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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2005
INSIDENEWS Football player dismissed from team
John Randle, sophomore running back, was dismissed from the Kansas football team yesterday. He pleaded not guilty to battery charges after being arrested Sunday morning. A police officer saw him hit a man outside of It's Brothers, said Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department. PAGE 1A
Local businesses prepare for NCAA tournament
With the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament a few days away, businesses across Lawrence are preparing to order T-shirts and other merchandise for jayhawk fans to buy. During the tournament, stores usually don't even order Final Four shirts until the Jayhawks make it that far. PAGE 1A
Phi Kappa Theta, the fraternity expelled by the Interfraternity Council's executive board on March 7, has filed an appeal with the IFC's executive board. Matt Moreno, chapter president and Wichita sophomore, said the fraternity had also drafted goals to "rectify the problem." PAGE 1A
Phi Kappa Theta appeals, cites new goals
Student paleontologist leads dino exhibit
Matt Christopher's idea for an interactive exhibit at Science City in Kansas City, Mo., will save dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum from being stored away. Christopher, an Olathe graduate student, will be the lead paleontologist for Dino Lab, which opens tomorrow. Visitors at Science City will be able to watch him through a glass wall as he works. PAGE 1A
Church-owned coffee shop friendly for teens
Dad's Place, a Massachusetts Street coffee shop and snack bar owned and operated by a Lawrence religious organization, provides local teenagers a place to congregate on weekend nights. Mustard Seed Christian Fellowship opened Dad's Place so kids could have a safe place to hang out, Melissa Ingalls, overseer, said. PAGE 6A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Literature offers no negative influence
Betsy McLeod's take on banned books is 'what's the big deal?' it's not as though children who read about sex are bound to have it just because of lit erary descriptions of it, right? PAGE 5A
Column: Violent games have negative influence
Sam Hopkins' take on violent video games is, 'Yes, it is a big deal.' Just look at events like the courtroom shooting in Georgia and see how cheap the value of life can be in the U.S. Video games are a part of that. PAGE 5A
Editorial: Thanks for the good vibes, Kline
Kansas is a hub for negative news attention these days, starting with Fred Phelps' shenanigans to the BTK Killer. Now Phil Kline's abortion clinic stint gives us another reason to shake our heads in confusion. PAGE 5A
INSIDESPORTS Will Kansas get 'Buck'ed?
On March 14, 2002, Kansas was almost defeated by Holy Cross in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. It was the last time Kansas faced the Patriot League champions. Kansas will face Bucknell University, 2004 Patriot League champions, in the NCAA Tournament. Kansas players recall how tough Patriot League teams can play. "They've earned our respect," senior guard Keith Langford said. PAGE 1B
Jack Weinstein prophesied a letter from the Bucknell University basketball players to the Kansas men's basketball team comparing the two universities and their basketball programs. PAGE 18
Column: Kansas should watch out for Bucknell
Former basketball player faces hardships
Bryant Nash has not prospered since he left the Kansas men's basketball team. The former forward has had surgery on his knee and has struggled to find opportunities to play basketball in any professional league, though he played for the Colorado Storm for a short time. PAGE 1B
Kansan sportswriter Kellis Robinett gives you the details for round one at the Albuquerque regional, from No. 1 Washington vs. No. 16 Montana to No. 8 Pacific vs. No. 9 Pittsburgh. Read on to find out which teams the Jayhawks could face if they play in the Championship game. PAGE 2B
First-round NCAA Tournament analysis
Semifinals set intramural championship games
Physical play kept the referees running all night during the semifinal round of the men's and women's intramural basketball games. In the men's division, the Seminoid led by 16 at halftime but defeated Phi Slamma Jamma, 55-49, by a narrow margin and advanced to the final round. "We felt like we were in control the whole half," Mark Moxley, St. Louis senior, said. PAGE 6B
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Fire ruins historical sites
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FORT SCOTT—Gov. Kathleen Sebellius surveyed Fort Scott's historic downtown area yesterday, studying the damage caused by a roaring, wind-whipped fire.
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The blaze that started Friday afternoon destroyed nine buildings, and Fort Scott Mayor Gary Billions said two or three others located near those buildings may also have suffered damage.
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, second from left, tours the scene yesterday of a fire in historic downtown Fort Scott on Friday. The blaze destroyed nine buildings, and Fort Scott Mayor Gary Billionis said two or three others located near those buildings may also have suffered damage. Sebelius said the state was looking at ways it could help in the cleanup and rebuilding.
"This is a historic area," Sebelius said after returning to Topeka. "The oldest building is about 142 years old. It's a real piece of Kansas history lost in this fire. But hopefully we can help them rebuild."
Sebelius was joined by state Sen Jim Barone (D-Frontenac) and two state representatives along with the state fire marshal. After Sebelius flew over the area in a helicopter with the mayor, the contingent walked through the still smoldering downtown with city officials and federal fire investigators.
Sebelius said the group wanted to help connect the community with different state and federal funding sources. Damage is estimated at $10 million.
