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to move the appeal along as quickly as possible; she said she hoped to find out more information about the appeal hearing today.
Also at the election commission hearing, KUnited was fined $25 for illegal campaigning in Lewis Hall. The complaint cited two individuals with the KUnited campaign who went door-to-door soliciting students to hang posters. Election code doesn't allow campaigning in the dorms.
The hearing board decided the action was a minor offense that would have a minimal effect on the election.
KUnited presidential candidate Michael Wade Smith said United Students and Envision both went to dorms to campaign last year. He said in the past the restriction of campaigning in dorms was never enforced and as long as the candidate knew someone on the floor it was allowed.
"It was presented to us this year that that was no longer the case," Smith said. "It has been corrected."
ELECTION OFFENSES DEFINED
Edited by Drew Anderson
Offenses that are often accidentally committed or not committed with malicious intent and have minimal effect on the election
MINOR OFFENSE
Examples:
— Filing coalitions or candidates incorrectly
— Minor campaign material offenses (handbilling,
posters, etc.)
SIGNIFICANT OFFENSE
Offenses that could be committed with or without malicious intent, but have an undeniable effect on the election Examples:
Not following polling regulations: poll locations, hours of operation, procedures, etc.
- Violating campaign expense limits and reporting
SERIOUS OFFENSE
enses that are committed intentionally
Examples:
— Libelous or slanderous statements against an-
other candidate or coalition
— Repeated pattern of lesser offenses
— Failure to comply with the elections commission
rulings, including paying fines
— Encouraging an individual to commit an offense
under the elections code
Offenses that are committed intentionally
EGREGIOUS OFFENSE
Offenses committed with intent to disrupt the democratic process and involve egregious misconduct
Examples:
— Attempts to influence the outcome by means of harassment, intimidation, bribery or fraud
— Candidates campaigning to voters while at the poll
Masked men rob casino full of guests
CRIME
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BASEL, Switzerland — An armed gang of masked men raided a casino packed with about 600 guests early Sunday and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to Swiss prosecutors.
In a statement, prosecutors in Basel described a scene like an action-film heist: About 10 men dressed in black arrived in two cars at the Grand Casino near Basel shortly after 4:00 a.m.
One smashed the front door with a sledgehammer, and the others ran inside with machine guns and pistols, the statement said. Speaking
French, a group of men ordered the guests and employees to the floor, while their accomplices emptied
registers in the basement and an upper floor, it said.
They couldn't get into the strong room, despite shooting at the locked door, prosecutors said.
"The criminals fired a number of shots, but luckily no one was hit."
security guard were lightly injured from being hit or stepped on, and that Swiss and French police were
"The crimi
PRESS RELEASE Swiss prosecutors
nals fired a num-
ber of shots, but luckily no one was hit," said the statement.
It said some guests and one
trying to t down the men.
Swiss police said the men fled the casino quickly, driving away in two silver Audis with French license plates.
A woman who accidentally drove between the two getaway cars and
blocked the casino's exit was pulled from her vehicle and beaten, police said. They said it was possible that
the men fired a shot at another car during their high-speed escape.
The Grand Casino is located little more than 200 meters from Switzerland's border with France.
The men made off with "several hundreds of thousands" of francs (dollars), police said.
The incident recalls a brazen raid March 6 on a poker tournament at a downtown hotel in Berlin. In that heist, attackers armed with a revolver and a machete made off with €240,000 ($320,000) in jackpot money.
German authorities say they have arrested five suspects.
RELIGION
European leaders demand Pope's resignation
ASSOCIATED PRESS
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI opened Holy Week on Sunday amid one of the most serious crises facing the church in decades, with protesters in London demanding he resign and calls in Switzerland for a central registry for pedophile priests.
Benedict made no direct mention of the scandal in his Palm Sunday homily. But one of the prayers, recited in Portuguese during Mass, was "for the young and for those charged with educating them and protecting them."
Palm Sunday commemorates Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and is the start of the church's Holy Week, which includes the Good Friday re-enactment of
Jesus Christ, Benedict said in his homily, guides the faithful "toward the courage that doesn't let us be intimidated by the chatting of dominant opinions, towards patience that supports others."
