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The Inside Front
Friday April 7,2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
Contrary to an article in yesterday's Kansan, Student Senate spent less money than what was available to fund student groups next year. Aravind Muthukrishnan, finance committee chairman, said last night that the money probably would be spent anyway because groups might ask for additional money during the next school year.
CAMPUS
Sleepout to raise money, homelessness awareness
Armed with nothing but a sleeping bag, a flashlight and maybe a cardboard box, volunteers from around the community will camp out in Burcham Park and experience the life of a homeless person first-hand.
Anneliese Stoever, co-coordinator of Into the Streets Week and Overland Park sophomore, said the sleepout at Third and Indiana streets would raise awareness of homeless issues both locally and nationally.
The event is intended to be a sleepout, but E.J. Reedy, co-director of the Center for Community Outreach and Topeka junior, said anyone could take part in the evening events, which will include live entertainment by the band D 10, speakers dealing with homelessness and discussions with homeless members of the community. The events begin at 8 tonight and will continue until 6:30 a.m. tomorrow.
Participants were asked to raise at least $10 in pledges if they wanted to sleep at the park. The money raised will go toward meals for Jubilee Café, a restaurant-style soup kitchen in Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St.
Jessie Meyer
Four social work students to receive Margo Awards
Practicums are internships in which social work students work in agencies as part of their academic curriculum.
Four social work students will receive Margo Awards for exceptional performance in field practicums today. The winners' names will be announced, and they will receive the awards at a 12:15 p.m. ceremony at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The recipients were nominated for their work by field instructors, colleagues and clients. Faculty members then selected one undergraduate and three graduate students.
The awards are named after Professor Emerita Margo Gordon, a former director of the practicum program.
Casey Franklin
Watkins promotes hand-washing event
Students will have the chance to see how clean their hands really are before they eat lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Ekdahl Dining Commons.
After rubbing lotion on their hands,
students can wash their hands and
stick them under a special black light,
which will show remaining germs.
The Health Promotions Department at Watkins Memorial Health Center organized the event as a part of World Health Day, which culminates National Public Health Week.
Randall Rock, Watkins' chief of staff,
said the importance of hand-washing,
which could prevent infectious diseases,
sometimes was underestimated.
Warisa Chulindra
Charity art show needs donated pieces to display
A charity art show tomorrow still is in need of art.
The Benefit Art Show 2000 will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kansas Union Plaza. Josh Boots, show organizer and Plano, Texas, sophomore, said art for display could be dropped off today at Amiini Scholarship Hall and picked up Sunday. The show has only a few displays now.
The show will include all types of art, from photos to architecture design projects.
Admission to the show is a $1 donation, which will go to the Salvation Army. In case of rain, the show will be moved to the Kansas Union Lobby.
Art will be made at the show, too. A community art project will be part of the show, allowing all attendees to contribute.
This is the first year for the art show, which was organized in conjunction with into the Streets Week.
Katrina Hull
Student Senate forms mediation judicial board
Student Senate established a new judicial board Wednesday night that would mediate disputes between students, student organizations and Student Senate.
Some senators dissented, but the decision passed with a verbal majority.
STUDENT
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SENATE
The new board will begin next fall,
said Marlon Marshall, Student Senate executive chairman.
Marshall said he thought grievance
would comprise the majority of cases heard by the board.
He said an example would be if a group felt it was unfairly denied fund ing by Senate.
The board also will hear appeals to the elections commission, a job currently done by the University Judicial Board. Marshall said the University Judicial Board rarely heard cases.
A senate judicial board has been in place for the last three years, but it has not been used, he said.
- Erinn R. Barcomb
Lawrence visitor, victim in 'touchy' situation
LAWRENCE
A man staying at a Lawrence motel awoke Sunday morning and found another man's hand in his pants.
The 24-year-old victim, of Harborne,
England, was in town to play in a
rugby tournament, said Sgt. George
Wheeler of the Lawrence Police
Department.
The victim and a friend went to a bar before returning to their room at the Holiday Inn Holdione, 200 McDonald Drive. The victim slept on a roll-away bed in the hallway to give privacy to his friend and a female guest.
Wheeler said the victim woke up between 5:55 a.m. and 6:05 a.m. Sunday when the suspect, another hotel guest, began touching the victim's penis.
The suspect fled when the victim threatened to throw him off the balcony, Wheeler said. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his 40s. Wheeler said police had not located the suspect.
Mindie Miller
total damage unknown from downtown fire
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical officials said yesterday that improper disposal of smoking materials caused a downtown fire Wednesday.
The fire, which began about 4:11 p.m., destroyed a warehouse leased by Weaver's Department Store, 901 Massachusetts St., and part of Wheatfields Bakery, 904 Vermont St. The fire was under control in 90 minutes.
Fire Chief Jim McSwain said smoking materials were disposed of in a bucket used by bakery employees and others in the rear of Wheatfields. The smoking materials and wind created an open flame that set the bucket and contents of the storage shed on fire. McSwain said.
The fire spread to the rear of Wheatfields and moved east to a warehouse, which contained Weaver's merchandise, display equipment and paper goods.
