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Clockwise from top left: Natalie Syring on baroque flute, Tess Remy-Schumacher on cello, Ralph Morris on viola and Miho Fisher on harpsichord. Members of UCO faculty perform a free concert Tuesday evening at the Melton art Gallery at the Art and Design Buildiing.

Board adds two new members McNeiland pleads no contest

by Nelson Solomon

"As far as I know, she has earned this vacation."

- Charlie Johnson

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President Webb has promoted Dr. Cheryl Steele and Anne Holzberlein to new positions on the university's executive board.

Webb has named Steele as Vice President for University Leadership and Holzberlein as Vice President of Development.

"These two exemplary individuals personify the kind of creative leadership that is needed in higher education," Webb said in a news release from University Relations.

"I am very' pleased to have them both at UCO to help lead this great metropolitan university into Oklahoma's next century," he said.

"My title is very descriptive of what we are trying to do with leadership on campus," Steele said.

Steele stressed that the goal of her office is campuswide.

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UCO Executive Alumni Director Stacy McNeiland, arrested in November on a shoplifting complaint, pled no contest to larceny charges last Thursday at the Oklahoma City Municipal Court.

McNeiland was fined $219 and was ordered to pay $117 for the time she spent in, jail.

According to statements made by university officials, McNeiland is still officially on vacation and has not returned to work. know, she "As far as has earned this vacation," university spokesman Charlie Johnson said. Johnson refused to give any other statement, saying that this Was a personnel matter, he could not com-

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McNeiland's supervisor, Executive Vice President Steven Kreidler had not returned any phone calls made by the Vista as of press time.

McNeiland was arrested in November after a loss prevention officer at the Penn Square Mall J.C. Penny store allegedly witnessed her enter a fitting room with five items, only to return to hang up four. According to the police report, the officer said he witnessed her enter the store with a brown paper bag.

The officer said he found a discarded tag from a blouse on the floor, caught up with McNeiland and escorted her back to the store. According to the police report, McNeiland initially claimed the incident

was a mistake, but eventually admitted to stealing the blouse and said she was sorry.

"President Webb needs to hold his people more accountable," Chase Bessonett, UCO broadcasting senior, said.

University officials have been unwilling to make any official comment on the matter, save that McNeiland is still on vacation. While McNeiland was on paid administrative leave in November, it is unclear as to whether her current vacation is paid or unpaid, and university officials have not clarified this matter.

Justin Langston can be reached at jlangston@thevistaonline. corn.

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"Which candidate are you supporting for president?"

"John Mcain. With the situation we're in, in Iraq, his military experience would be good in office."

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"Obama. He is a healthcare candidate."

Matt Brown Kinesiology - Junior

"Clinton 100 percent. She puts huge emphasis on healthcare and has a plan. to take care of poverty in America."

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"Obama. He's a democrat. I don't like some of Hillary's issues."

Editor's Note: It's good to see you go America's Mayor.

Finally, after shockingly low numbers in the few key states leading up to the Florida primaries, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani has ended his bid for the Oval Office, wrapping up one of the worst campaigns in recent memory.

Last year around this time, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani seemed like a sure bet to win the Republican nomination for president in 2008 as led in most national polls.

As a republican mayor of a liberal city filled with democrats — that coupled with his non-traditional stance on gay rights, gun control and abortion — Giuliani appeared (key word here: appeared) to have a pretty good chance at becoming the 44th President of the United States of America, given the potential for crossover support and the always important "undecided" vote.

Giuliani also had Sept. 11 on his side. Following the attacks on America in 2001, Giuliani received mountains of great press for the way he handled the aftermath and was catapulted to national celebrity status.

Fast-forward to Jan. 29, Giuliani's self-imposed day of reckoning in the Sunshine State, and it's pretty baffling to look at the results. He finished third, far behind Sen. John McCain and the creepy

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"Huckabee. He is very practical."

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"Obama. I like his stance on human rights and he talks a lot about how he will accomplish things."

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Mitt Romney, and barely beat hick-ish upstart Mike Huckabee. And that was after he spent a reported $40 million campaigning in the state, a fact not lost to anyone who follows politics.

Zeke Romero, a student at Florida International University in Miami, told Time Magazine exactly what the rest of the world is probably thinking about "America's Mayor."

"I don't want to hate on his strategy, but I don't think you can blow off all those states and expect people to forget about that," Romero said.

"Why did he do that?"

Romero is only 20, but his statement shows maturity beyond his years.

Why did Giuliani do what he did?

"They'll be asking that question in political science classes for years to come,' ( said one of Giuliani's aides aboard his campaign plane.

Yes, they probably will.

Perhaps we'll never know why Giuliani threw all his eggs in one basket, but it's probably best that he did.

Giuliani was a good politician, but he should stick to cities on the East Coast, where they obviously don't mind thuggish, crooked men spending their tax money and what not.

On the national stage, Giuliani just didn't have the

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goods to compete with his clean-cut rivals. His semiliberal, stance on hot-button issues like gay marriage, abortion and gun control didn't help either. Plus, how many people south of New York would actually vote for some guy who looks like some twerp from "The Sopranos."

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And if you need another reason to be glad about Giuliani's monumental fail-. ure, read some stories The New York Times has published recently —although it could sicken those with weak stomachs.

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MUSIC STUDENTS EARN Frat to hold Super Bowl party SPOTS IN CONVENTION

by Jordan Richison Staff Writer

The Acacia fraternity will be watching this year's Super Bowl in style as they get to host a Super Bowl party inside the Wantland Stadium Suites.

The fraternity won the Chili 4 Charity fundraiser that was held during the OU-UCO wrestling match on December 7.

Chili for Charity organizer Logan Pennington said that UCO Athletic Marketing coordinator Casey Moore came up with the idea for the contest. He did it as a way to create more buzz and excitement for the wrestling match while benefiting a good cause in the process.

