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The Inside Front
Thursday May 4,2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Kansas football player cited for verbal assault
It didn't take parking employee Robert Adam Carl long to call police when a 6-foot-3-inch, 235-pound football player got angry about a ticket Tuesday.
According to police reports, Kenneth Glenn Robinson, Longmont, assaulted Carl, freshman, verbally attacked Carl, Prairie Village sophomore, at 8:49 p.m. Tuesday at Jayhawer Towers. Robinson is a linebacker for the Kansas football team.
When it didn't work, Robinson threatened Carl, saying he was going to "kick his ass," according to police.
Carl wrote Robinson a ticket for parking on the patio area in front of Towers. Robinson tried to talk his waw out of the ticket.
Lt. Schuyler Bailey said that the suspect was angry and walked up to Carl but that he didn't yell for long. The KU Public Safety Office received a call just one minute after the incident occurred.
POLICE cited Robinson for assault. He is scheduled to appear in court May 17 at 8:15 a.m.
Bailey said it was not an uncommon occurrence for parking employees to be harassed.
"Occasionally, they do get threatened," Bailey said. "In their line of work, sometimes it happens."
— Sara Shepherd
New dean ceremony combines past, future
Stephen McAllister will become the 13th dean of the University of Kansas law school at a ceremony today.
McAllister replaces Michael Hoefflich, who is stepping down to teach in the school. McAllister's term officially begins Julv 1.
McAllister: will be the 13th KU law dean
The installation ceremony begins at 12:30 p.m. at Room 104 in Green Hall. The program also will include an inaugural address from McAllister and a panel discussion with all the deans from the past 25 years. Former KU law dean and
10th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
James Logan will lead the discussion.
A reception will follow the ceremony at the student commons at 3 p.m in Green Hall.
The group then will march to Lippincott Hall, the old location of the law school where former dean Michael Davis will speak about the history of the law school.
Shelley Clark, associate dean of the school, said law students would receive a sense of the school's past and future through the various programs.
"It's to get them grounded and ready at the same time," she said.
Three KU seniors win scholarships of $5,000
Three University of Kansas students won Morris K. Udall scholarships.
Mark Bradshaw, Walnut senior;
Joanna Griffin, Wichita junior; and Lee
Kellenberger, Algaon, Iowa, senior,
were among the 80 winners from
around the country. Each received a
$5,000 scholarship.
Barbara Schowen, Honors program director and professor of chemistry, said it was an honor for KU to have three scholarship winners.
"We've certainly never had this many students win before," she c
The scholarships are aimed at students planning a career in environmental policy, health care or tribal public policy. It was established in 1992 to honor Udall, a congressman from Arizona.
Ryan Blethen
LAWRENCE
Dharma master to lead Zen discussions tonight
Dennis Durmeier, a dharma master,
will be holding class at 7 tonight at
the Kansas Zen Center, 1423 New
York St., on Zen meditation's influence
in politics, social justice and
community service.
The class also will be held at 7 p.m on May 11.
Each discussion will have a panel of Kansas Zen Center members who have participated in social justice activities.
Loretta Pyles, who works at the center, said the discussions will focus on incorporating Zen beliefs into the workplace.
"It's to talk about the connection between Zen and their professions," she said.
Classes cost $35. To register call the Kansas Zen Center, 331-2274.
— Ryan Blethen
Couples retreat uses Bible to discuss issues
Couples will discuss the role of Christian values in their relationships this weekend at the fifth annual Couples Retreat.
The retreat begins with a social at 4 p.m. tomorrow at 2405 Stoneback Drive. A workshop then will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church.
The Ninth Street Baptist Church, 901 Tennessee St., will sponsor the event.
Using the Bible for guidance, couples will discuss issues such as sex.
money and children.
Pastor Larry Johnson of Bald Knob, Ark., will facilitate the program. The retreat is open to married couples and couples who plan to get married
Warisa Chulindra
"When it comes to marriage, you can never learn too much," said church member Diana Brown. "Every little bit helps, and it's a nice group support."
Men plead innocent in February robbery
Two Olathe men charged with threatening a KU student with a gun in February waived their rights to a preliminary hearing yesterday.
Trent J, Percival, 20, and Kerry M. Duggan, 19, appeared in Douglas County district court before Judge Michael J. Malone. Their attorneys said the suspects wanted to wave their preliminary hearings, and they entered innocent pleas for their clients yesterday.
Percival and Duggan are charged with aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery in connection with a Feb. 22 robbery.
The judge set their next appearance for 9:30 a.m. June 9.
Police said the two men entered the victim's home in the 1100 block of Indiana Street through an unlocked front door. The victim was at home with his two roommates — one a 19-year-old male KU student and the other a 22-year-old male Lawrence resident.
One of the suspects pointed a gun at the 20-year-old student's head, Percival and Duggan were dressed in black and wearing ski masks, police said.
