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The Inside Front
Wednesday February 24,1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Women's images forum to honor February Sisters
Women's bodies and the ways people see them will be the topic of a forum sponsored by the Women's Studies Program at 7 tonight at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread Ave.
The forum will be led by a panel including Lorraine Bayard de Volo, assistant professor of political science; Diana Carlin, associate professor of communication studies; and Eve-Lynn Nelson. Mission graduate student.
"They'll be talking about the ways images of women have been used to sell commodities and ideologies," said Tamara Bryan, Overland Park graduate student.
The forum, "Women's Images: A Cultural Battlefield", is the 27th Annual February Sisters Forum, honoring the women whose activism in 1972 led to the establishment of the Women's Studies Program on campus.
Dan Curry
SUA to show preview of new DeNiro movie
A sneak preview of Analyze This, starring Robert DNeiro, will be shown at 8 tonight at the newly renovated Wooldruff Auditorium in Kansas Union.
Analyze This features DeNiro as a New York mob boss who is experiencing anxiety about his professional life. He decides to seek out a suburban psychologist, plied by Billy Crystal.
Analyze This, directed by Harold Ramis, is rated R.
Following the screening, members of the cast and crew will be on hand — live from the University of California at Los Angeles — to field students' questions via satellite.
This interactive opportunity is made available through Network Event Theater. NET is contracted through Student Union Activities.
SUA is offering this free screening as part of the reopening of Woodruff Auditorium. Vouchers are available in the SUA box office.
SUA will offer free popcom and 75-cent sodas as part of the special screening.
— Tiffany Seeman
Thieves burglarize car house during game
While a Lawrence couple attended Monday's Kansas basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse, thieves broke into their car and found the keys to their house, which they also broke into, said Sgt. George T. Wheeler of the Lawrence Police department.
The rear window of the couple's 1997 Saturn was broken, and the woman's purse and cellular phone were stolen between 7:30 and 10 p.m. in the 1600 block of Mississippi Street, Wheeler said.
The couple reported the auto burglary at 11:33 p.m.
They arrived home to discover that the thieves had located their house using information from the woman's wallet and that the thieves had entered the house using the woman's keys, Wheeler said.
The couple called police again to report that their VCR, stereo and $300 in cash had been stolen from their residence. There are no suspects in the crimes, Wheeler said.
Student runs on court stops basketball game
An 18-year-old student interrupted the game when he ran on the Allen Fieldhouse court carrying a sign that said "Good Luck Seniors" and "Congratulations Roy on 300."
He was arrested for disorder conduct at 9:46 p.m. in the fieldhouse, said Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said.
The man told police his actions were a response to his friends' insistence that he would never make it to the floor during a Kansas basketball game, Mailed said.
Mailen said the man was cooperative after his arrest and was carrying a letter of apology addressed to Coach Roy Williams.
The student was released from jail at 12:14 a.m. yesterday on $100 bond.
Sweepstakes finalist says he is being followed
At 1:43 p.m. Monday, a man in the Kansas Union who claimed to be a finalist in a $10 million sweepstakes told police that people were following him, the KU Public Safety Office said.
The man said that a week ago he had received a letter from American Family Publishers informing him that he was a finalist in the contest, police said.
Since that time, he said he had observed public officials following him wherever he went, police said. The man, however, did not report to police whether the public officials were tax collectors.
— Katie Burford
Committee, described the bill before the House as the responsible way to finance a highway plan.
Transportation proposal backed by Republicans
TOPEKA — In the first votes during debate yesterday, the House stuck with a transportation plan crafted by Republican leaders that would require neither increasing taxes nor issuing bonds to finance it.
The bill before the House would raise $2.1 billion in new revenues during eight years to help finance highway, airport, railroad and public bus system improvements. Supporters expect the state to have enough money from collections of existing taxes that grow with the economy.
STATE
Tobacco tactics blasted by activists and senator
TOPEKA — Passing out free samples of cigarettes and other tobacco products at fairs, rodeos and other events would be outlawed in Kansas according to a bill considered vesteyard by a Senate committee.
Rep. Gary Hayziett, R-Lakin, chairman of the House Transportation
Tobacco industry lobbyists told the Federal and State Affairs Committee that state law already prohibited passing out samples to anyone younger than 18, and an outright ban would interfere with marketing to adults.
Sen. Donald Biggs, D-Leavenworth, told the committee, which took no action on the bill, "it's totally inconsistent to have a public policy permitting free samples of tobacco products."
Also urging passage was Jerry Scott, a former Salina fire marshal and member of Tobacco Free Kansas Coalition. During his testimony, he put a plastic bag filled with dozens of smokeless tobacco cans on the committee table, saying they were free samples given to fire stations.
Terri Roberts, Kansas State Nurses Association executive director; also called for banning tobacco samples. She said 43 states restricted distribution of tobacco samples in some form, and Nebraska had banned it outright.
