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The Inside Front
Friday March 10,2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Construction no longer blocks lot 53 parking
After being blocked by construction equipment for nearly three months, lot 53, Mississippi Street's angle parking between the 11th Street and the Spencer Museum of Art, is open.
The lot has been used as a holding area for trucks carrying concrete beams for the new parking garage. It has been closed since that stage of construction began during fall finals, said Roger Harmon, construction manager at Design and Construction Management.
The lot was scheduled to open March 1, but minor rain delays in construction pushed the date back.
Construction on the $10 million dollar parking garage, contracted by The Law Co. Inc. of Wichita, started last June and is scheduled to be completed before fall classes begin.
— Sara Shepherd
Senate treasurer resigns because of lack of time
Student Senate treasurer Patrick McGiffert resigned Feb. 5. He was replaced by assistant treasurer Greg Wiley.
"Patrick did an excellent job, and it was unfortunate that he had to resign," said Korb Maxwell, student body president.
McGiffert said he resigned because he did not have enough time to devote to the position.
Robert Page, associate director of multicultural affairs, met with McGiffert weekly. Page said McGiffert might have been overwhelmed by the job at first but that he became more comfortable with the position.
"Patrick was very helpful with me towards working with the Black Student Union," Page said.
McGiffert said he would not respond to rumors as to why he quit.
He became treasurer in April after serving as assistant treasurer last year.
- Erinn R. Barcomb
NATION
McCain, Bradley bow out of presidential campaign
WASHINGTON — Falling as swiftly as they soared, John McCain and Bill Bradley abandoned their presidential races yesterday and chided their triumphant rivals on the way out.
"Millions of Americans have rallied to our banner," McCain said as both candidates sought to leverage the support they had earned.
The Arizona senator pledged to press his case for political reform and warned that Republicans will slip into the mists of history without it. McCain, who pulled swarms of Democrats and independ-
dents into GOP contests, offered nominee-in-waiting George W. Bush his "best wishes" — but not his endorsement.
An hour before McCain bowed out, Bradley told reporters he would support Vice President Al Gore, he also accused his fellow Democrat of "distortions" in their primary fight.
Bradley: Said he would support Gore's campaign
"I hope that he will run a better campaign in the general election," said the former New Jersey senator, who was unable to win any primary or caucus
McCain: Gave Bush "best wishes" but not an endorsement
Still, it was a triumphant day for the political establishment that backed Bush and Gore, both of whom van-quished their rivals after stiff challenges. "When you do battle with entrenched power, it's very difficult," Bradley said.
Within minutes of McCain's announcement, Bush's team was reaching out to McCain intermediaries in an effort to mend fences.
The rivals themselves spoke briefly by telephone but settled nothing.
BALTIMORE — A man suspected of killing three people while kidnapping his estranged girlfriend was at large yesterday after a shooting rampage in which he shot three other people, one of whom later died.
Man kidnaps girlfriend goes on shooting spree
The girlfriend escaped and ran to a police cruiser at the El-Rich Motel, where her alleged abductor, Joseph Palczynski, 31, brought her at about 11 p.m. Wednesday. She was questioned by police overnight.
Palczynski's girlfriend, Tracy Whitehead, told police that the two weapons were the only guns he was carrying, said Maj. Brian Upperque, a Baltimore County Police representative.
Early yesterday, a room-by-room search of the motel didn't turn up the suspect. Police said they found an automatic rifle and a pistol-grip shotgun believed to have been used in Tuesday's slavings.
Small-plane collision kills four in Florida
Police also said they believed Palczynski was on foot because they had the stolen car he drove to the motel and there were no other reports of cars stolen in the area.
BRADENTON, Fla. — Two small planes collided on a runway in a huge fireball yesterday, killing all four people on board
The cause of the accident was under investigation.
The single-engine planes, a Cessna 152 and a Cessna 172, carried two people each. No one on the ground was hurt.
"There was a big fire, so everyone went out there," said Rosalie Radtke, a secretary at a company a quarter-mile from Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. "All the guys saw was a big ball of fire."
An air traffic controller had cleared one of the planes for takeoff, said Pat Cariso, a representative for the National Transportation Safety Board in Washington. At the same time, the pilot of the other plane was granted permission to position his aircraft and hold on the same runway.
What happened next was not immediately clear. Cariseo said.
Investigators were interviewing six witnesses, some of whom gave conflicting statements, Bristow said.
Sheriff's representative Dave Bristow said there was a tremendous impact followed by tremendous fire. One plane was heavily damaged, and there was almost nothing left of the other aircraft, he said.
