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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 | The Red & Black
UGA TODAY
► Grassroots Politics Forum.
Sponsored by the UGA College
Republicans. Republican Party of
Georgia Chairman Sue Everhart
will speak about the importance
of grassroots organizations. 7 to
8 p.m. 214 Student Learning
Center. Contact: 404-643-2844,
dballard@uga.edu
>- Alpha Kappa Psi Coed
Professional Business.
Fraternity. Fall Rush Aug.
28-30. All Majors accepted. 545
South Milledge Ave.
www.terry.uga.edu/akpsi
► Lambda Theta Alpha Latin
Sorority, INC. Meeting of the
FIRST Latina sorority in the
Nation and at UGA. SLC 274 at 7
p.m. Contact: Daniela at
dcgonzal@uga.edu
>- Volunteer Resource Fair.
Sponsored by Volunteer UGA,
Center for Leadership & Service.
Find volunteer opportunities with
student service groups and
Athens-area nonprofit, social ser
vice, and government agencies.
Tate Student Center Plaza.
Contact: 706-583-0830,
www.uga.edu/cls
► Blood Drive: Sponsored by
the American Red Cross. Noon
to 5 p.m. Science Library lobby.
Contact: 678-227-4650
>- President Michael F.
Adams speaks to the South
Forsyth Rotary Club. 12:15
p.m. Polo Golf and Country Club,
Cumming
► Lecture. Rumors, Race and
Hurricane Katrina. Sponsored by
the department of English, the
UGA Willson Center for
Humanities and Arts and the
Folklore Studies Group. Patricia
A. Turner, a national expert on
rumors and race in America, will
address issues at the core of
individual and public perceptions
of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
4:30 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Contact:
706-542-9262,
ehenken@uga.edu
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Governor testifies in nursing home trial
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La.—
Gov. Kathleen Blanco
recounted the state’s prep
arations for Hurricane
Katrina as she testified
Tuesday in the trial of two
nursing home owners
charged in the drowning
deaths of patients who
weren’t evacuated during
the storm.
Prosecutors called the
governor as a witness after
she fought a subpoena
from attorneys for the two
defendants, Mabel and
Salvador Mangano.
The Manganos face 35
counts of negligent
homicide. Prosecutors say
they should have evacuat
ed their patients from St.
Rita’s nursing home in St.
Bernard Parish, a coastal
parish near New Orleans
that was wiped out by
flooding when Katrina hit.
Defense attorneys say
Blanco and other public
officials failed to organize
an effective evacuation and
help transport “at risk”
people to high ground.
On the witness stand
Pageant contestant revises answer
COLUMBIA, S.C.
This time, the question
was a little easier for Miss
Teen South Carolina.
After being stumped by
a Miss Teen USA pageant
question on live television
Friday night, Lauren
Caitlin Upton’s confused,
mangled response has
been drawing attention.
The 18-year-old got a
chance to redeem herself
Tuesday on NBC’s “Today
Show” when she was again
asked why one-fifth of
Americans can’t locate the
U.S. on a map.
“I would love to re-an
swer that question,”
Upton said. “Well person
ally, my friends and I, we
know exactly where the
United States is on our
map. I don’t know anyone
else who doesn’t. And if
the statistics are correct, I
believe there should be
Nowak’s defense is ‘temporary insanity’
ORLANDO, Fla.
Former astronaut Lisa
Nowak is pursuing a tem
porary insanity defense on
The Wire
Tuesday, Blanco described
three news conferences she
held two days before the
storm struck two years
ago.
“I strongly urged people
to get themselves ready to
leave the area. It appeared
to be coming to Louisiana,”
Blanco said.
Under cross
examination, however,
Blanco said she left it to
local officials to decide
whether to call mandatory
evacuations.
The Louisiana Supreme
Court rejected Blanco’s
attempt to avoid testifying
in the trial. An attorney for
the governor said she was
not the best person to
answer the attorney’s ques
tions.
The Manganos’ trial was
moved to St. Francisville,
about 100 miles northwest
of St. Bernard Parish,
because it would have been
difficult finding jurors
in the slowly recovering
parish.
Associated Press
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Lopez during the Miss Teen USA competition.
more emphasis on geogra
phy.”
That was much better
than her previous
response, which included
“U.S. Americans” and
mentions of South Africa
charges that she assaulted
and tried to kidnap a
romantic rival, according
to a court document
released Tuesday.
Nowak suffered from
major depression,
obsessive-compulsive dis
order, insomnia and “brief
psychotic disorder with
marked stressors,” defense
attorney Donald Lykkebak
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▲ Gov. Blanco enters the West Feliciana Parish
Courthouse Tuesday in the trial o? nursing
home owners Salvador and Mabel Mangano.
and “the Iraq.”
A You Tube video of
Upton has drawn a couple
million hits and thousands
of comments, many of
them with harsh remarks
for the Lexington High
NATION
wrote. He said thealready
petite woman had also
recently lost 15 percent of
her body weight and strug
gled with “marital separa
tion.”
“This notice does not
challenge competence to
stand trial, but only raises
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Upton was taking her
flubbed answer —and the
attention in stride.
“Everything did come
at me at once. I was over
whelmed and I made a
mistake. Everybody makes
a mistake. I’m human,”
she said Tuesday. “I seri
ously think I only heard
about one or two words of
the actual question.”
Upton’s former princi
pal Creig Tyler remem
bered her as a well-round
ed student.
“She took college-prep
and honors courses and
performed well,” Tyler
said.
Associated Press
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arrest, has pleaded not
guilty. Her trial is set for
September.
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Turkish
leader to
remain
impartial
ANKARA, Turkey A
devout Muslim with a
background in political
Islam won the Turkish
presidency on Tuesday, in
a msgor triumph for the
Islamic-rooted govern
ment after months of
confrontation with the
secular establishment.
Foreign Minister
Abdullah Gul received a
majority of 339 votes in a
parliamentary ballot and
took the oath of office,
pledging impartiality and
loyalty to Turkey’s his
toric separation of reli
gion and politics.
Commanders from the
fiercely secular military
were conspicuously
absent -a decision many
saw as a symbolic protest
against the decision to
elect a president to a post
traditionally held by a
secular figure.
“Secularism -one of
the main principles of our
republic - is a precondi
tion for social peace as
much as it is a liberating
model for different life
styles,” Gul said. “As long
as I am in office, I will
embrace all our citizens
without any bias. I will
preserve my impartiality
with the greatest of
care.”
Shiite gunmen
clash in Karbala
BAGHDAD _ Fighting
erupted Tuesday between
rival Shiite militias in
Karbala during a religious
festival, claiming 51 lives
and forcing officials to
abort the celebrations
and order up to 1 million
Shiite pilgrims to leave
the southern city.
Security officials said
Mahdi Army gunmen
loyal to radical cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr fired on
guards around two
shrines protected by the
Badr Brigade, the armed
wing of the Supreme
Islamic Iraqi Council.
Residents of Karbala
contacted by telephone
said snipers were firing
on Iraqi security forces
from rooftops. Explosions
and the rattle of auto
matic weapons fire could
be heard during tele
phone calls to reporters
in the city 50 miles south
of Baghdad.
In addition to the
deaths, security officials
said at least 247 people
were wounded, including
women and children.
The clashes appeared
to be part of a power
struggle among Shiite
groups in the sect’s
southern Iraqi heartland,
which includes the bulk
of the country’s vast oil
wealth.
Associated Press
