THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2012
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ADMINISTRATION
University completes vice provost interviews
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With interviews for vice provost of student affairs complete, students and faculty are now waiting to see which of the three candidates will fill the position.
Lisa Wolf-Wendel, professor of educational leadership and policy studies and member of the search committee, said she thought there would be a decision later this week.
"The search committee has completed its work and that the decision is now in the hands of the provost's office," Wolf-Wendel said. "We eagerly await the announcement of the new vice provost for student affairs."
Hannah Bolton, a junior from St. Libory, Neb., and next year's student body president, said she thinks whomever is selected needs to include students in important decisions at the University.
"When the vice provost is in a
meeting with administration about big issues, that person needs to make sure students are part of the conversation," Bolton said. "They are probably the most connected administrator with students on campus."
Students also have a responsibility to have their voices heard, whether they are serving in Student Senate or not. By voicing their opinions to the new viceprovost, herself, or senators serving on committees, students can be a part of discussions that affect their education Bolton said.
She added she is confident that the provost's office will choose a qualified candidate and looks forward to working with them.
"The relationship between the student body president and the student affairs direction has been strong throughout the years, and I look forward to continuing that tradition." Bolton said.
Outgoing student body president Libby Johnson, a senior from
Lawrence, said the duty of the viceprovost of student affairs is being an advocate for students.
"I think this person should be someone who students can recognize and feel that they can go to with concerns," Johnson said. "They should be visible on campus and interested in what students are interested in."
Johnson said the person selected needs to be ready to navigate the changes coming to education as part of the Chancellor's five-year "Bold Aspirations" initiative.
"Any time you have this many changes happening all at once as we do now, it is important to have people, students and administrators alike who are invested in protecting the student voice at KU," Johnson said. "I view that as the main job of the student government and the vice-provost of student affairs."
Edited by Katie James
CRIME
Arizona man found dead after shooting four people
GILBERT. Ariz. — A man fatally shot four people, including a toddler, at a home in a Phoenix suburb Wednesday before being found dead, authorities said.
Gilbert police said they weren't sure yet whether the man committed suicide.
At a briefing for reporters, Gilbert police Sgt. Bill Balafas said all the evidence points to the shooting being a domestic violence situation. He didn't elaborate.
Authorities said the man was armed with several firearms, and officers
recovered two handguns and a shotgun.
The gunman's identity and motives weren't immediately known.
The genders and ages of the other four victims also weren't immediately released, but Balafas said the toddler was a girl between 1 and 2 years old.
He said the girl was alive when authorities arrived at the scene but was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police said the other bodies were still inside the home.
About three hours after the shooting, a man walked up to the police tape, pointed to the crime scene and said, "I have a daughter who lives in that house."
Police pulled him behind the tape and out of view. Several seconds later a loud cry of anguish could be heard. Minutes after, the same man was weeping and left the scene with police.
The shootings occurred after 1 p.m. in a subdivision southeast of Phoenix that is filled with stucco homes with red-tile roofs.
Witnesses said a SWAT team sealed off part of the area and investigators told residents to remain indoors.
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Seattle Police officers arrest a man that threw a glass jar and hit an officer in his face shield during a May Day rally on Tuesday, May 1, in downtown Seattle. The rally turned violent when black-clad protesters smashed windows and thrown objects at police.
NATIONAL
May Day demonstrations end in mild injuries and arrests
While some protesters clashed with police, the melees were far less violent than ones that erupted last fall when the Occupy movement was at its peak. There were no major disruptions, though arrests were reported — including dozens in the San Francisco Bay area.
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Many of the rallies, which drew activists pushing a variety of causes, also did not have the same drawing power that gatherings had last year for the Occupy movement or a half-dozen years ago for May Day rallies for immigration reform.
In recent years, activists in the U.S. used May Day to hold rallies for immigrant rights, but the day has been associated for more than a century with workers' rights and the labor movement both in the U.S. and elsewhere.The U.S. protests were the most visible organizing effort by anti-Wall Street groups since the movement's encampments were dismantled last fall.
OAKLAND. Calif. — Thousands of protesters in New York demanded an end to income inequality and housing foreclosures. Police fired tear gas to disperse marchers in Oakland, Calif. And black-clad demonstrators smashed windows in Seattle and occupied a building owned by the Catholic archdiocese in San Francisco.
Activists across the U.S. joined in worldwide May Day protests Tuesday, with anti-Wall Street demonstrators leading the way in some cities as they tried to recapture the enthusiasm that propelled their movement last fall.
their supporters spilled out onto Fifth Avenue in a confrontation with police amid citywide protests, while thousands later gathered peacefully in Union Square.
In Oakland, the scene of several violent clashes between activists and police during last fall's Occupy-inspired protests, the situation threatened to boil over again when police fired tear gas, sending hundreds of demonstrators scrambling.
Occupy organizer Mark Bray said the mood had changed since the group's first organized events late last year. "There was a sense of novelty to Occupy in October," he said. "Today is more celebratory, and nostalgic."
Marchers briefly flooded the avenue and blocked traffic before police in riot gear pushed them onto the sidewalks. The group chanted: "We are the people. We are united!"
In Seattle, black-clad protesters used sticks to smash store windows and ran through the streets disrupting traffic. Police arrested eight people.
While much smaller in scale, the mayhem was reminiscent of the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in the city that caused widespread damage to stores and forced the cancellation of some WTO events.
In San Francisco, about 200 people took over a vacant building owned by the local archdiocese and targeted in previous protests. Two men on adjacent rooftops lobbed pipes and bricks at officers.
About two dozen protesters were taken into custody as police officers in riot gear cleared the building Wednesday, KGO-TV reported.
Officers also fired "flash-bang" grenades to disperse protesters converging on police as they wrestled people to the ground while trying to make arrests, and used more tear gas on Tuesday night to break up the bottle-throwing remnants of what had been a peaceful rally of several thousand.
At least 25 people were taken into custody during the course of the day, including one for setting a police car on fire, police said.
Authorities said many of the most violent protesters tried to hide in the crowd by shedding their all-black clothes. A spokesman for Seattle's mayor said Wednesday that vandals threw rocks into the mayor's home around midnight but no one was injured.
Police Chief Greg Suhr told reporters he assumed some of the people inside the building were part of a group that vandalized shops, cars and a police station during a pre-May Day demonstration Monday night.
In New York, hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters and
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