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The Inside Front
Thursday November 18, 1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
In yesterday's Kansan, the paper incorrectly stated Shauna Szymkowski's relationship with the Kansas swimming and diving team. She never formally quit, and she remains on the team.
CAMPUS
Withdrawal instructions incorrect in timetable
Students who want to withdraw from their fall semester classes have been reading the wrong information.
According to the Fall Timetable of Classes, students need to petition through their college in order to receive permission to withdraw.
But, Pam Houston, director of undergraduate services for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said students only need the signature of their instructor.
"We were concerned because students who think they need to petition the college may not approach us," she said. "The timetable has the old information from last semester."
If the instructor approves the withdrawal and the student is passing the class, the student will receive a "W" on their transcript. However, the student will not receive a refund.
— Amanda Kaschube
KU students to volunteer in Dominican Republic
Students may withdraw from their classes until the last day of classes. Dec. 7.
Some University of Kansas students are organizing their own alternative spring break.
With the sponsorship of Village Presbyterian Church of Prairie Village, between eight and 10 students are taking a medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic.
Most of the students are from Lewis Hall, but Michael Bunn, Overland Park sophomore and Ellsworth Hall resident, said he was looking forward to going along on this trip, his second trip to the Dominican Republic.
"I went one spring." Bunn said.
"And that's how I got hooked."
And that's how I got hooked.
In order to raise the money for the trip, the students will make apple pies at Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store, 3504 Clinton Parkway, Nov. 20 and Nov. 21. With each pie sold, $1 will go toward the students' trip.
Bunn said the group would work as doctors' assistants while in the Dominican Republic, taking blood pressures, weighing patients, filling prescriptions and preparing medical equipment. He said the group also would engage in light construction projects.
Bunn said his favorite thing about the mission trip, which he went on during spring break of his senior year in high school, was learning about the culture on the island.
"I like being able to experience another culture and help people in this way," Bunn said. "Also, it's a great way to make friends of another culture."
- Emily Hughey
NATION
Texas student wounded after handgun discharge
DICKINSON, Texas — A 15-year-old was critically wounded at his school yesterday when a handgun accidentally discharged while a student was showing it off before classes, police said.
Two students at Dickinson High School southeast of Houston were being questioned about the shooting, in which the boy was hit in the face police said.
"It kid of freaked me out," said student James Joplin, who heard the shot. "The whole time I was thinking somebody could walk through this door and just shoot me right here."
After an ambulance took the injured boy away, police confined students to classrooms and scoured the campus for the weapon. The gun was recovered three hours later when a student led police to a hiding place in a nearby apartment complex.
The injured boy was in critical condition at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, said representative Alicia Simmons.
Classes resumed later in the day.
Woman attacked by man with brick in New York
NEW YORK — A Texan who moved to New York a year ago was fighting for her life yesterday after a deranged man bashed her in the head with a brick in a random, unprovoked attack in the middle of the day near busy Grand Central Terminal.
Nicole Barrett, 27, underwent brain surgery and lay in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital.
Barrett, who was on her last day of work at the Taylor Grey temp agency, was returning to her Madison Avenue office after getting a haircut Tuesday afternoon when a man slammed a 6-pound paving stone into the back of her head, muttered something and fled into the crowd on 42nd Street.
"He just came out of the blue and assaulted her," Police Commissioner Howard Safir said.
As Barrett collapsed in a pool of blood, several bystanders chased the attacker without success.
Nations give $1 billion for Kosovo rebuilding
WORLD
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Donor nations and international organizations promised $1 billion yesterday to help rebuild war-ravaged Kosovo.
"There is no further need for pledging until 2001. We went over the expectations we had," said Christianaan Poortman, organizer of the one-day Kosovo Donors Conference.
The funds were pledged by 47 countries and 34 international organizations attending the conference, which was sponsored by the European Commission and the World Bank.
Donors also agreed to work out a five-year commitment to fund reconstruction.
DUZCE, Turkey — Four days after being buried in rubble by a devastating earthquake, a woman was pulled barely conscious from the remains of her apartment house yesterday, even as rescuers prepared to end their search for survivors.
Woman found alive amid earthquake rubble
"Her condition is still critical due to kidney malfunction. We are doing our best," physician Emre Gorgun said.