Pennington said that every Greek house on campus

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Eleven music students were nominated to participate in. the Oklahoma Music Educators Association annual convention Wednesday, Jan. 16 and Thursday,. Jan. 17 in Tulsa.

Dr. Brian Lamb, UCO director of music, hand select:. ed each student to participate as. part of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Honor Band.

"I nominated more than 11, but based on ranking and playing ability.. it is all taken into consideration," he said.

Students were chosen based on their performance level, class rank and their overall musical talent, Lamb said after considering all students, the screening committee picked 11 students to participate.

Edwin Canito Garcia, a second year grad student in commercial jazz, was selected to participate in the O.M.E.A. convention for the string bass.

"Besides practice, it is important to know that music is something you have to work at for a really long period of time before you really start seeing results," Garcia said. "You'll see results eventually."

Garcia takes private lessons at the UCO Jazz Lab and encouraged musicians to stay with their instrument, practice and results will eventually come.

Matt Ashurst, junior music education and performance major, was placed first chair in the O.M.E.A. convention

except Sigma Nu participated in the event. He said that each participating house had a chili representative that was in charge of bringing their chili to the event and providing him with the recipe.

"Everyone .who competed could put whatever they wanted in the chili. The only thing the competitors couldn't put in the chili was alcohol," Pennington said. e added that the fans that too part in the event did the judging. He said they placed their vote by putting money in the bucket of the Greek house whose chili they liked the best.

Pennington said the turnout for the event was great. He said that Acacia raised about $91.48 edging out Alpha Gamma Delta and Alpha Zeta Delta.

In total, Pennington said the event raised a total of $326.38 and that all the proceeds went to the Edmond Hope Center.

Since Acacia won the contest they would have access to the Wantland Stadium Suites.

The suites feature two high definition televisions along with several leather couches and chairs.

Pennington said that Acacia will have to provide their own food and the only rule that they have is that they cannot bring alcohol up into the suites. He added that each Acacia fraternity member is allowed to bring one guest to the party.

Jordan Richison can be reached at jrichison@thevistaonline.com.

Town seeks to arrest Bush

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Edwin Garcia plays the stand up bass at a jazz band practice at the UCO Jazz Lab. Garcia is one of 11 students named to the State Honor Band. for the trumpet.

The students got to learn His advice to aspiring with a good conductor and be musicians, besides being per- exposed to more great music, sistent, was to never get dis- he said. couraged.

It's just one more great "Hone your craft. Don't let musical experience," Lamb anybody get you down. Turn said. negative energy against you into positive energy," Ashurst Jana Davis can be reached at jdavis@thevistaonline.com . said.

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In e-mail messages, voicemail messages and telephone calls, outraged people are calling the measure the equivalent of treason and vowing never to visit Vermont.

"Has everyone up there been out in the cold too long?" said one.

"I would like to know how I could get some water from your town," said another. "It's obvious that there is something special in it."

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BOARD from page 1 "We want to make certain that we are weaving leadership opportunities and development in every area of campus," she said.

Steele said they want to reach out to students, faculty and staff across campus.

Students have always received a wonderful education on the UCO campus and they've also always had these wonderful leadership opportunities, Steele said.

"What we're trying to do with this broader umbrella is shine a light on all those things that are going on and

find additional ways to support that," she said.

Steele said her office will continue to have some new programs and spend a lot of time determining what's going on around campus and

"The whole idea is for each of us individually to develop our own leadership potential."

with them.

"But the whole idea is for each of us individually to develop our own leadership potential, and when we do that as faculty and staff, then we're going to do a better job of helping students do that," Steele said.

Steele said a number of programs are in the planning process, such as mentoring opportunities on campus.

"We're seeing if we need to fill a need and supplement what's already going on, and use our Central Connection umbrella to be able to share with students what the opportunities are," she said.

Steele added that "The vice presidential role allows that broader look at what's going on and allows to get a complete picture of the opportunities offered."

Holzberlein, who has served as president of the UCO Foundation since 2004, has developed the Foundation into an organization that plays an increasingly important part in funding the mission and growth of UCO. She said in the release that she is honored to be trusted with leading the next phase of development at UCO, and that her new position shows Webb's commitment to securing and expanding external support of the university.

"We are a campus community that recognizes how increasingly important external support is to our continued growth. The UCO story becomes more compelling every day, and we find that now, more than ever, people want to be a part of the momentum they see here," Holzberlein said.

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Super Bowl Sunday serves as spectacle for TV viewers

by Jordan Richison Staff Writer Super Bowl Sunday is upon us once again and this year's event will feature a little something for the millions of television viewers watching the NFL's biggest game.

The New York Giants will take on the. heavily favored New England Patriots this Sunday, Feb. 3 at the University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Kickoff is slated at 5:25 p.m. on the Fox Network.

Super Bowl Sunday has become an unofficial holiday for millions of Americans as it has become a day filled with celebration and excitement. Some will tune in to watch the Patriots and the

but is excited to see the new crop of commercials that will appear during the game.

"The commercials are great because they are entertaining and they make me laugh," Middleton said.

Sophomore Jared Epling said that this year he is looking forward to the commercials more than the game.

"Super Bowl commercials are great because they are very different than the average commercials on television.

They are always new and surprising," Epling said.

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Giants, but others will sit and wait for million dollar commercials and the electrifying halftime performance.

With an estimated 90 million viewers, the Super Bowl has become the biggest advertising stage of all.

"The Super Bowl has one of the largest viewing audiences and it has become the place for companies to showcase their products with unique advertisements," said UCO Advertising Professor Sandra Martin.

Martin said that creativity in these commercials is an ideal factor because companies want their products to create buzz with ads that are both creative and unique.

Sophomore Brett Middleton said that he is looking forward to the game,

for a 30-second commercial for this year's game has reached a record high of $2.7 million.

This is up from the $2.6 million price that CBS charged during last year's Super Bowl.

