THE UNIVERSITY JAIRY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
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Psychology professor arrested
BY FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
BY FRANCECSA CHAMBERS
fchambers@kansan.com
A University of Kansas professor was arrested then placed on involuntary leave last week.
Thomas A. Schreiber, professor of psychology, was arrested Friday after failing to appear in court for two traffic violations.
Schreiber is scheduled to have his first court appearance this afternoon, but he will be held at the Douglas County Jail until his $375 bond is paid. His next court appearance is Friday.
Greg Simpson, chairman of the psychology department, declined to comment on why Schreiber had been placed on leave or when he would come back.
However, Ernest Smith, a friend of Schreiber's, said Schreiber told him that his office had been entirely packed up and that a secretary at the department said he would not be coming back any time soon.
Schreiber said the leave was possibly a punishment for keeping his cat, Persephone, in his office at
Fraser Hall and for having a disorganized office.
Schreiber said he did not appear in court on the designated day, Aug. 22, because he mistakenly appeared on Aug. 21.
He said it was unlikely he would be able to make bond soon because of financial problems. He said he had put all of his money into his research.
Schreiber contacted The University Daily Kansan on Aug. 13 claiming to have found the treatment for several diseases including Parkinson's and alcoholism. Schreiber said his findings had not yet been published because the University refused to help him.
THOMAS A. SCHREIBER
After several meetings with the University's Center for Technology Commercialization, Schreiber said he was given a waiver from the University that would require him to give the University 70 percent of the profit from his research.
Schreiber said he was also turned away from University Relations this summer.
University Relations, said he was familiar with Schreiber but could not discuss the details of Schreiber's current situation.
Schreiber was scheduled to give seminars about his research today and Thursday at the Museum of Anthropology, but they have been canceled.
Katherine Leslie contributed to this article.
Todd Cohen, director of
Edited by Lauren Keith
INTERNATIONAL Another deadly quake strikes on same fault line
BEIJING — Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 32 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs.
The 6.1-magnitude quake Saturday struck Sichuan province along the same fault line as a May 12 earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people.
Saturday's quake killed 27 people in Sichuan and five in the neighboring province of Yunnan, the official Xinhua News Agency said early Monday, citing the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The quake destroyed 258,000 homes, damaged major bridges and cracked three reservoirs,the agency said.
Another 467 people were injured after the earthquake hit 31 miles southeast of Panzhihua city in the southwestern corner of Sichuan, the report said.
Dozens of evacuees had gathered Sunday at a primary school field in Panzhihua, state broadcaster China Central Television showed. Wrapped in quilts, the evacuees, including children and the elderly, lay on plastic sheets and mats on the ground.
About 152,000 people were evacuated and relief efforts were under way, despite being hampered by heavy rains and the region's rugged terrain, Xinhua
said. It said 6,200 tents, 3,500 quilts and 55,000 pounds of rice had been sent to the quake zone
Since the 7.9-magnitude temblor May 12, the region has been hit by scores of aftershocks.
A woman who answered the phone at the Sichuan provincial seismological bureau said the region was hit by about 300 aftershocks on Sunday morning. She declined to give her name, saying she was not authorized to speak to the media.
The China Earthquake Administration recorded a 5.6-magnitude aftershock later Sunday in the same location as Saturday's quake.
Associated Press
High lunch prices will eat into parents' pocketbooks
FOOD
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MILWAUKEE — Kids may be worried about homework, teachers and that pesky bully this school year. But parents? They're leary about lunches.
With food prices rising and
ing into food companies' profits. So big names like Kraft Foods Inc., Sara Lee Corp. and Hormel Foods Corp. are passing along price increases as they try to keep making money.
With food packages shrinking, parents are wondering how they'll stretch their food budgets. Children are going to get an unwitting lesson in economics, analysts say as parents
Some companies are also shrinking products or getting rid of certain lines to lower their
"It's not how much it costs. It's how much more it costs relative to what they're used to spending."
MARCIA MOGELONSKY Senior research analyst
change their food-buying habits to keep costs down.
"Parents are sort of entering this with trepidation," she said. "It's not how much it costs. It's how much more it costs relative to what they're used to spending."
Some kids will eat more hot lunches this year. Some will carry baggies full of snacks like homepacked chips and crackers rather than prepackaged ones. Maybe there will be more peanut butter, if it hasn't been banned in school because of allergies, instead of lunch meats, or cheaper items like Spam,
This year's lunchroom will be less about convenience and more about the bottom line, said Marcia Mogelonsky, senior research analyst with Mintel International in Chicago. Parents will be shopping for deals but still wanting all the basics — fruits, veggies, proteins and fun things like chips and cookies. It won't be easy, she said.
The costs for key ingredients — like corn, wheat, soybeans and other items — are high and eat-
costs. Skippy peanut butter, made by Unilever, now sells in 16.3 ounce jars that look the same size as the previous 18 ounce jars because of a larger indentation at the bottom. Kraft is reducing the
number and in some cases the size, of items in its Deli Selects cheese line, for example. Sara Lee has reduced the size of some of its Hillshire Farm deli meat packages from 10 ounces to 9 ounces. The prices, for the most part, don't go down.
S o m e stores — like grocery store chain Save-A-Lot — are advising parents on what to buy. The chain, which targets bargain shoppers, has a new campaign telling parents how to make
it teaches them a lesson in how to spend and save. Jordana, 12, and Nate, 14, have never bought milk because they think it's too expensive at school, she said, and they ask teachers if they can use the microwaves in their lounges when they want hot food.
The kids also go and buy food at the stores, or leave a list for their parents if they run out — always with costs in mind, Bischoff said.
"They've learned the meaning of saving money and spending money because they've seen what's happened during the years in the stores," said Bischoff, 49, who owns a yarn shop and works a full-time job as a market analyst.
The cost of food is soaring. In the U.S., retail food prices rose an average of 6 percent this year. That's three times the normal inflation rate. Prices are rising because companies are paying more for key ingredients, due to increased demand around the world, the weak U.S. dollar and weather that destroyed crops.
The pinch consumers are feeling is affecting their shopping
"They've learned the meaning of saving money and spending money because they've seen what's happened during the years in the stores."
HOLLIS BISCHOFF Market analyst
meals like turkey slices wrapped in tortillas that cost about a $1 a serving.
In Los Altos, Calif., Hollis Bischoff's two children have been packing their own lunches for years. It saves money because they know what they'll eat, she said, and
habits, said Harry Balzer, vice president of consumer research firm NPD Group and an expert on American eating patterns.
"These rising food costs have to be paid for by
somebody" he said. "The question is how are you going to pay for them? Are you going to pay for them in keeping your out-of-pocket cost constant by buying smaller portions, or are you going to be paying more for what you paid last year?"
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