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The Inside Front
Thursday April 6,2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
An item in Monday's "Today in History" was incorrect. Soviet forces entered Romania in August 1944, says Anna Cienciala, professor of history.
CAMPUS
Lighted cigarette sparks fire in truck bed last night
A pickup truck burst into flames last night at the Murphy Hall construction site.
Keith Miller, concrete finisher for the Law Company, said that he and another man were finishing up some work at the construction site about 7 p.m. when they noticed smoke and flames pouring from the bed of his 1991 extended cab Ford pickup truck.
"I think the girl I gave a ride to at about six o'clock put a cigarette out in here," Miller said. "But it didn't go out, and this is the aftermath."
Heber Gonzalez, assistant superintendent for the Law Company, and Miller used two extinguishers to try to put out the blaze, and then Lawrence firefighters used an extinguisher and some water to finish the job.
After the blaze, Miller and Gonzalez used glass cleaner to clean the windshield and dash of the truck, which was covered in white powder from the fire extinguisher.
Miller said that one hour had passed from when he took his friend home to the time he noticed the fire in his truck. Besides fire and smoke damage to the vehicle's upholster, Miller also lost a pair of coverals, two jackets, an extension cord and a $135 pair of sunglasses. He said he only had liability insurance on his truck.
"I really don't know what I'm going to do," he said. "I'm a little bit angry, a little bit shocked and a little bewildered."
Mindie Miller
Three KU students win Goldwater scholarships
Three University of Kansas students have won Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships in the 2000 competition
They are Chuck Ablick, Junction City junior; David Schmitz, Topeka junior; and Michelle Sipel, Sutton, Neb., junior. The scholarships, which promote excellence in science, engineering and mathematics.
"This is a prestigious and competitive scholarship for students pursuing research careers," said Mark Nesbitt-Daly, assistant director of the KU honors program.
The scholarship is $7,500 and covers costs for tuition, fees, books and room and board. The students were three of 309 scholarship winners from a field of 1,176 students nominated to receive the award.
Mike Hoffman
KJHK offering $100 for redesian of logo
JKHK is asking students, staff and faculty for a design to replace the long-legged Jayhawk logo for the campus radio station.
Jon Benowitz, Golden Valley, Minn., senior and co-promotions director, said that the logo had been around for about a decade and that KJHK wanted to update its look.
A $100 cash prize will be given to the designer of the winning design, but the winning design will not necessarily be used in place of the current logo.
— Erinn R. Barcomb
Student Senate debates to air on KUJH and KJHK
The Student Senate presidential and debates sponsored by KJHK and KUJH will be broadcast this week, said Jeannie McCarragher, KJHK assistant news director.
JKH 90.7 will air audio from Sunday's debates at 9 a.m. tonight
KUJH will broadcast the debates every hour on the hour from 6 to 11 p.m tonight on channel 73.
- Erinn R. Barcomb
Student to present math-related lecture
As part of Math Awareness Month, Naala Brewer, Lansing graduate student, will be making a presentation titled "Math in Cartoons" at 2:40 p.m. today at 120 Budig Hall.
"As long as there is room, anyone can come and observe," said Jack Porter, chairman of the mathematics department.
More than 100 fifth and sixth-graders are on campus this week to observe Brewer's and other presentations. Brewer will show how principles of calculus are behind computer animation.
Among other festivities will be a lecture April 19 by Thomas Banchoff, a professor of mathematics at Brown University and president of the Mathematics Association of America. Banchoff will speak on the topic "Math Spans All Dimensions" in the Spencer Museum of Art.
"We want to pass on the message that mathematics is everywhere around us and part of everything we do," said Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, professor of mathematics.
Mike Hoffman
Law workshops aimed at rights awareness
About 100 Lawrence eighth graders will be on campus today to learn how the law affects their lives at the Thurgood Marshall Law Day: Law, Life and You, sponsored by the
Black Law Student's Association
Tonya Fleming, Oklahoma City law student and member of the association, said the program would have six workshops, each with a different theme: sexual abuse, teenage sexual harassment, careers in law, drug searches and seizures, self-esteem, and domestic and family violence.
For example, the drug searches and seizures workshop deals with students' rights under the Fourth Amendment, Fleming said.
"We want to create an awareness in the students of their rights as citizens," she said.
Becky Stammer, St. Louis freshman, said she was speaking at the self-esteem workshop titled, "You Are Great: Self-Esteem and You."
She said she would talk about peer pressure and making the right decision even if it was not popular.
"I love working with children, and I'm very excited to present my presentation to them," she said. "I've worked hard on it."
— John Audlehelm
LAWRENCE
Court date postponed for Olathe suspects
The court date for two Olathe men charged with threatening a 20-year-old male KU student with a gun has been postponed until May.
