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The Inside Front
Thursday May 6,1999
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Sexual battery suspects subject of police search
Police are looking for two men suspected of aggravated sexual battery and criminal restraint in connection with a report filed by a KU student on April 29, said Officer Dave Anderson of the Lawrence Police department.
The student told police that she was driving around in the Clinton Lake area between 10:30 and 11 a.m. April 23 when two men in a newer-model, full-size Chevrolet pickup used their vehicle to trap her on the Rock creek boat ramp. Anderson said.
"The two males got out of their car and accosted her," Anderson said.
The student described the driver of the pickup as a 5-foot-10 white male with brown hair wearing a dark blue windbreaker, a white shirt and blue jeans.
She described the passenger as being a 5-foot-7 white male with a freckle above his left eye, yellow teeth and very short hair. He was wearing a blue baseball cap and blue sweatshirt with blue jeans.
Undersheriff Kenneth Massey of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said that they had no leads in the case. Anyone with information on the case can call Crimesatppers at 843-TIPS.
Police cite KU student for false drivers license
A KU student was given a notice to appear in court after a police officer found him in possession of a possible fake driver's license at 11:32 p.m. Tuesday at The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., said Officer Dave Anderson of the Lawrence Police department.
The officer observed the student sitting at a table with a cup of beer directly in front of him and asked to see his driver's license. At first the student said he had left it in the car, but when the officer asked him how he got in the bar if he had no identification the student produced what appeared to be a false Oklahoma driver's license, Anderson said.
Katie Burford
University ceramics sale will benefit department
The KU ceramics department is having its second annual spring sale from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. today on the third floor of the Art and Design Building.
Both functional and sculptural ceramic pieces made by KU students will be for sale, and all proceeds will go to the ceramics department to use to pay for visiting artists, new equipment and scholarships.
Judy Arnold, Leavenworth junior, said that the ceramics department had raised between $4,000 and $5,000 in
its last two sales. The last sale was a holiday sale in December.
Arnold thought there would be something for everyone at the sale.
"There are so many ways to express yourself in clay," she said.
Other student art will be exhibited,
but they will be without the price tags.
One such piece includes two ladies drinking coffee and chatting atop an enormous piece of pie.
Ezra Sykes
NATION
Wichita troops called to help in NATO effort
WICHTA — About 80 aircraft maintenance men and women have left McConnell Air Force base to participate in Operation Allied Force.
They're unsure about their return date. They have concerns for the welfare of their families and they know the dangers involved.
Still, they're enthusiastic about the mission.
In one of the final briefings before they left Tuesday night, the airmen could be heard hollowing and clapping
"It's just like a football game," said Lt. Fred Rogero, 22nd Air Refuelling Wing Commander. "When it's game time, they're ready to go."
The mood of the personnel appeared upbeat shortly before they filed into their team plane — a C-141 aircraft. Roggero said he offered encouraging words to them about the mission.
"Don't be confused, you have a big role in this operation. If we've got broken airpli, nes, they're not flying, we're not doing the operation," he told them.
When they'll be coming back is unknown. They were told they would be overseas for an indefinite amount of time. They also don't know — or wouldn't reveal — where they're going.
The deployments brought the total of McConnell personnel called into action to about 500.
Kosovo refugees arrive await placement in U.S.
FORT DIX, N.J. — Leaving their warragged homeland for a new life in America, the first group of Koscov refugees arrived yesterday at a New Jersey military base, where they will stay for a few weeks before being placed in homes around the country.
"The goal here is to provide a welcoming environment, which is comfortable," said Lavinia Limon, director of the Office of Refugee Settlement for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The refugees — 249 adults, 195 children ranging in age from 3 to 18 and nine infants — left a crowded, dirty camp in Macedonia aboard a chartered Boeing 747 and landed at McGuire Air Force base.
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was expected to welcome the refugees.
Most of the 20,000 refugees the United States has agreed to accept will be placed with sponsoring families or relatives upon arrival. The group arriving at Fort Dix from Macedonia were deemed at special risk because they had no family members available to help them or were staying in unstable areas.
The refugees will undergo preliminary screening by immigration officials, receive photo identification badges and get dormitory assignments. Albanian-speaking mental health and trauma counselors also will be available.
Another 400 refugees are expected to arrive at Fort Dix on Friday, and 100 refugees are expected to fly into New York's Kennedy Airport Saturday.
Officials expect to move about 2,000 refugees per week through Fort Dix and Kennedy and plan to eventually phase out entry through Fort Dix.
