2A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN NEWS IN BRIEF --- MONDAY.NOV.26,2001 CAMPUS KU running back Duncan given trial date at Tuesday hearing Kansas sophomore running back Reggie Duncan received a Dec. 17 trial date at his trial-setting hearing Tuesday. Duncan entered a plea of not guilty to one charge of theft and one Duncan: Entered not guilty plea at a trial-setting hearing on Tuesday count of criminal use of a financial card. Duncan and teammate Mario Kinsey, freshman quarterback, were charged on Sept. 11 in Douglas County District Court in connection with an on-campus purse theft in June. Duncan's attorney, Ron Schneider, said Duncan had applied for a diversion through the Douglas County Dis trict Attorney's office. Duncan was already on diversion when the June 11 theft was reported to the KU Public Safety Office, having been granted a diversion on a Nov., 2000 charge of retail theft under $500. Schneider said the district attorney's office would consider the previous diversion. —Brent Briggeman Professor given HOPE award at game, shocked to be chosen Craig Martin, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, received the annual Honor for the Outstanding Progressive Educator, or HOPE Award, Saturday, Nov. 17 at halftime of the KU-lowa State football game. Award winners are chosen for their their ability to teach and concern for students. corn for students. Other finalists for the award were Larry Baden, assistant professor of journalism; Allan Cigler, professor of political science and government; Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare and Joane Nagel, associate dean and professor of sociology. Martin said that he had seen Dailey give a lecture to a class and was shocked that he won the award over the other nominees. Matt Norton LAWRENCE KU student goes to hospital after punch in the mouth A 20-year-old KU student was taken to the hospital Nov.19 after someone struck him in the mouth Lawrence police Sgt. Mike Patrick said the victim was playing basketball in the alley behind the Sigma Chi house, 1425 Tennessee St., when an unidentified suspect walked down the alley. The two men began shouting at each other, and the victim was punched in the mouth. The victim went to a dental surgeon and was was treated and released. Police are investigating. Courtney Craigmile NATION&WORLD Scientists announce cloning of first early human embryo The Associated Press cells of parents The scientists at Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Mass., said they had no immediate interest in transplanting such early embryos into a woman's womb to give birth to a cloned human being. BOSTON — A group of scientists in Massachusetts claimed yesterday they had cloned the first early human embryo, a step toward providing genetically matched replacement cells for patients with a wide range of disease68. Several states, including California, have banned human cloning. Congress is considering such a ban. "These are exciting preliminary results," said Dr. Robert P. Lanza, one of the researchers at Advanced Cell Technology "This work sets the stage for human therapeutic cloning as a potentially limitless source of immune-compatible cells for tissue engineering and transplantation medicine." In a separate experiment, the scientists showed they could push the development of human egg cells even further with a technique known as parthenogenesis. The scientists said they created the early embryo by injecting a very small cell with its genetic material into a woman's donated egg. Neither experiment has yet produced the coveted stem cells that grow inside an embryo and differentiate into other body tissues. "These are exciting preliminary results" Robert Lanza Advanced Cell Technology researcher The researchers described the work as an important step toward producing these stem cells to generate replacement cells as treatments for diabetes, heart disease, spinal injuries and many other ailments. injuries and many other problems. Asked about the research on Fox News Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said while he only had sketchy details, he was worried about reproductive cloning. Anti-abortion religious groups immediately spoke out against the procedure. "We're moving toward artificially creating human embryos solely to mine them for spare parts — solely to destroy them for their cells," said Richard Doerflinger, deputy director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. But Michael West, ACT's CEO, speaking on Meet the Press, disagreed with that interpretation. "We're not talking about little embryos with hands and feet. We're talking about a cluster of cells, small, far smaller than the head of a pen, with no body cells of any kind," he said. Taliban stronghold of Kunduz falls The Associated Press BANGI, Afghanistan — The northern alliance claimed to have seized the Taliban's last northern stronghold yesterday after a two-week siege, and hundreds of foreign fighters who had been captured in the area died in a chaotic prison uprising put down in part by U.S. airstrikes. The fall of Kunduz, which came two days before talks are to begin in Germany on forming a broad-based government, leaves the Islamic militia with only a small slice of Afghanistan still under its control, mostly around the southern city of Kandahar. Thousands of Taliban troops as well as Arab, Chechen, Pakistani and other foreign fighters linked to Osama bin Laden had been holed up in Kunduz, which the alliance said fell almost without a fight. "All of Kunduz is in our control," commander Daoud Khan told The