Firefighter allegedly killed wife and three colleagues
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis was a city in mowing yesterday — flags were at half-staff, bouquets of flowers were placed on fire hall steps, and firefighters and law officers wore black bands across their badges.
All were in memory of two firefighters and a sheriff's deputy who were slain Wednesday — allegedly by one of their comrades, firefighter Fred Williams — in a rampage that has angered and saddened this Mississippi River city.
Williams, 41, ambushed the firefighters as they arrived to fight a blaze at his home, authorities said. Williams' wife, Stacey, was found shot to death in the garage.
Investigators said they were still looking for a motive. They were trying to determine whether Williams set the fire to lure firefighters to the home or to cover up his wife's death. It also was unclear whether Williams made the 911 call to report the fire, Police Director Walter Crews said.
Williams, a sixyear veteran of the Fire Department, was shot in the groin by a police officer when he refused to put down his weapon, authorities said. Williams was under police guard at a hospital in critical condition. Authorities plan to charge him today but did not give specifics.
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Moreover, players also receive a yearly review from the University Board.
"The things that happen in this game are gotten from situations of actual universities," Salkind said.
The information used in the game came from the Institute of Post-Secondary Education Database, which includes 1,500 to 2,000 universities. Rainwater said.
The game can be played two different ways, Salkind said.
In the scenario game, players are presented with one of 10 challenges to remedy, such as eliminating a budget deficit without losing academic quality.
In the custom game, players are given a general outline of their university and gain points for improving the school.
The dynamics and lifelike situations are the best part of the game, Salkind said.
"There are so many variables in the game," he said. "If you do one thing to affect something, everything will be affected."
Players can control almost every aspect of the university, from where students are recruited and the football team's record to the criteria for hiring faculty.
Sometimes, however, the player can't prevent something bad from popping up on the screen.
"It might say that the football team is being investigated by the NCAA and suits are pending," he said.
The game was developed by William F. Massy, a higher education researcher at Stanford University.
"He has a deep understanding of mathematical models for running a university," Salkind said.
Salkind said he thought the game would be attractive to students studying higher education and to administrators.
University administrators said they had not heard much of the new game and didn't know if it would be used as a tool for faculty and staff.
"I think it will be a huge success," he said.
"For those students wanting to know more about higher education, this is a great tool. Administrators also should like it."
"I really don't know what to think of it," said Marilu Goodyear, vice chancellor for information services. "I don't really know if we have a person in charge of education for administrators."
Salkind has a copy of the game and has been playing it, but he said that he had no aspirations of becoming an administrator.
ON THE RECORD
Rainwater said she was getting better at the game and keeping her options open
"One of the things I studied was higher education," she said. "But I want to teach higher education, too."
The game will be released in early April by Enligh Software. The administrative version will sell for $129, and the game version is priced at $60, said Ben Sawyer, project manager.
■ A visitor's car was scratched between 8 p.m. Sunday and 5:30 p.m. Monday in lot 109 or between 5:30 p.m. Monday and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in lot 123, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages to both sides of the car were esti mated at $800.
The KU Public Safety Office arrested two KU students between 11:45 a.m. and 4:54 p.m. Tuesday on the eighth floor of Hashinger Hall. The students, who were under 21, were cited for possession of alcohol and possession of drug
paraphernalia. Police said the arrests followed the execution of a search warrant
The KU Public Safety Office arrested a 38-year-old Facilities Operations employee for battery of a 45-year-old man between 11:30 and 11:47 a.m. Monday in Learned Hall. The man was cited and summoned to appear in court but not taken into custody. No injuries were reported. Police said the employee reportedly head-butted the other man after a dispute about a bag of empty aluminum cans.
ON CAMPUS
Compulsive Eating Anonymous will meet at 10:30 a.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412.
■ KU Badminton will practice from 6:15 to 10:30 tonight at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 843-2267.n
Free tax assistance for electronic filing will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at 306D Green Hall. Help with international returns will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 203 Green Hall. Call 864-4550.
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KU Badminton will practice from 6:15 to 10:30 p.m. tomorrow at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center, Call Tree or Kevin's
tice from 1 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Central Junior High School, 1400 Massachusetts St. Call Will Spouts at 841-0671.
Applications for Owl Society, the junior honor society, are available at the Organizations and Leadership Development Center in the Kansas Union or at eireedy@eagle.cc.ukans.edu. Applications must be turned in today at the O&L Center or Nunemaker Hall. Call EJ. Reedy at 312-1717.
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