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► Dawgs after Dark.
Sponsored by the University
Union. Featured activities
include a game show, tree
food, super-hero look-alikes
and much more Free with
UGA Card, $5 for non-stu
dents 10 p.m. - 2 am. Tate
Student Center. Contact: 706-
542-6396. jillt9uga.edu
► Friday Speaker Series.
Sponsored by the Institute for
Women's Studies Dr
Shabana Mir, independent
scholar, will speak on: “You
can't really look normal and
dress modestly: American
Muslim women constructing a
third space on campus."
12:20 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. 148
SLC. Contact: 706-542-2846
► Lecture on Medieval
Art. Sponsored by the Lamar
Dodd School of Art and the
Franklin College of Arts and
Sciences. Lecture by Dr.
Deborah Kahn, associate pro
fessor of art history at Boston
University. 5:30 p.m. Georgia
Museum of Art. Contact: 706-
542-1511, artinfo@uga.edu
Saturday
► The Inside Scoop on
Law School. Sponsored by
the Asian Law Students
Association. A workshop and
mixer open to anyone consid
ering law school or curious
about the legal profession.
The workshop will be followed
by refreshments and a
chance to socialize. 2 p.m
School of Law. Room A
► Ensemble Corund.
Sponsored by the UGA
Performing Arts Center The
ensemble of Swiss vocalists
will perform Stephen Smith,
conductor. Tickets $23/S2B 8
p.m Hugh Hodgson School of
Music Contact: 706-542-
4400. www.uga edu/pac
Sunday
► Sailing Clinic. Sponsored
by the Georgia Outdoor
Recreation Program. Learn
tKe basics of sailing. $25 10
a m. - 4 p.m. Lake Chapman,
Sandy Creek Park Contact:
choppie2@uga.edu
► Faculty Recital:
Kenneth Fischer, saxo
phone. Sponsored by the
Hugh Hodgson School of
Music Free 4 p.m. Ramsey
Concert Hall, UGA Performing
Arts Center.
Monday ~
► South Campus Career
and Internship Expo.
Sponsored by the Career
Center Network with employ
ers in the agricultural, envi
ronmental and related indus
tries for jobs and internships.
11 a m -3 p.m. Georgia
Center Contact: 706-542-
3375
► Blood Drive. Sponsored
by the American Red Cross. 1
p.m. - 6 p.m. Fireside Lounge
of Rooker Hall, East Campus
Village Contact: 678-227-
4650
► Film Fest: Charlotte’s
Web. Sponsored by Speak
Out for Species Revisit the
original classic animated film
as we consider the lessons
the film still holds for us today.
Free. For more information,
go to www uga edu/sos/film
fest 7:30 p.m 101 SLC.
Contact: sos@uga edu
Tuesday
► Spring Break Safety
Block Party. Sponsored by
Safe Campuses Now Get to
your Spnng Break destination
safely. Join us for this fun
filled evening packed with
educational events and safety
demonstrations Blue Card
Event 5 p.m - 9 p.m. Lawns
of Chi Phi & Kappa Alpha fra
ternities, 290 S. Lumpkin St.
Contact: 706-345-1115,
kksims @ safecampusesnow org
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CLARIFICATION
In Thursday’s edition
of The Red Black, the
editorial board wrote
in its Our Take that if
WUOO is forced to pay
the s7,ooofine to the
ACC, the money will
come out of student
activity fees.
According to the
group's advisor, Ed
Mirecki, the fine, if
there is one, would be
paid by monies from
"revenue generating
accounts’’ within the
Department of Campus
Life.
Army fires general in charge of hospital
WASHINGTON The
Army fired the general in
charge of Walter Reed Army
Medical Center after disclo
sures about inadequate treat
ment of Iraq vets and other
wounded soldiers.
The action on Maj Gen.
George W. Weightman, who
was commanding general of
the North Atlantic Regional
Medical Command, as well as
Walter Reed hospital, was
announced Thursday by
Army Secretary Francis J.
Harvey.
In a brief announcement,
the Army said service leaders
had “lost trust and confi
dence” in Weightman’s lead
ership abilities “to address
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A Neighbor David Eastwood helps salvage items from the wreckage of the home of David
and Claudia Matthes near Blue Mound, Kan., Thursday. The couple was not injured.
Tornado strikes house, kills
7-year-old girl in Missouri
CAULFIELD, Mo. A tor
nado struck southern
Missouri, killing a 7-year-old
girl and damaging homes and
businesses Thursday, and
another apparent twister
struck an Alabama high
school, authorities said.
Students were inside
Enterprise High School at the
time, and there were early
reports of injuries, state and
weather officials said. Police
were trying to determine if
any students were trapped,
state Rep. Terry Spicer said.
The school "appears to
have been right in the path,”
said Paul Duval, meteorolo
gist with National Weather
Service in Tallahassee, Fla.
