<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - military-school</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/military-school</link><description>Newsvine - military-school</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:29:17 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Kan. military school received 339 abuse complaints</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to a Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say they were branded, according to a court document.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17476050-kan-military-school-received-339-abuse-complaints</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17476050-kan-military-school-received-339-abuse-complaints</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:17:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c7a9e5c-9371-4b32-aa0c-b67dcc9be955.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c7a9e5c-9371-4b32-aa0c-b67dcc9be955.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, June 27, 2012 photo shows the entrance to St. Johns Military Academy in Salina, Kan. Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to a Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say they were branded, according to a court document. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e891cb8-034b-4673-9636-26e60435acbb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e891cb8-034b-4673-9636-26e60435acbb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, June 27, 2012 photo shows the entrance to St. Johns Military Academy in Salina, Kan. Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to the Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say they were branded, according to a court document. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1355c1e7-4aba-4463-8b26-842020094415.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1355c1e7-4aba-4463-8b26-842020094415.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, June 27, 2012 photo shows the entrance to St. Johns Military Academy in Salina, Kan. Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to the Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say they were branded, according to a court document. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2bec11cf-e87f-4cb6-bbb6-aff704faac72.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2bec11cf-e87f-4cb6-bbb6-aff704faac72.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, June 27, 2012 photo, camera views can be seen from a security office at St. Johns Military Academy in Salina, Kan. Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to the Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say they were branded, according to a court document. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0049037-63cc-4eda-acf9-cd9f96bddab3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="314" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0049037-63cc-4eda-acf9-cd9f96bddab3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="196" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, June 27, 2012 photo shows the entrance to St. Johns Military Academy in Salina, Kan. Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to the Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say they were branded, according to a court document. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d3da1bda-f08f-4749-aea2-a7dbe587af7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d3da1bda-f08f-4749-aea2-a7dbe587af7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, June 27, 2012 photo, cadets play basketball in the gym at St. Johns Military Academy in Salina, Kan. Nearly 340 current and former students made complaints to the Kansas military school claiming they were beaten, hazed, harassed or abused during the past five years, including 21 who say they were branded, according to a court document. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Military school seeks to toss ex-cadet's claims</title>
<description><![CDATA[An embattled Kansas military school asked a federal judge Thursday to rule at least partially in its favor after a former cadet admitted to lying about being taped, bound and gagged against his will.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17136324-military-school-seeks-to-toss-ex-cadets-claims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17136324-military-school-seeks-to-toss-ex-cadets-claims</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:16:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kan. military school cadet leader facing felonies</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former cadet leader at an embattled Kansas military school has been charged with eight counts of aggravated sexual battery, the county attorney's office said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17034562-kan-military-school-cadet-leader-facing-felonies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17034562-kan-military-school-cadet-leader-facing-felonies</guid><category>us</category><category>abuse</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:47:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kansas military school cadet leader arrested</title>
<description><![CDATA[An embattled Kansas military school has suspended an 18-year-old cadet leader who was arrested last week on allegations of sexual battery against a younger student at its Salina campus, the school's president said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16663391-kansas-military-school-cadet-leader-arrested</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16663391-kansas-military-school-cadet-leader-arrested</guid><category>us</category><category>abuse</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:36:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Neglect found at Kan. military school</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kansas child welfare officials have found a lack of supervision at a military school where a 14-year-old California boy allegedly was tormented after suffering two broken legs, but their investigation uncovered no proof that anyone there caused the injuries or denied the boy medical care.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/13/12207827-apnewsbreak-neglect-found-at-kan-military-school</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/13/12207827-apnewsbreak-neglect-found-at-kan-military-school</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><category>john-military-school</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:05:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Video depicts alleged abuse at school</title>
<description><![CDATA[The mother of a 14-year-old boy says a cellphone video depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a Kansas military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11759663-apnewsbreak-video-depicts-alleged-abuse-at-school</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11759663-apnewsbreak-video-depicts-alleged-abuse-at-school</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:29:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3ebf48d-9c5c-4b21-a0dc-4de6dc0bd9bf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="398" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f3ebf48d-9c5c-4b21-a0dc-4de6dc0bd9bf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Sept. 24, 2011, photo provided by Jennifer Mactagone shows her son, Jesse Mactagone, 14, at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Roseville, Calif.  Both of the boy's legs were broken during the four days in August 2011 that he attended St. John's Military School in Salina, Kan. Jennifer Mactagone says a cellphone video, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a the military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse. (AP Photo/Jennifer Mactagone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a4e977f-e170-42b5-9cf8-bc5a9df29d99.