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The Inside Front
Friday February 25, 2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Learned Hall evacuated after detection of gas
A gas leak in Learned Hall caused the building to be evacuated just after 5 p.m. yesterday. The smell dissipated quickly, and students and faculty returned to the building moments later.
Sgt. Tey Augusto of the KU Public Safety Office said someone called and reported an odor at 5:04 p.m. He said one of his officers detected a gas leak and pulled the alarm to evacuate the building.
James King, captain of the Lawrence fire department, said he and his crew also were dispatched to inspect the natural gas odor, which was in the southwest corner of the lower part of the building.
King said firemen inspected the area and the rooms above it and could not find any other odor. Not long after that, he said, the original odor dissipated and went away.
He said he could not confirm what caused the leak but that somebody might have left a gas valve open.
— John Audlehelm
Greek associations receive national honor
Last year's KU Interfraternity Council and KU Pankhellenic Association were recognized as the nation's top greek programs at the Mid-America Greek Conference Association last weekend.
This year's council officers accepted the Jellison Award, which is named for Bill Jellison, the founder of the Mid-America Interfraternity Council Association. This year's Panhellenic officers accepted the Sutherland Award, which is named for Shelley Sutherland, an instrumental figure in founding the Mid-America Panhellenic Council Association.
Chace Ramey, KU Interfraternity Council president and Kansas City, Mo., junior, said the Greek programs were divided into four divisions based on the number of chapters on campus
— division one having the fewest chapters on campus and division four having the most chapters on campus. KU's sorority and fraternity organizations are both in the third division. Ramey and 27 other KU Greek officers and chapter presidents joined about 1,640 others from distinguished greek programs around the Midwest. — Ivain Meyer
Jessie Meyer
Edwards Campus has summer class offerings
Classrooms at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park son will be filled with more than just graduate students.
Beginning this summer, about 30 courses will be offered to undergraduate students who want to complete bachelor's degrees. They will be taught by faculty of the Lawrence campus.
Bruce Lindvall, associate dean on the Edwards Campus, said the goal was to have 25 students per class.
The decision on what courses would be taught was left to the faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, he said.
He said the summer courses would allow students who lived in the Kansas City area during the break to take courses that would help them complete their degrees.
The summer courses will begin and end the same time as those at the Lawrence Campus — June 6 through July 29.
Ashley Stoner
LAWRENCE
Car burglaries reported at Sixth Street complex
A rash of car burglaries early yester-
day morning at a Sixth Street apart-
ment complex left five KU students with
broken windows and missing property.
A 20-year-old student heard a noise outside his residence at Trailridge Apartments, 2500 W. Sixth St., between 12:40 and 12:50 a.m. yesterday, said Lawrence police Sgt. Richard Nickell. The victim saw an 18-to-20-year-old female suspect looking in vehicles, and he went outside to confront her, Nickell said. The suspect ran away. The victim described a second suspect in the area as an 18-year-old male.
The victim found his speaker box, containing speakers and an amplifier, leaning against his truck, Nickell said. The suspect apparently shattered the truck's rear window to remove the speaker box, which caused $200 of damage, he said.
Mindie Miller
Two other students reported that the left rear windows of their vehicles had been shattered between 12:45 and 12:55 a.m. and caused $125 damage to each of their vehicles.
Two more students each reported damage of more than $1,000.
damage of more than $1,000.
A 19-year-old KU student's
Panasonic car stereo, 53 CDs and
CD case were stolen from his 1986
Toyota between 12:50 and 12:57
a.m., Nickell said. The items were
valued at $1,134. The vehicle sustained an unknown amount of damage to a window during the theft.
A 21-year-old KU student reported that 30 CDs, a CD case and the face plate to a Pioneer car stereo were stolen from a 1994 Ford between 12:30 and 12:55 a.m., Nickell said. The items were valued at $760. Damage to the vehicle's window and dashboard was estimated at $300. Nickell said the face plate was recov
The suspects were last seen running toward Sixth Street, Nickell said. They had not been apprehended as of yesterday morning.
WSU classes resume after evening fire
STATE
WICHTA, Kan. — Classes resumed yesterday morning in Wichita State University's engineering building as cleanup and investigation continued into a fire that caused the evacuation of students attending Wednesday night classes.
Students conducting an experiment with hydraulic fluid during a class earlier in the day set off the fire, police said. The liquid seeped into a burner, apparently smoldered for hours and then burst into flames.
Wichita State officials said preliminary damage estimates were between $50,000 and $75,000. One hallway on the second floor of Wallace Hall and two labs are temporarily closed for cleanup.
About 100 students attending evening classes were forced to evacuate Wallace Hall when the building caught fire just after 8 p.m., said Brad Crisp, Wichita Fire Department spokesman. No injuries were reported.
One room between two labs suffered extensive damage, WSU officials said. The smoke-damaged labs are being cleaned, they said in a news release.
NATION
Texas woman executed for killing husband
Betty Lou Beets became the fourth woman to be executed in the United States since the Supreme Court in 1976 allowed the death penalty to resume. She was the second woman executed in Texas since the Civil War.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A 62-year-old woman was executed by injection yesterday after Gov. George W. Bush rejected her claim that she killed her fifth husband in self-defense and deserved a reprieve.
