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The Inside Front
Wednesday March 15,2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
KU Writing Center adds new library roost
The KU Writing Center has a new roost located in Watson Library.
Amy White, office assistant at the KU Writing Center, said the new location was at the windowed study area on the library's second floor and was open from 7 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
Michele Eodice, director of the center, said that center workers had been polling students for a year to find a good location and that the library kept coming up in suggestions
The new writing center location, which the center calls a roost, is operating on a pilot basis, Eodice said.
"We're in our second week, and we're already seeing this is going to be a popular location," she said. Eodice said the library's staff had
Eodice said the library's staff had been terrific in helping the new roost
The writing center also has roosts in Wescoe Hall, Templin Hall, at the Edwards Campus and on the Internet at www.ukss.edu/~writing
www.ukans.edu/~writing.
John Audlehelm
LAWRENCE
Baldwin man arrested in peeping incidents
A 21-year-old female KU student and a 28-year-old female Lawrence resident became the objects of a window peeper's attention Monday night.
Lawrence police arrested 47-year-old Robert L. Case, Baldwin, when they found him standing outside an apartment window with his hands in his pants, Sgt. George Wheeler said.
Wheeler said he did not know if the victims were aware that they were being watched.
Wheeler said police were called at 11:33 p.m. Monday to an apartment complex in the block of 2200 Heatherwood Street. A male resident of the apartment complex called police and reported a prowler, Wheeler said.
Case was booked into the Douglas County Jail and arrested at 12:45 a.m. Monday on charges of window peeping. He was released at 1:27 a.m. Tuesday on $150 cash bond.
Authorities investigate mysterious shooting
Lawrence police are investigating a shooting that took place overnight Monday.
Sgt. George Wheeler said police received a call at 11:24 p.m. Monday from an East Lawrence resident who said there was a man with a gun at a residence in the 800 block of
Connecticut Street. Around the same time, Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials called police to report that a man with a gunshot wound was at the hospital.
Officers went to the hospital to interview the victim, a 21-year-old Lawrence resident. Wheeler said the victim had a gunshot wound to the back of his left leg.
Meanwhile, Wheeler said, officers at the Connecticut Street residence determined that the victim had been shot at that residence, in a stairway leading to an upstairs apartment. He said police found blood in the stairway.
Police do not have any suspects. They are seeking information from the public. Wheeler advised anyone with information about the crime to call Crime Stoppers of Lawrence at 843-TIPS. Informants could be eligible for a cash award.
County judge postpones trial in Earl's DUI case
Earl: judge delays his case to review diversion request
A judge yesterday pushed Lester Earl's trial back three weeks to give
the Douglas County District Attorney's office time to review his diversion application. Judge Robert Fairchild reset the matter for April 4. Earl, a 23-year-old, Baton Rouge, La., senior, appeared at 1:30 p.m. yes in the day
for what they saw as needed changes.
Douglas County District Court. He is charged with driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license and speeding. The charges stem from a traffic stop Jan. 23 in Eudora that ended in Earl's arrest.
Earl's attorney, Al Lopes, said that an application for diversion had been filed. He asked for a continuance until the application could be reviewed.
Mindie Miller
Legislature considers baby drop-off bill
It also was a chance for adversaries to be together on an issue. Right to Life of Kansas and Planned Parenthood — with opposing views on abortion — agreed the bill is a good thing for protecting abandoned newborns.
TOPEKA — Legislation allowing a parent to abandon a newborn baby without getting in trouble with the law is a good idea, but it needs some work before it's ready for Senate debate, its sponsor says.
STATE
"I think the concept has strong support by the committee, but since this is new legislation, we need to pull the best from existing practices in other states," said Chairwoman Lana Oleen, R-Manhattan. "The concept deserves the work."
The bill was considered yesterday by the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee. All of the witnesses spoke favorably about the measure, but several offered ideas
Under the bill, any newborn up to 45 days old could be dropped off at a hospital, fire station or health department. The child would be given to the Department of Social and
Rehabilitation Services, which would start the legal process of terminating parental rights.
Those dropping off a newborn at the designated sites wouldn't be charged with child abandonment, if the child was given unharmed,
Black colleges to remain in federal loan program
NATION
Washington — The federal government spared 13 historically black colleges from being cut from the federal student loan program after the schools agreed on plans to get students to pay up, an official said yesterday.
The schools risked losing their ability to take part in the loan program because of high default rates by their students.
Most steps to be taken involve working with students so they understand their duty to repay the loans, said Greg Woods, chief operating officer of the Student Financial Assistance office at the Education Department in Washington.
Woods didn't know exactly how much money was at stake, but he said the 105 historically black colleges and universities received an average of $12 million in grants and student loans. Funding for the 13 schools would come to roughly $130 million, he said.
In 1992 legislation, Congress required any school with a default rate exceeding 25 percent to be cut automatically from the loan program. But it exempted historically black colleges and universities because of their mission. A 1998 amendment ended that exemption on July.
The schools generally have three times more students failing to repay federal loans than other institutions — about 21 percent compared with 7 percent — the report found.
The Associated Press
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 8:37 a.m. Monday in Fraser Hall. A 56-year-old woman was complaining of breathing difficulties and pains in her left side. Paramedics examined the woman and transported her to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
ON THE RECORD
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a confrontation at 11:09 p.m. Monday in lot 104, in front of Ellsworth Hall. According to police reports, a motorist became irate when another vehicle, driven by a KU student, took the parking space he wanted. The motorist blocked the space for several minutes and the student could not straighten out. Words were exchanged, and the motorist made a racial slur prior to leaving.
