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The Inside Front
Wednesday April 7,1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Dennis Moore to have forum at local school
Congressman Dennis Moore, D-Kan., will return to the district to host an education forum from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Central Junior High School.
Judy Buley, communications director for the Lawrence School District, said the main reason that Moore was visiting is to find out what people thought about increasing education financing to hire more teachers and to renovate schools.
"I think this is unique," she said. "I don't think we've ever had a congressman come to find out local opinion on initiatives before Congress."
Moore is nearing the end of his Spring District Work Period, which takes place during two weeks when Congress is not in session.
Outreach center plans service learning panel
The Center for Community Outreach will have a service learning panel from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Chris Hess, co-director of CCO, said that service learning had been an important aspect at many other colleges and that the University of Kansas also was headed in that direction.
"It's basically the idea that service can enhance basic classroom teaching," he said. "This is really the future of education."
Panelists will include Gay Brack, associate director of the Division of Undergraduate Academic Services at Arizona State University; Brian Dunbar, professor of interior architectural design at Colorado State University; E.J. Reedy, Topeka sophomore; Thomas Deans, assistant professor of English at Kansas State University; Marcia Shideler, service learning coordinator at Johnson County Community College, and Marylee Southard, associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering.
The board will be moderated by Reginald Robinson, chair of the Chancellor's Public Service Task Force.
Chris Hopkins
Sculpture contest brings sand to Wescoe Beach
Wescoe Beach is getting sand.
Wescoe Beach is getting sand. The SUA recreation committee is sponsoring a sand sculpture contest from noon to 5 today in front of Wescoe Hall.
Sixteen plots will be provided, one for each team, and each team will consist of four people.
Sculptures will be judged on creativity, artistic ability and overall aesthetic appeal by KU football coach Terry Allen.
The winning team will receive a Sony Playstation. The top two teams will
receive trophies, and all teams will receive a photograph of their team with their sand sculpture.
Howard Lubliner, recreation coordinator for SUA, said that this was the first time the competition had ever been held and that, according to weather forecasts, today should be ideal for the event.
Several spots still were open in the contest as of yesterday, Lublin said. Students can sign up at the SUA office in the Kansas Union or at the event.
— Ezra Sykes
Student Senate to move meeting to Phi Kappa Psi
Student Senate is trying to reach out to students by taking its meeting outside the Kansas Union tonight.
Senate will meet for the last time before elections at 6:30 at Phi Kappa Psi, 1602 W. 15th St.
Last year, Senate held its outside meeting at Ellsworth Hall. Jen Bonicelli, senate executive secretary, said that this year Senate wanted to reach out to students in the greek system.
It will consider bills to finance a basketball tournament sponsored by KU Students Against Drunk Driving; Pride Week 1999 sponsored by Queers and Allies; a talent fee for Michael Berenbaum, Holocaust survivor, sponsored by Hillel; KU Ballroom Dancing Club's end of the semester ball; advertising costs for the KU Campus Internet Association, and the Center for Community Outreach's Alternative Spring Break program.
Senate also will review bills to include a Daisy Hill resident on the transportation board and to create a state and local affairs standing committee to aid the Student Legislative Awareness Board.
In addition, Senate will consider resolutions that would request that the administration sign an anti-sweatshop code; would rename 820 McCollum Hall the Joshua J. Burdette Memorial, in recognition of its active resident of four years; and would support and encourage the owners of Joe's Bakery, 616 W. Ninth St., to reopen the business soon.
Transportation board to hire new coordinator
the coordinator, who will be a member of the Student Senate executive staff, also will be responsible for the daily operations of Saferide and Liftvan. Other duties will include handing out bus passes, coordinating route changes, reviewing contracts and providing information for bus passengers
KU on Wheels is looking for a new transportation coordinator to oversee its daily operations.
Ben Walker, transportation board chairman, said the board would prefer applicants who were graduate students in transportation and public
"It's becoming a really hard position, especially with the Smartcard," he said. "We thought someone with a degree or experience in this field would be good."
administration.
Julie Numrich, senate executive chair, encouraged any students enrolled in more than six hours who had knowledge about the bus system to apply. She said it would be nice if applicants were experienced, but that was not usually the case.
The transportation board, which is composed of students, senators and members of the Senate executive staff, will interview applicants at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
The board will choose a new coordinator that night, who will begin training this month.
The position is paid for 20 hours a week and will begin May 1 and run until May 2000.
Applications are available at the Senate Office in the Organizations and Leadership Center in the Kansas Union, and are due by 5 p.m.
