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The Inside Front
Monday February 14,2000
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CORRECTION
Thursday's University Daily Kansas incorrectly reported the date of the Valentine's Open House at the Kansas Union. The open house will be held from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. today.
CAMPUS
Two students arrested for drug possession charges
The KU Public Safety Office arrested three suspects — including two KU students — after finding drugs in their vehicle around 2 a.m. Feb. 5 near 14th Street and Alumni Place.
Sgt. Troy Mailen said the suspects' pickup was stopped in a routine traffic stop for carrying unlawful riders in the back. After approaching the pick-up, an officer spotted what he believed to be a bag of marijuana in the cab. Mailen said.
"It escalated from that," Mailen said. Mailen said two of the suspects were KU students, ages 21 and 22. The other individual arrested was 22.
Ian Tice, Topeka freshman, was one of several Stephenson Scholarship Hall residents who watched the arrest. Tice said several people already were handcuffed when he went outside. After searching the truck, police recovered several bags of marijuana, Tice said.
Mailen said the suspects could face charges of obstruction of legal process, possession of marjuana, tax-stamp violations, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with intent to sell.
Information regarding the arrests has been forwarded to the Douglas County District Attorney's Office.
— Sara Shepherd
Former student falls at construction site
A 21-year-old former KU student remained in critical condition yesterday afternoon after falling nearly four stories early Saturday at a campus construction site.
Andrew Witkow, a Lawrence resident originally from Wayne, Neb., fell about 40 feet from scaffolding at the construction site for Margaret Amini Scholarship Hall, said KU Public Safety Office Lt. Schuyler Bailey.
Witkowski and another man entered the fenced construction site and climbed scaffolding on the exterior of the building, Bailey said. The two men then climbed into the building, where Witkowski fell about 40 feet through an open area, Bailey said. He said a call came into the KU
He said a can came into the no Public Safety Office at 1:12 a.m.
Public Safety Unit at 11:12 a.m.
Witkowski was transported by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and then to the University of Kansas
Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
Bailey said police were unable to determine whether alcohol had been involved in the accident, but they would follow up on that possibility.
The site belongs to B.A. Green and Associates L.C., a Lawrence construction company, which will not examine the site for damage until today. Bailey said.
Bailey said that a criminal report would be filed today in Douglas County District Court, but it would be up to the court to formally charge the two men for criminal trespassing.
— Mindie Miller
KUAC blood drive will be this week at Fieldhouse
The University of Kansas Athletic Corporation will have a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse today through Friday. Kansas Blood Services will receive the blood.
Wednesday the blood drive will end at 1:30 p.m. because of the men's basketball game against Iowa State.
Donors will receive two movie passes to Hollywood movie theaters for donating.
Warisa Chulindra
Restraining method will be suspended
STATE
HUTCHINSON — Reno County youth correctional authorities have suspended use of a restraining technique that led to both of a teenager's arms being broken, and prosecutors are investigating the matter.
The 15-year-old boy, from nearby Harvey County, suffered two broken arms on Jan. 30 when two Reno County Detention Center correctional officers attempted to restrain him, Director Bill Hermes said Friday.
It was the second time since June 1998 that a juvenile being held in the detention center has suffered a broken arm by a staff member using what Hermes called the "clamp" technique.
The clamp is a technique in which law enforcement officers grab a person's wrist and arm and apply pressure to the shoulder to get the person on the ground.
The teen-ager was placed in the hold by the officers after he became aggressive and threatening toward staff members, Hermes said. He was taken to Hutchinson Hospital immediately after the incident and remained there until Feb. 5.
NATION
WASHINGTON — In pitching President Clinton's proposed $277
Pentagon proposes 'quality of life' plan
billion defense budget, Pentagon leaders are finding a Congress sympathetic to their plan for spending billions more on "quality of life" programs for the troops: another substantial pay raise, cheaper housing, easier access to health care.
"The life blood of America's defense posture will continue to be the individual soldier, sailor, airman and Marine," Cohen said.
Better treatment for the troops is a matter of growing importance and urgency, in the view of Defense Secretary William Cohen and the service chiefs.
IMF chief gets pie in the face in protest
WORLD
BANGKOK, Thailand — Government officials argued, protesters marched and a demonstrator threw a pie at the chief of the International Monetary Fund yesterday during a trade summit that had been toted as a peaceful meeting of rich and poor nations.
One chapter of the economic order came to an end as Michel Camdessus, the IMF's managing director, made a final speech to the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development before his retirement today. He said economic globalization did not threaten poor nations because foreign investment would help reduce gaps in wealth.
But many developing countries argue they are being left behind as the benefits of economic globalization are spread unequally among the world's people.
Th U.N. conference, which runs through Saturday, is held every four years.
10,000 couples marry at mass wedding
SEOUL, South Korea — For most brides, a wedding without a bride-groom would be difficult to imagine. But Lee Hwa-shin said she couldn't be happier, even though she and her future husband were married without ever having met.
Lee was among 10,000 couples who tied the knot yesterday in a mass wedding organized by the Unification Church of Rev. Sun Myung Moon. The vast majority of the newly weds were complete strangers matched by church officials.
Lee, a 20-year-old South Korean design student, held a framed picture of her new husband, Tokumasa Yamashita, in a black suit. She said Yamashita, a 20-year-old Japanese man studying computer engineering in the United States, couldn't get a visa in time to attend.
The Associated Press
A window was vandalized between 2:30 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. Feb. 5 in Gertrude Sellars Pearson-Corbin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the window was estimated at $50.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's windshield was shattered in a 1997 Ford Mustang between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Friday at the corner of 12th and Ohio streets, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $400.
