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The Inside Front
Friday April 21, 2000
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Hemenway to receive award from alma mater
Chancellor Robert Hemenway will receive an award from one of his alma maters.
Kent State University's English department will honor Hemenway as its Distinguished Alumnus 2000 for
Hemenway;Named as Kent State's Distinguished Alumnus
his accomplishments.
award; he's one of our most distinguished alums."
"He's had a distinguished career in literature and as an administrator," said Donald Hassler, English professor at Kent State and a friend of Hemerway's. "We're really excited about giving him the
He earned his doctoral degree in English in 1966 from Kent State when Hassler also was a student there.
"I remember Bob being a tall, skinny guy who I went to poetry readings with," he said.
The book, Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Biography, was listed by The New York Times among the best books of 1978, and a reprinting of the book in 1991 was included in the Ouality Paperback Book Club.
Hemenway is nationally recognized for his biography of Zora Neale Hurston, an African-American novelist, anthropologist and folklorist, that was published in 1978.
Hemenway also will deliver the keynote address at the English department's annual awards and recognition ceremony today.
Doug Pacey
LAWRENCE
Scholarships to be given during annual powwow
The Lawrence Native Youth Scholarship Fund will announce the winners of its high school scholarships tomorrow.
The awards will be presented at the LNYSF annual powwow. The event is at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St., in building 21 and is from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Helen Krische-Dee, LNYSF treasurer and one of the event organizers, said the scholarship was for graduating Native Americans in the Lawrence school district.
"it's to celebrate their achievements," Krische-Dee said. "It's also
to recognize all the Native-American students in the Lawrence school district."
The powwow will feature Apache fire dancers and hoop dancing. There also will be dance contests for children in first through 12th grades.
Ryan Blethen
Church's Easter service at Liberty Hall Sunday
The Unity Church of Lawrence is holding an Easter service at 11 a.m. Sunday in Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. University of Kansas students are welcome.
The Rev. Sherry Schultz, the church's minister, said the service would be appropriate for many students because the church was nondenominational and fairly informal.
"We're very accepting," she said. "If somebody is Jewish or Muslim or Buddhist, they can be very comfortable in our sanctuary. We don't say that Christianity is the only way to God."
She said Sunday's service would begin with a period of welcome, during which guests would be able to mingle and enjoy refreshments. She said the service also would have music and a period of meditation.
Schultz said about 110 people attended services on most Sundays at Unity Church, 416 Lincoln St. The Easter service will be the first service held outside the church and open to the public. She said the service would last for about an hour.
Mindie Miller
Lawrence club to sponsor bike journey, camp-out
The Lawrence Bicycle Club is hoping students will take a break from studying by going on the "Tour de Chicken Creek" at 9 a.m. April 30 at Lone Star Lake in southwest Douglas County.
Riders are invited to camp out at the Lone Star Lake campground the night of April 29. The ride the next day will follow two 20- to 25-mile loops on gravel roads near the lake. Cyclists can ride one or both loops of the route, which is mostly rolling hills. The club will provide maps and have snacks and water available at rest stops on the route.
Larry Heinen is the ride's organizer. He said the club hoped the gravel road ride would appeal to KU students who had mountain bikes.
NATION
The ride fee is $10. For more information, contact Larry Heinen, 785-843-9133, 765-594-2160 or Iheinen@juno.com.
"It will give students an opportunity to see part of rural Douglas County they don't usually see," Heinen said.
Fossil implies dinosaurs were warm-blooded
WASHINGTON — The remains of a 66 million-year-old dinosaur suggest that the extinct creatures were warm-blooded — not cold-blooded as once believed — and capable of the swift and sustained motion typical of modern birds and mammals.
Jim O'Malley
A modern medical X-ray of a dinosaur fossil named Wilco found clear evidence that the animal had four heart chambers that sent blood directly to and from the lungs and then pumped the oxygen-rich blood to the body through a single arched aorta, similar to how the human heart works.
"The single aorta completely separates the oxygen-rich blood from the oxygen-poor blood and sends it to all parts of the body," said Dale A. Russell, senior research curator at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and a paleontologist at North Carolina State.
"The single aorta is really important," said Russell, a co-author of the study appearing Friday in the journal Science. "This challenges some of the most fundamental theories about how and when dinosaurs evolved."
Some dinosaur experts said discovery of the fossilized heart would change basic views about the dinosaur and send researchers scrambling to do more X-ray studies of intact specimens.
WORLD
Controversial politician confident in election
ROME — He has been convicted of corruption and faces more trials on other charges. He is viewed with suspicion in Europe for hanging on to a media empire while in politics.
Despite it all, conservative opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi says he is convinced Italians will return him to power in the wake of Premier Massimo D'Alema's resignation — if the left will let them vote.
