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The Inside Front
Friday February 26,1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Engineering exposition today at Learned Hall
If you've ever wondered how a computer works or what the mechanic is saying about your car's broken engine, you might get your questions answered today at Engineering Expo '99 at Learned Hall.
The free all-day event, called "Ideas in Motion," will feature tours of KU engineering labs, exhibits, activities and student displays.
Forrest Hoglund, KU alumnus and chairman of Enron Oil and Gas Company, will open the exposition with a 3:00 a.m. speech at the Lied Center.
Hoglund, a Lawrence native, is scheduled to talk about how his experiences as a KU baseball player and mechanical engineer prepared him to be an executive in the oil industry.
Exhibits will be open from 10:30 a.m to 5 p.m. in Learned Hall. Topiced topics will include robotics, computer e-mail, computer modeling programs, alternative fuel vehicles, automobile engine tests and chemistry shows.
— Jay Sheperd
Architecture faculty to show design works
An opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in the gallery.
University of Kansas architecture faculty will display a wide range of creative works Sunday through March 5 at the Art and Design Gallery in the Art and Design Building.
On display will be architectural designs, drawings, books, photographs, electronic media projects, master plans and watercolors, as well as others.
The exhibit is an opportunity for others to see the research efforts and creative activity of the architecture faculty, said Donna Luckey, chainwoman of the architecture program.
Jeremy Johnson
Weapons from Fort Riley to be displayed at KU
Some heavy artillery will be coming to the campus today, but there won't be an invasion.
A howitzer, a cannon that fires a shell on a high arc at a close target, will be in front of Learned Hall today.
Joining the cannon will be an ammunition vehicle, also known as a Faasue, and a military Humvee. No actual ammunition will be brought.
The howitzer is being brought by the 127th Field Artillery Unit of the Army National Guard, based in Fort Riley.
Rod Galino, Shawnee senior, is a member of the KU ROTC program and the unit that is bringing the weaponry.
"it's just basically to attract attention," he said.
Gallino said no recruitment would take place.
Student named finalist for Mellon Fellowship
Anna Vancleave, Overland Park senior, has been selected as a finalist for an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies.
Mary Klayer, assistant director of the University Honors Program, said the Mellon scholarship was well known.
"Its probably the most prestigious scholarship for the humanities for graduate school," she said.
There are 80 fellowships awarded each year, each of which pays $14,500 for one year of graduate school.
Vancleave was also a finalist for a Rhodes Fellowship but was not awarded a scholarship in that competition.
Vancleave will be interviewed today in Chicago and will find out if she has won a fellowship March 29, Klayer said.
USA Today recognizes senior on academic team
Karen Isley, SyLVania, Ohio senior, has been named honorable mention in the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team competition.
Isley was one of 120 students selected for an award in the competition. Three teams of 20 each were selected, and 60 more college students were chosen for honorable mention. Nationwide, 984 students were nominated.
The competition, now in its 10th year, bases selection on grades, activities, leadership, and public service.
Students who place on the first team receive a trophy and a check for $2,500. All other award winners receive a certificate.
While isley said that she would have liked to win some money, she was surprised to be selected at all.
"It was just an incredible shock," she said.
- Chris Hopkins
Fire marshal rules arson not involved in LAC fire
A Feb. 5 fire at the Lawrence Athletic Club, 3201 Mesa Way, was not intentionally set, said Rich Barr, fire marshal with the Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical Department.
LAWRENCE
Barr said the fire originated in the men's sauna on the west side of the building.
He said the fire department would do a safety inspection of the building once it ready for reopening.
The fire was most destructive to the older portion of the building because that part did not have fire sprinklers installed.
LAC owner Rich Sells said he would have the club open as soon as new
equipment arrived and the building had been approved by city inspectors.
"The investigation is closed from our perspective," Barr said.
Phone call to police leads to fake ID return
A 19-year-old KU student who originally called the police station for general information ended up turning herself in for possession of a fake Missouri drivers license at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
The student was told that it would be in her best interest to come to the police department and turn the ID into police. She was cited for unlawful use of a license.
Upon questioning her, police found that she had paid a friend $30 to get her the ID. Wheeler said.
Wheeler said the police would contact the friend, who also is a KU student.
Parking restraint stolen from police on campus
A parking boot that had been placed on a vehicle in Naisimith Hall parking lot because it didn't have a permit was stolen between 8:15 p.m. feb. 17 and 10:30 p.m. feb. 18, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
Two 19-year-old KU students were suspected of using a car jack to lift the car and remove the boot, which was valued at $250. Wheeler said.
Police located the vehicle owner by using license plate information obtained when the parking ticket was issued. A business card left by police at the vehicle owner's Naismith Hall room prompted them to return the boot and pay the ticket, Wheeler said.
Charges against the students were dropped.
