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The Inside Front
Tuesday March 7,2000
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Diversity Dialogue continues at Union
The second Diversity Dialogue series of the semester will be at 7 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union
The second installment is titled "The Color I Am." It will explore the issues facing multiracial students at the University of Kansas.
Chico Herbison, assistant professor of African-American studies, will introduce tonight's series.
Robert Page, associate director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, said that after four students shared their experiences, the crowd would break into smaller discussion groups with group leaders.
"The group facilitators will do a dialogue piece on perceptions and issues that face the students on campus," Page said.
The diversity dialogue series is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
— Ryan Blethen
Sprint-financed groups show off technology
Students will showcase their work at the Sprint Research Symposium at Nichols Hall tomorrow and Thursday.
"Basically, Sprint fund research groups around the country to do networking and technology research." said Joe Evans, professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway will deliver the opening speech for the symposium at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow
Faculty members from the University will present some of the projects.
Students from the University of Kansas and other universities collaborated with industry professionals on the research, Evans said.
— Doug Pacey
The symposium begins at 8:30 a.m.
both days and ends at 5:30 p.m.
tomorrow at noon on Thursday.
Overland Park man arrested for lewdness
An Overland Park man surprised five female University of Kansas students who discovered him sitting in his vehicle naked from the waist down Sunday
A 19-year-old female KU student and her four roommates said they were walking between 1:50 and 1:55 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of 11th and Kentucky streets when they noticed a small, purple pickup truck parked near the crosswalk, said Sgt. George Wheeler of Lawrence police.
The women said a man was sitting in the truck wearing a shirt and no pants, Wheeler said. He was not touching himself, but his genitalia were in full view, Wheeler said.
The students gave the tag number to police, who found the vehicle traveling northbound in the 700 block of Vermont Street, Wheeler said. Police pulled the man aside in the Lawrence Public Library parking lot. He was wearing boxer shorts and a shirt. Wheeler said police found the rest of the man's clothes in a pile in the truck.
Police arrested the 39year-old Overland Park resident for lewd and lascivious behavior. He was booked into Douglas County Jail at 3:51 p.m. and released at 4:33 p.m. on $250 bond.
Mindie Miller
Students detained while conducting open saloon
Two male KU students and a male Lawrence resident were detained Sunday morning for conducting an open saloon at their residence.
Sgt. George Wheeler of Lawrence police said an anonymous phone call at 12:13 a.m. Sunday led officers to a residence in the 1600 block of West Eighth Terrace. The officers saw a beer key sitting in a carport at the residence. After observing the scene for awhile, the officers determined that the residents were charging people to come to a party and drink beer. Wheeler said.
The 22-year-old and 23-year-old students and their 20-year-old roommate were issued notices to appear in municipal court.
Police also found three empty beer kegs, two packages of plastic cups and $250 in U.S. currency at the residence. Wheeler said.
Mindie Miller
Greenspan forewarns growing economy at risk
WASHINGTON — The nation's remarkable prosperity will be put at risk unless supply and demand are brought into balance, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greensman said yesterday.
Speaking at a Boston College conference on the "New Economy," in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Greenspan voiced renewed concerns that the record-setting economy was growing rapidly given the dwindling supply of new workers and the increasing need to rely on imported goods.
Greenspan's speech was likely to strengthen the belief of many economists that the Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates until it sees greater evidence that the economy is slowing enough to keep inflation under control.
Wall Street was not panicked by Greenspan's remarks. By mid afternoon the blue-chip Dow Jones stock average was down 60 points and the Nasdaq index was up 60, just 25 points shy of a 5,000 record.
"Overall, demand for goods and services cannot chronically exceed the underlying growth rate of supply," Greensman said. "The expansion of
Greenspan: Urges for a balance in supply and demand
demand must moderate."
The Fed works to achieve this moderation by increasing borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, cutting into demand for big-ticket items such as homes and autos. The central bank has already boosted
interest rates four times since June with the latest increase on Feb. 2, a quarter-point boost that left the federal funds rate at 7.57 percent.
Economists are predicting the Fed will raise rates again when it next meets March 21 and many are looking for a sixth rate increase at the following meeting on May 16.
WORLD
China announces jump in military spending
BEJING — China announced a 12.7 percent increase in military spending yesterday — at least the eighth straight double-digit jump — as the army tried to influence rival Taiwan's presidential election and again threatened war.
The $14.5 billion defense budget, presented by the finance minister to the legislature, continues higher spending begun in the early 1990s to modernize the 2.5 million-member military. Among its top missions: preparing to attack if Taiwan moves toward outright independence.
Although the People's Liberation Army is at least several years from posing a formidable threat, commanders have used the run up to Taiwan's March 18 presidential election to wam against rising separatism. The warnings are partly because of real fears and partly aimed at getting more government money, Chinese and foreign analysts said.
Last month, the navy sailed its newest acquisition — a Russian-built destroyer armed with nuclear-capable missiles — through the Taiwan Strait, which divides the mainland and Taiwan. Yesterday, Defense Minister Chi Haolian said the government was on a high state of alert for separatist actions on Taiwan.
China and Taiwan split after Mao Tse-tung's communists drove Chiang Kai-shek's nationalists from the mainland in 1949. China considers Taiwan a renegade province and has vowed to retake the island by force if necessary.
The Associated Press
He said a requirement to record information for all traffic stops would take a lot of time and paperwork.
North Carolina and Connecticut are the only states that require law enforcement to record race information for traffic stops.
Eighteen states may study racial profiling
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Eighteen states are considering legislation that would at least study racial profiling.
Some cities, including St. Louis and Houston, have taken time to study the issue.
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee sent legislation to the floor last week that would provide for a federal study of police statistics and encourage states to study the issue with federal grant money.
