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The Inside Front
Wednesday April 19,2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Fraternity to hold diabetes fund raiser
Members of Delta Chi fraternity will offer students the chance to be "Hundredaires" from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the Kansas University Ballroom.
The fraternity will play host to "Who Wants to be a Hundredaire?" a mock game show that will be modeled after Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The event will raise money for the American Diabetes Association, said Matt Burton, Delta Chi philanthropy chairman and Minnetonka, Minn., junior.
Anyone interested in becoming a contestant can enter his or her name in the raffle from which the pools of hot-seat contestants will be drawn. Tickets are $2, and there is no limit to how many can be purchased. They can be purchased until 4 p.m. today at Wesco Beach or beginning at 6:30 tonight in the Ballroom.
The questions will test general knowledge of the University and local businesses, Burton said. Contestants can win up to $100.
In an effort to raise awareness and educate people about diabetes, Brian Foster, graduate student and diabetic triathlete, will speak about diabetes at the event.
Jessie Meyer
Alumnus, wife donate $35,000 to University
A University of Kansas alumnus and his wife have donated $35,000 to the School of Engineering.
Roland P. and Lorraine Polson Loewen, of Baytown, Texas, they announced yesterday money was donated in memory of Roland's brother, Bruno F. Loewen.
John Scarffe, director of communications of the Kansas University Endowment Association, said the gift was unrestricted and that it could be used for unexpected opportunities or needs.
"That means it will be up to the dean to decide how it will be used," Scarfe said.
BriAnne Hess
Professor awarded research fellowship
Robert C. Dunn, associate professor of chemistry, was one of 104 scientists and economists selected for a Sloan Research Fellowship.
"He was nominated because he has embarked on what has turned into a really spectacular research project," said Jack Landgrebe, professor of chemistry.
Landgrebe said that Dunn's research involved atomic force microscopes that enabled scientists to observe a single molecule, which was something scientists thought was
impossible 10 years ago.
"He's right at the forefront of developing some of those techniques for using and redesigning instruments like that," Landgrebe said.
Dunn will receive the grant of $40,000 during the next two years.
— BriAnne Hess
University gets chance to broadcast graduation
Votes now can be cast to get the University of Kansas graduation ceremony broadcast on the Internet.
The Commencement Cup, sponsored by Eddie Bauer and Yahoo!, will broadcast the commencement of nine colleges and universities online.
"It will allow family and friends of graduates to view the school graduation they would have otherwise been unable to attend," said Jodi Watson, senior marketing manager for Eddie Bauer.
The winning schools will be broken into three groups — gold, silver and bronze.
gold silver
The gold group will have a live video broadcast on the Internet, while the silver group will have a live audio broadcast on the Internet with the video portion to appear a week later.
The bronze group will have video portions of the commencement aired one week after the ceremony.
The contest is being offered to 75 colleges and universities. To cast a vote for Kansas, go to www.eddiebauer.com. All votes must be cast by May 1. Winning schools will be notified May 2.
Doug Pacey
NATION
Miami relatives abusing Elian, pediatrician says
MIAMI — As the wait for a court ruling in the Elian Gonzalez case dragged on yesterday, a pediatrician advising the government said the boy was being psychologically abused by his Miami relatives and should be removed from their care immediately.
"This child ... continues to be horrendously exploited in this bizarre and destructive ambiance," Dr. Irwin Redlener wrote to Attorney General Janet Reno and Doris Meissner, the commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
His comments were the first time someone on the government side has criticized how the 6-year-old Cuban boy is being treated, and they were quickly attacked by doctors for the Miami relatives. The government released the letter Monday.
enrichment. Questions about the boy's mental health intensified as all sides waited for a federal appeals court in Atlanta to decide whether the government should be kept from letting the boy leave the country.
The relatives have defied government efforts to unite the boy with his father, who flew to Washington on
April 6 hoping to
Gonzalez z Questions intensify about his mental health
April 6 hoping to gain custody. The Justice Department has indicated it would await the court ruling before acting. But many in the crowd maintaining a night-and-day vigil at the relatives' home in fear that federal agents would swoop in and take the boy. Rep. Lincoln Diaz
Balart, R-Fla., urged a crowd of nearly 200 to remain peaceful. "Violence is not an option," he said. "Whoever threatens violence is an enemy, an enemy of this child."
U.N. fails to censure China's rights record
WORLD
GENEVA — The United States failed yesterday in its latest bid to have China's human rights record censured by the United Nations, but Cuba, Iran and Iraq found themselves under scrutiny.
