**Kasich recognizes victims of Chardon High School shooting**

OHIO UNIVERSITY — After the announcement of a second death following Monday morning’s Chardon High School shooting, Ohio Gov. John Kasich ordered the flags at the Statehouse be flown at half—staff.

Three students — Danny Parmertor, Russell King and Demetrius Hewlin — died after a shooting at Chardon High School on Monday morning. Two more students, Nick Walczak and Joy Rickers, were injured and are being treated at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Students identified the shooter as student T.J. Lane.

About 70 Ohio University students are Chardon High School alumni, and they have planned a candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. Many OU students wore red Tuesday in support of the victims.

There will be flags flown at half—staff in Geauga County until March 3, according to a news release from Kasich’s office.

—The Post
By Rebecca McKinsey

**Occupy Lincoln campers rally in support of Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday**

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN — Even as the Occupy Lincoln camp’s deadline to clear out was pushed back two months, from March to May, sympathetic groups across the country and in Lincoln rallied Tuesday in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

About two dozen members of Lincoln’s MoveOn chapter, linked to the political advocacy group MoveOn.org, gathered at the base of the Capitol in answer to a call to action against what they called the movement’s suppression. Interviews with several of them evoked the spirit that sparked the sustained protest last September.

“The Occupy movement has really focused the country on the increasing concentration of wealth,” said Bud Narveson, a MoveOn member and retired English professor at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. “Its value is that it’s not focused on any particular action. It’s just calling the nation’s attention.”

Similar rallies were reported in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco and other cities. Lincoln’s small assembly was greeted with sporadic, supportive honks from passing traffic, recalling the noisy support of Occupy Lincoln’s downtown demonstrations last year.

— Daily Nebraskan
By Dan Holtmeyer

**Cystic fibrosis drug FDA—approved after U study**

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — A University of Minnesota center played a role in the testing of a cystic fibrosis drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals chose the Minnesota Cystic Fibrosis Center as one of the clinics to test Kalydeco, which could help treat certain types of the disease.

A person with cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that mainly affects the lungs, is only expected to live into his or her late 30s, which is a significant improvement from a decade ago when those with the disease rarely lived into adulthood.

But with the new drug, approved by the FDA about a month ago, doctors can treat the underlying problem for a less common type of the disease.

The drug works in patients who have the G551D version of the disease, which makes up about 4 percent of cystic fibrosis cases.

“The drug is incredibly effective because other medications treat the symptoms of cystic fibrosis while this one defeats the problem,” associate professor of medicine Jordan Dunitz said.

The drug has been approved for patients ages 6 and older. Next month, the university will begin testing it for children ages 2 to 5.

—Minnesota Daily
By Kali Dingman