During his 51/2 years as governor, 120 convicted killers have been executed in Texas, and Bush has said he is certain all of them were guilty. He spared one condemned inmate whose guilt, he said, was in doubt.
Prosecutors said Beets shot and killed two of her husbands, but she was only tried in the death of her fifth husband, Dallas Fire Captain Jimmy Don Beets, nearly 17 years ago. Prosecutors said she killed him to collect his life insurance and pension.
Beets and her lawyers insisted the former bartender-waitress was the victim of years of domestic abuse and should be allowed to live.
The Associated Press
Multicultural Affairs officer will receive 14th CLASS award
By Sara Shepherd
writer @kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Robert Page was surprised when he learned yesterday that he won the 14th annual CLASS award.
"It was very much a shock," said Page, the associate director of Multicultural Affairs. "I was kind of overwhelmed, I didn't expect to win."
The Citation for Leadership and Achievement in Student Services, first established by the class of 1987, is awarded each year by the senior class to a student services employee.
"It's the equivalent to the HOPE award," said senior class president Jonathan Alt, Winnetka, III. senior. "It is an award that recognizes an outstanding staff member
that works for student services."
that works for student services. HOPE awards are given to 20 outstanding teachers each year.
Att said nomination forms for the CLASS award were distributed to all Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center groups, as well as various living organizations. Finalists were chosen from the applications. Each finalist was interviewed by the senior class officers and senior advisory board—a group of about 15 to 20 members. The group of seniors selected the winner after the interviewing process.
"It was an honor just to be nominated. I was just happy for that." Page said. "What was more touching for me was the fact that students wrote so many letters — that was heartwarmed."
Alt said board members were
impressed after their interviews with Pace.
"We all just could tell from the interview that he has gotten in touch with so many students and really had an impact on many different student's lives." Alt said.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway along with the senior officers will present the award tomorrow at Allen Fieldhouse during halftime of the Kansas men's basketball game against Baylor.
Pat Disque, department of student housing
The four other finalists for this year's CLASS award were:
Jim Boyle, student health servi.
Mary Chappell, recreation services
Laura Morgan, student development center
ON THE RECORD
A plastic trash can was stolen between 8 a.m. Feb. 18 and 8 a.m. Monday from the parking garage, the KU Public Safety Office said. The trash can was valued at $100.
A stereo, CD case and CDs were stolen from a KU student's vehicle between 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2:20 a.m. yesterday in the upper level of Lot 111, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $1,300. There was also an estimated $200 of damage done to the vehicle's window and dash during the burglary.
■ The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 8:36 a.m. Wednesday at the Oread Labs, 2201 st St. A man was having difficulty
breathing after having inhaled chemical vapors. The fumes escaped from a 30-gallon drum of a corrosive desiccator when the man opened it. Paramedics transported him to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
■ The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 9:42 p.m. Wednesday at the Lied Center. A 59-year-old woman had been watching a play when she began to feel faint and nausea. Paramedics examined the woman, but she was not taken to the hospital.
A KU student's 1994 4-door Geo Prism was stolen at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday from the 1500 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The vehicle was valued at $5,000.
ON CAMPUS
KU Hillel will volunteer at the Jubilee Cafe from 6 to 9 tonight at Trinity Episcopal Church, 11th and Vermont streets. Call Jessica Kalender at 312-2880.
■ Compulsive Eating Anomylous will meet at 10:30 am, today at Ecumenical Ministries.
      ■ Attendance: 321-314-312.
Submissions to Kiosk art and literature magazine are due at 5 p.m. today at 3114 Wescoe Hall. Call Kendall Irwin at 841-3352.
Free assistance for international tax returns will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at 203 Green Hall. Assistance for electronic filing will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at 306D Green Hall. Call 864-4550.
■ KU HorrorZontals ultimate Frisbee team will practice from 1 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Central Junior High, 1400 Massachusetts St. Call Will Spotts at 841-0671.
■ KU Badminton will practice from 6:30 to 10:15 p.m. tomorrow at 211 and 212 Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 843-2267.
the film La Frontera at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Spencer Museum of Art. Call Amee Marsjanik at 864.4213
Student Union Activities officer applications are due at 5 p.m. March 3 at the SUA office in the Kansas Union. Call Camille Payne at 864-3477.
The Center for Latin American Studies will present
- The Office of Student Financial Aid encourages financial aid applicants to file the 2000-2001 free application for federal student aid by the March 1 priority date. Call 864-4700.
- Applications for Owl Society, the junior honors society, are available at the Organizations and Leadership Development Center in the Kansas Union, at Nunemaker Center or by e-mailing ejready@eagle.cc.ukans.edu. Call EJ. Reedy at 312-1717.
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ROCK CHALK REVUE
"Out of Focus"
ROCK • CHALK
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
REVUE
Support your fellow students & the United Way of Douglas County.
Call SUA for tickets now! 864-3477
"Vocal Jazz Night"
M-PACT, a capilla quintet
KU Jazz Singers
7:30 P.M. Thursday, March 2, 2000
Lied Center
Reserved seat tickets are available
Reserved site offices within through the KU box offices:
Lied Center (785) 864-ARTS
Murphy Hall (785) 864-3982
SUA Office (785) 864-3477
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for more information www.music.ukans.edu/special events
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AND DANCE PRESENTS THE 23rd ANNUAL KU JAZZ FESTIVAL