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The Inside Front
Wednesday March 10,1999
News
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CAMPUS
Stuck elevator thwarts attempted burglary
Police didn't have to work hard to catch the man who burglarized a mansion about 7 a.m. Sunday in the 1,600 block of West Eight Street — they just had to pry open the doors to the home's elevator, where he was stuck.
The owner of the home awakened that morning and noticed when he went downstairs that the lights he had turned off the night before were on, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
He was investigating the rest of the house when he heard a voice coming from the elevator. When police arrived they opened the elevator doors and found an 18-year-old Lawrence resident inside. Wheeler said.
Police said the man probably entered the house through the basement. The man was arrested and held on $2,500 bond.
-Katie Burford
Career forum to be held for students of color
A career forum for students of color will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
Representatives from the University's Career and Employment Services and Career Counseling and Psychological Services will discuss career options, interviewing strategies, resume writing and business etiquette, said Tamara Lewis, assistant director of the Office of Minority Affairs.
A panel of successful business people from a variety of fields also will speak at the forum, Lewis said.
To register, students may call 864-4351 until Saturday morning. Lewis said.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
The forum is free, but students just register to attend.
— Dan Curry
The event will be sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs, Career and Employment Services, Career Counseling and Psychological Services and the Coca-Cola Corporation.
Bad weather causes meeting cancellation
Because of extreme weather conditions in Washington, D.C., the 1 p.m. flight of three Lawrence city commissioners, Bonnie Augustine, Erv Hodges and Mayor Marty Kennedy, was canceled, causing city officials to cancel last night's Lawrence City Commission meeting.
The commissioners were supposed to arrive at Kansas City International Airport at 5 p.m.
Gayle Martin, communications coordinator for the city, said yesterday's agenda would be postponed until Tuesday's meeting at 301 Riverfront Plaza.
With only two remaining commissioners, last night's meeting could not have had a quorum, which is necessary according to a city ordinance.
- Heather Woodward
Augustine, Hodges and Kennedy were in Washington, D.C., to attend a congressional city conference where Kennedy spoke on Sunday.
KU Development Center to sponsor open house
The University of Kansas Student Development Center will hold an open house today from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 22 Strong Hall.
Mary Ann Rasnak, director of the center, said she wanted to let students know about her program's resources, including academic assistance, a tutor referral system and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. The Center moved into this location at the beginning of the year.
Rasnak said there was one other reason that students should drop in: free food.
Rasnak said she wanted the open house to let students know that they were always welcome to come in and ask any question.
Chris Hopkins
NATION
Espionage investigation causes scientist's firing
WASHINGTON — The case of a Chinese-American computer scientist who was fired after a three-year espionage investigation is part of a broader pattern of security lapses at federal weapons labs, the chairman of a key House committee said yesterday.
The scientist, Wen Ho Lee, was dismissed Monday from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico because of reported security violations. He has not been arrested, nor charged with a crime.
Details, including the espionage investigation of Lee, are described in a yet-to-be-classified report, said Rep. Christopher Crox, chairman of a select committee investigating U.S. military and commercial dealings with China.
He said there was wide disagreement between his panel and the White House about how much of the report to make public, with the administration wanting to keep large portions classified.
Diet and breast cancer unrelated, study says
CHICAGO — Contradicting medical theories, a 14-year study of nearly 89,000 women found no evidence that a high-fat diet promotes breast cancer or that a low-fat diet protects against it.
Experts noted that a low-fat diet still was good for the heart and other aspects of health. They said the study indicated a need to look more carefully at how diet may affect the risk of breast cancer.
The Harvard study was published in yesterday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study tracked 88,795 women in the continuing Nurses' Health Study. The women, ages 30 to 55, completed detailed questionnaires about their eating habits every four years from 1980 to 1994.
Researchers compared the diets of the women without breast cancer and the 2,956 women whose breast cancer was discovered during the course of the study.
WORLD
Iranian president urges dialogue during visit
ROME — Iranian President Mohammad Khatami declared a new era of detente yesterday, urging mutual respect among nations as he made the first visit by an Iranian leader to a Western nation since his country's 1979 Islamic revolution.
The 56-year-old cleric presented himself as a believer in more social and political freedom at home and an advocate of dialogue, not confrontation, with the West.
Thousands of police were deployed in a massive security operation for his visit, tangleing Rome's traffic for much of the day.
At a state dinner held by President Usa Luigi Scalfaro, Khatami said Iran had no intentions of hostility with any country.
