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ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 The Baylor Lariat Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Death shocks companions Love of art, science senior Eric Perez said. “Adam “We would usually find torical Lofts apartment com- loved astronomy and space.” these plan- plex. marked life of student Dr. Darrin Bellert, chemistry ets because Autopsy results are still pend- who died Saturday professor, called Todd a “tele- Adam told ing and may take a long time, scope nut.” me where to Waco Police Detective Andy De- Christine M. Tamer “He had a deep appreciation look,” Bel- gnan said. Staff writer and thrill for space,” Bellert said. lert said. “It (the case) is still ongoing, “He would come in and say Jupi- Todd, 22, and it is undetermined of how Late at night, with a telescope ter is high now or in the morning was found he passed,” Degnan said. under his arm, Oklahoma City sky. Or we talked about the fact dead in his While eating lunch with his junior Adam Todd would settle that Saturn was in the northeast apa r t ment dad and nephew, Perez said he down in a vacant field with sky at a certain time.” S a t u r d a y, received a call from a friend hopes of catching a glimpse of After Todd had filled Bellert said Waco about Todd’s death. a mysterious comet or new-born in on the location of a certain Todd Police De- “I had this really bad adrena- Melea Burke/Lariat staff star. planet, Bellert remembers going p a r t m e n t line rush though my body,” Per- “He was close to having a few home and looking into the tele- spokesman Steve Anderson. With the season in full swing, the McLane Student Life Center is adminis- Please see TODD, page 6 tering a flu vaccine for $20 until Nov. 29. stars be named after him,” Tyler scope with his kids. Todd lived in the LL Sams His- Flu vaccine arrives at BU

By Ashley Stocker off any viruses, but they last Reporter for nearly four months, Saun- ders said. Cough drops, tissues and The health center highly cold medicine become a part recommends that students get of a student’s daily life this vaccinated. time every year. With the “By this time of year, most stress of end-of-the-year proj- students are stressed out, not ects and tests, many students getting enough sleep and not find that they don’t have time eating right,” Saunders said. to get sick. “So it’s very important to take Flu season is officially un- precautions to keep from get- der way and although there ting sick.” have been few cases reported With such a high demand on campus, prevention will be for vaccines this year, many key this season, said Louise students have had to go off Saunders, director of nurses at campus to get their vaccina- the Student Health Center. tions. Influenza, known as the flu, “My schedule did not fit into is a virus that commonly car- any of the clinic times at the ries fever, sore throat, muscle SLC, so I had to find another pains, severe headache, cough- place to get my shot,” said Ash- ing, weakness and fatigue as leigh Nolen, a senior from Ho- symptoms. chiminh City, Vietnam. After receiving a shipment Nolen said she was able to of flu vaccines Tuesday, the get her vaccine from the H.E.B. McLane Student Life Center Grocery Store on Wooded will begin administering the Acres Drive. Kristina Bateman/Lariat staff shots today and will continue “It’s very important that I to do so until Friday. After have a flu shot since my fam- Back-to-back champion Thanksgiving, the SLC will of- ily is international, and I’m ex- fer the vaccine again on Nov. posed to so many things while Baylor alum Marshall Hooper, left, battles Mount Calm senior Shane Hawkins on Tuesday in a rock, paper, scissors competition held in a Negotiation and 28 through Nov. 29. traveling during the Christ- Conflict Resolution class in the Hankamer School of Business. Hooper, the defending champion, defeated Hawkins. Vaccine times vary depend- mas season,” Nolen said. ing on the day. Time infor- Flu clinics have been avail- mation may be found on the able at the H.E.B. on Wooded health services Web site. Each Acres since the beginning of vaccine costs $20 and will be October. Six clinics have been billed to student accounts. available so far, and a high Faculty Senate discusses Brooks Because the vaccine shipment number of local residents have was late this year, Saunders received the vaccination, said By Analiz González The questions, submitted in semester of 2002 with involve- bers who expressed interest in said they’re expecting large Becky Bernon, an H.E.B. phar- Staff writer written form by a member of ment of faculty, staff and stu- helping with the development of crowds at the clinics. macist. the faculty, included concerns dents,” Oliver wrote in a pack- the plans have been included in This virus is constantly “Vaccines cost $25 and are Dub Oliver, vice president for about the amount of university- age that was distributed at the the process.” changing its form, so the vac- available to anyone,” she said. student life, addressed concerns wide participation in the Brooks senate meeting. According to Oliver, faculty cines must be continuously There are few side effects to about Brooks College’s board of implementation process and “Planning for Brooks Village members who want to serve on updated as well, Saunders the vaccinations being report- trustees and fears of elitism on about whether faculty who are began in summer 2005 when the the board of trustees should said. ed; the worst being a sore arm Tuesday before the Faculty Sen- not members of the Great Texts Board of Regents authorized the contact Frank Shushok, dean Vaccinations for the flu of- the following day, Saunders ate. Program can be members of its administration to begin work- for student learning and engage- ten begin in October and con- said. He also announced that the board of trustees. ing with an architectural firm to ment, and that there is currently tinue into mid-December. The “The sore arm is definitely official name for Brooks College “The development of the develop plans for Baylor’s sec- no formal application process. vaccinations take around two nothing compared to having will be Brooks Residential Col- housing master plan was ac- ond residential complex. weeks to fully begin warding the flu,” Nolen said. lege. complished during the spring “Any faculty and staff mem- Please see SENATE, page 6 Rumsfeld scrutinized Poll shows Americans for possible war crimes worried about war plan By Jim Kuhnhenn lic adjusted to Washington’s new The Associated Press division of labor, with President By Stephen Graham case,” said Wolfgang Kaleck, a German Bush in the White House and The Associated Press lawyer involved in the suit. WASHINGTON — More Democrats holding the reins of The 220-page lawsuit, which also Americans rank Iraq as the top Congress for the first time in 12 BERLIN — Lawyers for inmates of names 13 other U.S. officials, was sent priority of the new Democratic- years. Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and Guantana- to federal prosecutors under a German controlled Congress, but nearly While voters in Election Day mo Bay asked German prosecutors Tues- law that allows the prosecution of war three out of five say the party surveys said corruption and day to open a war crimes investigation crimes regardless of where they were does not have a plan to deal scandal in Congress was one of outgoing Defense Secretary Donald committed. It alleges that Rumsfeld per- with the war. of the most important factors H. Rumsfeld and other U.S. officials for sonally ordered and condoned torture. In the aftermath of an anti- in their vote, the postelection their alleged roles in abuse at the deten- Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokes- Republican wave, the latest As- poll showed that 37 percent tion centers. man, said U.S. officials had not seen the sociated Press-Ipsos poll showed of all adults said the war in Although the lawyers who filed the complaint, but said media reports sug- lingering uncertainty about the Iraq should be at the top of the lawsuit acknowledged while there was gested it was “frivolous.” country’s direction and the abil- congressional agenda during little chance of seeing Rumsfeld in a “Abu Ghraib is something that the ity of Democrats and President the next two years. The issue German jail, the point was simply to in- U.S. government has investigated very Bush to work together. Under- of terrorism, the second most crease the pressure on top brass they say thoroughly,” Whitman said, noting more scoring the country’s political mentioned priority, was ranked are culpable. German federal prosecu- than a dozen probes as well as congres- divisions, Democrats expressed highest by 15 percent of those tors said they would examine the case. sional hearings. “The appropriate indi- more confidence and optimism polled. “We are not expecting that Rumsfeld viduals have been held accountable.” Associated Press than Republicans. Though voters apparently will appear in a court, but we are hoping Donald Rumsfeld resigned Nov. 8 after a controversial The poll was conducted Fri- investigators will begin looking into the Please see CRIMES, page 6 run as secretary of defense. day through Sunday as the pub- Please see PLAN, page 6