NATION
Congressional leaders confer with president
WASHINGTON — President Clinton yesterday met with the congressional leaders of both parties for the first time in 19 months. All sides promised to work together despite the partisan bitterness generated by the impeachment battle.
"We all took an oath, and I think we intend to follow it," Clinton said, when asked by reporters if they could set aside differences. "We owe it to the American people, and I'm looking forward to it."
House Speaker Dennis Hastert joined Clinton in the Oval Office two months after voting to impeach him.
Creating bipartisan commissions to tackle such politically volatile issues as Social Security, tax reform and missile defense was one idea tossed around, Hastert said.
Also present at the meeting with House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and White House chief of staff John Podesta were House Majority Leader Dick Armye and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott — both of whom also武 to impeach or convict the president on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
After the meeting, Lott refused reporters' bait to repeat his post-impeachment complaint that the president was untrustworthy.
A KU visitor's cellular phone was stolen between 1 and 1:30 p.m. Monday in Malot Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The phone was valued at $150.
ON THE RECORD
A KU visitor's car struck another visitor's car at 11:45 a.m. Monday at Burdick Drive and West 15th Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. Both cars were driven after the accident.
The Associated Press
A KU student backed into a Facilities Operations vehicle at 1:39 p.m. Monday in Lot 53, near Mississippi Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the vehicles was minor.
A Facilities Operations snowflow slid into two KU employees' cars at 1:17 p.m. Monday in the Lied Center parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. The two cars were drivable after the accident.
A KU visitor's car slid through an intersection and hit a KU student's car at 10:21 a.m. Monday at Chelsea Place and West 15th Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. Neither car was drivable after the accident.
A KU student's 1998 Suzuki motorcycle was damaged between 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in lot 110, near the Jayhawker Towers, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the motorcycle was estimated at $600.
A window in the sixth floor lobby of Olivier Hall was damaged at 2.55 a.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The window was valued at $300.
The window of a KU students car was broken out, and a leather bag and calculator were stolen between 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 12:43 a.m. Sunday in lot 90, south of Robinson Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. The property was valued at $250.
A KU student's car struck another student's car at 7:58 p.m. Feb. 16 at 15th and Iowa streets, the KU Public Safety Office said. One of the cars received minor damage.
Senate to consider funds for various KU organizations
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speak March 17 in the Kansas Union about his experiences as a prisoner in Chinese labor camps.
Krebs, the bill's sponsor, said Gyatso had extensive, first-hand knowledge about the Tibetan situation.
"This is such a huge human rights and religious freedom issue that everyone should be informed about when something like this is allowed to happen," she said.
Erik Goodman, Students for a Free Tibet president and Creek, Ohio, junior, said students should be aware of international issues such as the situation in Tibet.
"As the U.S. becomes more involved with China, it's important for us to know what's going on over there and what we're getting into," he said.
Finance and University Affairs committees will see a bill that would fund a student film to be produced by KU Filmworks during spring break and May.
The bill would provide $2,308 for equipment rental, sets, costumes and film for an $18,000 25-minute science fiction film, which the group will submit to film festivals around the United States.
Allan Holt, KU Filmworks president and Overland Park senior, said the funds would allow the group to work with better equipment.
"The film will probably be of higher production value than anything that has ever been done at KU," he said. "It's a really ambitious project. KU has a huge amount of talent, but it's pretty much unknown."
The committees also will consider a bill to provide $418 for the International Association of Students in Business and Economics' regional conference March 12 through March 14 and a bill to give $428 to Working Against Violence Everywhere, a new student organization.
Graduate, Multicultural and University Affairs committees will meet at 6 p.m. at Alcove D, Governors Room and Malot Roft. Finance and Student Rights committees will meet at 6:30 p.m. at English and Walnut Rooms.
ON CAMPUS
OAKS — Non-traditional Students Organization will have a brown bag luncheon form 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Call Simmie Berroya at 830-0074 for more information.
The African Studies and Langston Hughes Resource Center will sponsor "Incorporations of Folklore into Caribbean Literature" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union as part of the African-American History Month presentations. Giselle Anatol, assistant professor of English, will be the featured speaker. Call Pia Thielmann at 864-3054 for more information.
The Department of Humanities and Western Civilization will sponsor a humanities majors organization meeting at 3:30 p.m. today at 4006 Wescose Hall for students majoring or interested in the Humanities/Western Civilization major. Call Amanda Madden at 864-8006 for more information.
The KU Circle Club, a community service group,
will meet at 6:30 tonight at 2028 Learned Hall.
Call Karin Borke at 864-6067 for more information.
■ KU Gamers and Roleplayers will meet at 6:30 tonight at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. Call Ben Siegan at 865-57 59 for more information.
The Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 tonight at Adams Alumni Center. Call Leslie Vink at 843-4525 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.
Open-call auditions for student films will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Oldfather Studios. Anyone interested in student films can audition doing either a monologue or a cold reading. Call Nicky Walston at 749-1130 for more information.
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