THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 2009
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LGBT, Queers and Allies hold World AIDS Day event
Two student organizations will play host to an event to raise AIDS awareness for World AIDS Day today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center and Queens and Allies will hold the event in the fourth floor lobby of the Kansas Union.
The Douglas County AIDS Project will offer free HIV testing for students, faculty and staff.
"On college campuses specifically, we do this event to raise awareness surrounding safe sex, and we also want to provide free HIV testing," Bonifield said.
Saida Bonfield, LGBT Resource Center coordinator and Lawrence graduate student, is coordinating the event. She said it was important to raise awareness not only worldwide, but also on college campuses.
The group will test using OraSure test kits, where a swab is used to collect saliva from inside the mouth. The testing is
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Web site, the first World AIDS Day was in 1988.
completely confidential.
According to an article published in Journal Watch, 32,311 new cases of AIDS were reported to the Centers for Disease Control then.
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that more than one million Americans are estimated to be living with the HIV virus.
Jesse Brown
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associate dean of academic affairs for the School of Business. "It was because of his earlier talk that I suggested we invite Robert back for another public lecture."
A large portion of Herndon's talk will be spent discussing the case portrayed in "The Informant!" The movie focuses on the antics of Mark Whitacre, played by Damon, who was one of the top executives of Archer Daniels Midland, a major agricultural conglomerate, in the early 1990s. Whitacre agreed to work with Herndon and the FBI to gather evidence of price-fixing by the company's CEOs.
But, like all good crime stories, the case had a twist. While operating as an informant for the FBI, Whitacre secretly embezzled more than $9 million from the company. Herndon said he never once thought of the case's Hollywood potential.
"Everything was very serious when this was going on," Herndon said. "But there came a time when Mark's antics were so over the top
that we wondered to ourselves,
'What is he going to do next?"
Herndon and his partner, Brian Shepard, spent more than five years on the case, which ultimately landed several ADM executives, including Whitacre, in federal prison.
Though he said his 15 minutes of fame were nearly complete, Herndon said he enjoyed the perks of being part of a Hollywood production. Matt Damon spent an afternoon with Herndon's family, gave baseball tips to his son and talked about when Damon dropped out of Harvard University.
But Herndon said he had connected most with comedian Joel McHale, who portrayed Herndon in the film. McHale is best known as host of "EI" television's "The Soup," and stars in the NBC sitcom "Community." Herndon said that he had visited with McHale on multiple occasions and that the two texted occasionally.
"When we first met him, Joel was pretty serious talking to my
wife about the love scene involving my character." Herndon said. "He had my wife pretty concerned, but he played that pretty well. He's been a great guy."
In addition to the ADM case, Herndon will speak about some of his other high-profile investigations. One case involved a Kansas City pharmacist who diluted chemotherapy drugs, and another involved a federal district judge who took bribes.
"He is a very entertaining speaker, but has a very important message," said Toni Dixon, director of communications for the School of Business. "His lecture gives a background of how people can easily trip into crime without really ever thinking about themselves as a criminal type. He has a lot of interesting experiences to share."
Follow Daniel Johnson at twitter.com/danielzjohnson.
Edited by Nick Gerik
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opportunity to buy unique gifts from around the world," Erickson said.
Erickson said fair trade meant the products were made by artisans
who were paid a fair wage with no forced labor.
Sarah Stern,
Lawrence freshman,
volunteered at the market and
the turnout had been good.
She said volunteers were busy all weekend and had seen a steady flow of customers on
Koelling
weekdays as well.
Stern joined the Fair Trade Group at the ECM after learning about fair trade from two Bolivian men who sold scarves on Wescoe Beach, She
said that she was interested in what they were doing and that getting involved with the group was her way of giving back.
"We hope to give the Lawrence community and students the opportunity to buy unique gifts from around the world."
ALICIA ERICKSON Market organizer
said she had been attending events at the ECM since she was a freshman.
"I've come here for different things, and I've gone to a lot of events," Koelling said. "Now I'm trying to give back."
Koelling also said the timing for the market was perfect for holiday shopping.
Erickson said the
nm festival was aimed at educating students about fair trade and how it could help communities worldwide.
At 5:15 p.m. today, three short
films will be shown. The first is an introduction to fair trade. The second is a film about a small group of women in Africa that makes beads out of old magazines. The final film will show the process of making chocolate — from the cocoa pod to edible chocolate.
At 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, a 40-minute feature will be shown that follows a group of women in India who have been forced into prostitution. Erickson said India had the highest forced sex trade industry in the world. She said the women in the film made bags to support themselves so they could get away from the sex trade industry.
The Fair Trade Market is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Follow Beth Beavers at twitter.com/bethbeavers.
WEATHER
Hurricane season proves light for Atlantic Coast
Storms, hurricanes hit lower side of forecasted weather
BY RUSS BYNUM Associated Press
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sand and water are seen on a street near the beach as winds from tropical Storm Ida clum up the Gulf of Mexico, in Navarre Beach, Florida. This year saw nine tropical storms.
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday with barely a whimper: Not a single hurricane came ashore in the United States.
Since June, when the season began, just nine named storms developed. Only three of them became hurricanes, and those stayed out at sea or weakened before passing over land.
"We had a great, great year," said Chris Veccey, a salesman at Top Gun Tackle in Orange Beach, Ala., near where Tropical Storm Ida slogged ashore in November. "Last year we had Gustav and Ike and a couple of other storms that didn't even hit here. And with all the hype, it ruined us. It just didn't happen this year."
