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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Bush records still hot issue
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Bush was never disciplined while serving in the Texas Air National Guard, never failed a physical and never asked his father or family friends for help to get him into the guard during the Vietnam War, the White House said yesterday.
The White House answers came in response to a dozen questions submitted in light of new records detailing Bush's Guard service and allegations
that have surfaced this election season. The Texas Air National Guard stripped Bush of his pilot status in August 1972 for failing to take the annual medical exam required of all pilots. Former Air National Guard officials say it was rare for a pilot to skip his physical exam.
that have surfaced this election season.
Among the belatedly disclosed records was Bush's official flight logs as a fighter pilot, showing he logged more than 300 hours in military jets but had reverted to a two-seat training jet several times in his final weeks as a pilot in 1972.
In its written answers, the White House said, "There could be many reasons why an individual pilot would fly in a training plane, including availability of the planes."
The White House said Bush fulfilled his Guard duty completely, even after ending his pilot's career to go to Alabama to work on a political campaign. Bush believed he was going to work in a "non-flight capacity" in Alabama and fulfilled his commitment doing administrative tasks, the White House said.
The Wheels of Justice roll on campus
Students involved in Delta Force hand out brochures and information on the Wheels of Justice Bus Tour yesterday afternoon in front of the Kansas Union. The group opposes all violence and promotes universal human rights.
ON THE RECORD
A 20-year-old female KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen her cell phone from a building in the 1000 block of Eighth Street Tuesday night. The phone was valued at $230.
A 21-year-old male KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen his Fuji mountain bike in the 1100 block of Massachusetts Street. The bike was valued at $600.
A 23-year-old male KU student was arrested Thursday night off the 700 block of 23rd Street. He was charged with an OUI and improper lane usage.
A 21-year-old male KU student was arrested Tuesday night and was charged with a DWS and no proof of insurance.
An 18-year-old male KU student was arrested Tuesday night by KU Public Safety officers and was charged with interference with police duties.
NATION
Martha Stewart 'living soon in West Virginia prison
NEW YORK — Martha Stewart will do her time farther from home than she had hoped, at a remote West Virginia prison where inmates sleep in bunk beds and rise at 6 a.m. to do menial labor for pennies an hour.
The millionaire celebrity homemaker said yesterday that she has been assigned to the minimum-security women's prison at Alderson.
Stewart, convicted in March of lying about a stock sale, had asked to serve her five-month prison term in Danbury, Conn., close to her 90-year-old mother and her own home in nearby Westport.
MOJAVE, Calif. — Ignoring a warning to abort the flight, a test pilot took a stubby-looking rocket plane on a white-knuckle ride past the edge of the atmosphere yesterday, completing the first stage of a quest to win a $10 million prize.
SpaceShipOne rolled toward space at nearly three times the speed of sound. It reached an altitude of 64 miles.
Spaceship designer Burt Rutan said he asked pilot Michael Melvill to shut down the engine, but Melvill kept going until he reached the altitude specified under the rules for the Ansari X Prize, a bounty offered to the first privately built, manned rocket ship to fly in space twice in a span of two weeks.
'SpaceShipOne' pilotsoars toward $10million prize
WORLD
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced yesterday, a reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held by Iraqi militants.
New hostage video surfaces shows British man beg for life
The new footage, first broadcast on the Arab news network Al-Jazeera and then posted on the Internet, showed Kenneth Bigley begging British Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet his captors' demands.
The Associated Press
CORRECTION
Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. In the article, "Armed-robbery suspect arraigned," Jesse Plaster's bond was set at $60,000, not $16,000.
CAMPUS
SLAB to host Debate Watch tonight for discussion, pizza
The Student Legislative Awareness Boards will host a Debate Watch for the first presidential debate from 8 to 10 p.m. at Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union. After the debate ends, groups of five to 10 people will discuss the issues with the help of a moderator, Diana Carlin, dean of the graduate school.
The Debate Watch is an opportunity for students to talk and analyze the debate instead of listening only to pundits, said Katie Wolff, director of SLAB and legislative director of Student Senate. Free pizza and pop will be provided at 7:15 p.m.
For more information contact Katie Wolff or Jason Boots at 864-3710.
Government agency gives KUgrantfor lab equipment
U. S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) announced yesterday the University of Kansas would receive a $1.9 million grant for laboratory equipment purchases.
The funds will be used to purchase equipment for four laboratories specializing in bio-behavioral management and transgenic and genomic imaging. The laboratories are part of the state-of-the-art transgenic and gene knockout facilities used by several participating departments and research centers to offer modern research technology and research support services. The facility's mission is to support research endeavors, to promote technology development and to serve as a resource for technology.
The director of the project at the University is Elias Michaelis, professor and chairman of the department of pharmacology and toxicology.
The grants were awarded by the United States Department of Health & Human Services' Office of Health Resources and Services Administration. Kanen staff reports
ON CAMPUS
The University of Kansas is having a blood drive this week. Students can donate blood today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.at the Kansas Union Ballroom or Allen Fieldhouse.
Question of the Day
KU info asks to answer all your questions about KU and life as a student. Check out KU info's Web site at kuinti.kku.edu, call it at 844-3508 or visit it in person at Anzib Library.
How does camping for basketball games work
Camping for tickets is a great way to get good seats for basketball games, and a great way to show that you're a fan. It's completely fandriven: KU Athletics doesn't administer or oversee camping in any way.
Basically, a group signs up at the beginning, and has to be represented by at least one person from 6 a.m. to midnight, every day. If your roll is taken and a group has no representative, that group loses its place in line.
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