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The Inside Front
Monday February 1, 1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
A brief in Friday's Kansan inaccurately stated that the new campus organization Politically Active Queens was connected directly to the group Queers and Allies. Politically Active Queens is composed of students who are members of Queues and Allies and students who are not members.
CAMPUS
Cigarette causes fire in trash can at Oliver
A discarded cigarette caused a fire in a trash can about noon Friday on the third floor of Oliver Hall, said Rob Kort, battalion chief with the Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical Department.
Firefighters arrived to find the fire extinguished, although the third floor hallway was full of smoke. Residents waited outside the building while firefighters ventilated the hallway and made sure the building was safe for residents to re-enter, Kort said.
No injuries resulted from the fire. Damage caused by smoke has not been estimated.
LAWRENCE
Hallway holes expose women to prying eyes
Women living in an apartment building in the 2300 block of Murphy Drive may have been victims of a peeper.
A KU student notified police at 1 a.m. Tuesday when she discovered small holes between a maintenance hallway and her apartment, said Sgt. George T. Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
The holes made it possible to see into women's bedrooms and bathrooms from the hallway, Wheeler said.
The maintenance hallway entrance usually was locked. Police will question people who had access to it, Wheeler said.
Police charge student with OUI, leaving scene
A KU student was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident that occurred 2 a.m. Friday at the intersection of 19th and Massachusetts streets, Lawrence police said.
After colliding with a Pizza Shuttle employee's car, the student left the scene of the accident after the employee said he would call the police. The Pizza Shuttle employee was able to get the student's license plate number as he was fleeing the scene, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
Police found the student at his residence in the 1700 block of West 25th Street. Police field sobriety tests revealed that the student was intoxicated. The student was arrested and taken to the Law Enforcement Center. His bond was set at $600.
Katie Burford
STATE
Endangered species moved to refuge center
SALINA — Sergei is aloof; Rima likes to follow you around. Deva is just the kind of sloth you can chat with.
These three are the latest additions to the Rolling Hills Refuge Wildlife Conservation Center. All three are endangered species.
Sergei and Rima are Amur leopards; Deva's a sloth bear.
The Amur leopards are among the most endangered cats in the world, with only about 50 remaining in the wild and 200 in zoos and parks, said Kathy Tolber, assistant director of the refuge center.
Sergei is an 8-year-old male, and Rima is a 2-year-old female transferred from the Pittsburgh Zoo to Salina.
The animals are kept in separate but adjoining cages so they can get used to scents, movements and eye contact without having a chance to attack.
"Now they lie near each other; she looks for him, and he looks for her," said J Copas, keeper of big cats and bears. "They're still getting to know each other."
The leopards are named for their native range, which covers a portion of China. Korea and near the Amur river in Russia.
The Salina refuge is a member of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Species Survival Plans. The association owns the animals and moves them around the country as it determines the best breeding matches
NATION
Lewinsky testimony may support charge
WASHINGTON — Impeachment prosecutors expect Monica Lewinsky to support an obstruction of justice charge against President Clinton with almost total recall of her conversations
Lewinsky. Testimony expected to support prosecution.
with him and her interpretation of what he said.
House officials familiar with the strategy say.
The prosecution team thinks Lewinsky will have a lot of information if the right questions are asked today, said one House official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
ken former federal prosecutor and small-town lawyer, was assigned to question Lewinsky. He must use the former intern's interpretation of events skillfully to overcome a statement she made that said she was never asked to lie and that she was never promised a job for her silence.
Bryant is expected to ask Lewinsky about her false affidavit in the Paula Jones case, an attempt she made to get a job after she appeared on the Paula Jones case witness list and Oval Office secretary Betty Currie's retrieval of presidential gifts from the former intern.
Lewinsky's closed deposition will be the first of three approved by senators in Clinton's impeachment trial, which is in recess until Thursday. Questioning of presidential friend Vernon Jordan is scheduled for tomorrow. White House aide Sidney Blumenthal is scheduled for Wednesday.
Orioles coach, officials meet about Cuba game
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. officials have heard from Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos that he is interested in breaking an impasse with Cuba because of the proposed distribution of profits from tentative exhibition games between the Orioles and a Cuban national team.
Angelos declined comment after the 45-minute White House meeting Friday night with National Security Adviser Sandy Berger and State Department Counselor Wendy Sherman.
Rep. Ed Bryant, R-Tenn., a soft-spo
David Leavy, White House representative, only would say the meeting was another step forward in the Clinton administration's efforts to expand people-to-people contacts between the United States and Cuba.
