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2 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 BULLETIN www.dailyutahchronicle.com 23 Tuesday Sunny 24 Wednesday 38/26 Rain/snow • Jazz Big Bands: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall • The Last of the Silence: Wildlife Studies in the World's Wilderness: 7 p.m. @ Salt Lake Main Library • UPC Gallery Stroll: UnUsual, Abstract Student Art: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. @ Union Student Lounge • Twelve Angry Men: 7:30 p.m. @ Pioneer Theatre 25 Thursday 40/27 Mostly cloudy • Women's Chorus: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall • Love Your Body Week Film Screening: America The Beautiful: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ Salt Lake Main Library • Banff Film Festival: 7 p.m. @ Kingsbury Hall • Pablo O'Higgins: Works on Paper: All day @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts 41/31 • Utah Philharmonia & USU Symphony: Mahlers Fifth: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall • The Rocky Horror Show: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Babcock Theatre • Bennion Center Open House: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Bennion Community Service Center, Union Room 101 Weather from the department of atmospheric sciences: http://forecastutah.edu All stories and photos from The Associated Press Students return to Ala. university There was no easing back into classes at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Monday: Many students and teachers had to return to the building where three professors, were gunned down more than a week ago. Classes resumed on the campus where authorities and witnesses say Amy Bishop, a biology professor bitter over being denied tenure, opened fire in a small conference room, killing three colleagues and wounding three others. Band members from nearby Oakwood University greeted the UAH students as they returned to campus, playing music and offering hugs. Meagan Warner, a student walking into the Shelby Center for Science and Technology, said she appreciated the support. "I have four classes in this building today, and it helps me feel at ease and that it's safe to be back on campus again," she said. School administrators said the corner of the building where the slayings occurred remained off limits. In Massachusetts, meanwhile, a former district attorney who is now a congressman said Monday it was a shame Bishop did not receive a mental evaluation after fatally shooting her younger brother in the family's kitchen in Braintree, Mass., in 1986. The killing was declared an accident, and Bishop never faced charges. Details about that case have emerged in the wake of the Alabama slayings. U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, a former prosecutor who oversaw the district where it happened, said state police working for his office weren't told that after Bishop shot her brother, she allegedly threatened two auto shop workers with the gun, demanding a car, or that she aimed the gun at police. Had he known that, Delahunt said, his office would likely have sought weapons charges against Bishop and Professor Nihal Teoh, center, smiles as she walks past the band from Oakwood University at the entrance to the Shelby Center on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus on Monday. Students are returning to class Monday for the first time since a campus shooting claimed the lives of three professors. would "undoubtedly" have asked a judge to order her to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. He would not speculate on whether that evaluation could have prevented the shootings in Alabama but said, "I think that opportunity was missed, and that to me is a profound tragedy in this case." He said nothing contradicts the determination that the shooting was an accident. The Harvard-educated Bishop, 45, remains jailed in Huntsville, charged with capital murder and attempted murder in the Feb. 12 shooting. Police have not offered a motive, but colleagues say she had complained for months about being denied the job protections of tenure. Her attorney said she needs mental evaluations and is laying the groundwork for an insanity defense. Romney re-emerges for likely WH bid BOSTON—Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is stepping back into the public spotlight after spending two years behind the scenes laying the groundwork for a second presidential campaign. The Republican delivered a blistering critique of President Barack Obama in a speech last week in Washington to conservative activists. Next week he's scheduled a network TV blitz and the start of a 19-state tour promoting his new book, "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness." Romney has shifted from social issues that brought accusations of flip-flopping and undermined his 2008 White House bid. With un- employment hovering around io percent, his new focus is on economic themes and fix-it skills he claims as a former businessman. That plays to what some observers believe would be his strength in a second race. They could also distinguish him from potential rivals such as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who enjoys widespread grass-roots support but doubts about her mastery of policy, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who, like Romney was four years ago, is untested on the national political scene. "President (Barack) Obama instituted the most anti-growth, anti-investment, anti-jobs measures we've seen in our lifetimes," Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference. "He called his agenda ambitious. I call it reckless." Romney called for lower taxes, more teacher accountability and state-by-state instead of national health insurance expansion, similar to the nearly universal coverage plan he instituted in