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The Inside Front
Wednesday March 1,2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Students can learn about variety of majors at fair
The Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center will be putting on Majors Fair 2000 at the fourth floor lobby and the ballroom in the Kansas Union from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.
Schools and departments from across the University will be represented.
"This will be a chance for students who are either undecided on a major or unsure of the major they are in to talk to faculty members of other departments," said David Goodsell, senior associate director of the center. "The students will get a chance to find out about major requirements and job possibilities."
— Mike Hoffman
Student group to meet to discuss homelessness
The Concerned, Active and Aware Students organization is holding a discussion on homelessness tonight at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
"We really want to integrate the homeless population with the KU population so we can focus on where we have overlapping interests," said Jennifer McAdam, Kansas City, Mo., senior and CAAS member. "The idea of the discussion is that we want to get in out from all parts of the community."
"We just hope to get a group started that will focus on homeless issues in Lawrence." McAdam said.
The meeting marks the beginning of a group called Promoting a Unified Lawrence (PUL) Together.
The discussion will be at 7:30 p.m. in the library's auditorium and all people interested are encouraged to attend.
"If we have just five people there, that's something," McAdam said.
Jessie Meyer
LAWRENCE
KU student stabbed following weekend party
A 26-year-old KU student was stabbed at a party early Sunday morning, but he didn't realize it until he woke up later that morning.
Sgt. George Wheeler said police were called to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at noon Sunday in reference to a man who had been stabbed overnight. Police talked to the victim in a hospital examination room.
The student said he had started Saturday evening at one party, then went to a bar and then ended up at another party. He told police he had consumed alcoholic beverages, Wheeler said.
The victim said he had been involved in a wrestling match at the second party that turned into a fight, Wheeler said. The victim said he was fuzzy
about the details of the fight but that, at some point, the person he was fight ing with punched him in the stomach. The fight occurred sometime between 5 and 5:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of Kentucky Street. Wheeler said.
The victim said he went home after the fight and went to bed. When he woke up later that morning, Wheeler said, he was in a lot of pain. Upon closer inspection, he discovered a hole in his stomach and realized he'd been stabbed.
Wheeler said the victim did not know for sure who had stabbed him. Wheeler said police were interviewing witnesses and were trying to locate a male suspect.
The victim was released Monday from the hospital.
Mindie Miller
NATION
At least 20,000 hooked on cyber sex, online porn
NEW YORK — At least 20,000 Internet users are hooked on porn sites, X-rated chat rooms or other sexual materials online, researchers say in one of the first studies to estimate the number of "over sex compulsives."
"This is a hidden public health hazard exploding, in part, because very few are recognizing it as such or taking it seriously." the researchers said.
The researchers classified users as "cybersex compulsives" if they spent more than 11 hours a week visiting sexually oriented areas and scored high on a 10-item questionnaire about relationships and attitudes toward sex.
The study was led by Al Cooper, clinical director at the San Jose Marital and Sexuality Centre and Stanford's training coordinator for counseling and psychological services.
The researchers found evidence that compulsives have more problems with relationships and jobs than Internet users who visit X-rated sites casually.
Very few studies have attempted to estimate the number of compulsives, said Mark Wiederhold, a professor at the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego.
E. coli bacteria slithers in more beef, study says
WASHINGTON — About half the cattle at the nation's feed lots carry the deadly E. coli bacteria during the summer — making it at least 10 times more common than previously thought, government research shows.
The study by Agriculture Department scientists doesn't mean that E. coli O157:H7 is any more likely to show up in the supermarket. But USDA officials, who outlined the findings yesterday, said they were considering new controls on cattle production and beef processing.
Thomas Billy, administrator of USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, at a conference in Arlington, Va.
"The research requires us to re-examine our policies and standards for dealing with this difficult organism," said
The bacteria, which is most commonly found in ground beef, kills about 60 people each year and sickens an estimated 73,000 more, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The department's findings are based on detection methods that are far more sensitive than previously used.
