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The Inside Front
Wednesday June 9,1999
Campus News
KU technician released after rattlesnake bite
Eric Rundquist, a KU animal science technician, was discharged yesterday from the hospital where he was treated for a snake bite he received from a Western Diamondback rattlesnake Friday morning, a hospital spokesman said.
The snake was brought to the KU History Museum from Kanopolis State Park. Rundquist was using a stick to pin down the snake when its head got lose and the snake bit him on the finger, said John Simmons, collection manager for the museum. Simmons and Chris Shell, a herpetology graduate student, were present during the accident
"He (Rundquist) is extremely experienced in snake handling," Simmons said. "We all have training in what to do if someone is bitten."
Simmons said that they were trying to euthanize the snake. Western Diamond-backs, known for their aggressiveness and the strength of their venom, are not indigenous to Kansas, and by taking DNA samples, they hoped to determine where it came from, Simmons said.
Katie Burford
KU alum nominated as South Africa ambassador
President Clinton has nominated KU graduate Delano Lewis to be ambassador to the Republic of South Africa.
Lewis graduated from the University in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in political science and history and went on to earn a law degree from Washburn University in Topeka. He received a distinguished service citation from KU in 1994.
Lewis, 60, served as National Public Radio's chief executive officer from 1994 to 1998. He was the first African-American to lead the network.
Before joining NPR, Lewis worked for 21 years at C&P Telephone of Washington. He began his career in government in 1963 as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and later joined the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. From 1968 to 1969, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps as associate director in Nigeria and as country director in Uganda. Upon his return from Africa, he was named director of the Peace Corps' East and Southern Africa Division.
He lives in New Mexico with his wife, Gayle. They have four sons and six
grandchildren.
KANU radio promotes interim general manager
Janet K. Campbell has been named as the new general manager of KANU 91.5 FM, the public radio station of the University of Kansas.
Campbell had been the interim general manager for over two years.
She previously served as associate director of KANU and, since 1990, director of the Kansas Audio Reader Network, a KU-based broadcast reading service for the visually impaired. She came to KU in 1979 as operations manager for Audio Reader.
Campbell earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University. She is a lifelong Eudora resident.
Campbell replaced Howard Hill, who served as general marriage from 1977 to 1996.
Three alums and local given humanity awards
Three graduates and a campus church leader were honored at a May 21 ceremony in Adams Alumni Center. Distinguished Service Citations, which honor people who benefit humanity, have been awarded annually since 1941. Recipients of this year's awards were:
Drue Jennings, Leawood, chairman and chief executive officer of Kansas City Power & Light Co.
Martha Dodge Nichols, Kansas City, Kan., vice president of Nichols Industries, Inc.
Chester Vanatta, Tucson, Ariz., president of Executive Consulting Group, Inc.
Jonent Krische, director of the St.
Lawrence Catholic Campus Center.
Student Employee awards given to five students
Five KU students have been awarded this year's annual Kansas and Burge Unions Student Employee Scholarships. Recipients of the $500 scholarship were:
Danielle Deleon, Kansas City, Kan., senior sociology major;
Kristina Haynie, Omaha, Neb., junior biology major;
Mindie Miller, Augusta, graduate journalism major;
Kristin Rice, Westminster, Colo. senior human biology major;
Jason Schrowe, Merriam, Junior political science and international studies major.
The Kansas Board of Regents has named Kim Wilcox intern executive director to replace Tom Bryant. Willox, professor and chair of the department of Speech-Language Hearing, had been serving as the Board's interim director of academic affairs since August, 1998. He is expected to serve as interim executive director through this month.
Kansas Board of Regents names interim director
KU grads honored chosen to study abroad
Three KU students received Fulbright scholarships and will study abroad during the1999-2000 academic year. In the 54 years since the program was established as a scholarship to promote international understanding, 347 KU students have been honored. The following are this year's recipients:
Paul Dunscomb, a doctoral student in history from Ossining, N.Y., will research the impact of the Japanese occupation of Siberia from 1919 to 1922 on the growth of Japanese imperialism in the period between World War I and World War II.
Stacie Lighter, a recent graduate from Garden City, will study organ performance in Germany. Lighter plans to complete a bachelor's degree in religious studies following her studies in German.
Lori Ann Mahl, Lawrence graduate in civil engineering, will study at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she will research reinforced concrete.
