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The Inside Front
Monday May 3,1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Prepharmacy students cash in on donation
The University of Kansas Endowment Association announced last week that it had received $25,000 to establish a scholarship fund for prepharmacy students at the University.
The gift comes to the Endowment Association from the K.T. Wiedemann Foundation Inc., of Wichita.
Douglas Pringle, president of the foundation, graduated from KU in 1976.
Pringle said he wanted the money to finance scholarships for two prepharmacy students each year.
Jack Fincham, dean of the school of pharmacy, said all the other scholarships in the school of pharmacy are for students who have already been admitted to the school.
Ten need-based scholarships will be created with the money, Fincham said. There will be two $2,500 scholarships available each academic year for the next five years.
"We in the school are so very appreciative of this tremendously generous gift," Fincham said. "It will allow us to continue to attract excellent students into our professional program."
Jennifer Roush
Eavesdropper receives probation, no jail time
Shawn Mikulich, a 25-year-old KU student, was sentenced Friday to 24 months probation and 40 hours of community service after pleading guilty on April 1 to eavesdropping.
Charges were filed against him after his female neighbor discovered three holes drilled in a wall that adjoined their residences, making it possible for him to see into her bathroom.
The holes were drilled between Oct. 10 and Nov. 10 in the 700 block of North Seventh Street.
If Mikulich does not fulfill the requirements of his probation, he could face 12 months of jail time.
Mikulich's neighbor wrote a victim's statement in which she did not ask that he spend time in jail. Douglas County District Judge Paula Martin said the statement, Mikulich's lack of a previous criminal history and the fact that he was in counseling contributed to her decision to give him probation rather than jail time.
Katie Burford
STATE
Higher education bill sparks Regents planning
TOPEKA — With a historic bill awaiting Gov. Bill Graves' signature, it's now full speed ahead for higher education reform in Kansas.
Refinements are inevitable, as a reconstituted Board of Regents works with a new management structure, but the dominant theme Friday of those who will use it was that a critical first step has been taken.
"I view this as a historic moment in Kansas history," said present Board of Regents Chairman Bill Docking, of Arkansas City.
"July 1 (effective date of the changeover) is just around the corner, but the current Board of Regents will be ready. We've got a lot to do between now and then, but we'll get it done."
Docking already has a transition team at work, and plans to have it meet again next week.
It already has a rough plan for what needs to transpire before the revamped Board of Regents takes over in two months. It was drafted by Ed Hammond, president of Fort Hays State University and a member of the transition team.
Under the plan, developed for discussion purposes, the board would merge its present four committees into three. Hammond also proposed a meeting schedule for the three commissions created under the board — one to govern the six state universities; one to supervise the 19 community colleges and 11 vocational-technical schools; and one to coordinate all higher education activities.
NATION
Star Wars madness hits retailers across nation
NEW YORK — The Force is with Star Wars fans, and it's telling them to hit the toy stores early and spend, spend, spend
The most hyped line of movie-themed merchandise in history — for the unreleased Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace — is finally going on sale on a studio-imposed schedule, and fans and retailers are not wasting a minute.
In an unprecedented move, Toys R Us stores around the country decided to open their doors at 12:01 a.m. today for an all-night selling marathon of movie toys based on the movie. Some FAO Schwartz stores planned to open from midnight to 2 a.m.
Even the virtual stores were ready for midnight surfers with an itch to buy.
Internet merchants Amazon.com and eToys planned to open their online Star Wars stores just after midnight.
Wal-Mart and Kmart called in extra staff for their 24-hour stores to handle the post-midnight crowds. Many stores planned to limit the number of items a customer could buy to prevent immediate sale-outs.
licensing deals that prevented manufacturers from releasing information about their products ahead of time.
Fans had been waiting for months to get a glimpse of the vast array of goods — from action figures to wigs to body lotion to snack food — tied to the movie, which opens May 19.
But LucasFilm Ltd, had signed strict
Analysts estimate that sales of merchandise tied to the movie could top $2 billion this year alone, with an estimated $1 billion coming just from toys.
Missing space capsule found buried in Atlantic
CAPE CANEVERAL, Fla. — Lost at sea for 38 years, astronaut Gus Grissom's Mercury capsule was found during the weekend by an underwater salvage team that had been searching for the spacecraft for nearly two weeks.
Liberty Bell 7 is still 3 miles beneath the Atlantic's surface and about 300 miles offshore. The cable to a remote-operated rover that had been used to identify and photograph the capsule snapped in the rough sea Saturday night. Salvagers are returning to Port Canaveral and will have to wait for another few weeks or even longer before going back to recover the spacecraft.
The only U.S. spacecraft ever lost following a successful mission, it's still shiny in spots with an intact window and the name "Liberty Bell" clearly visible. Even the fake crack that was painted on the exterior to replicate the real Liberty Bell is still visible, as are the single marks left by the explosives that blew out the hatch after splashdown on July 21, 1961.
Liberty Bell 7 sank to the bottom of the ocean after Grissom's successful 15-minute suborbital flight. The explosive bolts that blow open the hatch detonated prematurely, and helicopter rescuers were unable to lift the waterlogged spacecraft from the sea.