McSwain said a damage estimate would not be available for a few weeks because several businesses to the north and east sustained smoke damage.
No one was injured in the fire, but five firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion.
Mindie Miller
Elian's father 'impatient' for custody
WASHINGTON — On U.S. soil, Juan Miguel Gonzalez said yesterday he was "truly impatient" to reclaim his son Elian, but his hopes for a quick transfer of custody were dashed when government negotiations with the 6-year-old Cuban boy's Miami relatives broke down.
The Associated Press
The father declared his love for son Elian and chastised those who are trying "to obtain political advantage" from the custody battle about his son. Elian survived the shipwreck that killed his mother while they were en route to South Florida from Cuba in November.
Gonzalez received immediate assurances that the U.S. government is eager to reunite him with his son.
"The father and his son need to be together," said Denuty Attorney General Eric Holder.
But Jose Garcia-Pedrosa, the attorney for the relatives with whom Elian has been staying since November, said the Miami negotiations ended primarily because the government refused to promise that they wouldn't take Elian away in the middle of the night. He also said immigration officials refused to agree to a psychological evaluation to determine whether
Elian should be handed over to his father.
Gonzalez planned to meet this morning at the Justice Department with Attorney General Janet Reno, Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner Doris Meissner and other officials.
Juan Miguel Gonzalez arrived with his wife, Nercy Carmenate Castillo, and their infant son, Hianny, in a small chartered plane at Dulles International Airport at dawn yesterday.
Gonzalez deplored the 137 days that he has been apart for Elian.
Negotiations resumed yesterday in Miami between immigration officials and lawyers for Elian's Miami relatives about how to transfer custody of Elian from his great-uncle Lazaro Gonzalez, who has cared for the boy during the past four months.
ON THE RECORD
"It been an agonizing experience to see my son submitted to cruel psychological pressures aimed at influencing his personality." Gonzalez said, speaking through an interpreter. "As if his mother's disappearance before his eyes and the miracle of his arrival have not inflicted enough damage on a 5-year-old boy, he has had to spend time under the temporary custody of some distant relatives who had never seen him before."
A KU student's backpack, eyeglasses, three silver necklaces, two silver bracelets, purse, miscellaneous clothing and 20 personal checks were stolen between 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 a.m. Monday from a 1995 gold 4-door Saturn at the 1100 block of 11th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $430, and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $150.
A KU employee's parking permit was stolen between 4 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Tuesday from Lat 3 between Strong and Bailey halls, the KU Public Safety Office said. The permit was valued at $150.
A KU student reported being harassed by phone calls between 1:30 a.m. and 1:35 a.m. Wednesday at McCollum Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's wallet was stolen between 8 p.m. and 9:10 p.m. Tuesday from Robinson Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. The wallet and its contents were valued at $40.
■ The KU Public Safety Office responded to a burning truck at 7:01 p.m. Wednesday at the Murphy Hall construction lot. A construction worker said the fire probably was started by a discarded cigarette that landed in the back of the truck. The fire still was smoldering after workers expended three fire extinguishers, so fire crews washed the burning items with water. Damages were assessed at $1,000.
A KU student's red 1998 Kawasaki motorcycle was stolen between 8:50 a.m. and noon Wednesday from the 1100 block of George Court, Lawrence police said. The motorcycle was valued at $7,500.
An unknown suspect caused $55 damage to a bay window at the Theta Chia Fraternity, 1003 Emery Emd, between 2:15 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. yesterday, Lawrence police said. The suspect threw half a brick at the window on the east side of the house, breaking three panes of glass.
ON CAMPUS
Minthuis:
Polish Club will meet at 4 p.m. today at 4012
Campbell Infant School at 864-2351
Compulsive Eating Anonymous will meet at 10:30 a.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Center, 261 N. 4th St., New York, NY 10019.
TENNIS CENTER Call TAB or Kevin at 845-207-3200
The Center for Community Outreach will have a homeless sleepout from 8:30 to p.m. to 6:30 a.m. tomorrow at Burcham Park, Second and Indiana streets. Call Michelle Black or Anneliese Stoever at 864-4073.
Free income tax assistance for electronic filing will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at 306D Green Hall. Assistance with international returns will be available from 9 a.m. to
1 p.m. at 203 Green Hall. Call 864-4550.
Webster, Candi Anahil Razak University 304-826-5756
**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 843-226
- The Center for Community Outreach will have a day of volunteering from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at sites throughout the community. Call Michelle Black or Anneliese Stoever at 864-4703
■ KU HorrorZontals ultimate frisbee team will practice from 1 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Central Junior High School, 1404 Massachusetts St. Call Will Spots at 841-0671
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 843-2267.
The Miss Greek Pageant 2000 will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Tony Chan at 840-9450.
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JULENE BAIR, READING/SIGNING SATURDAY, APRIL 8·2:00PM
Award winning author of One Degree West: Reflections of a Plains Daughter Graduate of Iowa Writer's Workshop writes of her life growing up on a Kansas wheat farm. Coming to age in the '60s, Bair left home to discover her place in the larger world. But she couldn't find it until she returned home.
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