Kuropas maintains he is not an anti-Semite

DeKALB - Myron Kuropas wants people to know that he is not a Holocaust denier or an anti-Semite. At the same time, the part-time Northern Illinois University instructor and Ukrainian nationalist is not backing away from articles he wrote several years ago that for a time last week made him persona non grata in the Jewish community and gave fodder to critics of President Bush. In a wide-ranging interview with the Chronicle on Tuesday, Kuropas, 72, said he was sorry for the minor controversy that took hold after he returned from a White House-sanctioned trip last month to the swearing-in ceremony for new Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. News stories that appeared last week unearthed writings in which he appeared to agree that some Jews