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A p ril 19. 2006
Lacrosee Players Charged in Attack
Arrested for
rape, kidnapping
(AP) — Two Duke Univer
sity lacrosse players were ar
rested on rape charges Tues
day in a scandal that has rocked
one of Am erica’s elite cam
puses and raised explosive
questions of race, class and
the privileged status of col
lege athletes.
The two players - both gradu
ates of Northern prep schools -
were promptly booked and re
leased on bail in Durham. N.C.
District Attorney Mike Nifong
said a third player could also be
arrested but has yet to be firmly
identified.
Reade Seligm ann, 20, of
Essex Fells, N.J., and Collin
Finnerty, 19, of Garden City,
N.Y., are accused o f attack
ing a stripper at a team party
at an off-campus house on the
night of March 13. They were
ch a rg e d w ith first-d e g re e
rape, sexual offense and kid
napping and were released on
$400,000 bail each.
doing great.” Finnerty’s attor
ney, Bill Cotter, said: “The next
jury will hear the entire story,
which includes our evidence,
and w e’re confident that these
young men will be found to be
innocent.”
The case has raised racial
tensions and heightened the
long-standing antagonism be
tween Duke students and the
middle class, racially mixed
Durham. The accuser is black,
and all but one of the 47 la
c ro sse team m em bers are
white.
N e ith e r S e lig m a n n and
Finnerty was among the Duke
team members arrested in re
cent years for such offenses
as underage drinking and pub
lic urination.
F in n e rty , h o w ev er, was
charged in W ashington, D.C.
with assault after a man told
p o lic e in N o v e m b e r th a t
Duke University lacrosse player Reade Seligmann is processed at the Durham County Detention
F in n e rty and tw o frie n d s
Facility in Durham, N.C., Tuesday on charges o f rape and kidnapping. (AP photo)
punched him and called him
The district attorney would attorney, Kirk Osborn, said: all know how reliable that is.” “gay and other derogatory
not say what evidence led to “Apparently it was a photo-
Seligmann is “absolutely in- nam es.” Finnerty agreed to
the charges. But Seligm ann’s graphic identification. And we nocent,” Osborn said. “H e’s community service.
Moose Wants Hawaii Beat
(AP) — Retired Portland Po
lice Chief Charles Moose appar
ently can’t get his chosen profes
sion out of his blood.
Moose, who left Portland to
lead the department in Montgom
ery County, Maryland, left police
work in 2(X)3 but next month will
start over again as a recruit in the
police department in Honololu,
Hawaii.
Moose, who is 52, left Mont
gomery County after he was
barred from accepting a monetary
advance for a book he wrote on
the W a sh in g to n , D .C .-area
sniper. He and his wife Sandy
now live in Honolulu.
Sandy Moose said the street
PSU Activism
on Earth Day
Portland State Univer
sity students will spend
Earth Day on Saturday,
April 22, clearing weeds
and cleaning up commu
nity sites for SOL V, King
and Lewis Elementary
schools, PDX Im pact,
Zenger Farms and the PSU
campus.
The effort is led by Stu
dent Leaders for Service,
a program of the Center
for Academic Excellence
at PSU, that provides stu
dents with opportunities to
be campus leaders and
represent the university in
community service and
civicengagementactivities.
Last year, students per
formed over 7,000 hours
of service.
For more information,
email studlead@pdx.edu
or call 503-725-9727.
Community Meets Mayor, Acting Chief
Potter questions issue of race
Charles Moose
aspect of being a cop was what
her husband always liked best
about the job anyway.
M ayor Tom Potter and In
terim Police Chief Rosie Sizer
held com m unity forum s in
separate appearances on M on
day and Saturday - with polic
ing issues a prevalent topic for
both.
Sizer used the regularly
scheduled ch ief s forum to an
nounce the possibility of more
personnel changes, and ex
changed ideas about improve
ments within community polic
ing. Sizer said she wants to de
velop police relationships with
Thanks,
Portland-area
businesses!
community groups in an effort
to crack down on city problems
such as drug use, graffiti and
street disorder.
Potter engaged in a “ 10-
minute listening session” with
citizens at Reflections Coffee
house in Northeast Portland.
About 35 citizens either talked
with the mayor or submitted
written comments during the
fourth of six monthly listening
sessions.