Massachusetts in 2006. "There's much more on our positive, intellectually rigorous conservative agenda," he said. "Not all of it is popular. But the American people have shown that they are ready for truth to trump hope. The truth is that government is not the solution to all our problems." Marijuana use goes up as boomers age MIAMI—In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana. Long a fixture among young people, use of the country's most popular illicit drug is now growing among the AARP set, as the massive generation of baby boomers, who came of age in the 196os and '7os grows older. The number of people aged 5o and older reporting marijuana use in the prior year went up from 1.9 percent to 2.9 percent from 2002 to 2008, according to surveys from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The rise was most dramatic among 55- to 59-year-olds, whose reported marijuana use more than tripled from 1.6 percent in 2002 to 5.1 percent. Observers expect further increases as 78 million boomers born between 1945 and 1964 age. For many boomers, the drug never held the stigma it did for previous generations, and they tried it decades ago. Some have used it ever since. Others are revisiting the habit in retirement, for recreation or as a way to cope with the aches and pains of aging. Siegel walks with a cane and has arthritis in her back and legs. She finds marijuana has helped her sleep better than pills ever did. And she can't figure out why everyone her age isn't sharing a joint, too. "They're missing a lot of fun and a lot of relief," she said. Politically, advocates for legalizing marijuana say the number of older users could represent an important shift in their decades-long push to change the laws. "For the longest time, our political opponents were older Americans who were not familiar with marijuana and had lived through the 'Reefer Madness' mentality and they considered marijuana a very dangerous drug," said Keith Stroup, the founder and lawyer of NORML, a marijuana advocacy group. "Now, whether they resume the habit of smoking or whether they simply understand that it's no big deal and that it shouldn't be a crime, in large numbers they're on our side of the issue." Madeira hunts for 32 missing; 42 confirmed dead FUNCHAL, Madeira Islands— The number of missing on Madeira has jumped to 32, authorities said, after weekend landslides crashed down the Portuguese vacation island's steep slopes, smashing into homes and leaving 42 people confirmed dead. The missing might never be found because they were most likely swept out to sea, officials said Monday. Rescue teams were using sniffer dogs to scour debris and dug cars out of mounds of sludge to see if anyone was inside. The number of missing was raised from four earlier in the day after local people contacted authorities, said Conceicao Estudante, the regional head of tourism and transport. "The situation is totally different from this morning," Estudante told reporters. "There are now 32 missing people, all of them identified by name." Officials said all the 42 confirmed dead were either from Funchal, the island's capital, or Ribeira Brava, a village at the foot of a valley about 10 miles from Funchal. The two oceanside communities bore the brunt of the mud and rock slides after a storm Saturday dumped the rainfall of a normal month in just eight hours. Rescue teams used dogs flown in from Lisbon, Portugal's capital, to search for those missing. "We are sifting through the debris," the president of the island's regional government, Alberto Joao Jardim, said in an interview with public broadcaster Radiotelevisao Portuguesa. "My fear is that the missing will be recorded as lives that were lost." The Portuguese government announced three days of mourning for the victims of Madeira's worst disaster in living memory. Crews in Funchal pumped water out of a shopping mall's underground parking lot, where they feared they might find more bodies. The lot's two levels were submerged in the freak deluge. A nearby street was littered with earth-filled cars and stacks of catalogues used as stepping stones through the mud. Anais Fernandes, a store clerk, described seeing the water knock out a bridge. "People were crossing, and you started to hear screams," she told Associated Press Television News. "Everyone was running together. It was horrible." Iran to build enrinchment sites inside mountains TEHRAN, Iran—Iran said Monday it plans to build two new uranium enrichment facilities deep inside mountains to protect them from attack, a new challenge to Western powers trying to curb Tehran's nuclear program for fear it is aimed at making weapons. Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's vice president, said Tehran intends to use its more advanced centrifuges at the new sites, a decision that could add to growing concerns in the West over Tehran's program because the technology would allow Iran to accelerate the pace of its program. Former VP Cheney hospitalized, resting comfortably WASHINGTON—Former Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized after experiencing chest pains Monday, an aide said. Cheney assistant Peter Long issued a statement that the 69-year-old Cheney was resting comfortably and his doctors were evaluating the situation. Cheney has a history of heart problems and has a pacemaker. Cheney has had four heart attacks, starting when he was 37. — L Senate moves forward on ethics law proposals The Utah State Senate is moving forward with ethics legislation that had been languishing for weeks. A Senate committee voted Monday to send three ethics bills to the Senate floor that have already cleared the House. The package also includes a measure to amend the state constitution and create an independent ethics commission to screen complaints against lawmakers. 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