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a4e977f-e170-42b5-9cf8-bc5a9df29d99.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Sept. 1, 2011 photo provided by Jennifer Mactagone shows her son, Jesse Mactagone, 14, with a scar on his leg at home in Auburn, Calif.  Both of the boy's legs were broken during the four days in August 2011 that he attended St. John's Military School in Salina, Kan. Jennifer Mactagone says a cellphone video, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a the military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse. (AP Photo/Jennifer Mactagone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4327e5dc-4058-439d-a423-6cf3abf79f77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="406" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4327e5dc-4058-439d-a423-6cf3abf79f77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="122" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Aug. 23, 2011 photo provided by Jennifer Mactagone shows her son, Jesse Mactagone, 14, in a medical plane en route from Kansas back home to Auburn, Calif. Both of the boy's legs were broken during the four days in August 2011 that he attended St. John's Military School in Salina, Kan. Jennifer Mactagone says a cellphone video, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a the military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse. (AP Photo/Jennifer Mactagone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e68ceaf7-7f35-4aec-b6e0-fd255cbc8845.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="431" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e68ceaf7-7f35-4aec-b6e0-fd255cbc8845.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="129" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Aug. 18, 2011 image provided by Jennifer Mactagone shows an x-ray of her son, Jesse Mactagone's leg taken at Salina, Kan., Regional Hospital.  Both of the boy's legs were broken during the four days in August 2011 that he attended St. John's Military School in Salina, Kan. Jennifer Mactagone says a cellphone video, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a the military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse. (AP Photo/Jennifer Mactagone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2c86ad4b-e70c-4a6d-baf6-b5721f36bc4c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="305" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2c86ad4b-e70c-4a6d-baf6-b5721f36bc4c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Aug. 20, 2011, photo provided by Jennifer Mactagone shows her son, Jesse Mactagone, 14, talking with his father, Scott Mactagone, at Salina, Kan., Regional Hospital.  Both of the boy's legs were broken during the four days in August 2011 that he attended St. John's Military School in Salina, Kan. Jennifer Mactagone says a cellphone video, obtained exclusively by The Associated Press, depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a the military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse. (AP Photo/Jennifer Mactagone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Kan. school accused of deleting images of abuse</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Kansas military boarding school embroiled in a lawsuit alleging widespread abuse of cadets ordered its students last week to surrender their cellphones, and a staff member reviewed photos and videos stored on them and then deleted hundreds of images related to the school, according to a document filed Monday in federal court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11477302-kan-school-accused-of-deleting-images-of-abuse</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/30/11477302-kan-school-accused-of-deleting-images-of-abuse</guid><category>us</category><category>abuse</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2012 00:45:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kan. military school seeks dismissal of abuse suit</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Kansas military boarding school that has settled nine abuse lawsuits since 2006 has asked a court to dismiss the latest one, which accuses the school of allowing and encouraging older students to discipline younger ones by beating and otherwise abusing them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11101504-kan-military-school-seeks-dismissal-of-abuse-suit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11101504-kan-military-school-seeks-dismissal-of-abuse-suit</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Amended suit alleges new abuses at Kansas school</title>
<description><![CDATA[A California boy attends only four days at a Kansas military boarding school where he is tormented by staff and students after breaking both his legs in separate incidents. A Tennessee student's stomach is forcibly branded as a rite of initiation. A Florida cadet breaks his hand fending off a student with a history of sexual abuse who tries to grope him, and school officials refuse to investigate or inform his parents of the attack.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Roxana Hegeman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10846157-amended-suit-alleges-new-abuses-at-kansas-school</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/24/10846157-amended-suit-alleges-new-abuses-at-kansas-school</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>school</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:01:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Protesters call for closing of Ga. military school</title>
<description><![CDATA[Demonstrators renewed their call Sunday to shutter a school on a Georgia Army base for Latin American military and government officials and say they're optimistic the new president or a more sympathetic Congress will act within the next year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliott Minor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elliott Minor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/23/2142690-protesters-call-for-closing-of-ga-military-school</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/23/2142690-protesters-call-for-closing-of-ga-military-school</guid><category>military</category><category>protest</category><category>school</category><category>latin-american</category><category>us-news</category><category>military-school</category><category>georgia-army</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:11:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f3f4205-bc49-4ab3-90e4-8eb6b3f76904.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="358" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f3f4205-bc49-4ab3-90e4-8eb6b3f76904.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of Americas Watch, leads a procession Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 in Columbus, Ga., to honor victims of alleged human rights abuses in Latin America. Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest who has been leading the demonstrations outside a gate to Fort Benning since 1990, said his supporters view president-elect Barack Obama as the &quot;president who stands for peace&quot; and will request a meeting with him. (AP Photo/ Elliott Minor)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c3d90ef7-22a1-4515-9ce7-3484ad8bb8f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c3d90ef7-22a1-4515-9ce7-3484ad8bb8f1.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Protesters prepare to lead a procession outside Fort Benning, Ga., on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Every November thousands gather outside Fort Benning to call for the closing of a military school they blame for human rights abuses in Latin America. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>