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The Inside Front
Wednesday April 26, 2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
LAWRENCE
Congressman to make two stops in Lawrence
Third District Rep. Dennis Moore (DLenexa) will make two stops in Lawrence today.
Moore: Will speak to two Lawrence groups today
Moore will speak at the University Forum at noon at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Building, 1204 Oread Drive. There he will speak about issues he has been working on in Congress, including education, strengthening of Social Security and Medicare, reduction of the national debt and Health Maintenance Organization reform. Moore also will answer questions from the audience.
At 1:30 p.m., Moore will play host to a small business advocacy meeting at the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America offices, 1421 Research Park Drive. Moore will speak briefly about small business bills he has worked on as a member of the House Small Business Committee.
The meeting is designed to get feedback from local business owners and executives about how to reduce burdens on businesses from regulations and paperwork.
—Sara Shepherd
Political speech to be final issue of series
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeanne Kikpatrick will speak on "Year 2000: Global Issues" at 8 tonight at the Lied Center.
Kirkpatrick is known for her work as an author, diplomat, scholar, syndicated columnist and political scientist. She is a former member of the National Security Council and of President Ronald Reagan's cabinet, where she helped develop Reagan's staunch anti-communist policies. Her latest book, The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State, deals with the fall of communism and the end of the Cold War.
Janet Crow, director of the Hall Center, said that Kirkpatrick was a perfect fit as the final speaker in the series, which was designed to address the topic of growth in all dimensions in the new millennium.
"We wanted someone to come in and talk about the state of current global affairs and where they were going," Crow said. "Her name came up in our meetings, and she seemed
ideally suited to do that."
Crow said she wasn't sure specifically what topics Kirkpatrick would address because Kirkpatrick changed her speech to reflect current topics.
Previous speakers in the series include evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, educator and social activist Jonathan Kozol and actor and playwright Anna Deveare Smith.
- Rvan Devlin
NATION
High court shoots down Ohio's motto
CINCINNATI — Ohio's motto, "With God, all things are possible," violates the U.S. Constitution as a government endorsement of religion, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday.
A panel of the federal court sided with the American Civil Liberties Union, which contended that the words had no secular purpose and appeared to be a government endorsement of the Christian religion
Ohio took the motto in 1959 from the Bible, specifically Matthew 19:26, which quotes Jesus Christ.
The state could appeal the court's 2-1 ruling to the full, 13-judge appellate court or ask the Supreme Court to review it.
The ACLU had asked the appeals court to reverse a 1998 decision by a federal judge in Columbus that allowed Ohio to display the motto as long as it does not cite the biblical origin.
Within days of the ruling, workers installed a bronze plaque bearing the state's seal and the motto in a plaza sidewalk leading to one of the main entrances of the Statehouse in Columbus.
Elian, family move; Senators review raid
WASHINGTON — Elian Gonzalez and his Cuban family moved yesterday to a secluded location on Maryland's Eastern Shore as the Clinton administration arranged to have four play-mates visit him. In a closed-door meeting, Attorney General Janet Reno failed to quiet Republican criticism of her decision to use force to reunite father and son.
The meeting lasted about 1 hour and 45 minutes and Reno told 13 senators that the possibility of firearms in the house of Elian's Florida relatives was a key consideration for the military-style raid, participants said.
But she apparently was unable to change any minds. While several Democrats praised her performance, Republican senators emerged from the session with fresh criticism of Reno and the pre-dawn raid in Miami.
Members of both parties said the
exchanges with Reno had been cordial, but that criticism was freely expressed by many attendees.
Juvenile justice system biased report says
WASHINGTON — A black youth is six times more likely to be locked up than a white peer, even when charged with a similar crime and when neither has a prior record, says a new civil rights report contending racial bias exists at every step of the juvenile justice process.
Many policies and practices have led to a "cumulative disadvantage" for black and Latino youth, civil rights leaders and youth advocates said yesterday as they released the report by the Youth Law Center. The National Council on Crime and Delinquency, a criminal justice think tank, did the research.
Minority youth are more likely than white youth who commit comparable crimes to be referred to juvenile court, be detained, face trial as adults, and be jailed with adults, the report said.
WORLD
Japan mulls stalker laws after recent murders
TOKYO — Seventeen-year-old Maki Otake was parking her bicycle on her way to school when she was confronted by a former boyfriend. She had told him repeatedly that their relationship was finished, but he refused to believe her, or leave her alone.
