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Thursday February 3,2000
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CAMPUS
Shell casing found at Burge Union sent to KBI
A gun shell casing found Friday at the Burge Union has been sent to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for examination.
"A shell casing was found, and it has been submitted to the lab for investigation," said Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office.
Bailey said it was unknown at this point whether the shell is related to the shooting that occurred earlier this month at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union.
Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, Gregory J. Davis, Denver senior, was injured when he received a small-caliber gunshot wound to the hip. Gregory was at a dance party spon- nished by Aisha Alhna fraternity.
Gregory was at a dance party sponsored by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at the union.
All other information regarding the bullet casing is being withheld until further investigation, Bailey said.
— Sara Shepherd
Rayford goes to court for chalupa incident
A former KU football player who got stuck while trying to crawl through a Taco Bell drive-thru window last November will make his second
Rayford: judge will set trial date at hearing tomorrow
appearance in as many weeks in Douglas County District Court.
Dion Rayon, Los Gatos, Calif., senior, is set to appear at 1:30 p.m. today in Division 5 court before Judge Paula Martin. Martin is expected to set a trial date for Rayon, who is charged with disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and possession of an open container.
Rayford's first appeared before Judge Martin on Jan. 20. Martin granted a continuance at that time because Rayford showed up without counsel. The judge informed Rayford that he was eligible for counsel and appointed attorney Jason Gilroy to the case.
Lawrence police said Rayford attempted to crawl through the drive-thru window after Taco Bell employees had left a chalupa out of his order. When police arrived at the scene, they found the 6-foot-3, 260-pound former defensive end stuck in the 14-by 46-inch opening.
He is banned from returning to Taco Bell or contacting any witnesses to the incident.
- Mindie Miller
NATION
Search efforts ended in Alaskan jet wreck
PORT HUENEME, Calif. — Authorities today abandoned the search for survivors of a downed Alaska Airlines jetliner as investigators sought clues from taped talks between a Seattle maintenance crew and pilots struggling to keep control of the plane.
They had a fix on the data recorder using pinging signals emitted by its locator beacon, he said.
The recorder — actually painted bright orange despite its popular name — was brought to the surface clutched in the mechanical claw of the boxy yellow submersible.
Dozens of boats will remain on the water to search for further wreckage that may shed light on the cause of Monday's crash. The plane was en route to San Francisco when it went down with 88 people on board.
The ships combed a debris field 10 miles offshore overnight, finding only tiny, twisted pieces of wreckage from the plane, which nose-dived into the ocean Monday afternoon.
NTSB member John Hammerschmidt also confirmed yesterday that the agency was looking into reports that the MD-83 jetliner had mechanical problems on its way down to Mexico, the first leg of the flight.
The Seattle Times reported yesterday that the crew had reported problems with the plane's horizontal stabilizer on the earlier flight.
Seton Hall dorm fire may have been arson
NEWARK, N.J. — Investigators of the deadly fire at a Seton Hall University residence hall believe the blaze was set, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported yesterday.
Authors have identified at least four suspects in the Jan. 19 fire that killed three freshmen, the newspaper reported. No charges have been filed.
The newspaper said investigators think the incident may have resulted from a feud between a group of students and non-students who were visiting the building on the night of the blaze. But they have not concluded whether the fire was started as a prank or an attempt to harm someone.
A student resident adviser had asked three of the non-student suspects to leave Boland Hall less than an hour before the fire broke out. Investigators said they think one of the three remained in the building.
Web site to give away daily scholarships
arship money. No essay required. No nerve-wracking interview. Just the luck of the draw.
BOSTON — An Internet site to be launched today is promising to give away $10,000 a day in college schol-
FreeScholarships.com knows the sweepstakes may sound too good to be true — but anyone can win, and more than once.
The incentives for coughing up demographic information are great. FreeScholarships plans to award $25,000 every month and $50,000 each quarter, in addition to the daily giveaway of $10,000. Winners need only be U.S. citizens older than 13.
To ensure the money goes to school, the company will send the check directly to the college, bank or other lending program, said Chuck Digate, the company's founder.
Experts warn of threat to Internet users' security
WASHINGTON — The nation's top computer experts wamed Internet users Wednesday about a serious new security threat that allows hackers to launch malicious programs on a victim's computer or capture information a person volunteers on a Web site, such as credit card numbers.
The treat, dubbed "cross-site scripting," involves dangerous computer code that can be hidden within innocuous-looking links to popular internet sites. The links can be e-mailed to victims or published on online discussion groups and Web pages.
The vulnerability was especially unusual because it is not limited to software from any particular company. Any Web browser on any computer visiting a complex Web site is at risk.
