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CAMPUS
It's not debatable: Team wins tourney
Two sophomores brought a novice debate championship trophy back to the University of Kansas for the first time in KU debate history.
Lindsey Lhrop, Overland Park sophomore, and Brett Bricker, Wichita sophomore, defeated the University of Michigan last week and won the National Novice Championship Tourn
The team went into the tournament with the confidence to win the championship, Samuels said.
— Nate Karlin
OLATHE — Eight people have been charged in connection with a weekend brawl at an apartment complex that left one person dead and five others injured, prosecutors said yesterday.
A KU debate team has not won the novice tournament in its 39 years of its existence.
championship Tournament. "The kids worked really hard," said Phil Samuels, assistant debate coach. "They were really deserving of it."
Court charges eight in Olathe brawl
STATE
Two adults, Keith Mitchell Gurwell, 34, and Christopher Aguallo, 18, were charged with six counts each of aggravated battery. Gurwell also was charged with one count of contributing to a child's misconduct, and Aguallo faces an additional count of conspiracy to commit aggravated battery.
Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison said six juveniles were charged with six counts each of aggravated battery and one count each of conspiracy to commit aggravated battery.
A third adult was arrested Monday night and expected to be charged later.
The Associated Press
Sharp shooter
Stephanie Farley/KANSAN
In more than three years since the 2001 anthrax-by-mail attacks, there have been scores of initial tests that falsely reported anthrax in government mailrooms.
Drew Thomas, Omaha, Neb., senior, plays pool Monday afternoon in the lower level of the Kansas Union. Thomas was wasting time before his African Art History class.
In this case, however, the bacteria were detected separately in two different mailrooms, raising concerns and invoking memories of the attacks that killed five and panicked Americans still raw from the Sept. 11 attacks.
Anthrax scares mailrooms
NATIONAL SECURITY
BY LAURA MECKLER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Three mail facilities were closed two that serve the Pentagon and one in Washington that handles mail on its way to the military as well as all federal offices in the area.
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of postal workers were offered antibiotics yesterday and many were taking them after initial tests detected anthrax in a pair of military mailrooms. Nobody reported symptoms of the disease as officials awaited results of further testing.
Law enforcement officials have yet to make any arrests in that investigation. White House spokesman Scott McCellan said yesterday the case "remains a priority, remains under investigation."
Asked about suspicious results this week, McClellan said initial anthrax testing was positive, secondary testing was negative but "we're still waiting on more definitive results."
He added that President Bush was being kept informed about events.
No criminal case has been opened in response to the initial testing this week, an FBI official said yesterday as officials worked to figure out if actual anthrax was present.
Officials said all mail that passes through the facilities is irradiated, so any anthrax should have been inert when it triggered alarms.
Environmental testing was being conducted on the two military mail locations and at the District of Columbia facility, which was closed yesterday because it handles mail that is forwarded to the others.
Follow-up tests were being conducted at the U.S. Army Research Institute for Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md. They could take up to three days to complete.
In addition, about 260 people were tested for anthrax exposure at the Pentagon site, officials said. These exposure tests are conducted to help learn whether anthrax was present at the site, rather than to diagnose any individual.
CORRECTIONS
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The story "House adopts new policies" said the Lawrence Police Department cited nine members of Phi Kappa Theta fraternity with operating an "open saloon," selling alcohol without a license and selling alcohol to minors. The nine members were not cited for selling alcohol to minors.
- Monday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The preview for the article, "Saturday night samba fever," stated that this was the second annual Carnaval for the Brazilian Student Association. BRASA has celebrated Carnival for more than 30 years.
ON THE RECORD
- A 21-year-old KU student reported damage to the driver's side window of his car to Lawrence police at 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of Ousdahl Road. The damage is estimated at $150.
- ◆ A 19-year-old KU student reported stolen a $250 ring, a $50 ring and a pair of $60 earrings to the KU Public Safety Office sometime between 9 a.m. and 1:05 p.m. Monday from Hashinger Hall.
- The KU Public Safety Office arrested a 21-year-old Haskell Indian Nations University student for driving under the influence at 12:41 a.m. yesterday at the intersection of 23rd Street and Naismith Drive.
ON CAMPUS
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a University Forum featuring Shellaught Jessop of Pastors for Peace, who will speak on "Challenging the Cuba Blockade" at 12:30 p.m today at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 843-4933 for more information.
Student Union Activities will sponsor a night of speed dating from 6 to 9 tonight at the Hawks Nest in the Kansas Union. Call 864- SHOW for more information.
The Department of Music and Dance will sponsor a performance by the Symphonic and University Bands at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center. Call 864-3436 for more information.
Note: The University Daily Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. Submission forms are available in the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Items must be turned in two days in advance of the desired publication date. On Campus is printed on a space available basis.