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Thursday April 20,2000
News
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CAMPUS
Senate committees elect chairs and vice chairs
Student Senate committees elected their chairs and vice chairs last night during committee meetings.
The University Affairs Committee elected Kate Harding, Hiawatha
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freshman, as chairwoman and Nooshin Soltani, Overland Park sophomore, as vice chair.
The Finance Committee elected Lisa Braun,
Deerfield senior, as chairwoman, and Jermee Jones, Topeka junior, as vice chairman.
The Rights Committee elected Holly Krebs, McLouth junior, as chairwoman, and Greg Smith, Lawrence junior, as vice chairman.
The Multicultural Affairs Committee elected Lisa Meinen, Baldwin City junior, as chairwoman, and Justin Mills, Lansing junior, as vice chairman.
The Graduate Affairs Committee will name its chair in the fall.
Katrina Hull
Digital Jayhawk claims
national Web site award
The Digital Jayhawk was named the best interactive media Web site in the nation by the Broadcast Education Association. The news and information service for the University of Kansas also won the association's best of show award in the faculty interactive media category.
Christopher Ryan, journalism lecturer, said the content of the Digital Jayhawk is contributed by many different sources, including copy editing and broadcast classes, and material from the University Daily Kansan and KUH.
Each contributor has editorial control of its content, he said.
"What they liked was the way we're combining video from the television station and text from the student newspaper and integrating it into a cohesive medium," Ryan said. "Several students work with a project to learn how the programming works."
- Erinn R. Barcomi
Scientist to speak here about Mars Pathfinder
A scientist involved with the Mars Pathfinder will speak at 7:30 p.m. April 24 at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
Matthew Golombek, a scientist who headed a study on the results of the Pathfinder, will present "Take a Hike in 3D on Mars," including video and slides.
The pathfinder mission, which took place in 1997, brought back pictures and atmospheric measurements of Mars.
- Erinn R. Barcomb
The event, sponsored by the KU chapter of Sigma Xi, an honorary research society, will be free and open to the public.
LAWRENCE
Cameras watch signals not speeding motorists
The cameras at the intersection of Clinton Parkway and Wakarusa Drive are regulating the traffic — not watching you,
David Woosley, city traffic engineer, said the cameras were turned on at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Most other traffic lights use detector loops — magnetic wire strung in the pavement — to detect oncoming traffic. When a car drives over one, it disturbs the magnetic field.
Their function, he said, is to look at approaching traffic and determine what signals are needed next. For example, Woosley said, if a car is waiting to turn left, the camera would see it and add a left-turn signal to the next light cycle.
Woosley said detector loops cost $1,500 to $2,000, while the four-camera set at Clinton and Wakarusa cost $20,000.
But cameras are cheaper in the long run, he said, because you need one detector loop per traffic lane and they must be replaced every time the intersection is resurfaced.
Woosley said that while the cameras were able to watch traffic, they were not able to take snapshots of cars as they speed or ran red lights.
"The cameras were not designed for that at all," he said.
— John Audlehelm
2000 Census response ties 1990 return rate
1990 return rate with some forms still coming in, U.S. Census Director Kenneth Prewitt said yesterday.
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WASHINGTON — Sixty-five percent of American households have returned their 2000 Census forms, tying the
"This is a serious achievement," Prewitt proclaimed, noting that the Census Bureau had expected the response rate to fall slightly.
Equaling the 1990 return rate reverses a decades-long decline in meeting civic responsibility, he said.
Now a half-million census workers go into the field for follow-up operations where they call on households that did not mail back their forms. That effort will run from April 27 to July 7.
In addition, billions of dollars in federal money are distributed based on population formulas calculated from the information collected in the census.
The Constitution requires the count every 10 years to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives.
Israel to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon
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"For the first time in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel is forced to withdraw from an Arab territory," Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The government yesterday hailed as a victory Israel's decision to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon, where renewed violence left a Syrian worker dead and an Israeli soldier injured.
"Therefore, we say that (the Israeli decision) is a resounding victory for Lebanon and its heroic resistance and its steadfast people. And it is a crushing defeat for Israel." he said.
