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Indiana politicians are looking to allow firearms on campuses | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — While some national lawmakers eye new limits on access to guns in the wake of last month’s school shooting in Connecticut, two Republican state senators are trying to expand who can carry guns and where in Indiana.

Sen. Jim Banks of Columbia City has proposed allowing students to carry firearms on Indiana’s public university campuses. Sen. Dennis Kruse of Auburn wants a bill that would exempt guns made exclusively in Indiana from federal rules and regulations.

The measures face little chance of success in the GenI think we eral Assembly this year. But Banks said Tuesday that law- ought to makers should still have an be able to open, wide-ranging discussion about guns that high- control our lights both arguments for and own things against increased access.

Banks said Indiana members in our state of the national group Students and not have for Concealed Carry asked him to propose the bill concerning the federal carrying firearms on campus- government es. He said the group is pushing for increased gun access at continue colleges and has a large mem- to just bership of female students that’s focused on protecting monopolize women on campus. everything “That’s what’s compelling about this issue, is how many we do in our female students there are lives. around the state, who have very specific and real reasons DENNIS KRUSE, to be afraid for their own safe- Republican state ty on their campus,” he said. senator “The number of sexual assault cases on campuses is alarming.”

Kruse is proposing that anyone who makes guns in Indiana from parts made in the state and then sells them in the state be exempted from all federal gun regulations.

“Part of it is exercising our 10th Amendment rights, that Indiana can have our own laws and

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Perry Sook plays Shrek in “Shrek the Musical.” The musical inspired by the 2001 film will open at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in John R. Emens Auditorium.

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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF STUDENTS BEING ALLOWED TO CARRY FIREARMS ON CAMPUS?

« People are either going to take advantage of or use it for selfdefense... I would feel unsafe. » CHRISTA HAMMOND, freshman telecommunication major

« I think it’s a terrible idea. I think

they’re taking away our safety... It’s a college campus, it’s just a bunch of kids trying to go to school.

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ZENEE GADSON, freshman fashion merchandising major

« I would feel 10 times safer if I

could carry my own gun. I think there needs to be really strict mental tests to prove you can carry a gun.

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EMILY CONRAD, freshman journalism and telecommunications major

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OUT OF THE SWAMP

usical numbers, make-up, mileage and what he can pack in his suitcases have measured Perry Sook’s life for months.

The University of Oklahoma student has been on the road since October with “Shrek the Musical” during its U.S. tour. Sook landed the role of Shrek and has been bringing the well-known character to life across the country.

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John R. Emens Auditorium WHEN

7:30 p.m. Thursday COST

Free for Ball State students in advance, $11 for students at the door.

Further pricing options can be found at the Emens website, bsu.edu/emens

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

CARDS OPEN CONFERENCE PLAY TONIGHT Berry says opponents’ zone defense will test Ball State in opener CONOR HOCKETT CHIEF REPORTER | @ConorHockett Head coach Billy Taylor has always said he tries to schedule teams comparable to Mid-American Conference opponents in the nonconference schedule, and that correlation is immediately noticeable for Ball State this season.

In the team’s last game against Norfolk State, junior guard Jesse Berry described the Spartans’ defenders as “going up against a bunch of Chris Bonds.” Long, rangy and athletic, Bond is known to use his physical skills to be a disruptive defender.

When Ball State (6-6) opens its Mid-American Conference season at Eastern Michigan (7-7) on Wednesday, Taylor said the team will be going up against similar body types in 6’6” Daylen Harrison and 6’8” Glenn Bryant as wing players in the Eagles’ 2-3 zone.

“They just present a lot of problems with their length,” Taylor said. “Eastern does a good job of

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Ball State 6-6 63.8 41.0 31.6 66.0 35.6 11.1

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Eastern Michigan 7-7 58.0 39.0 29.3 67.8 35.2 11.1

getting out and contesting shooters and their forwards come up extremely high. Even when you penetrate their zone, they have shot blockers in there that can contest and change shots. They make it very difficult to score in the painted area.”

Ball State has had success against zoning teams in two wins against South Dakota this season, but Taylor said the Coyotes usually played a lineup of four guards that were packed 3-point line and in.