You may not have been aware as corpus has been one of the what exactly did he mean? of abuse are routinely dismissed Even if we have good reason of it, but part of our democracy founding pillars of democracy. The Military Commissions as usual. to believe a foreign prisoner is slowly dying. The term’s translation from Act circumvents the Geneva One example of this is Syr- is guilty of crimes against our It shouldn’t come as a sur- Latin is “you should have the point Conventions, defining torture ian-born Canadian citizen country, it is our duty to afford prise to those of us who have body,” meaning that a person as the administration pleases. Maher Arar. Arar was stopped them the treatment of due pro- kept up with the status of our who is imprisoned can chal- of view It can include practices such as at JFK airport in New York and cess and international law. liberties since Sept. 11. What lenge his detention in court water boarding, sleep depriva- sent to Syria. If we don’t, we risk our moral by brad briggs was once considered alarmist where it would be determined tion and whatever else it deems He was kept in solitary con- credibility. It further emboldens thinking is now a growing con- based on evidence if the impris- acceptable. finement, tortured and held for terrorists to treat us even more cern in our nation’s discourse. onment is lawful. happening. These “tools,” as they are nearly 11 months on false evi- harshly. Let me be specific. The right to challenge the Recently Vice President Dick called, do not work according dence as a suspected terrorist. The consequences will linger On Oct. 17, President Bush basis of one’s incarceration has Cheney said on a conservative to many intelligence experts. Among his claims of torture, on long after this war into oth- signed the Military Commis- now been stripped away from radio talk show that giving Think about it. Everybody has Arar said he was forced to sign a ers. sions Act of 2006 into law. Its anyone deemed an “enemy com- inmates a “dunk in the water” a breaking point where they confession. He was later released Benjamin Franklin wisely intended purpose is to define batant.” was a “no-brainer.” will tell their captors anything after human rights groups lob- stated, “Those who would give the parameters for detention, This law is the administra- Of course, the damage con- they want to hear. Anyone who bied the Canadian government up their liberty for a little tem- interrogation and prosecution tion’s latest attempt to define the trol robots came out and said claims otherwise is either lying for his release. porary safety deserve neither of enemy combatants such as use of torture on prisoners. this doesn’t mean we’re using or not human. The Canadian government liberty nor safety.” Those are those in Guantanamo Bay. I can’t believe we’re even a technique known as water There have been numerous has since publicly apologized prophetic words in these times. The language of the bill, debating the use of torture here boarding, where an inmate is cases of individuals who have for its role in the incident. Simply put, the rights we however, serves as an opening in America. dunked in water to simulate been arrested and held with- Arar and the Canadian gov- should give our enemies are statement in a eulogy for habeas Oh, wait; the correct term drowning. Nor does it mean the out charge, only to be released ernment have protested the the rights we are willing to have corpus. is “interrogation techniques.” vice president condones such months or, sometimes years, American role in the incident, applied to ourselves. Dating back to the Magna It’s part of the semantics game behavior. later without any explanation. but the U.S. denies any wrong- Brad Briggs is a junior journal- Carta in 1215, the right of habe- being played to justify what’s Well, I guess the question is, Their underreported allegations doing. ism major from Mesquite.

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Looks like we won’t have plenty stay the course. not turned and the insurgents They were called terrorist sym- to national security. But it is Donald Rumsfeld to kick But accountability? Not so have throes they haven’t even pathizers and traitors. especially difficult to watch around anymore. Ding-dong, much. So the administration’s used yet. Moreover, never mind Rep. John Murtha, an ex- in Iraq. When young women the Wicked Witch is dead. newfound willingness to admit, point the evidence the invasion was Marine, said the troops should and men are shipped off to Circle the date in red. In albeit implicitly, that the course a botch from day one, and the come home. He was called a fulfill an increasingly open- announcing his resignation might not be worth staying, its of view administration had no realistic coward. ended commitment in a blood- Nov. 8, the morning after voters fresh readiness to hold one of plan for securing Iraq after it The intelligence commu- stained suburb of hell, you’d at by leonard pitts angry over Iraq delivered the its own answerable, comes like fell. nity warned that Iraq might be least like to believe the minds GOP an epochal, sea-to-shin- rain in the desert to those who The administration was spiraling toward civil war. The in charge operate according to ing-sea beatdown, Rumsfeld — have thirsted for someone to the simple fact that it has never willfully walled off from the president said they were just a thoughtful and well-designed albeit at metaphorical gunpoint behave as if truth matters and understood this, that it crossed real world and, thus, happy to guessing. plan. — shows us something we have facts are non-negotiable. the line a long time ago without dismiss any voice that dared The top U.S. military com- So there is something inspir- not seen from a political leader All it took was more than thought or hesitation and never raise itself in dissent. And as mander in the Middle East ing about the events of this in a very long time, a thing so three-and-a-half years. And looked back. the months turned to years, warned of continued insurrec- week, some necessary reminder rare that the oldest among us 21,500 Americans wounded. Mission accomplished, they it became painfully clear that tion. Rumsfeld said the debate that power in this country ulti- can just barely remember it. And 2,800 Americans dead. said. Iraq has turned the cor- it didn’t matter whose voice it only helped the enemy. mately resides with the people. It’s called accountability. There is a thin line between ner, they said. The insurgency was; there was none so authori- By now, no observer can It’s reassuring to know there’s You are forgiven if you don’t steely resolve and mulish obsti- is in its last throes, they said. tative that Team Bush could not be surprised when Team Bush still one voice even the White know the word. Who can blame nacy, and the signature fail- And never mind all the evi- ignore it. kills the messenger. It’s a pat- House can’t ignore. you? In recent years, we’ve seen ing of the Bush administration dence that the mission was not Pundits complained Iraq tern we have seen on every Leonard Pitts Jr. is a columnist it very little. Oh, we’ve had where Iraq is concerned may be accomplished, the corner was was not going as advertised. issue from Hurricane Katrina for the Miami Herald.

