THE UNIVERSITY OF JARRY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
NEWS 3A
The U.S. Pacific Fleet Band, below, and Marine Corps rifle detail, above, are seen on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Wednesday during a ceremony marking the 6th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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MEMORIAL
Veterans celebrate 64th anniversary at Pearl Harbor
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PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The famous battleship where Japanese officials signed the surrender documents that officially ended World War II played host on Wednesday to about 20 ageing U.S. veterans and dozens of observers as they marked the 64th anniversary of the war's end.
The USS Missouri, which was anchored in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945 for the surrender ceremonies, has since be decommissioned and moored in Pearl Harbor.
U. S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie told those gathered it's fitting that the battleship — now known as the Battleship Missouri Memorial — is docked just a few hundred yards from the memorial for the USS Arizona.
The Arizona sank when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, an event that drew the U.S. into the war.
"I can think of nothing more valuable of this complex here ... to enable generations to come to reflect and understand," said Abercrombie (D-Hawaii).
The memorial welcomes more than 40,000 tourists each month to exhibits that highlight the Missouri's role in Japan's surrender.
Walter Lassen, a 27-year-old first gunner's mate aboard the Missouri when the war ended, told The Associated Press in an interview last week his fellow sailors had "little love of the enemy" when Japanese officials came aboard to sign the documents.
The Missouri, one of the most
powerful U.S. warships at the time, fought-in in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa as American forces neared the Japanese main islands.
For months, sailors focused on aggressively protecting their ship and other ships in the U.S. fleet. At one point, the Missouri came under the attack of 95 Japanese planes, Lassen said.
A kamikaze pilot slammed into the Missouri's hull in April 1945, though the plane's bomb failed to detonate and only the pilot was killed.
LEGAL
"The mood at the time of the ceremony was the culmination of all this amount of fighting we had been doing and all this shooting that had been going on," said Lassen.
LEGAL School drops case over misuse of trademark
But with the surrender, sailors felt their country was finally safe.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — National American University is no longer suing a California pornography company that used a name the school thought was too similar: Naughty American University.
The school's parent company, Dlorah Inc., filed the federal lawsuit in South Dakota, against La Touraine Inc., a company based in San Diego. The suit sought financial damages and to prevent the use of the school's trademark.
An attorney for the school said that La Touraine has agreed to stop using the school's trade mark.
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PHARMACY
Maker of Viagra fined record-breaking sum
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WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors hit Pfizer Inc. with a record-breaking $2.3 billion in fines Wednesday and called the world's largest drugmaker a repeating corporate cheat for illegal drug promotions that plied doctors with free golf, massages, and resort junkets.
Announcing the penalty as a warning to all drug manufacturers, Justice Department officials said the overall settlement is the largest ever paid by a drug company for alleged violations of federal drug rules, and the $1.2 billion criminal fine is the largest ever in any U.S. criminal case. The total includes $1 billion in civil penalties and a $100 million criminal forfeiture.
Authorities called Pfizer a repeat offender, noting it is the company's fourth such settlement of government charges in the last decade. The allegations surround the marketing of 13 different drugs, including big sellers such as Viagra, Zoloft, and Lipitor.
As part of its illegal marketing, Pfizer invited doctors to consultant meetings at resort locations, paying their expenses and providing perks, prosecutors said.
"They were entertained with golf, massages, and other activities," said Mike Loucks, the U.S. attorney in Massachusetts.
Loucks said that even as Pfizer was negotiating deals on past misconduct, they were continuing to violate the very same laws with other drugs.
To prevent backsliding this time, Pfizer's conduct will be specially monitored by the Health and Human Service Department inspector general for five years.
In an unusual twist, the head of the Justice Department, Attorney General Eric Holder, did not participate in the record settlement, because he had represented Pfizer on these issues while in private practice.
Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrell said the settlement illustrates ways the Justice Department "can help the American public at a time when budgets are tight and
health care costs are rising."
Perrelli announced the settlement terms at a news conference with federal prosecutors and FBI, and Health and Human Services Department officials.
The settlement ends an investigation that also resulted in guilty pleas from two former Pfizer sales managers.
Officials said the U.S. industry has paid out more than $11 billion in such settlements over the past decade, but one consumer advocate voiced hope that Wednesday's penalty was so big it would curb the abuses of Consumer Reports.
ATHLETICS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Increasing academic resources is one of the three goals Gray-Little has,set since her arrival at the University.Her other goals include improving undergraduate retention and better supporting scholarly programs.
and turn out the way we want, will be a major first step in raising the resources to enhance academic programs here at KU1. Gray-Little said.
Gray-Little said she and Perkins shared the vision of enhancing academic excellence and athletic success in tandem.
"The stronger the University, the stronger our athletic programs are going to be," Perkins said. He said recruiting greatly depended on the quality of the University.
bathrooms and concessions
Perkins said he hoped the 3,000 club seating expansion would be completed by the 2010 football season. Though he doesn't have design plans set in stone, Perkins said the addition would probably span from end zone to end zone and consist of three sections. The expansion would also include more
Perkins said he had received several phone calls and e-mails from people interested in the project after the announcement but that fans have been interested in seeing more seating added to Memorial Stadium for some time. He said the suites available at Memorial Stadium were sold out
for the season.
Gray-Little said $40 million would contribute to the University in a number of ways. She said the University would be able to offer more scholarships and fellowships as well as retain vaults.
able faculty members, Gray-Little also said funds would be redirected toward student success programs that had recently been decreased after budget considerations.
"The stronger the University, the stronger our athletic programs are going to be."
LEW PERKINS Athletics director
said she thought $40 million was a feasible amount of money to raise considering the community's dedication to athletics and Gray-Little's enthusiasm.
"She goes after her goals," Davis said. "She really sees the benefits of the goals she has laid out and as a student that is really inspiring. It's exciting to know that our
May Davis, Clay Center senior and student body vice president.
Gray-Little said the discussion of expanding seating at Memorial Stadium had taken place before her arrival to the University.
University is being led by somebody who actually has the benefits for the students in mind."
"If we hit a grand slam like we think we're going to hit a grand slam, we want to share the wealth of this benefit," Perkins said.
Edited by Anna Kathagnarath
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little announces a football stadium construction project at a press conference Wednesday.
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