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The Inside Front
Thursday March 9, 2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Student senators to lead open forum
Members of three Student Senate coalitions will meet to talk with students at 8 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The event is sponsored by KU Young Democrats, but it is open to all students, said Jack Martin, the organization's president.
Representatives will discuss their coalitions' plans for the University of Kansas in an open forum.
"it's not like a debate," Martin said.
"It's going to be a real open forum. I will imagine they will have questions they want to ask students."
- Erinn R. Barcomb
Student hit by car cited for jaywalking
the peacestrian who was hit by a car Monday afternoon on 15th Street near Jayhawker Towers was issued a citation for inapplying.
Dede Preno, Prairie Village senior,
was hit by a wastbound car as he
jogged across 1.5th Street on Monday,
but was not seriously injured.
But he has been issued a pedestrian in the roadway citation, said Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office. Yesterday Bailey did not find a citation for the car's driver in police records.
Preno said he was doing pretty well, but his knee and head hurt.
Andrew Lonas, Caldwell junior and the driver of the car, said Monday that Preno ran in front of him.
"I have eight staples in my head," he said, referring to staples used to close a wound be suffered.
And now he has a jawwalking citation.
Preno said he was upset that he was cited because many students cross 15th Street where he was hit. He said he thought it would be a good idea to put in a crosswalk.
— Jim O'Malley
LAWRENCE
Taco Bell robbed; police offer profiles
Two fast food restaurant employees were threatened with a rifle during an early morning robbery Tuesday.
Sgt. George Wheeler of Lawrence police said that no shots were fired and no one was injured in the robbery at Taco Bell, 1220 W. 6th St., but that two suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police responded to an alarm from the restaurant at 2:49 a.m. Wheeler said. When officers arrived, a restaurant employee said the store had just
been robbed by two men with shirts wrapped around their faces, Wheeler said.
Wheeler said the two suspects gained access to the store, which was closed to customers, through the back door. One of the two employees in the store went to the back door to take out the trash. When he opened the door, the two men were standing there, Wheeler said. One of the suspects pointed a gun at the employee and demanded money.
The suspects forced their way in, took the cash and left through the back door, Wheeler said. The employees said they did not see the suspects leave.
The first suspect is described as an 18- to 20-year-old African-American male, $6'2$, 175 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, Wheeler said. He was reportedly wearing a khaki shirt, blue jeans and black boots.
The second suspect is described as an 18- to 20-year African-American male, 5'9", 140-150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was reportedly wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans.
Wheeler said police had not identified any suspects.
— Mindie Miller
NATION Multimillionaire bride files for annulment
LAS VEGAS — TV's instant bride has filed for an annulment, saying that her quickie marriage to a multimillionaire was a fraud and that he never mentioned he had a history of problems with women.
Darva Conger said in court papers filed Tuesday that the marriage was never consummated and she and Rick Rockwell barely saw each other on their Caribbean honeymoon.
"Neither the contestants nor the show's producers seriously contemplated creating a proper marriage," she said.
Rockwell, 42, selected Conger, 34, from among 50 contestants on the Fox TV special Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire. They married on the spot in Las Vegas during the Feb. 15 show, with more than 22 million viewers tuned in.
was a salute to publishing's past, is now embracing today's technology by offering his latest work exclusively on the Internet.
Despite the smash ratings, Fox canceled a rebroadcast of the show and swore off a sequel and similar program after it was disclosed that a former fiancée took out a restraining order against Rockwell in 1991 for allegedly hitting and threatening her. He denied the allegations.
PORTLAND, Maine — Stephen King
whose serialized novel The Green Mile
Popular writer offers new story only on Web
"Riding the Bullet," a 66-page story that King describes as a ghost tale.
will be available
Tuesday as an
"e-book," which
buyers can
download for
$2.50 and read
on a computer,
personal organizer
or electronic
book.
The short story will be electronically published through Simon & Schuster
King; will release book only through the internet
Online, which will make it available through Web sites of e-book manufacturers and online booksellers.
King completed "Riding the Bullet" while recuperating from near-fatal injuries after he was struck by a minivan in June while walking on the shoulder of a country road near his summer home in Lovell. Maine.
"I'm curious to see what sort of response there is and whether or not this is the future," King said.
Some science fiction writers have experimented with cyberspace-only distribution of their work.
But King, the author of more than 30 best sellers, is the first in the very highest tier of top selling authors to try it.
WORLD
Women's Day invokes protests, marches
GENEVA — From masked prostitutes demonstrating in London's red light district to female activists arguing in a Kuwait courtroom for the right to vote, women marked International Women's Day yesterday mostly by taking stock of the poverty, violence and inequality that continues to afflict them.
Buggies, balloons and symbolic clotheslines filled the square in front of the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva, where about 2,000 women participated in a colorful procession that officially began the "World March of Women 2000." Some 3,500 local groups in 145 countries are expected to take part in different stages of the march, which will culminate in New York in October.
A group of male construction workers watched as women passed by holding a symbolic clothesline with "Stop housework" painted on a pair of trousers.
"Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them," read one banner held by Lisa Dempsey, an Illinois native living in Geneva.
A KU student's Kenwood detachable face CD player and miscellaneous items were stolen between 11 p.m. Monday and 7:40 a.m. Tuesday from a vehicle in the 1400 block of Apple Lane, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $329. Damage to the passenger side front door of the vehicle was estimated at $500.
ON THE RECORD
■ A KU student's Pioneer Premier CD player and 12 compact discs were stolen between 11:30 p.m. Monday and 7:30 a.m. Tuesday from a vehicle in the 1,400 block of Apple Lane, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $554, and damage to the dashboard and front passenger side door was estimated at $800.