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Each horse was led in op- with, or without, a background posing directions, breaking his in martial arts because all of the Baylor has a new martial art arms and preventing him from club’s members started from the to go along with karate, tai chi further practice of capoeira. ground up at some time. and jiu-jitsu. Capoeira, the latest That much is known for sure During their demonstration addition, has a past as a secret about Capoeira, and other as- the “capoeiristas,” as they are weapon during 19th-century pects of it are fuzzy. It’s thought called in Brazil, balanced on slave rebellion. to have come from Angola, and their hands on the ground and Capoeira, pronounced cap- one name translation could be quickly came up to fend off their WHERE-a, is an old Brazilian “bird-catcher,” although the sig- opponents in agile moves. martial art which has spread nificance is lost, Crowther said. Men and women who prac- today to the United Kingdom, In the early 1930s, a man tice Capoeira call themselves Russia and the U.S. named Maestro Bimba worked “players” because they are play Baylor Capoeira Club presi- with the Brazilian government fighting, Crowther said. dent Chris Crowther, a Dallas to make Capoeira legal again “Somebody kicks you, you do junior, said the martial art used and in doing so he modified countermoves. It’s like chess — to be disguised as tribal dance it, combining Asian martial art back and forth, with an infinite by African slaves in Brazil in the techniques with traditional Ca- number of moves. You make 1800s. poeira moves. (the move) up as you go. You “They pretended to do tribal The Baylor Capoeira club end up having your own style,” dance but were practicing fight- started last spring in April. Crowther said. ing to take over their masters,” “I couldn’t believe that there The fact that they were only Melea Burke/Lariat staff he said. was nobody in all of Waco that pretending to fight was empha- When slavery was outlawed played capoeira,” said Shama sized. Capoeira performed in the Irving junior Carl Young, left, and Chris Jefferson, a Jasper senior, practice moves for an upcoming show Wednesday in that country around 1880, Blaney, a Denver, Colo. graduate streets of Brazil was designed to while other members of Capoeira play music in Russell Gymnasium. the practice of capoeira became student. be aggressive, while at schools it illegal. Slave owners realized Blaney started all the paper- is noncombative, James Aaron, a ground constitutes a win. prepared to go to the next level,” Right now Ulisses Olivera the real reason the slaves were work and wrote the constitution Dallas junior, said. The club’s instructor is a na- Crowther said. is teaching African dance in dancing, and they put a stop to for the charter process and met When players get into semi- tive Brazilian who was practic- He was invited as a special Philadelphia and Pittsburg it, Crowther said. undergraduates who had played circle or circle formation, ing capoeira in Chicago when teacher at the end of April when but Crowther said he plans on Freed slaves caught practic- and were also interested in the “whichever player feels ready to he was contacted by the club, the club was still young. opening a capoeira school when ing it were punished and some- club. challenge the other player will Crowther said. “We all got his plane ticket,” he returns. times even executed. “The first time we met there jump in,” for a two- to three- “One of my goals being pres- Crowther said, “He came to Baylor Capoeira Club meets Crowther told the short ver- were about six people and most minute “fight,” Crowther said. ident is just having everybody one class and he loved Waco Wednesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. sion of a story in which one of them had played capoeira be- Tripping another player and learning the basics. So when he so much that he moved down and Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m. in slave caught practicing capoeira fore,” Blaney said. knocking him or her to the (the instructor) comes they’ll be here.” Russell Gymnasium. Campus to celebrate inaugural Baylor Thanksgiving Feast

By Tommy Stone sorority organizations, Asian ways He has blessed us,” said said. The celebration will be for toes, candied yams, green beans, vides students with a loving Reporter Students Association, Associa- Mark Laymon, student body all students and it will not ap- corn and, of course, pumpkin atmosphere and a safe environ- tion of Black Students, Hispanic president, said. “This will be a peal to just one group. pies provided by Aramark, Lay- ment. When classes let out on Tues- Student Association, Indian time to enjoy an amazing meal “I’d like to see the organiza- mon said. If the event is a success, stu- day, students will make their Subcontinent Student Associa- and have fellowship with dear tions working together more of- If the traditional Thanksgiv- dents can plan on the event be- way to their respective homes tion and student government friends.” ten,” said Cody Freelen, a Paris, ing food isn’t enough, students coming a regular Baylor tradi- to spend time with friends and have come together to create Student government has also Texas, junior said. “It seems like can come to the event to fellow- tion, Laymon said. family while huddled around a what they hope will be a new teamed up with all the class that is what Baylor is all about.” ship with friends and listen to The event is free, but stu- large turkey and giving thanks tradition: The Baylor Thanks- representatives to organize the Elizabeth Bayer, a Lake Jack- live music, Laymon said. dents should plan to bring their for the past year. giving Feast. event. The celebration is a his- son senior, agrees “It’s great to “It’s a good thing that pro- student IDs and maybe a coat, However, Monday night The event will provide stu- toric event for the organization see different groups collaborat- motes centrality and the being Laymon said. Thanksgiving will be celebrated dents with a chance “to slow because it causes usually segre- ing.” of one student body,” Lertisha The dinner and celebration a little bit early on the Baylor down and take advantage of gated organizations and asso- Students can expect all the Daley, a Killeen freshman, said. will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. campus. the time we still have left and ciations on campus to come to- Thanksgiving fixings such as Freelen added that the event Monday Nov. and is located at The student fraternity and also thanks the Lord for all the gether and work as one, Laymon turkey, stuffing, mashed pota- promotes fellowship and pro- the Fountain Mall. Early Spanish theology still relevant today BEAR BRIEFS

