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Andy Dierks, general manager and program advisor for KJHK, said the station resumed broadcasting about 8 p.m. last night.
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With the antenna installation on the West Campus tower complete, KJHK is back on the air.
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Dierks said there was some sound equalizing that still needed to be done that could result in minor static problems, but the station was back and operational. "It's nice to be back and running." Dierks said.
A vacuum cleaner bag full of dust exploded in Templin Hall Tuesday at about 11:30 a.m. setting off the fire alarm.
Anne Weltner
No one was hurt and people were allowed back in the building within 15 minutes.
STUDENT HOUSING Vacuum bag explodes: sets off Templin alarm
GOVERNMENT Republicans look to replace DeLay
HOUSTON — Republicans hoping to fill the seat of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay stepped forward Tuesday as the 11-term lawmaker said he would resign, leaving the Texas district whose boundaries he drew. Within hours of DeLay's announcement, several Republicans contacted party officials about getting on the Nov. 7 bailout. Among the potential candidates: Harris County Judge Robert Eckels, who worked with Houston's mayor to help the city absorb Hurricane Katrina refugees, and the county's tax collector-assessor, Paul Bettencourt.
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Associate vice provosts named
BY MELINDA RICKETTS
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Marles Roney, vice provost for student success, announced Tuesday that Lori Reesor and Frank DeSalvo would become the new associate vice provosts for student success, effective this summer.
Each of the associate vice provests will directly oversee departments that are a part of the office of student success. Those departments include the Department of Student Housing, the Fushman-
"In general, my priorities would be to meet as many students as possible, and to learn about their experiences at KU and what the offices of student success can do to enhance their experiences and facilitate their graduation," Reesor said.
"I think that working with students in the classroom just gives you a different perspective of student issues and student concerns."
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Sophomore Advising Center and the KU Writing Center.
Reesor will fill a position that has been vacant for about a year and DeSalvo will succeed Rich Morrell, who is taking the position of vice president for student affairs at Central Missouri State University. DeSalvo is the former interim dean of students and the director of Counseling and Psychological Services, which is part of Student Success.
Lori Reesor New associate vice provost
Reesor was chosen after a national search. Roney said that the choice was made with input from the search committee and others who had interviewed the final candidates.
"Based on the feedback that others provided and the experience that Lori had, she stood out as the strongest candidate," Roney said.
Reesor said that she hadn't been told which departments would be reporting directly to her, but until she found out, she wanted to focus on listening the lapel pin that identifies members of Congress.
Reesor received her doctorate in educational policy and leadership from the University of Kansas and has held various positions here in the past. She said she would love to teach when she comes to the University.
"I think that working with students in the classroom just gives you a different perspective of student issues and student concerns." she said.
Katherine Nemeth Tuttle, associate vice provost for student success, has worked with both Desalvo and Roney in the past.
"I am just thrilled that Lori and Frank are my two new colleagues," Nemeth Tuttle said. "I respect both of them tremendously, and I look forward to working with them."
She said that the office of student success had not been working with a completely full staff for most of the past three years and that having the two positions filled would help tremendously. She said that it would give the office a chance to work on more long-term goals like recruitment and retention of students in addition to the departments that it normally oversees.
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Georgia Rep. slugs Capitol cop
BY LAURE KELLMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
McKinney says she took action in self defense after the officer inappropriately touched her. A spokesman for the congresswoman did not respond Tuesday to a request for comment.
The six-term Georgia Democrat says the issue is not about whether to obey a police officer's order, whether she hit him or the fact that she was not wearing the lapel pin that identifies members of Congress.
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans, reacting to the confrontation last week between Rep. Cynthia McKinney and a Capitol Police officer she is accused of hitting, pressed for a resolution Tuesday to commend the police force for its professionalism.
McKinney is alleged to have hit a uniformed police officer who did not recognize her and asked her to stop on her way into a House office building.
Democratic leaders did not defend McKinney or her charge of racial profiling.
Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgy) gives a thumb-up on Monday during a news conference in Atlanta. African-American clergy and lawmakers came to the defense of McKinney during the news conference. Capitol Hill police have referred a scuffle between one of their officers and McKinney to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington.
"I don't think any of it justifies hitting a police officer," said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said all lawmakers, staff members and visitors in the building have a responsibility to obey Capitol Police. "I think we all should cooperate fully." he said.
U. S. Rep, Mel Watt (D-North Carolina) chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, had no comment, a spokesman said.
As a federal prosecutor considered whether to press assault or other charges against McKinney. Republicans were introducing their resolution.
"I don't think it's fair to attack the Capitol Police and I think it's time that we show our support for them," said U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-North Carolina) a sponsor of the measure. Ignoring a police officer's order to stop, or hitting one, "is never OK." McHenry said.
She and her lawyers have said that a series of confrontations between McKinney and U.S. Capitol and White House law enforcement officers who don't recognize her points to a pattern.
"The issue is racial profiling," McKinney, who is black, told CNN Monday.
The resolution being introduced Tuesday came as McKinney awaited U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein's decision on whether to press any criminal charges against her.
The measure expected to be introduced late Tuesday, co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Florida) would not specifically mention McKinney or the confrontation, McHenry said.
Instead, sponsors said, it would commend the Capitol Police for their professionalism and recognize the challenge of protecting the vast Capitol campus from terrorism and other threats while keeping it open to tourists.
"Every day they exhibit honor.
courtesy and professionalism" Diaz-Balart said in a statement.
McKinney says that has not been her experience. She says Capitol Police officers have a long history of failing to recognize her and asking for identification — a pattern she says is racist and in any case highlights a security problem in one of the most well-guarded buildings in the country.
Republicans suggest the incident says something negative about the Democrats. A spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) said that a Democratic lawmaker hitting an officer does not support the minority party's claim of a commitment to security.
Pelosi last week called that argument "pathetic." She added that she would not make a big deal of what she termed "a mistake" by an officer.
The lack of Democratic support for McKinney is notable. She and her lawyer, James Myart Jr., said on Friday they expected several members of Congress to join her at a news conference that day at Howard University.
None did.