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The Inside Front
Friday April 9,1999
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CAMPUS
ACLU, SUA to tempt students with screening
The University of Kansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and SUA will sponsor a screening of Martin Scorsese's The Lest Temptation of Christ at 9 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Buddy Lloyd, president of the KU ACLU, said that the organization had approached SUA about showing the movie on campus to celebrate civil liberties at KU.
He said other universities have banned the film.
"It's kind of a gift to the student body from the ACLU," Lloyd said. "That's why it's free."
He said that there would be a forum after the movie in the Kansas Union to discuss free speech and civil liberties issues. The forum will feature Eddie Lorenzo, general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and West-em Missouri. Lorenzo is a former president and the founder of the KU ACLU.
— Jennifer Roush
'Tunes at Noon' program to resume today at Union
Student Union Activities will resume its "Tunes at Noon" program today in front of the Kansas Union.
"The Fashion Statements" will play at noon today.
"Tunes at Noon" is an opportunity for students to hear music for free each week on either Thursday or Friday this spring.
"They're a Lawrence band — in fact they are KU students" said Matt Dunehoy, live music coordinator for SUA. "They're what I would call a sort of poppunk band."
Students interested in playing in the "Tunes at Noon" program should contact Dunehoo at the SUA office at 864-3477.
Tiffany Seeman
LAWRENCE
rtaskell student suspect in threat allegations
The same student was arrested for threatening the men Sunday evening, Wheeler said.
Police are looking for a 22-year-old Haskell Indian Nations University student who is suspected of threatening 27-year-old twin brothers about 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 2200 block of Massachusetts Street, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
"He said, 'I have a bullet for you,'"
Wheeler said.
brothers' car and threatened them.
On Tuesday, the student was reported to have pulled up next to the
"He said, I've still got a bullet for you." Wheeler said.
The student could be charged with criminal threat and aggravated intimidation of a witness.
Unauthorized transfer deposits cash worldwide
A Filipino man reported to police that $22,648 had been transferred without his permission from his accounts at Mercantile Bank, 900 Massachusetts St., to foreign accounts between Jan. 14 and Feb. 22, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
Wheeler said that the money was transferred by wire to accounts in England, Egypt and the Philippines The accounts were in the Filipino man's name but he told police that he did not authorize the removal of funds from his account. Wheeler said.
The 51-year-old man, who said he worked in child and family services, came to Lawrence as soon as he discovered the money was missing.
— Katie Burford
Police do not have any suspects.
NATION
Big tobacco settlement swaps ad icon for infant
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri's $6.7 billion settlement with big tobacco has made a baby out of the Marlboro man.
A cigarette billboard on the city's West Side came down on Wednesday, replaced by one featuring a gigging infant.
The new advertisement, paid for by cigarette maker Philip Morris as part of the national settlement, notes that each year secondhand smoke sends 0.000 babies to the hospital.
Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon said the new ad was the first of 170 anti-smoking billboards that will go up around the state within the next two weeks. Kansas will get 15.
The new ads will be in place by April 23.
"The billboards are an important part of the biggest settlement in state history." he said. "More than just money, this agreement with the tobacco companies will help teach kids about the dangers of smoking."
to counter the effects of decades of pro-smoking ad campaigns — campaigns that have produced such cultural icons as Joe Camel and the Marlboro Man.
"The billboards are an important part of the biggest settlement in state history," he said. "More than just money, this agreement with the tobacco com-
the money will come from the big four tobacco companies; Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson and Lorillard.
The Missouri and Kansas settlements will return billions of dollars to the states in an attempt to cover the costs state incurred providing health care for residents made ill by smoking. During the next 25 years, Missouri will get about $6.7 billion. Kansas will get about $1.5 billion.
Globe denies blackmail attempt in Ramsey case
BOULDER, Colo. — A former freelance writer for the Globe says his editors at the supermarket tabloid talked about trying to blackmail a Boulder detective into granting an interview about the JonBenet Ramsey case.
Jeff Shapiro, who researched the Ramsey case for the Globe, said his editors considered using as leverage a rumor that Detective Steve Thomas' mother committed suicide when Thomas was a boy. The rumor later proved false.
Craig Lewis, a Globe editor, acknowledged sending Thomas photographs of his long-dead mother days after the detective resigned from the Ramsey case in frustration. But Lewis denied it was an effort to pressure the detective.
Thomas, who is writing a book about the case, declined comment.
Globe editor Tony Frost said, "There was no threat to blackmail anyone."
Shapiro was one of the first tabloid reporters who arrived in Boulder to cover the Ramsey case. Shapiro said in yesterday's Washington Post that he taped some conversations with his editors because he feared some of their strategies would jeopardize his career.
