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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
- Mahatma Gandhi
FACT OF THE DAY
Under US law, Alcoholics Anonymous has the status of a religion.
Monday, August 31, 2010
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A 23-year-old student reported a theft at a loss in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street Aug. 29.
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TUESDAY
A 23-year-old student was arrested and charged with aggreated battery and criminal damage to property following a domestic disturbance in the 5000 block of Clinton Parkway Aug. 28.
A 19-year-old student reported a battery in the 2000 block of Naismith Drive Aug. 28.
A 52-year-old KU employee reported a theft at a loss of $1,700 in the 2500 block of Redbud Lane Aug. 26.
A 21-year-old student reported unlawful use of a financial card in the 1700 block of Massachusetts Street Aug. 25.
A 21-year-old student reported criminal damage to property in the 4300 block of 24th Place Aug. 28.
August 31
WEDNESDAY
September 1
THURSDAY September 2
- The Dole Institute of Politics will be hosting a talk, "Neutral Ground: Congress Should Enact Cap and Trade Legislation," at 7:30 p.m. at the institute.
The Department of English will be hosting a lecture, "From Mississippi (1964) to the Heath Anthology", at 7:30 p.m. in the Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union. Admission is free.
SATURDAY
September 4
Student Union Activities will be hosting "Tea at Three" from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Tea and cookies are free.
SUNDAY September 5
Student Union Activities will be hosting the "Hawk Zone Student Tailgate" outside Memorial Campanile for members of the Hawk Zone/ Jr. Williams Fund. Membership is $25.
There will be a carillon concert from 5 to 5:30 p.m. at Memorial Campanile.
FRIDAY September 3
Student Union Activities will be hosting "Tunes at Noon" with musical guest Sam Billen from noon to 1 p.m. outside the Kansas Union.
Student Union Activities will be sponsoring a bus ride to the Kansas City Crossroads District, departing at 5 p.m. from the Kansas Union. Interested students should pick up tickets from the SUA box office by Aug.27. Tickets are $2 with a KUID.
September 6
MONDAY
Labor Day.
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Convicted teacher returns to work; parents pull children out of school
Teacher Michael Moulton called in sick Monday, the first day of school, after parents in his tiny school district transferred most of their children out of his five classes.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE — Parents pulled their children out of class and protested outside a Washington state school Monday, the day a teacher convicted of inappropriately touching female students was scheduled to return to work.
The state opened a file on Moulton in January 2009 after the superintendent of the 285-student Morton School District
contacted the professional practices department in the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, said Catherine Slagle, director of professional practices.
Moulton served 16 days in the Lewis County Court jail after pleading guilty through an Alford plea on charges of inappropriately touching four girls in 2008. In an Alford plea, a defendant pleads guilty but does not admit guilt.
The school district had previously suspended Moulton without pay for 12 days for the 2008 incidents.
When the district tried to fire him for the same offenses, Moulton appealed that decision
and the hearing officer who heard his appeal ruled the school district had already punished him.
Now that the district and the courts are done with their investigation of Moulton, the state review of his teaching certificate has begun but he's legally allowed to teach until that has finished, Slagle said.
Superintendent Tom Manke was not sure if Moulton would be returning to school on Tuesday, or if he would be out sick for an extended period.
If the state suspends or revokes Moulton's license to teach, he may then go through an appeal process that could extend the situation for
months. This is the process the state follows for dozens of teachers a year, Slagle said.
Moulton was accused of inappropriately touching girls on the back or shoulder. According to court documents, he said the unwelcome contacts were pats meant as
disconnected.
"I want everbody in this nation to know this creep is teaching our kids."
Manke said Monday that he would be conferring with the dis-
encouragement for good work.
Attempts to reach Moulton by phone Monday were unsuccessful because his phone had been
JENNIFER MAU Protest leader
trict's attorney and the school board to determine what happens next with Moulton, 56, who teaches history and a study skills class for students in grades 6-8.
The students who have been pulled out of Moulton's classes will be taught through an online program, the superintendent said.
"At the request of parents who said, 'Hey, I don't want my student in Mr. Moulton's class,' we had to discuss alternatives," Manke said.
The district was still determining Monday how many students were left in Moulton's classroom.
Jennifer Mau, who led a protest Monday morning outside the school and then in front of Moulton's home, said Morton parents are angry and were actively spreading the word outside their community of 1,350 residents.
STATE
"I want everybody in this nation to know this creep is teaching our kids," Mau said. "If we can get him out of this school, don't allow him in your school."
Great Bend man suspected in murder of teen
ASSOCIATED PRESS
GREAT BEND — A man considered a person of interest in the death of a 14-year-old girl is a flight risk and a potential danger to the public, the Kansas attorney general told a judge Monday.
Attorney General Steve Six said Adam Joseph Longoria had 13 prior felony convictions, including one for attempted escape. He is also wanted on a warrant out of Marion, N.C., accusing him of falsely reporting threats at an elementary school.
Longoria, 36, was arrested Friday driving an SUV reported stolen from a Great Bend asphalt company where Alicia DeBolt's charred body was found just a few days earlier.
Six said at Longoria's first court appearance on charges of vehicular burglary and theft that stealing the SUV was a "desperate act" spurred by the investigation of DeBolt's death. He also noted Longoria of Great Bend mailed his personal belongings to Texas shortly before fleeing in the stolen vehicle.
Longoria appeared in court without an attorney. He told the judge he had cooperated with authorities "from day one," and that he wasn't a flight risk because law enforcement officials told him he wasn't being detained when questioned.
Barton County Judge Hannelore Kitts granted the prosecution's request for a $150,000 bond and agreed to revisit conditions of release if he makes bond.
A hearing was set Sept. 6 to
"We will be making further decisions about what happens in that case based on the investigation and the facts we are continuing to work on." Six said. "This case is a tragedy, I think we saw that last night in the vigil that was held here in Great Bend."
review the status of Longoria's legal representation.
Outside the courthouse, Six said prosecutors were not ready to call Longoria a suspect in DeBolt's death, and that authorities continued to pursue all leads.
Some of her young friends wore flip flops and wrapped blue ribbons in their hair in honor of the teen they called "Babygurl," who
About 2,000 people turned out for the Sunday night candlelight vigil to remember DeBolt.
would have started her freshman year of high school as a cheerleader on Aug. 23.
"She didn't deserve to die the way she did," Erica Schwager, a 15-year-old friend, said tearfully.
She was so badly burned that the coroner had to rely on dental records to identify the remains. Authorities have not said how she died.
Rev. Scott Solether, a pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Great Bend, said Alicia's death affected a lot of people in the community. Great Bend is a city of about 15,600 people about 95 miles northwest of
Alicia left her house at about 11 p.m. on Aug. 21 to go to a party, and her family reported her missing the next afternoon. Her body was found Tuesday.
Wichita.
"First, shock this would happen, then anger it would happen to someone so young, and then a lot of compassion," he said.
Longoria had only been out of prison for three months when authorities said the Highway Patrol caught him Friday off Interstate 70 near Salina.
The Kansas charges are the latest in a long rap sheet for Longoria, who was released May 25 from a Texas prison after completing a seven-year sentence for aggravated robbery. Records in Texas show Longoria has done time there since 1991 for charges including burglary, forgery, credit card abuse, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, escape from prison and evading arrest.
CORRECTION
The August 23 article titled "SafeBus offers new transit route" was unclear. Andrea Tomasino does not drink and drive or visit the bars frequently, but said she felt that the community could benefit from another SafeBus route.
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