Christ's crucifixion and death and his resurrection on Easter Sunday
This year, the most solemn week on the Catholic Church's liturgical calendar has been stained by a clerical abuse scandal that has spread across Europe to the pope's native Germany.
In London on Sunday, a few dozen people gathered outside Westminster Cathedral to demand the pope resign. Demonstrators carried placards saying "Pope? Nope!" and "Don't Turn a Blind Eye."
The Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols insisted the pope wouldn't — and shouldn't — quit. "In fact, it is the other way around," he told BBC television. "He is the one above all else in Rome that has tackled this thing head on."
In Austria, where several cases have come out in recent weeks, the archbishop of Vienna announced the creation of a church-funded but clergy-free and independent commission to look into Austrian
abuse claims.
It will be run by a woman, the former governor of Styria province, and is not meant to take the place of a possible state-run investigative commission, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn told public broadcaster ORF on Sunday.
And in Switzerland, Swiss President Doris Leuthard told the weekly SanntagsZeitung that Switzerland should consider creating a central registry of pedophile priests to them from coming into contact with more children.
secular or spiritual world. Both violate Swiss law," she said. "It's important that pedophile priests, like teachers and other guardians, don't come into contact with children."
The Vatican has been on the defensive amid mounting questions about the pope's handling of sex abuse cases both when he was archbishop of Munich and when he headed the Vatican's doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Church leaders say about 60 people have reported to be victims of priest abuse in Switzerland.
"It doesn't make any difference if the perpetrators are from the
"It doesn't make any difference if the perpetrators are from the secular or spiritual world."
DORIS LEUTHARD President of Switzerland
NATIONAL
Crane moves and damages building
The former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was
Munich archbishop when a priest was allowed to resume pastoral work with children even while receiving therapy for pedophilia. He was subsequently convicted of abusing minors.
NEWYORK — The operator of a crane that tilted and hit a 25-story building near Wall Street, sending debris plummeting to the ground and causing several evacuations, had his license suspended Sunday because he didn't secure the crane properly, a Department of Buildings spokesman said.
Christopher Cosban "failed to leave the equipment in the safest position possible" at the end of the workday Saturday, buildings spokesman Tony Sclafani said.
While a final determination on the cause of the accident still has to be determined, Sclafani said it appeared the improper position of the crane contributed.
A search of the Department of Buildings' Web site shows Cosban has a license that dates to April 2002 and expires in April 2012. A suspended license means Cosban is prohibited from operating cranes anywhere in the city, Sclafani said. Cosban faces an administrative hearing on the suspension.
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from Hays and vice president of campus relations for Alpha Gamma Delta, said. "It's a very interactive-based event which will enhance success."
On Sunday afternoon 200 people had confirmed their invitation to the event on the Facebook, 385 said they might attend.
Fifteen women and 15 men volunteered to be auctioned off. The host described the daters in two words, announced their celebrity crush and their activity they'd chosen for their date. More than 45 people had pallets and planned to bid. Some of the dates were sold for $15 while others raised as much as $65 for the cause, like Calen Gerstenberger a senior from Olathe and member of Theta Chi.
"I was a little nervous but I was hoping someone would bid on me," Gersteberger said. "It was fun."
Gersteberger said he had not yet met the girl who won the date with him, but that he planned to take her on a double date to a T-bones game. Other date ideas included dinner at Salty Iguana, movie dates and bowling at Jaybowl in the Kansas Union.
For Kylie Wingate, a sophomore from Liberty, Mo., and member of Alpha Gamma Delta, the cause hit closer to home. She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old. It's affected her life every day since.
"I's hard because I can't just leave the house," Wingate said. "I have to make sure I have my medications and I have to check my blood sugar often."
Lately Wingate has been having complications with her diabetes, which causes her to take four or more insulin shots a day, one for every time she eats. She's been supporting diabetic research for years and this event was no exception.
"It's nice to see people willing to support this cause that aren't even family or friends," she said.
Alpha Gamma Delta will continue to raise money for diabetic research. Lantis said it's a disease that needs to gain more attention.
"It affects so many people and it's one of those things that goes under the radar," she said. "Two girls in our sorority have diabetes. We will continue to passionately fundraise for research and technology because at the moment there isn't a cure."
Edited by Drew Anderson
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