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The Inside Front
Monday November 22,1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
STATE
Escaped inmate charged with murder of deputy
CLAY CENTER, Kan. — Her voice trembling at times, Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall said the state will seek "justice as we know it here on earth" during a memorial service Saturday for a sheriff's deputy who was killed in the line of duty.
Stovall addressed 650 friends and officers from around Kansas during the service for James "Monk" Kenney, 62, who was shot to death Tuesday as he was serving a search warrant for an escaped jail inmate in nearby Morrillville.
During the service at the Clay Center Community High School, Stowall said, "The ultimate justice is God's to seek."
But Kenney's cousin, Father Chad Richard Hatfield, issued a call of mercy for Kenney's alleged killer.
money for Hermine's little killer.
Hatfield, who was officiating, said,
"It is in this plea for mercy that we
find truth."
The inmate, Jeffery Hebert, 22, of Morganville, was charged Wednesday in Clay County Court with first-degree murder. He had escaped Monday night from the Cloud County Jail in Concordia.
Two other inmates had escaped with him and were captured within a couple of hours.
Hebert, who was serving time for violating probation for possession of marijuana, is being held in the Geary County Jail on $750,000 bond. He also was charged with the death of Kenney's police dog, Copper.
NATION
New Mexico boy accused of shooting his classmate
DEMING, N.M. — A boy accused of fatally shooting a 1.3-year-old girl boasted to a classmate that he would open fire at their school the day before the incident.
Cordova J: Class-mate said he boasted that he would open fire at school
the Albuquerque
Journal reported
Sunday.
Victor Cordova Jr.,
Palomas,
Mexico, is charged
in the shooting of
Araceli Tena of
Deming, who died
Saturday of a gun-
shot wound to the
back of the head.
"He told us,
'Watch, I'm going
to make history
blasting this
school.' 13-year
old Richard Ramirez
old Richard Ramirez told the newspaper
ramirez said he did not report the
incident to school authorities
because he feared Cordova would
seek revenge.
Victor Cordova Sr. said his son told him during a visit at the Luna County Juvenile Detention Center in Deming that he had planned to kill himself, but his arm was bumped and the loaded .22 caliber Colt revolver he held discharged. Police said they had no information that would corroborate that version of events.
Cordova Jr. — police said he is 13,
family members say he is 12 — has
been charged with attempted murder
and various counts of assault for
Friday's shooting. Police said they
expected the charges would be
amended. Under state law, children
younger than 14 cannot be charged
as adults.
The boy's family said he experienced several difficult years dealing with depression, a violent temper and the loss of his 31-year-old mother to cancer.
Cordova Jr. has dual citizenship because he was born in Deming, and crosses the border to attend classes in Luna County.
Teen drug use lower annual survey reveals
NEW YORK — Teenagers' drug use is leveling off amid growing evidence that America's youth, which once viewed drugs as almost a rite of passage, now views them as uncool, according to the annual survey by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
The 12th survey of U.S. teenagers, released Monday, found that 40 percent of those questioned thought "really cool" teens did not use drugs — an increase of 5 percent from last year.
Among 13- to 15-year-olds, only 8 percent believed marijuana smokers were popular, down from 13 percent last year and 17 percent in 1997, the survey found.
"The tide appears to be turning," said Partnership chairman James E. Burke. "Teenagers are disassociating drugs from critically important badges of teen identity."
But Burke said the war against drugs was far from over: "It's too early to declare a major turnaround in drug-related attitudes and drug use."
Penn State bus accident leaves two dead Sunday
WHITE HAVEN, Pa. — Four buses packed with Penn State University students crashed in thick fog early Sunday, killing at least one student and a bus driver and injuring 106, authorities said.
were involved in the 1 a.m. wreck, police said.
The buses were among six carrying 280 students home from a shopping trip to New York, university spokesman Bill Mahon said.
Three of the buses traveling together on Interstate 80 apparently slammed into each other, and a fourth hit a guard rail, authorities said. A car and a pickup truck also
Four hospitals treated the most seriously injured. Various churches in White Haven took in those with less serious injuries.
Other details, including the identities of the victims and the extent of the injuries, were not immediately available.
Thick frig hovered on the highway early Sunday, but police did not immediately say whether it played a role in the crash.
Cave explorers trapped for 10 days, rescued
WORLD
FLAUJAC, France — Rescue workers on Sunday reached seven cave explorers who had been trapped deep underground for 10 days by high water levels in southwestern France.
The cave explorers, stranded 330 feet underground since Nov.11, were reported in good condition. Workers on Sunday began the slow process of helping them ascend.
French residents followed the story closely, and people sent messages of support to family members.