With a price that high and the economy plummeting, many companies are hesitant about spending that kind of money for a commercial.

"The high cost has eliminated the middle company from advertising their product while the big companies allocate the cost for the Super Bowl at the beginning of the year," Martin said.

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This year's game brings a lot of intrigue to the advertisers as two of the largest TV markets in the country, Boston and New York. When you add in the fact that the New England Patriots are trying -to make history by 'going for an undefeated season, this

year's game makes advertisers want to put everything on the line.

According to an article in the, New York Times, Budweiser is once again this year's biggest advertiser with nine different ads. Seven of those ads are for Bud Light, which in the past years has had some of the most memorable ads in the Super Bowl.

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cials during the Super Bowl are Pepsi, Go Daddy.com , Coca Cola, Gatorade, and Planters.

Companies who place ads during the game will be able to get instant feedback from The Neilson Co. social , networking website HeyNeilson.com . The survey will be conducted by hundreds of users from a • volunteer panel.

The panel can rate each commercial on a scale from one to four and then provide feedback in real-time on advertisements televised during Sunday's game. In addition, Neilson will allow other HeyNielsen. corn members to report whether they agree with the posted reviews.

Martin added that companies would also conduct post product interviews with people b6th on Sunday and Monday to see what commercials they liked. She said that the most important factor in all of these ads is if they sell products.

"The commercials that are being shown will ultimately be measured by the companies on their sales and the consumer's exploration into the product," she said.

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Australia to make apology to Aborigines ELA now accepting entries for 2008-09

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A woman passes an Aboriginal styled mural on a wall in Newtown, Sydney, Australia, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008.

Australia's new government said Monday, it will move quickly to formally apologize for past injustices to the country's indigenous people when Parliament resumes next month, but will not propose financial compensation for mistreatment.

by AP Writer CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ Australia will issue its first formal apology to its indigenous people next month, the government announced Wednesday, a milestone that could ease tensions with a minority whose mixed-blood children were once taken away on the premise that their race was doomed.

The Feb. 13 apology to the so-called "stolen generations" of Aborigines will be the first item of business for the new Parliament, Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, whose Labor. Party won November elections, had promised to push for an apology, an issue that has divided Australians for a decade, "The apology will be made on behalf of the Australian government and does not attribute guilt to the current generation of Australian people," Macklin said in a statement.

Rudd has refused demands from some Aboriginal leaders to pay compensation for the suffering of broken families.

Activist Michael Mansell, who is legal director of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Center, has urged the government to set up an $882 million compensation fund.

Macklin did not mention compensation Wednesday.

But she said she sought broad input on the wording of the apology, which she hoped would signal the beginning of a new relationship between Australia and its original inhabitants, who number about 450,000 among a population of 21 million.

Aborigines are the poorest ethnic group in Australia and are most likely to be jailed,

unemployed and illiterate.

"Once we establish this respect, the government can work with indigenous communities to improve services aimed at closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians," she said.

Christine King ofthe Stolen Generations Alliance, one of the key indigenous groups the government has consulted in crafting the apology, said she was "overwhelmed" that a date had finally been set.

"Older people thought they would never live to see this day," King said through tears.

"It's very emotional for me and it's very important."

Australia has had a decadelong debate about how best to acknowledge Aborigines who were affected by a string of 20th century policies that separated mixedblood Aboriginal children from their families — the cohort frequently referred to as Australia's stolen generation.

From 1910 until the 1970s, around 100,000 mostly mixed-blood Aboriginal chil- . dren were taken from their parents under state and federal laws based on a premise that1 Aborigines were a doomed race and saving the children was a humane alternative.

A national inquiry in 1997• found that many childrerif taken from their families suffered long-term psychological effects stemming from the loss of family and culture.

The inquiry recommended that state and federal authorities apologize and compensate those removed from their families. But then-Prime Minister John Howard steadfastly refused to do either, saying his government should not be held responsible for the policies of former officials.

Barbara Livesey, chief executive of Reconciliation Australia, a governmentcommissioned agency tasked with bringing black and white Australians together, said the apology on the day after Parliament resumes for the first time since the November elections would be historic.

"It's a moment that all Australians should feel incredibly proud of, that we're recognizing the mistakes of the past," she said.

But opposition leader Brendan Nelson, whose conservative Liberal Party was thrown out of office in November after almost 12 years in power, questioned whether the apology deserved to be the new government's first item of business.

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The Martin Luther King Jr. mural, which celebrates the American civil rights leader, and features a representation of the Aboriginal flag, is pictured on a wall in Newtown, Sydney, Australia, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. Australia's new government said Monday it will move quickly to formally apologize for past injustices to the country's indigenous people when Parliament resumes next month, but will not propose financial compensation for mistreatment.

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The UCO-based Educators' Leadership Academy is now accepting applications for its 2008/2009 class, according to a news release from University Relations. . ELA recruits members to participate in leadership academies for educators of common education, higher education and career technology.

The statewide program offers exceptional leadership development for outstanding teachers, professors, principals, superintendents (and their direct reports), career tech leaders and higher education administrators across the state of Oklahoma.

ELA's programs include a three-day combined academy in June, according to Cary Williams, director of the academy.

"The academy is , a threeday summer session at the Marriott Conference Center in Norman with Dr. Barbara and Tom Boyd presenting on 'Spirituality & Ethics in Leadership,"' Williams said.

The Outstanding Professors' Academy meets four times a year, and will include presentations from Dr. Tom Boyd, currently the David Ross Boyd Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma and Dr. T.H. Baughman, a professor of history at UCO. The Principals' Academy involves two sessions at the Northeastern State University campus in June. Four followup meetings are scheduled during the school year.

The ELA Alumni Series has featured presentei-s like Harvard professors Dean Williams and Linda Kaboolian and Gerald Puccio, author of "Creative Leadership," according to the ELA Web site.

ELA was created out of the need for those in educational leadership roles to have training similar to the programs utilized by corporate America.