By Carlee Besier Assistant sophomore, said he “found it An Inconvenient Truth als Party from 7:30 to 9 p.m. today Reporter professor of interesting that professors in in the Bill Daniel Student Center Hispanic studies Spain used plays to teach stu- The Environmental Concern Orga- Den. There will be live music by Spanish culture has more to Dr. Hilaire Kal- dents. And that not only would nization will host a screening of An Dutton, free food and drinks. It is offer than just flamenco danc- lendorf spoke students attend the plays, but Inconvenient Truth: A Documenta- the last event for Alcohol Aware- ing and bullfights. Theology Thursday in the whole town. It’s a way of ed- ry about Global Warming at 7 p.m. ness and Education Week. and literature from 16th-centu- the Armstrong ucation I’d never heard of.” today in Bennett Auditorium. ry Spain provokes thought and Browning Kallendorf said she hopes Library on early Model United Nations awareness of present-day moral modern Spanish that everyone “came away with Baylor in Maastricht dilemmas. an enhanced awareness of mor- Model United Nations tryouts will theology. The Baylor in Maastricht program be held at 6 p.m. today in 349 Dr. Hilaire Kallendorf, an al dilemmas in their own lives.” will hold an informational meeting Draper. For more information con- assistant professor of Hispanic She said that in popular en- at 4 p.m. Thursday in 201-B Poage tact Jonathan Turner, Jen Kim or studies at Texas A&M Univer- Melea Burke/ tertainment, including movies, Legislative Library. All students Will Masters. isty, spoke Tuesday to a crowd- Lariat staff the heart of the drama is a moral interested in the program are wel- ed Treasure Room at the Arm- dilemma. come to attend. strong Browning Library. and believers may take any mor- similarities between the con- The element of moral dilem- ‘The Pulse’ available today During her lecture “Sin and al stance as long as it is backed struction of the confessional ma is also in works of literature, Alcohol Awareness week The Great Texts Edition of The Sensibility: Moral Economies of by at least one theologian. booth and the corrales, or en- Kallendorf said, and “that’s what Pulse is available today. Visit www. Early Modern Spain”, Kallendorf Because of this, plays and closed open-air theaters. She makes it relevant to everyday There will be a “B” Wiser Mock-tri- baylor.edu/pulse. said she “drew upon the fields books that dealt with probabi- said they both developed to- life. It helps us to think through of theology, law and architec- lism were censored by the Span- gether and staged a show of sin our decisions. And that’s one of ture to illuminate the complex ish government. and resolution. the greatest arguments for lit- mechanisms and power dynam- Kallendorf also said that in El Paso sophomore Mary erature.” ics at work within early modern 16th and 17th-century Spain, Jo Amaro said the part of the Kallendorf has a Ph.D in Spanish society.” most theologians were also ju- elcture that stood out to her the comparative literature from Waco City Limits Kallendorf first discussed rists who developed a theory most was the comparison be- Princeton University. Her work Dining room and Backyard Garden Available for: probabilism and how it was that some laws were “purely pe- tween the confessional booth includes the many aspects of re- All occasion parties, meetings, weddings, wedding recep- used in the 16th-century Span- nal”, or were never meant to be and corrales. ligious experience. tions, rehearsal dinners, showers, family reunions and ish plays. Kallendorf said that carried out. “I’d never heard anyone This lecture was co-spon- bereavement dinners. “probabilism is not the same With this setup, the subject make that connection before,” sored by the Honors College thing as probability.” could choose to either obey the she said. and the vice provost for research SandwicheS • american Food She defined it as “opting for law or pay the penalty. Kallen- Amaro said she also enjoyed VPR colloquium, a lecture se- mexican Food any probable course of action in dorf said this could lead to civil the explanation about how the ries that brings distinguished Order Your Christmas Tamales Now!! a moral dilemma, even if it is less disobedience, which was also theater was used as a political speakers to campus, said Sarah or even the least probable.” The present in the plays of the time. and social tool. Jane Murray, assistant professor 511 S. 8th St. • 254-1918 individual conscience is favored Kallendorf addressed the Daniel Esparanza, an El Paso of Great Texts.

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By Will Parchman really just look at me as the main guard Angela Tisdale is the only in practice and in games. Sports writer scorer because other people on our other upperclassman. “Bernice brings tremendous in- team can really score, too.” If the Lady Bears’ first two games tensity,” freshman forward Dani- When Bernice Mosby signed Mosby’s assertions are indeed are any indication, Mosby will be elle Wilson said. “In everything she her transfer papers to play with the correct; the Lady Bears are not want- the team’s workhorse. does, she brings that intensity.” Lady Bears basketball team before ing for offensive scoring this sea- “Bernice is just an athlete,” Mulkey said Mosby still has some the 2005 season began, head Coach son. However, it was Mulkey herself Mulkey said. “She is really trying to things to learn, and at least for now, Kim Mulkey knew she was getting a who, following Baylor’s gritty 81-71 exert herself on the floor for longer Mosby is still trying to fit herself in good post player. win against Hofstra in the second periods of time and trying to fight the team’s hierarchy. She just didn’t know how good. round of the WNIT Sunday, said through fatigue. She’s been a great “I feel like I’m a partial leader be- With two games now under her Mosby is stepping into the leader- leader.” cause I haven’t been in the program belt, Mosby is providing her veteran ship vacuum left by the graduated With such inexperience on for that long,” Mosby said. leadership and know-how to a team seniors. both ends of the court, Mulkey has “I’m just helping out and trying lacking in experience. “We played with excitement and stressed that Mosby must figure to become a leader, but I don’t think The Brooksville, Fla., senior is Bernice really led our team,” Mulkey into Baylor’s plans for the team to I’m there yet. As you can see I had a averaging 17.5 points and 15.5 re- said. succeed. And that means lots of good game in the first half (against bounds per game in the Lady Bears’ Mosby’s contributions this sea- minutes and lots of successful con- Hofstra) and in the second half I first two regular season contests, son will likely be magnified because tributions. kind of dropped off. and some say she is stepping into of the youth the Lady Bears bring to Despite the obvious, Mosby’s im- “I think