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The Inside Front
Wednesday June 28, 2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
Mexico drops charges against KU grad student
The Mexican government dropped its charges of kidnapping and gang activity filed last week against Mark Horowitz, KU doctoral student of sociology.
Similar charges against seven Mexican workers were also dropped, said Judy Ancel, president of the
Mark Horowitz
Cross Border Network for Justice and Solidarity based in Kansas City, Mo.
Horowitz was arrested in connection with a strike at the Duro
Mexican region known as the
Manufacturing plant in Rio Bravo, Mexico. The Duro plant is located in the
Mexican region known as the "Maquiladora zone" where thousands of U.S.-based companies have moved their operations. Ancel said the workers are still fighting for the right to organize free and independent labor unions.
Last June, Horowitz moved to McAllen, Texas, where he works as an organizer for the Communication Workers of America and is gathering fieldwork for his doctoral dissertation.
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Anschutz to integrate government documents
"They're making every effort not to disrupt access to services for researchers." she said.
The Government Documents Library on the sixth floor of Malott Hall will be integrated into the Anschutz Library on July 17, said Mary Rosenbloom, external relations librarian.
Rosenbloom said that the library's first priority was to move the reference services into Anschutz. Access to the documents might be blocked for a few days while the reference materials were moved.
Anschutz then will use a paging system to retrieve documents for students and faculty. A researcher then can fill out a form to request a document and the librarian will retrieve the document and hold it at the desk for the researcher. Denise Stephens, Anschutz librarian, said the process would probably take a few hours.
Stephens said that the fourth floor of Anschutz would offer researchers a lot more space to sit and study the documents, and easier access than Malott Hall.
"Another advantage is there is a lot of multi-disciplinary crossover
between government documents and other areas of research," she said.
— BriAnne Hess
Stephens said the move would take two to three weeks.
KANU to reprogram Saturday morning line-up
KANU, the public radio station at the University of Kansas, is shaking up its Saturday programming line-up this week.
The Jazz Scene, hosted for 40 years by Dick Wright, who died in November, will move from its 10 a.m. slot to 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
In its place, KANU will air Michael Feldman's Whad Ya Know?, a comedy quiz show from Madison, Wis. This American Life, a Peabody Award-winning documentary series, will be broadcast at noon.
Darrell Brogdon, program director, said the change came after months of studying the tendency of Saturday listeners to tune the station out.
"We're hoping to build on the popularity of Car Talk and Weekend Edition, which are generally our most popular shows." Brodgon said.
Brogdon said Feldman's show was similar to David Letterman because it has high audience and call-in participation.
—BriAnne Hess
Senior Kansas runner fails Olympic qualifier
Charlie Gruber, senior from Avada,
Colo., did not qualify for the Olympic tri-
lysere yesterday in the 1,500 meter race.
He ran a personal best time of
He ran a personal best time of 3:42.9, but needed a 3:40.5 to qualify, said Gary Schwartz, former
OLYMPIC GAMES
Kansas track coach.
Gruber will run the 1.500 meter race again on
Saturdav in Maine.
"His workouts have really progressed," said Schwartz who has been coaching Gruber to prepare him for the meets and will continue to coach him throughout the trials.
"Getting there is a tremendous accomplishment and how you conduct yourself once you get there is a learning experience," Schwartz said of the process in trying out for the Olympic team.
On Saturday, Gruber qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800-meter race at the New Balance/CanAm Boston/High Performance Meet on the Northeastern University campus in Dedham, Mass.
Gruber, the Big 12 outdoor and indoor mile champion, ran the 800-
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meter race in 1:46.99, a personal best performance. He will compete for a spot on the 2000 Olympic team at the July 21 trials in Sacramento, Calif.
He was one of eight athletes selected by the USA Track and Field Men's Development Committee to compete in the CanAm distance circuit, a series of races that allows athletes to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Former Jayhawk diver makes Olympic team cut
Michelle Rojohn, former University of Kansas diver, will be an alternate on the 2000 U.S. Olympic Diving Team, according to a University of Kansas press release.
Rojohn placed third in the three-meter springboard final at the June 21 diving trials at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash.
She is a member of the Fort Lauderdale Diving Club.
While at the University, Rojohn was the 1996 NCAA three-meter champion, a two-time All American in the three-meter and the Big Eight Conference champion in the one-meter and three-meter from 1993 to 1996. She was inducted into the KU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996.
The 2000 Olympic diving competition will be from Sept. 22 to 30 in Sydney, Australia.
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Former KU law student to argue against Clinton
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A graduate from the University of Kansas School of Law will argue for President Clinton's disbarment because of his testimony about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
Attorney Marie-Bernardelle Miller, who graduated from KU law school in 1984, will represent the state panel that disciplines lawyers in its disbarment petition in a Little Rock court circuit.
Miller said she was hired on June 7 by the state Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct
COMMITTEE ON POSSESSION CONFERENCE On May 22, the committee recommended that Clinton be stripped of his license to practice law in Arkansas over misleading testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case about his relationship with Lewinsky.
Clinton has said the committee was treating him more severely than other lawyers.
Last fall, Miller presented a case against the first Arkansas judge removed from office for misconduct.
The committee has not filed its petition with the court.
Associated Press
Take your best shot
Aaron Urban, Lawrence senior, drives for a layup during a game in the Lawrence Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. Urban and his team are part of a summer basketball league that plays on Sundays. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
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