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The Inside Front
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Thursday
February 10, 2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
An article in yesterday's Kansan contained erroneous information. "Students connect to presidential campaign 2000" had incorrect dates. The Missouri Primary is March 7. The Kansas Caucus is April 4, and a debate is scheduled for March 1 in Shawnee.
CAMPUS
In celebration of Black History Month, members of the Association of University Residence Halls hung posters in the residence halls honoring famous African Americans, said Jonathan Ng. Leawood freshman and student action team chair for AURH.
Group displays signs for Black History Month
The posters show pictures of outstanding African Americans with famous quotes from those people.
The posters will remain up throughout the month.
Jessie Meyer
Party scheduled for Vietnamese New Year
The University of Kansas Vietnamese Student Association will celebrate the Vietnamese New Year this Saturday at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
A cultural show will begin at 7:30 p.m. It is free to the public and will feature performances by VSA members. Performances will include a dragon dance, skits, commercials, a fashion show and a cultural dance. There will be a dance from 9 p.m. to midnight.
"People should come to broaden their horizons about different cultures," said Dianne Le, Lenexa sophomore, who is in charge of the fashion show and cultural dance. "It's important to remember that not everyone is Chinese," he said. A lot of times the Asian new year celebrations all get grouped together into a 'Chinese' new year, but we're a completely different culture that just happens to celebrate on the same day."
The Vietnamese New Year began Feb. 5, the same day as the Chinese and Korean new years. Each culture has its own unique way of celebrating.
The Taiwanese Student Association celebrated last weekend with a dinner and performances at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building.
Cassie Holman
Naked man sent to jail after trip to hospital
A 19-year-old Lawrence resident whose naked criminal exploits originally landed him in the hospital ended up in Douglas County jail yesterday.
Lawrence police booked Victor W. Brown into jail at 1:57 p.m.yesterday for criminal damage to property and lewd and lascivious behavior, Sgt. George Wheeler said. District attorney Christine Tonkavich said formal charges had been filed on one count of criminal damage, but she could not confirm the lewd and lascivious behavior charge.
Police responded Monday to reports of a naked man shattering three cars' windows near 29th Street Terrace and Missouri Street. Witnesses said he used several large sticks, a broken spade and a track-and-field hammer with a wire attached to its handle to break the windows. Police said the damage was about $5,000.
Brown's arm was stuck in one car's windshield when police arrived. When he struck the windshield, the hammer broke through the glass with his hand still attached to it. Police said the wire entered Brown's palm and came out between two of his fingers.
Officers used bolt cutters to cut the wire and free his hand.
Police detained Brown and took him to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he received treatment for his hand and underwent a mental evaluation.
Earlier in the day, Wheeler said, witnesses had seen Brown clothed on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University. Employees at Haskell Indian Health Center took him to LMH because he was acting strangely, Wheeler said.
Brown apparently walked away from the hospital.
His bond was set at $4,750. Depending on his criminal history, Brown could face up to seven months in jail and a fine.
Mindie Miller
NATION
Alaska Airlines focuses investigation on screw
LOS ANGELES — Alaska Airlines said yesterday that it was inspecting its fleet of MD-80 jetliners for damage to a key part in the tail system that may have played a crucial role in the crash of Flight 261.
The component, called a jackscrew,
drives the horizontal stabilizer, which
has become the focus of the investigation
into the Jan. 31 crash that killed 88 people off the coast of Southern California.
A two-foot section of the screw was found with the main wreckage of the jet about 10 miles off the coast, and the airline said the screw was found to be stripped.
"It appeared to investigators who looked at the mechanism that there was some damage to it," National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Jim Hall said in Chicago. "It was unclear whether the damage was
pre-impact or from hitting the water." Alaska Airlines said it would inspect all 34 of its MD80 series planes as a precaution. The inspection was not expected to cause significant service delays.
The jackscrew is powered by two motors and resembles the corkscrew-like device that opens many automatic garage doors.
Investigators are focusing on the stabilizer, a wing-like device on the jet's tail, because pilots reported problems with it after taking off from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for San Francisco.
If the jackscrew was damaged during flight, the horizontal stabilizer could move beyond its normal range, causing the tail wing to stall or lose its lift, said William Waldock, associate director for the Center for Aerospace Safety Education at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott. Ariz.
it would be nearly impossible to recover from such a stall, Waldock said.
Oil smuggling continues violates U.N. sanctions
WORLD
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Smugglers evading U.S. destroyers in the Persian Gulf are shipping more and more Iraqi cell in violation of U.N. sanctions, reaping handsome profits and lining the pockets of Iraq President, Saddam Hussein, according to the U.S. Navy.
Last week's seizure of a Russian tanker carrying illicit Iraqi fuel highlighted the issue of Iraqi oil smuggling, which the U.S. Navy estimates has nearly doubled in six months.
