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The Inside Front
Thursday February 4,1999
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
KU student semifinalist for journalism award
Michelle Tuckner, Woodbury, Minn., junior, is a semifinalist in the television broadcast news competition for the 1998-99 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.
This is the first time that the broadcast division has entered the contest. Tucker is an intern at WIBW Channel 13 in Topeka. She entered three stories she had produced for the station to a group of University teachers.
"I was honored just to be chosen," Tuckner said.
The group, who could only select two entrants for the national competition, chose Tucker's as one.
Tucker placed 7th out of 60 contestants and will submit three more stories for the second round of the competition in March.
If she is selected as one of three finalists, Tuckner will be flown to San Francisco and will compete during a long weekend. She would be asked to cover an on-the-spot news story.
-Ezra Sykes
Towel proves useless for putting out stove fire
A stove fire occurred at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the first floor of Jayhawk Towers, 1603 West 15th St., the KU Public Safety Office said.
Nobody was injured and only the towel andrug were burned in the fire.
A resident of the room tried to put the fire out with a towel but the towel caught fire, said Lt. Schuyler Bailey. The fire then spread to a rug, but the resident was able to stomp the fire out before the Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical Department arrived, Bailey said.
Thief takes advantage of perfect opportunity
An opportunistic thief made use of a less than 10-minute time span to steal a laptop computer from an office in the Biological Teaching Resource Center, a KU Public Safety Office report said.
The computer, a Macintosh Powerbook G3 valued at $2,699, had only been out of the box for a day before its disappearance between 10:10 and 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, said Marceline Masten, an audio-visual technician in the center.
Masten and a student employee had been loading software on the computer throughout the morning when Masten left the office for a few minutes to check something on another floor. When she returned the computer was gone, she said.
"There were students in the center at the time, but nobody noticed anything
unusual," Masten said.
She said that normally all the center's computer equipment was either locked up or bolted down.
"Whoever did it was in the right place at the right time," she said. "It was just a fluke."
LOCAL
Neighbor, store alarm help in thieves' capture
Two men broke into Kaw Valley Industrial, 1105 East 23rd St., and took a '98 Yamaha Banshee 4-wheeler by loading it into the bed of their pickup truck late Monday night, a Lawrence Police report said.
The men set off the burglar alarm and police also got a call from a nearby resident who saw the pickup behind the building.
Although the men were gone when officers arrived at KV1, police caught up with the men and arrested them at the intersection of 7th and Rhode Island streets. The men were charged with burglary, theft and criminal damage to property.
Phony deposits, ATM assisted bank robber
Automatic teller machines make with drawing money easier for everyone — even bank robbers.
Between Sept. 28 and Oct. 10 a man stole $3,599.42 from US Bank, 901 Vermont St., by making phony deposits into his account and immediately withdrawing the funds through an ATM, Officer Matt Sarna of the Lawrence Police department said.
It wasn't until Dec. 29 that a US Bank investigator in Denver discovered the theft. Police have not arrested the thief, but they are investigating a suspect in Missouri.
irespassing meditator found in refrigerator
A man found sitting on the floor in front of an open refrigerator at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Zen Center, 1423 New York St., might have been meditating on the notion of nutrition. However, the center was closed and the man was trespassing, a Lawrence Police report said.
The man appeared intoxicated, the report said. The contemplative man was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing.
cent sales tax on food as a replacement for Gov. Bill Graves' proposal to remove the property tax on vehicles.
— Katie Burford
Food tax elimination wins approval of House
The 86-37 vote came on an amendment added to a bill that would give five counties authority to impose sales tax. A final vote on the bill, expected today, is needed to send the measure to the Senate.
TOPEKA — The House gave tentative approval to eliminate the 4.9 per
STATE
Under the amendment, the sales tax on food would be eliminated by 2002, and would cost the state about $230 million in revenue.
Many supporters saw the amendment as a replacement for the Graves proposal.
"The governor at this point still supports his idea for eliminating the property tax on vehicles," said Mike Matson, spokesman for Graves.
Meanwhile, Graves' plan to double the income tax credit for people adopting children should easily pass the Senate when it comes up for debate next week.
But Graves' other tax-cutting ideas, including eliminating vehicle taxes, might face trouble with the House Taxation Committee where members are considering alternatives.
"Everything is in play. There is a lot of shifting sand," said committee chairman David Adkins, R-Leawood.
Ambassador nominee pays off settlement
WASHINGTON — In an attempt to clear his record, Richard Holbrooke, nominated as ambassador to the United Nations, has agreed to pay a $5,000 civil settlement of allegations that he improperly contacted a former government colleague, a friend of Holbrooke's said yesterday.
NATION
The veteran 57-year-old diplomat would not be required to admit wrongdoing under the draft settlement — worked out with the Justice Department — of allegations that Holbrooke violated federal lobbying laws, according to the friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Top Justice Department officials are still reviewing the agreement, but no changes are anticipated and it should be filed in court soon.
