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The Inside Front
Wednesday February 3,1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Embezzler takes $635 from comptroller office
Cash totaling $634.88 was embuzzed from the Office of the Comptroller, 20 Carruth-O'Leary Hall, between 8 and 11:30 a.m. Jan 27, a KU Public Safety Office report said.
KU police are investigating the stolen funds but have not yet made an arrest, said Maj. Chris J. Keary, assistant director of the Public Safety Office.
Keary said the results of the investigation would go in a report that would be sent to the Douglas County District Attorney's Office for prosecution. He said that until the report was finished, he could not release any further details.
Taco Grande robbery deemed a false report
An reported armed robbery that occurred around closing time on Jan. 14 at Taco Grande, 534 Frontier Rd., never happened, Sgt. George T. Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Depart ment said.
Police determined through interviews with witnesses that the robbery was a false report.
The original police report said a man armed with a handgun entered the store and stole $500. Wheeler said that two or more people could be arrested in connection with the false report.
Man arrested in church after being found naked
A man who said he was looking for a bathroom was found naked in the basement of First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St., said Sgt. George T. Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
Police were called when a female employee of the church discovered the nude man standing in the entryway of a basement lunchroom, Wheeler said.
The man, who was clothed by the time police arrived, was arrested and charged by the police with lewd and lascivious behavior.
Two robberies thwarted by one Lawrence officer
A man armed with a pointed finger in his coat pocket stole a package of meat late Monday night from Food 4 Less, 2525 Iowa St., said Sgt. George T. Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
An employee tried to stop the man for shoplifting when the man pointed what the employee thought was a gun at him and told the employee to let him leave. The man then went to a gas station and stole two dollars' worth of gas, Wheeler said.
Officer John Godden stopped the man at 13th Street and Haskell Avenue and arrested him for robbery, battery and theft.
At 4:03 a.m., Godden was sitting in a police car in the parking lot of K-mart, 3106 Iowa St., finishing the paperwork for the first robbery arrest when a K-mart security guard told Godden that two men had just driven off with a carload of stolen merchandise, Wheeler said.
Godden caught up with the men and arrested them. In the car, a Pinto, Godden found several bags of charcoal, lighter fluid, 20 fans, three garden hoses, an edger, a garden tiller and a dolly—presumably to unload the loot, Wheeler said.
Police arrest KU students after routine ID checks
A KU student was arrested at 9:28 p.m. Jan. 30 in the 1500 block of Tennessee Street for running from police and carrying two forms of false identification, a Lawrence Police report said.
Police stopped two KU students at the Wagon Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St, on a routine ID check. One of the students was charged with minor in possession when police found he was underage. The other student attempted to flee but was found hiding under a car by police. The two students reside at the Beta Theta Pi, 1425 Tennessee St., fraternity house.
Katie Burford
Berger, all have begun preliminary talks on Capitol Hill.
NATION
Clinton, Congress discuss sending troops to Kosovo
WASHINGTON — The Clinton administration is discussing with Congress the possible use of thousands of American ground troops to monitor any peace settlement in Kosovo.
They have left the impression the administrators are determined that U.S. troops play a peacekeeping role, but publicly and privately administration officials say no decision has been made.
Clinton: Talks with Congress about Kosovo settlement.
Even before negotiations begin on the future of the Serbian province, Secretary of State
As in Bosnia, the U.S. troops would be part of a monitoring group along with European soldiers. In all, a multinational force of some 20,000 may be necessary to oversee a cease-fire in Kosovo.
Madeleine Albright, Defense Secretary William Cohen and President Clinton's national security adviser, Sandy
Albright briefed Clinton on Monday at the White House for 75 minutes on the outlook for a negotiated settlement between the Serbs and ethnic Albanian rebels in Kosovo. Serbia is the main republic of Yugoslavia.
Later, she met with Prime Minister Pandeli Majko of Albania and asked him to urge the Kosovo Liberation Army and other ethnic Albanian groups to participate in the negotiations.
WORLD
Brazil's Finance Ministry removes bank president
BRASILIA, Brazil — The Finance Ministry removed the president of Brazil's central bank today, less than a month after he was named to the post.