WORLD
British police charge man in fatal bombings
LONDON — Police charged a man with murder Sunday in a nail-bombing campaign against gays and ethnic minorities that killed three people and wounded more than 100. He operated alone and was not linked to neo-Nazi groups that claimed responsibility, authorities said.
David Copeland, a 22-year-old engineer, was seen on closed-circuit TV in the neighborhood where the first blast occurred April 17, police said. He was arrested early Saturday at his home in Cove, southwest of London, where police seized explosive material.
Copeland has been charged with the deaths of three people in the worst explosion — a nail-bombing Friday at a gay pub in central London — and with similar attacks April 17 and April 24 in London districts with large ethnic minorities. A total of 115 people were wounded.
He will appear in court Monday, Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Alan Frv said.
ON THE RECORD
-The Associated Press
The window on a KU student's sport utility vehicle was damaged between 11:30 p.m. Thursday and 1 a.m. Friday in the 600 block of Vermont Street, Lawrence Police said. The damage was estimated at $300.
A KU student's car door was damaged between 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and 11 a.m. Thursday in the 1,600 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence Police said. The damage was estimated at $3,000.
A KU employee's parking permit was stolen out of his car between 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday from the Oliver Hall loading dock, the KU Public Safety Office said. The permit was valued at $98.
A KU police officer was dispatched at 1:45 a.m. Thursday to an emergency phone outside of Haworth Hall on a report that a student was having an asthma attack, the KU Public Safety Office said. Medical personnel arrived and the student was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU student was turning out of lot 90, south of Robinson Center, Friday when his car was struck by another student's car heading east on Naismith Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said. Both cars received minor damage.
A KU student's mountain bike was stolen between 4 a.m. and 12 p.m. Thursday from the Military Science Building, the KU Public Safety Office said. The bike was valued at $2,250.
- Two KU students were issued minor in possession tickets after the car they were riding in was stopped for driving with one headlight at 1:40 a.m. Friday at 18th Street and Naismith Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said. The officer issued the tickets after finding plastic cups containing beer on the floorboards in front of the students.
ON CAMPUS
The SUA Recreation Committee will meet at 5 p.m. today at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 for more information
KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Kansas Union. Call Matt Dunbar at 864-7325 for more information.
Greek Impact will meet at 9 tonight at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, 1425 Tennessee St. Tom Nelson will be the guest speaker on love, sex and romance from a Biblical perspective. Call Julie Johnson at 840-9728 for more information.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at Danforth Chapel. Call Father Ray May at 843-0357 for more information. There also will be daily Mass at 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Center, 1631 Crescent Rd. Call Father Vince Krische at 843-0357 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, and from noon to 4 p.m.
at 4006 Wescoe Hall. Call 864-2399 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.
NATO loses two jets, continues intense attacks
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release. They later flew to a U.S. base in Germany and will be reunited with their families on today.
NATO blamed the F-16 crash on engine failure and said it was investigating.
In a pair of setbacks for NATO's air force, an American F-16 crashed in western Serbia and the alliance reported that a U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier had gone down in the Adriatic Sea the previous day. The pilots of both planes were rescued in good health, the alliance said.
Yugoslav authorities said their anti-aircraft gunners had shot the fighter-bomber down. Serbian television showed footage of metal chunks of the wreckage, some with writing in English, near the village of Nakucani, 50 miles west of Belgrade.
Allied search-and-rescue units picked up the fighter-bomber's pilot two hours after the pre-dawn crash near the Bosnia-Serbia border. Shea said.
It was the first allied plane to go down over Yugoslavia since a U.S. F-117 stealth fighter crashed on March 27. The pilot of that plane also was rescued.
NATO also said it was responsible for bombing a bus north of the Kosovo capital, Pristina, on Saturday. The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry said the attack killed 47 people and seriously injured 17. Grisly footage on Serb television showed body parts and the ripped-up shell of the bus.
Alliance officials said it was "unfortunate" that a bus had crossed the bridge, which it called a military target.
"When they allow public traffic over these bridges, they risk a lot of lives of their public citizens," said Col. Konrad Freytag at a NATO military briefing in Belgium.
NATO kept up intense attacks Sunday on Kosovo and elsewhere in Yugoslavia, making more than 600 sorties over a 24-hour period.
Early yesterday, Tanjug reported the strongest attack yet on Novi Sad, Yugoslavia's second-largest city. Eleven missiles hit a refinery, causing a huge fire and touching off explosions, the news agency said.
NATO also hit targets on Mount Gotes, south of Pristina, on the nearby Bep-populated Gracanica village, and as many as seven missiles hit a spa near the Kosovo town of Kursumlija along the road north to Belgrade, Beta reported.
The alliance launched the air campaign to force Milosevic to accept a peace deal for Kosovo, including widespread autonomy for the province and 28,000 NATO troops to enforce it.
Ethnic Albanians made up about 90 percent of Kosovo's prewar population of 2 million people. More than 600,000 of them have fled Kosovo and Serb forces since NATO's air campaign began March 24.
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