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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2005
NATION
Judge rules against prescription refusal
MADISON, Wis. — A Roman Catholic pharmacist who blocked a woman's attempt to fill a prescription for birth control pills should be reprimanded and required to attend ethics classes, a judge ruled yesterday.
Administrative Law Judge Colleen Baird recommended the punishment for Neil Noesen of St. Paul, Minn., who said it would be a sin under his religion to provide a contraceptive.
He refused in July 2002 to fill the woman's prescription himself or transfer it to another pharmacy.
Noesen's attorney, Krystal Williams-Oby, said the finding was unfair to her client and other pharmacists who have a personal objection to dispensing birth control. She said Wisconsin law does not address the issue, nor do state rules established by the Pharmacy Examining Board.
The Associated Press
"What the state is doing is holding my client to a standard that does not exist," she said. "The Associated Press"
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NEWS
films where fictional characters are portrayed in the style of a documentary.
Aguilar said he didn't think the movie was that bad and had a good reason to show the film.
Marta Barber of the Miami Herald wrote in a review that the most provocative element of the film was the title.
"The reason why I want to show the movie is because immigration is an issue that has been with us for a long time," he said. "What counts in the end is the social awareness."
WEEKSACTIVITIES
HALO's activities this week also include a community service outing for its members. The group will also continue its Collegiate Leadership Development Program, where the organization converses with KU leaders about Hispanic
Events open to the public during the Hispanic- American Leadership Organization's Week
Today
p. m. in the Multicultural Resource Center
Salsa 101 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Kansas Room
Friday
★ HALO will be in Topeka for Hispanic Day on the Hill
Source: HALO
issues. The group will also hold its spring semester regional conference for HALO organizations Saturday.
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Haworth
Losing power also means research can't be conducted. Lundquist said. Microscopes, computers and other equipment all require power to run.
The chance that a breaker will flip and cut off even one room worries Bill Picking more than the whole building losing power.
Like Lundquist, the associate professor of molecular biosciences has years of research packed away in several minus- 20-degree and minus-80-degree Celsius freezers.
"There's a point where, if you're 55 to 60 years old, and you lose everything, you might as well retire," he said.
But he isn't too concerned.
His minus-80-degree Celsius chests are insulated and packed heavily, so thawing would not be an issue for several hours.
Edited by John Scheirman
MIDDLE EAST
Lebanon's prime minister ousted
BY ZEINA KARAM
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
across the Arab world - could provoke a strong response from Syria, which keeps 15,000 troops in Lebanon. It also could plunge this nation of 3.5 million back into a period of uncertainty, political vacuum or worse.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — With shouts of "Syria out!" 25,000 protesters massed outside Parliament in a dramatic display of defiance that forced out Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister and Cabinet yesterday, two weeks after the assassination of a popular politician touched off increasing unrest.
Minutes after Prime Minister Omar Karami announced he was stepping down, jubilant demonstrators — shouting, waving flags and handing red roses to soldiers — demanded that Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud bow out, too, and pressed on with their calls for Syria to withdraw its troops from the country.
Syria remained silent about the rapidly changing atmosphere in Beirut, where it ruled unopposed for years, even deciding on Lebanon's leaders, after deploying troops ostensibly as peacekeepers during the 1975-1990 civil war.
But the dramatic developments — reminiscent of Ukraine's peaceful "orange revolution" and broadcast live
Like their counterparts in Ukraine, the Lebanese demonstrators took their ground and held it — they planned to stay in Beirut's central Martyrs' Square again last night. And like Ukraine, their movement had trademark colors: the bright red and white of the Lebanese flag, waved high in the air and worn as a scarf.
The White House welcomed Karamii's resignation, saying it opens the door for new elections that are "free of all foreign interference" from Syria, but called again on Damascus to pull out its soldiers.
"Syrian military forces and intelligence personnel need to leave the country," said White House spokesman Scott McCellan said. "That will help ensure that elections are free and fair."
In one sign Syria has no intention of just packing up and leaving, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks
published yesterday that there will be a price for Syrian troop withdrawal; a settlement with Israel.
"Under a technical point of view, the withdrawal can happen by the end of the year." Assad told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. "But under a strategic point of view, it will only happen if we obtain serious guarantees. In one word: peace."
At first glance, the resignation of Karami and his government was a huge victory for the opposition, united by dislike of the Syrians, the Syrian-backed government and the drive to find those who killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri two weeks ago. Many blame Syria for his assassination.
A series of protests have shaken Lebanon since Hariri, the nation's most prominent politician, was killed by a bomb in Beirut Feb. 14. Sixteen others also died.
The government may have stepped down, at least in part, in hopes of quelling the unprecedented anger at Syria and its allies in Lebanon. Despite the resignation, Damascus remains the major player in Lebanon; aside from
its troops, it has powerful allies, including the president, the intelligence services and the military.
President Lahoud quickly accepted the resignation of Karamiki 4-month-old Cabinet which replaced Hariri's gov-
Karami's 4-month-old Cabinet — which replaced Hariri's government — and asked Karami to stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new government formed.
Opposition leaders — a diverse group of Muslim, Druse and Christians — demanded a neutral government to organize parliamentary elections this spring.
Druse opposition leader Walid Jumblatt said Lebanon "cannot wait for peace to be achieved" in the Middle East and demanded a speedy troop withdrawal.
The State Department's annual report on human rights abuses around the world, released yesterday, called the events in Lebanon a "Cedar Revolution" — a moniker that brings the country in line with Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution, Georgia's Rose Revolution, and Ukraine's Orange Revolution.
Yesterday's demonstration came exactly two weeks after Hariri's slaying.
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"Having this additional space, along with the visual arts exhibit, is going to give us opportunities for different kinds of events," said Tim Van Leer, Lied Center executive director.
The planned expansion also includes a 2,000-square-foot education center that will be used for master classes with artists and teacher workshops in the arts.
does not raise the money, Van Leer said.
The University has not determined if these planned projects would continue if it
If the University raises at least $7.5 million, the Lied Foundation Trust will match that amount to bring the total to $15 million.
With the $1 million donation, the Kansas University Endowment Association will help raise the remaining $6.5 million, Van Leer said.
If the University does not raise the $7.5 million, the Lied Foundation Trust will still donate $5 million.
John Scarffe, director of communications for the Endowment Association.
The time frame is tight, but raising $6.5 million in four months would be possible, said
"We'll do everything we can to get the project moving forward," Scarffe said.
The new 800-seat theater would serve as a better venue for certain performances, such as opera and dance, choral ensembles and instrumental concerts, said Steve Hedden.
The expansion of the Lied Center will also benefit the School of Fine Arts. The Lied Center is one of the four facets of the school. The other three departments are music and dance, design and art.
dean of fine arts.
He said the 2,000-seat theater was too large for those performances.
"Chamber music is designed for a chamber, not a large hall," Hedden said.
The visual arts gallery would also provide the school with space it never had before to display student works, he said.
A construction date has not been set, but the University has until June 30 to raise the additional $6.5 million, Van Leer said.
— Edited by Ross Fitch
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