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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2006
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A hub allows the Internet service to be split while making sure all computers attached are registered with ResNet and have paid for service.
To find the networks, LaPointe said an employee walked through the residence halls with an electronic device that scans for wireless signals.
"We can actually sniff them out and disable the Mac address of the wireless router," Lapointe said.
The Mac address individually identifies the machine that outputs the signal.
LaPointe said that if a wireless network was detected, ResNet would
Wireless Internet is already available free of charge to about half of campus. Student Senate is currently working on expanding wireless capabilities to the other half of campus, but has no plans to expand the service to the residence halls.
"Having wireless Internet at home is a luxury," said Jaws Boots, Plano, Texas, senior and student body president. "Wireless in class is an academic necessity."
send the user an e-mail notifying them that they had violated their contract and would ask them to disable the network. If the user refuses, ResNet then decides a course of action on a case-by-case basis.
Kansan staff writer Nate McGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@ kansan.com.
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With the air quality no longer a health issue, John Neuberger, professor of preventive medicine and public health at the University of Kansas Medical Center, has been hired by the University to implement a follow up survey.
Neuberger said there would be an industrial hygiene survey of the building and an interview of employees to determine any constant factors among them. He declined further comment on specifics of the study.
The first stage of the study has already begun, Steepsle said. People who have spent more than a year in Wescoe are being asked to fill out a questionnaire.
Neuberger will then give follow up interviews to staff members who are crucial to the investigation and to randomly selected staff.
Johanna Ulseh, Minneapolis.
Not everyone is worried about the possible connection between Wescoe and tumors. Allie Milhon, Topeka junior, said the study and subsequent results had no affect on how she spends time on campus.
"I chose my classes based on what I had to take," Milton said. "If it's in Wescoe, I'll take my chances. There's so many other things in this world that can give you brain tumors."
Minn, senor, said the University is inclined to continue to search.
After the study is finished in January 2007, the University will then adapt the new ventilation system depending largely on Neuberger's findings.
"They have to continue to investigate," she said. "It's tragic. There's obviously something going on."
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@kansan.com.
NATION Ivy League's Princeton takes rankings' top spot
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- Edited by Erin Wiley
Princeton takes the top spot in the latest U.S. News & World Report college rankings, breaking a three-year tie for No. 1 with Ivy League rival Harvard.
ranked 39th among public universities.The undergraduate engineering program ranked 41st.
A u-lock, unlike a chain or cable, is a solid half-ring of metal that can secure both a bike and a front wheel to a rack.
Yale is again took the No.3 spot in the controversial but closely watched rankings, followed by the California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford - all tied for fourth. The University of Pennsylvania dropped from fourth
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Carty isn't sure she'll purchase another bike, though she is shopping around for one. If she does buy another, she's decided to keep it inside her room in Templin every night.
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@kansan.com.
He also reminds students to lock the wheels and the frame to a rack, as wheels and seats are often stolen off a bike frame.
-Edited by Elyse Weidner
Several years ago, u-locks could be picked with a pen, but a new generation of u-locks quickly have become the anti-theft standard. They generally cost about $40.
Hess advises bike owners to avoid cable locks and most chains, which can easily be nipped with a pair of bolt cutters or a few moments of cutting with a hacksaw.
The University of Kansas was
NATION JonBenet confessional comes under suspicion
BOULDER, Colo. — For a moment, it seemed the decade-old mystery surrounding the slaying of a child beauty queen had been solved. But authorities Thursday cautioned against rushing to judge the schoolteacher who made a stunning confession that he killed JonBenet Ramsey.
For now, the only public evidence against John Mark Karr are his own words. And questions have already been raised about the details of his story, including whether he drugged the girl, sexually assaulted her or was even in Colorado at the time of the slaying.
Paraded before a raucous crush of reporters in Bangkok, Thailand, the sullen Karr told how he loved JonBenet, was with her when she died but that her death was an accident. And while vague on the details — "it would take several hours" — he answered flatly when asked if he was innocent: "No."
Those questions led some to wonder whether Karr was the answer to the long-un-solved slaying or a disturbed wannabe trying to insert himself into a high-profile case.
poignant advice of John Ramsey," Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy, quoting the little girl's father. "Do not jump to conclusions, do not rush to judgment, do not speculate. Let the justice system take its course."
"The bottom line is that they now have a confession and until and unless they can corroborate that confession with either physical evidence or strong circumstantial evidence, that's all they have," said Scott Robinson, a Denver attorney who has followed the case from the beginning.
The Associated Press
"We should all heed the
to seventh, and Duke from fifth to eighth.
The guide to "America's Best Colleges","hitting newsstands Monday, again names Williams the top liberal arts college. The University of California, Berkeley, is the top-rated public university, tied for No. 21 overall.
The formula for the rankings in cludes variables such as graduation
and retention rates, faculty and financial resources, and the percentage of alumni donating money to their alma mater. The biggest single variable is a reputation assessment by peer institutions.
Many colleges criticize the rankings, but they take them seriously.
Kansan staff and wire reports
Warrentless surveillance ruled unconstitutional
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DETROIT — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate end to it.
U. S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.
"Plaintiffs have prevailed, and the public interest is clear, in this matter. It is the upholding of our Constitution," Taylor wrote in her 43-page opinion.
"We're going to do everything we can do in the courts to allow this program to continue." Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference In Washington.
The Justice Department said it is appealing the ruling.
Gonzales maintained that the program is legal and useful.
"We've had numerous statements by leaders of the intelligence community about the effectiveness of the program in
INTERNATIONAL Airline incident suspect caused mass confusion
BOSTON — A woman on a trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Boston for security concerns passed several notes to crew members, urinated on the cabin floor and made comments the crew believed were references to al-Qaida and the Sept. 11 attacks, according to an affidavit filed Thursday.
Catherine C. Mayo, 59, of Braintree, Vt., appeared in federal court Thursday on a charge of interfering with a flight crew on United 923 as it flew from London to Washington, D.C., Wednesday.
protecting America,"he said.
White House press secretary Tony Snow said the Bush administration "couldn't disagree more with this ruling."
She was dressed in a Rolling Stones T-shirt, black pants and
"The program is carefully administered and only targets international phone calls coming into or out of the United States where one of the parties on the call is a suspected al-Qaida or affiliated terrorist" Snow said.
The government argued that the program is well within the president's authority,but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.
The ruling won't take immediate effect so Taylor can hear a Justice request for a stay pending its appeal. A hearing on the motion was set for Sept. 7, Snow said.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers who say the program has made it difficult for them to do their jobs. They believe many of their overseas contacts are likely targets of the program, monitoring phone calls and e-mails between people in the U.S. and people in other countries when a link to terrorism is suspected
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socks without shoes for the hearing and was ordered held pending a detention and probable cause hearing next Thursday.
Her attorney, federal public defender Pelle Kayle, said Mayo was "just barely lucid" when they spoke. "She's got some very serious mental health problems."
U. S. Attorney Michael Sullivan said he hoped to learn more about Mayo's mental state before the next court appearance. "We believe it's important during that time period to have a doctor examine her," he said.
Mayo's son, Josh, 31, described his mother as a peace activist and said she had been in Pakistan since March. She traveled there often since making a pen pal prior to Sept. 11, 2001, he said.
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