8A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
NEWS
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2006
Chris Park/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fans and media wait after they were evacuated from Cox Arena at San Diego State University during a bomb scare before the scheduled first-round games of the NCAA Men's College Basketball Tournament, Thursday. The first game between Alabama and Marquette started 70 minutes after its scheduled start.
Bomb scare delays tournament
BY BETH HARRIS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO — The arena for the first-round NCAA men's tournament game between Alabama and Marquette was temporarily evacuated Thursday after bomb-sniffing dogs detected "something strange" on a food vendor's cart two hours before tip-off.
After the FBI, police and security officials checked, the alcear was given at Cox Arena nearly two hours later. The game began at 12:50 p.m. — 70 minutes after the original start time.
"Ultimately, after a period
of time, it was determined that there was not a hazard, explosive, biohazard, whatever you would like to call it, associated with that cart," said Lt. Robert McManus, incident commander for the San Diego State Police Department.
The large silver cart, filled with condiments, straws and paper towels among other items, initially drew the suspicion of one dog, McManus said. Another dog detected the same thing. Investigators removed the cart from the arena.
"Two other dogs were brought in and they didn't smell it," he said.
FBI spokeswoman Jan Caldwell initially said the dogs detected a package inside a 4 foot by 6 inch condiment container in the cart located on the upper concourse of San Diego State's arena. A bomb robot was sent to the scene, she said.
"Ultimately, there was not an object. It was the cart in general that was under suspicion when the dogs alerted on it," McManus said. Investigators were not sure what the first two dogs detected.
"Not because we thought it was still a hazard," MeManus said. "We just want to double-check and see if we can determine what substance, if any, the
dog alerted on."
The days' other games at Cox Arena were expected to start only a few minutes behind schedule, said Chris Hill, a member of the NCAA Division I basketball committee.
"We will continue to remain vigilant in our security planning throughout our tournament, and the safety and security of our student-athletes, teams and fans is paramount," the NCAA said in a statement.
The dogs are trained by the Transportation Safety Administration and have worked presidential visits to San Diego, McManus said.
GORDON PARKS
The man who 'knew no barriers'
BY CARL MANNING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT SCOTT — Gordon Parks was buried near his parents Thursday. He was eulogized at a funeral service in a church he wouldn't have entered as a child because he was black.
He was remembered as a man who used his talents as a photographer, writer, composer and filmmaker to battle racism and poverty during a life that came full circle from a humble beginning to an exulted end in his hometown.
Born in 1912, he was the youngest of 15 children. Parks lived in what he later recalled as a world of racism and poverty.
Over the years, his views tempered. Shortly before his death on March 7 at his home in New York at age 93, Parks said he considered Kansas his home and wanted to be buried near his parents.
At the service Thursday, speakers, including Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and musician-acutor Avery Brooks, talked about Parks and what he did.
"Gordon Parks was a man who knew no barriers to his own talent, and he used that talent to bring down the barriers that walled-in so many of his countrymen." Sebelius told roughly 600 people who attended.
"And he used the body of his work to blow away the blinders that kept us from seeing that the plight of the poor is the plight of us all," she said.
Looking out over the audience of blacks and whites sitting shoulder to shoulder, Brooks began speaking softly and then his voice rose.
"What a magnificent man," Brooks said. "This man knew how to live. He gave us so much to last many lifetimes."
He said Parks felt that "to stand and be counted was the only way to live."
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Freestate Brewery: Irish food and live Bagpipes after the parade.
The Yacht Club: $2.50 Green aluminum 16 oz. Bud Light bottles, $3 Guinness pints, and $3 Irish Car bomb shots.
Johnny's Tavern: Green beer, corned beef and cabbage. Johnny's will open at 9 a.m.
The Pool Room: Freestate Ad Astra Ale and Boulevard pints, Coronas, Captain Morgan shots and drinks for $2. Five dollar cover, 18 years old and older.
The Shenango Lounge: $4.50 pitcher and $2.50 bottles.
The Slowride Roadhouse: $3 imports and $3.50 tequila shots.
the Eagle's and a tour of bars downtown ending at Rick's Place. Specials at Stu's: $3 green Bud Light bottles, $2.25 domestic bottles and $3.50 Irish Car Bombs.
The Sandbar: A float in the parade and $2 dirty banana shots.
The 8th Street Tap Room: Musical guest Nathan Brown.
The Crossing: $2.75 21 oz.
Budweiser and Bud Light caps.
The Jackpot Salon: Several bands will play starting at 6 p.m.
$3 Harp bottles, $4 20 oz. Guinness draughts and $1 green lantern shots.
The Replay Lounge: Live music from noon to 11 p.m. $3 Harp bottles, $3.50 20 oz. Guinness pints and draught bottles, $1 green lantern shots.
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