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A 22-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone assaulted him and stole his wallet and $140 about 1:25 a.m. Oct. 22 outside The Ranch, 2515 W. Sixth St.
Two 21-year-old KU students reported to the KU Public Safety Office a fight about 3:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Student Recreation Fitness Center.
ON CAMPUS
The Peace Corps is holding a Peace Corps Extravaganza from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight in the Kansas Room on the 6th floor of the Kansas Union.
Note: The University Daily Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. Submission forms are available in the Kansan newsroom, 111 Staffer-Flint Hall. Items must be turned in two days in advance of the desired publication date. On Campus is printed on a space available basis.
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Tavlor Miller/KANSAN
Maureen Warren, Garden City graduate student and president of Queers and Allies, spins the bingo roller at the bi-annual Queens and Aliens' bingo, on Tuesday. Warren, who is studying for her masters in art history, is organizing her wedding to partner Allison Hansen, also a graduate student, from Springhill.
CITY
Marijuana fines, sentences up for review in Lawrence
The Lawrence City Commission got its first glimpse of an ordinance banning the possession of marijuana and paraphernalia Tuesday night. Scott Miller, staff attorney, wrote the ordinance, borrowing almost all the language from the state statutes on marijuana law.
Miller said offenders would face a $400
In his presentation, staff attorney Scott Miller said the ordinance could only illegalize marijuana and paraphernalia possession as a misdemeanor, but the punishment, a felony with a fine up to $2,500 and a maximum of one year in jail, would be exactly the same as it is in district court.
The ordinance requires violators to attend a Safety Action Program class, which is what a first-time DUI offender or minor in possession of alcohol offender must do. A judge would have the opportunity to sentence additional treatment in each offense.
court cost if a conviction occurred, and that commissioners could add a minimum fine to the ordinance if they wanted.
Commissioners Dennis "Boog"
Highberger, Mike Rundle and Sue Hack
did not agree with setting a minimum
fine. Commissioner Mike Amyx recommended a $300 fine that Commissioner David Schauner said was too steep.
Schauner recommended a $50 fine.
"I don't want to make it such a financial burden on people." Schauer said.
Commissioner Sue Hack said the case load should be monitored to find out what the impact would be on the city prosecutors' office. If it became cost prohibitive, then changes to the ordinance should be made. Laura Green, executive director of the Drug Policy Forum of Kansas, supported the ordinance, and encouraged the commissioners to take a look at the Safety Action Program content so it would be crime specific.
Remains might identify missing student
Miller said the ordinance would be placed on the consent agenda at the Nov. 8 City Commission meeting, with additional information about the classes.
NATION
Travis Robinett
NORMAL, III. — The search for a missing college student may have reached a critical point, as officials in Mississippi waited Tuesday for medical and dental records to determine whether a body found in a burnt-out chicken house could be that of 21-year-old Olamide Adeyoye, a native of Nigeria who moved to suburban Chicago when she was 8.
Investigators continue to interview several "persons of interest" in a case that gained attention through an Internet campaign launched by Adeveope's friends.
Studying biology at Illinois State University, she was due to graduate in December. She was last seen nearly two weeks ago at a video store near her apartment.
CAMPUS
The Associated Press
Professor receives grant for cancer research
A University of Kansas professor of medicinal chemistry, Gunda Georg, has received a grant that will allow her to work with faculty across Kansas and support research for cancer.
The five-year, $10.4 million federal grant from the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, will develop cancer research among junior faculty members.
Georg was previously awarded a similar grant in 2000 that ended this summer.
Georg said the National Institute of Health renewed the previous grant.
"We are able to provide research tools that other places don't have, providing a competitive advantage," she said.
She said the grant was also a step toward becoming a National Cancer Institute Designated Cancer Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center, a prestigious designation that the University aims for.
— Louis Mora
Former KU football star to lead homecoming parade
Curtis McClinton, former University of Kansas star running back and Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame member, will be the grand marshal of Saturday's KU homecoming parade, the homecoming steering committee announced Tuesday.
McClinton, 66, played for the University from 1959 to 1961 and was inducted into the KU Football Hall of Fame last year. He also ran hurdles for the track team.
He was named the American Football League Rookie of the year in 1962 and finished his career with the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory against the Minnesota Vikings in 1970.
Since retiring from football, McClinton has dedicated himself to bettering the community.
After earning his doctorate degree from Miles College in Birmingham, Ala., he founded the Black Economic Union of Greater Kansas City.
He also operates the Curtis Mc-
Clinton Keys League, an urban football program that promotes leadership, education and entrepreneurship.
More than 800 children play in the league.
— Frank Tankard
The homecoming parade will start at 10 a.m. Friday, at 12th and Oread streets near the Kansas Union, and progress to the Chi Omega fountain at the end of Jayhawk Boulevard.
Five KU faculty named as Outstanding Educators
The University of Kansas chapter of the Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society named five University faculty members to its Outstanding Educators list.
This year's winners are Ann Cudd, professor of philosophy and director of women's studies; Maryemya Graham, professor of English; Marni Kessler, assistant professor of art history; Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, associate professor of sociology, and Mark Nesbitt-Daly, associate director of the University Honors Program.
The winners will be honored at a reception on Nov. 6 and on Nov. 18 during the men's basketball game against Idaho State.
The 39 members of the Mortar Board nominate the educators for knowledge of their subjects, teaching styles and dedication to teaching.
Ryan Schneider
CITY
Giddens' court date moved back to November
The next court appearance for former KU basketball player J.R. Giddens was rescheduled.
He was scheduled to appear before Judge Stephen Six at 9 a.m. on Tuesday. The appearance was rescheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Giddens was charged with battery against Jeremiah Creswell in connection with a May 19 incident outside of the Moon Bar, a now-closed bar at Ninth and Iowa streets. Giddens pleaded not guilty to the charge in a court appearance on Sept. 19.
— Kansan staff report
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