The 4,000 tons of oil — equivalent to 29,320 barrels — seized from the Volga-Neft.147 is only a fraction of what is getting through, said Cmdr. Jeff Gradeck, representative for the Bahrain-based U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet.
In January, when oil prices hit nineyear highs of about $28 a barrel, 2.7 million barrels of Iraqi oil were smuggled out, according to Navy estimates. Last September, when prices were about $19 a barrel, 1.4 million barrels were smuggled out, Gradeck said.
"The amount of oil smuggled out of Iraq has doubled since August last year, when oil prices began to increase," Gradeck said in a telephone interview yesterday from Bahrain.
Iraq is banned from most international commerce because of its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, which led to the Persian Gulf War. Although a December U.N. resolution includes lifting a cap of $5.2 billion on Iraqi oil sales every six months, Iraq has not accepted the resolution and pumps within the old ceiling.
"That means increased profits for the smugglers and increased profits for the Iraqi regime."
The Associated Press
Conservative senators attack social problems with new initiative
WASHINGTON — Conservative activists on Wednesday launched a new salvo in the culture war in America, announcing the creation of a charitable group that will hold "healthy culture summits" in cities nationwide.
The Associated Press
Led by two senators involved in high-profile battles against violence in the entertainment industry, the Healthy Culture Initiative will work to give community leaders ideas on how to save marriages, stop drug use and teen-age pregnancy and battle other social ills.
The Gallup Organization will conduct research and track success rates in various communities for the group, which counts Sens. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., among its chairmen.
For every problem in America, there are already dedicated, talented people who are living
and working the solution," Brownback said during a Capitol Hill news conference.
"Americans are engaged in making their communities better places to live, work and raise families," he said. "But until now, there has not been an effective clearinghouse of ideas and successes for us to draw upon as a nation."
The Annandale, Va., based group hopes to plan at least 10 summits around the country and is in talks with Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Wichita, Topeka, and Omaha, Neb.
Topper, and Omanah
The initiative has raised $150,000 toward a goal of $500,000 in the first year, said Cindy Cobb, its executive director.
Its corporate partners include the Motion Picture Association of America, with which the two senators have tangled in recent months, as well as Coors Brewing Co. "If they are willing to help support and fund this effort, good," Brownback said.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's Qualcomm cellular phone was stolen between 11 a.m. and noon Jan. 30 from the 3300 block of South Iowa Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $250.
A KU student reported an undetermined amount of criminal damage to a 1995 Nissan Maxima and a 1989 Pontiac Gran Prix that occurred at 2:20 a.m. Saturday, Lawrence police said.
■ The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 11:12 a.m. Tuesday at the Facilities Operations storeroom. The subject, a 53-year-old Facilities Operations employee,
was complaining of chest pain. Paramedics transported the victim to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A 20-year-old KU student was arrested at 10:57 a.m. tuesday in lot 50, the KU Public Safety Office said. Police stopped the man for an expired license plate, then discovered he also had a suspended drivers license and a warrant for his arrest. The warrant was issued last March for failing to appear in municipal court. The man was booked into Douglas County Jail and released on $121.50 bond the same day.
ON CAMPUS
- **Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environments** have a vegetable lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Laura at 830-0662.
- OAKS, the nontraditional student organization, will meet from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. today at the Wheat Room in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Boyd at 287-2758 or Glenda Ammer at 542-3295.
- Free income tax assistance will be available from 3 to 5 p.m. today at 203 Green Hall.
■ KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Dilu at 864-7748.
KU Racquetball Club will meet from 6 to 8 tonight at Robinson Center. Call Stewart Hunt at 311-2231.
Psi Chi and Psychology Club will meet at 6:30 tonight at 547 Fraser Hall, Call Larisa Roemisch at 841-6738.
Roehmann at 804-534-1351
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
The Hall Center for the Humanities will present "A Night With Anna Deavere Smith: Snapshots; Glimpses of America In Change,"
at 8 tonight at the Lied Center. Call Janet Crow at 864-4798.
■ KU HorrorZontals ultimate frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion, Call Will Spots at 841-0671.
- KU Young Democrats will meet at 8 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call jack Martin at 865-0602.
- > Delta Force will meet at 9 aintight at the Intraintro Brum, in the Kongs Union
- Compulsive Eating Anonymous will meet at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries. 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412.
■ The Lied Center, Cultural Countdown and African American History Month will present "The Watts Prophets: Discover the Beginning of the Rap Legacy" at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Lied Center, Call 864-ARTS.
Registration for the Blueprints Leadership Conference will be due at 5 p.m. Feb. 16 at 400 Kansas Union, Call 864-4861.
Applications for Student Union Activities officers and coordinators will be due at 5 p.m. Feb. 22 at the SUA office in the Kansas Union. Call Camille Payne at 864-3477.
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