About 150 people had been working to locate and rescue the seven men who took refuge in an arching underground chamber as heavy rains lifted the water level of an underground river, blocking their exit.
Family and rescuers had gathered in Flaujac, 340 miles south of Paris, above the cavern where the men were trapped. Many popped open bottles of champagne Sunday when they learned the good news.
Turkish government offers help to homeless
ISTANBUL, Turkey—The interior ministry offered Sunday to put up 11,000 people - a fraction of those left homeless in Turkey's devastating quakes - in state summer camps throughout the country.
The official death toll in the Nov. 12 quake reached 710 Sunday, with more than 5,100 people injured, the government said. The toll was expected to increase as people report dead relatives they had quickly buried after the quake.
Some 200,000 people who either lost their homes or are afraid to return to housing were sleeping outside in the bitter cold nine days after the 7.2-magnitude quake hit Bolu province, which still is rocked by aftershocks.
More than 17,000 people died in August when a quake struck Turkey's industrial heartland, just west of Bolu province.
Many of the tents sheltering them are not waterproof, and some people are living under flimsy sheets of plastic.
Policy revision passes first step
The Associated Press
By Chris Bomiger
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
University may give students clean slate for retaking classes
A revised course retake policy is one step closer to becoming a reality at the University of Kansas.
The University Council's Academic Policies and Procedures subcommittee approved the policy by a vote of 7 to 1. Faculty Senate chairman Jim Carothers abstained from the vote.
Dede Seibel, student body vice president, said the policy's passage was a small victory for students.
"In terms of offering an advantage to students, this is a policy that really enables that," she said. "This has far-reaching effects. We're giving students a second chance."
In its present form, University policy allows a student to retake a class with the permission of the applicable school's dean. The student receives an average of the first grade and the new grade.
The revised policy would wipe the slate clean. The grade a student receives after retaking the class would be the one reflected in his or her grade point average. The first grade, however, would remain on the student's transcript.
Bernard Hirsch, associate professor of English, was the only subcommittee member to vote against the policy. He said he simply did not think it
was a proven necessity.
"I don't see what problem it solves," he said. "Obviously, if you do something longer, you'll get better at it. Time is finite. A semester is enough time for a student to master the material."
When students experience personal crises that could affect their grades, instructors must be humane, Hirsch said. But those who would use the policy as a failsafe, would take undue advantage of instructors' time.
"If you're working with students and doing the best to help them succeed, only to find it doesn't count for much, it's frustrating." Hirsch said.
Hirsch cited other universities' trimester and quarter systems to illustrate that the University offers ample time to learn. Moreover, a student can choose to elect an option such as credit/ no credit or pass/fall, or simply take an incomplete he, said.
However, many students — especially freshmen and sophomores — aren't aware of those options. Seibel said.
"Many things preclude that, in terms of the assimilation process," she said.
Seibel said the new policy would facilitate better relationships between students and faculty and would help the University.
"By implementing a policy like this, we'll be more pro-student," she said.
The policy still must pass the Senate Executive committee, University Council and University Senate before it can be approved by the provost and the chancellor.
ON THE RECORD
Edited by Becky Stauffer
A KU student received a harassing phone call at 1:01 a.m. Wednesday at a room in Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU staff member reported that graffiti was found in several places between 10 p.m. Nov. 12 and 8 a.m. Nov. 13 at GSP-Corbin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's flower pot, barbecue grill and patio furniture were damaged between 4 and 4:03 a.m. Saturday at the 1500 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The value was unknown.
A KU student's camera was stolen between 10:30 p.m. Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday at the 400 block
of West 14th Street, Lawrence police said. The camera was valued at $250...
A KU student's car was damaged between 1:30 and 9:30 a.m. Friday at the 1300 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $1,000.
A KU student's mountain bike was stolen between 11:45 p.m. Nov. 11 and 4 p.m. Nov. 13 at the 1600 block of Edgahill Road, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $950.
A KU student's wallet was stolen between 12:55 and 1:05 a.m. Sunday at the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The wallet was valued at $20.
ON CAMPUS
The Commission on the Status of Women will meet at 4 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
OAKS, the non-traditional students organization, will meet from 11:30 a.m. to p. at Alce in the E
The Latter-Day Saint Student Association will present a family history display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and tomorrow at the fourth floor in the Kansas Union. Call Kris Cantrell at 832-9622.
■ KU Environs will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call 864-7325.
Kansas Union. Call Simmie Berroya at 830-0074
Overeaters Anonymous will meet from 4 to 5
p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian
ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412.
First Nations Student Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Burge Union.
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Rick Clock at 841-3148.
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.
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