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The Inside Front
Wednesday June 23,1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Fulbright grants to send five KU students abroad
The 1999-2000 academic year marks the first time Fulbright scholars will be admitted to China, and a University of Kansas graduate will be among the first five scholars to go.
Nicolas Zaller, a Tulsa, Okla., graduate in microbiology and East Asian languages and literature, will conduct research in China for a public health agency studying a freshwater parasite responsible for an intestinal disease.
Karla Kral, a doctoral student in anthropology from Akron, Ohio, also received a grant. She will be going to Mexico to examine Mexican women's social and economic roles in maintaining kinships and cultural ties across national boundaries in Chihuahua City, Mexico, and Garden City, Kan. Following an academic year in Mexico, she will spend an equivalent period in Garden City.
There were three other Fulbright grants announced in May for KU students, Paul Dunscomb, a doctoral student in History from Ossining, N.Y., will go to Japan to study the political aspects of the Japanese occupation of Siberia from 1919 to 1922. Stacie Lightner, Garden City fine arts graduate, will study organ performance in Germany. Lori Ann Mah, Topela graduate in civil engineering, will study reinforced concrete at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden.
A Fulbright grant covers round-trip travel, health insurance, living expenses and tuition for nine to 10 months of study or research or both. KU's Office of International Programs coordinates the U.S. Fulbright Student Program and the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program for faculty.
Glitches cause delay in diploma distribution
Graduates will be able to pick up their diplomas from the registrar's window, 123 Strong Hall, starting July 9. Those who pick up their diplomas must have
photo identification.
Diplomas will be sent July 9 to students who paid the fee to receive them by mail.
Bob Turvey, associate registrar, said that minor delays cost a day or two of processing.
"A couple of schools had problems determining the status of some students, and we also had a small computer malfunction," Turvey said.
For more information, call the University registrar, 864-4422.
Rob Pazeli
NATION
Exxon Valdez captain begins community work
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Capt. Joseph Hazelwood put on an apron and gloves yesterday to serve up salad at a soup kitchen as part of his community service ordered after the Valdez oil spill.
After nine years of appeals, Hazel-wood began his sentence of 1,000 hours of service on Monday by loading roadside junk onto a truck. The move indoors will allow him more meaningful work, said his lawyer, Michael Chalos.
Hazelwood was the skipper of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez when it ran aground in 1989, spilling 1.1 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. It was the nation's worst oil spill.
He was convicted in 1.990 of a misdemeanor charge of negligent discharge of oil.
WORLD
France toasts U.S. critic for his wine expertise
PARIS — American wine critic Robert Parker, widely regarded as the world's top expert on French wine — even by the French — was made Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest award, westerday.
President Jacques Chirac presented Parker with the red-ribboned medal in a formal ceremony at the Elysee Palace.
Parker received the award along with
nine other figures noted by Chirac to have served France by bringing prestige to the country with their particular gift. In Parker's case, Chirac said this meant being the man who taught America about French wine.
Chirac said Parker was the most listened to and most influential wine critic in the world.
"Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide," one of the wine critic's many publications, has become a bible for wine lovers. And in France, a country where wine is sacred, the book spent 27 weeks on the list of top 10 books in 1997 and 1998.
Parker said it was historic for an American wine critic to be honored for his contribution by the French.
Past American recipients have included Neil Armstrong, Robert De Niro, Colin Powell and Ronald Reagan.
U.S. continues to bomb in no-fly zones in Iraq
ANKARA, Turkey — U.S. fighter jets bombed a military command center in northern Iraq yesterday after Iraqi forces fired on the planes in the northern no-fly zone, the U.S. military said.
The Air Force F-15s and F-16s attacked Iraq northwest of Mosul, a city 250 miles north of Baghdad, the U.S. European Command said.
The Iraqi army, in a statement carried by the official Iraqi News Agency, claimed the planes attacked civilian installations. Iraq reported no casualties or damage.
The attack came after the warplanes, which are enforcing the no-fly zone north of the 36th parallel, were fired on by anti-aircraft artillery, the European Command said.
AII U.S. planes returned safely to Incirlik air base in southern Turkey. The damage to the Iraqi sites was being assessed.
