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The Inside Front
Friday April 14,2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
An article in yesterday's Kansan described Partha Mazumdar as a Delta Force candidate for Student Senate. Mazumdar currently is a Delta Force senator, but he is not seeking re-election.
CAMPUS
Sororities, children to share Easter fun
The members of Gamma Phi Beta sorority and Chi Omega sorority will hop into the Easter spirit Sunday with a day of Easter fun.
Events will include an Easter egg hunt, coloring contests, games and photos with the Easter Bunny.
Whitney Altman, Tonganoxie junior and activities chair for Gamma Phi Beta, said she planned to have about 50 children attend passing out filers and contacting alumnae.
The day will begin at 2 p.m. at the Gamma Phi Beta house, 1339 West Campus Road, and will move to Chi Omega, 1345 West Campus Road, at 3 p.m.
This is the first time the sororites have held the event, and Altman said they planned to do it in the future.
Atman said the egg hunt would be near Potter Lake if weather permitted.
Refreshments will be provided, and prizes will be awarded. All events are free and everyone is invited to attend.
For more information, contact Whitney Altman at 749-4805 or Katie Maughan at 841-4711.
Jessie Meyer
Whistle will be silent for safety in repairs
The campus whistle didn't sound Wednesday or yesterday, and it won't sound today.
The whistle signaling 20 minutes after the hour and 10 minutes until the hour has been turned off while repairs are being made to the power plant roof.
George Cone, assistant director of the University's central power plant, said the whistle on the power plant building might have startled employees making repairs. The whistle was shut off for the safety of those working on the roof.
Katrina Hull
Human DNA researcher to speak at University
The director of the Human Genome Project is scheduled to speak about human DNA research Friday, May 5, at 2 p.m. in 130 Budg Hall.
Francis S. Collins is the director of the National Human Genome
Research Institute at the National Institute of Health, which is conducting the Human Genome Project. According to the project's Web site, its goals are to identify all of the approximately 100,000 genes in human DNA, determine the sequences of the three billion chemical bases that make up human DNA, develop tools for analyzing the data and address the ethical, legal and social issues raised by human gene research.
Mary Burg, executive assistant to the chancellor, said the visit was sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor in conjunction with Sen. Sam Brownback. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Jim O'Malley
LAWRENCE
Construction, repairs to close local streets
Fraternity landscaping improvements will close a one-block section of 17th Street between Ohio and Tennessee streets from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow.
Weigel Construction, based in Olathe, received a permit from the city to temporarily close the block near the Sigma Phi Education house.
Elsewhere, the Riverfront Plaza parking garage repair project will close the New Hampshire Street entrance to the garage for two weeks beginning Monday. The Rhode Island Street entrance will remain open.
— Katring Hull
Traffic also will be slowed down in two areas beginning Monday. City crews will install a curb and underdrain between Haven and Alabama streets, and crews will be doing pipe and ditch work on North Fourth and Fifth streets.
Order delays Elian's removal from Miami
MIAMI — A federal appeals court issued a temporary stay yesterday that kept Elian Gonzalez in the United States while the government and his relatives fight over whether he will be returned to his father and sent home to Cuba. The government said it expected the order would delay any showdown for "three or four days."
The order came barely an hour after the passing of a government deadline for the boy's Miami relatives to hand him over.
It was not clear how long the stay would be in effect. The Justice Department, however, said it agreed to wait to reclaim the boy until the court could review the emergency petition filed by Elian's great-uncle
Lazaro Gonzalez. The government had said through most of yesterday that it would take custody of the boy after its 2 p.m. deadline passed — a deadline the Miami relatives ignored.
The appeals court asked the
Department of Justice to forestall any enforcement action while they review a motion for a temporary injunction by attorneys for Lazaro Gonzalez.
The stay was granted by a single judge from the three-judge panel because it was an emergency. The政
emerment had until 9:30 a.m. today to respond in court.
attorney General Janet Reno said the government would act in a "reasonable, measured way" — and not to try to remove the boy immediately after the government-announced deadline.
WORLD
U.N. report outlines success of sanctions
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. sanctions are often ignored, but it's often innocents who are hurt and not the rogue regimes they targeted when they do strike home, according to the first case-by-case report card on their effectiveness.