No one apparently has been victimized yet. But the risks were described as potentially so serious and affected such a breadth of even the largest, most successful Web sites that the industry's leading security group said nothing consumers can do will completely protect them.
Only a massive effort by Web site designers can eliminate the threat, according to the CERT Coordination center of Campegie Mellon University.
Groundhog gaze means six more winter weeks
PUNKSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Part-time weatherman and full-time groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow yesterday morning and predicted six more weeks of winter.
Organizers estimated only 8,000 or 9,000 visitors attended, instead of the 15,000 who usually turn out.
"My toes are frostbrittle, but it warms up if you start dancing," said Dan Pellam of Emporium, who was making his first visit to Phil's Jair.
In this central Pennsylvania town of 6,700 people, Phil sees his shadow most years. Only 14 times has he predicted an early spring.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a 5-year-old child who had been left unattended around 2 p.m. Friday at Stouffer Place. Information has been forwarded to the Douglas County District Attorney's office for further investigation.
- The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 3:28 p.m. Jan. 26 in Haworth Hall, where a 20-month-old girl had stopped breathing. Upon an officer's arrival, the child had resumed breathing. Paramedics examined the child and contacted her doctor and her mother. The child was in Haworth Hall at the Edna A. Hill Child Development Center, the KU Public Safety Office said.
- The KU Public Safety Office responded to a battery about 9:30 p.m. Monday in Hashinger Hall. A KU student told officers that her roommate's ex-boyfriend slammed her roommate's head into a wall. The victim, who reportedly vomited and received a large knot on her head, refused to comment or to be examined by paramedics.
- The rear window was busted out of a KU student's 1999 silver Monte Carlo between 3 and 6 p.m. Monday in the 1300 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $450.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Orave Ave
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Pennir at 864-7735
KU Racquetball Club will meet from 6 to 8 tonight at Robinson Center. Call Stewart Hunt at 331-2231.
- Queers and Allies will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Regionalism Room in the Kansas Union, Call Matthew Skinta at 864-3091.
Standing Together Against Negative Displays will meet at 7:30 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Corrine Kickman at 838-3047.
The KU HorrorZontals ultimate frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 tonight at the Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call Will Spots at 841-0671.
Golden Key National Honor Society will work at the Jubilee Cafe from 6 to 9:30 am, tomorrow. Call Crystin at 842-6682. Application for Study at Nutrition
- Applications for Student Union Activities officer positions are due at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the SIA office in the Kangas Union
- The Office of Student Financial Aid is currently awarding work-study funds for the spring 2000 semester. Apply at www.ukans.edu/~osta. Call 864-4700 or visit 50 Strong Hall.
Registration for the Blueprints Leadership Conference is due at 5 p.m. Feb. 16 at 400 Kansas Union. Call 864-4861.
Violence erupts among students in Mexico City
The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — Students opposed to a 9-month strike at Latin America's largest university threw rocks and bottles at classmates occupying the campus of a university affiliated high school.
Thirty seven people were injured, four seriously.
Brandishing poles and pipes, the two groups battled most of Tuesday at the Justo Sierra High School, which is part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
"This has been a day of profound sadness for the university," said Rector Juan Ramon de la Fuente. "Violence is the antithesis of the university."
Interior Secretary Diodoro Carrasco said yesterday that a report of one death was untrue. Ambulance driver Antonio Ramirez said Tuesday night that a man had been killed from stab wounds to the chest. It was not possible to reach Ramirez immediately yesterday.
Poise arrested 251 people on the campus of the high school, three of them for possessing explosive materials. The rest were booked for disorderly and riotous conduct.
The strike began in April, protesting plans to raise annual tuition at the main campus from a few cents to $140. Administrators withdrew the fee increase, but students later demanded sweeping policy changes.
The skirmish at the high school began early Tuesday when 200 students opposed to the strike forced their way onto the campus of the high school. Throwing rocks and waving sticks, they forced the strikers to abandon the high school, which they have held and barricaded since April 20.
Soon after, 150 adults — who de la Fuente said were members of the university's security force — arrived in two buses in an apparent effort to help the anti-strikers defend the campus.
By late afternoon, more strikers arrived and soon retook the campus.
They then began beating people, hitting men with poles and rocks, and kicking their heads.
The strikers also confiscated rolls of film and video cassettes from journalists reporting on the violence.
Four hundred federal police — including soldiers under civilian command — took control of the school late Tuesday. They rounded up the strikers without resistance and took 148 of them to jail in buses.
Outside the school, hundreds of strike supporters chanted against police intervention.
Carrasco said the university had requested the police intervention, despite statutes that bar police from entering university grounds to preserve academic freedom.
Strikers remain in control of the university's main campus several miles away, and refused to reopen it until officials meet their demands for guaranteed admissions and a loosening of academic standards.
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