Trent J. Percival, 20, and Kerry Duggan, 19, appeared yesterday in Douglas County District Court before Judge Michael J. Malone, Duggan's attorney, Robert W. Manske, requested a continuance and asked that the cases against the two men be merged into one case for the rest of the trial proceedings. Witnesses will be called and evidence presented at the preliminary hearing now set for 2 n.m. May 3.
Percival and Duggan are charged with aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery during a Feb. 22 robbery.
Police said the two men entered the victim's home in the 1100 block of Indiana Street through an unlocked front door. The victim was at home with his two roommates — one a 19-year-old male KU student, the other a 22-year-old male Lawrence resident.
One of the suspects pointed a gun at the 20-year-old student's head, police said. Percival and Duggan were dressed in black and wearing ski masks, police said.
Lawrence police arrested Percival and Duggan Feb. 25 with the help of Olathe police. They were released on $25,000 bond each.
Police said the two men took a metal lock box valued at $16 and left the residence.
Mindie Miller
Bush campaign declares win in nonexistent Kansas primary
TOPEKA — They say elephants never forget. The Republican presidential campaign may have disproved that theory.
The Associated Press
The George W. Bush campaign issued a news release Tuesday night, saying the Texas governor had won primaries in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Kansas.
Only one problem with that: Kansas canceled its primary back in February, saving the state $1.5 million.
Legislators cited a tight budget and said it was too late in the primary season to make a difference.
"Actually, there's a technical term for that news release. It is called a goof," Ari Fleischer, representative for the Bush campaign in Austin, Texas, said yesterday.
He said the writer of the release was using a chart that hadn't been updated.
*Adding to a groundswell of grassroots support for his campaign for the White House, Texas Governor George W. Bush added three more wins
tonight by claiming the Republican primaries in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Kansas," the statement said.
Fleischer added that the campaign sends out news releases before getting final vote tallies since Bush sewed up the nomination March 7.
He also said he hoped Kanssan would have chosen Bush if given the opportunity.
Gov. Bill Graves, the Bush campaign's honorary chairman in Kansas, joked that news of Bush's win showed he can win any primary, real or not.
"That's the sign of a real winner," Graves said. Democrat mocked the mishan.
ON THE RECORD
In a news release, Sawyer also congratulated Bush on victories in "Wonderland," "Oz" and "Never-Never Land."
In Kansas, the four congressional district GOP committees and the state committee will pick the 35 delegates.
"It shows how little he thinks of Kansas that he didn't know we canceled our primary," said Tom Sawyer, chairman of the Kansas Democratic Party.
A KU student's mountain bike was stolen between 6:35 and 6:45 p.m. Monday from Stouffer Place Apartments, the KU Public Safety Office said. The bike was valued at $300.
A computer, including a monitor, two speakers, keyboard and mouse, was stolen between 2:45 and 8 a.m. Tuesday from Stephenson Scholarship Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The computer and equipment were valued at $1,300.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave, Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Students in Free Enterprise will have [Not Really] Lunch with an Entrepreneur from noon to 1:20 p.m. today at 413 Summerfield Hall.
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 12:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 842-0110.
The Center for Community Outreach will volunteer at the community gardens at 3 p.m. today at Pélathe Community Resource Center, 1423 Haskell Ave. Call Michelle Black or Anneliese Stoever at 864-4073.
Free income tax assistance for paper filing will be available from 3 to 5 p.m. today at 203 Green Hall, Call 864-4550.
- The Department of Religious Studies will present "Seeing the Earth: The Artist's Sacred Geography" at 4:30 p.m. today at 107 Smith Hall, Cell 864.4663.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 6 tonight at Mr. Gatti's, Call Demarick Patton at 749.2890
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 864-7735.
- KU Racquetball Club will practice from 6 to 8 tonight at Robinson Center. Call Stewart Hunt at 3312231
KU Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
Golden Key National Honor Society will meet at 7:30 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Seungyeon Lee at 312-2093.
KU HorrorZontals ultimate frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Cell Will C
Hamilton. Call Will Sponsors at 841-607-5977
*Compulsive Eating Anonymous will meet at*
10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412.
Polish Club will have a lecture, "Personal Memories of Nazi Occupied Poland," at 4 p.m. tomorrow at 4012 Wesco Hall. Call Andrzej Karcz at 864-2351.
KU Badminton 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
Bloomington Center, Call Tee or Kevin at 843-2267
The Center for Community Outreach will have a homeless sleep out from 8:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday at Burcham Park, Second and Indiana streets. Call Michelle Black or Annaliese Stoever at 864-4073.
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