that’s just growing as a the long shadow left by former All- the table. Mosby is one of just two pact this season has not been lim- leader and accepting my role.” American Sophia Young. seniors on the roster and is the only ited to Baylor’s opponents. And a prominent role from Mos- File Photo “I don’t look at it as my team,” senior that starts or sees significant The Lady Bears have a pair of by could be just the thing to push Bernice Mosby brings the ball up the court in an Oct. 2 exhibi- Mosby said. “I think we have a bal- playing time. impressive 6-foot-3 freshmen, and this young team beyond its expec- tion game against Louisiana State University. Mosby trans- anced team and other teams can’t And behind those two, junior Mosby has been their guiding force tations. ferred to Baylor in 2005 but only recently became eligible. ‘I was trying Gettis starts shining to help a kid’ in blowout defeats By Daniel Youngblood ments, the fact that he’s asserted Athletic director, parents, Sports editor himself in recent weeks has ev- athlete defend Bob Knight eryone associated with the team after controversial incident In 2005, freshman receiver excited. David Gettis became the first “I think the last four or five U.S. Army All-American Bowl weeks he’s really started work- By Betsy Blaney participant to ever sign with the ing hard. I think it was more of a The Associated Press Bears. After situation where we can get him c a t c h i n g in and kind of let him do what LUBBOCK — Texas Tech athletic direc- 31 passes he does well,” said offensive co- tor Gerald Myers insisted Tuesday that Bob for 60 0 ordinator Lee Hays. Knight did nothing wrong when he “quickly yards and “He’s as good as anybody lifted” the chin of Michael Prince in the lat- nine touch- when is comes to running the est clash between the hot-tempered coach downs in hitch or the post. Our problem and a player. his senior is throwing it deep enough for Prince and his parents also defended season of him. Knight, who confronted the forward and high school, “But he’s really starting to pushed his chin upward, as if to make him the 6-foot- shine, and I’m really excited look the coach in the eye, during a timeout 4 speed about him.” late in the Red Raiders’ 86-74 victory against receiver was Gettis Gettis, who caught his first Gardner-Webb on Monday night. expected to collegiate touchdown in Satur- “Coach Knight did not slap Michael,” step in and excel immediately at day’s game against Oklahoma Myers said in a statement. “Michael came the collegiate level. State University, said it was a off the court with his head down and Coach But after he was forced to little frustrating to play so little Knight quickly lifted Michael’s chin and miss what would have been his early this season, but he’s glad said, ‘Hold your head up and don’t worry freshman season when he was he’s been able to contribute in about your mistakes. Just play the game.’” ruled ineligible by the NCAA recent weeks. Knight, with a history of chair-throwing, Clearinghouse, Baylor coaches “Any time you get to score, referee baiting and run-ins with school offi- and fans had to wait a year to that’s great,” Gettis said. “I’m cials, was not available for comment to The see what he could do. just happy to get an opportunity Associated Press on Tuesday. Associated Press Because of the ruling, Gettis, to help my team out. He told ESPN.com he would act no differ- In this image taken from ESPNU video, Texas Tech basketball coach Bob Knight, right, is seen lifting the who is also a standout track ath- “The most important thing ently if faced with the same situation again. chin of Texas Tech player Michael Prince during a timeout in their game against Gardner-Webb on Monday lete, was away from football for is helping my team any way I “I’m sure there were some cases where I in Lubbock. a year. Regardless, Gettis signed can.” have been wrong, but (Monday night) wasn’t with Baylor for a second time in Gettis said after having such one of them,” Knight said. “I was trying to be an issue. of outbursts. January 2006. little impact on the team the first help a kid, and I think I did.” “We talked with Michael and he had In 1992, Knight kicked a chair on the While expectations were still nine games of this season, he Prince told the Lubbock Avalanche-Jour- just committed two fouls in a row,” Suzette bench while son Pat, then a player for him high, his playing time was limit- wanted to show fans that he is nal after Monday’s game that what happened Prince said. “He told us that Coach Knight at Indiana and now his assistant and suc- ed through the first nine games, as good as advertised. with the coach “was nothing.” was asking him if he’s ready to play. He said cessor-to-be at Texas Tech, was sitting in it. and he didn’t make a single re- Freshman quarterback Blake “He was trying to teach me and I had my they needed him ready to play.” When fans behind the team bench booed, ception. Szymanski said over the next head down, so he raised my chin up,” said She said she didn’t think Knight should Knight turned and responded with an Being underneath Baylor’s three years, Gettis’ play will Prince, who was seen moving his jaw around be reprimanded. obscenity. leading receiver, senior Trent speak for itself. as he sat on the bench after the confronta- Knight gave a brief statement at the post- He was accused of grabbing a player by Shelton, on the depth chart “Regardless of what people tion. “He was telling me to go out there and game news conference then answered one the throat during a practice in 1997, an epi- kept Gettis off the field until say about him, he’s a playmak- don’t be afraid to make mistakes. question before exiting the room, but the sode that was caught on videotape and cre- the Bears’ last two games durng er,” Szymanski said. “Because he “He said I was being too hard on episode with Prince was never addressed. ated the whirlwind that eventually led to his which he has seen his role in- hasn’t gotten the opportunity to myself.” It was win No. 871 for Knight, who needs firing from Indiana in September 2000. crease in blowout losses. get on the field, they’re saying, Prince’s mother, Suzette Prince, told The nine more victories to surpass Dean Smith His most infamous moment came in a While his three catches, 75 ‘He’s not what he was expected Avalanche-Journal she and her husband, for the most victories in Division I history. game against Purdue in 1985, when he yards and one touchdown in to be,’ but that’s not at all true. Mike, were sitting across from the Tech Knight’s career has featured three nation- threw a chair across the court after being the team’s past two games may “He’s going to be good for us bench and she doesn’t believe this should al championships, all at Indiana, but plenty assessed a technical foul. appear to be minor accomplish- — really good.”