"Educators, like business executives, should have opportunities to develop the leadership skills that will enable them to be the positive, ethical and effective

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"They want professional development that provides content and strategies to reflect the realities of administrative leadership in schools," she added.

Charlie Hollar, founder of ELA, said in the news release that it is important for institutions to continue investing in faculty and administration development and leadership training.

"The ability for leaders to network, communicate and solve problems together is as important now as it has ever been. The personal and professional growth experienced by participants in our academies is valid and worthwhile," Hollar said.

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Williams emphasized the active involvement of graduates.

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by AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ The undefeated New England Patriots aren't taking the only shot at history this weekend. There's a strong chance that this could be the mostwatched Super Bowl ever.

The record Fox will be shooting for is the 94.08 million viewers' who watched the Dallas Cowboys beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in January 1996, according to Nielsen Media Research. Last year's victory by the Indianapolis Colts came closest with 93.2 million.

The biggest draw is the Patriots themselves, as they attempt to become the first undefeated NFL team since the 1972 Dolphins — and secure near-unanimous acclaim as the best pro football team ever.

"This has a very good chance," said Brad Adgate, research chief for the Madison Avenue firm Horizon Media.

While the Patriots' quest for history will be the focus, they must beat the New York Giants, who represent the biggest television market in the country. The Giants' underdog run to the Super Bowl has captivated its fan base, and the NFC champion-

ship victory over the Green Bay Packers had the biggest audience for that game since 1995, according to Nielsen Media Research.

There's also the fresh memory of the thrilling game the Giants and Patriots played on the last night of the regular season, • where New England had to come from behind to keep their unbeaten streak alive. That game was seen by 34.5 million people, the mostwatched NFL regular season game since 1990.

Fox says that setting a record is possible. "There are a lot of factors that go into a huge number like this," said Bill Wanger, research chief for Fox sports. "Having the number one market isn't necessarily a lock."

Actually, TV networks prefer a contest with a bit more geographic diversity — a West Coast team playing an East Coast team, instead of two teams from the Northeast.

The biggest factor in keeping viewers tuned in is the competitiveness of the game.

A rout is generally bad news, although recent history is on Fox's side. After a run of lackluster Super Bowl games, this decade has seen some good ones. The playoffs leading up the Super Bowl, capped by

the Giants' overtime victory over Green Bay, also bode well.

The best thing for Fox would be a close garrie with the Giants leading, but the Patriots still with a chance at the end.

The element of history might keep viewers tuned in even if the Patriots are blowing out the Giants, although the big victory margins the team was racking up early in the year have diminished.

"If New England blows out the Giants, this may be one time when ratings late in the game will not decline," said Steve Sternberg, ratings expert for the ad-buying firm Magna Global. "The only thing that might prevent nearrecord ratings is if the Giants blow out the Patriots. But even that might keep viewers tuned in."

Other, esoteric factors might help, too. Bad weather across the country could keep people in front of their TVs, in case they were tempted to do something else.

The Hollywood writers strike might leave viewers a little more starved than usual for something good to watch, Adgate said.

The Super Bowl is the most popular television event of the year. This year's game

will almost certainly fail to match the most popular television event of all time, the 1.983 finale of the TV series "M-A-S-H," which drew an estimated 125 million people.

Even if this week's game cracks the viewership record, it is still not likely to earn the best Super Bowl rating — because of factors out of the game's control. The ratings record of 49.1 — meaning just under half of the nation's TV sets were tuned in to the game — was set for the 1982 game between San Francisco and Cincinnati. The simple explosion in the number of TV networks available for people to watch makes that a hard number to approach.

The biggest winners may be the game's advertisers, even as the cost for a 30-second ad reaches a record $2.7 million.

"It could be construed as a bargain," Adgate said.

"Outside of 'American Idol,' there's no real top-rated show that advertisers can bank on right now. Even the Oscars are in a state of flux, and that's always been called the Super Bowl for women."

The petition = with more than 436 signatures, or at least the 5 percent of voters necessary to be considered — was submitted Thursday and the town Select Board voted 3-2 .Friday to put it on the ballot.

It goes to a town-wide vote March 4.

It '* reads: "Shall the Sele6tboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictments for consideration by other authorities and shall it be the law of the Town of Brattleboro that the Brattleboro Police, pursuant to the above-mentioned indictments, arrest and detain George Bush and Richard Cheney in Brattleboro if they are not duly impeached, and prosecute or extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them?"

News of the measure made the rounds on the Internet, and soon people started calling and writing. The Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce got about 60 e-mails Monday, all of them negative, said Executive Director Jerry Goldberg.

A day later, he said, "we had three or four calls in a row that were very positive. One even volunteered to help."

The petition has no legal standing, since the town attorney has no authority to write an indictment and the police have no authority to arrest Bush or Cheney if either visits Brattleboro.

Bush has not visited Vermont during his presidency; Cheney visited Burlington in 2002, but has not been to Brattleboro.

Anger at the Bush administration is hardly new in Vermont. The state Senate voted last year to support impeaching the president.

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The petition prompted Brent Caflisch to go to his computer in Rosemount, Minn. "Maybe the terrorists will do us all a favor and attack your town next, our country would be much safer with several thousand dead wackjobs in Vermont," he wrote.

It went on to say terrorists could kidnap the three. Select Board members who voted in favor, "cut their heads off, video tape it and put it on the internet."‘ Caflisch, who confirmed sending the e-mail, said Tuesday he did it out of disgust after reading about the measure on The Drudge Report.

A few messages were positive ("Arrest Bush and Cheney? You go, Brattleboro!" wrote one man) but most were critical.

"Be American, not a sniffeling liberal town that sleeps under the shield of safety provided to you by your President," said another e-mail. "Vacation to VT CANCELLED!" The reaction caught town officials off guard, and left some workers on edge.

