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University Daily Kansan
Page 1450 from reel: NP 10154 (2003-01-16 to 2003-07-23)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/120437

Title: University Fires Professor for Espionage Involvement
Summary: University of Kansas fires assistant professor Hiroaki Serizawa for involvement in conspiracy to steal research materials on Alzheimer's disease from Cleveland Clinic, pleading guilty to making false statements to FBI.
Category: campus news
Subjects: academic misconduct; research ethics; university personnel
Named Entities: Serizawa, Hiroaki [assistant professor]; McCulloch, Dennis [university spokesman]; Okamoto, Takashi [researcher]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Iowa Students Arrested While Protesting Phelps
Summary: Four students arrested during anti-homosexual protest at Iowa high school graduation where gay student received scholarship, throwing cream pies at followers of Kansas-based anti-gay pastor Fred Phelps.
Category: local news
Subjects: civil disobedience; LGBTQ+ rights; religious protests
Named Entities: Phelps, Fred [pastor]; Carter, Julius [student]; Shepard, Matthew [victim]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Black Classical Ballet Legend Janet Collins Dies at Age of 86
Summary: Janet Collins, first black prima ballerina at Metropolitan Opera and prominent figure in American classical ballet, dies at age 86 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Category: national news
Subjects: performing arts; dance history; African American culture
Named Entities: Collins, Janet [ballerina]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Heat Wave in India Claims 160, Raising Death Toll to Nearly 800
Summary: Heat wave in southern India state claims 160 more lives, raising death toll to nearly 800 as temperatures reach 118.2 degrees Fahrenheit.
Category: national news
Subjects: natural disasters; extreme weather; public health
Confidence: 0.85

Title: World Health Organization Worried About Toronto SARS
Summary: WHO expresses concern about increasing SARS cases in Toronto, considering re-imposing travel advisory as outbreak overwhelms healthcare system.
Category: national news
Subjects: infectious diseases; public health; epidemiology
Named Entities: World Health Organization [WHO]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: U.S Soldier Killed on Patrol in Central Iraq Near Balad
Summary: U.S. soldier killed while on patrol in central Iraq near Balad, with military spokesman stating incident occurred in area under control of 4th Infantry Division.
Category: national news
Subjects: military operations; casualties; Iraq War
Named Entities: Thurmond, William [military spokesman]
Confidence: 0.85

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