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Sign up for our e-mail edi- Into the Bluebery Hill music scene? Read Read about the men’s soccer split tiont to recieve breaking news about the St. Louis born rock-legend, W Chuck Berry B. Goode and his upcoming weekend at the UAA matchups in updates! concert in SCENE, PAGE 7 SPORTS, PAGE 8 U STUDENT LIFE thethe independenindependentt newspapernewspaper ofof WashingtonWashington UniversityUniversity inin St.St. LouisLouis sincesince eighteeneighteen seventy-eightseventy-eight Vol. 131, No. 24 www.studlife.com Monday, October 19, 2009 Medical school clears Kuklo of 200 seniors protest false-data charge discrimination at Chicago bar the signatures of four Army Committee doctors when submitting the results of his study for fi nds former publication. Controversy height- WU surgeon ened around the case when engaged in other it was revealed that Kuklo had been paid $800,000 by misconduct Medtronic, the company that makes Infuse. The University Dan Woznica said later that Kuklo had not Senior News Editor disclosed to the school his financial ties to Medtronic. After the allegations sur- A Washington University faced, Kuklo took leave committee has cleared former from the University in May. medical school researcher An article on his study was Timothy Kuklo of allegations retracted from the medical that he falsified research in journal that printed it. Sen. a military study, but found Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the that he had engaged in other ranking Republican on the SCOTT BRESSLER | CAMPUS IN FOCUS research misconduct. Senate Finance Committee, Kuklo was under federal began a federal inquiry into During the senior class trip to Chicago, Washington University students investigation after members Kuklo’s case. Kuklo later of the U.S. Army accused resigned from the University. protested the alleged discrimination against six black students who were him of fabricating data for A University committee denied entrance into Mother’s Nightclub Original bar on Saturday night. a bone-growth drug study, was then formed to investi- which he performed at Walter gate the allegations brought Reed Army Medical Center against Kuklo. Eliza Adelson allowed into the bar. their jeans were more “baggy,” Senior Class Council, respec- in Washington, D.C. Now, a Contributing Reporter About 200 Washington Uni- but the black students were still tively. Both of these students University committee says The committee’s findings versity seniors were attending denied admission. were heavily involved in the the claim that Kuklo made Although the Universi- Mother’s Night Club Original The six students offered to planning of the trip. up data cannot be supported, ty’s full findings have not Six black students were bar on Saturday night as part change their clothes, but the bar Murayi said he felt the man- though this does not mean he been made public, The New denied entry to a Chicago bar of their class trip to Chicago, manager still refused to allow ager was unwilling to listen to has been found innocent. York Times reported Friday during the senior class trip sponsored by the Senior Class them in. The white students what he and the other fi ve stu- “This is akin to a finding that the committee found it Saturday night, prompting Council. According to Senior were allowed to return. dents denied entry had to say. of insufficient evidence, and possible that Kuklo had not Washington University seniors Class President Fernando Cutz, The management at Moth- “From talking to him, I felt should not be characterized misrepresented the number of to protest the bar’s alleged dis- the six black students were told er’s did not immediately return that no matter what I said, he as a complete exoneration,” leg injuries that had been suc- criminatory action. they would not be allowed in phone calls from Student Life already knew his agenda, he the University said in a state- cessfully treated with Infuse. “I think it’s because we because of their failure to com- seeking comment. knew his plan. It was hard to get ment released Thursday. The committee based this were a group of predominantly ply with the bar’s “baggy jeans” Two of the students rejected him to budge from that,” Murayi The University commit- conclusion on the assump- black men and they felt threat- policy. A few white students who from the club were Iboro Umana said. “It was not about the baggy tee found that Kuklo violated tion that Kuklo could have ened,” said senior Blake Jones, had already been admitted then and Regis Murayi, the internal school research integrity defined the leg injuries he one of the students who was not came out to demonstrate that vice president