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NEWS IN BRIEF
TUESDAY,DEC.4,2001
CAMPUS
Student reports rape; police have suspect, no arrests
A rape was reported Sunday morning in the 1300 block of West Campus Road, Lawrence Police Department said.
The victim, an 18-year-old KU student, was visiting a friend at the residence, and she later reported the rape.
Police suspect a 19-year-old mate. It is not clear if police have made contact with the suspect at this time. Police would not say if the suspect was a KU student.
Alcohol may have been involved.
Courtney Craigmile
Fraternity celebrates founding with movie and speakers
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity is celebrating its founding this week.
The fraternity will show the movie Baby Boy at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The event is free and open to the public.
The chapter will also have a "Tribute to Women" at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Multicultural Resource Center. Sharon Goolbsy, who works for the Douglas County Committee on Alcoholism, will speak on issues of alcoholism and AIDS prevention. To attend, call 312-2187.
Marcus McLaughlin, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and president of the fraternity, said the chapter was founded at the University on Dec. 21, 1917. He said it was founded nationally in 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
—J.R.Mendoza
STATE
Junction City man commits suicide after killing officer
JUNCTION CITY—A Junction City man shot and killed a police officer early yesterday and then apparently committed suicide, said the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Officer Wilson Johnson was responding to a domestic disturbance call at a Junction City apartment building when he was shot about 4:30 a.m., the KBI said.
The KBI identified the suspect as Carlos Antioni Cobbs, 23.
Johnson, 56, was helping a woman recover her children from the apartment when he was shot, the KBI said. Cobbs had taken the children from a baby sitter to his apartment.
Israel attacks Arafat's aircrafts, headquarters
The Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared war on terror yesterday, and Israeli air strikes destroyed two of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's helicopters in Gaza and hit West Bank security installations.
Ten Palestinians were wounded in the missile attack by Israeli helicopter gunships near Arafat's seaside headquarters. Arafat was in the West Bank at the time of the attack.
the West Bank Palestinian officials said the harsh reprisals undermined a sincere Arafat effort to crack down on Islamic militants after the suicide bombings.
Since Sunday night, Palestinian security forces have rounded up about 110 members of
A senior Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said "very few, if any" of the 108 militants Israel wanted arrested were among those rounded up.
the Islamic militant groups Jihad and Hamas.
arrested were among several members of Sharon's Cabinet demanded yesterday that Israel expel Arafat.
However, Israeli Defense Minister Bininyam Ben-Eliezer told reporters that Israel had no intention of bringing down Arafat's administration.
The Palestinians' U.N. observer, Nasser al-Kidwa, said that if Sharon launched a full-scale attack on Arafat's administration, "he will be the one to be held responsible for the total breakdown of the situation."
U.S. told to return to high alert
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush's homeland security chief asked Americans to return to a high state of alert yesterday, citing threats of more terrorist attacks, possibly around "important religious observations" this month.
Federal officials said the alert should continue at least through the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in mid-December. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge did not mention any religious faith but said officials took the "convergence of different religious observations" into account when they decided another alert was in order.
when they decided another action.
"Now is not the time to back off." Ridge said.
"Obviously, the further we're removed from Sept. 11, the natural tendency is to let down our guard. We cannot do that. We are a nation at war."
Yesterday's warning, issued by the FBI to law enforcement nationwide as well as to the general public, was the third since the hijacker attacks in September and the anthrax letters in October. The FBI issued the two others on Oct. 11 and Oct. 29.
Ridge did not cite a specific threat, but said U.S. intelligence had seen an increase in the volume of information warning in general of more attacks.
Bush reviewed the analysts' conclusions and "he approved our decision to go forward
"The quantity and level of threats are above the norm," Ridge said, "and have reached a threshold where we once again should put the public on general alert."
and make the announcement," Ridge said.
Asked if he worried that Americans were becoming jaded by the repeated alerts, Ridge said the process of warning the public "is an art, it's not a science. There are shadowy soldiers. This is a shadowy enemy."
The FBI issued the earlier alerts in the days after the U.S. military launched airstrikes in Afghanistan Oct. 7, targeting Osama bin Laden and his Taliban protectors. Bin Laden is the prime suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks.
suspicious behavior. Meanwhile, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that investigators have gathered evidence showing similarities among the last three terrorist attacks against Americans by Osama bin Laden's supporters.
Ridge urged citizens to view the alert as "a signal to be vigilant" and asked that they report suspicious behavior to local authorities.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the similarities included the way the attacks were planned, communicated and carried out and the way the attackers were trained. The officials declined to be more specific.
cans by Osama bin Laden. Those attacks include the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen and the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
The investigators said they also are examining whether some of the same people were involved in planning and assisting the three attacks.
Teen agrees to plead guilty to murder of two professors
NATION
CONCORD, N.H. - One of two teenagers charged with murdering two Dartmouth College professors agreed yesterday to plead guilty in one of the slayings.
stayings. James Parker, 17, will plead guilty to an adult charge of accomplice to second-degree murder in the stabbing of Susanne Zantop. Prosecutors and defense attorneys did not say what would happen to the murder charge involving the victim's husband.