"We have some concerns about safety," said Town Clerk Annette Cappy. "After reading some of these e-mails, you can't help it."

Acting Police ChiefEugene Wrinn said any threats would be taken seriously and possibly prosecuted. So far, no threats have been made, he said.

"If someone is concerned for their safety, if there's a threat of harm, we will look at that seriously," he said.

Resident Kurt Daims, who submitted the petition, said late Tuesday he was chagrined that the town and its employees were subject to ridicule. feel bad for people who are loyal to Bush who have lost a son or had one in the service and it's hard for them to admit the utter waste of it, and that it was caused by this man in the White House," he said.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) _ In the end, 9/11 wasn't enough.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, once the Republican presidential frontrunner thanks to his status as "America's Mayor," suffered a debilitating defeat in Tuesday's Florida primary.

He prepared Wednesday to quit the race and endorse his friendliest rival, John McCain.

Giuliani stopped short of announcing he was stepping down, but delivered a valedictory speech that was more farewell than fight-on.

The former mayor finished a distant third to the winner, McCain, and close second-place finisher Mitt Romney. Republican officials said Giuliani would endorse McCain on Wednesday in California. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the public announcement.

"I'm proud that we chose to stay positive and to run a campaign of ideas in an era of personal attacks, negative ads and cynical spin," Giuliani said as suppOrters with tight smiles crowded behind him.

"You don't always win, but you can always try to do it right, and you did."

Asked directly whether he was dropping out of the race, Giuliani said only: "I'm going to California."

Republican presidential candidates were scheduled to debate at the Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley on Wednesday night.

"I haven't talked to him," McCain said as he boarded

MIAMI (AP) _ Sen. John McCain won a breakthrough triumph in the Florida primary Tuesday night, seizing the upper hand in the Republican presidential race ahead of next week's coast-to-coast contests and lining up a quick endorsement from soon-to-be dropout Rudy Giuliani.

"It shows one thing: I'm the conservative leader who can unite the party," McCain told The Associated Press after easing past former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for his first-ever triumph in a primary open only to Republicans.

"We have a ways to go, but we're getting close" to the nomination, he said later in an appearance before cheering supporters.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was the Democratic winner in a primary held in defiance of national rules that drew no campaigning and awarded no delegates.

The victory was worth 57 Republican National Convention delegates for McCain, a winner-take-all haul that catapulted him ahead of Romney in that category.

Romney, who has spent millions of dollars of his personal fortune to run for the White House, vowed to stay in the race.

"At a time like this, America needs a president in the White House who has actually had a job in the real economy," the former businessman told supporters in St. Petersburg.

Giuliani, the former New York mayor, ran third. It was his best showing of the campaign, but not nearly good enough for the one-time front-runner who decided to make his last stand in a state that is home to tens of thousands of transplanted New Yorkers. Several officials familiar with events said he intended to endorse McCain on Wednesday in California.

In remarks to supporters in Orlando, Giuliani referred to his candidacy repeatedly in the

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Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, talks to supporters after conceding the Florida Republican primary at his election watch headquarters in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. a campaign charter plane Wednesday morning. "I'm going to talk to him today when we meet."

Separately, Giuliani said as he prepared to leave Florida for California Wednesday he was "not yet" ready to announce his intentions.

Tuesday's result was a remarkable collapse for Giuliani. Last year, he occupied the top of national polls and seemed destined to turn conventional wisdom on end by running as a moderate Republican who supported abortion rights, gay rights and gun control.

The results seriously decimated Giuliani's unconventional strategy, which relied heavily on Florida to launch

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Posters and discarded drinks sit on a table after Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, talked to supporters after conceding the Florida Republican primary at his election watch headquarters in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008.

him into the coast-to-coast Feb. 5 nominating contests.

But Florida proved to be less than hospitable. His poll numbers dropped and key endorsements went to McCain.

Surveys of voters leaving polling places Tuesday showed that Giuliani was getting backing from some Hispanics, abortion rights supporters and people worried about terrorism, but was not dominating in any area.

McCain, addressing his own supporters moments later in Miami, gave Giuliani a warm rhetorical embrace, a possible prologue to accepting Giuliani's expected support.

"I want to thank my dear friend, my dear friend Rudy Giuliani, who invested his heart and soul in this primary and who conducted himself with all the qualities of the exceptional American leader he truly is," McCain said.

"Thank you, Rudy, for all you have added to this race and for being an inspiration to me and millions of Americans."

Giuliani hung his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on his leadership.

His stalwart performance as New York mayor in the tense days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington earned him national magazine covers, international accolades and widespread praise.

Steadfast in a crisis, as a candidate Giuliani was a bundle of contradictions, so much so that he liked to joke that even he didn't always agree with himself.

A moderate-to-liberal New Yorker who backed abortion rights, gay rights and gun control in a party dominated by Southern conservatives, Giuliani became a Republican mayor of an overwhelmingly Democratic city. Campaigning for national office, he claimed to have created the most conservative government in the most liberal city in America.

After earning a reputation as a tough-talking, even abusive executive, Giuliani the presidential candidate was

mostly mild-mannered in debates, even as those around him got meaner.

Giuliani, 63, first gained prominence as a crime-busting federal prosecutor in New York City. Jailing mob bosses, Wall Street execu-

"I'm proud that we chose to stay positive and to run a campaign of ideas in an era of personal attacks, negative ads and cynical spin."

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fives and corrupt politicians helped propel his next career as a politician, but it wasn't an immediate success. He lost the first time he ran for mayor in 1989 before winning in 1993.

As mayor, he fostered a take-charge image by rushing to fires and crime scenes to brief the press, but some critics felt he was more concerned about taking credit from others for what became a historic decline in the city's crime rate during his tenure.

A bout with prostate cancer and the very public breakup of his marriage with second wife Donna Hanover -- she first learned he was filing for divorce when he made the announcement at a televised news conference — forced Giuliani to withdraw from a race for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2000. The messy divorce was revisited in awkward detail once he reentered politics.