and treasurer of See PROTEST, page 3 policies and guidelines for studied more broadly than human subject research in other Army officials would other ways. have. The committee also suggested that some of the History: Kuklo, Infuse questionable data tied to and the University’s Kuklo could have resulted Repeat is sweet: Tennis star Watts investigation from problems with record- The committee’s findings keeping at Walter Reed. come after seven months of But the committee found investigation into Kuklo’s no justification for Kuklo’s case. forging four doctors’ signa- takes ITA singles title for 2nd time Last spring, The New tures. The New York Times York Times printed allega- reported that Kuklo asserted tions from several U.S. Army he had only included the doc- Daniel Kurzner tournament,” Watts said. “It head coach Roger Follmer said. indicates. officials who claimed that tors’ names as a courtesy, but Sports Reporter was a fantastic feeling when I “He used a little bit of both this “I tried to mix up my game. Kuklo altered research data the committee determined was done with my fi nals match weekend, which he needed I served pretty well, I came to on Infuse, a bone-growth hor- that his forgeries suggested [Saturday] morning.” to do because he was pushed the net and put him away at mone used to treat wounded an “intentional deception.” Senior John Watts added Watts, coming off a fi rst- more here than he has been net,” Watts said. “A few little soldiers at Walter Reed. The University stated that another line to the already place fi nish at the ITA Regional [recently].” points here and there made a The Army members it is not reconsidering Kuk- remarkable list of accomplish- Tournament three weeks ago, In the tournament, which big difference.” Watts also dis- alleged that Kuklo had lo’s resignation in light of the ments in his career, capturing has never stopped working this took place in Mobile, Ala., patched Dillon Pottish of Emory inflated the number of sol- committee’s findings. the ITA Division III Men’s season to be ready for big tour- Watts defeated Andy Peters (7-5, 6-0) and Hayden White of diers with leg injuries who Singles Championship for the naments like this one. “This of Middlebury in the fi nals Washington and Lee (6-0, 6-2) were able to be treated effec- second time in the last four year we worked on his slice, in straight sets (6-3, 6-4), but en route to the fi nals. tively with Infuse. Kuklo years, without dropping a set. mostly his backhand slice, and he insists that the match was also accused of forging See KUKLO, page 2 “It was great to win the we worked on his drop shot,” was closer than the score See WATTS, page 6 Students call McCaskill to action at Power Shift Joshua Goldman more than just Missouri. Your shown no indication of how she Managing Editor constituency is the entire world. will vote on the clean energy We will hold you accountable if bill and because the state is you don’t vote accordingly.” well above average in its use of With a clean energy bill on Hasz gave the fi rst speech coal-based electricity. The pro- the Senate fl oor, Power Shift at the rally, which had about posed energy bill would call Missouri ’09 ended with a rally 60 attendees and concluded the for reducing carbon emissions on Sunday in front of St. Louis three-day summit. nationally by 20 percent by City Hall that aimed to enun- The summit, which was 2020 and 80 percent by 2050. ciate a clear message for Sen. at Saint Louis University, is Passing a clean energy bill Claire McCaskill. one of 11 regional conven- would also show that the United The Missouri Democrat has tions aimed at pushing clean States is ready to lead the fi ght yet to announce how she will energy legislation through Con- for clean energy at Copenhagen vote on the new clean energy gress. The student movement Climate Conference on Nov. 4, bill. Rally attendees called on was organized in Missouri which will be attended by all her to fi ght for clean energy. by Brett Wiley and Hasz and members of the U.N. Frame- “Climate change affects was overseen by the Energy work Convention on Climate all of our futures. We demand Action Coalition (EAC), an Change. that you support strong clean umbrella organization based in The statewide summit drew energy legislation,” said Adam Washington, D.C., that helps around 100 college and high Hasz, a sophomore at Washing- environmental groups like school students from across ton University and the campus Power Shift seek environmen- the state, and while it was sig- CEDRIC HUCHUAN XIA | STUDENT LIFE coordinator at Wash. U. for tal legislation. nifi cantly smaller than the Members of Green Action at Wash. U. were among those Missouri students who pushed Sen.