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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
THURSDAY. IANUARY 20, 2005
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Inauguration outing
Barbara Parsons, Wallingford, Conn., graduate student, takes a flier from Ron Warman, 45-year-old Lawrence army veteran, on Jayhawk Boulevard yesterday afternoon. Warman is part of a group called Progressive Dialogue that is sponsoring an anti-inauguration rally at 11 a.m. today on the lawn of Strong Hall.
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6. Any team may call roll at any time.
7. Camping can be suspended if there is a justifiable reason, a majority of the present teams agree and a notice is posted with the date and time that camping will resume. Any team arriving during suspension may add their name to the list.
8. When campers are asked to exit the fieldhouse to line up before game time, one or more groups must be in charge of lining up the teams.
9. Be courteous of other groups.
1. Camping will take place from 6 a.m., until 10
n. m. every weekday and weekend
How does camping for basketball games work? KU Athletics doesn't administer or oversee camp in any way. Basically, a group signs up at the beginning, and has to be represented by at least one person from 6 a.m. to midnight, every day. If your roll is taken and a group has no representative, they lose their place in line. Check out the more detailed rules here.
3. Each team may consist of no more than 30 members. Half of this number, up to 15, may enter the fieldhouse when the doors are opened.
4. Camping for a game cannot begin until 6 a.m., following the preceding home game.
p. 121. If the fieldhouse is closed, it will be put to a vote by the teams if camping should continue. If voted to continue, camping will be in the parking garage. If suspended, a list will be posted and teams can add their names.
5. Camping will be suspended for one hour prior to an out-of-town game and will resume one hour after the end.
CAMPUS
Judge: former director must settle dispute out of court
Judge Michael J. Malone ruled last Friday that the former director of the University of Kansas Alumni Association must settle his dispute outside of court through arbitration.
Fred Williams sued the association for breach of contract and defamation when it fired him on May 27, 2004, after 21 years of employment.
Williams argued that the wording in his contract did not show mutual agreement between the two parties to arbitrate.
The contract stated that the parties desired to resolve all disputes without resorting to litigation. He also argued that arbitration did not cover the defamation claim.
Dani Litt
In his memorandum of decision, Malone also said that all proceedings in case must be stopped until arbitration is finished.
Judge Malone ruled that the parties had "agreed to arbitrate, not litigate," based on the language in the contract.
Lighting fixture causes fire in Spencer Research Library
On Jan. 7, a small fire broke out in a spare room of the Spencer Research Library.
A student employee was in the room when a lighting fixture caught fire. The melting plastic then fell to the floor, igniting the carpet.
The actual cause of the fixture's ma function remains unknown. Sheryl Williams, curator of the Kansas
Rick Clement, a special collections librarian, had already extinguished the fire by the time KU Public Safety Officers arrived.
Upon investigation, only the fixture and a small carpeted area were reported damaged. None of the library's collections were harmed.
Collection, said she suspected the filter placed over the light was a possible culprit. The filters protected the collection from lighting and have accumulated plenty of dust over the years.
Ty Beaver
University alumnus donates $10million for economics
The Kansas University Endowment Association and the department of economics have received a $10 million donation from a KU alumnus.
Charley W, Oswald, a 1951 graduate in economics, donated the gift. Oswald, who now lives in Custer, S.D., also donated $10 million in 2001.
Oswald's gift in 2001 was used to create two distinguished faculty positions, said Joe Sicilian, chairman of the department of economics. Oswald's current gift will help create a third distinguished professorship, Sicilian said. Some of the donation will also be used to fund guest speakers and faculty and student travel fees.
Jason Shaad
"It's encouraging that his goals are the same as ours," Sicilian said.
Sicilian said Oswald believed strongly in the benefits on an undergraduate program in economics.
Alumnus donation to attract molecular biologist University
Irving S. Johnson, a 1953 University graduate, donated more than $500,000 to fund a professorship in molecular biology
Thanks to a recent donation, another molecular biologist will be joining the University of Kansas.
The Hall Family Foundation of Kansas City, Mo., matched the gift, bringing the total to $1 million.
Kathy Suprenant, chairwoman of molecular biology, said the professorship would act as a catalyst to bring prestigious faculty and students to the University.
A search will be organized once
additional funding from the state is secured. Rob Weaver, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said that the college would ask the Kansas Partnership for Faculty of Distinction Program to provide further funds.
The program encourages gifts by private donors to help recruit and retain outstanding faculty.
Suprenant said she wasn't sure who they would recruit, but it would be a first-rate scientist with an excellent career in molecular biology.
Ty Beaver
LOCAL
New procedure helps police respond to noise complaints
The Lawrence Police Department announced a new procedure yesterday for handling noise complaints.
Under the new procedure, officers may issue a citation without contacting the complainant. This will allow officers to handle more complaints and address them much faster during the weekends, which are their busiest times.
The department receives an average of eight to 10 noise complaints each night from Thursday to Saturday, said Sgt. Dan Ward, department spokesman.
Complaints are also usually higher during holidays.
— Joshua Bickel
Fire at apartment complex causes $3.000 in damages
Last Halloween, for example, the police department had approximately 70 noise complaints and didn't have the resources to respond to them all, Ward said.
Thankfully, no one was injured.
A fire at Colony Woods Apartments caused about $3,000 worth of damages early Monday morning.
vinyl siding on the building's exterior suffered damage, said Mark Bradford, chief of the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Department.
The fire broke out on a balcony in building F. Only the deck and some
The Fire Department responded to the call at 5:23 a.m., after the occupant of the apartment called to report a fire. Fire fighters arrived at the scene and found the fire on a wooden balcony, not inside the apartment.
The fire was ruled accidental in nature and was believed to have been started by an "inappropriate discharge of smoking material," Bradford said.
Joshua Bickel
STATE
Governors seek meeting on Canadian prescription sales
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and five other state governors will try to convince Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin not to choke off cross-border sales of prescription drugs.
Sebelius and the governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Utah, North Dakota and Maine sent Martin a letter yesterday asking for a face—to—face meeting in Ottawa.
Martin's government has been considering restrictions that would shut down Internet drug sales to U.S. customers seeking cheaper medications.
"It is imperative that the Canadian government realize that the restriction of prescription drug supplies could mean the difference between life and death for many Americans, many of whom are residents of our states," the governors said in the letter.
Canadian Health Minister Uijal Dosanjh has repeatedly outlined his concerns that "Canada can not be the drugstore to the United States." He fears the cross-border trade could cause drug shortages in Canada and threaten the country's regulated pricing system.
The Associated Press
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