Associated Press after nightfall. Outside the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, 100 miles to the west, hundreds of foreigners who had been captured earlier in the Kunduz area staged a prison uprising, leading to a daylong battle with northern alliance guards. U.S. aircraft helped quash the insurrection. Hundreds of foreign Taliban prisoners were killed. U.S. and alliance officials said. Culler suggested the uprising was in effect a suicide mission. At least one foreign fighter had killed himself Saturday while surrendering, witnesses said. The fighters had smuggled weapons under their tunics into the Qalai Janghi fortress and tried to fight their way out, Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Dan Stoneking said. Yahsaw, a spokesman for northern alliance commander Mohammed Mohaqik, said the prisoners broke down doors, seized weapons and ammunition, and fought a pitched battle with guards that lasted some seven hours. ON THE RECORD A 20-year-old KU student reported a theft from and damage to a 1998 black Saturn between 10 p.m. Nov. 15 and 8:45 a.m. Nov. 16 in the 1400 block of Apple Lane, Lawrence police said. Damage to the rear driver's side window was estimated at $150. A purse, wallet and its contents were valued at $75. A 20-year-old KU student reported damage to a 1991 Ford Mustang between 11:30 p.m. Nov. 15 and noon Nov. 16 in the 4500 block of Overland Drive, Lawrence police said. Damage to the passenger door lock, front dash and a Pioneer CD player was estimated at $850. A 20-year-old KU student reported a theft from at 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse between 1 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Nov. 16 in the 3900 block of Overland Drive Lawrence police said. A CD player and CDs were valued at $320. A 20-year-old KU student was arrested Nov. 19 on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, Lawrence police said. He was released on $500 bond. A 21-year-old KU student reported a theft between 11:30 p.m. Nov. 17 and 2 a.m. Nov. 18 in the 500 block of California Street, Lawrence police said. A cell phone was valued at $70. A 21-year-old KU student reported a theft A 22-year-old KU student reported a theft Wednesday in the 2000 block of Clifton Court, Lawrence police said. No more exact time was given by police. A backpack, calculator and text-book were valued at $250. NATION MADISON, Miss. — David Dykes found his wedding ring in a pile of debris in his neighbor's yard yesterday as he and other residents searched for their belongings amid the destruction caused by a killer tornado. Storm system kills 13, injures more than 100 in three states "There's been some spoofing between all of us that we've got 72 hours to clean up each other's properties before we start charging storage fees," Dykes said. "Yesterday was pretty emotional. Today you've got to see the humor in it," he said. "The fact of the matter is, if we'd been home we'd be dead." A tornado with wind estimated at 200 mph tore through his neighborhood Saturday, part of a system of thunderstorms and tornadoes that killed five people and injured 112 in Mississippi. The same big storm system was blamed for four deaths each in Alabama and Arkansas. Madison County Sheriff Troy Trowbridge said lives were saved by a tornado siren just a mile from Dykes' upper-middle class neighborhood and by the Thanksgiving weekend. Dykes and his wife, Pat, were among those who were away when the storm struck. They rushed back from a visit to Alabama after a friend called them with the news. Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove declared a state of emergency in nine counties. "All responded immediately in a sense of helpfulness and hope for their neighbors," Musgrove said. "That's the Mississippi that I know and am proud of." High school students arrested in alleged plot to kill classmates NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Police used bomb-sniffing dogs yesterday to search a high school where three teen-agers allegedly planned to use explosives and guns to kill fellow students. dents. The all-day search of the sprawling 3,300-student New Bedford High School by 38 police officers and five bomb-sniffing dogs yielded no new evidence of the alleged plot, said police Lt. Richard Spirret. Eric McKeehan, 17, and two juveniles who allegedly modeled themselves after the two students who carried out the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado were scheduled for arraignment today on charges that include conspiracy to murder. The students were arrested at their homes early Saturday after a school janitor found a letter outlining their alleged plans to detonate explosives in the school and then shoot fleeing students. Saturday's arrests came after an investigation that began when a student alerted police to the alleged plot in mid-October. Police questioned one of the suspects after they discovered bomb-making materials. But the bomb lacked key elements that would arm it, so police could not make an arrest, according to New Bedford Police Chief Arthur Kelly. Police decided to take action after finding the letter. The letter didn't say when the killings would happen, except that it would happen on a Monday. The Associated Press ET CETERA The University Daily Kansas) (ISSN 0746-4962) is published at the University of Kansas,119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 66045, daily during the regular school year, excluding Saturday, Sunday, holidays and finals periods, and Wednesday during the summer session. 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