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NEWS IN BRIEF Tasers add shock for officers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OLATHE — Misbehaving students at Oatlie East High School may be stunned to find out what police officer Jeff Jewett is carrying through the school's halls this year.
All of the school-based and patrol officers in Olathe are carrying an X26 Taser, which can subdue a person with a five-second, 50,000-volt shock through wires connected to prongs that can penetrate clothing.
can penetrate clothing. Jewett has added the Taser to the gun, baton and pepper spray he carries
The weapons also are being worn by some school-based officers in Lee's Summit, North Kansas City and Lenexa.
as he works with Olathe East's 1,400 students.
"It's our hope that by our officers carrying these, we reduce the risk of injury to the suspect or the officer," said Olathe Police Department spokesman Sgt. Greg O'Halloran.
So far, no Olathe parents or teachers have complained about the Tasers.
And at least one student approves of
Jewett carrying the weapon
"It makes me feel safer," senior Keith Spreckels said. "I'm not going to do anything where he has to use it on me. But I think it's cool that he has a Taser and can shoot someone 21 feet away."
Some school-based officers are not given Tasers because some departments don't have enough of them. Capt. Ron Copeland of the Shawnee Police Department said he did not think that school officers would be in the group of 20 that received Taser training and weapons.
Brownie band-aides
Brownie Girl Scouts Madeline Chestnut, Cassie Banks and Shannon Toalson march in front of the Girard High School band during the 57th annual KU Band Day Parade Saturday afternoon on Massachusetts Street.
Golden Key Honor Society will hold its first all-member meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Pine Room at the Kansas Union.
ON CAMPUS
AIESEC will present an information session on student exchange 6:30 p.m. tonight in room 426 at Summerfield Hall.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will be accepting applications for its photo contest 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday at the ECM building, 12th and Oread streets.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will present What Do I Want My Life to Say? from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM building, 12th and Oread streets.
ON THE RECORD
A 20-year-old KU student reported the burglary and theft of a CD converter worth $25. The theft took place between Saturday, August 28, and 4 p.m. Tuesday at 529 Maple St.
A 19-year-old KU student reported the burglary and theft of an in-dash CD player, miscellaneous CDs and a backpack with textbooks inside with the total value of $538. The theft took place between Saturday, Sept. 4, and 10 a.m Sunday, Sept. 5, at 2518 Alabama St.
A 21-year-old KU student reported harassment by telephone, which occurred between midnight August 18th and 5:20 p.m. Wednesday.
A 20-year-old KU student was arrested just before 2 a.m. on Thursday at 13th and Ohio Streets. The student was arrested for driving the wrong way on a one way street, not having driver's license on person, possessing someone else's driver's license, interference with duties and driving under the influence.
CAMPUS
University chapter opens for Up 'til Dawn fundraiser
Parents whose children who are patients at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital sometimes stay up all night at their childrens' bedsides. That's where the name for the national fundraiser, Up 'til Dawn, came from.
For the first time the University of Kansas will have an active chapter of Up 'til Dawn. This allows students and organizations to fundraise for the hospital that supports children with cancer.
St. Jude's, the fourth-largest health care charity in the United States, is a pediatric treatment and research facility. It treats all patients without regard for the family's ability to pay.
Up 'ti Dawn is a group of teams that help raise funds for the hospital. Teams send fundraising packets to 30-50 people. The packet educates people about St. Jude's and allows people to make donations.
Up 'til Dawn is welcome.
Zack Zimmerman, assistant director for the University's chapter of Up 'til Dawn, said any organization or person interested in starting or joining a team of
Up 'til Dawn Awareness Week is September 20 - 22 on Wescoe Beach. Teams can register online at www.ku.edu/~utildawn/
Chili's Grill and Bar, 2319 Iowa, is accepting donations from customers for St. Jude's during the entire month of September. Thom Glanzman, manager for Chili's, said the restaurant had already collected more than $1,800 from customers. Chili's will donate all of its profits made on September 20 to St. Jude's.
Stephanie Farley
WORLD
Mushroom cloud in Korea not product of nuclear explosion
SEOUL, South Korea—Ahuge mushroom cloud that reportedly billowed up from North Korea was not caused by a nuclear explosion, South Korean and U.S. officials said Sunday, but they said the cause was a mystery.
Secretary of State Colin Powell confirmed that unusual activity had recently been detected at some of North Korea's
atomic sites, but said there was no concrete evidence the North's secretive communist regime was preparing for its first nuclear test explosion.
The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported Sunday that a mammoth explosion in North Korea produced a mushroom cloud more than 2 miles across Thursday. It said the blast was stronger than an April explosion that killed 160 people and injured an estimated 1,300 at a North Korean railway station when a train carrying oil and chemicals apparently hit power lines.
Kim Jong-min, spokesman for the South Korean presidential office, told Yonhap, "Currently, we are trying to find out in detail the exact character, cause and size of the accident, but we don't think North Korea conducted a nuclear test."
Before Yonhap's report, The New York Times' Sunday edition said senior U.S. intelligence officials had seen signs of activities that some analysts thought might indicate North Korea was preparing a nuclear bomb test. Other experts were more cautious in their assessments, but the developments were considered
worrisome enough for the White House to be alerted, the Times said
Appearing on ABC's This Week, Powell said there were "some activities taking place at some sites that we are watching carefully, but it is not conclusive that they're moving toward a test or they're just doing some maintenance at that site."
some maintenance Later, on Fox News Sunday, Powell expressed skepticism North Korea would stage a nuclear test explosion.
On Saturday, North Korea said recent revelations that South Korea conducted secret nuclear experiments involving uranium and plutonium made the communist state more determined to pursue its own nuclear programs.
The South Korean experiments in 1982 and 2000, which the South said did not reflect an attempt to develop weapons, are likely to further complicate six-nation talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear development. Another round of talks involving the United States, Russia, Japan, China and the Iveo two countries is tentatively scheduled this month in Beijing.
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