The Eagles’ aggressive style and limited amount of offensive opportunities given to oppo-

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“They force you to use a lot of clock to try and get the shot that you want,” Taylor said. “You end up playing a little bit slower and end up taking more difficult shots than you want to.”

Despite the team’s defensive capabilities, Eastern Michigan has struggled to produce on the other end.

Harrison (10.0 ppg), Bryant (10.4 ppg) and senior Derek Thompson (11.4 ppg) all boast double-figure scoring averages, but the Eagles have a -5.1 scoring margin this season. Those numbers are a little bit skewed, however, by lopsided losses to Syracuse, Michigan and Kentucky by a combined 127 points.

Taylor said it’s hard to judge a MAC team during the nonconference because the strength of schedule ranges from teamto-team, but if preseason polls mean anything, the Cardinals’ start to the conference season is tough.

Ball State plays at Eastern Michigan, against Kent State and at Akron to begin league play.

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Junior forward Majok Majok reaches for a rebound in a game against South Dakota on Dec. 8 in Worthern Arena. Eastern Michigan will offer a similar force to what Ball State brings.

the top-three spots of either the MAC West or East Division in the preseason poll.

The Cardinals don’t play a team from the MAC East Division until Jan. 24 last season, but changes to the league schedule made divisional crossover games more random this season.

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Mayor hosts local public forum Dennis Tyler allows residents to share, discuss problems LISA RYAN STAFF REPORTER | laryanl@bsu.edu

People with concerns ranging from train speeds to tax sales met with Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler during a public forum Tuesday.

Tyler invited Muncie residents to his office from 4 to 6 p.m. to share their concerns and propose ideas on how to improve the city.

“It’s so interesting to listen to the different ideas, thoughts [and] issues people might have,” Tyler said.

One woman who Tyler said was more than 100 years old came to the his office because she had never seen it in all her years of living in Muncie.

Another man addressed his concern that the Muncie website listed churches

when some faith-based organizations have other names.

Tyler fixed the problem immediately by changing the website to use the phrase “Places of Worship.”

Sometimes the issue is more complex like what the Quinn family is experiencing.

In the summer of 2011, a train killed Austin Quinn just one month after he graduated from Burris Laboratory School.

His parents and sister, Ball State student Sarah Quinn, talked to Tyler about lowering train speeds in Muncie.

David Quinn, Austin’s father, believes higher train speeds in a city means more people can get hurt.

“It puts people’s lives in jeopardy,” he said.

Tyler hopes they can find an answer for the Quinn family.

“We’re working towards a very positive solution for everybody,” the mayor said.

David Quinn said speaking with Tyler directly was

valuable.

“Because he’s a former firefighter and state representative, I wanted his opinion of it,” he said. “I think it’s a great program.”

Tyler agreed that the public forum has been a success.

“I was trying to think of a way to make contact with my constituents, and one of the things I’ve seen over the years is if you do a public forum mayor’s chat, many times people that want to come in and talk about something like that, they don’t [usually] get the chance to,” Tyler said.

He had 10 visitors this year, and last year he had three.

He sees the increase as a promising sign.

“Even if it’s something you can’t resolve, they feel a heck of a lot better about it at the end of the day because they talked to somebody that was honest with them and DN PHOTO JONATHAN MIKSANEK at least tried to help them in Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler discusses a number of topics as part of his “Five Minutes with the Mayor” talks Tuesday evening. Attendees included residents concerned with issues within Muncie and others that simply wanted to stop in and visit. their situation,” he said.

Tyler discusses unemployment, crime City leader hopes to improve lighting on campus streets |

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Mayor Dennis Tyler foresees more police officers and more streetlights in Muncie as part of a way to increase city safety in the future.

Tyler said he wants to debunk the idea that Muncie

is unsafe. A MarketWatch article lists Muncie as No. 6 on its “10 U.S. cities where crime is soaring” list, but the mayor disagrees.

“I don’t believe we’re any more unsafe than any urban city in the state of Indiana,” Tyler said. “I think we’re much safer than most of them. I think our crime is down tremendously.”

The statistics tell a different story, with the FBI reporting 362 aggravated assaults in Muncie in 2011.

That number is more than Gary and every other Indiana city except Indianapolis.

Tyler believes the numbers are skewed, and said Police Chief Steve Stewart debunked the statistic.