"He never asked any U.S. government official to do anything other than on behalf of the U.S. government," the friend said. "He's paying only to settle this and get it behind him."
The settlement should clear the way for President Clinton to send the nomination to the Senate. Eight months ago, Clinton announced that his choice for the high-profile U.N. post was Holbrooke, the chief architect of the 1995 Bosnia peace accord and last fall's cease fire in Kosovo.
■ Approved the following replacement senators: Sarah Hill, engineering senator; J.D. Jenkins, Nunemaker senator; Michael Henry, non-administrative senator; Kristen Chowning, law senator; and Tracie Schuler, graduate senator.
STUDENT SENATE
The Associated Press
- reviewed an electronic media policy to be submitted to the University.
In other news, Senate.
Passed a bill to fund the Student Legislative Awareness Board forum on alcohol-related issues, scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday in the Pioneer Room at the Burge Union.
Passed a bill to re-create an alternative media subcommittee which will serve as a liaison to provide financing for alternative campus publications.
Passed a resolution requesting that Emporia State University include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy. The resolution also asks Chancellor Robert Hemenway to reaffirm the integrity of KU's equal opportunity policy.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's CD player was stolen between 3 p.m.
Sunday and 8:25 a.m. Monday in the 2200 block of
West 26th Street, a Lawrence Police report said.
A Lawrence Police officer was dispatched on a report of gunshots at 11:45 p.m. Monday in the 2500 block of Scottsdale Street, a Lawrence Police report said. Police investigated and found no evidence of the shots.
A KU visitor's car was struck between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday in lot 62 near Sunnyside Avenue and Illinois Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. The driver of the car that caused the damaged did not leave identification. Damage to the car was minor.
A KU student's wallet was stolen between 11 and 11:15 p.m. Jan. 13 in McCollum Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The wallet and its contents were valued at $213.
ON CAMPUS
- KU Environs and Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. today at the ECM building. Call Shannan at 841-8033 for more information.
The Department of Art History and the Center for Russian and East European Studies will sponsor the lecture "Art and Art Museums in Post-Soviet Russia," at 4:15 p.m. today at Room 211 in the Spencer Museum of Art. Call Bette Luther at 864-4236 for more information.
KU Queers and Allies will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. At the meeting, elections will be held for all open offices, and the guest speaker will be Allen Omoto. Call Matthew Skinta at 864-3091 for more information.
More students may be given in-state tuition
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the state just to attend school or demonstrate an intent to stay in Kansas permanently in order to achieve in-state residency status.
Under the new bill, parents could buy a house in Kansas, put their child's name on the title and pay in-state tuition, she said.
"It's a radical change," she said. "The way it's written, just about any student could qualify as a resident."
McCluskey-Fawcett said that members of the Legislature had a responsibility to be good stewards of tax dollars and that Sloan's bill was not a wise use of state money.
"It's very problematic for the citizens of Kansas to be underwriting the cost of education for students whose parents didn't pay into the tax base and who are unlikely to pay into the tax base in the future," she said. "I'd be very surprised if it passes."
But Brennan sees the issue differently. He said the stringent residency requirements hurt not only students but the state as well.
"Saddling students with debt right now and taking away their ability to buy a home when they graduate — or to buy a car or to invest in Kansas — is a poor public policy," he said. "It would be better to provide them with the best education possible right now and leave them in a financial position to invest in the state after they graduate."
Brennan is attempting to locate students who feel they have been unfairly denied residency so they can lobby for a hearing before the House Education Committee, where the bill has been referred.
"My hope is that other students in this position will contact me so that we can demonstrate there are numbers of students affected by the current statute." he said.
Brennan has bought a home in Lawrence and considers himself a Lawrence resident. He said he approached the Office of the Registrar about applying for residency but was told he would probably be denied.
"I couldn't prove I was intent on remaining in Kansas indefinitely," Brennan said.
Nonresident tuition rates are more than triple resident rates. Resident undergraduates pay $68.05 per credit hour and graduate students pay $101 per credit hour. Nonresidents pay $283 per hour as undergraduates and $329.75 as graduate students.
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Academic Computing Services presents: FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
Week of Feb. 8-12, 1999
All ACS classes are FREE to KU students, staff, and faculty and don't require registration UNLESS otherwise noted. Some classes are $75 per non-KU availed Postcard at a workshop/school@ku.edu or BG4-0194. If a class is full, be sure to put your name on the warning list. You will be contacted if we add new class * sessions. The complete ACS class schedule is at www.cukuan.edu/acs/training or in Driver's Ed for the information Superhighway available at the Computer Center. For training questions contact
E-mail: Introduction—Learn how to set up your preferred e-mail program to best meet your needs as well as how to com pose, read, save, print, and reply to e-mail. This is a Slowpokes class—half an hour longer than usual.
Tues., February 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m./Computer Center PC Lab. Room 202A.
Graphic formats and scanning — Get an overview of Web and print graphics and how to scan, save, and edit images. See how to scan and save an image using Photoshop, a popular image editing program. Wed., February 10, 1–2:30 p.m./ Computer Center Auditorium