The occurrence of E. coli in feed lots drops to 1 percent during the winter, but scientists found that 83 percent of the cattle they studied had been exposed to the bacteria at some point. Calves can pick up the bacteria during the birth process, while other cattle get it from manure, scientists say. Changes in feeding methods and transportation have been shown to reduce the incidence of E. coli.
Nazi leader's memoir details party practices
WORLD
JERUSALEM — In Adolf Eichmann's 1961 prison memoir released in full for the first time by Israel yesterday, the overseeer of the Holocaust minimizes his own role but describes in pedantic detail the workings of the Nazi death machine.
In the 1,300-page manuscript, penned in precise German Gothic script, Eichmann portrays himself as a misled idealist and an obedient bureaucrat who abhored his frequent trips to the killing fields of Eastern Europe and drowned his nightmares in alcohol.
Some Israeli historians say the account by Eichmann, who was sentenced to death in Israel and hanged in 1962, is so self-serving and distorted that it is historically worthless.
Still, Israel hopes Eichmann's methodical description of the genocide, including timetables of death transports, will help undermine the court case of British historian David Inving, who has challenged the scope of the Holocaust.
Ivring says he does not deny Jews were killed by the Nazis but challenges the number and manner of Jewish concentration camp deaths.
Ivings says a book by American professor Deborah Lipstadt maintains that he denies the Holocaust and distorts statistics. Ivings is using Lipstadt for libel in a British court, and the Eichmann memoirs now likely will be entered into evidence
Eichmann grew up in Austria and joined the Nazi party in 1932, a year before Hitler came to power in Germany. Eichmann said he fervently believed in Hitler's promises to wipe out the shame of Germany's World War I defeat but was never an anti-Semite.
The Associated Press
Burge shooting victim testifies
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Kansan staff writer
By Mindie Miller
TOPEKA — He didn't actually see a gun, but Gregory J. Davis knows he has a bullet in his hip.
The 21-year-old Denver senior and former KU football player hobbled on crutches into the Division 2 courtroom yesterday to testify at the preliminary hearing for the man accused of shooting him Jan. 23.
Judge Robert Fairchild determined that there was sufficient evidence to try Bryon Kirtdoll, Topeka, who is suspected of shooting Davis at a dance party sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. Kirtdoll, 22, appeared yesterday in Douglas County court with court-appointed attorney James George.
A medical expert testified that the bullet had come close to severing a nerve near Davis's left hip.
one man or dying one inch of being paralyzed for life," David said.
The bullet was not removed.
The bueller was not removed. Davis testified that he and his roommate went to the party around 12:30 a.m. Davis said he was dancing and heard people rapping on stage.
Davis said Kirtdoll, who was onstage, offered him the microphone and told him to rap. He said
he met Kirtdoll and his acquaintance at the side of the stage, where Kirtdoll's acquaintance said gang-related words. Davis responded with an obscenity, and Kirtdoll asked him several more times if he wanted to ran.
"Then I was shot," Davis said. "I hit the ground, then got up and hopped away up the back stairs of the Burge and sat down."
George said he planned to file a motion to suppress some evidence. A trial date will be set after the motion hearing.
ON THE RECORD
Davis said that he never saw a gun in Kirtdoll's hand but that Kirtdoll's hands were in his pockets before he brought one hand toward Davis's hip.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency during the KU men's basketball game Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse. A 9-year-old boy cut his finger on a first-floor restroom door. Paramedics cleaned and bandaged the boy's finger at the scene.