Francisco Lopes will be replaced by Arminio Fraga, who has a doctorate in economics from Princeton University and was called "one of Brazil's best economists" in a news conference yesterday by Finance Minister Pedro Malan.
The Finance Ministry said the govern ment decided to overhaul the central bank to strengthen the institution following the recent shift in Brazil's foreign exchange policy.
Last month, the central bank formally adopted a policy allowing the local currency, the real, to float freely against the dollar.
Since restrictions were lifted on Brazil's foreign exchange trading, the real has depreciated 32 percent against the dollar. The real weakened further today on news of the change at the central bank but stabilized in later trading.
The Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, Latin America's largest, opened higher but was 3.4 percent lower by midday with traders blaming profit-taking after Monday's 8.8 percent rise.
"As soon as the scenery looks like it's improving, something else crops up," one currency dealer said.
The Associated Press
Diversity decision to be reached using mail ballot for members
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diverse nation and to participate in a multicultural work environment," Neill said. "This diversity requirement is an effort to help students to diversify their perspective and to question their value system."
Implementation of the requirement would add no extra hours to a student's course load, Neill said.
Aaron Profitt, Overland Park sophomore, spoke against the requirement at the meeting.
"First of all, I don't think we need to add any more requirements," he said. "It might mean one more course you don't want to take."
Profitf also objected to the idea that the diversity requirement was not politically motivated.
"If it weren't political, we wouldn't be sitting here arguing," he said. "I don't think the University should force a political agenda on students."
Votaw agreed that the diversity requirement was political.
"We can't escape ideology," she said. "Western Civ. is just as political as this."
Votaw also said that the requirements would not increase the amount of hours that a student needs to graduate.
"If a student plans right, a student won't be burdened with another course," Votaw said. "It would satisfy general educational requirements and major requirements."
William Keel, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, said he supported a diversity requirement but said the proposal would put smaller departments at a disadvantage.
If students are allowed to fulfill two requirements by taking one course, then departments
that could not offer a diversity-based class would be negatively affected, he said.
Kathryn Conrad, assistant professor of English and member of the ad hoc committee, said she didn't see why smaller departments were more threatened by the diversity requirement than the non-western culture requirement, for instance.
"If they're frustrated by the way courses are distributed they should consider changing the Western Civilization requirement," Conrad said.
ON THE RECORD
"Correcting the social injustice is more important," Votaw said.
"It's not impossible that they wouldn't think up courses that would fulfill the diversity requirement."
Votaw said the need for this requirement outweighed any negative effects.
The license plate of a KU employee's car was stolen between 5 p.m. Jan. 30 and 1 a.m. Jan. 31, a Lawrence Police report said. The license plate was valued at $3.
A KU student received a harassing phone call at 3 p.m. Jan 28 at her home in the 1100 block of Kentucky Street, a Lawrence Police report said.
A KU student reported that shots were fired at 12:31 a.m. Feb. 2 in the 900 block of Jana Drive, a Lawrence Police report said. Police investigated but did not find any evidence of the shots.
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between 8 and 10 p.m. Jan. 26 in the 1100 block of Ohio Street, a Lawrence Police report said. The cellular phone was valued at $100.
A KU student's car was damaged between 10 p.m. Jan. 30 and 11:33 a.m. Jan. 31 in the 900 block of Louisiana Street, a Lawrence Police report said. The damage was estimated at $200.
A KU police officer was dispatched at 5:27 p.m. Feb. 1 to Robinson Center, where a KU student had injured his knee while playing basketball, a KU Public Safety Office report said. The student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between 11 p.m. Jan. 29 and 11 a.m. Jan. 31 in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, a KU Public Safety Office report said. The phone was valued at $159.
ON CAMPUS
University Forum will present "The Teenage Brain" from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Ruth Anch Atchley, assistant professor of
The Office of Study Abroad will have a Study Abroad Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the fourth floor in the Kansas Union. Call Doug Schenkelberg at 864-7812 for more information.
psychology, will be the featured speaker. Call Thad Holcombe 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 Simmie Berroya at 830-0074 for more information.
The Pre-Physical Therapy Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the first floor conference room in the Watkins Health Center. Call Corey Snyder at 841-4670 for more information.
■ The SUA Recreation Committee will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Kansas Union. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 for more information.
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