By Nadia Mustafa
University lab vandalism impedes disease research
NATION
MINNEAPOLIS — An animal rights group claimed responsibility for ransacking 12 University of Minnesota labs, taking dozens of research animals and causing an estimated $1 million in damage.
A spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front said the group smashed computers, tipped over lab equipment and wrecked microscopes early Monday to protest the use of animals in scientific research.
The group said in a communique that 27 pigeons, 48 mice, 36 rats and five salamanders were taken out of the labs. The university initially estimated that about 75 animals were taken.
"The ALF is taking action immediately to free these animals from their exploitation," group spokesman Kevin Kjonaas said. He said the group had found homes for the animals.
University officials said the damage would seriously impede research on Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer and other diseases.
Researcher Dr. Walter Low said the damage set back the Alzheimer's research alone by two years. One of the pieces of equipment damaged was an incubator containing brain cells from patients participating in a research project.
University Police Chief Joy Rikala said investigators were not ruling out the possibility that the vandals had inside help. Rikala said none of the freed animals were infectious or posed a health threat.
A KU student's checks were stolen between 2 a.m. March 24 and noon Friday in the 2300 block of Westchester Drive.
ON THE RECORD
- The Associated Press
A KU student's passport and Kansas driver's license were stolen between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of West Ninth Street.
A KU faculty member had a window at his house shattered with a BB gun on Friday or Saturday in the 400 block of Yorkshire Drive. The window was valued at $500.
ON CAMPUS
OAKS — Non-Traditional Students Organization will have a brown bag luncheon from 11.145 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Call Simmie Berroya at 830-0074 for more information.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will present the University Forum from noon to 1 p.m. today at the ECM Center. The topic will be "Should We Legalize Physician Assisted Suicide?" Don Marquis, professor of philosophy, will be the featured speaker.
The Graduate School and the Graduate and Professional Association will be the host of an awards ceremony and reception for graduate students on Friday, May 7, 1999, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. The Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards and the Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service will be presented. Those students holding graduate fellowships also will be recognized. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.
KU Gamers and Roleplayers will meet at 6:30 tonight at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. Call Ben Siegan at 865-5759 for more information.
Amnesty International will have a death penalty forum at 7 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. There will be four speakers on the death penalty and a question-and-answer time. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information.
The Office of Student Financial Aid is currently awarding Federal Work Study funds for the Spring 1999 semester. To apply, access the online application at www.ukans.edu/~ufoss. Call 864-4700 or stop by 50 Strong Hall for more information.
Today: IN HISTORY
- On April 6, 1909, explorers Robert E. Pearl and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. (The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation.)
In 1896, the first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece.
In 1945, during World War II, the Japanese warship Yamato and nine other vessels sailed on a suicide mission to attack the U.S. fleet off Okinawa; the fleet was intercepted the next day.
Delta Force candidates deny charge
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run around in the mud with them."
Two hours before the hearing, Walker and Woodring submitted an addendum to their complaint, which included an e-mail reportedly posted by Fizell to the Delta Force listserv Feb. 23.
Referring to the issue of a new campus recreation center, Fizell allegedly wrote: "WE NEED TO ORGANIZE AGAINST THIS AND PUT FORWARD OUR OWN ALTERNATIVE (AND MORE REASONABLE) PLAN. This is THE issue for the election and I am hoping to organize with some of you on it, so please let either Seth or I know of your interest and we can get going on this."
Fizell could not be reached for comment about the e-mail.
Hoffman denied that the e-mail was an indication of Fitzell's involvement. He said anyone could post any e-mail to the listserv.
Hoffman said that Delta Force did not solicit Fizell's consultation and that the e-mail was of Fizell's own accord.
- Edited by Allan Davis
Race ends with McFadden in fourth place
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so they just didn't come out to vote."
Bethany Jaimes, Douglas County clerk, said 12,256 people voted in the election, which is 23 percent of registered voters. People could vote for three candidates.
Candidates Denise Gibson and O. Scott Henderson, who both lost, walked away with a resolve to run again.
Henderson, who is 58 and a retired supervisor with Hallmark Cards Inc., 101 McDonald Dr., said his sixth-place rank was what he had expected.
"I didn't do any TV advertising. I was naive going into the campaign," Henderson said. "I plan on coming back in two years and doing something completely different. I need to get my name out and get more背横."
Gibson, 37, is a professional development manager for The Farm Inc., a non-profit organization. She said although she was defeated, the election still had been fun for her.
"I think it was a great race." Gibson said. "I am glad for all three of them. They are a great group of guys, and I think they will do well."
The three new commissioners will step up to the city commission Tuesday.
Edited by Liz Wristen
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