MONDAY, JULY 2, 2012
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
COURT
Woman found guilty of stealing millions from U2 bass player
DUBLIN — An Irish jury unanimously found a former aide to U2 bassist Adam Clayton guilty of embezzlement Friday after she spent more than €2.8 million ($3.6 million) of the musician's savings on 22 thoroughbred horses, pricey plane tickets and other indulgences for herself and her family.
Carol Hawkins, 48, sat impassively as each of the 181 guilty verdicts was read out in Dublin Criminal Court. She made no comment. Her lawyers, who called no witnesses during the three-week trial, said she was still protesting her innocence.
Judge Patrick McCartan granted Hawkins bail pending her sentencing July 6. Addressing the jurors, he said: "The evidence in this case was overwhelming. Nobody could seriously disagree with the verdict you have given."
Hawkins had claimed that Clayton either authorized her expenditures — including several foreign trips, the horses, a new car and university courses for her two children — or that she had paid him back by using her own money to pay his bills.
But Clayton said he was stunned to find out about her purchases. He testified he'd known nothing about Hawkins' four-year spending spree and had given her access to his bank accounts purely so she could pay bills related to his Georgian mansion, Danesmoate, in south Dublin.
"The fact is she wrote checks from my accounts and put them in her accounts. She was using my accounts to pay her bills," Clayton testified last week.
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Undocumented students safe
IMMIGRATION
KELSEA ECKENROTH editor@kansan.com
Young illegal immigrants brought to the United States by their parents when they were children no longer have to live in fear of being deported.
President Barack Obama announced in a June 15 speech that illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children and don't present a risk to national security or public safety will be able to request temporary relief from deportation proceedings. They will be able to apply for work authorization. The president said this isn't amnesty or immunity, or a permanent fix, but something to give relief and hope to undocumented immigrants who live in fear of being deported.
Marta Caminero-Santangelo, an English professor who specializes in U.S.-Latino literature and has written articles about undocumented immigrants, said she was happy when she heard the news about Obama's proposal, but understands that it's not a permanent solution and doesn't provide a path to permanent residency or citizenship.
"It's hard to deny that this policy will have a wonderful impact in the immediate short term on the lives of people who came here as kids with their families who had no say in whether or not they came," she said. "They know no other home but the U.S."
Until this policy was passed, even if undocumented students could get through college, they
couldn't legally work. Now undocumented students can get a work permit and go on to pursue the career of their choice.
"These kids have been struggling for so long and had no options, and now at least they can have some options," Caminero-Santangelo said.
Tanya Golash-Boaa, a sociology professor who teaches classes about immigration, said the proposal is better than nothing, but more needs to happen in order to make a real difference.
“It’s been a long time since we have had a major change in immigration laws,” she said. “We need to change immigration policy, and it’s unfortunate that it hasn’t happened yet on a national level.”
Erin Fleming, a law student from Miami, Fla. and advocate for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act, said the immigration policy means a lot to everyone involved in the movement.
Fleming said there are undocumented students who have a fear of being deported even after the immigration decision was announced, but she also knows undocumented students who are willing to stand up for their rights.
"They say, 'Here I am. I am an American, and I am a student and want to contribute to this country,'" Fleming said. "It's a struggle everyday to realize the country you love is not accepting of you."
Edited by Megan Hinman
JESSICA JANASZ/KANSAN
Professor Caminero-Santangelo discusses the effects of a new immigration policy announced by President Obama this month. Caminero-Santangelo is currently writing a book on the issue and said, "If the policy works as stated then these people would not need to live in the shadows any longer."
WEATHER
Residents await storms' aftermath
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FRANCONIA, Va. — A day after seeking refuge at shopping malls and movie theaters, hoping the lights would be back on when they returned, nearly 2.7 million residents faced a grim reality Sunday: stifling homes, spoiled food and a looming commute filled with knocked-out stoplights.
Two days after storms slammed the mid-Atlantic region, power outages were forcing people to get creative to stay cool in dangerously hot weather.
"If we don't get power tonight, we'll have to throw everything away," Susan Fritz, a mother of three, said grimly of her refrigerator and freezer. Fritz came to a library in Bethesda, Md., so her son could do school work. She charged her phone and iPad at her local gym.
Temperatures approached 100 degrees in many storm-stricken areas, and utility officials said the power will likely be out for several more days.
from trees falling on homes and cars. Three people were killed Sunday in eastern North Carolina when sudden storms hit there. Meanwhile, Coast Guard officials say they have suspended the search for a man who went missing early Saturday while boating during the storm off Maryland.
The severe weather that began Friday was blamed for 17 deaths, most
On Sunday night, federal and state officials in the mid-Atlantic region gave many workers the option of staying home Monday to ease congestion on the roads. Federal agencies will be open in Washington, but non-emergency employees have the option of taking leave or working from home. Maryland's governor also gave state workers wide leeway for staying out of the office.
The bulk of the damage was in West Virginia, Washington and the capital's Virginia and Maryland suburbs. At least six of the dead were killed in Virginia, including a 90-year-old woman asleep in her bed when a tree slammed into her home. Two young cousins in New Jersey were killed when a tree fell on their tent while camping.
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