A KU student's Kenwood stereo and Led Zeppelin CD were stolen from a vehicle between midnight and 1:50 a.m. Sunday from the 100 block of North Parks Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $162. Damage to the vehicle's window and dash was estimated at $150.
A KU student's black, leather Armani jacket and set of miscellaneous keys with remote were stolen between 1 a.m. and 1:13 a.m. Sunday from the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $515.
A KU student's green 1993 Ford Aerostat van was stolen between 11:40 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Saturday from the 2200 block of louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The vehicle was valued at $3500.
A KU student's window screen frame was damaged in an attempted burglary between Dec. 15 and Feb. 9 in the 2500 block of West 31st Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $25.
A KU student's door frame was damaged in an attempted burglary between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday in the 2500 block of West 31st Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $100.
A KU student's wooden door frame and locking
device were damaged between 10:30 p.m. and
10:35 p.m. Saturday in the 500 block of Ohio
Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was
estimated at $500.
A KU student's Samsung SH1500 cellular phone was stolen between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Friday from the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $150.
The Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., reported $400 damage to a plate glass window that occurred between 2:20 a.m. and 2:25 a.m.
Thursday. Lawrence police said.
■ Louise's West, 1307 W. Seventh St., reported criminal damage to two window screens between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Friday, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $60. A Budweiser neon sign and a Coors Light neon sign were stolen. The signs were valued at $375.
The passenger window of a KU student's 1985 gray, door-to-door Toyota was damaged between 11:30 a.m. feb. 8 and 9:25 a.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $200.
A KU student's 1990 4-door Toyota Corolla was damaged between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 9:15 a.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $300.
ON CAMPUS
National Pan-Hellenic Council will present Black Greek Letter Organizations, Past and Present, at 6:30 tonight at the Kansas Union for African-American History Month. Call Nyauna Crosdale at 864.4351.
- Compulsive Eating Anonymous will meet at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412.
KU Environs will meet at 7:30tonight at the Kansas Union. Call Kristy at 864-7325.
■ OAKS, the nontraditional student organization, will have a brown bag lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove in the Kansas Union, Call Deen Hardie at 864-7317.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs will present "Racism 2000: A Program on Racism at KU," at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Multicultural Resource Center for African-American History Month, Call Alton Scales at 864-4351.
The Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Adams Alumni Center. Call 864-9779.
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Rick Clock at 841-314B
KU American Civil Liberties Union will present "Religion, Government and the First Amendment" at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the ballroom in the Kansas Union.
KU Chess Club will meet from 8 to 10 p.m. tomorrow at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union, Call David Wang at 312-1070.
KU HorrorZontals will meet from 8 to 11 p.m.
tomorrow at Anshutz Sports Pavilion. Call Will
Spouts at 841-0671.
Registration forms for the Blueprints Leadership conference are due at 5 p.m. Wednesday at 400 Kansas Union, Call 864-4861.
- Applications for Mortar Board are due Friday at 400 Kansas Union. Call Allison Deutch at 331-0970.
- Applications for Student Union Activities officers and coordinators are due at 5 p.m. Feb. 22 at the SUA office in the Kansas Union. Call Camille Pravee at 864-3477.
- Submissions for Kiosk, the art and literature magazine are due at 5 p.m. Feb. 25 at 3114 Wescoe Hall, Call Kendall Irwin at 841-3352.
- Applications for student financial aid for the summer session are available at 50 Strong Hall. Call Stephanie Covington at 864-5492.
The Office of Student Financial Aid encourages financial aid applicants to file the 2000-2001 free application for federal student aid by the priority date of March 1. Call Brenda Maigaard at 864-4700.
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SUA WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
T.S. MONK JAZZ CONCERT
Tickets on sale now in the SUA Box Office, Level 4,
Kansas Union. $6 student, $12 non-student
Concert is at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19
at the Lied Center
"Of Legends and Plants"
By Celia Smith
Feb. 1 - 26
Kansas Union Gallery
GALLERY SHOW
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
VALENTINE'S DAY OPEN HOUSE
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Today, Monday, Feb. 14
Level 4, Kansas Union
864-3477 · www.ukans.edu/~sua
NET EVENT
BOILER ROOM
MOVIES
All movies shown in Woodruff Auditorium
8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16
Woodruff Auditorium, Level 5, Kansas Union
Pick up free vouchers on Wednesday, Feb. 16
8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16
NINTH STREET
Feb. 15 and 17
7 and 9:30 p.m.
SIXTH SENSE
Feb. 7 and 19
18 and 9:30 p.m.
WILD AT HEART
Feb. 18 and 19
Midnight
UNION WEEKLY SPECIALS
Hawk's Nest Level 3, Kansas Union
STARBUCKS COFFEE IS HERE!
864-4596 • www.jayhawks.com
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The Hawk's Nest is now serving Starbucks Coffee. Start your day with a hot cup of Starbucks $ \textcircled{2} $ Coffee, served exclusively in Lawrence at the Hawk's Nest, Level 3, Kansas Union. Open at 7 a.m. Monday - Friday.
Check out Techno-Bowling in the Jaybowl, Thursdays 9 - 11 p.m., Sundays 8 - 10 p.m. $6 with KUID, $8 without KUID.
TECHNO-BOWLING
TIP OFF TUESDAY
For every KU Men's Basketball win from the previous Saturday or Sunday game, use that margin of victory for discounts on Tip Off Tuesday. Look for more details in tomorrow's Kansan.
Free Tea and Sweets 3 - 5 p.m. every Thursday afternoon beginning Feb. 3, Kansas Union Lobby