A KU student's camera, purse, wallet and miscellaneous identification cards were stolen between 11 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday from a vehicle in the 400 block of Florida Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $130, and damage to the front driver's side window was estimated at $200.
A KU student's leather purse, leather checkbook, miscellaneous identification cards and money were stolen between 8:30 and 10 p.m. Monday in the 1500 block of West Eighth Terrace, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $370.
A Rubbermaid trash container was stolen, and a hallway was vandalized between 2:30 and 7 a.m. Sunday on the 10th floor of Ellsworth Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The trash container was valued at $75. Damage to two mirrors and hallway walls was estimated at $244.
A KU student's bank card was stolen between 8 a.m. February 24 and midnight March 2 from Templin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The debit card was used at an undisclosed location and losses were valued at $65.69.
Sheet music was stolen between 11 a.m. Friday and
11 a.m. Saturday from Murphy Hall, the KU Public
Safety Office said. The sheet music was valued at
$680.
A KU student's wallet was stolen between 8:55 and 9:30 a.m. Monday from Anschutz Science Library, the KU Public Safety Office said. The wallet and its contents were valued at $101.
A KU student's wallet was stolen between 5:30 and 6 p.m. tuesday from the fourth floor of Hashinger Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The wallet and its contents were valued at $25.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a one-vehicle accident at 8:14 a.m. Tuesday on Jayhawk Boulevard. The accelerator of a KU employee's Suburban reportedly stuck in reverse while the employee was backing into a parking space in front of Strong Hall. The vehicle went over the curb, through a planner and circled around — in reverse — until it struck a steel barricade on the sidewalk and came to rest in another planter. The planters, barricade and vehicle were damaged, but no one was injured in the accident. Damage was estimated at more than $500.
Cars burglarized in GSP-Corbin lot
By Sara Shepherd
Kansan staff writer
Alana Lea, Eden Prairie, Minn., freshman, was awakened abruptly about 5 a.m. Monday by a phone call from the police, informing her that her car had been broken into.
Lea walked out of Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall to where her car was parked and found one of her car windows shattered and her CD player gone, along with about 60 CDs, she said.
But Lea's CD player was just one of the casualties in Lot 111 that night.
An estimated $1,310 worth of damage was done to eight vehicles in a bundle of burglaries between 6 p.m. Sunday and 5:30 p.m. Monday in the GSP-Corbin Hall parking lot.
Five CD players and nearly 300 CDs — valued at a total of $8,821 — were stolen from the vehicles.
According to an arrest report, a KU Public Safety officer patrolling the area saw someone breaking into vehicles in Lot 111 around 2:40 a.m. Sunday. However, the suspect fled and escaped on foot.
Several hours later, another officer stopped a 16-year-old Topeka boy with a description similar to that of the suspect. The boy reportedly was involved with the burglaries but was not the same one spotted earlier.
Lt. Schuyler Bailey said the boy was arrested for violating the 11 p.m. city curfew and obstruction of legal process by giving an officer false information.
The boy, who was taken into custody and later released to his mother, is under investigation for being involved in the string of auto burglaries, Bailey said.
According to Public Safety Office records, 27 burglaries, three thefts and one instance of criminal damage was reported in Lot 111 last year.
Alicia Vorba's car was also broken into — her CD player and some CDs were stolen.
"It's supposed to be a patrolled area," said Vorba, Tulsa, Okla., freshman. "I don't think it should happen."
Bailey said officers were encouraged to check out parking lots regularly.
Bailey said the best way to prevent auto theft was to not leave anything in plain view that was worth stealing.
"Take your expensive stuff out if at all possible," he said. "Just don't leave it in there."
ON CAMPUS
"It's part of their jobs to patrol the lots, but there's no set schedule," Bailey said. "They go through the parking lots in their districts as frequently as possible."
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a veggie lunch from 1:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
OAKS will have a business meeting at 3:30 p.m. today at the Wheat Room in the Kansas Union. Call Patricia Pilgrim at 864-7317.
The Center for Latin American Studies will present "Recuerdos Recuperados: My Visit to Cuba" from noon to 1 p.m. at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 tonight at the Pioneer
Free income tax assistance for paper filing will be available from 3 to 5 p.m. today at 203 Green Hall.Call 864-4550.
Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 8647735.
**RU Racquetball Club will practice from 6 to 8 Night at Robinson College. Call Stewart Hunt at 331-2231.**
*PsI Chi and Psychology Club will meet at 6:30 tonight at*
54 Frost Hall. *Call Lisa Roemisch at 841-6738*.
**Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Cell Kyle Browning at 842-1351.**
KU HorrorZontalts ultimate frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 tonight at Anshutz Sports Pavilion. Call Will Spots at 8410671
Summer financial aid request forms are available at the Office of Student Financial Aid, 50 Strong Hall. Call 864-4700.
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ECM Center with doughnuts bagels, coffee and tea 8-10 am weekdays study areas or conversation
Grand Opening
The Dance Academy 1117 Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas Sunday, March 12th,2000 785-331-2227
Afternoon Session
Afternoon Session Dance from 2-5 PM to the Don Warner Band (dance only is $10 per person) 5-7 PM Dinner catered by Maceli's Marvelous Meals (Dinner & Dance is $18 per person)
Evening Session
7:00 PM Swing practice for Contest & Open Dancing
Dancing
8:00-11:00 PM Dance to the Famous Dave Stephens Swing Band (evening session is $10 per person)
person)
*Over $5,500 worth of prizes will be given away at the end of both sessions*
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