Bob Moen, KU graduate, has been promoted from newsman to correspondent in the Cheyenne, Wyo., office of the Associated Press. Moen joined the AP in May, 1983, in Phoenix and later worked for the AP in Bismarck, N.D. Before joining the AP, he worked for the Parsons (Kan.) Sun.
Lane Czaplinski, director of education at the Lied Center, has been named program manager at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. It is the nation's oldest operating performing arts center.
Philip Pauladu, professor of history,
has been elected a Fellow of the
Society of American Historians. He is the fifth member of KU's history department to receive that honor. The society was founded in 1936 to promote excellence in the writing of history and biography. Other KU members are David Katzman, Bill Tuttle, Ted Wilson and Donald Worster.
— Lisa John
Watkins choses new student health director
Watkins Memorial Health Center will have a new director of Student Health Services beginning July 19.
Carol B. Seager, currently the director of Student Health Services at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C., was chosen by a selection committee led by David Amlber, vice chancellor for student affairs.
Seager previously held the position of director of Health and Medical Services at the University of Notre Dame and has received several awards in her 25 years of health care administration, including being named "Woman of the Year" by the YWCA.
Seager will take the place of James Stroble who directed Watkins for 1.5 years before his retirement last year. Jim Boyle, who had been the interim director at Watkins since Stroble's retirement, will become associate director.
KU MedCenter selects administration officer
A former Navy medical officer was selected last month to be the University of Kansas Medical Center's new vice chancellor for administration.
Edward Phillips, 52, has 31 years of health care experience in the U.S. Navy and a Master's degree in hospital and health care administration from the University of Iowa. Phillips took the place of Roger Lambson, who is retiring from the Med Center after 15 years.
Phillips will be second in command at the Med Center, working under Donald Hagen, the Med Center's executive vice chancellor. Phillips and Hagen also worked together in the Navy.
Hagen commended the work Lammson had done for the Medical Center.
"He leaves a legacy of creating spaces in old buildings and designs in new buildings that have allowed us to keep up with the changes of educating health care professionals," Hagen said.
—T.J. Johnson
Court dates set for campus cases
The following is an update on various cases that have been previously covered by the Kansan.
Gregory Hunsucker II, Olathe freshman, is charged with the rape of an Ellsworth Hall resident, the sexual battery of an Ellsworth staff employee and furnishing alcohol to a minor in an incident that occurred Oct. 17 in Ellsworth.
Judge Jack Murphy will preside over the trial, scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. June 16 in the Division II courtroom of the Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th St.
Douglas County District Court Judge Robert Fairchild questioned the appropriateness of the charges against Constance Conboy, a secretary in the Office of Minority Affairs who is facing four counts of theft and two counts of criminal use of a financial card, at her June 1 preliminary hearing.
She is charged with two counts of criminal use of a financial card. According to court records, these charges stem from unauthorized purchases Conboy made on accounts that she was authorized to use.
The funds originally were reported missing Feb. 5 by Sherwood Thompson, director of minority affairs. The theft occurred between May 7, 1997, and Sept. 18, 1998.
Conboy is on leave without pay until the case is decided by the court.
Fairchild will hear arguments about the charges from both sides at 3:30 p.m. June 17 in the Division I courtroom of the Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th St.
Aaron Culwell, St.
Francis freshman, pled
no contest to arson
charges stemming from
an incident in which a
wastika was found burnt into the hallway carpet of Oliver Hall in March.
Culwell's sentencing is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. June 24 in the Division V courtroom of the Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th St. His status as a student at the University will be discussed at a July 1 disciplinary meeting, which will include an administrator, a faculty member and a student. Culwell and his attorney will also be present at the meeting. It is closed to the public.
Daniel Sailler, Overland Park freshman, appeared in court June 7 to face charges of dealing in falsely manufactured identification. His attorney told Douglas County District Court Judge Jack Murphy that his client would be making an application for diversion.
Police originally found equipment used for making false drivers licenses on Jan. 15 in a room at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, 1537 Tennessee St. The officers were there investigating an unrelated report.
Sailler is scheduled to appear at 3 pm, June 16 in the Division IV courtroom of the Law Enforcement Center, 111. E. 11th St. If his diversion application is approved, he could avoid going to trial. With diversion, the charges would be dropped if he fulfilled certain conditions within a set amount of time.
Bill Nelson said that, based on the Lawrence Police Department's investigation, the University had determined that the false identification manufacturing was not a fraternily-wide activity and, therefore, would not have repercussions for the chapter as a whole.
— Katie Burford
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