Elections can be called immediately, or the government can come up with a stopgap premier to stave off balloting. In an interview yesterday with The Associated Press, Berlusconi said he feared the outgoing center-left coalition would band together behind the latest "useful idiot" — he didn't say which one — to avoid early elections.
The government crisis was triggered by a stunning victory by Berlusconi and his right-wing allies in regional elections Sunday.
The Associated Press
Debate continues about amendments to policies
By Ryan Devlin
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff writer
The debate about the University of Kansas' course repetition and final examinations policy amendments continued yesterday during a special session that was attended by about 30 members of University Senate.
Both were passed by University Council on March 21. The course repetition amendment would allow students to improve their grade point averages by retaking courses in which they received a D or an F. Both grades would show up on a student's transcript, but only the second grade would be figured into a student's GPA.
The final examinations amendment would allow students with a verifiable medical crisis to be excused from taking final examinations during the normally scheduled time. The student and professor would be required to negotiate a make-up exam.
The meeting was prompted by a petition drafted by Tim Shaftel
and Ron Ash, professors of business, which received the 50 signatures needed to require a University Senate review of the amendments.
Shaftel said several faculty members expressed concern with the course repetition amendment. He said that the objections to the amendment ranged from concerns about implementation to the negative effects it would have on the classroom environment.
"Students faced with a repeat situation might lose incentive to do well in a class and end up disrupting the classroom environment," he said.
But Ben Walker, student body president-elected, said that students who didn't do well in a class, realizing they would have to take it again, likely would quit coming to class.
"They would have to make a conscious effort to come to class and screw off," he said. "I just don't think that would happen."
Shaftel also said the amendment would have a negative effect on the University's reputation. He said the University's constituents already were of the opinion that standards for students were low.
Student members were divided on the issue. Some favored it on grounds that it helped students who may have had extinguishing circumstances that caused them to have a bad semester. Some who were opposed to the amendment said that it unfairly gave students who received F's the ability to improve their grades, while not affording those who received C's the same opportunity. Others said the policy was unfair because it only allowed those who could financially afford to retake a course the opportunity to do so.
The debate about the final examinations amendment was less heated. Several members expressed confusion as to why the final examinations amendment was opposed. Shaftel said the general concern was that the policy could be abused by students.
But Carol Holstead, chairwoman of the Academic Policies and Procedures Committee, and other University Senate members pointed out that the amendment's language simply mirrored that of the policy that applied to regular exams.
ON CAMPUS
KU Badminton club will practice from 6:30 to 10:15 tonight at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 864-7748.
KU HorrorZontals ultimate Frisbee team will practice from 1 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Central Junior High School, 1400 Massachusetts St. Call Will Spotts at 841-0671.
ON THE RECORD
KU Badminton Club will practice from 6:30 to 10:15 p.m. tomorrow at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 864-7748.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 1:36 p.m. Wednesday at Ekdahl Dining Commons. A cafeteria employee was complaining of having chest pains and difficulty breathing. She was treated at the scene and transported to
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a report of a runaway child between 6:30 and 11 p.m. Saturday at 1651 Nismith Drive.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital by paramedics.
■ The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday at Lewis Hall. A KU student had been hyperventilating and complaining of severe headaches. The student, who had stopped hyperventilating, declined transport to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU student's U.S. West cellular phone, Aiwa portable CD
A KU student's windshield wiper on a 1993 Acura Integra was damaged between 1:10 and 1:15 a.m. Wednesday in the 1300 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $50.
ET CETERA
player and miscellaneous items were stolen between 1 and 1:15 a.m. Wednesday from the 1300 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $450.
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DAY ON THE HILL
Annual Music Festival
Saturday, May 6
12 - 5 p.m. West Campanile Hill
SUA COMING EVENTS
JIMMY FALL9
Star of NBC's Saturday Night Live
8 p.m. Saturday, April 29 in 120 Budig Hall
Tickets-KUID: $8 wk KUID $15
Tickets are available at the SUA Box Office,
Level 4, Kansas Union
STUDENT LECTURE SERIES
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Our Environmental Destiny
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 in the Lied Center
Free Lecture
EARTH AWARNESS OPEN HOUSE
Earth Day Open House
Monday, April 24
10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Kansas Union Lobby
FLOATING FIX
Evil Dead 2
9 p.m. Friday, April 28 at Potter Lake
Watch the movie on a floating screen!
NET EVENTS
Vouchers available at the SUA box office.
Frequency
8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25
Woodruff Auditorium
Gladiator
8 p.m. Wednesday, May 3
Liberty Hall
Fritz the Cat Midnight April 21 and 22
Whipped 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 Woodnuff Auditorium
Movies
Princess Mononoke
7 and 9:45 p.m.
April 19, 21 and 22
Earth Awareness Open House 2000
9 P.M., FRIDAY, APRIL 28
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