The majority of participants
expressed their concerns about
school closings, better jobs and
improved relations with the po
lice.
After the meeting, Potter dis
cussed police chief Derrick
Foxworth, who he recently
Mayor Tom Potter
placed on paid leave pending a
sexual harassment complaint by
a female desk clerk, a subject
noticeably absent in all but one
citizen’s time with the mayor.
Potter said he would like to
Interim Police Chief Rosie Sizer
consider how race affects the
legal case.
“It’s the elephant in the living
room, and you can quote me on
that,” he told the Oregonian on
Saturday.
Activity Key to Weight Gain, Not Diet
Eco-friendly commute options
benefit everyone.
In the spirit of Earth Day, TriMet commends
the nearly 1,000 Portland-area employers that
maintain alternative transportation programs.
Through their commitment, more than 200,000
employees drive 47 million fewer miles per year,
resulting in cleaner air for us all.
Commitment has its rewards: Employers with
transportation programs can get special state
and federal tax breaks. TriMet can help your
company benefit too!
Call TriMet at 503-962-7670 or visit
trimet.org/employers
TR I 0 M E T
See where it takes you.
Drive less. Save more.
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(AP) — Staying active may
be more of a factor in fending
off weight gain for adults than
cutting calories, according to a
new study.
The study on monkeys at the
Oregon National Primate Re
search Center found no strong
relationship between the level
of food intake and weight gain.
The most active monkeys
gained less weight despite being
fed the same high-fat diet, re
searchers said.
“Considering the fact that 60
percent of adult Americans are
overweight or obese, this is a
finding that affects a large per
centage of the adult population
in this country,” said Judy
Cameron, an Oregon Health &
Science University neuroscien
tist who led the study.
Cameron and her colleagues
studied 18 adult female mon
keys during a nine-month pe
riod. About a year before the
study, the ovaries were removed
from the animals to simulate
menopause in humans. In addi
tion, all of the animals were
placed on a high-fat diet, similar
to the diet of a middle-aged
woman.
Food intake, body weight and
body fat were closely tracked.
Researchers also tracked the
activity levels of the individual
monkeys using a small device
called an accelerometer, which
was worn on a collar.
The results suggest that,
while increased food intake
has the potential of increasing
body weight, it does not ap
pear to be the primary cause
of weight gain during the adult
years.
“This is especially important
to middle-aged Americans who
typically witness a jum p in
weight,” Cameron said.
The study was released on line
this week before publication in
the American Journal of Physi
ology: Regulatory. Integrative
and Comparative Physiology.
Chase Follows Kidnap Report
A driver crashed into a build
ing in northeast Portland on
Monday, after allegedly kidnap
ping a baby and leading offic
ers on a high-speed chase end
ing in collision at Northeast
I02"'1 and Wygant.
The unidentified man was
accused o f taking a tw o-
month-old baby from an apart
ment near 165,h Avenue and
Northeast Russell Street, then
fleeing in a blue Cadillac. Police
spotted the vehicle traveling
over 100 miles per hour at some
points, without the baby, who’d
been left a, his uncle's house
before the chase.
The suspect fled on foot af
ter the crash and was captured
by pursuing Gresham police.
Local Voters Guide Ready
The League of Women Voters ’
Guide, a source of unbiased infor
mation for voters to use in the May
2(X)6 Primary Election, will be dis
tributed by the League of Women
Voters of Portland next week.
The Voters’Guide is free and will
be available at the Multnomah
County Elections Office, 1040S.E.
Morrison St., on the Internet, and at
all branches of the Multnomah
County Library.
For the May 2006 Primary Elec the Voters’ Guide have been printed.
tion, the League submitted ques The League of Women Voters of
tions to candidates for statewide Oregon, with support from the Help
office and the Legislature and to America Vote Act, has also pub
candidates running for office in lished "Easy-to-Read" and Spanish
Metro, Multnomah County, the editions for statewide races that will
Multnomah County Circuit Court, he available at many locations.
and the City of Portland. The Vot
Voters can find candidate infor
ers’ Guide contains the candidates' mation for Portland and Multnomah
unedited responses.
County races on the web site of the
Approximately 63JXX) copies of League of Women Voters of Port
the Multnomah County Edition of land! www.lwvpdx.org).
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