Police said the two men took a metal lock box valued at $16 and left the residence.
Lawrence police arrested Percival and Duggan Feb. 25 with the help of Olathe police. There were released on $25,000 bond each.
Fight about soccer match sends man to hospital
An argument about a soccer game Tuesday sent an 18-year-old KU student to the hospital.
Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department said police were called to a fight at 1:49 p.m. Tuesday in the 2000 block of West Sixth Street.
The fight started because the victim and a 19-year-old KU student were arguing about a soccer match between their two countries, Wheeler said.
Wheeler said police arrested Abdulaziz J. Almousai, Kuwait freshman, on charges of battery.
The victim sustained bruises and a contusion to his forehead, Wheeler said. He was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released.
— Mindie Miller
Trial starts for 2 Libyans in Flight 103 bombing
CAMP ZEIST, Netherlands — The trial of two Libyans accused in the Lockerbie bombing opened yesterday after 12 years of diplomatic wrangling and painstaking investigations, with victims' relatives here and across the Atlantic watching a video showing the final seconds of Pan Am Flight 103.
The Associated Press
The two alleged Libyan intelligence agents repeated their innocent pleas and sought to shift blame for the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing onto Palestinian militants.
A hush broken by anguished sobs fell over the public gallery, filled with victims' relatives, as prosecutors played a video of the flight vanishing from radar screens.
"I can't face this anymore," said a weeping Susan Cohen of Cape May Court House, N.J., whose daughter Theodora was one of the 189 Americans who died in the explosion over Lockerbie, Scotland. "I don't think I'm going back into the court room."
"It was gut-wrenching," her husband, Dan, said. "I just sat through a session where they described the murder of my daughter as it was happening."
The high emotion in the court was fueled by the
relatives' long search for justice in the deaths of their loved ones.
International sanctions were placed on Libya for seven years in an attempt to force its leader, Moammar Gadhafi, to surrender the suspects, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lumen Caliph Fume. Gadhafi finally agreed to hand them over a year ago to a special Scottish court sitting on this former U.S. air base.
Investigators named the two Libyans after years of sifting through evidence and following a trail that began with a tiny chip from the bomb found in the scattered wreckage of the flight.
The defendants, who wore traditional white gowns and velvet caps, sat quietly in the dock, listening to testimony with the aid of Arabic translation.
Al-Megrahi and Fume are charged with the murder of the 259 people on the New York-bound jet and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie. If convicted, the two men could face a life sentence in Scottish prison.
Al-Megrahl's brother, Mohammed Ali Megrahl, said he was convinced his brother is innocent. "We are looking for the truth, and we believe he didn't do it. If we believed he did it, we wouldn't be here, and he wouldn't have come voluntarily," he said outside the courtroom.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's GT Outpost 21-speed 18-inch mountain bike and Krypton bicycle lock were stolen between 3 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m.
Monday from the 900 block of West 20th Terrace, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $379.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a report of a sleeping man lying with his legs sticking out into the street at 10:38 p.m. Monday in Lot 36, West Memorial Drive. When they finally awakened the homeless man, police found him very inebriated with an open bottle of whiskey in his backpack. Paramedics arrived, but the man
refused treatment and walked toward Potter Lake.
According to the report, it was 50th birthday.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a report of disorderly conduct at 1 a.m. Sunday in Lewis Hall. A KU student filed the report after someone had written unwanted and alarming messages on her message board.
A KU student was harassed and threatened by phone between 11:30 and 11:45 p.m. Monday in Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student had received a phone call from an unknown person who threatened to do her bodily harm.
ON CAMPUS
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 864-7735.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843- 4933.
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 12:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries 1204 Oread Ave. Call 842-0110.
KU Racquetball Club will meet from 6 to 8 night in Robinson Center. Call Stewart Hunt
at 331-2231.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
■ KU HorrorZontals will practice from 8 to 11 tonight in Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call Will Spots at 841-0671.
University Dance Company will perform at 8 tonight and tomorrow in the Lied Center. Call 864-ARTS.
■ KU Badminton Club will practice from 6:30 to 10:15 p.m. tomorrow at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center, Call Center at 843-2267.
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The Office of Multicultural Affairs presents the 24th Annual Multicultural Graduation Banquet Saturday, May 20, 2000
GRADUATING STUDENTS FREE $12.50 per adult guest - &7.50 per child under 12
RECEPTION:5:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Kansas Union Malott Room BANQUET: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom Featuring keynote speaker: Angela Cervantes '93 graduate & previous HALO President
Tickets are on sale through Wednesday, May 17 In the Office of Multicultural Affairs 145 Strong Hall
944 Mass.832-8228
Red Lyon Tavern
*FREE TRUCK RENTAL AAPS MINI STORAGE 838-9977 Call for details