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Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 3
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NEWS BRIEFS
GAINESVILLE, Fla.
Shooting spree kills
two, wounds five
A gunman driving around
Gainesville in a red pickup truck
went on a shooting spree yesterday
afternoon, leaving two people dead
and five others wounded, police
said.
Police originally told The
Gainesville Sun that the gunman
was among those shot but later
would only tell The Associated
Press that he was no longer at large.
The gunman shot seemingly
unrelated people, starting around
4 p.m., Gainesville police Cpl.
Tscharna Senn said. Five people
were shot within city limits, while
the other two were shot in Alachua
County, Senn said.
There was no immediate motive
for the shootings.
" "We have no idea right now,
absolutely none," Senn told the
Gainesville Sun. "It appears to be
random."
Senn would not tell the AP
whether the suspect was dead,
wounded or arrested.
Gainesville Police Capt. Ed Book
told the Sun earlier that the suspect
had been pulled over and shot him-
self.
"We believe we're with the sus-
pect and the vehicle, and there is
no one out there running around,"
Book said earlier.
WASHINGTON D.C.
Americans traveling
* abroad cautioned
A new terror threat against
Europe isn't related to the United
States, but Americans traveling
abroad should take commonsense
precautions, the White House said
* yesterday.
President Barack Obama's press
secretary, Robert Gibbs, empha-
sized that Americans were not
being told to stay home.
Obama was briefed on the situ-
ation Saturday, Gibbs told report-
ers. On Sunday, the U.S. issued
an alert to Americans living in or
traveling to Europe to be vigilant
because of the threat of terrorism
there.
"We are concerned enough to
alert those who are in Europe to
be alert to their surroundings,"
Gibbs said at a White House brief-
ing. People should be alert to sus-
picious activities and should be
aware of where'to go in an emer-
gency, he said.
EAST LANSING, Mich.
MSU coach released
from hospital
Michigan State coach Mark
Dantonio was released from a hos-
pital yesterday after treatment for a
blood clot that was discovered less
than two weeks after surgery fol-
lowing a mild heart attack.
Dantonio was admitted last
Thursday with a blood clot in a leg
and missed the Spartans' 34-24vic-
tory over Wisconsin on Saturday.
He has missed twogames following
the heart attack Sept.19.
A routine postoperative exam
revealed the blood clot, which is
common after a variety of surgical
procedures.
No. 17 Michigan State (5-0, 1-0
Big Ten) plays at No. 18 Michigan
(5-0, 1-0) this weekend in a match-
up of unbeaten teams. A school
spokesman said shortly after Dan-
tonio's release that his role this
week was still to be determined,
but athletic director Mark Hollis
posted an upbeat message Monday
night on Twitter.
BOGOTA, Colombia
Police seize millions
in drug money
Colombia's defense minister says
authorities have seized $29 million
and 17 million euros in cash in a
home in a poor district south of the
capital, Bogota.
The official, Rodrigo Rivera, says
the money belonged to drug traf-
fickers including Daniel "El Loco"
Barrera. Authorities are offering
a $2.7 millon reward for Barrera's
capture.
Rivera says authorities have now
seized more than $140 million in
cash in the past month in an opera-
tion involving the cooperation of
U.S. customs officials.
Officials say several billions of
dollars in bulk cash are smuggled
into Colombia annually by traffick-
ers. They say most of it arrives by
* shipping container.
Officials say much of it comes
from Mexican traffickers while
some arrives from Europe.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports.
A Pakistani police officer stands guard on still smoldering oil trucks in Shikarpur in southern Pakistan on Friday
Pakistantensions
high over border isue
DUNCAN
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developed the Income-Based
Repayment Plan, which allows
students embarking on public
service careers to delegate 15
percent of their incomes toward
loan repayment, and have their
delt forgiven after 10 years in
the field. They have also sim-
plified the "far too long, far too.
confusing" FAFSA form to make
it "significantly shorter, simpler
and more user friendly," Duncan
said.
"We eliminated that barrier
and we think that will help mil-
lions of students go forward and
explore their heart, pursue their
passion and not be saddled in
debt that prevents them from
doing that," Duncan said.
Duncan said reform and
increased funding for higher
education is crucial to yield-.
ing more college graduates and
developing skills necessary to
improve America's economy.
