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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2004
Lawyers challenge terror charges
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — In a challenge that could make or break upcoming trials by a special military commission, defense lawyers are moving to dismiss terrorism charges against Osama bin Laden's chauffeur and an Australian cowboy who joined the Taliban.
Hearings on the motions beginning Monday will test the boundaries of international law on the eve of U.S. elections that could ultimately change the mission that has detained some 550
terror suspects from more than 40 countries in a U.S. military base in Cuba, most without access to lawyers.
Only four of the detainees, classified as enemy combatants, have been charged with war crimes and face trials before a special three-member military panel starting in December.
The first pre-trial hearing is for David Hicks, an Australian cowboy who joined Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime. He is charged with attempted murder, aiding the enemy and conspiracy to attack civilians, commit terrorism and
Before his Jan. 11 trial can start, the panel must hear a series of motions disputing the charges and challenging his nearly three-year detention at the remote U.S. outpost.
destroy property. Hicks has pleaded innocent.
President Bush ordered the military commissions about three years ago, the first time the United States ordered such trials since World War II.
But defense lawyers contend the U.S. military can't charge someone for a crime they committed before the president ordered the commissions. They
also allege that bin Laden's al-Qaida organization isn't a state, so international laws of war don't apply.
If Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) wins tomorrow's election, he could abandon the presidential order. Kerry's running mate, John Edwards, has said he would scrap the commissions and establish a new system modeled on established military courts-martial.
If defense pre-trial motions are accepted, it also could throw the whole process into turmoil and possibly disrupt or postpone further trials at Guantanamo.
FLU: Only high-risk people allowed to get vaccine at clinic
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She said the screening has been catered more toward a college crowd. No nursing home residents and no children will be allowed at clinics even if they their parents work at or attend the University of Kansas.
"They're not KU students nor do they work for the University," Strother said.
She suggested parents call the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department at 843-0721 to see if more vaccine is available in the city or county. The line is
open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Both the state and the county health department are part of an area-wide redistribution effort, Roderick L. Brembay, Secretary of KDHE, said last week at a press conference.
Any left-over vaccine will be re-distributed throughout the county or other areas in need of vaccine, Strother said.
According to KDHE, about 20,000 people die and 300,000 people are hospitalized each year because of influenza.
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REGISTRATION: Provisional ballots available to citizens
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Boots said he didn't have an estimate of the number of registration forms that were filled out in pencil.
"There were too many to try to call for the ones that were filled out in pencil." Boots said.
Writing in the current year for date of birth was a common problem that Patty Jaimes, Douglas County clerk saw. She said last week that her office was still trying to contact people who had problems with their voter registration forms.
Jaimes said a provisional ballot, which is cast by voters whose eligibility is still being confirmed, was the only option for anyone who had problems. Requesting a provisional ballot is a voter's right, according to the Douglas County Kansas Web site. If the County Clerk's office
has other questions regarding the voters' qualifications, Jaimes said they are instructed to vote using a provisional ballot as well. Jaimes said the County Board of Canvassers would review the provisional ballots the Monday following the election. She said they would look at the reason for the provisional ballot and then would decide whether to count the ballot. Jaimes said the board uses the Kansas Elections Standards, a set of guidelines written by the Kansas secretary of state, some county clerks and the Election Commission.
Jaimes said her office updated its Web site, www.douglas-county.com, every morning so that voters registered in Douglas County can check the status of their registration.
ASSOCIATION: Corbett helped with KU First campaign
Corbett said maintaining a good relationship between the Alumni Association and the Endowment Association was critical.
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"We cannot afford to be anything but seamless in working together." Corbett said.
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Since being a part of the Endowment Association, Corbett saw and played a part in the development of the KU First campaign, which set a goal of $600 million in early 2005. As the new president of the Alumni Association, Corbett said he is still going to be intimately involved in the campaign.
At an Oct. 8 Board of Trustees meeting, the results of the campaign measured $578 million so far, said Scarfe.
KU First's goal could be completed by the end of December 2004, he said.
Native of Norman, Okla.
Married to Jill Bolamperti, Omaha, Neb., native and 1988 KU alumna in personnel administration. The couple has two sons.
Graduated from the University of Kansas with a bachelor's of psychology in 1988
After graduation, he worked as an Endowment Association development officer for the schools of agriculture, education, journalism and pharmacy
KEVIN CORBETT BIOGRAPHY
and for Continuing Education.
In 1989, he became the development coordinator and assistant director of corporate and foundation giving at the University of Georgia in Athens.
From 1991 to 1993, he was an associate director of development for the School of Medicine and capital projects at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
In 1993, he became executive director of the Western State College Foundation for Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison.
In 1997, he became the director of constituent development for the University of Kansas Endowment Association.
The Alumni Association is an independent, non-profit organization that strengthens communication and loyalty among KU
He was vice president for development before his promotion to senior vice president and secretary.
Source: University Relations
graduates, former students, current students, parents and friends of the University. It has 47,000 members, a 35-member
staff and an annual budget of more than $4 million.
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