A fire extinguisher was stolen between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Monday from Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The fire extinguisher was valued at $45.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 3:17 p.m. Monday in the Art and Design Building. A 23-year-old KU student was complaining of severe back pain that had persisted for several hours. Paramedics transported the student to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
■ The KU Public Safety Office arrested a 20-year-old KU student at 3:45 a.m. Saturday near 11th and Missouri streets for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. The student's jeep had careened off the road after he misjudged a curve near the intersection. A towing employee called police before removing the vehicle from where it had come to rest
against a tree next to Sunflower Apartments. Police administered a field sobriety test and, through further questioning, determined the driver's license the student presented was not his. In addition to OUI, the student was cited for unlawful use of a driver's license and failure to report an accident.
A KU student's JVC CD player and Pioneer amplifier were stolen at 2:56 a.m. Tuesday from a 1981 Toyota in the 300 block of Elm Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $420, and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $50.
A KU student's brown pants, black wallet with identification and keys were stolen between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday from a residence in the 3200 block of Mesa Way, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $115
A KU student's roadside kit 10 CDs and miscellaneous items were stolen between 6:30 p.m. last Wednesday and 9:30 a.m. Thursday from a vehicle in the 900 block of Arkansas Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $681, and damage to a vehicle window was estimated at $500.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "Corporate Sponsorship of University Research: How to Make it Work," from noon to 1 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave.
KIHK promotions staff will meet at 5 p.m. today at the second floor foyer in Dole Human Development Center.
The Human Biology Club will meet at 6 tonight at 2025 Hawthorn Hall.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will have a car maintenance workshop from 7 to 9:30 tonight at Byron's Autohaus, 640 N. Second St.
Pre-registration is required. Call 864-3552.
KU Sailing Club will meet at 7 tonight at the International Airport, in the Kansas City.
The Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 ontion
the Adams Alumni Center, Call 864-9779.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Enviros will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to
The Center for Latin American Studies will present "Indigenous Rights in Brazil" from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
1:30 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave.
The Center for Latin American Studies will
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will present "Charting Your Path: Women and the Job Search" from 4 to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at 110 Burge Union.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Burge Union.
KU Racquetball Club will practice from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Robinson Center.
**Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove D in the Kansas Union**
■ KU HorrorZontals ultimate frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 p.m. tomorrow at Anschutz Sports Pavilion.
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FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
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: www.ukans.edu/acs/training
Academic Computing Services presents:
COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
*ListProc for new list owners*—Learn to manage a KU email discussion list using *ListProc*. Prerequisites: For current KU *ListProc* list owners only. Requires registration. Mon., Mar.
13, 1-4 p.m., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202B
Microsoft Office 2000: An Overview—Learn basic features Office 2000 and some differences between Office 95/97. No registration. Tues., Mar. 14, 11 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center Auditorium
Access Forms—Create forms using Access Form Wizard and Design View. Prerequisite: Access: Intermediate or equivalent skills. Requires registration and fee for non-University. Mon., Mar. 13, 2-5 p.m., Budig PC Lab, Room 10
UNIX Introduction—Learn the basics of UNIX, the operating system on Falcon, Eagle, Lark, Raven, and Heron. Tues., Mar. 14, 6-9 p.m., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202B
ListProc Archives—Learn to set up, configure, and use archives. For current KU ListProc list owners only. Requires registration. Wed., Mar. 16, 1-2 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
Web Authoring: Improving Accessibility—Learn how to make your Web site accessible to users with visual and other cognitive disabilities. No registration. Wed., Mar. 16, 6:30-8:30 a.m., Computer Center Auditorium
"Vocal Jazz Night'
M-PACT, a capalla quintet through the KU box offices:
KU Jazz Singers Lied Center (785) 864-ARTS
7:30 P.M. Thursday, March 2, 2000 Murphy Hall (785) 864-3982
Lied Center SUA Office (785) 864-3477
Reserved seat tickets are available
$12 public, $8 students and senior citizens
VISA and MASTERCARD are accepted for phone orders.
For more information:
www.music.ulans.edu/special events
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANAS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AND DANCE PRESENTS THE 23rd ANNUAL
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AND DANCE PRESENTS THE 23rd ANNUAL KU JAZZ FESTIVAL