In Missouri, Howell
County Sheriff Robbie Crites
identified the young victim as
Elizabeth Croney. Her moth
er, father and two brothers
were injured when a tornado
hit their mobile home in a
rural wooded area near West
Plains, Crites said.
In Caulfield, Rick Jarvis
heard the storm ripping
through his gas station
around dawn. His home next
door suffered just minor dam
age, but the twister shredded
the business, ripping down its
roof and back wall.
“It sounded like a herd of
horses tearing up stuff. When
I came out, it was done,” said
Jarvis, 48.
Army copter makes ‘hard landing’
BAGHDAD A U.S. Army
helicopter made a "hard land
ing” Thursday in northern
Iraq, lqjuring the two-mem
ber crew, but the military said
the problem was mechanical
and not the result of hostile
fire. A car bomb exploded
near a motorcade heading to
a police officer's wedding in
the Sunni militant stronghold
of Fallujah in Anbar province,
killing at least five people and
wounding 10, said police Lt.
Wessam Mohammad. The
bride and groom were not
harmed.
The attack appeared
linked to insurgents, who
have targeted police officer*,
politicians and others seen as
symbols of the U.S.-backed
government.
Baghdad, meanwhile, had
a rare day without a series of
bombings. One bomb explod
ed on a minibus carrying
employees of the capital’s
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needed solutions for soldier
outpatient care." He had
headed Walter Reed since last
August.
The Army and the Defense
Department began their own
investigations after The
Washington Post published
stories last week that docu
mented problems in soldiers’
housing and in the medical
bureaucracy at Walter Reed,
which has been called the
Army’s premier caregiver for
soldiers wounded in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
After a visit to the hospital
compound last Friday,
Defense Secretary Robert
Gates said those found to
have been responsible for the
NATIONAL
Sex change costs
city manager her job
LARGO, Fla. Steve
Stanton professed his love for
the city and asked the people
of Largo to support his deci
sion to undergo a sex change
and allow him to keep his
$140,000-a-year job as city
manager
To his sorrow, the answer
came back no.
Almost 500 people packed
City Hall on Tuesday night
for a special meeting to
decide if they would accept
someone named Susan
instead of Steve as their top
official And while many
spoke eloquently in his
defense, more called for his
ouster.
“If Jesus was here tonight,
I can guarantee you he'd
want him terminated,” said
Pastor Ron Saunders of
Largo’s Lighthouse Baptist
Church. "Make no mistake
about it.”
At the end of the 3 1/2-
hour meeting, the City
Commission voted 5-2 to
begin the legal process of fir
ing Stanton, who went public
about his sex-change plans
after learning a local newspa
provincial council, killing one
person and injuring four in an
eastern neighborhood, police
said.
N. Korea wants aid y
vows to stop nukes
SEOUL, South Korea
North Korea's No. 2 leader
reiterated Thursday his coun
try’s pledge to abandon its
nuclear weapons, as the
impoverished nation sought a
resumption of aid at its first
high-level talks with South
Korea since conducting an
atomic test.
Kim Vong Nam said “the
denuclearization of the
Korean peninsula is the dying
wish” of the country’s
founding president, Kim II
Sung, the father of Kim Jong
D.
North Korea “will make
efforts to realize it,” he told
NEWS
problems would be “held
accountable.”
On Thursday he issued a
brief statement endorsing
Harvey’s action.
"The care and welfare of
our wounded men and
women in uniform demand
the highest standard of excel
lence and commitment that
we can muster as a govern
ment,” Gates said. “When
this standard is not met, I will
insist on swift and direct cor
rective action and, where
appropriate, accountability
up the chain of command.”
It was not clear whether
Gates insisted on
Weightman’s firing. A
Pentagon official, speaking on
per was about to reveal his
secret.
Authorities look for
would-be bomber
KANSAS CITY, Mo. He
calls himself "The Bishop.”
Exactly why is just one of the
many mysteries surrounding
the increasingly menacing fig
ure.
The man— and investiga
tors believe they are dealing
with a man— is suspected of
sending at least a half-dozen
threatening letters to finan
cial institutions over the past
18 months and mailing two
dud pipe bombs that arrived
a day apart in Kansas City
and Chicago in January.
In his letters. The Bishop
has demanded financial com
panies move the prices of cer
tain stocks to certain levels,
often $6 66 an apparent ref
erence to the Antichrist, said
corporate counterterrorism
expert Fred Burton.
Burton, whose security
firm has been hired by finan
cial companies to find The
Bishop, said the pipe bombs
were assembled with crucial
components deliberately left
out, in what was probably a
warning. Next time, Burton
said, the bombs could be real.
Associated Press
WORLD
South Korean Unification
Minister Lee Jae-joung in
Pyongyang, the North’s capi
tal.
Lee pressed for North
Korea to follow through on its
breakthrough Feb. 13 agree
ment with the U.S. and four
other countries to shut down
its sole operating nuclear
reactor in 60 days.