With no working strategy in his presidential campaign, no primary victories and dwindling resources, the mayor's third-place finish in Florida spelled the end of his run, even if his crestfallen supporters couldn't believe it.

"They'll be sorry!" a woman with a New York accent called out to the mayor as he spoke. "You sound like my mother," Giuliani joked.

past tense — as though it were over. "We'll stay involved and together we'll make sure that we'll do everything we can to hand our nation off to the next generation better than it was before," he said.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee ran fourth in the primary but told supporters he would campaign on. Texas Rep. Ron Paul.was fifth, and last.

Florida marked the end of one phase of the campaign, the last in a series of singlestate contests that winnowed a once unwieldy field.

Returns from 81 percent of Florida's precincts showed McCain, the Arizona senator, with 36 percent of the vote and Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, with 31 percent.

In the overall delegate race, it was McCain 93, Romney 59, Huckabee 40. Paul has four and Giuliani one.

The Democratic primary was controversial by its very existence, an act of defiance against national party officials who wanted it held later in the year.

Even so, Clinton sought to emphasize her performance in the state, holding a victory rally as the polls were closing.

She challenged Barack Obama to agree to seat the delegates on the basis of the night's vote, but he demurred, saying he would abide by an agreement all Democratic candidates had made months ago.

"Those decisions will be made after the nomination, not before," Obama told reporters Tuesday on a plane from Washington to Kansas.

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We'll be actively campaigning for them."

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by AP Writer DENVER (AP) _ Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters' sympathies, The Associated Press has learned.

The two-time White House candidate notified a close circle of senior advisers that he planned to make the announcement at a 1 p.m.

EST event in New Orleans that had been billed as a speech on poverty, according to two aides. The decision came after Edwards lost the four states to hold nominating contests so far to rivals who stole the spotlight from the beginning — Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

The former North Carolina senator will not immediately endorse either candidate in what is now a two-person race for the Democratic nomination, said one adviser, who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of the announcement. Clinton said Wednesday that Edwards called her to inform her about his decision.

Obama told reporters Edwards had exited the race in a "classy" way. "I think he's run a great campaign," said Obama, who aides said also spoke with Edwards Tuesday night and asked for his endorsement.

In a statement from his campaign, Obama said Edwards "spent a lifetime fighting to give voice to the voiceless and hope to the struggling, even when it wasn't popular to do or coy'eted in the news."

"While his campaign may end today, the cause of their

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John Edwards speaks at the Teamsters Union hall in Oklahoma City Friday, Jan. 18. Wednesday Edwards officially dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for President. lives endures for all of us who still believe that we can achieve that dream of one America," the statement said.

Four in 10 Edwards supporters said their second choice in the race is Clinton, while a quarter prefer Obama, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo poll conducted late this month. Both Clinton and Obama would welcome Edwards' backing and the support of the 56 delegates he had collected.

Edwards waged a spirited top-tier campaign against the two better-funded rivals, even as he dealt with the snuffling blow of his wife's recurring cancer diagnosis. In a dramatic news conference last

March, the couple announced that the breast cancer that she thought she had beaten had returned, but they would continue the campaign.

Their decision sparked a debate about family duty and public service. But Elizabeth Edwards remained a forceful advocate for her husband, and she was often surrounded at campaign events by wellwishers and emotional survivors cheering her on.

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With that, Edwards' campaign will end the way it began 13 months ago — with the candidate pitching in to rebuild lives in a city still ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Edwards embraced New Orleans as a glaring symbol of what he described as a Washington that didn't hear the cries of the downtrodden.

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reigned in.

The ideas were all bold and new for Edwards personally as well, making him a different candidate than the moderate Southerner who ran in 2004 while still in his first Senate term. But the themes were eventually adopted by other Democratic presidential candidates — and even a Republican, Mitt Romney, echoed the call for an end to special interest politics in Washington.

Edwards' rise to prominence in politics came amid just one term representing North Carolina in the Senate after a career as a trial attorney that made him millions.

He was on Al Gore's short

list for vice president in 2000 after serving just two years in office. He ran for president in 2004, and after he lost to John Kerry, the nominee picked him as a running mate.

Elizabeth Edwards first discovered a lump in her breast in the final days of that losing campaign. Her battle against the disease caused her husband to open up about another tragedy in their lives — the death of their teenage son Wade in a 1996 car accident. The candidate barely spoke of Wade during his 2004 campaign, but he offered his son's death to answer questions about how he could persevere when his wife could die.

Edwards made poverty the signature issue of both his presidential campaigns, and he led a four-day tour to highlight the issue in July. The tour was the first to focus on the plight of the poor since Robert F. Kennedy's trip 40 years earlier.

But even as Obama and Clinton collected astonishing amounts of money that dwarfed his fundraising effort, Edwards maintained a loyal following in the first voting state of Iowa that made him a serious contender. He came in second to Obama in Iowa, an impressive feat of relegating Clinton to third place, before coming in third in the following three contest.

The loss in South Carolina was especially hard because it was where he was born and he had won the state in 2004.

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He made me want to be a photojournalist.

Picture after picture, Paul Taggart, a 29-year-old photojournalist from Tulsa, stared at each photo with a glazed look and a light-hearted story to go with it. His stories were brief, but judging by his pictures, I knew there was more to his experiences than he was letting on. I wanted to know more.

"I'm a little bit cynical about the way journalism is done in America," Taggart said.

Stop. "America" didn't seem to be the right word.

I had to look back over my notes to make sure he said,

"America." Could we be doing men in Baghdad who were something wrong? What was cutting their heads with razor wrong with American jour- blades in memory of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in nalism?

Censorship was his Basra, 340 miles southeast of answer. Taggart has spent his Baghdad, Iraq.

I grimaced at the thought. career pushing the limit on what should or shouldn't be I grabbed the crown of my throbbing head and found published.

