valerie Palmer. Three days after the indictment and resignation of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, the administration said it would have to remain silent as long as there was an investigation of the leak and legal proceeding under way. Bush ignored reporters' questions during an Oval Office meeting with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi.
"We don't want to do anything from here that could prejudice the opportunity for there to be a fair and impartial trial," presidential spokesman Scott McCllan said.
Friday's indictment of I. Lewis Libby and the continuing investigation of Rove were a blow to Bush's already-troubled presidency. The president's approval rating has tumbled to the lowest point since he took office and Americans are unhappy about high energy prices, the costly war in Iraq and economic uncertainties.
Republicans and Democrats alike have urged Bush to begin remaking his presidency by bringing in fresh advisers with new energy to replace members of a team worn down by years of campaigning and governing. But administration officials said that was not in the works.
Cheney promoted two of his advisers to fill the jobs handled by Libby, his confidant. David Addington, who has been the vice president's legal counsel, was named chief of staff, while John Hannah, his deputy national security adviser, was named national security adviser. Both men have been on Cheney's staff for more than four years.
Liby faces his first court appearance Thursday before U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton-
While White House officials were relieved that Rove was not indicted, Democrats demanded that he be fired. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., led the charge, calling for apologies from Bush and Cheney and saying the administration should explain the vice president's role in the unmasking of Plame.
The administration refused to respond.
McClellan was repeatedly asked to acknowledge that he was wrong in 2003 when he denied that Rove or Libby were involved in disclosing Plame's identity. He said he would not comment during the ongoing legal proceedings.
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