The report highlights a dilemma Secretary-General Kofi Annan has raised repeatedly about Iraq and comes after a decade in which the United Nations imposed more sanctions than at any other time.
The Security Council will take up the issue of reforming sanctions on Monday.
For the most part, the 274-page report backs "smart sanctions" that target regimes with specific measures and not broad-based trade embargoes that often hurt civilians.
It ites a ban on Angolan rebels' diamond exports as a good way to stave the rebels' ability to finance their military campaign — but notes that the ban was never enforced and was only imposed after the rebels had earned nearly $4 billion from gem sales.
Among its findings: Sanctions against Iraq fared well initially because they helped disarm Baghdad, but they have outlived their usefulness.
The book examines U.N. embargoes from the last 10 years, rating their successes and offering recommendations.
The Associated Press
HALO hopes activities create campus interest
By Jenni Valadez Special to the Kansan
Retired Lt. Col. Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, the highest-ranking Hispanic-American woman in U.S. Army combat support, will make the annual spring keynote address for the Hispanic American Leadership Organization.
Kickbusch's presentation will focus on the challenges and joys of leadership as she shares her experiences working in nontraditional leadership roles. She will speak at 7:30 tonight at the Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
"She is phenomenal," said Kelly Martinez, copresident of HALO and Garden City senior. She heard Kirkbusch speak at the 1999 U.S. Hispanic Leadership Conference in Chicago.
Martinez said she wanted the event to generate both interest and involvement among the KU Hispanic community. The group recently sent letters to Hispanic-American students at the University to generate interest.
"I want this to make the students in HALO more motivated," she said. "I also hope other students will be motivated to get involved in all Hispanic organizations on campus as well."
The Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Kansas Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs also are sponsoring the speech.
"I want this to make the students in HALO more motivated." Kelly Martinez co-president of HALO
Throughout the school year, HALO members participate in activities geared toward community service, cultural awareness and development of leadership skills. Guest speakers appear at the University directly on behalf of the organization or in conjunction with other student groups and offices affiliated with the University.
"Guest speakers will draw people," said Michael Rivera, vice president of the organization and Topeka sophomore.
Martinez said the group wanted to strengthen not only the current Hispanic community at the University, but also its future members.
Rivera said being involved provided him with more than experience in a student organization.
"It's about bringing strength among campus and off-campus Hispanics," she said. "We really want to reach out to the younger generation."
ON THE RECORD
"I see us as a group of friends rather than an organization," he said. "These are also people I can turn to when help is needed."
A KU student's Yamaha Zuma motorcycle, black bike chain and lock were stolen between 3 p.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. Tuesday from the 1100 block of West 11th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $2,510.
A KU student's Motorola cellular phone, motorcycle cover and Eddie Bauer backpack were stolen between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday from the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $390.
ON CAMPUS
First Nations Student Association will give pow-
wow demonstrations from 1 to 2 p.m. today at
the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. Call
Shelley Bointv at 749-7617.
The African Literature Association will present Wole Soyinka from 6:15 to 7:30 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Judy Farmer at 864-3858.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have a Spring Swing Dance at 9 tonight at the center 1631 Crescent Road. Lessons will be given at 8:30 p.m. Call Sister Vicki at 843-0357.
Student Senate and Building Communities will present "Survivor Envy and the Paranoia of History; Reflections on Post-Modern Memory at the End of the Millennium" at 7 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Amy Cummins at 864-2558.
A Habitat for Humanity car wash will be sponsored by St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center from 9 a.m. to noon today at Checkers Foods,
2300 Louisiana St. Call Sister Vicki at 843-0357
Free income tax assistance for electronic filing
will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in
306D Green Hall, Help with international returns
will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in 203
Green Hall, Call 864-4550.
First Nations Student Association will have a Spring 2009 Powwow from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. tomorrow at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Gourd dancing will be at 11 a.m., grand entry will be at 1 p.m., dinner break will be at 5 p.m. and grand entry will be at 7 p.m. Call Shelley Bointy at 749.7617.
KU Horranzontals ultimate frisbee team will practice from 1 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Central Junior High School, 1400 Massachusetts St. Call Will Snottts at 841-0671
- Applications for Center for Community Outreach project coordinators, financial director and university relations director are due April 19 in 426 Kansas Union. Call E.J. Reedy or Christina Harms at 864-4073.
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