It was the second attack on an Iraq command and control site reported by the U.S. military this week. On Monday, U.S. jets attacked another installation north of Mosul after being fired on by anti-aircraft artillery.
The Associated Press
A jury in the rape trial against Gregory Hunsucker II, Olathe, sophomore, deliberated for three hours but could not come to an unanimous decision on whether he was guilty.
Rape trial ends with hung jury
By Katie Burford Kansan campus editor
"We had holdouts on both ends," said Angela Wilson, Douglas County assistant district attorney.
The rape charge and two other charges — furnishing alcohol to a minor and sexual battery — stemmed from events that occurred early in the morning of Oct. 17 in Ellsworth Hall. A female resident of the hall said that Hunsucker had held her down, fondled her breasts and penetrated her vagina with his finger without her consent.
Hunsucker said that the two had sex, but it was consensual.
A charge of sexual battery was filed after a female Ellsworth Hall resident assistant reported that later the same morning, Hunsucker hugged her, kissed her on the forehead and put his hands on her neck without her consent.
The jury found him not guilty on the charge of sexual battery.
Hunsucker pleaded guilty to furnishing alcohol to a minor. He admitted to having a party in his room, also in Ellsworth Hall, during which he served alcohol to people
under 21 years old on the night of Oct. 16. The law does not require that a person be of age to be charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor.
The trial, presided over by Judge Jack Murphy, began at 9 a.m. June 16 and concluded about 4 p.m. June 18. Of the 12 jury members, 11 were women.
After the trial had ended, Wilson, along with Dave Zabel, co-prosecutor, and Don Smith, assistant district attorney and the defendant's attorney, spoke to jury members for their assessment of the trial.
"All the jurors were very forthright about their impressions." Wilson said.
Wilson and Zabel will discuss with the victim and District Attorney Christine Tonkavich whether to seek another trial.
Wilson said that, technically, it was legal to retry the case an indefinite number of times, so long as the result was a hung jury. She said that their decision to do so would depend on the victim's willingness to pursue the matter.
Hunsucker, accompanied by friends and family, expressed relief at the trial's conclusion. For furnishing alcohol to minors, he was fined $250, ordered to pay court costs and to undergo an evaluation for alcohol treatment.
--Lisa John, Kansan managing editor, and Jason Beaver, Kansan staff reporter, contributed this story.
ON THE RECORD
A generator was stolen and a chain was damaged between 5 p.m. June 4 and 10:40 a.m. June 7 from a Facilities Operations storage building on Petfish Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stolen and damaged property was valued at $1,615.
- A vacuum cleaner was stolen between 9 a.m. April 30 and 7 a.m. June 7 from room 8 of Sudler House, the KU Public Safety Office said. The vacuum cleaner was valued at $600.
A woman was arrested on suspicion of operating under the influence and interfering with the duties of a law enforcement officer after the officer observed her speeding at 1:22 a.m. June 15 in the 1600 block of West 19th Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. The woman was transported to the Law Enforcement Center, 11 E. 11th Street.
A KU police officer was dispatched at 3:35 p.m. June 17 to Adams Alumni Center on a report that a KU employee had received harassing phone calls, the KU Public Safety Office said. A report was taken, but no charges were filed.
A KU police officer was dispatched on June 16 to Watson Library on a report that a student had fainted, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for further examination.
A KU police officer was dispatched on June 17 to Oliver Hall on a report that a student
had become nauseated after running from Murphy Hall to Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for further examination.
A KU student's car was damaged between 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. June 17 in lot 114 near Stouffer Place Apartments, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the car was estimated at $250.
A KU visitor was issued a notice to appear in court on suspicion of battery after it was reported that he had been involved in an altercation with a KU student and a KU employee on June 14 in lot 91 southeast of Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU visitor's truck was damaged between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. June 17 in lot 91 southeast of Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the truck was estimated at $1,000.
A man was arrested on suspicion of operating under the influence June 18 at 20th Terrace and Ousdahl Road, the KU Public Safety Office said. He was transported to the Law Enforcement Center, 11 E. 11th Street.
A man was arrested on suspicion of operating under the influence, open container, and a traffic violation June 18 at the corner of 15th Street and Lawrence Avenue, the KU Public Safety Office said. He was transported to the Law Enforcement Center, 11 E. 11th Street.
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