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Prosecutor says victim finally getting closure after 17 years By Stephen Montemayor Twitter: @smontemayor

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HASKELL GRADUATE LEANDER BLANE LORETTO, from Jemez Pueblo in New Mexico, leans over to get a kiss from his niece, Annelli Kemppainen, following the 2014 commencement ceremony Friday at Haskell’s Coffin Sports Complex.

Haskell graduates celebrate accomplishments

Almost 17 years to the day after the crime, a 41-year-old man charged with raping a Kansas University student in 1997 was found guilty Friday in the second trial in his case. Robert E. Grey stood silently as the unanimous guilty verdict was read Fri- Grey day afternoon following the second day of deliberation in the case of a May 11, 1997, rape that had once gone cold for a decade. Speaking shortly after the verdict, Please see GUILTY, page 2A

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undreds packed Haskell Indian Nations University’s Coffin Complex Friday to send off this year’s graduates. Altogether 85 students graduated with bachelor degrees from Haskell this spring, and more than 100 graduated with associate degrees. Along with the friends and families of graduates, Friday’s commencement ceremony brought in dignitaries from all over the country, including the Comanche Nation Elders Council and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation tribal council. Charles Roessel, di-

mind” of Haskell graduates. “A quick view of the names of the graduates reminds me of the uniqueness of this school,” he said. “You are evidence that Indians are not defeated.” Roessel pointed to stereotypes of American InGRADUATE KAITLYN BRAVE EAGLE sports a pair of beaded dians as alcoholics, dropHaskell Converse sneakers Friday during the commenceouts and overly dependent ment ceremony at Coffin Sports Complex. on federal subsidies. “If you listened to these naysayers, none of you would rector of the federal Bu- ment address. Roessel, be here,” he said. reau of Indian Education, a member of the Navajo Delivering Friday’s which manages Haskell, Nation, focused on what Please see HASKELL, page 2A delivered the commence- he called the “undefeated

UPCOMING UNIVERSITY GRADUATIONS: Kansas University’s ceremony will start at 10:30 a.m. May 18 at Memorial Stadium. Baker University’s ceremony is on the same day at 1 p.m. at the Collins Center in Baldwin City.

Moody’s cuts KU’s credit rating a week after state downgrade By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com

Citing constrained state funding and tuition revenue, Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Kansas University’s bond rating this week. The move will affect $397 million in debt, Moody’s said in a KANSAS UNIVERSITY release. KU officials say the downgrade, from an Aa1 rating to an Aa2, will have only negligible effects on the university’s cost of borrowing and ability to finance Please see MOODY’S, page 2A

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