The 53-nation commission voted 22-18 for a "no action" motion proposed by Beijing to block discussion of a U.S. resolution critical of the human rights situation in China. Twelve nations abstained, and one was absent.
Developing countries, many from Africa and Asia, rallied to Beijing's cause as they did in eight previous years. But the United States insisted it succeeded in drawing attention to China's record and said the margin of the vote was the narrowest in five years.
"It pokes a hole in the aura of immunity that only China has enjoyed and conveys a sense that all nations have to look to the commission before they confront their own people," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh said.
China applauded the U.N. decision. In remarks carried by China's official Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Foreign Ministry representative Sun Yuxi said that attempts by the United States to censure it could lead nowhere but self-isolation and self-defeat.
The vote came after weeks of intense lobbying by both sides. The U.S. text protested increased restrictions on Tibetans and the harsh crackdown on political opposition. It noted repression of the Falun Gong spiritual movement.
"The human rights situation in China is the best ever in the country's history." Sun said.
The Associated Press
Crowd, entertainment judges to choose band for concert
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said that KJHK already played some Electronimo off of the band's self-produced CD.
Tomorrow night the competition covers several musical genres, from an electronic deejay, Persona, who cuts and pastes his own material, to the hip-hop group, Co'oP. Rounding out tomorrow's performances are Aerialuxe, which Stortz described as a space rock band, and Esoteric, which plays heavy metal.
"They're as metal is it gets," she said.
"They're as metal it is gets," she said. Stortz said the metal director at KJHK, "Mean Dean the Metal Machine," said Esoteric was the best unsigned metal band in Lawrence.
Two bands will be chosen each night to perform in the championship round Saturday night. The bands are judged in two different ways. The crowd's vote will account for 30 percent, with the remaining 70 percent coming from a panel of
seven judges. The judges include KJHK disc jockeys, music professionals and the Kansan's Javplay entertainment section editor.
Dunehoo said the vote was changed from a 100 percent crowd vote because of problems that arose last year.
The process took a very honest process," Dunehoo said. "I think it's a safe assumption to say those eight out of 96 are pretty good.
arose last year. Dunehoo said 96 tapes were submitted to KJHK for consideration. The board listened to an average of two to five minutes of each tape and narrowed the field to 25 by using a rating system of one to five, then to a final selection of eight bands. The process took almost nine hours, he said.
The show is sponsored by KJHK, Pitch Weekly and Red House Recording Studio. Cover charge is $5 for 18- to 20-year-olds and $4 for people 21 and older.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's Zenith VCR, remote, stereo and other miscellaneous items were stolen between 4:30 p.m. Monday and 12:15 a.m. yesterday from the 1100 block of Oregon Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $548.
1100 block of West 11th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $355.
A KU student's Nintendo, Nintendo game and other miscellaneous items were stolen between 1:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. April 11 from the
- The turn signal lever from a KU student's car was stolen between 10 p.m. Friday and 11:15 a.m. Saturday in lot 112, Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The turn signal was valued at $100.
ON CAMPUS
KU Biology Club will have a natural science organization fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in front of Strong Hall. Call Colleen Daze at 841-5212.
- Compulsive Eaters Anonymous will meet at 10:30 a.m. today at Ecumenical Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412.
■ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "A Last Lecture at KU," from noon to 1 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Tholomac at 843-4933.
■ KJHK promotions staff will meet at 5 p.m. today at the second floor foyer in Dole Human Development Center. Call Cyndae 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.
The Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 tonight at the Adams Alumni Center. Call 864-9779.
Phi Kappa Tau will have a clothing drive today and tomorrow. Drop-off sites will be at Templin, Lewis, Hashinger, Elsworth, McCollum, Grace Sellards Pearson-Corbin and Oliver halls. Clothes also can be dropped off at Phi Kappa
Tou, 1100 Indiana St. Call Tony Chan at 840-
9450.
Applications for the Center for Community Outreach project coordinators, financial director and university relations director are due today at 426 Kansas Union. Call E.J. Reedy or Christina Harms at 864-4073.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environments will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. CollTad Holmacle at 843-4933.
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Orend Ave, Call 842-0110.
■ KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 8647735.
KU Racquetball Club will practice from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Robinson Center. Call Stewart Hunt at 331-2231.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
KU HorrorZontals ultimate frisbee team practice from 8 to 11 p.m. tomorrow at Anchtz Sports Pavilion. Call Will Spotts at 841-0671.
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