Evangelicals’ work
in Africa criticized
ALER, Uganda Christian
evangelicals have been
coming to Africa for
centuries. Critics accuse
them of taking advantage of
vulnerable communities
forcing people to abandon
traditional beliefs in
condition of anonymity
because of the sensitivity of
the issue, said Gates was
“actively involved” in the fir
ing decision.
In an interview with sever
al reporters two days before
the first Post story was pub
lished, Weightman acknowl
edged shortcomings at Walter
Reed, but also said the prob
lems were magnified because
of the facility’s location in the
nation’s capital. “We re a fish
bowl,” he said, noting that
being in Washington makes it
easier for complaining
patients and their families to
draw the interest of members
of Congress.
An outside panel of former
Man tries to cash
check from God
HOBART, Ind. Kevin
Russell found out it's not
easy trying to cash a check
from God. The 21-year-old
man was arrested Monday
after he tried to cash a
check for $50,000 at the
Chase Bank in Hobart that
was signed "King Savior,
King of Kings. Lord of
Lords, Servant,” Hobart
police Detective Jeff White
said.
Russell was charged with
one count attempted check
fraud and one count intimi
dation, both felonies, and
one count resisting law
enforcement, a misde
meanor. He could face
prison time
Police were called to the
bank after Russell tried to
cash the check, which was
written on an invalid Bank
One check with no imprint.
White said Russell had sev
eral other checks with him
that were signed the same
way but made out in differ
ent dollar amounts, includ
ing one for SIOO,OOO.
Russell struggled with
police as they tried to
detain him. White said, and
then threatened police as
they transported him to the
Hobart Police Department.
"I’ve heard about God
giving out eternal life, but
this is the first time I’ve
heard of him giving out
cash,” White said
Suit claims dog
given online degree
FOSTORIA, Ohio An
attorney challenging the
authority of the city's police
chief wants the depart
ment's police dog to appear
in court as an exhibit,
because he says the dog
and the chief have criminal
justice degrees from the
same online school.
The issue gives “one
pause, if not paws, for con
cern” about what it takes to
get the degrees from the
school based in the Virgin
Islands, Gene Murray wrote
in a court document filed
Monday.
Murray is seeking to
have a drug charge against
a client dismissed by argu
ing that police Chief John
McGuire who is accused
of lying on his job applica
tion was not legally
employed and had no
authority as an officer.
McGuire is to go on trial
in March on charges of fal
sification and tampering
with records. A special
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A Iraqis watch as a U.S. soldier patrols central Baghdad
Thursday. The city appeared quieter Thursday, with only
one person killed in a roadside bomb, police said.
exchange for desperately
needed goods and medicine.
Rev.* Franklin Oraham,
though, says his group is
meeting spiritual as well as
physical needs, and .he’s
proud of what has been
military officials and former
congressmen, set up last
week by Gates, held its first
meeting Thursday at the
Pentagon. Headed by two for
mer Army secretaries, Togo
West and Jack Marsh, the
panel is reviewing treatment
and administrative processes
at Walter Reed and at the
National Naval Medical
Center at Bethesda, Md.
The panel’s charter identi
fies its main goal as finding
the “critical shortcomings” in
rehabilitative care, adminis
trative processes and quality
of life for injured ..and sick
troops, and to recommend
how to fix the problems.
Associated Press
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
prosecutor said McGuire
lied on his application and
resume about his rank,
position, duties, responsi
bilities and salary in three
of his previous jobs.
McGuire was hired as
chief of Fostoria, Ohio a
year ago.
The union that repre
sents Fostoria police offi
cers and dispatchers filed a
lawsuit challenging
McGuire’s hiring.
Murray said asking that
the police dog, Rocko, show
up in court at an evidence
hearing is a key to discred
iting McGuire, who took
part in a traffic stop and
search in October that
resulted in drug possession
charges against Clifford
Green of Fostoria.
Both McGuire and
Rocko, who is listed as
John I. Rocko on his diplo
ma, are graduates of
Concordia College and
University, according to
copies of diplomas that are
part of Murray’s motion.
The court filing did not
say how the attorney knows
that diploma is for the dog
or how Rocko allegedly
managed to enroll in the
college.
Accused robber
gets robbed too
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
A man charged with rob
bing a bank, for the second
time since 2005, tried to
show police the loot but
discovered he had been
robbed, Fayetteville police
said.
Joseph Thomas
Mulkerin, 46, was arrested
at a Bragg Boulevard motel
Tuesday and charged with
common law robbery of
$2,179 from the Wachovia
branch on Green Street,
said police spokeswoman
Jamie Smith.
He had been released
from prison Jan. 11 after
serving a sentence for the
2005 robbery of the same
bank, in which he pleaded
guilty to taking $1,098.
Mulkerin went to his
motel room to show officers
the money but discovered
some missing. Police later
charged motel maintenance
man David Mims, 49, with
breaking into the room and
taking some of the cash.
Smith said.
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accomplished.
“We want to bring these
children to Christ,” Pastor
George Purkweri told
Graham.
Associated Press