Support for gun control up since Littleton deaths
WASHINGTON — Support for gun control jumped in the week after the high school shootings in Colorado, according to an Associated Press poll, with a majority of Americans saying tougher gun laws are the most effective way to stem violence.
That 51 percent figure is up 9 percentage points from just before the deaths at the school. Also, 40 percent of adults said parents should face charges if a child younger than 18 commits a crime with a gun.
ICR of Media. Pa., conducted one poll in the four days before the April 20 rampage. Some of the questions were repeated in an April 28 - May 2 poll, allowing the impact of the shootings on the public to be measured.
Before the school shootings, 47 percent said better enforcement of existing laws was the way to limit gun violence, while 42 percent said tougher gun laws would be more effective. After the shootings, 51 percent said tougher gun laws would be more effective, while 39 percent said better enforcement.
A similar increase was found when people were asked whether they favored or opposed stricter gun-control laws. In the first poll, 55 percent were in favor and 40 percent were opposed. The second poll found 63 percent in favor and 31 percent opposed.
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between midnight and 6 p.m. Saturday in the 1400 block of Kasold Drive, Lawrence Police said. The cellular phone was valued at $200.
ON THE RECORD
The Associated Press
A KU student's CDs were stolen between 8 a.m. Saturday and 1:45 p.m. Sunday in the 600 black of Arkansas Street, Lawrence Police said. The CDs were valued at $150
A Lawrence man was arrested at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday in the KU Public Safety Office on two outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court. The man came to the office in search of a lost coat. Police recognized him and knew that he had two warrants out for his arrest.
ON CAMPUS
■ KU Environs and Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 841-8033 for more information.
The Student Union Activities Fine Arts Committee will have its first meeting of the 1999-2000 school year at 5:30 p.m. today at the SUA office in the Kansas Union. Call Johanna Wagenknecht at 864-3477 for more information.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at the Glass Onion, 624 W. 12th, for letter writing. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Call Lindsey Chalfant at 864-1562 for more information.
Writer's Roosts, sponsored by Writing Consulting: Student Resources, will be open today at the following times and locations: from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union and 4003 Wescoe Hall, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Alcove C in the Kansas Union, and from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call 864-2399 for more information.
Queers and Allies will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Elections for next year's officers will be held and following the meeting there will be an ice cream social. Call Christine Robinson at 864-3091 for more information.
The KU Office of Student Financial Aid has student loan repayment information available during office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in 50 Strong Hall. Call 864-4700 to schedule an appointment with an assistant director for more information on repayment options and individual loan counseling.
The KU Campus Internet Association will have an informational meeting tonight at 7 in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
KU elections commission revoted on complaints
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Bruce said he was concerned about violating students' privacy.
Buckley Amendment and the Open Meetings Act." Profit said. "On the whole, it's good to have open meetings. But it's very amusing that only three people showed up."
"I'm concerned that issues like this are personal to students," he said. "But you have to balance that against the public's desire to know if their elected officials are doing what is in their best interests. It's a matter of principle."
Bruce said he thought the act was designed to apply to policy-making bodies, not the commission's hearing board. He said he hoped future commissions would be able to better balance the state law and fears of violating the Buckley Amendment.
"The county attorney's decision is just getting the ball rolling." Bruce said. "Next year, students who commit violations will have a better idea of what process they're going up against."
Yesterday, Mazumdar submitted a letter to the commission about his elections complaint alleging that the YOU coalition was responsible for creating and distributing fliers on campus that claimed Delta Force was anti-greek. The board again decided it did not have enough evidence to rule on Mazumdar's complaint.
In the letter, Mazumdar proposed when the commission revoted, it should agree that the flier was offensive and unethical, that it was the antithesis of what a free and fair election should offer, and that it may have unjustly influenced the election.
He also suggested that the commission recommend to the dean of students that if the individuals who created the flier were found, they be disciplined according to the University's rules on non-academic misconduct. In addition, he said, the commission should recommend to next year's commission that such behavior shouldn't be tolerated and that it should consider adopting a zero-tolerance policy for such fliers.
While in a temporary closed deliberative session last night, the board dismissed Mazudar's proposal because it concluded that his recommendations were already in the elections code.
"We did agree that the flier was offensive and should not have been printed, especially if it was printed by one coalition," Watkins said. "But the code already states that, so we didn't think it was relevant to restate it."
Mazumdar said he was glad the board considered his proposal, but that he was sad about its decision.
"This annual festival of libel has to end," he said. "They're going to do it again next year."
Edited by Jason Pearce
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