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By Donelle Sauer my mind to a scenic drive down hard to listen to the outstand- Contributor a green field country road in an ing instrumental talent of one old farm pickup with the win- without the other to follow. After listening to Nickel dows down. Tagged on to the end of the Creek’s new release, Reasons Sara Watkins’ voice followed album are two live recordings of Why (The Very Best), I am left my bluegrass/country getaway fan favorites: “You Don’t Have already missing their talent and right into the second song “Out To Move That Mountain” and wanting more. of the Woods.” Both songs origi- “The Fox.” Both will make any nated from the band’s 2000 listener fight for concert tickets ALBUMREVIEW release, Nickel Creek. before the band’s last tour ends The next few songs on the in 2007. Hopefully the band’s recent album were taken from its 2005 Attached to the new album announcement of an indefinite release, Why Should The Fire Die? is a DVD. I was expecting it to hiatus will give them time to After listening to the single from be like every other artist DVD rejuvenate their creative minds this album, I realized why the — footage of live concerts — but it in order to write more brilliant band is ready for a hiatus: to wasn’t. Nickel Creek brings the songs. keep the fire from dying. CMT channel right into your The group produced three Although the group’s previ- home with its seven storytelling amazing albums while touring ous release showed maturity music videos. for seven straight years, and and talent growth, it wasn’t the If you haven’t been a Nickel now it’s all encompassed on a same. Creek listener before, this is the new album released Tuesday. For this longtime listener, the perfect album to get addicted to With six singles, two live raw, acoustic sound that brought with all of the band’s best songs recordings, seven music vid- the band fame was overshad- available on one easy, worth- eos and a few extra fan-favorite owed with a taste of mainstream while purchase. songs, the CD/DVD package rock. The songs aren’t re-recorded, truly is the band’s very best. But its best talent is revived but having all the songs on one “The Lighthouse’s Tale” is in the middle of the compilation disc is worth the money for com- the first song on the album and with the instrumental “Smooth- mitted fans. rightly so as it leaves the ears ie Song.” And maybe, if the hit record buzzing for more. The string- One mistake in adding this sells, Nickel Creek will realize Courtesy photo picking talent mixed with Chris song was leaving out its Gram- its fan base is too large to stay Thile’s voice disrupted my my-nominated counterpart, gone forever. Violinist Sara Watkins, mandolinist Chris Thile and guitarist Sean Watkins make up the contemporary bluegrass band studying as I quickly escaped in “Scotch and Chocolate.” It’s Grade: A Nickel Creek. The group’s new album, Reasons Why (The Very Best), was released in stores Tuesday. Eclectic duo Gnarls Barkley finds brotherhood in collaboration

By Evelyn McDonnell Danger his edgy hip-hop tracks when heart. I’m just as amazed as you for it and “Gone Daddy Gone,” McClatchy Newspapers Mouse, left, one of his musical experi- that such an album is so com- and big-band live shows where and Cee-Lo ments — 2003’s mashup of the mercially celebrated.” the musicians dress up as movie Music doesn’t just soothe the Green are Beatles’ white album and Jay- The songs on St. Elsewhere characters (also the only way savage beast: It can save the mor- the mas- Z’s The Black Album — blew up. range from a cover of the Violent they’ll have their photo taken), tal soul. Just ask Cee-Lo Green. terminds Although establishment bigwigs Femmes’ new wave blues “Gone continue to spread the go-go A couple of years ago, the behind the tried to squash the illicit Grey Daddy Gone,” to the finger-pop- gospel. This month, Gnarls is on gifted rapper and singer hit duo Gnarls Album, the Internet made it a ping ’60s pop of “Smiley Faces,” the cover of Spin magazine. the skids. He’d released two Barkley. St. hit. Danger Mouse was soon a to the ghoulish “Necromancer.” Green and Danger Mouse Elsewhere acclaimed solo albums, but his features the much-sought-after producer; Some people have described the are like two grown boys made label, Arista, folded and left his hit single his work on the Gorillaz’ album style as mash-up (the electronic so confident by the chemistry singular funkadelic muse home- “Crazy,” Demon Days was nominated for fusion of two disparate genres), of their teamwork that they can less. Simultaneously, he was get- which a Grammy. but these are songs that come play with their success. Like ting a divorce from the mother leaked Green, 32, born Thomas Cal- not from two places but from one their name, a surf-rat takeoff on of his two children. On “Just a months laway, was part of the seminal heart. Burton and Green both the basketball player Charles Thought,” a track on the debut before the Atlanta hip-hop group Good- grew up loving punk, rock, R&B Barkley, they’re a joke — with a album by the eclectic, history- album’s ie Mob and a member of the and hip-hop. Perhaps the title serious purpose. The costumes making duo Gnarls Barkley, March 13 sprawling Dungeon Family. His of the opening track describes — dressing up as characters in Green sings that he was low release. ’02 solo debut, Cee-Lo Green and the sound best: “Go-Go Gadget Back to the Future, A Clockwork enough to contemplate suicide. his Perfect Imperfections, and ’04’s Gospel.” Orange and Superman — are Then a friend sent him res- follow, Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul The song “Crazy” is an their somewhat geeky end-run cue music from the blues. Courtesy photo Machine, revealed him to be a bit instant classic: Cee-Lo, who cut around the cult of personality. “Danger Mouse’s production of a mad scientist, too, imagina- his vocals in one take, sings with “It was to deter any one par- was so classic, it caused me to runaway left-field album of Quite an accomplishment for tively injecting acid-rock, folk, the ethereal voice of Al Green, ticular demographic or audience be introspective,” Green said. “It 2006. St. Elsewhere has busted two young men in costumes. pop and gospel into hip-hop’s while Danger Mouse tweaks from associating themselves took me back to my childhood. global records, knocked down Gnarls Barkley is the unlike- sometimes staid formula. strings and electronics. “Crazy” directly with us as far as to say, I immediately knew I wasn’t border walls, leapt over bum- ly love child of two restless art- Together they created a beau- went to No. 1 in England before ‘Well, they’re emo, or they’re alone; his company was all that bling executives and saved a ists. Brian Burton, aka Danger tiful monster. the album was even released, alternative.’ Then it was also to I needed. We became brothers.” few lives. Gnarls Barkley are not Mouse, 29, is an electronic whiz “I didn’t know who was going based entirely on downloads. 