James Franklin, the center's chief hurricane specialist, credited much of the quiet season to El Nino, the periodic warming of the central Pacific Ocean. El Nino, he said, produced strong winds in the Atlantic that cut down storms before they could develop into hurricanes.
The 2009 season was on target with the lower end of forecasters' predictions. Before the season began June 1, the National Hurricane Center had anticipated nine to 14 storms, with four to seven hurricanes — a prediction that the Miami-based center scaled back slightly in August before the
Two tropical storms made landfall in the U.S., causing little more than rain and some beach erosion.
arrival of the season's first storm, Tropical Storm Ana.
The 2009 season was not all mild. Tropical Storm Claudette poured up to 4.5 inches of rain when it made landfall at Fort Walton Beach on the Florida
"Lately we had busy seasons," Franklin said. "To get a year this quiet, it's a little bit unusual."
Panhandle in August, then quickly fizzled. Also in August, Hurricane Bill, a large Category 4 storm, was blamed for the deaths of two swimmers in Florida and Maine as it passed the East Coast.
Franklin said forecasters also noticed drier conditions in the atmosphere, which limited the potential for storms.
Ida was a hurricane but weakened to a tropical storm before it carne ashore in Alabama about three weeks ago. Its remnants swept up the East Coast, bringing heavy rain and flooding from the Carolinas to New Jersey.
Don Langham, emergency operations director for Jackson County on the Mississippi coast, said Idas late arrival was a good wake-up call for residents after what had proven to be a tranquil hurricane season.
"That's why they say the season never ends until Nov. 30," Langham said. "It was a good little test run."
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David Hayward, Overland Park sophomore, said he had been riding his bicycle to get to class and the Ambler Student Recreation Center until it was stolen near the Jayhawker Towers in late September.
On the day he noticed his $500 bicycle was gone, it had been three days since he had last ridden it. Hayward said he was surprised when he walked up to the bicycle rack to find his fairly expensive cable lock cut in half and lying on the ground.
buy a U-lock"
"The bike lock was a twisted and braided Kryptonite lock and I thought they were dependable," Hayward said.
Bailey suggests students should record information about their bicycles, including the model information, serial number, a physical description and any engravings or features that make the bicycle unique to help police identify the property if it happens to be stolen. The more information a person can give police when reporting a bicycle theft, he said, the more likely an investigation will recover the property.
"There are certain places we go look first — pawn shops, used sports stores and other places that buy used equipment," Bailey said.
"The serial number is probably the most important thing to have."
During the course of their investigation, campus police will check local used goods stores and post the information about the stolen property on a national database. Although official statistics are not compiled, Bailey said bicycles were recovered occasionally from local stores. If the police investigation does not turn up the property, police suggest students stay in contact with these stores in case the bicycle shows up in the future.
Hayward said he was disappointed that the police could not do more to help him recover his bicycle because he had written down the serial number to protect against such situations.
"I got really bogged down with school and ended up calling KU police back three weeks later and they said not much had been done with it and I should be the one to contact every single bike shop" Hayward said.
Hayward said he also wished the police could have provided him with information from security cameras that may have helped him track down his bicycle. The bicycle racks near student housing locations may have security cameras, Bailey said, but the three-day period in
which Hayward's property may have been stolen made the footage difficult to use.
"I know the Towers have cameras," Hayward said. "Yet, they couldn't look at it and figure out when it was done, or if it was loaded into a truck, or if it was a student."
One thing students could do to help the biking community at large, Bailey said, is to be alert near the bicycle racks and report any suspicious behavior, such as loitering.
"The thief is going to be hanging around a little bit. They're going to spend more time than normal at the bike rack." Bailey said.
It is much more difficult to recover a stolen bicycle if it has been left in one area for an extended period of time, Bailey said, because it may be hard to pinpoint when the property was stolen.
"You should check on your bike if you don't ride it daily," Bailey said. "Walk by it and make sure it's still there ever once in a while."
Follow Brandon Sayers at twitter.com/bsayers.
— Edited by Abby Olcese
A BREAKDOWN OF BICYCLE LOCKS
J-Locks
- Made from a hardened steel frame in the shape of the letter "U." These locks are generally more expensive than cable locks, though price depends on size, thickness and lock quality.
- Heavier and less portable than other types of locks. The smaller varieties of U-locks have less versatility in what the lock will fit around. The larger varieties will be able to fit around more items.
- These locks can be vulnerable to leverage tools such as car jacks or pry bars. The larger varieties tend to be more vulnerable to these tools than the smaller ones.
- "Good U-locks are nearly impossible to pick. Its design and construction make it impervious to pry bars, hammers, freezing, hacksaws, and bolt cutters."
www.BicycleSource.com
- "Urban areas and college campuses are some of the places where you need to pay extra attention to bicycle security. In the city you should use a heavy-duty chain, like the New York Chain or a top of the line U-lock."
www.KyrptoniteLocks.com
Cable Locks
Photos by Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
■ Made from threads of steel cable. These locks are generally less expensive than I-Link
■ Lighter in weight and more portable than standard chain locks. Many of the popular cable locks are made of a spring cable that automatically coils itself.
These locks can be vulnerable to bolt cutters and other cutting tools, depending on thickness and lock quality.
www.BicycleSource.com
- "These are 'easy pickings' for thieves. Most cables and padlocks can be cut with bolt cutters, and they are every day by high-school janitors for kids who forget their combination."
- "If you are in a low crime area or on the trails, you might want to use a cable to prevent that 'crime of opportunity'"
www.KryptoniteLocks.com
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