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NEWS
4A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 4.2005
AVIATION
Pilot lands safely after solo flight
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The millionaire adventurer became the first person to fly around the world alone without stopping or refueling yesterday, touching down in Salina after a 67-hour, two-minute, 38-second 23.000-mile journey.
SALINA — First by balloon, now by plane,
Steve Fossett is once again a 'round-the-world
record holder.
"That was something I wanted to do for a long time, a major ambition." Fossett said.
Fossett's GlobaFlyer, designed by the same engineer who came up with the Voyager aircraft that first completed the trip in 1986 with two pilots aboard, touched down on the center line at the Salina airport at 1:50 p.m. yesterday.
Fossett, who failed five times before successfully circumnavigating the globe solo in a balloon, needed just one try to make the trip in a plane. This latest adventure gives Fossett another aviation record, adding to the many he holds.
Immediately after leaving the cockpit, a jubilant Fossett hugged his wife, Peggy, and was congratulated by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Atlantic founder who financed the flight.
Although he looked surprisingly fresh, Fossett said he was tired and ready for a bath and a good meal. He planned to rest before attending a celebration for the crew and supporters last night in Salina.
"It's been a magnificent trip." Branson said "He was obviously over the moon about it."
Fossett said he survived on 12 milkshakes and water during the flight. He said his main problems during the flight were headaches, which went away when he drank water, and a lack of sleep. Fossett used bottles as his bathroom.
Branson grabbed a bottle of champagne from Fossett, shook it up, and sprayed down the pilot.
He said he was overwhelmed by the number of people who watched the flight on television and the Internet. But he insisted his adventures were not just publicity stunts.
"There are certain things that are just missing on this airplane," he said in reference to the lack of a bathroom.
"I would do these things if nobody was paying attention." Fossett said.
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Fossett chose Salina because he needed a long runway for the takeoff and landing. The runway in Salina — once used to train WWII bomber crews — is about 12,000 feet long.
One with everything
Hannah Kern, Baldwin City freshman; Tusta Krnsa Das, Lawrence resident; and Stephanie Sato, Lawrence Junior, performed sanskrit meditation chants on Wescoe Beach yesterday. The three practice the spiritual path of Sanatana Dharma. Krnsa Das played a mrdanga drum while Sato played a harmonium. Kern said the chanting was “euphoric.”
NATION
Police capture drug trafficker
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica
— Costa Rica police
detained a U.S. fugitive
wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to distribute drugs in Kansas City, Mo., authorities announced yesterday.
The arrest ends a three-year manhunt for Steven
James Cullinane, who police had long suspected to be living in this Central American nation.
Costa Rica's Security Ministry said Cullinane, 36, was detained on Wednesday at Jaco beach
on the country's Pacific coast, where he identified himself to police as Patrick Connan Cullinane. He is being held pending extradition to the United States.
The Associated Press
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Munch, Bellevue, Neb.
junior, made fixed tuition a priority during his time as president. He ran for the KUitedon coalition last year.
Nick Sterner, Shawnee junior and KUnited's presidential candidate this year, said he supported the fixed tuition plan.
"This is Steve's issue that he started," Sterner said. "I 100 percent support the plan and hope it gets done this year."
Elaine Jardon, presidential candidate for Delta Force, said the coalition did not have enough information to have a strong opinion on the issue yet. Jardon said the coalition would have a stronger stance on fixed tuition once it learned more about the proposal.
Wilcox's decision will not change Delta Force's campaigning. Jardon said that while the tuition proposal was an issue, it was not at the heart of the party's campaign.
— Edited by Jesse Truesdale
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block of Tennessee, but it was the first time that someone had been caught.
She said she was worried more about the safety of her and her roommates than whether she got her car back, she said.
"I don't care that much about my car," Berlau said. "I more worried that the key to our house was taken and that they knew where we lived."
Berlau wanted people
who live in that area of Lawrence to be aware of what's going on and keep their doors locked. She and other people in their neighborhood have had problems before with people who live in the alleyways near her house, she said.
Yesterday morning, though, was especially unnerving for Berlan and her roommates.
"We're definitely scared out of our minds," she said. "We keep thinking that this isn't real, but it is."
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had been in constant communication with the University throughout the process.
Scott Shorten, president of the IFC, said that a chapter must register parties with the IFC and Panhellenic Association through a party notification form. Phi Kappa Theta did not fill out a form. Shorten said the chapter violated many policies of the joint alcohol policy of the IFC and PHA.
Lampe said the penalty might include the fraternity losing their charter. Without a charter, the chapter of the fraternity can not exist on campus.
Shorten said that even though he was disappointed in the incident, this was an isolated instance in the greek community.
He said an average of two to four parties were scheduled every weekend. He said seven parties were scheduled this weekend, with the increase coming from two Mom's Day parties.
"I would say the fact that we were recognized as having good risk management policies reinforces that what we are doing here works," Shorten said.
Laura Bauer, program director for fraternity and sorority life, said the violation was a result of the chapter simply not reading and understanding the policy.
The IFC and PHA received various awards at the MidAmerican Greek Council Association conference in Chicago two weekends ago — the same weekend the Phi Kappa Theta incident occurred.
"Nobody in recent history can remember anything to this effect," Bauer said. "Everyone I've talked to says this hasn't happened recently."
Shorten said the decision from the IFC judicial board will be made by 6 p.m. tomorrow.
Edited by Lori Bettes