A visitor's T-shirt and cash were stolen between 6 and 7:20 p.m. Thursday from Robinson Gymnasium, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $41.
Two KU students' CDs and CD cases were stolen between 5 p.m. March 3 and 3 p.m. March 4, the KU Public Safety Office said. The 124 CDs and three CD cases were valued at $1,538.
Volunteer Opportunity of the Week.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters is a program that matches adults with youths for a period of at least one year. Volunteers get together with the youths at least once a week for three to four hours. Weekly information sessions are offered Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. and Wednesdays at noon. Call 843-7359.
Speakers stress social diversity
by Kimberly Thompson
Special to the Kansan
"Human beings don't do very well with diversity in general," he said. "You want to hang together with your own kind. You have distrust and suspicion in the 'other' kind."
Diversity is important in our society, but humans don't trust people who are different from them, said Allan Hanson, distinguished professor of anthropology and humanities and western civilization, last night at a meeting focused on the understanding of hate groups.
The meeting was sponsored by the Standing Together Against Negative Displays group. David Smith, associate professor of sociology, also spoke at the meeting. He said that three to four centuries ago there was nobody who was opposed to genocide but that some remarkable changes had taken place since.
Now people are in favor of solidarity, although there are still different levels of prejudice, he said. "There are the truly prejudiced and the truly non-prejudiced," he said. "To reach people, you have to do your best to understand them."
Hanson and Smith also discussed nationally known anti-gay protester and Topeka minister Fred Phelps.
Phelps and his followers' fear of homosexuals is merely psychological, Hanson said. They can't understand the notion of people with a different lifestyle and that is where the hate comes from, he added.
Smith said that STAND members should try to educate people who had no definite opinions instead of the trying to change truly prejudiced people such as Phelps and his followers.
ON CAMPUS
OAKS, the nontraditional student organization,
will have a brown bag lunch from 11:45 a.m. to
1:15 p.m. today at Alceve in the Kansas
Union, Cat Patricia Pilgrim at B64.Z317
■ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "The Myth of St. Patrick, Or How the Pagans Saved Irish Civilization," from noon to 1 p.m. at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Haldomcombe at 843.4933.
The African Studies Resource Center will present "Theater Artists as Cultural Contampatts" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today at the Parloors in the Kansas Union. Call lillard农民 at 864-3858.
KU Sailing Club will meet at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Chris Drater at 312-2006.
KHK Promotions Stuff will meet at 5 p.m. today at the second-floor foyer in Dole Human Development Center. Call Cydney Campbell at 832-1335.
The Center for Latin American Studies will present "Race, Class and Identity; A Culturalist Contrast of Brazil in the United States" from noon to 1 p.m. at the International Room in the Kansas Union
Students In Free Enterprise will have [Not Really]
Lunch with an Entrepreneur from noon to 1:20
m. tomorrow at 413. SUMMER HALL
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 12:30 pm tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Call 842-0110
Free income tax assistance paper filing will be available from 3 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at 203 Green Hall, Call 864-4550.
The Student Senate Elections Commission will have a candidate workshop at 5:15 p.m. tomor row at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Call Zora Mulligan at 864-4060.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove D in the Kansas Union.Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
A diabetic support group will meet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the first-floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Call Brian Foster at 864-5552.
- Applications for Owl Society, the junior honor society, are available at the Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center in the Kansas Union or e-mail iejeedy@eagle.cc.ukans.edu. Call E.J. Eeedy 312-1717.
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A Stress Management Program based on Mindfulness Meditation
An intensive 8-week program conducted by William Hale, M.D. and Millie Zimmerman, Ph.D
Place: Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dates: Wednesdays, April 5 - May 24
For registration and further information, call 830-9098
Registration deadline: Wednesday, March 29
Time: 6:30 to 9:00 p.m
All ACS classes are FREE to KU students, staff, and faculty and don't require registration UNLESS otherwise noted. Register at acswork shop@ ukans.edu or 864-0494. Some classes are $75 for non-KU as noted. ACS class schedule:
Academic Computing Services presents:
FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
Web Authoring: Quick Start with Netscape Composer—Create a Web page quickly using Netscape Composer. Prerequisite: Experience in Windows or Mac OS & word processing skills. No registration. Mon., March 27, 3:30-6 p.m., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202B
Web Browsing—Get an overview of World Wide Web browsing. No registration. Tues., March 28, 1-3 p.m., Computer Center Mac Lab, Room 202B
Excel: Intermediate—Create a chart & use the worksheet as a database. Prerequisite: Excel: Introduction or equivalent skills. Requires registration & fee for non-University. Wed., March 29, 1-4 p.m., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202A
Web Authoring: Introduction—Learn the first steps in Web page creation. Attend Web Authoring: Publish your Web Page on the Internet immediately following. Prerequisite: Web browsing or equivalent skills. No registration. Thurs., March 30, 9 a.m.-Noon, Budig PC Lab, Room 10
Web Authoring: Publish your Web page on the Internet—Move your HTML documents from your desktop computer to the Web. Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Introduction or equivalent skills. No registration. Thurs., March 30, 1:30-2:30 p.n., Budig PC Lab, Room 10
Web Authoring: Forms & Ctrl scripts----Learn to create interactive Web pages.
Prerequisites: Web Authoring: Publish your Web page on the Internet, Web Authoring:
Intermediate, & Unix: Introduction or equivalent skills. No registration. Fri., March 31,
9 a.m.-2 p.m., Budig PC Lab, Room 10