The charge carries up to life in prison. The agreement needs a judge's approval. A hearing was scheduled for Friday.
The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald said yesterday a family friend told them that Parker would testify against his friend Robert Tulloch as part of the agreement.
Last week, Tulloch's lawyer served notice that the 18-year-old will mount an insanity defense when he goes on trial in April.
Parker and Tulloch were charged with first-degree murder in the Jan. 27 stabbing deaths of Zanton and her husband, Half, in their Hanover home.
Gas spill closes highway, pollutes stream and wetland
FAIRHAVEN, Mass. — A tanker truck overturned late Sunday and spilled thousands of gallons of gasoline that closed Interstate 195 and prompted residents to evacuate their homes yesterday.
Residents left 25 nearby homes as a precaution and stayed away for several hours.
Some of the 9,000 gallons of fuel that spilled reached a stream feeding a pond that supplies Fairhaven's water, but collection booms placed in the stream prevented contamination of the town's drinking water, said Mark Merchant, public affairs director for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Massachusetts.
However, a wetland area near the spill will require an extensive cleanup, said Teresa Baroa, a representative for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Police said the cause of the accident remained under investigation.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A 19-year-old KU student reported a theft in the 1300 block of Jayhawk Boulevard between 10:15 and 10:25 a.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. AKUID case, KU Bus Pass, driver's license, credit card, bank card and $30. The stolen items were valued at $170.
A 20-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to property in the Oliver Hall parking lot between 3 p.m. Nov. 20 and 8 p.m. Nov. 24, the KU Public Safety Office said. A vehicle's antenna was bent, and paint was scratched. The damages were estimated at $100.
A 19-year-old KU student reported a theft in the Lied Center parking lot between 12:30 a.m. Wednesday and 2:45 p.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A whelw was stolen from a vehicle. The stolen item was valued at $250.
A KU graduate student reported assault, battery and disorder conduct in the 1400 block of Louisiana between 11:20 and 11:35 a.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student was returning home to his residence. A car was parked in the driveway, and the student could not drive past. The KU Public Safety office said the student asked the driver of the vehicle to move, and the passenger of
the vehicle became angry and left his vehicle and kicked the student's tire. When the student began writing down the vehicle's license plate number, the passenger allegedly took the student's keys, pushed his right shoulder, threatened him and threw his keys down the hill. The student suffered a bruise near his right rib cage.
A KU Housing employee reported an accidental fire in McColum Hall between 4:20 and 4:22 a.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A microwave oven caught on fire. The damage was estimated at $150.
A 19-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to property in the Oliver Hall parking lot between 6 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A vehicle's passenger side mirror was damaged. The damages were estimated at $3000
A 21-year-old KU student reported a disturbance of the peace between 210 a.m. and 2,50 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of West 12th Street, Lawrence police said. A 23-year-old KU student was cited for the noise disturbance.
A 22-year-old KU student reported a theft between 11 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday in the 2500 block of West Sixth Street, Lawrence police said. A black purse and 60 DDs were valued at $60.
A 38-year-old KU employee reported criminal damage between 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 8:30 a.m. Friday in the 600 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. Damage to a 1998 Toyota Tacoma was estimated at $500
An 18-year old KU student was arrested Saturday morning on charges of disorderly conduct in the 1800 block of Naisthim Drive, Lawrence police said. He was released on $50 bond.
A KU employee reported a theft between Jan. 20, 2000 and Friday in the 2000 block of Quail Creek Drive, Lawrence police said. Purchases totaling $3,505,15 were made on the Internet without the employee's permission.
An 18-year-old KU student was arrested Saturday morning on charges of leaving the scene of an accident, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence, minor in possession of alcohol and consuming in public. Lawrence police said. She was released pending charges.
ON CAMPUS
Hispanic-American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. Contact Michael Luna at 760-4852 or Sarah Zaragoza at 312-2134.
Vietnamese Student Association will meet at p.m. today at 2023 Haworth Hall. Contact Linda Vo at kusva@ku.edu.
KU Men's and Women's Ultimate Frisbee clubs will meet at 4:30 p.m. today at the Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. Contact Clay or Tony at 843-799 or at clayed@ku.edu.
Student Union Activities committees will meet tonight in the Kansas Union. Live Music meets at 6 at the Walnut Room; Forums meets at 30 at the Oread Room; Feature Films meets at 6 at Alcove D; Fine Arts meets at 6 at Alcove B; Spectrum Films meets
at7 at Alcove B; Recreation meets at7 at the Walnut Room; Public Relations meets at7 at the Oread Room; Special Events meets at7:30 at Alcove D. Contact SIA at 864-7469.
Student for a Free Tibet will meet at 8tonight at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Contact Ryan Pratt at 839-9858.
University Christian Fellowship will have a Bible study at 7 tonight at the basement in Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rich at 841-3148.
KU Environs will meet at 6:30 p.m. today on the fourth-floor lobby in the Kansas University. Contact Sam Lane at 312-1395.
Latin American Solidarity will meet at 7tonight in Ecumenical Christian Ministries,1204 Dread Ave. Contact Rebekah Moses at 312-1985.
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