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The Inside Front
Friday December 3, 1999
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CAMPUS
KU students to perform in gospel music program
The Inspiration Gospel Voices will perform at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. The program will be "Celebration of Praise '99."
Terell McTyter, minister of music, said the program would involve gospel singing, drama and gospel stepping.
The group's 40 members are part of a student-run umbrella group involving members from the KU Choral Society and Black Student Union. McTver said.
Ibitola Aremu, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, said a five-minute skit would introduce the modern gospel music to be performed.
Alison Case, Wentzville, Mo., junior said the first half of the concert would deal with the second coming of Christ and the second half would consist of praise and worship. She said the performance could include a guest high school gospel group.
Erinn R. Barcomb
Neanderthals in Kansas focus of museum exhibit
A free exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology will explore the relationship between Neanderthals and modern Homo sapiens.
"Neanderthals in Kansas!" opens tomorrow and will display a collection of casts, photographs, and artifacts through Feb. 6.
"The exhibit will give an up-to-date perspective on Neandertals." Martin said.
Maria Martin, Museum of Anthropology representative, said that David Frayer and Anta Montet-White, professors of anthropology, would curate the exhibit.
A reception open to the public will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 12 at the museum. Frayer and Montet-White will give a presentation the day of the reception.
Museum hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
— Todd Halstead
Two students spot man fondling himself in vehicle
Two female University of Kansas students reported Wednesday that an unknown male was fondling his genitals while he sat in his vehicle parked in lot 91 southeast of Memorial Stadium. Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said the incidents occurred between 2:20 and 2:25 p.m. as the students returned to their vehicles.
"We were able to identify the man, and questioned him about the reports," Bailey said. "Now a report will be forwarded to the District's Attorney's office for a determination of charges."
— Michael Terry
Bailey said that the man could be charged with lewd and lascivious conduct and that the case was still under investigation yesterday.
Three sororities victims of fraternity panty raid
Members of three University of Kansas sororities were victims of a parny raid yesterday morning.
Sarah Wallace, Kansas City junior and president of Chi Omega sorority, said that about 3:30 a.m., several members of Sigma Chi fraternity entered the chapter house. Wallace said she woke when she heard men and women screaming.
"They were just running into girls' rooms," she said. "Somehow they managed to know which drawers all the bras and panties were in."
Later that morning, she said, the fraternity members brought a trash bag back with underwear inside.
"Some girls got all their stuff back," she said. "Some girls are still missing a few things."
Wallace said she did not lose anything, but her roommates did.
The men also raided Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta sororities, Wallace said.
Chad Shepler, Tulsa, Okla., junior and president of Sigma Chi, said the party raid was not an official fraternity function but rather represented the actions of a small group of men out to celebrate a birthday. He said the group was composed of members from all classes.
"I really think it was a childish prank that just went a little too far," Shepler said.
— Katie Hollar
LAWRENCE
Verdict expected today in alleged stabbing trial
Aron Guthrie doesn't remember being stabbed. Bowen Dino doesn't remember stabbing anyone.
Guthrie, the alleged victim of the aggravated battery case, testified Wednesday, and Dino, the defendant, took the stand yesterday at Douglas County Court. The charges are from Aug. 20 at 12th and Ohio streets, when a fight between the two men escalated into the alleged stabbing
Guthrie, 20, is an employee of the University of Kansas at Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall dining center. Dino, 25, is listed as a transient on court records.
a buck knife with a 4 3/4-inch blade,
in his hand during the confrontation.
Dino said he considered Guthrie a
weapon by himself.
"His goal was to get me and hurt me," he said.
During his testimony, Dino said he did not remember stabbing Guthrie. "I just remember swinging at him," he said.
Dino's attorney, Michael Holland, argued in his opening statement that Dino was acting in self-defense.
Dino said he did have the weapon,
Wednesday when Guthrie took the stand, he said he was so intoxicated Aug. 20 that he did not remember many of the evening's events, including the alleged stabbing. He could not identify Dino as his attacker and could not verify that he had been stabbed.
Holland and Assistant District Attorney Dave Zabel supplemented Guthrie and Dino's testimonies with other witnesses
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin at 9:15 a.m. today at Division 2 court. A verdict is expected this afternoon.
Katie Hollar
Dogma's debut in Topeka delayed by film buyer
STATE
TOPEKA — The movie Dogma, seen by many Catholics as an attack on their church, may not play in the capital city.
Members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church had planned to protest the movie at its Topea opening, which they expected this weekend. However, they learned that the film wasn't coming and canceled their plans.