In some cases, the floors of the two and three-story buildings collapsed,
"We are interested in maintaining the historical integrity of the area," Billionis said. "Whatever is rebuilt, we are going to make sure it maintains that integrity. We can't reconstruct an 1863 building, but we can put a building in here that at least looks like it belongs."
leaving just the exterior shells of the 100- to 140-year-old structures.
Before the city can clear the rubble and begin rebuilding, a response team from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives must finish its investigation. The group has conducted interviews, but it must wait for a structural engineer from Wichita to evaluate the buildings in the fire-damaged block before entering them.
New exercise guide questioned
HEALTH
BY LIBBY QUAID
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Sixty to 90 minutes of exercise every day. That's what the government now suggests.
Even people working out at the gym say most folks won't consider that, and the experts behind the government's recommendation say 30 minutes a day is enough for most
Paul Steinkoenig, 45, of Arlington, Va., now works out about 90 minutes a day three days a week. Sixty or 90 minutes every day "sounds higher than certainly what the average American is going to consider," he said.
"I think 60 minutes would be a little much for me," added Joseph Allwein, 84. Allwein said he biked, rowed or walked for 30 minutes five days a week.
The panel of doctors and scientists that developed the recommendations put an emphasis on getting 30 minutes of exercise. Its 25 pages of recommendations were scaled down to three when they were released as part of the government's new dietary guidelines in January. Those guidelines gave equal billing to the 60- and 90-minute suggestions.
"There's an enormous need to clarify that," said Russell Pate, a panel member and professor of exercise science at the University of South Carolina school of public health. "I have no doubt that if we all met that 30-minute guideline, we'd have a lot fewer of us that have weight problems."
Out of shape America
The guidelines are being used to update the government's food pyramid, which is due out this spring. This is what they say about exercise:
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- People need 30 minutes of physical activity on most days to ward off chronic disease.
To prevent unhealthy weight gain, people should spend 60 minutes on physical activity on most days.
Previously overweight people who have lost weight may need 60 to 90 minutes of exercise to keep the weight off.
Weight is an issue throughout the guidelines, which tell people how to eat to be healthy. The guidelines advise eating fewer calories, more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. People should also drink more lowfat milk, eat less fat and salt and get more exercise.
The number of overweight and obese Americans is growing at an alarming rate, the panel said.
"Because we have 60 percent of Americans overweight and 30 percent
obese, we have a lot of people trying to lose weight and keep it off, and we know how difficult it is to lose weight and keep it off," said Dr. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, a panel member and director of obesity research at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York.
About two-thirds of Americans each year try to start regular exercise programs, according to a 2004 Associated Press-Ipsos poll. That contrasts with how many stay with it. Nearly 40 percent of adults said they didn't do physical activity during leisure time in 2002 data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
People trying to fit the new exercise advice into their day don't have to start all at once. It's fine to break your activity into bouts of 10 or 15 minutes. The idea is still to do at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity.
And it doesn't have to be walking. The panel gave several examples of moderate exercise: Hiking, light gardening or yard work, dancing, golf, bicycling, a light workout of weight lifting. Stretching also counts.
More vigorous activity is even better, the committee said. That could include running or jogging at 5 miles an hour, walking at 4.5 miles an hour, bicycling at 10 miles an hour, swimming, aerobics, heavy yard work such as chopping wood, more vigorous weight lifting or playing basketball.
"The idea here is small steps," said Eric Hentges, director of the Agriculture Department's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, which helped write the guidelines. "Get the 30 minutes first, because independent of any of the other aspects, the 30 minutes alone will have benefits."
CONGRESS
GOP's bills favorably received
BY DAVID ESPO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — At first glance, abortion and bankruptcy might not seem to have much in common. Except in Congress, where partisan divisions on one have long held up legislation affecting the other.
That's soon to end, as Republicans begin converting last fall's election gains into this year's bills for President Bush to sign. In all, the GOP gained four seats last November and now holds 55.
So far, the new Congress has sent Bush only one substantive measure, a bill designed to curtail multimillion-dollar class action lawsuits. The bankruptcy bill, eight years in the making, is expected to follow next month.
Democrats contend both bills are the result of partisan compromise over several years.
Democrats agree that far more contentious and unpredictable battles lie
"Working for a budget that lives by America's morals instead of mocking them won't be easy. The Washington Republicans will fight us every step of the way." Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said yesterday as the GOP tax and spending plan reached the Senate floor.
just ahead, over tax cuts, judicial appointments and Social Security.
Conservative Republicans in the House no longer view the Senate as the chamber where their favorite bills go to die.
"The amount of legislation that's passing is pretty big," said U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. "I think we'll get an energy bill, a highway bill and maybe" legislation to resolve asbestos claims.
The Senate put its new conservative face on display last week on several issues.
After two years of dodging a vote on a Democratic call for a minimum wage increase, the Republicans
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An attempt to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, killed on a vote of 52-48 in 2003, was folded into the Senate Republicans' budget that recently cleared committee. Democrats will attempt to strip it out this week in the full Senate.
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