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promptly. expected within the next few PLAN from page 1 “It should send a clear mes- weeks. The Senate Democratic Militiamen abduct dozens embraced the Democratic sage to the Iraqi government, leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, mantra of changing course in the Iraqi people and the Ameri- also wants a bipartisan con- Iraq, a majority of the public can people that we’re not there gressional summit to debate did not detect a clear Demo- to stay,” he said. Iraq. at research facility in Iraq cratic blueprint for ending the No doubt, the election re- “Iraq has to be done on a war. Fifty-seven percent of all sults have put Democrats in bipartisan basis,” Reid said adults in the AP-Ipsos poll said something of a box, said Ste- Tuesday. “This is not a time for By Steven R. Hurst that saw at least 117 people die portance of Tuesday’s kidnap- Democrats do not have a plan phen Biddle, a defense policy threatening the president with The Associated Press in the mounting disorder and pings. The abductions were for Iraq; 29 percent said they expert at the Council of For- anything. We’re going to see violence gripping the country. believed to be the work of the do. The poll of 1,002 adults has eign Relations. how we can work with him to BAGHDAD — Suspected The abductions in broad day- Mahdi Army, the heavily armed a margin of error of 3 percent- “It’s a very, very awkward change course in Iraq.” Shiite militiamen dressed as light raised further questions al-Sadr militia which controls age points. thing to run a war from the Though uncertain about Interior Ministry commandos about Prime Minister Nouri al- the Karradah district. That finding strikes at the Congress,” he said. “The public the Democrats’ plan for Iraq, stormed a Higher Education Maliki’s commitment to wiping “What is happening is not heart of a Democratic dilem- wants them to do something. many Americans are upbeat Ministry office Tuesday and out the heavily armed Shiite mi- terrorism, but the result of dis- ma. And they don’t want to go into about Democratic control of kidnapped dozens of people af- litias of his prime political back- agreements and conflict between The party has been of one 2008 and be accused of being Congress. For every 10 adults ter clearing the area under the ers: the Supreme Council for militias belonging to this side or voice in criticizing President the do-nothing 110th Con- surveyed, four said the country guise of providing security for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, that,” al-Maliki said in televised Bush’s strategy for the war but gress.” will be better off, three said it what they claimed would be a or SCIRI, and the Sadrist Move- remarks during a meeting with has been more equivocal on In separate interviews, some would not make much differ- visit by the U.S. ambassador. ment of radical, anti-American President Jalal Talabani. how to move in a different di- voters appeared sympathetic. ence and two said the country Witnesses and authorities Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. That response was likely to rection. John Rodon, a retiree from will be worse off. Most Demo- said the gunmen raced through Al-Maliki faces intense pres- prompt deeper concerns among Democrats such as Sen. Green Bay, Wis., said the situ- crats shared that optimism. all four stories of the building, sure from the United States to the U.S. military and the Bush John Kerry of Massachusetts ation in Iraq is “a big mistake” Republicans tended to be pes- forced men and women into disband and disarm the militias administration. and Rep. John Murtha of Penn- and voted for a Democrat for simistic or anticipated no dis- separate rooms, handcuffed the and their death squads, which The Americans have strug- sylvania want a fixed deadline Congress. He doubted, how- cernible change. men and loaded them aboard are deeply involved in the coun- gled for 44 months to put in to pull all troops out of the ever, that the Democrats would Overall, Americans tended about 20 pickup trucks. try’s sectarian slaughter and are place a democratic and multi- country. Other Democrats, solve the war. to hold Bush responsible for Shortly afterward, authori- believed to have thoroughly in- sectarian and multiethnic gov- including some party lead- “I don’t think anybody has Republicans losses last week. ties arrested six senior police filtrated the police and security ernment that would embrace ers, have voiced support for a an answer for this,” he said. Forty-five percent of adults officers in connection with the forces. the Sunni and Kurdish minori- staggered withdrawal that de- Francis Curran, a 43-year- surveyed said Bush deserves abductions, the police chief U.S. Central Command ties, even if dominated by the mands greater responsibility old carpenter from Jupiter, all or a great deal of the blame. and five top subordinates in the chief Gen. John Abizaid sternly Shiite majority. from the Iraqis. Fla., said he thinks Democrats But only 22 percent of Republi- Karradah district, the central warned al-Maliki face-to-face on Since taking office in May, al- The public’s perception was would approach Iraq with a can voters attributed the losses Baghdad region where the kid- Monday that he must disband Maliki has essentially refused to reinforced during the cam- better lens. to Bush. nappers struck, Interior Minis- the militias and give the United reach out to the Sunnis, who ran paign, when President Bush “You can’t solve that prob- Americans were split when try spokesman Maj. Gen. Jalil States proof that they have been the country for decades under time and again told voters that lem without involving the oth- asked if the president and Khalaf said. disarmed, according to senior Saddam Hussein. The former the Democrats had little to of- er players in the region. I think Democrats in Congress could There were varying estimates Iraqi government officials with Iraqi leader, toppled in the 2003 fer on the war. Democrats might be more will- work together. of the number of people kid- knowledge of what the men dis- U.S. invasion, ordered the kill- “Everyone agrees that we’re ing to at least not call (Iranian Forty-seven percent said napped, but it appeared that at cussed. ing of hundreds of thousands of going to have to begin rede- President Mahmoud Ahma- they were confident that two least 50 were seized, one of the So far, the prime minister has Shiites. ployment,” Rep. Ike Skelton, dinejad) the Axis of Evil,” Cur- could cooperate and 51 per- largest mass abductions in Iraq. said the militias should not act Iraqi officials gave wildly dif- D-Mo., said of the Democratic ran said. “I don’t know if the cent said they were not. Authorities said as many as 20 illegally but has taken no tough fering accounts of how many position. president would go with this, In the wake of the election, were later released, but said a action against them. people were abducted in the Skelton, in line to become but this administration has to Democrats as well as the presi- broadcast report that most hos- Al-Maliki, who leads a Shiite- raid on the Ministry of Higher chairman of the House Armed involve other nations in that dent and his Republican allies tages were freed appeared to be dominated Iraqi government, Education office that handles Services Committee, has pro- region.” have emphasized the need for false. The assault came on a day appeared to minimize the im- academic grants and exchanges. posed withdrawing a U.S. For now, Democrats appear bipartisanship on the war and brigade for every three Iraqi willing to wait for the recom- on a number of other legisla- combat brigades rated fully ca- mendations of a bipartisan Iraq tive fronts. applications for Brooks, includ- Baylor faculty to actively engage pable. study group led by former Sec- Democrats and Bush have SENATE from page 1 ing two freshman, 95 sopho- students and encourage stu- Skelton opposes setting a retary of State James A. Baker said they see an opportunity to Trustees are appointed by mores, 28 juniors, nine seniors dents to become a vital part of timetable for withdrawal but III and former Democratic Rep. pass comprehensive legislation the dean for student learning and one graduate student. They Baylor’s community of