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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
quote of the day
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"I believe in poker the way I believe in the American Dream. Poker is good for you. It enriches the soul, sharpens the intellect, heals the spirit, and when played well, nourishes the wallet."
Lou Krieger
fact of the day
A fifth suit was added in 1937, but never caught on because people had to buy all new decks.
—www.thegamblersedge.com
people had to buy an new deck.
At least 65,000,000 Americans
regularly play poker.
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Logan Wilson, Neosho, Mo., freshman, plays a hand of poker at the Burge Union. An estimate of 110 students competed in the event for the top prize of a $250 Best Buy gift card.
Policy change affects faculty, staff members
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BY JESSE TRIMBLE jtrimble@kansan.com
Students recently received an e-mail from the Office of University Governance informing them of some slight changes made to the University Senate Code.
One of the changes dealt with the scholarly misconduct policy, not to be confused with the academic misconduct policy, which primarily affects students.
Mary Berry, professor of social welfare and president of University Senate, said the policy changes would not affect the classroom setting, but rather would be targeted toward faculty members or staff members employed by the University who broke the ethical rules of conduct.
"There are all kinds of rules
Berry said the policy had to be updated because the National Institute of Health, or the NIH, which funds some research at the University, requested the policy changes. If an employee, such as a faculty member, graduate student working for the University or graduate teaching assistant had an allegation filed against them for scholarly misconduct, the NIH must be made aware.
Although it is very rare for faculty members to abuse the policy, Berry said that the policy was changed because the NIH tightened the rules.
you must follow as a researcher",
Berry said. "We also need policies in place and a way to enforce the rules that result in consequences.
Rules are not just for students."
William Sharp, director of research integrity in the Research and Graduate Studies office, was very involved in developing the policy.
Nancy Kinnersley, professor of
electrical engineering and computer science and Faculty Senate president, said the policy was mainly changed to comply with the federal government's policy.
Sharp said the scholarly misconduct policy would also apply to faculty members and graduate students publishing research of their own.
According to the policy, scholarly misconduct includes fabrication, falsification or plagiarism.
"It is a difficult line to walk. A line we must handle fairly and thoroughly." Sharp said about the policy.
Walking that line is Sharp's job,
and he said he had dealt with scholarly misconduct in the past.
"It's not something that's commonly broadcast," Sharp said. "It's handled very confidentially."
When handling a scholarly misconduct case, Sharp said everything stays within the University and is not handled outside, for example in the court system.
Berry said that the main concern she had with the policy was making sure that all the parties involved would have time for due process and to be fair and consider everything in a thoughtful manner.
"It's such a serious mark on a person's record. I really want to watch it and see how it plays out," Berry said.
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ODD NEWS Faulty parachute results in injury for BASE iumper
OSLO, Norway — A Nor-wegian BASE jumper said he learned a hard lesson about tempting fate after surviving a spine-chilling crash from a mile-high mountain.
Video captured by a camera attached to Hans Lange's specially designed jump suit showed him struggling to straighten out his parachute before slamming into a rock wall and crashing into a tree top. He survived with a broken leg.
"I was too nonchalant and there is no room for mistakes in this sport," Lange, 44, told The Associated Press on Thursday.
The accident happened Aug. 23, as the experienced BASE jumper leapt off the 1,600-meter- (5,250-foot-) high Boerjekind peak.
Lange said he was flying down the mountainside at nearly
He deployed his chute and tried to steer away from the wall, but it was too late. The video showed Lange crying out in pain as he bumped into the rock repeatedly while trying to untangle the cords.
180 kph (110 mph) when he realized he was too close to the wall.
The fall came to an abrupt end when he slammed into a tree about 100 meters (330 feet) above the planned landing site.
After overcoming the initial shock, Lange turned to the camera and said: "What a bummer ... Oh well, I'm alive."
He was rescued by a helicopter 45 minutes later.
"When I have recovered I will jump again," he said. "It all comes down to better planning. It's a fantastic feeling to fly along a mountainside."
Lange told AP by telephone he was lucky to be alive but wasn't about to give up the thrill of BASE jumping.
The ethics law would not apply,however,if the official and the worker were married to each other.
ployees under their supervision would be violating state ethics law, if a county commissioner gets his way.
Frederick County Commissioner John Thompson says the proposal is a response to a specific situation, but he won't name the people involved out of consideration for innocent third parties.
FREDERICK, Md. — Maryland state elected officials who have sexual relationships with em-
Thompson wants the issue included in the county's list of state legislative priorities. But several local lawmakers say they would oppose Thompson's proposal.
Dating may get harder for one state's officials
County delegation chairman Rick Weldon says the county and the state face many more important issues.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Police didn't have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card — he signed his own name on one of the receipts.
Police won't have to work hard to solve this crime
card to buy a latte at a coffee house and to buy cigarettes at a tobacco store. When he used the allegedly stolen credit card to buy the smokes, he signed the receipt with his own signature.
The 21-year-old Iowa City man is accused of using the credit
Police said he also tried to use the credit card to buy $154.21 worth of merchandise at another downtown store, but it came up as stolen. Then he presented his own identification.
When officers finally caught up with him at a deli, he allegedly admitted to using the card but denied taking it. The man told police he found the credit cards in his living room after a party.
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Shooting victim loses leg,but gets it back
ALLIANCE, Neb. — After being shot five times, a western Nebraska man had to go to court to get his prosthetic leg back from prosecutors.
The Box Butte County Attorney's office gave Val McCabe's leg back Wednesday after a judge ordered it returned.
McCabe's prosthetic left leg had been held since Friday's shooting because prosecutors wanted to run tests on it and a bullet lodged inside.
The 58-year-old McCabe, who lost his leg below the knee in a railroad accident roughly 30 years ago, filed his lawsuit Tuesday.
McCabe lawyer argued it wasn't practical for him to replace the specially built, $28,000 prosthesis.
Police removed the bullet from the leg before returning it. No arrests had been made by Wednesday.
on campus
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The workshop "EndNote:
Bibliographies and Cite-While-
You-Write" will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Instruction Center in Anschutz Library.
The volleyball game against Utah Valley will begin at 12 p.m. in the Horesi Family Athletics Center.
The soccer game against UAB will begin at 5 p.m. in the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
The volleyball game against Oregon will begin at 7 p.m. in the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
The seminar "Peace, War,
& Global Change Seminar —
Stephen Bourque" will begin at
3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room
in the Hall Center.
The workshop "Diversity Training Institute" will begin at 1 p.m. In Room 116 in the Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center.
The concert "Visiting Artist Martha Walvoord, violin" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The SUA Feature Film "Indiana Jones" will begin at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
FREE Cosmic Bowling will begin at 10 p.m. in Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
on the record
On Aug. 29, a KU employee lost $150 worth of geraniums and planters to theft.
Congressman Dennis Moore will be visiting campus today to attend a series of events throughout the day. The Student Legislative Awareness Board and KU Young Dems will be on Wescoe Beach from 9-12 registering students to vote, and the Congressman plans to stop by the tables the last hour to talk with any interested students.
On Aug. 31, another employee reported a loss of more than $2,500 in possession because of a vehicular breakin, including $1,700 worth of golf clubs.
On Sept. 4, the Lawrence Police Department reported that:
On Sept. 3, A KU student reported $150 in criminal damage to a vehicle, and another student reported a stolen or missing refugee passport.
The KU Public Safety office has reported no crimes since August 31.
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