In an effort to increase safety on Muncie streets, three new police officers were hired, and more money from the budget is being used to put officers on duty, Tyler said.

“Chief Stewart has done a great job taking people off the desk and into the

streets,” he said.

Chris Wilkey, president of the Student Government Association, said students approach him wanting more options for travel when walking home on and near campus at night. Many students would like to see better lighting on Dill and Dicks streets, he said. Tyler said he is working on the issue.

“One of the things we found when we came into office is we had almost 200 lights out in the city of Mun-

cie,” Tyler said.

Tyler said he is working with American Electric Power to turn on the streetlights.

“We’ll get done what we need to [in order] to get them on, and AEP is also working to take care of their responsibility,” Tyler said. “It’s a very good partnership.”

Tyler said he has many other goals for the remainder of his term. His main concern is increasing the number of jobs to “create a decent standard of living.”

“The unemployment rate is not anywhere close to where we would like it to be,” he said.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Muncie’s unemployment rate is at 8.9 percent as of the most recent findings in November 2012.

Indiana’s unemployment rate is 8 percent.

Other goals Tyler has for the city include more programs and parks for children and a better infrastructure to make Muncie more accessible for the disabled.

GUNS: New Army private BALL STATE TO RE-EVALUATE law targets SEVERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS faces 22 charges National study finds guns on WikiLeaks case institutions falling campus suspect argues below BSU standards | CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 have those laws pertain to our state and if it’s not specified otherwise, than I think we ought to be able to control our own things in our state and not have the federal government continue to just monopolize everything that we do in our lives,” Kruse said.

Senate President Pro Tem David Long, R-Fort Wayne, filed the measures proposed

by Banks and Kruse in the Senate rules committee, a move that typically signifies a bill’s dead for the session. But he said while Banks’ proposal regarding firearms on campuses “has some problems,” legislators are “really inclined to talk about it to see if there’s more we can do with the bill.”

Members of Indiana’s Black Legislative Caucus said they would support any national effort to reduce gun violence.

“One of the things that is happening around the country is that those persons that are interested in gun control are beginning to assemble,” Sen. Earline Rogers, D-Gary, said Tuesday. “You’ve got your police chiefs, you’ve got your sheriffs, and you’ve got your mayors. So what we want to do as a caucus is be sort of a place where people can go in order to get our support.”

The response in Indiana to the Dec. 14 elementary school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead in Newtown, Conn., has been somewhat muted. Incoming Gov. Mike Pence has said he plans a statewide review of school safety plans, but has declined to say whether he would make any changes to the state’s gun laws — either to increase or decrease access.

Attorney General Greg Zoeller and Sen. Pete Miller, R-Avon, have proposed spending $10 million to hire more law enforcement to protect Indiana schools and students, but Zoeller pointed out his office began investigating the need to expand the state’s corps of “school resource officers” well before the Connecticut shooting.

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FORT MEADE, Md. — A military judge on Tuesday reduced the potential sentence for an Army private accused of sending reams of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.

Col. Denise Lind made the ruling during a pretrial hearing at Fort Meade for Pfc. Bradley Manning.

Lind found that Manning suffered illegal pretrial punishment during nine months in a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va. She awarded a total of 112 days off any prison sentence Manning gets if he is convicted.

Manning was confined to a windowless cell 23 hours a day, sometimes with no clothing. Brig officials said it was to keep him from hurting himself or others.

The judge said Manning’s confinement was “more rigorous than necessary.” She added that the conditions “became excessive in relation to legitimate government interests.”

Manning faces 22 charges,

including aiding the enemy, which carries a maximum of life behind bars. His trial begins March 6.

The 25-year-old intelligence analyst sought to have the charges against him thrown out, arguing that the military held him in unduly punishing pretrial conditions after his 2010 arrest.

Jailers at the Marine Corps brig in Quantico have testified they considered Manning a suicide risk and that they were only trying to keep him from hurting himself and others by keeping him in a windowless cell for all but one hour a day.

Prosecutors conceded in December that Manning was improperly held on suicide watch for seven days and recommended he get seven days’ credit at sentencing.

Manning is back at Fort Meade for a pretrial hearing that includes arguments on whether his motivation matters.