As for the Kansas proposal, Haley said he could not predict what would happen.
"Politics is a strange road." Haley said. "You never know what comes to bear on a decision, who can do the right thing versus whatever personal agendas they may have."
And sometimes people, including legislators, deny that racial profiling could exist — or secretly condone the practice, Haley said.
Edwards said that he understood and wanted police to stop suspicious characters, but that didn't mean he should be targeted because of his skin color.
ON THE RECORD
Racial profiling is not a problem limited to traffic stops, either. Edwards said he felt skin color generated suspicion everywhere from Dillons to Dillards.
"A lot of people think racism has been annihilated," Edwards said. "People think that things are equal, but that's just not so. They think there's no racial profiling, because there's no racism."
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a possible alcohol poisoning at 4:17 a.m. Sunday at Ellsworth Hall. The subject, an 18-year-old KU student, had laid on the floor and passed out, and police were unable to wake him up. According to a police report, the student "had a strong odor of an intoxicating beverage about him." Paramedics transported the student to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was treated
A purse was stolen between 8:30 and 9 a.m.
Friday from the Lied Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. The purse and its contents were valued at $38.
A retired KU employee's car was keyed between noon and 4 p.m. Sunday in lot 72, near the Burge Union, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages to the car's trunk and sides was estimated at $1,000.
A set of keys was stolen between 4:45 and 8:45 a.m. February 28 from the third floor of Moore Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The keys, which belonged to KU Facilities Operations, were valued at $12.
- The KU Public Safety Office arrested a KU student for possession of marijuana between 1:20 and 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Oliver Hall. KU housing personnel had complained of marijuana smoke coming from the student's room and called police, who recovered two hand-rolled cigarette stubs from the student. The student was cited and summoned to appear in court but not taken into custody.
A KU student's Panasonic CD player was stolen between midnight and 12:08 a.m. Saturday from a green 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier in the 900 block of Vermont Street, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $150. Damage to the dashboard was estimated at $500.
■ A KU student's Naismith Hall parking permit was stolen between 5 p.m. Wednesday and 5 p.m.
Thursday from a red 1989 Chrysler in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, Lawrence police said.
The permit was valued at $80.
ON CAMPUS
A KU student reported $225 stolen between 10 p.m. Feb. 23 and 8:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in the 1000 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police said.
- Standing Together Against Negative Displays will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union, Call Corrine Hickman at 838-3047.
OAKS, the nontraditional student organization, will have a brown bag lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Alcove G in the Kansas Union. Call Patricia Pilarim at 846.7317.
Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Chris Haydel at 312-2291.
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Rick Clock at 841-3148.
KU Rocquebetball will practice from 6 to 8 tonight at Robinson College, Cell St. Grant's University, 321-223-323
KU Chess Club will meet from 8 to 10 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call David Wang at 312-1070.
■ KU HorrorZontals ultimate Frisbee team will practice from 6 to 8 tonight at the Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call Will Spots at 841-0671.
Greek Impact will meet at 9 tonight at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. Call Drew Larson at 843-3331.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "After the Storm: Hurricane Mitch, Conservation and Indigenous Land in Mosquita," from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
The due date for Student Union Activities officer applications has been extended to 5 p.m. tomorrow at the SUA office in the Kansas Union. Call Camille Payne at 864-3477.
■ KIKH promotions staff will meet at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the second floor foyer in the Dole Human Development Center. Call Cindyee Campbell at 832-1335.
■ KU Sailing Club will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Chris Drater at 312-2006.
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Grand Opening
The Dance Academy 1117 Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas Sunday, March 12th,2000 785-331-2227
Afternoon Session
5-7 PM Dinner catered by Maceli's Marvelous Meals (Dinner & Dance is $18 per person)
Dance from 2-5 PM to the Don Warner Band (dance only is $10 per person)
Evening Session
7:00 PM Swing practice for Contest & Open Dancing
Dancing
(dance only is $10 per person)
8:00-11:00 PM Dance to the Famous Dave Stephens Swing Band (evening session is $10 per person)
*Over $5,500 worth of prizes will be given away at the end of both sessions*
person)
The KU Brazilian Student Association Presents
ku brazilian week 2000
Tuesday, March 7th
Tuesday, March 7th
An Evening With Brazilian Modern Art
March 7-11th,2000
A slide presentation by History of Art Professor Patrick Frank on Modern Art in Brazil, from 1922 to the present day.
7pm, room 211 Spencer Museum of Art
Wednesday, March 8th Central Station
See the Oscar nominated film "Central Station/Central do Brasil", winner of the 1998 Golden Globe award for best foreign language film, with an introduction by Tamara Falikov, KU Acting Professor.
7pm, English Room, Kansas Union
Thursday, March 9th Brazilian Cultural Night
Brazilian students from KU will showcase small presentations on interesting, important, fun, and possibly little-known aspects of Brazilian culture. 7-10pm, ECM, 12th St. and Oread Ave
Friday, March 10th
Brazilian Music Festival KU students and faculty bring their voices and instruments and offer you a beautiful festival with the most varied forms of Brazilian music. 7am.120 Snow Hall
saturday, March 11th
The One and Only Brazilian Carnaval in Lawrence
Come celebrate the wildest time of the year in Brazil with this fun-filled Carnaval party, the best bash in Lawrence, featuring the Chicago Samba School and giving away great prizes!
Bpm, The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
All events free of charge, except for the carnival:
Tickets available at the Brazilian Table in the Kansas Union lobby,
March 9th and 10th, 10am-3pm, and at all Brazilian Week events.
For more info, e-mail us at brapo@raven.cc.ukans.edu
or visit www.ukans.edu/~brapo