"We fundamentally believe
that education has to be the great
equalizer in America," Duncan
said. "We have to educate our
way to a better economy."
Caperton - who, in addi-
tion to his role with the College
Board, is also the former gover-
nor of West Virginia - echoed
Duncan's sentiments, saying
that getting a college degree is
crucial in securing a job and in
helping to increase economic
standards.
"A college degree today is
more important than it's ever
been, particularly in this global
society," Caperton said.
According to Caperton, only
56 percent of students gradu-
ate from a four-year institution
within six years and only 27 per-
cent graduate from community
colleges during the same time
span.
"What we don't want to see at
all are people wasting their time
in high school, coming to college
and not .completing their edu-
cation," Caperton said. "That's
really a double loss. Not only is
it difficult to pay, but also not to
get their reward of a college edu-
cation."
Caperton said student finan-
cial difficulties are the result of
the larger challenges the coun-
try has faced in dealing with
finances in recent years. Because
of this, he said, America is going
through a "readjustment period"
and will take time to rebuild.
"The difficulty we have today
in this country is we have lived
way beyond our means," Caper-
ton said. "People have under-
saved, we've over-spent, we've
had more cars and bigger houses
than we can often afford and the
government has not balanced
its budget but has spent more
money than it has."
Rzepka said that his main job
is to "use MTV's superpowers
for good," adding that he aims to
do this through encouraging col-
lege graduation rates. In 2005,
MTV, the Gates Foundation and
Viacom created "Get Schooled,"
a 5-year campaign that empha-
sizes completing high school
and preparing students both
academically and mentally for
college completion.
"It's no secret that young peo-
ople today are facing significant
educational barriers," Rzepka
said, "barriers that prevent
them from getting an education,
that prevent them for success
in life, barriers that previous
generations didn't face. And at
the same time, the future of our
country and the United States'
standing in the world has never
been more dependent on the job
we do in educating young Amer-
icans."
The group recently launched a
contest called the "Get Schooled
College Affordability Chal-
lenge" which calls for students
to brainstorm how to create a
simpler financial aid process.
According to Rzepka, there
are 2 million college students
each year who fail to apply for
the close to 70 billion dollars-
worth of funding provided
through financial aid. He said he
hopes this contest will make the
funds more accessible.
"This competition calls on
young people and college stu-
dents nationwide to harness
the power of technology and
to re-imagine the financial aid
process," Rzepka said. "We're
calling on young people to use
new, innovative digital tools that
make it easier for college stu-
dents to find money for school."
The contest ends on Dec. 17,
2010 and the winning group will
receive $10,000. In addition,
MTV and the College Board will
try to bring the winning idea to
fruition.
Pakistani closure
of supply line draws
militant attacks.
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Hundreds
of U.S. and NATO trucks carrying
fuel and other supplies for troops
in Afghanistan lie idle. Dramatic
images of Taliban attacks on these
convoys are splashed across front
pages in this anti-American coun-
try with a U.S.-allied government.
Pakistan's shutting of a key
supply line for coalition troops
in Afghanistan and the appar-
ent ease with which militants are
attacking the stranded convoys are
shaking an already uncomfortable
relationship between Washington
and Islamabad.
The tension comes just as Wash-
ingtonis steppingupitsshadowwar
on militants harbored in Pakistan's
border regions. CIA missile attacks,
which have killed dozens of insur-
gents including some high-ranking
al-Qaida operatives, are running at
record levels - a sign of America's
impatience with Pakistan's inaction
in some parts of the frontier.
SACUA
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SACUA that both recommenda-
tions had been implemented,1
saying both staff members had
already been hired.
The CUHR Committee also
encouraged University officialsi
to renovate and establish a dedi-1
cated space in the Museum of1
Anthropology to accommodate;
appropriate storage of Native1
American funerary objects and1
human remains, as well as add1
space for meetings with represen-1
tatives of various Native Ameri-
can tribes.
According to the report, a
search for such space and consid-1
eration of the necessary renova-
tions is currently underway.
Report recommendations also1
urged University officials to make
the University's existing NAG-
PRA Committee a permanent,1
standing committee within the1
Office of the Vice President for
Research and to apply for any1
available federal grants to offseti
expenses that may result from
repatriation.