Sefa Cebeci, 42; was buried 105 hours in a mountain of crumbled concrete that was once a six-story building. Discovered by Israeli rescuers and ferried by helicopter to Istanbul, 130 miles to the west, she faced amputation of her crushed right arm and was fighting for her life.
Despite the miraculous rescue, search teams continued packing up, saying no one else is likely to have survived amid the rain and winter cold.
Some 550 people were killed in the Nov.12 quake.
Germany to open files for those bred in program
BERLIN — Records of children born under a Nazi project to breed a German master race will be opened to the children now trying to track down their roots, a representative from the federal archives said yesterday.
A television report said the archives held files of some 1,000 children born from Adolf Hitler's quest for a race of blond, blue-eyed and tall Germans. The files could help some identify the parents of those children who did not meet the Nazi racist criteria and were sent to orphanages.
An archives representative, Wilhelm Lenz, confirmed that the agency has records on some of the children, but he said many files were incomplete and he could not confirm the figure of 1,000.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's jacket was stolen between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday from the basketball court located at Anchutz Sports Pavilion, the KU Public Safety Office said. The jacket and it content were valued at $250.
A KU student was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia at 12:34 a.m. Tuesday in a room at Hashinger Hall, the K11 Public Safety Office said.
A KU staff member reported that an unknown male fell through a ceiling at 9:55 p.m. Tuesday at Haworth Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $20.
A KU student's cellular phone, CD case and CDs were stolen between 1:30 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. Tuesday at the 200 block of Hanover Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $720.
A KU student's bicycle was stolen between 4 p.m. Monday and 7:45 a.m. Tuesday at the 100 block of Hanover Street, Lawrence police said. The bicycle was valued at $980.
A KU student's CD player and speakers were stolen between 9:30 p.m. Sunday and 12 p.m. Monday at the 1900 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $500.
A KU student's speakers and amplifier were stolen between 9:30 p.m. Sunday and 12 p.m. Monday at the 1900 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $500.
A KU student's CDs were stolen and window was damaged between 4:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. Oct. 9 at the 1900 block of Stewart Avenue, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $450.
KU student to try for scholarship in Chicago today
By Amanda Kaschube
writer@kansan.com
By Amanda Kaschube
Kansan staff writer
Today, Jay Sexton will interview at the home of the British Consulate in Chicago for a chance to be the University of Kansas' first Marshall scholar in six years.
"Iam honored to have been selected," Sexton said. "Now I feel like I have some control over whether or not I am going to be selected because I am going to be interviewed."
going to be selected because I am going to be interviewed." The Marshall scholarship is a full-ride scholarship up to three years of post-graduate work at any university in Britain.
Sexton, Salina senior, is competing against 20 other finalists in the Midwest region. The 20 finalists were selected from 180 applicants.
Barbara Schowen, director of the Honors Program, said each region would select at least four finalists for up to 40 Marshall finalists. Winners will be announced in early December.
Schowen said Sexton would be a great candidate for the scholarship because he was well qualified.
"Jay is a very talented young scholar, and he will hold up wonderfully in the interview," she said. "He is a wonderful person who cares about others."
ON CAMPUS
When Sexton studied at Oxford University last year, he did extensive research about Anglo-American relations during the U.S. Civil War.
"Iam committed to continue my research on mid-19th century Ando-American relations." Sexton said.
The British government established the Marshall scholarship in 1953 to show its gratitude to the United States for the establishment of the Marshall Plan. Six KU students have won Marshall scholarships, the last one going to Munro Richardson in 1994.
— Edited by Clare McLellan
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will not have the veggie lunch today because of the Harvest Festival.
Overeaters Anonymous will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412
KU HorrorZontals ultimate frisbee will practice at 5 p.m. today at Shenk Complex, Call Will Spotts at 841-0671
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 864-7735.
Pre-Physical Therapy Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the second floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Call Corey Snyder at 841-4670.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
The humanities and western civilization department will present Elizabeth at 7:30 tonight at 3139 Wescoe Hall. Free. Call Joel Morton at 864-3013.
KU Yoga will meet at 8 tonight at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. Call Kristy at 838-3789.
OAKS, the non-traditional students organization, will have morning coffee from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Wescoe Terrace. Call Simmie Berroya at 830-0074.
- Tavola Italiana, the Italian club, will meet from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Teller's, 746 Massachusetts St.
KU Badminton Club will practice from 6 to 10:30 p.m. tomorrow at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 843-2267.
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