"The complete black- myself wishing I had known.

I couldn't sit comfortably out of international news is mind numbing," Taggart said. in my chair. His stories were What is going on in other heart-wrenching, but it didn't countries that we don't know make me feel sorry for him, about? I was sad that America it made me want to be him. didn't think it was necessary I found myself jealous of his to report on news, however experiences and wishing desgraphic or disturbing, that was perately that they were my important to the governing of own.

I've thought about the picour democratic society.

One example he gave was tures from Baghdad long after when refugee camps were he had spoken. America, what being bombed in Pakistan. news are we publishing to Taggart was baffled that on inspire, to be impactful and to the same day as the bomb- move people to act?

He made me think. He ings, the front-page headlines of American news was Anna made me question. The point?

After he spoke, I realized stuNicole Smith's death. dents should take advantage I was sad for my country.

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The US presidential primaries are in full swing and the hits and misses are starting to form a certain pattern. The race has narrowed considerably but there is much ground to be covered still. And while everyone is trying to project who might be the winner, a lot of questions are being debated: will it be a woman president, a black president or another white male?

"It is odd that nobody ever put the Native American in that question," said a friend, who is three-quarters Native American, at lunch last week.

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are immigrants. They are the ones running for power while the Native Americans still live in reservations."

The Native Americans rarely figured in the presidential question even when it was just a proverbial statement.

Indigenous people are usually marginalized and many governments are today trying to apologize for what was done tdqhe native ancestors of the land they live in. Only this we the Australian governgic-int announced its resolutionnto 'formally apologize to the aboriginal people when its new legislature reconvenes on Feb. 13.

Many young aboriginal children were taken away from their parents to be raised by white families and institutions in order to accelerate the assimilation process in 1915 to 1969. Much like how the Native Americans were sent to schools and churches.

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JUSTIN LANGSTON The game may be three months old by now, but that's not stopping ignorant media outlets and bloggers ► ilgia-11 over

scene in the X-Box 360 role playing game "Mass Effect," which is about as racy as what is on network television, while claiming the game has full digital nudity, that players can create a virtual harem and players can engage in all sorts of explicit sex.

Of course, none of this is true. There are a grand total of two sex scenes in "Mass Effect." One literally shows nothing but kissing and a hand being raised into the air. It's difficult to pull off and is pretty well hidden in the game. The more infamous scene, which one Fox 4Iews Commentator, referred, to as Luke' Skywalkermeets.

"Debbie Does Dallas," comes at the end of a long, somewhat complicated romance subplot and the sex is literally love making, not a simple onenight stand. It can only be done with a single character, indeed, if a player attempts to get with multiple potential love interests, the player will alienate both, and features very little nudity. In fact, the only nudity in the scene is that the woman who is engaging in the act shows her butt. If it's the alien woman, she shows her but twice. The whole scene lasts about 40 seconds or so.

So, armed with erroneous information, along with

claims of how this game will to get their dad's and older damage children, the blog- 'brother/sister's copies of the gers and pundits are calling game. Unless, of course Dad for different things, some for or big sibling turns on the reform, others for censorship. 360's built in parental conAfter all, despite the big ol' trols that lock out games of a "M for Mature" rating on the certain rating without a passfront, and the information on word.

The argument is getting the back of the box, along with the primetime advertis- tired now. Violent video ing the game is obviously games exist and parent being marketed towards chil- groups; cable news pundits and bloggers don't do any dren: Right.

According to a small group research and jump down of reactionaries who are everyone's throats. It's like speaking louder than anyone a death in comic books. The else, this children's game is betting pool isn't if there's nothing but violent and por- going to be an outcry on a nographic filth aimed at kids. semi-controversial game, it's Even if it's not aimed at kids, when it's going to happen.

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away from the past. Still, it can be tricky. The marginalized are marginalized even today. If the marginalized group moved to the center, the central group would be marginalized, and spun again in a relentlessly vicious cycle.

As Gandhi's ashes are scattered off the coast of Mumbai to mark the 60th anniversary of his assassination, it becomes apparent that we can only strive for equality. If our actions are directed by our moral conscience, perhaps, apologies wouldn't need to be told but seen.

Then maybe it would be a world where Iraqi children didn't have to hawk chewing gum to support their families, or children in the Gaza strip could sleep soundly knowing they would wake up the next morning with their family members around them again.

ment, special interest groups and bloggers have screamed about has been addressed.

There's a comprehensive and easy to use rating system has educational commercials run on television. There are parental controls built into all of the major systems to lock out undesirable games and online content. Heck, it's even possible to block out communication with people online if someone finds what they say to be offensive.

Seriously, don't we have important things to talk about?

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WRESTLING TEAM HAS A HARD SEASON AHEAD I teams, including the No. 17 University of Oklahoma.

This will not be the first There have been some time UCO has faced the tough times for the UCO Omaha Mavericks, the two wrestling team this season teams met at the National and the tough slate of com- Duals on Jan. 13, 13-25 petition will continue through Omaha win. In the previthe rest of the season. ous contest, UCO only won The Bronchos, ranked No. four of the 10 bouts. The 3 at the time of the last rank- Mavericks were able to rack ings, have battled three of up the score, courtesy of a the top six Division II teams pair of pins at 149 and 197 in the nation so far and will pounds. face No. 2 Nebraska-Omaha, The Bronchos will have this Friday. In addition to to limit bonus-point losses these duals, the squad has and capitalize on their own wrestled numerous Division

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opportunities whenever they have the chance.

Tyler Zukerman lost a narrow 2-1 decision to start off the previous dual. In addition to Zukerman, Nick Rice has taken a fair share of starts recently at the team's lightest weight. Regardless of who starts, it is sure to be a crucial and difficult bout as the Mavericks grappler from the National Duals has been replaced by No. 1 ranked Cody Garcia.

Tim Elliott and Kyle Evans both defeated their competitor

earlier in the season and neither Omaha wrestler is ranked at 133 and 141 pounds.