scholars. said at least one U.S. battal- Lee Hamilton. on immigration that had been and engagement and will serve represent more than 50 majors. … Baylor lacks a coherent, uni- ion or brigade should pull out The group’s findings are blocked in the House. three-year-terms. In other business, President versity-wide focus on enhanc- Trustee responsibilities will John Lilley answered questions ing learning through effective include admitting students to about a new promotions policy teaching. a shame more people didn’t a friend who knew him, I feel the college, participating in col- requiring faculty applying for a “While many other univer- TODD from page 1 get to know him. He may have like he should be there saying lege activities, attending weekly promotion from associate to full sities provide a central unit to ez said. “I kept asking for con- come off as awkward in social something that was typical of community meals and some professor to have three letters support teaching excellence firmation from my friend: ‘Are engagements, but that was how him: outlandish and funny.” may also teach a section of Uni- from outside evaluators evalu- and professional development you sure? Are you sure?’” unique he was.” In an e-mail interview, In- versity 1000. ating their scholarship, Vitanza of teaching faculty, Baylor Uni- Since Perez was Todd’s best Todd made candles from terim Chaplain Byron Weath- “In the future, any potential said. In the past, this require- versity does not.” friend and friends with his scratch, cooked delicious din- ersbee said, “Humanly speak- faculty or staff appointments ment was only asked of profes- It will also encourage re- family, he said he was forced ners for his friends, took pro- ing, I am honest to say that I will be brought to the Faculty sors looking to receive tenure. search on learning that occurs to quickly “come to reality and fessional quality photographs, struggle with the why’s.” Committee on Student Life and Douglas Rogers, interim dean in and out of the classroom, it deal with all this.” went to art shows, listened to “I am saddened about the Services by the Dean for Stu- of the school of education, and stated. “I was there for him,” Perez Sublime and loved the state of death of Adam Todd,” he said. dent Learning and Engagement Laine Scales, associate dean of Jane Baldwin, director of said. “I guess that was noten- Oklahoma, Perez said. “My heart goes out to Adam’s for consultation,” Oliver said. graduate studies, presented in- graduate accounting programs, ough.” “He was a gentle person and family during such a tough, He also addressed concerns formation about a proposal for a reported revisions in the Honor Perez met Todd at Chapel in was not violent at all,” Perez tough time. The Baylor family that the Brooks slogan, “Good, center for teaching and learning. Code. fall 2003, and soon after they said. always hurts when one of our Better, Brooks,” sounded elitist. The Faculty Senate has not tak- The new honor code will became best friends. “He respected religion and students dies. Death is a diffi- “I can see where you and oth- en any action on the proposal. make the provost and executive “He was a bit of a recluse at faith, though he really resented cult thing to grasp for the hu- ers might feel that this market- There is already a require- vice president responsible for times,” Perez said. “It was just people who used religion as an man mind on this side, but as ing slogan is an elitist appeal,” ment for outside evaluation of appointing the honor council a guy probably too smart for excuse to hurt people. He was Christ followers our hope is in Oliver said. scholarship in order for profes- instead of leaving the respon- his own good. He was above very emotionally intelligent eternity with God forever and “I regret that. It is, in fact, a sors to be tenured. sibility to the vice president for and beyond the bell curve. We and a good person to talk to ever and ever.” marketing piece that was cre- An informative sheet dis- student life. never got to see the potential when you had a problem.” Perez said Todd’s small ated by staff in Baylor’s Creative tributed during the meeting by Recommendations for sanc- he could have fulfilled.” Perez said Todd was very in- circle of friends was a result of Services.” Rogers and Scales stated that tions for students will also go to Todd had a “handful” of telligent. him being misunderstood by As of Oct. 23, there were 135 the center would “better equip the provost, Vitanza said. good friends at Baylor, Perez “He did organic chemistry many students. said. and would ramble about stuff “It is a shame people didn’t “He was extremely unique,” like that hoping to spark in- understand him because he The suit is brought on behalf punity from any investigation Perez said. terest in someone else,” Perez understood people,” he said. CRIMES from page 1 of 12 alleged torture victims, 11 or prosecution,” said Michael “It is a shame that he didn’t, said. “He was a very understand- Iraqis held at Abu Ghraib and Ratner, president of New York’s I guess, thrive in this environ- Todd’s voice is the thing ing person, was never quick to Former U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mohamad al-Qahtani, a Saudi Center for Constitutional Rights, ment. Maybe in another envi- Perez said he will miss most. judge and knew no one was Janis Karpinski, the one-time being held at the U.S. military which is behind the litigation. ronment he would have. It was “Whenever I am talking to perfect.” commander of all U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, The attorneys think they prisons in Iraq, said she would Cuba, who has been identified have a better case this time, testify against her superiors by the U.S. as a would-be par- armed with documents from because only a handful of low- ticipant in the Sept. 11, 2001, 2005 congressional hearings on ranking soldiers have been con- attacks. the al-Qahtani case. They argue victed in the abuse at Baghdad’s Captured in December 2001 that Rumsfeld’s resignation last Abu Ghraib prison. along the Afghanistan-Paki- week means prosecutors may be Karpinski, who was relieved stan border, al-Qahtani would under less political pressure to of her command and demoted not crack under normal ques- avoid the case. to colonel last year, said she tioning, so Rumsfeld approved In addition to Rumsfeld, the wanted to “be a voice for my sol- harsher methods, according to suit names Attorney General diers.” the testimony before Congress. Alberto Gonzales, former CIA “They were tried and con- German prosecutors already director George Tenet, former victed in the world court before declined to investigate a more commander of all U.S. forces in they ever set foot in any court- limited lawsuit in 2005, arguing Iraq Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez room ... while people who are far that it was up to the U.S. to hold and eight others, alleging they more culpable and responsible any inquiry and that there were either ordered, aided, or failed have walked away blameless,” no indications U.S. authorities to prevent war crimes. Karpinski said during a presen- or courts would refrain from do- Kaleck said the suit’s back- tation of the case in Berlin. ing so. ers would appeal if prosecutors There have been 11 convic- Since then, there have been refuse to take up the case, and tions and about a dozen courts- “no efforts in the United States raised the prospect of further at- martial in the United States re- to go up the chain of command, tempts in other European coun- lated to Abu Ghraib. they’ve basically been given im- tries.

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