Shapiro took the recordings to the FBI, but the detective didn't press charges and the agency declined to investigate. Shapiro then took them to CBS's "48 Hours," which aired the tapes last night.
Parent of tree-climbing kids socked with fine
NEW YORK - Children climbing trees? This has got to stop!
That's pretty much the message Anthony Avellino said he got from two park rangers last month. They handed him a $1,000 ticket after his daughters, ages 9 and 11, and their 11-year-old friend were caught climbing a Japanese white pine in Central Park.
"My children have been climbing trees in Central Park for nine years," Avellino said. "At least give me a warning."
But officials said it was too late — the tree was damaged. They said they will bring photographs of broken boughs to environmental court to prove it.
Avellino, who did not immediately return calls to his home, told the Daily News he would fight the ticket, which cites him for "destruction, defacement or abuse of a tree."
Parks Department representative Edward Skyler said yesterday that the trees, which have soft boughs, are not indigenous to New York and cost several thousand dollars apiece.
Comic has 'moronic' humor
The Associated Press
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Poundstone, who has been doing stand-up comedy for 20 years, said she often covered topics such as travel, kids, cats and, of course, politics.
people studying or taking tests," she said.
But nothing is too planned.
"I've found that I've been more fertile than usual when I don't use pen and paper — that's just secretarial work," she said. "A lot of my 'writing' is done in my head when I'm doing things like taking long drives or scrubbing the kitchen floor."
Poundstone has also had experience in the world of television, doing voices for several cartoons and doing HBO specials, but she said stand-up comedy was the medium she loved most.
"In television, you have to sit in on meetings and explain why things you want to do will be funny, but when you sit down and explain them they don't seem as funny anymore." she said.
"That's enough to stay sharp as a comic, pay the rent and have time for the kids," she said.
Poundstone, 39, lives with three of her foster children, nine cats and three rabbits in her Los Angeles home.
In recent years, Poundstone has taken her foster children on the road, but now they stay at home.
"It was troublesome in the past when we got home and they asked where the room
service was," she said. "I don't want to have spoiled kids."
Poundstone explained her fondness for stand-up comedy.
"I get a chance to stand up and explain my perceptions of things," she said. "I think a lot of people are lonely because they don't get to measure their perceptions of things with others."
But they don't necessarily have to be deep perceptions. Poundstone admits that she has a "monoric" sense of humor.
"The funniest thing that I've ever seen is someone with toilet paper stuck to their foot unbeknownst to them," she said.
"I'm still hoping to get a raise," she said.
And after 20 years of stand-up comedy, Poundstone seems to have only one complaint:
Melineh Kurdian, Wichita junior, said that she probably would go to the show Sunday.
"I'm a big fan," she said. "I don't want to miss her this time through."
Kurdian said that she often caught a particular Poundstone HBO performance from the late '80s on television, and that she would watch it again and again.
"Her delivery is just so good — she's hilarious," Kurdian said, explaining her reason for repeatedly watching the rerun.
The event is sponsored by Student Union Activities.
Tickets for Sunday's show are $10 for students with a KUID and $12 for the general public, and can be bought at the SUA, Murphy Hall and Lied Center box offices.
ON THE RECORD
- Edited by Aerica Veazey
A KU student's car window was broken and CD player was stolen between 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The damaged and stolen property was valued at $900.
A KU visitor's window was broken between 2:50 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in lot 11 next to the Western Civilization Annex, the KU Public Safety Office said. The window was valued at $200.
A KU visitor's car was struck by an unidentified vehicle parked near the Snow Hall loading dock at 2 p.m. March 15, the KU Public Safety Office said, Damage to the car vehicle was minor.
A KU student's mobile phone was stolen between 2:50 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Lied Center parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. The mobile phone was valued at $180.
A KU visitor was cited for urinating in public at 1:56 p.m. yesterday across from Douthart Scholarship Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
ON CAMPUS
The KU Chapter for the American Civil Liberties Union and Student Union Activities will show The Last Temptation of Christ at 9 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Alexis Stevens at 864-4123 or Jerry O'Leary at 864-3477 for more information.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Center will have mass at 4:45 p.m. Saturday and at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m., and 10 p.m. Sunday at the Center, 1631 Crescent Road. Call Tracey English at 840-0357 for more information.
The Kansas Land Trust will have a conservation easement dedication and presentation on prairie restoration by Greg Allen. To carpel, meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the far west edge of the Wak-Mart parking lot, 3300 Iowa St. Call 749-3297 for more information.
- Writer's Roots, sponsored by Writing Consulting: Student Resources will be open from 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday at the Academic Resource Center in Templin Hall. Call 864:2399 for more information.
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