Hal McClure, a film buyer for Wallace Theatres in Portland, Ore., which owns Topeka's three movie theaters, insisted that the film's critics had not prevailed. McClure said he would decide at a later date whether it would come to Topeka.
Dogma was released Nov. 12 across the nation. About 130 people in Lawrence and 120 people in Manhattan protested the opening night of the movie
NATION
Gun dealer and city reach settlement deal
GARY, Ind.—A gun dealer agreed yesterday to stop selling handguns and pay this violence-plagued city $10,000 to get itself dropped from Gary's lawsuit accusing the gun industry of putting weapons into criminals' hands.
Fetia's was among 21 gun manufacturers and distributors, five local dealers and three trade associations the city sued in August. The lawsuit accused the gun industry of selling weapons to criminals and others who aren't entitled to own them.
Mayor Scott King said Fetia's Trading Co. of Valparaiso would stop selling handguns once its current inventory was depleted.
Leaders hopeful about new Northern Ireland government
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
BELFAST, Northern Ireland—On a day of historic firsts and defining moments, Irish Republican Army supporters sat down with their Protestant antagonists yesterday in a new Northern Ireland government.
That first meeting produced no decisions but encouraged great hopes that three decades of bloodshed truly may be at an end.
"It itse we are at the end of a terrible era of violence and suffering and at the beginning of a new era of life here," said Seamus Mallon, the Catholic deputy leader of the new government. "People are almost afraid to express that hope."
In that cautious spirit, the day passed in Belfast without the sort of big celebrations that followed the Irish Republican Army cease-fire of 1994, which didn't last, and without the kind of mass protests that
killed a short-lived attempt at power-sharing in 1974.
"It was a good start," said Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander who now is responsible for education. He called the meeting cordial, respectful and businesslike.
"It is now possible to believe the day of the gun and the bomb are in fact over," said President Clinton while in Seattle.
It was Clinton's man, former Sen. George Mitchell, who prodded the parties to make the concessions necessary to form a government.
Earlier in Dublin, the Republic of Ireland amended its 1937 constitution to drop its territorial claim to the British province. Britain and Ireland also signed treaties to create all-Ireland and British-Irish institutions in the Good Friday accord of 1998.
"As we look into a new millennium, the people of Ireland and Britain are redefining their relationships as partners and
equals," said Irish President Mary McAleese, a Belfast-born Catholic who had lunch at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II.
In Belfast, 10 Protestant and Catholic ministers of the new power-sharing Cabinet sat down around a circular table inside Stormtion Parliament Building to discuss, for 80 taboo-shattering minutes, how their unique coalition would work.
They have to operate a government with broad domestic responsibilities, though the British government retains control of foreign affairs, taxes, policing and criminal justice.
At midnight Wednesday, the British government ended 27 years of direct rule — a system imposed in place of a Protestant-dominated Stormont Parliament that governed Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972. In the long and bloody troubles, in which 3,600 people died, 1972 was the worst year of all, with 467 deaths.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's car was damaged and stereo was stolen at 3:10 a.m. yesterday in the 2000 block of West 15th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $325.
A KU student's car was damaged and CDs were stolen between 11 p.m. Wednesday
and 3:10 a.m. yesterday in the
2000 block of West 15th Street,
Lawrence police said. The items
were valued at $525.
A KU student's car was damaged and portable CD player was stolen between 11 p.m.
Wednesday and 3:10 a.m. yesterday in the 2000 block of West
15th Street, Lawrence police said.
The items were valued at $125.
A KU student's car was broken into between 5:40 and 5:45 p.m. Wednesday while it was parked in lot 72 east of the Burge Union, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $335.
ON CAMPUS
KU Hilllet will volunteer at the Project Warmth Warehouse today. The group will meet at Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St. Call Mayaan at 749, 5397
OAKS, the nontraditional students organization,
will meet for coffee from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
today at Wescoe Terrace. Call Simmie Berroya
at 830-0074.
The International Students Association and the Australian study abroad advisor will sponsor a presentation by the Australian Tourist Commission from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Plane tickets to Australia will be given as door prizes.
Overeaters Anonymous will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries,
Tavola italiana, the Italian Club, will meet from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at Teller's, 746 Massachusetts St.
1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412
KU Badminton will practice from 6 to 10:30 tonight and tomorrow night at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center, Call Kee or Kevin at 843-2267
KU Hilffel will sponsor a graduate student and young adult evening at 8 p.m. tomorrow at J.B. Stout's Bar and Grill, 721 Wakarusa Drive. Call Mayaan Pase at 749-5397.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 4:45 p.m. tomorrow and at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday at the center, 1631 Crescent Road. Call Sister Vicki at 843-0357.
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