The CUHR Committee also1
recommended that the Univer-1
sity implement policies, similari
to those now legally required for1
culturally unidentifiable human1
remains, for repatriating associ-
ated funerary objects.
The University currently holds
approximately 1,600 remains and1
funerary objects that fall under
the current guidelines, Forrest,
and Antonucci told members"
of SACUA. However, they both1
stressed that it is very difficult to
amass with 100-percent accuracy
a full inventory of all such items at;
the University.
Antonucci explained that
inventoried remains may be dif-
ficult to classify in some cases.
Outside observers might presume
that collections of bone frag-
ments found together might all
be human if some were tested andI
found to be human, Antonucci
said. However, each bone frag-1
ment must be tested to determine
its individual biological origin,'
she said.
Additionally, the committee
recommended that a website be
established to keep the com-
Although they are allies in the
war against al-Qaida, the recent
events are a reminder that the
two countries' long-term strategic
interests are not always in sync. As
next year's date for the start of the
U.S. drawdown from Afghanistan
approaches, that gulfis onlygetting
wider.
The U.S. seeks an Afghanistan
free of Taliban fighters and wants
Pakistan to help by attacking them
on its side of the border. Pakistan is
hedging that when the Americans
go home, the Taliban will still be a
major power - and one amenable to
its anti-Indianagenda- sowants to
keep them as friends.
The U.S. has pressured Pakistan
to strike not only its enemy, the
Pakistani Taliban, butcalso Haqqani
network militants who attack the
U.S. on the Afghan side of the bor-
der
The Pakistani government pro-
vides vital intelligence tips that
help the CIA drone strikes. But
such cooperation, to the extent
that it becomes known in Pakistan,
puts the government at risk of look-
ing impotent in the eyes of its own
people: A foreign power that many
munity informed of repatriation
developments at the University -
something that has already been
done - and that a formalized pro-
cess for handling claims be estab-
lished internally.
Antonucci told members of
SACUA that the website, in
addition to serving a forum for
increased dialogue and inter-
nal documentation, is meant to
provide more transparency to
a process that has historically
been very contentious for both
members of the University com-
munity and Native American
tribes.
Members of the CUHR Com-
mittee also suggested that Uni-
versity officials send out formal
letters to members of the Native
American community who wish
to make a claim to some of the
remains and associated objects to
encourage an open dialogue.
Asked about the current use of
the University's collection, 'For-
rest and Antonucci told members
of SACUA that some research,
though limited, is still being done
on some of the objects that may
ultimately be repatriated.
Two University-affiliated
researchers are using part of the
University's collection in their
current research projects. The
first is a professor who is per-
forming fieldwork with Native
American tribes inArizona, while
the other is a graduate student on
campus who is using ceramics as
part of her research.
During yesterday's meeting,
Forrest acknowledged that the
University has had a troubled his-
tory with many Native American
groups, but said he is looking for-
ward to putting that behind him
and working to improve future
relationships.
"The past is the past," Forrest
said. "We're just trying to move
forward."
The Office of the Vice Presi-
dent for Research is currently
seeking input from the broader
University and Native American
communities through the end of
the month about the recommen-
dations of the CUHR Commit-
tee and the University's broader
repatriation efforts.
- Austin Wordell
contributed to this report.
believe is an enemy of Islam is firing
missiles and rockets on their terri-
tory.
In the most recent known strike,
a U.S. missile killed five German
militants takingsshelter in ahouse in
North Waziristan on Monday, intel-
ligence officials said. That region
has been named as the source of
a European terror plot that has
prompted American authorities to
issue a travel advisory. One or more
Gernan citizens are reported to be
linked to the plot.
There are renewed concerns
about the stability of Pakistan's
civilian government, which is
struggling to deal with the after-
math of the worst flooding in the
country's history. President Asif Ali
Zardari is desperately unpopular,
resented by many as a U.S. stooge
who got the job on a sympathy vote
after the assassination of his wife,
Benazir Bhutto.
The Pakistanis closed the main
NATO supply route last week to
protest a NATO helicopter attack
that killed three Pakistani border
guards. The alliance apologized for
the attack, which it described as an
act of self-defense.
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