The State Department on Jan. 4 first broached the idea of an exhibition game involving the Orioles and a Cuban team. The administration
wants any proceeds from the games to be used to help the people of Cuba. Cuban officials say any profits should be earmarked to support Cuban doctors doing hurricane relief work in Central America.
Angelos returned from Havana last week without an agreement. The original plan called for the Orioles to play in Havana in late March. The Cuban team would then travel to Baltimore for a return game shortly thereafter.
Angeles reportedly wants to know how much flexibility the administration would be willing to give the Orioles in future discussions with the Cubans.
ON THE RECORD
The Associated Press
A Nikon camera, lenses and other camera equipment were stolen from a KU student's residence between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Jan. 20 in the 4700 block of Murfield Drive, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $1,945.
A KU student's parking permit was stolen from the Naismith Hall parking lot between 6 p.m. Jan. 25 and 11 a.m. Jan. 28, Lawrence police said. The permit was valued at $50.
A KU student's license plate was stolen between 9 a.m. and 3 pm. Jan.
21 from somewhere in Lawrence, Lawrence police said. The license plate was valued at $5
A cellular phone and CDs were stolen from a KU student's car between 9 and 11 p.m. Jan. 21 in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $1,639.
A Lawrence man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence at 12:08 a.m. Jan. 29 in the 1100 block of Mississippi Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. The man was taken to the Douglas County Law Enforcement Center.
A KU student's 1989 Ford Contour was hit between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 27 in lat 91 south of Memoriad Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the car was not estimated.
A KU student's car was damaged by a metal bar protruding from a concrete curb at 7:10 p.m. Jan. 28 near Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. The bumper to the car was partially pulled off. The cost of the damage was not estimated.
Virus plagues campus, ails student body
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The influenza outbreak seems to be confined to the University community.
"Lawrence has been very blessed this year," said Brian Hunt, Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency-room physician. "So far, we're not seeing much right now. Any time you get people together in a classroom setting — this goes for daycare too — you'll see easier spread of viruses. It's a closed system."
Rock said that the best way to avoid the flu — and to avoid spreading it — was to avoid the secretions of infected people. He also said that conscientious hand washing was helpful.
Individuals with fevers are more likely to be contagious. Rock said. People who are feverish or coughing uncontrollably should stay home to avoid spreading the virus.
Most of the students in the Watkins waiting room yesterday were complaining of flu-like symptoms. Many of them had been sick for more than two days.
"I've been sick since Tuesday," said Becky Stauffer, Topeka sophomore.
One student said that his sickness had come and gone for several weeks.
James Neighbor, Shawnee junior, said, "It didn't get serious until yesterday."
Bill Walsh, Denver senior, spent part of yesterday waiting for a physician with his wife and young daughter, who also was sniffing.
"I've been sick since about Thursday." Walsh said.
"We've been waiting here for about an hour and a half. I'd be home watching the Super Bowl if I wasn't here."
ON CAMPUS
■ Writers Roosts, sponsored by Writing Consulting;
Student Resources, will be open at the following times and locations: from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 4003 Wescoe Hall and at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union; from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Alcove G in the Kansas Union; from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at 156 Strong Hall; from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Conference Room 109 in the Multicultural Resource Center; and from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday at the Templin Academic Resource Center.
- St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have daily Mass at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Danfort Chapel. Call Father Ray May at 843-0357 for more information. There also will be daily Mass at 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the center, 1631 Crescent Rd. Call Father Vince Krische at 843-0357 for more information.
- The Department of Linguistics will have the collogy "Serial Verb Constructions: An Event Syntactic Account" at 3:30 p.m. today at 206 Blake Hall.
Chuan-Chih Virgina Wang will be the featured
speaker. Call Professor Clifton Pye at 864-3450 for more information.
Transition Studies, Sociology and the Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies will present the lecture "Spatial Articulation of Identity and Social Issues in Estonia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan" at 4 p.m. today at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Call Bette Luther at 864-3426 for more information.
■ The Elections Commission will have an Election Code Complaint Hearing at 4:30 p.m. today at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union. The commission invites anyone to comment about initial 1999 Student Senate Elections Code. The final code will be published Friday. Call Jennifer Watkins at 864-2388 for more information.
KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Kansas Union. Call Matt Dunbar at 864-7325 for more information.
■ Working Against Violence Everywhere (WAVE) will have an informational meeting at 9 tonight at the Joyhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Call Amber McGraw at 843-522-4 for more information.
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