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The Inside Front
Wednesday June 14,2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CORRECTIONS
The graphic of the parking regulation changes on Page One of the June 7 issue of the Kansan incorrectly stated that the meters in lot 90 would be removed.
The caption of the photo that accompanied the Kansas Geological Survey story on Page One of the June 7 issue incorrectly identified John Healey, research assistant, as Rex Buchanan.
CAMPUS
Sorority, seven fraternities violate city fire codes
Some greek residents could be houseless in August.
The June 1 deadline to comply with a 1993 city ordinance requiring sprinkler systems has passed. Eight fraternities and sororities are still not up to code.
Several houses are still scrambling to find money so they can install the fire-safety devices.
Maj. Rich Barr, Lawrence fire marshal, said that at least two fraternities probably would not reopen this fall, while two other fraternities and a sorority house would be ready to be reoccupied in the fall after renovations. The remaining houses, however, are still in limbo, Barr said.
The eight houses are:
Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1911 Stewart Ave., will not be reoccupied.
■ Pi Kappa Alpha, 2000 Stewart Ave., will probably be sold to a private developer.
Alpha Epsilon Pi, 1116 Indiana, is trying to secure money from its national organization.
Phi Kappa Theta, 1941 Stewart Ave., sprinklers are in the basement, but Barr said he had not been contacted by the chapter since sending a letter of notification.
Theta Chi, 1003 Emory Road,
has the funding and is in the process of
securing a bid.
Alpha Kappa Lambda, 2021 Stewart Ave., should have sprinklers by the end of July.
Sigma Nu, 1501. Sigma Nu Place is renovating and will add a sprinkler system. It should reoccupy this fall.
Chi Omega, 1345 West Campus Rd, is renovating and will add a sprinkler system. It should reoccupy this fall.
BriAnne Hess
Music library closed, moving to new home
The Thomas Gorton Music Library will be closed for about two weeks while it moves from its former location in an older part of Murphy. The new music library — which will be expanded to include a dance library
— is scheduled to reopen Monday,
June 26 in 240 Murphy Hall.
Vic Cardell, music and dance librarian, said the new space would be three times larger than the old music library and allow new services, such as a reference desk.
Cardell also is looking forward to the new media system supported in large part by donations from Joe and Joyce Hale of Johnson County. There will be 28 carrels with built-in mini CD systems that can record up to 74 minutes of music. This will allow users to listen to music from old albums repeatedly without wearing them out.
The carrels will also have musical keyboard synthesizers on pullout shelves for use with musical notation software.
Eight of the carrels will have Life Forms dance software. The software lets users create a virtual dancer for choreography.
Cardell said this is unlike anything in the old music library.
— Jim O'Malley
Lotus restaurant fined obtains license from state
A Lawrence vegetarian restaurant has been fined $1,000 by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for operating without a license.
Although an inspection found no health violations at Lotus restaurant, 811 Massachusetts St., the department is strict about licenses, said Sharon Watson, the department's public information officer.
"They should have known they needed a license," she said. "It's a state statutory requirement."
License fees are $200, Watson said.
During a Feb. 8 inspection, the department's inspector told the owners they needed a license before the new restaurant opened for business, Watson said. Lotus still had no license when the inspector revisited on April 5, and the department gave the owners another 30 days to obtain one before imposing a fine.
"Generally, we will work with the facility," Watson said. "We'll give them 30 days. We gave them more time than that. The inspector gave them two chances."
Lotus now has a license, Watson said.
Lotus' management could not be reached for comment
Chemistry professor retires after 37 years at Kansas
Jim O'Malley
Richard Schowen — Summerfield professor of chemistry, molecular biocences, and pharmaceutical chemistry — is retiring in July after 37
years of teaching at the University of Kansas.
Schowen came to the University in 1963 after earning his Ph.D at MIT. He began in the chemistry department, and later joined two other departments.
Schowen said his research concentrated on reaction mechanisms — the way atoms move when chemical reactions occur.
Schowen said he would continue to do research here and at other institutions after his retirement.
"I will miss teaching," he said. "I would be happy to continue it, but you can't do everything. And research is a kind of teaching — finding out how things work and telling everybody about it."
Jim O'Malley
State government leaders visit campus science center
The Kansas House Majority Leader and a State Representative from Lawrence toured the University's Higuchi Biosciences Center yesterday.
Charles Decede, the center's director, said the center invited State Representative Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence, to tour the facilities
Rep. Tom Sloan (R-
Lawrence); toured
Higuch Labs.
because it likes to keep local legislators informed about its work. Sloan then invited House Majority Leader Kent Glasscock, R-Manhattan. The Higuchi Center receives some if its funds from the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation a
state-owned corporation formed to promote economic development in the state.
"What we try to do here is capture the economic value of discoveries that emanate from basic research in the life sciences." Decedue said
The Center's projects include drug delivery, medicinal herbs, and neurological disease research.
Jim O'Malley
Ann Eversole, the associate dean of students at the University of Kansas, was appointed interim dean of students.
Associate dean of students named to interim position
She had been associate dean of students since 1996, and will replace James Kitchen, outgoing associate vice chancellor and dean of students, will leave the University on June 30.
— Karen Lucas
Man charged in women's deaths
John Edward Robinson Sr. has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of five women.
The Associated Press
Cass County, Mo., prosecutor Chris Koster said he would seek the death penalty for Robinson, and District Attorney Paul Morrison of Johnson County, Kan., said he likely would seek the death penalty as well.
Two victims have not been identified. The three identified victims are:
Beverly Bonner, 49, had been missing since 1994. Authorities said she may have met Robinson when she was a librarian at the Western Missouri Correctional Facility in Cameron, Mo., while Robinson was serving a theft sentence. Robinson was paroled in 1993. Bonner allegedly quit her job at the prison in 1994 to take a job with Robinson. She disappeared a short time later. Robinson allegedly told workers at the Raymore storage locker that he was renting the space for
his sister Beverly. He has no such sister. Bonner's body was found June 5 in the storage locker.
Suzette Marie Trouten
Lewicka, 22, a Polish immigrant, had been missing since earlier this spring. Authorities said her last known address was in Olathe. Records indicated an application for a marriage license was filed in Johnson County for Robinson and Lewicka but never completed. Lewicka's body was found June 3 in a barrel at Robinson's La
Trouten, 28, Newport, Mich., moved to Lenexa in February with her dogs after answering an Internet solicitation, presumably from Robinson, for a $62,000 job as caretaker of an "elderly father." Family members, concerned about Trouten's safety, contacted police, which triggered a missing persons investigation in Johnson County. Trouten's body was found June 3 in a barrel at Robinson's 16.5-acre property near La Cygne, 35 miles south of his Olathe mobile home. tabela Lewicka
Summer Kansan news staff
Jim O'Malley ...Editor
BriAnne Hess ... Editor
Amy Train ...Design Editor
Aaron Lindberg ...Photo Editor
Phil Cauton ...Campus Editor
Juan H. Heath ..Copy Chief
Laura Veazey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Online Editor
Scott Lowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reporter
Karen Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reporter
Betsy Schnorenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designer
Kyle Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designer/Graphics
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