(AP) A University of Missouri-Columbia crisis center received nearly 100 reports of campus sex assaults last year, but only two students were punished for such offenses in 2012, an investigation found. that one student on the flagship campus was expelled for a sex offense, with another suspended.

The campus police department received 14 reports of sex offenses in 2012, while the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center tallied 92.

School officials say many victims who seek counseling and support choose not to file complaints with the Office of Student Conduct or university police. The RSVP center and MU police statistics include offenses committed by nonstudents, though the school declined to provide a statistical breakdown of offenders.

(AP) — Former presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Republicans need to do a better job of caring, relating and communicating if they hope to win national elections.

Santorum spoke Saturday to hundreds of people gathered at the Conservative Political Action Conference in suburban St. Louis.

He said Republicans have been trying to win by proving to people that their policies are right with facts and figures. But he says Democrats have prevailed in national elections by telling people they understand, relate and care for them.

Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, ran unsuccessfully last year for the Republican nomination for president.

He’s now leading a conservative movie production company and traveling the country speaking. Santorum says he hasn’t ruled out another bid for president.

(AP) — Missourians will cast votes on whom to add to the state Capitol’s Hall of Famous Missourians.

The hall is a collection of bronze busts and has generally honored people chosen by the House speaker, but House Speaker Tim Jones is calling for a public vote for two new honorees. Voting starts Monday and is open through Oct. 31.

Ten finalists for inclusion in the hall were selected based largely on the number of nominations submitted this summer. Finalists include composer and music educator Claude Smith and Andrew Taylor Still, who is credited as the father of osteopathic medicine.

In addition to the two people selected by the public, Jones plans to select a third person for induction.

(AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he’s open to a moratorium in the tax-credit battle for businesses with Missouri.

Kansas and Missouri each has offered millions of dollars of specially tailored tax breaks to lure businesses from one side of the state line to another in the Kansas City area.

Brownback said Saturday he discussed a moratorium a year ago with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon. But Brownback says Missouri’s entitlement tax credits for job creation didn’t give Nixon the flexibility for a moratorium.

Brownback says he favors broad-based tax cuts. He signed measures cutting Kansas income taxes. Nixon vetoed legislation that would have cut Missouri’s income taxes, citing concerns about the effect on education and state services.

Brownback was a speaker at Saturday’s Conservative Political Action Conference in suburban St. Louis.

Dozens of Semi Trucks made their way through downtown Joplin on Friday evening. It was all part of the world largest truck convoy event. Law enforcement

reported escorting more than 200 trucks through the city to establish a new world record.

Each truck in the 15 mile long convoy paid an entry fee with proceeds going to the Special Olympics of Missouri. The event raised over fifty thousand dollars.

Senator McCaskill doesn’t mind answering the phones to take questions. With a high volume of calls coming into her office the past few days regarding a possible government shutdown and the Affordable Care Act, she took to the phone to visit with constituents.

(AP) — Springfield police say a man has been taken into custody after a threat was made involving a middle school.

The school district said on its website that Cherokee Middle School was on lockdown Friday morning after the unconfirmed threat involving the school was made. The lockdown was lifted about 10 a.m. The district did not detail the nature of the threat.

Police spokeswoman Lisa Cox said an adult male had been arrested in connection with the alleged threat. His identity hasn’t been released.

School officials said the lockdown was prompted by district concerns about an overnight domestic incident involving the family of one of the school’s students.

 

Kathy Goggin, PhD, has been named Director of Health Services and Outcomes Research, a new position at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.
Dr. Goggin will hold the Ernest L. Glasscock, MD, Chair in Pediatric Education and Research at Children’s Mercy. In her new position, she will drive the development of the strategic vision for enhancing health services and outcomes research; recruit and lead a multidisciplinary team of scientists that collaborates with faculty across Children’s Mercy partner institutions and the community; stimulate innovative approaches to the measurement of health system performance to improve outcomes; and establish a national reputation for Children’s Mercy in health services and outcomes research.

“I am delighted to welcome Dr. Goggin to Children’s Mercy,” said Michael Artman, MD, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics and Executive Director of Research Strategy and Implementation. “She brings impressive credentials, experience and leadership skills to our pediatric education and research efforts.”

Dr. Goggin is currently Curators’ Professor of Psychology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a position she has held since 2011. The Curators’ Professorship is the highest and most prestigious academic rank awarded by the University Of Missouri Board Of Curators.

Dr. Goggin’s program of research focuses on primary and secondary disease prevention, medication adherence, and psychosocial predictors of health behavior change to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities. She has published more than 180 papers and abstracts in leading national and international scholarly outlets spanning diverse fields from pharmacy to medicine, nursing, psychology and public health. She has garnered continuous extramural funding since 1997 and has been responsible, as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator, for more than $21 million in extramural funding for national and international research studies. Her research is also notable for its focus on community-based translational research efforts that have impacted faith-based and community based organizations, communities, and a variety of health care settings both domestically and internationally.

Dr. Goggin completed her PhD at the San Diego State University / University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology where she specialized in Behavioral Medicine. She served as Chief Fellow of the NIMH Postdoctoral Training Program in HIV/AIDS at the Cornell University Medical College/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers in New York City until being awarded the prestigious Aaron Diamond Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to continue her research at Columbia University.

Dr. Goggin is a Fellow and former Executive Board member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and regularly serves as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health. She has been awarded the UMKC Dean’s Good Teaching Award, UMKC Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Community Engagement, the UMKC Trustees’ Award, as well as, the N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research.