Prosecutors want the judge to bar the defense from producing evidence at Manning’s trial regarding his motive for allegedly leaking hundreds of thousands of secret war logs and diplomatic cables. seen by al-Qaida.

The four-day hearing began Tuesday.

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Nearly half of the more than 40 charter schools Ball State authorizes are up for renewal of charter this March, a process which comes on the heels of a study questioning the success of the university’s charter schools.

A December article published in the Indianapolis Star cited a study conducted by Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes, which placed Indiana fifth-best in the 23 states and cities examined, a good rating that should have been better, the center’s director Margaret Raymond said.

“Charter performance would be even better were it not for the very poor test results of a handful of charter schools opened in the past four years under the sponsorship of Ball State University,” she told the Indianapolis Star.

John Jacobson, dean of the Teachers College, said the main

purpose of a charter school is to allow for experimental education to try new teaching practices and curriculum where some of the state accountability and rules would be relaxed.

In order to become a charter school in Indiana, the institution must gain a charter authorizer.

All universities are eligible to become authorizers, as well as the state of Indiana and the Indianapolis mayor.

Jacobson said there were some schools that were falling well below Ball State standards, but there are several factors that indicate whether a school is successful or not.

A particular school may be falling below the state average, however, the traditional schools in the same area are often falling below the state average as well, Jacobson said. Parent choice and student safety must also be taken into account.

An education management organization, or EMO, is an organization or corporation that runs charter schools and decides management, curriculum and teaching practices, Jacobson said.

“I would say most of [Ball State’s] charter schools are

struggling in one way or another, and the majority of them are run by these large EMO’s,” Jacobson said. “We as authorizers don’t tell the school how to operate, or who to hire to teach or administrate. We don’t even require a particular curriculum.”

Robert Marra, executive director of the Office of Charter Schools, said some of the schools under review this March are underperforming, even falling under the 15th percentile in Indiana.

“In some of the cases, yeah, they are outperforming, and in a couple of them they are not.

Those may be set up for closure or non renewal,” Marra said.

“That was part of the bargain of charter schools in the first place.”

Ball State is tasked with offering oversight that allows these schools to provide superior education and opportunities.

Most of those on the board of charter as well as the director are somewhat new to their positions, which could be positive, Jacobson said.

“BSU is really taking authorizing seriously, and in the past couple years we have gotten a whole lot better,” Jacobson said. “I want to become the very best.”

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Forgoing a snowy Christmas at home with her family in Fishers, Ind., sophomore Spanish major Bailey Shannon embarked on a journey to Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America, according to the CIA Factbook. This 18-daylong trip in the small village El Tanke within Masatepe, Nicaragua changed her views about missionary work.

“When I got to Nicaragua I saw these huge buildings the church had created but no leadership,” Shannon said. “Missionaries have been going to that area for years, and yet a lot of the local families didn’t have Bibles, which is crazy.”

Ministerio Cristiano Nuevos Horizontes, meaning New Horizons Christian Ministry, was started by a Nicaraguan refuge and the once-pastor of Shannon’s home church, BridgeWay Community Church, in Fishers. The Nicaraguan church grounds include four buildings built by Shannon’s church. After seven years of building facilities, the question was raised as to how was it helping the people of Masatepe.

Shannon took the trip with BridgeWay Community Church Associate Pastor Brandon Weidman and his wife, Hannah, who came to assess how effective the church was serving the local community. Shannon said there were needs not being met that went beyond building facilities, which included things as simple as clean water.

“Our ideas as Americans of going to other countries and helping is good but flawed,” Shannon said. “We’ve made it into a strategic plan to conquer poverty but really it’s building relationships and friendships and learning about their needs. It’s not just giving people stuff.”

Shannon is no stranger to mission work, three years ago she went with her church to Mexico to build houses for people in Tijuana, Mexico.

However, she felt guilty for staying in a nice resort while they were there to serve the homeless. While the people were grateful for having homes given and built for them, she realized she and the other missionaries were taking the jobs of the local

construction businesses.

“It was hurting them in the long run,” Shannon said. “We were only meeting short-term needs, not looking at long-term needs.”