"Iran demands rational, healthy relations," he said.
Scalfan gave Khatami a red carpet welcome complete with an honor guard and a brass band yesterday, but several thousand Iranian axes gathered in the shadow of the Coliseum to protest the visit.
Exhibit about Hitler bombed in Germany
SARBRUECKEN, Germany — A powerful bomb exploded yesterday outside a traveling exhibit on the role of Hitler's regular soldiers in Nazi war crimes.
Police said they suspected right-wing extremists who repeatedly had protested the show.
No one was injured in the predawn explosion, which caused millions of dollars worth of damage to the college building housing the exhibit. Little harm was done to the displays.
The bombing was the most serious attack yet on the controversial show, which has provoked sharp debate and sometimes violent street clashes between neo-Nazi protesters and radical leftists since it began touring four years ago.
Through photos, military papers, letters and diary excerpts, the exhibition documents the involvement of regular Wehmacht soldiers in the killings of Jews, Gypsies and prisoners of war in the Soviet Union and the Balkans 1941-44.
The exhibit challenges beliefs that Nazi SS units were primarily responsible for Holocaust crimes and wartime atrocities.
The Associated Press
- **Astro's Bar, 603 Kasold Drive, was cited for serving alcoholic beverages after hours yesterday. Lawrence police said. The state Alcohol Beverage Control office will be responsible for determining what penalties the bar will face for the infraction.**
ON THE RECORD
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to Stouffer Place Apartments at 10:45 a.m. Monday on a report of domestic battery, Sgt. Troy Mailen, of the KU Public Safety Office said. A KU student was arrested after his wife reported to police that he had hit her, Mailen said. The woman had no apparent injuries, he said. The student is scheduled to appear in court March 9.
Today IN HISTORY
1849 — Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, IL applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders. Lincoln received the patent in May, 1849.
1937—An audience of 21,000 jitterbuggers jammed the Paramount Theatre in New York City to see a young clarinetist whom they would crown, "The King of Swing" on this night. The popular musician was Benny Goodman.
1941 — The Dodgers, otherwise known as "The Brooklyn Bums", announced that their players would wear batting helmets during the 1941 baseball season.
1965 — Walter Matthau and Art Carney opened in "The Odd Couple," one of Neil Simon's greatest theatrical triumphs. It would also be a hit on television.
1985 — Dick Matta of the Dallas Mavericks became the fourth coach in the National Basketball Association to win 700 games in a career as the Mavs defeated the New Jersey Nets 126-113.
Students target lawmakers with lobbying
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need-based scholarships and comprehensive grants.
"The state needs to start covering some of the burden." Maxwell said.
He said there was almost no legislative opposition to a proposal for an estimated $1 million state-sponsored college savings plan, which would allow parents and their children to begin saving and planning early for college.
Maxwell said that he thought an increase in faculty salaries was an important student issue but that student lobbyists would not endorse a specific percentage. Instead, he said, they would tell legislators about the ways in which quality professors affected their educations.
"The main thing is to keep it at the forefront of their minds," Maxwell said. "We're not going to highlight the issue. That's just a pipe dream anymore, and we don't want it to be the only thing anyone wants to talk about."
Rep. David Adkins, R-Leawood, said an increase in faculty salaries should be student lobbyists' highest priority. He said students were in a unique position to describe why high-quality faculty members were important*
Adkins said funding for technology also was important. But he said that the state had less revenue than predicted and that other parties also would be competing for large increases in their budgets.
"In order to keep higher education a priority, the advocacy of students is important." Adkins said. "Students should not be timid about asking for support or about holding legislators accountable."
Tim Burger, Lenexa junior and student lobbyist, said students did not usually participate in the legislative process.
"It's important to amplify the voice we do have," he said. "Lobbying is a good opportunity to interact with legislators and communicate our desires as a University."
— Edited by Liz Wristen
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have the University Forum, "Seeing Iraq with Different Eyes" from noon to 1. p.m. today at the ECM. Don Mosley of Jubilee Partners will be the featured speaker. Call Thad Hok ombe at 843.4933 for more information.
OAKS — Non-Traditional Students Organization will have a brown bag luncheon from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Call Similem Berroya at 820.0074 for more information
The Student Development Center and the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will hold an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 22 Strong Hall. Call 864-4064 for more information.
KU Gamers and Roleplayers will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. Call Ben Siegon at 865-7579 for more information.
The Kansas Sailing Club will meet at 7 tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Call Chris at 864-8299 for more information.
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