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A presidential face
FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007
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California resident Jay Koch poses in this undated photo with a magazine featuring former President Ronald Reagan. Koch, a double for the former president, died March 19, 2007. Koch was 81.
NATION
NATION Colleague shoots FBI agent during stakeout
READINGTON, N.J. — An FBI agent who was killed Thursday when a stakeout team opened fire on three armed-bank robbery suspects might have been shot accidentally by another agent, the FBI said.
"Preliminarily information suggests the agent may have been fatally wounded as a result of the accidental discharge of another agent's weapon during a dynamic arrest situation," the FBI said in a statement Thursday night.
Agent Barry Lee Bush, 52, assigned to the Newark office, died after agents confronted three men suspected in a series of armed-bank robberies. Two of the men were captured.
Pedro Ruiz, an agent in charge of the Newark office, said the suspects did not fire their weapons, which included two assault rifles and a handgun. He said he did not know how many shots were fired and declined to elaborate about what led the agents to shoot.
Bush, 52, joined the FBI in August of 1987, serving in Kansas City and transferring to Newark in 1991. He is survived by a wife and two grown children, the FBI said.
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WORLD
China denies responsibility in U.S. pet deaths
BEIJING — China has denied responsibility for several pet deaths in the United States that U.S. authorities blame on a batch of chemically contaminated wheat gluten from China, state media reported.
The China Inspection and Quarantine Times said in a report on its Web site dated Tuesday that as of March 29, 2007 China had "never exported wheat or wheat gluten to ... the United States."
This contradicted comments by two employees at the Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co., this week who said the company had shipped wheat
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has identified Xuzhou Anying as the supplier of the tainted gluten.
On Thursday, the Chinese company accused of selling chemical-tainted wheat gluten linked to the pet food deaths said that most of its sales were domestic, raising the possibility that people or animals in China might have been exposed to the chemical.
gluten to the United States
Nearly 100 brands of cat and dog food made with wheat gluten have been recalled.
The FDA has confirmed about 15 pet deaths, and anecdotal reports suggest hundreds of cats and dogs may have died of kidney failure from the tainted food.
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a hard CD.
Receiving new music will also be easier for the station.
Johnson said the system enables for a searchable database on-line for listeners to see what is available.
Knudsen said companies sent digital packages more often now. The digital archive would allow music to automatically be put in the archive rather than having to burn
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
"The archive should lessen the time it takes for new music to be available for play." Knudsen said.
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"It's busy enough being a student," she said. "When you add the issue related to managing a family, it's a monumental task."
"You really do need privacy for this process. It's way more comfortable," she said.
Rose-Mockry, program director at the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center and advocate for the stations' creation, said the private rooms created a welcoming climate for parents trying to balance school, career opportunities and family.
Students and faculty on campus can use the stations to nurse their newborns. When they don't have time they can express their breast milk using breast pumps, which are not provided by the stations.
Rose-Mockry said all rooms had an electrical outlet and a good chair, and were window-free. Some rooms even have refrigerators to chill the milk until the mother returns.
Joyce Stevens, Kansas City, Mo. graduate assistant in the Student Involvement & Leadership Center,
She said the lactation stations helped balance academia and responsibility for nontraditional students, who account for just fewer than 4,000 students at the University.
said any student-parent was automatically classified as a nontraditional student.
Rose-Mockry said anything the University could do to make school life and family life work easier together was key in supporting families at the University.
"The majority of nontraditional students tend to be female," she said, "and a lot of them have kids and babies."
"It requires no additional funding," she said. "A little space makes a big difference in the lives of these women."
Kansan staff writer Brian Lewis-Jones can be contacted at bljones@kansan.com.
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said any tampering of fire safety equipment could involve calling the police, and the department always replaced the equipment.
"Almost every weekend, it is trashed," Tavio said. "Vomiting, ripping papers, but we don't have to meet about it. Usually the RAs take care of it, or the custodial staff."
Eddy Tavio, Olathe freshman and McCollum resident, said damage in his hall was a constant problem, but someone always took care of it.
Vomiting in trash cans and stairwells is something Janelle Wehr, Olathe freshman, has seen in Ellsworth Hall as well. She said most recently there has been furniture shoved out windows and lost altogether.
"When it's something out of the ordinary, nobody likes cleaning it up." Avila said. "You'd think at this age, you wouldn't do that. It's
Vince Avila, associate director of maintenance and custodial services, said he had dealt with misplaced bodily fluids this semester, and it was an uncomfortable problem for students and maintenance.
pretty ridiculous."
Avila said every morning there was some type of vandalism in the residence halls that must be cleaned or fixed. He said about three pieces of furniture upholstery in common areas were cut up or destroyed each week.
Some of the furniture is so badly damaged that Avila said he thought students were picking up the furniture and throwing it against the walls.
Musa said the resident advisors tried to keep students from damaging property, or committing other offensive actions, but it seldom worked. He said he wouldn't be living in the residence halls after this year.
"You have to go to the dorms to try it, but no more." Musa said. "It sucks."
Kansan staff writer Katy Blair can be contacted at kblair@kansan. com.
— Edited by Kelly Lanigan