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Show 2 Tuesday, March 2, 2010 BULLETIN 2 Tuesday Sunny www.dailyutahchronicle.corn 3 Wednesday 54/40 Partly cloudy • Spring Semester 2010 Academic Deadline: First Session Classes End: All day @ Registrar's Office • Art of America, Utah and the West: All day @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts • Influences of the Silk Road: All day @ UMFA • Toastmaster's Key Club: 11 a.m. to Noon @ Sill Center 4 Thursday 55/40 Rain and snow • Eileen Ivers: Down the Bog Road 7:30 p.m. @ Kingsbury Hall • Book Arts Workshop: Simple Book Repairs for At-Home Curators: 5 p.m. @ Marriott Library Book Arts Studio • LGBTQ Film Series: 4:30 p.m. @ Union Theater • Jazz Combos: 7:30 p.m. @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall • MEC Film Series: 6 p.m. @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts 42/38 . 01% t ; — e. 's6 • UMNH Science Movie Night - Fresh, The Movie: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ Salt Lake Main Library • The Rocky Horror Show: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. @ Babcock Theatre • LGBTQ Film Series: 4:30 p.m. @ Union Theater • Biology Seminar Series: 4 p.m. @ Skaggs Biology Building Weather from the department of atmospheric sciences: http://forecastutah.edu All stories and photos from The Associated Press Suspicious substance prompts evacuation of Ogden IRS building OGDEN—A suspicious substance found at an IRS building in Ogden on Monday is not hazardous, said an official with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. The FBI's Salt Lake City division said hazardous materials crews were called to the IRS building about 35 miles north of Salt Lake City to respond to a possible threat. Parts of the building were evacuated, and video on ksl.com showed two people being taken out on stretchers. U.S. Postal Inspection Service national spokesman Pete Rendina told The Associated Press that the "matter was non-hazardous." The FBI said some people had medical emergencies but that they did not "appear to be related to this incident." Weber Fire District Deputy Chief Paul Sullivan told The Associated Press that the medical emergencies were coincidental to the discovery of the suspicious substance. He said two people who already had medical issues happened to have episodes while authorities were on the scene and were treated. He said he couldn't release any additional information. MILWAUKEE—Police said five people have been arrested in connection with the slayings of a mother and two children whose bodies were found after an intentional fire at their Milwaukee duplex. Police said another woman found shot to death hours after the fire also might have been involved in the family's deaths. The bodies of 23-year-old Rachel Thompson and her 3- and 4-year-old sons were found Friday. Police haven't said how the family died. Senate gives preliminary OK to new reading rules Paramedics in hazardous materials protective clothing wrap up a person on a stretcher outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Ogden on Monday. Hazardous materials crews were called to the building after a suspicious substance was found. As of Monday afternoon, several emergency vehicles, including hazardous materials response trucks, had left the scene. The building, surrounded by a fence, is in an industrial area. No signs on the building indicate it is an IRS facility. The FBI said its investigation is ongoing and it couldn't release further details. The IRS confirmed the incident in a statement Monday. No additional details were available about the substance found or those taken from the building on stretchers. "Although the defense has suggested that Mitchell's singing is a psychotic response to stress, Mitchell has repeatedly demonstrated that he has the capacity to be composed and in control, even in stressful situations," the judge wrote. Elizabeth Smart's father, Ed Smart, said he was thrilled Mitchell was found competent. "Because he is competent; he's crazy like a fox," Ed Smart said. He didn't think his daughter, who is serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Paris, had heard the news. Mitchell's federal public defender Robert Steele took issue with the ruling while acknowledging it was a "close call." Steele said an appeal wasn't likely to succeed, and he was instead pre- paring for a trial expected to start later this year. "It is our firm conviction that Mr. Mitchell is certainly mentally ill," Steele said. "Therefore, we are prepared to go to trial with an extremely mentally ill client." The ruling was a leap forward in a case that languished in state court as a judge twice ruled Mitchell incompetent and refused to force him to be medicated. The U.S. attorney's office intervened in 2008, indicting Mitchell in federal court on charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines. A March 26 hearing was scheduled to set a trial date. Smart was 14 when she was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002. Colleges enlist parents to curb problem drinking At Virginia Tech, where tailgating and raucous apartment complex parties are time-honored rituals, university officials are turning increasingly to Mom and Dad to curb problem underage drinking. This semester, the school in Blacksburg, Va., began notifying parents when their under-21 students are found guilty of even minor alcohol violations such as getting caught with a beer in a dorm room. Although it's common for colleges to alert parents of major alcohol offenses—or when a student faces suspension—Virginia Tech is part of a small but growing number sending letters home on minor ones. The debate about how much to involve parents in such cases is a balanc- ing act for colleges and universities. Officials want to