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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 2001
Page
1
Spring activities start for Linn County 4H members planning projects and demonstrations ahead of upcoming county fairs and contests. Linn County faces a 6.5 cent per $1,000 tax levy reduction for fiscal 2002 per the budget director. House and Senate panels near Friday funnel deadline for non money bills to pass their respective committees.
Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Luzerne who lost their building and contents in a January 26 fire unanimously decided on Sunday to rebuild at the same site. Congregation Chairman Gerald Muench stated the plan.
The body of 26 year old Sally Malacus was found Sunday in a storage closet under a staircase at the Brandywyne Apartments. Police classify the death as suspicious as an autopsy is pending. Neighbors recall harassment complaints and note the closet is unlocked for meter readers.
Iowa men 7th seed in East faces Creighton Thursday in Uniondale New York. Iowa women 4th seed in Midwest face Oregon Saturday in Salt Lake City. ISU men 2nd seed in West meet Hampton Thursday in Boise Idaho. ISU women 2nd seed in Midwest take on Howard Friday in Ames. Drake women 12th seed in East play Villanova Friday in Raleigh North Carolina.
Iowa men, led by a 4‑game run, win the Big Ten championship at the United Center in Chicago earning a No. 7 seed in the East. Hawkeye women also capture the title in Grand Rapids, Mich, with Beatrice Bullock rallying the crowd after the victory as both teams celebrate the double crown.
A Knight Ridder summary notes a study by the American Psychological Association finds Greek life correlates with higher drinking in college, but rates drop after graduation as students enter the workforce. Lead researcher Kenneth Sher of the University of Missouri cites “the maturing” effect as drinking habits change with life progression.
A report summarizes findings from 319 mostly white graduates at a Midwestern university. The study tracked students over four years of college and three years post graduation to assess changes in heavy drinking tied to fraternity and sorority membership.
The Justice Department survey of 1999 shows blacks and Hispanics twice as likely as whites to report force or threats during police encounters. Black drivers were more often stopped, searched, handcuffed, or ticketed than whites, though the study notes this does not prove racial profiling. The report covered over 80,000 people in the final six months of 1999.
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