When she told him again last week, he stabbed her 34 times and left her to die. He was arrested and charged in her death, but the incident and others like it left many saying more can be done here to recognize — and prosecute — stalking and similar warning signs of violence.
Though hardly a new phenomenon in Japan, stalking is just beginning to be viewed as a crime. And though local governments throughout the country are mulling laws to punish stalkers before they turn to violence, the debate has renewed questions about how seriously authorities take sexual crimes in this country.
Nobuhiro Kamiyamasaki's situation is a case in point. The woman broke up with her lover and, when he refused to leave her alone, she repeatedly warned him. He relentlessly pursued her anyway until last week, when police invoked a law that doesn't exist in most other parts of the country — he was arrested for stalking. He now faces up to six months' imprisonment if convicted.
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Cheney introduces experience to Bush's running-mate selection
DAYTON, Ohio — Tapping a prominent fig ure from his father's administration. George W. Bush selected former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney yesterday to head his vice-presidential selection team.
Bush, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said he had not made a list of potential prospects and Cheney's service as chairman would not disqualify him from being selected himself.
Bush said his running mate would be somebody who could be president of the United States and who shared his government philosophy.
Bringing in Cheney to steer the search will give the campaign a dose of Washington and national political experience. After Bush lost the New Hampshire and Michigan primaries, some Republican officials questioned whether his campaign team had the experience necessary for a general election campaign.
ON THE RECORD
In 1974, Cheney became President Ford's chief of staff. In 1978, he was elected to Congress from Wyoming. He was re-elected five times and rose to the rank of minority whip — the No.2 Republican official.
In 1989, President Bush selected Cheney to be his defense secretary, a position he had during the Persian Gulf War.
- The KU Public Safety Office responded to a possible heart attack yesterday at the Facilities Operations power plant. A worker was lying on the ground and not breathing. Paramedics transported the worker to Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- parked the worker for five hours.
**A KU student was cited for possession of a stolen parking permit at 5:18 p.m. Monday in lot 35, southeast of the Military Science Building, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student admitted to purchasing the permit about two weeks earlier for $25 from an unknown person. He said he was unaware it had been stolen. The permit was valued at $110.**
- The dashboard and passenger-side window of a KU student's 1990 Toyota Forerunner were damaged between 11:50 a.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday at Bristol Terrace, Lawrence police said. The damages were estimated at $600.
The dashboard of a KU student's 1989 Chevrolet Cavalier was damaged when a Pioneer car stereo was stolen between 10 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday from Camden Manor, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $600, and the stereo was valued at $100.
A concrete street curb was damaged between 5:30 p.m. Friday and 7:50 p.m. Monday in lot 2, west of Budig Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages were estimated at $200.
A KU student's wallet, credit cards and driver's license were stolen between 1:30 a.m. and noon Thursday from somewhere within the Lawrence city limits, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $14.
ON CAMPUS
A KU student reported being harassed by phone between 12:30 a.m. and 11 p.m. Thursday in Lewis Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
- Daisy Praise will meet at 9:30 tonight at the Hashinger Hall theater. Call B.P at 312-1327.
- Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 6 p.m. at Mr. Goffin's.
Campus Crushade for Christ will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Mr. Gatti's, 3514 Clinton Parkway Call Demarick Patton at 749-2890.
Alternative Spring Break will have a multimedia celebration at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Chris Huskey at B64-4317
- Compulsive Eaters Anonymous will meet at 10:30 a.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Call 312-3412
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "Congressional Update," from noon to 1 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Student Alumni Association will have financial workshops at 4 and 5 p.m. today at Adams Alumni Center. A grad farewell will take place from 6 to 8 tonight at the center. Call Jennifer Mueller at 864-4760.
■ University Career and Employment Services will have a Better Late Than Jobless workshop at 4
p. m. today at 149 Burge Union, Call Ann Hortley at 846-3624.
KJHK promotions staff will meet at 5 p.m. today at the second-floor foyer in Dole Human Development Center. Call Cyndee Campbell at 832-1335
KU Sailing Club will meet at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Chris Drater at 312-2006.
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 12:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Orread Ave. Call 842-0110.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pennir at 864-7735.
KU Racquetball Club will practice start at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Robinson Center. Call Stewart Hunt at 331-2231.
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