In Nicaragua, a plan to create a long-term boost for the community is underway. Shannon said the only grocery store with a safe supply of food is Wal-Mart owned “Pali,” where none of the profits go to the area but to the American corporation.

One ministry goal that Shannon wants to see is the opening of local businesses in the village that will make the community more self-sustainable. BridgeWay Community Church plans to create three businesses that Nicarguans will run and help improve their economy.

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“There’s a cliché that every Christian missionary opens a coffee shop,” Shannon said, “But I think it would be really neat.”

Shannon lived with locals in the small village and experience their daily lives. She did arts and crafts with girls in the village, cooked with neighbors and explored the area.

“I got to live amongst them,” she said. “Every morning I would wake up to the neighbors singing while washing their clothes. I got to know their stories and got more personal with everyone.

“It’s not what can I do, it was more about what is God showing me and how can I love these people better.”

During her visit she became friends with 20-year-old Guesell, who at the time was studying to take her entrance exam to go to school to be an orthodontist.

“We are in the same boat,” Shannon said. “Except she lives in a third world country.”

While Guesell herself lives in a developing country, she also wanted to do missionary work

to improve the lives of children who live in poverty, which gave Shannon a new perspective.

“I felt like God rebuked me in that moment,” she said. “Like He was saying, ‘While she lives in a third world country, she has the same hope and a future just like you.’”

While there, Shannon noticed there were many problems with alcoholism and that nonexistent family structures were evident in the area. It was accepted for a man to father multiple children with several women and claim no responsibility. Shannon said that it’s common for young women to become pregnant at early ages, as well.

One thing Nuevos Horizontes is doing to help young men break away from the pattern is gain influence through a growing youth soccer ministry.

“You don’t know their lives until you go and live with them,” Shannon said. “Then you can know their needs.”

The culture shock Shannon experienced proved to change her perspective. Nicaragua, according to the CIA Factbook, is slightly smaller than the state of New York. Most Nicaraguans have dirt floors and only running water for cooking and cleaning purposes. Only the wealthy have concrete floors and indoor plumbing.

Christmas didn’t consist of Santa Claus, present-giving and Christmas trees in Nicaragua.

One tradition included a ram horn being blown at 4 a.m. the mornings leading up to Christmas Eve, or La Noche Buena.

Shannon equated La Noche Buena with Fourth of July because fireworks and sparklers were lit throughout the night.

New Year’s Eve traditions proved to be significantly different than America’s televised traditions. Shannon said people made scarecrows filled with gun powder, which represented the bad happening and negativity of the past year. At midnight they drenched the dolls in gasoline and lit them on fire, causing massive explosions to ring throughout the night.

After the journey, Shannon has Nicaragua in mind as she completes her minors in sustainability, international resource management and Latin American studies. Returning to Nicaragua to live after she graduates rings as a new possibility.

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY BAILEY SHANNON

TOP: Bailey Shannon, left, makes quesadillas with Masatepe local Maria, 18, in her backyard kitchen with her 3-year-old nephew Harit. Shannon spent 18 days with the locals of Masatepe for a mission trip with the BridgeWay Community Church.

BOTTOM: Sophomore Spanish major Bailey Shannon (right) and 20-year-old Nicaraguan Guesell visit Granada, Nicaragua, the oldest city in Central America. Shannon became good friends with Guesell, who lives in the same village Shannon stayed in during her visit.

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“I luckily got to audition for the role and was called back and then offered the role,” Sook said.

“It was a great example of being in the right place at the right time, honestly.”

The musical stays true to the original 2001 movie “Shrek,” which tells the story of an isolated ogre who goes on an adventure with a talking donkey to reclaim his land.

The musical brings 19 new songs to the story and gives more back story to several characters, Sook said.

“Those who love the movie will get everything they love about it, but there will be more stuff added to the storyline,” Sook said. “The changes and additions really enhance the storyline and the audience get to explore new parts of the story.”

Sook has lived out of his suitcases and touring bus since the tour began in Anchorage, Alaska. Since then he has travelled across the country only stopping to do shows in some cities.

Sook doesn’t visit each city for long, but he’s getting a firsthand look at America through the window of his tour bus. Sook said he gets to see places he wouldn’t get to if he was in the classroom or

studying on his bed.