Holidome falls victim to credit card scam
More than $8,755 was embezzled from the Holiday Inn Holidome, 200 McDonald Dr., through a credit card scam between Nov. 5 and Feb. 15, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
The theft, which was committed by an employee using the hotel computer, was discovered by internal auditors and reported to police Feb. 16. Wheeler said.
The loss in funds was suffered by the hotel and not its customers, Wheeler said.
A safe at Perkins Restaurant, 1711 West 25th St., was short $2,000 when the restaurant opened Sunday morning, said Sgt. George T. Wheeler.
Police investigate $2,000 missing from Perkins safe
There was no evidence that the safe had been forced open. Wheeler said
Racist sentenced to die for murder
Police are investigating but do not have a suspect.
The Associated Press
Katie Burford
JASPER, Texas — Jurors decided today that John William King should be executed for dragging an African-American man to his death behind a pickup truck, rejecting tearful pleas from the white racist's sickly father to spare his life.
He will become the only white on Texas' death row condemned for killing an African American.
The 11 white jurors and their elected African-American foreman took just under three hours to render the decision, about the same time as they took to find King guilty earlier in the week. They offered a few clues to their deliberations, sending out notes asking to see an 8-inch shank found in King's cell as well as racist letters he sent from prison.
Jurors convicted the 24-year-old King of capital murder Tuesday in the death of James Byrd Jr. last June. After the sentencing decision was read yesterday, Byrd's family members wiped their eyes but declined state District Judge Joe Bob Golden's offer to address King.
Prosecutors asked for the maximum punishment, saying King would be a menace even behind bars.
"By giving Mr. King a life sentence, you're giving him at least 40 years to catch a Black guard, a Black nurse, a Black doctor, a Jewish guard, a Jewish nurse, a Jewish doctor, or anybody else," prosecutor Pat Hardy said to the hurry.
Byrd, 49, died after he was picked up while walking home from a party. After a scuffle, he was pulled nearly three miles behind a pickup truck, chained by his ankles.
Two other men, Shawn Berry, 24, and Lawrence Brewer, 31, await trial for the crime.
ON THE RECORD
A tape recorder that belonged to the Applied English Center was stolen between 5 p.m. Nov. 12, 1998 and 8:30 a.m. Nov. 16, 1998 from Room 204 in Lippincott Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The tape recorder was valued at $120.
History month to conclude with weekend events
By Dan Curry
Kansan staff writer
Three events celebrating African-American life are happening this weekend as Black History Month comes to a close.
Yosef ben-Jochannan, professor emeritus at Cornell University, Lewis Diuigul, columnist for The Kansas City Star, and Barry Shank, professor of American Studies, will be panelists.
"Religion's Role in Racism" will be the topic of the second annual Dialogue on Racism, which begins at 3 p.m. Saturday at Room 120 in Budig Hall.
The event, sponsored by Coca-Cola and the African and African-American Studies department, is intended to be a celebration of artistic and intellectual pursuits as the 21st century approaches, said event-organizer Antonio Shepherd.
"The theme for the day is increase the peace through knowledge." he said.
place through knowledge. "No such"
Preceding the dialogue will be a play performance of "Color Doesn't Matter II," which begins at 1 p.m.
A concert featuring soul, rhythm and blues and ran will begin at 7 p.m.
All events related to the Dialogue on Racism are free and take place at Room 120 in Budig Hall
A talent show will showcase KU African-American abilities at 7:30 Saturday night at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
"It's basically like a variety show," said Eve Bradley, Shreveport, La. senior.
Bradley said that there would be singing, dancing, comedy and a rap performance.
The Unity Dance Troupe, a group composed of KU dancers, and the Black Student Union will sponsor this event.
Finally, the Inspirational Gospel Singers, a group of KU student singers, will lead the Gospel Extravaganza at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Victory Bible Church, 1942 Massachusetts St
The extravaganza will be sponsored by BSU and the Inspirational Gospel Singers.
Edited by Darrin Peschka
ON CAMPUS
The African and African-American Studies Department will sponsor the following events tomorrow in Budig Hall as part of Black History Month: "Color Doesn't Matter II," a play featuring Ashra Kwest and students from the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University at 1 p.m.; "Dialogue on Racism with Dr. Ben" at 3
p. m.; and an R&B Jazz Jap Concert at 7 p.m. Call Pia Thielmann at 864-3054 for more information.
The Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center will sponsor the Blueprints Leadership Conference from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Kansas Union. Call Aaron Quisenberry at 864-4861 for more information.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Center will sponsor mass at 4:54 p.m. tomorrow 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.
Writers Roasts, sponsored by Writing Consulting:
Student Resources, will be open from 4 to 10 p.m.
Sunday at the Templin Academic Resource Center.
Call 864-2399 for more information.
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