Hoss' remarks, in a statement issued by his office, came a day after Israel officially informed the United Nations that it plans to implement U.N. Resolutions 425 and 426 and withdraw its forces from Lebanon by July 7
The Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerillas, meanwhile, attacked an Israeli outpost in south Lebanon yesterday, wounding one soldier. Israeli retaliatory fire killed a Syrian worker and wounded four other people, Lebanese security officials said
In Israel, witnesses and military sources reported that six shells fell in northwestern Israel yesterday, but caused no injuries. One shell damaged a high-tension wire while the rest fell in open areas, they said.
Air Philippines crash leaves 131 dead
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
SAMAL, Philippines — With plastic garbage bags wrapped around his hands as makeshift gloves, Mike Salaguinto searched the smoldering debris and coconut palms for charred remains of the 131 victims of yesterday's Air Philippines Flight 541 crash.
"I have a friend in this plane, but I'm not thinking any more of whether I will find her. I'm just picking up whatever I can find," the air force airman said.
124 passengers and seven crew members were killed, many who had been traveling home for Easter from Manila.
The Boeing 737-200 crashed on Samal Island early yesterday on approach to nearby Davao city in the southern Philippines.
By late afternoon, 81 bags of body parts had been recovered, officials said. The remains were flown to a military base where relatives tried to identify them.
The cause for the crash was uncertain, but officials said there were foggy conditions in the area.
The Davao airport does not have equipment needed for instrument landings in low-visibility conditions, and previous landing attempts had been suspended for several minutes before the initial approach, officials said.
The 22-year-old plane was unable to land at first because the runway was full. The plane then crashed as it prepared to make a second approach from the opposite direction.
Air Philippines, the country's second-largest airline, said the plane received a normal maintenance check before taking off, and no abnormalities were found.
Villagers said the plane clipped the top of a coconut palm, then tried to climb back up, but instead it fell to earth with a loud explosion.
Searchers found the plane's voice recorder, but the flight data recorder remained buried.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's rear vehicle window was shattered, between 11:37 p.m. Tuesday and 2:20 a.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of New Hampshire Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $572.
A KU student's wallet, driver's license and miscellaneous identification and credit cards were stolen between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Saturday from the 600 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $25.
A KU student's 1994 Kawasaki Volcan motorcycle was stolen between 12:30 and 7 a.m. Tuesday from the 1600 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The motorcycle was valued at $700.
A KU student's white 1998 Volkswagen Jetta was damaged between 7 and 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $900
A KU student's Gary Fisher mountain bike was stolen between noon Sunday and 3:30 p.m. Monday from the 900 block of Indiana Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at
$1.000.
A KU student's black 1996 Honda Civic was damaged between midnight and 11:30 a.m. Monday in the 2000 block of West Sixth Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $500.
A KU student's Mickey Mouse watch was stolen between 5.pm. Monday and 7:40.a.m. Tuesday from Strong Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The watch was valued at $20.
A KU student's purse, cell phone and two gold and diamond rings were stolen between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. April 13 from the fifth floor of Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $1,425.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a report of a trespasser between 10 a.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday in Oliver Hall.
A KU student was arrested for battery at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday in Lewis Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student, who was taken to the Douglas County Jail, allegedly shoved and punched his roommate in the face after a dispute.
ON CAMPUS
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 864-7735.
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 12:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread 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 Tardal Holcombe at 843-4933.
KU Racquetball Club will practice from 6 to 8 tonight at 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 ultimate frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion, Call Will Spots at 841-0671.
■ KU Environs will have a forum on the condition of the Kansas River at 7 tonight at the Kansas Ballroom in the Kansas Union. Call 864-7325.
■ Phi Kappa Tau and the Salvation Army of Lawrence will have a clothing drive today. Drop-off sites will be at Templin, Lewis, Ellsworth, Hashinger, McColum, Gertrude Sellars Pearson-Corbin and Oliver halls. Clothes also can be dropped of at Phi Kappa Tau, 1100 Indiana St. Call Tony Chan at 849-9450.
KU Badminton Club will practice from 6 to 10 p.m. tomorrow at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center, Call Tee or Kevin at 843-2267.
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