“It’s hard sometimes,” he said. “I live and breathe this musical, and sometimes we play eight shows a week in eight different cities. My life is bus, show and back onto the bus to go to another show.

“The days I have off I send exploring the cities with the cast.”

Sook is still enrolled at the University of Oklahoma as part of a study abroad program as he continues touring into April.

“Shrek the Musical” is the first show of the Spring Semester at Emens and is free for Ball State students in advance, and $11 at the door.

Freshman theater major Gabbi Boyd is looking forward to seeing the touring Broadway musical since she doesn’t get the opportunity to see professional musicals very often.

“I was hesitant at first about whether I would like it or not when it first came out a couple years ago but after I heard the music I was sold,” she said.

Rachel Kientz, a sophomore food and hospitality management major, is going to the show to fill the free time she has at the start of the semester.

“It’s a free show, and I love ‘Shrek’ so I thought it would be a fun way to spend my first Thursday night back,” Kientz said.

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Giffords launches gun control lobbying Former politician, husband roll out plan after deadly shooting | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUCSON, Ariz. — Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday as her Arizona hometown paused to mark the second anniversary of a deadly shooting rampage that left her with severe injuries.

Tucson residents rang bells at 10:11 a.m. — the moment a mentally ill gunman opened fire on Giffords as she met with

constituents in 2011, killing six people and leaving 12 others injured. Mayor Jonathan Rothschild rang a bell at a fire station 19 times — one for each victim.

At the same time, two politicians on opposite ends of the gun debate held dueling weapons buy-backs outside a police station. Such events have been held around the country since the shooting at a Connecticut school that revived the gun control debate.

City Councilman Steve Kozachik asked people to turn in their guns for a $50 gift certificate from Safeway — the grocery store chain that owned the supermarket that was the site of the shooting. He wants

to get guns out of people’s home and bring pressure on politicians to change gun laws.

Giffords also took a prominent role in the gun debate on the anniversary. She and husband Mark Kelly, a former astronaut, wrote in an op-ed published in USA Today that their Americans for Responsible Solutions initiative would help raise money to support greater gun control efforts. “Achieving reforms to reduce gun violence and prevent mass shootings will mean matching gun lobbyists in their reach and resources,� the couple wrote in the column.

The move was hinted at in Kelly’s recent comments that he and Giffords want to

become a prominent voice for gun control efforts.

Last week the couple visited Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire in an elementary school, killing 20 children and six adults in December.

Daniel Hernandez, a former Giffords intern who at the time of the shooting helped save her life by attempting to stop the bleeding before an ambulance arrived, criticized lawmakers for not doing enough since the attack. “There’s no excuse for standing back and saying we’re not going to do anything this time,� he said. “It’s been far too long and there have been far too many deaths.�

a painting, an act that could carry a prison term.

The artist, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, wrote on the website of the Bryder Gallery in Lund, Sweden, last year that he made a painting using ashes that he took from crematorium furnaces in Majdanek, a former Nazi German death camp located in eastern Poland, on a visit there in 1989.

Spokeswoman Beata SykJankowska said Tuesday that

prosecutors in the eastern city of Lublin have opened an investigation to check whether there is truth to the artist’s claim.

Swedish investigators will be asked for assistance in gathering evidence and questioning the artist, she said.

The small painting, named “Memory Works,� is made of broad vertical brown and gray strokes of brush that leave an impression of a tight group of people.

It could prove very difficult to determine whether von Hausswolff used victims’ ashes in the painting or is staging a publicity stunt.

If he did use the ashes, it would likely be extremely offensive to Holocaust survivors and many others.

He also could be charged in Poland with desecrating human ashes and their resting place and face up to eight years in prison.

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Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords leaves the Newtown Municipal Center in Newtown, Conn., on Friday after meeting with families that were affected by the Sandy Hook shooting. On Tuesday, Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, formed a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence.

Poland probes artist’s claim he used Holocaust ashes Swedish man could face up to 8 years if he is found guilty | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WARSAW, Poland — Polish prosecutors are investigating a Swedish artist’s claim that he used the ashes of Holocaust victims to make

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THURSDAY Women’s basketball opens its conference schedule with a home game against Miami of Ohio.

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SATURDAY Men’s volleyball begins its 50th season in program history with a home match against St. Francis.

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