hold young adults accountable as they venture out on their own, are well aware that drinking is part of the college experience, and also recognize potential allies in a generation of hands-on parents who can help when things go too far. "I think it helps students open up to parents," said Steven Clarke, director of Virginia Tech's College Alcohol Abuse Prevention Center. "And parents can be helpful in setting boundaries students might need." The beefed-up parental notification policy is part of a broader strategy that includes alcohol-education classes and a "party positive" program that encourages responsible drinking. The student reaction to the policy change, not surprisingly, has been less than enthusiastic. "If you have one beer in the dorm and you get caught, I don't feel like parents should be notified," said Erik Pryslak, a junior in engineering. "Now that we're all in college, we're all adults. It's kind of your responsibility to take care of yourself. If you want to make your parents aware you're about to be kicked out of school, then it's on you." Studies show that students who said their parents would disapprove of them drinking are less likely to drink heavily once they get to college, said Toben Nelson, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health who has studied campus drinking. Thousands scammed by phony Boston bridal show BOSTON—Scammers set up a website advertising a fake bridal show billed as the "biggest and most extravagant" and used it to steal from thousands of brides-to-be and their vendors, who were lured by chances to win "fabulous gifts and prizes," police and FBI experts said Monday. A site called The Boston 411 invited would-be brides and potential vendors to a nonexistent Spring Home and Bridal Show at the Hynes Convention Center this weekend, police said. Around 6,000 people and vendors signed up, paid registration fees and bought floor space through the website, which promised elegant wedding displays, demonstrations and samples, they said. Authorities said they got wind of the scam after vendors began calling BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Argentina asked for U.S. help Monday in resolving a brewing dispute with Britain over the Southern Atlantic islands that were the subject of a brief war more than 25 years ago and where Britain has begun drilling for oil. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said she made the request during an unexpectedly lengthy meeting with visiting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton said the United States will encourage the two countries to talk. Britain has opposed outside mediation. 5 arrested in connection with Wis. slayings, fire Brian David Mitchell deemed competent Brian David Mitchell, the man charged with snatching Elizabeth Smart nearly eight years ago, could finally face a jury after a federal judge ruled Monday that Mitchell was faking mental illness and is competent to stand trial. "The evidence proves that Mitchell has the capacity to assist his counsel in his defense and the ability to behave appropriately in the courtroom," U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball wrote in his 149-page ruling issued in response to a io-day hearing last year on Mitchell's competency. Lawyers for Mitchell said his hallmark disruptive singing in court was evidence he's mentally incompetent. Kimball, however, called the outbreaks a "contrivance" used by the suspect to give the impression he can't control his behavior. Argentina asks for US help to end Falklands spat the convention center to ask when they could go in and start working on their exhibits for the show. Convention center officials said no such show had been scheduled. The victims include wedding photographer Aram Orchanian, who said he lost nearly $3,000 he paid to attend the show and to produce promotional materials for it. He said he heard about the show on the social networking site Facebook and called a telephone number listed to seek more information about it before he registered and paid more than $900 for a corner booth in October. He spent another $2,000 producing fliers, magnets, free gifts and other promotional goodies, which are sitting in his office. Orchanian said vendors who dis- covered the event wasn't scheduled at the convention center were assured by a woman who answered the fake site's telephone number that there had been a mix-up at the venue and it would be resolved. Orchanian said the scammers insisted on receiving payments through the PayPal online money transfer service, declining to accept checks, and responded quickly to voice messages. "They know the industry and knew what they were talking about" as they sought to encourage people to quickly pay for nonexistent services, he said. Orchanian said the fraudulent show was timed to take advantage of couples who may have been euphoric over Valentine's Day proposals. The Utah Senate voted 21-3 on Monday to initially approve a bill calling for some elementary students to pass reading tests before moving up a grade. Senate Bill 150 applies to first, second and third graders. It needs another formal vote before moving on to the House. The proposal requires them to read at or above the grade's reading level to advance. Corrections and Clarificati In the graphic accompanying "Pension reforms pass: Amended bill gives retirees more options," March 1, Senate Bill 43's sponsor was incorrectly identified. The bill's sponsor is Sen. Dan Liljenquist. DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Advertising 801-581-7041 News 801-581-NEWS Fax 801-581-FAXX EDITOR IN CHIEF: Rachel Hanson PHOTO EDITOR: Tyler Cobb r.hanson@chronicle.utah.edu t.cobb@chronicle.utah.edu MANAGING EDITOR: Sara Copeland ASST. 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