It's a different story at 149 pounds where the Mavericks again have the top-ranked athlete in the nation – Todd Meneely. Before when Brent Sarette squared off against him, he was defeated 12 - 4.

Neither team has a wrestler ranked at 157 pounds, but the Mavericks seem to have a leg up at the next two weights where only Nebraska-Omaha has a nationally recognized athlete, both are in the top

Friday's match-up in three.

The pivotal swing-match Hamilton Field House will of the night looks to take place undoubtedly be a tough at 184 pounds. Here UCO's dual, something the team has No. 4 Heath Jolley will meet become accustomed to this No. 3 Brent Pankoke in the season. Besides this match, middle of the mat for a top the team has three duals five showdown. In their pre- remaining before Regionals vious contest, Pankoke pre- and Nationals on March 1 and March 14-15, respectively. vailed 6-1.

Heavyweight also pits two ranked wrestlers against one another, UCO's No. 5 Dustin Finn and Nebraska-Omaha's No. 8 Tony Lewis. The two have met before and Finn Jeff Massie can be reached at finished victorious 4-2. jmassie@thevistaonline.com .

Johan Santana traded to the Mets for 3 pitchers

by AP Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ Johan Santana is a contract extension and physical from joining the New York Mets.

Beating out the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, the Mets reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to acquire the two-time Cy Young Award winner, two people familiar with the deal said, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcement had been made.

Minnesota would receive speedy outfielder Carlos Gomez, and pitchers Philip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey.

"If it's true, obviously, you're getting arguably the best pitcher in the game," Mets third baseman David Wright said.

What originally appeared to be a bidding war for Santana early in the offseason turned into something more akin to a negotiation of attrition in which first the Yankees and then the Red Sox appeared to lose interest and decide they'd rather hold onto their top prospects.

The Mets emerged as the top candidate after December's winter meetings, when the Yankees withdrew their offer, which included pitcher Phil Hughes and outfielder Melky Cabrera, and the Red Sox refused to improve their proposals, which would have sent pitcher Jon Lester or outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury to the Twins along with other prospects.

Santana can become a free agent after this year's World Series, and Minnesota offered him an $80 million, four-year extension that he turned down

early in the offseason.

Twins general manager Bill Smith called teams last weekend and asked them to make their best offers.

Smith informed the Mets on Tuesday that he was accepting their proposal.

Arriving at the annual Baseball Assistance Team fundraising dinner Tuesday night, New York general manager Omar Minaya wouldn't say much.

"It's out there, but the bottom line is that we're trying to look at ways at improving our club," Minaya said. "That's all I'm going to be able to say about it right now."

Preparing for their final season at Shea Stadium and their 2009 move to Citi Field, the Mets landed the top available pitcher on the market.

The trade is one of the two biggest of the offseason, along with Detroit's acquisition of third baseman Miguel Cabrera and pitcher Dontrelle Willis from Florida.

Minnesota will receive New York's Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 7 prospects, according to Baseball America's ranking. The Mets did not include their top farmhand, outfielder Fernando Martinez, or their top young pitcher, Mike Pelfrey.

The next step is for the Mets to negotiate a contract extension with Santana. The three-time All-Star is owed $13.25 million this year and likely will seek an extension of five-to-seven years worth at least $20 million annually.

New York and Santana have until 5 p.m. EST Friday to reach an agreement, a baseball official told The Associated Press, also on condition of anonymity. If

the Mets and Santana strike a deal, the players would have to pass physicals and the pitcher would have to formally waive his no-trade clause.

A left-hander who turns 29 in March, Santana gives the Mets a replacement for Tom Glavine, who left New York to return to the Atlanta Braves. New York, trying to bounce back from a recordsetting September collapse last season, has a projected rotation that also includes Pedro Martinez, John Maine, Oliver Perez and Orlando Hernandez or Pelfrey.

Santana is 93-44 with a 3.22 ERA in eight major league seasons, winning the AL Cy Young Award in 2004 and 2006. He has been less successful in the playoffs, going 1-3 with a 3.97 ERA. Santana had a subpar season in 2007, going 15-13. He lost seven of his last 11 decisions as his ERA rose from 2.60 to 3.33 ERA, his highest since 2001, and he allowed a careerLhigh 33 homers — the most in the AL. For the Mets, the hope is that he will be the next in a long line of aces behind Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Glavine and Martinez.

"For our younger pitchers to develop under a guy like Pedro, a guy like Johan, you can't ask for any better situation," Wright said. "He's going to go out there and he's going to give you seven or eight innings every five days and he's going to get you a win. That's just what it comes down to. I've gotten a chance to get to know him a little bit the past couple years. He seems like a great clubhouse guy. He's going to fit in per-

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Minnesota Twins pitcher Johan Santana works during the first inning action of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston in this Sept.

21, 2006 file photo. The Minnesota Twins reached a tentative agreement Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, to trade Johan Santana to the New York Mets. After months of deliberation, the Twins agreed to send the two-time Cy Young Award winner to the Mets for outfielder Carlos Gomez, and pitchers Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey, a person familiar with the deal said. ,

fectly with the chemistry that we have."

With Santana gone, there is a big opening in the Twins' rotation. Francisco Liriano is on track to return after missing last season following elbow surgery, but Carlos Silva signed with Seattle as a free agent, leaving youngsters Scott Baker, Boof Bonser and Kevin Slowey as the starters

with the most experience.

"Joe Mauer's job, and my job, just got a lot tougher," backup catcher Mike Redmond said. "We're going to have to work. a lot harder to help these guys out the best we can."

Humber, a 25-year-old right-hander, has made one start and four relief appearances for the Mets during the

past two years, and went 11-9 with a 4.27 ERA last season for Triple-A New Orleans.

The 22-year-old Gomez batted .232 in 125 at-bats with New York last year and .275 with 19 steals in the minors.

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