2A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY,APRIL 17,2002
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Come to the Granada tonight and see local bands duke it out at KJHK's Farmer's Ball.
AD INDEX
Abe & Jake's . 3A
African Student Assoc. .10B
Aimee's Coffeehouse .6A
Bada Bing .9A
Blue Mesa Management .8A
Brother's .3B
Campus Crusade for Christ .4B
Campus Place Apts. .5A
Cedarwood Apts. .8A
Checkers .6A
City of Lawrence .2A, 4B
Coca-Cola .2B, 8B
Don's Auto Center .8A
Environ. Studies Student Assoc. .7B
Fatso's .5A
First Management .10B
Fox Run Apts. .9A
Golden Key .6B
Hair Experts Design Team .3B
Hanover Place Apts. .8A
Hobbs .6B
Jayhawk Bookstore .3B
Jimmy John's .9A
Kentucky Place Apts. .8A
Kief's .3A
KJHK .7B
KU Memorial Unions .7A
La Prima Taza .6B
Lawrence Human Rel. Dept. .4B
Liberty Hall .3A
Lied Center .3B
Marisco's .10B
Meadowbrook Apts. .3A
Mitsubishi Motors .8A
Orchard Corners Apts. .6B
Paradise Café .3A
Pinnacle Woods .8A
Pizza Shuttle .7B
Printing Services .6A
Raoul's .6A
Rudy's Pizza .3B
Student Senate .5B, 8B
SUA .2A, 5A
Summit House Apts. .8A
Sundance Apts. .6B
Sunrise Terrace Apts. .7B
Tanglewood Apts. .6B
Tour De Fat .2B
Watkins 6B
Weaver's .7A
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CAMERA ON KU
Members of the band Hot Sauce practice at the Multicultural Resource Center. The group won the Hawk Night talent show and is now preparing for its upcoming Day on the Hill performance.
Alumnus among four who died in accident in Afghanistan
A University of Kansas alumnus was among four soldiers who died in Afghanistan in an accident while they were trying to destroy rockets yesterday.
Sgt. Jamie Maugan, who specialized in explosives, attended the University of Kansas in the 1999-2000 academic year, said Todd Cohen, assistant director of University Relations. Maugan was enrolled as a freshman majoring in English and business.
He was working Monday in a desert outside Kandahar with a bomb-disposal unit that was destroying captured weapons. A fifth soldier was injured in the blast.
Maugan graduated from Derby High School in Derby in 1993. He was sent overseas in November to participate in Operation Enduring Freedom.
He was not married. He had one brother and four sisters, all living in the Wichita area.
"He was a fine young man," said his mother, Kathy Wurdeman, of Derby, in a prepared statement. "He was very,very good at what he did and everyone was very proud of him."
A second Kansas soldier, Staff Sgt. Justin J. Galewski, 28, of Olathe, also died. Galewski is survived by a wife and two children, said Maj. Steve Stover of U.S. military public affairs.
— JayKrall
Visitor tampers with poll results on "I Agree with Lee" Web site
A visitor to the "Agree With Lee" Web site altered the results to the site's poll.
The poll asks visitors to vote on whether they agree with a statement of faith written by Lee Bickerstaff, Emporia sophomore. "I
LOCAL BRIEFS
Agree With Lee" is a statement of faith urging students to accept Christianity.
As of yesterday, the poll showed that 8,213 people had voted with 8,042 disagreeing with Bickerstaff's statement.
The Web site's hit counter showed only 2,078 people had visited the site.
Bickerstaff said he was aware of the state of the poll. He said he was unsure of who had tampered with the poll results.
"It's been messed up for a couple of days," he said. "It's been a pretty immature situation."
Bickerstaff said he wasn't concerned about the poll. He said the organizers of the "I Agree With Lee" campaign had been expecting negative reactions.
expecting regular treatment Bickerstaff said he didn't think any tension caused by the campaign was necessarily a bad thing.
"Tension just means people are thinking about it," he said. "And that's the goal of this campaign."
Maggie Koerth
New Knight Chair named in School of Journalism
Peggy Kuhr, managing editor for content at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., has been named the Knight Chair in the School of Journalism.
the School of Journalism.
Kuhr will teach classes, conduct research and organize biennial national symposia on the leadership role of media and communities. She will hold the rank of full professor with tenure.
with privilege. "Peggy Kuhr has the ideal combination of experiences and abilities we were seeking in our new Knight Chair," said James Gentry, dean of journalism. "She has held key leadership positions at a paper that is known nationwide for its commitment to its community. She's also active nationally
with the profession and has teaching experience."
The Knight Chair is paid for by an endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and focuses on community journalism. The University of Kansas received one of the first three Knight Chairs in 1990. John Ginn held the position until his death in 1999.
death in 1999.
Mary Wallace, assistant dean of the journalism school, said there were 13 applicants for the chair.
Sarah Hill
Group declares plans to sue city calls ordinance unconstitutional
A group representing Lawrence landlords and tenants announced yesterday that it planned to sue the city within the next two weeks.
weeks. Robert Ebey, spokesman for The Citizens Rights Committee, said city ordinance 7326 which calls for inspection of all single-family rental homes, violated the U.S. Constitution.
The committee also created a hotline that tenants could call if they were concerned that their rights were being violated. The hotline's numbers are 842-0452 and 841-6245.
Ebey said he encouraged students to get involved with the committee.
"100 percent of KU students are tenants," Ebey said. "Students get intimidated when people show up at their door with a badge. You don't have to let them in."
City Manager Mike Wilden has said that the city had no plans to revoke the ordinance if the group sued.
Lauren Beatty
ON THE RECORD
The driver's side door of a KU student's white 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse was damaged and money, a wallet and two CDs were taken between 10 p.m. Thursday and 8 p.m. Friday in the 500 block of Fireside Drive, Lawrence police reported. The damage was estimated at $100, and the items were valued at $225.
A KU student's green 1993 Honda Prelude was damaged and a stereo and black leather wallet were taken between 1:55 and 10:05 a.m. Friday in the 500 block of Fireside Drive, Lawrence police reported. The damage was estimated at $500, and the items were valued at $500.
A false fire alarm occurred at 2:44 a.m. Monday at McCollum Hall, 1800 Eagle Road, the KU Public Safety Office reported.
ONCAMPUS
The Pre-OT Club will be meeting at 7 tonight at the first floor conference room in Watkins Health Center. Contact Julie at 841-0948.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will play host to a University forum from noon to 1 p.m. today at the ECM building, located at 1204 Oread Avenue, one block north of the Kansas Union. The forum will be "Auctioning Off the Poor: Foster Care in 21st Century Kansas." Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Icthus will meet at 8 tonight at the Big 12 room in the Kansas Union. Contact Marietta Liebengood at 979-1353.
OAKS Non-Traditional Students will have a brown-bag lunch from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. today at Alcove Cin the Kansas Union. Contact Joan Winston at 864-7317.
■ KU Chess Club will meet at 7 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. Contact Ateshi Shellovre at 749-3934.
The Tae Kwon Do club will meet from 6:30 to 8 tonight in 207 Robinson. Contact Greg Isaac at 749-4649.
Wednesday Night Worship is 9 tonight in Danforth Chapel. Contact Karen 312-1577.
■KU Objectivists meet at 8 tonight at Alcove C in the Kansas Union. Contact Rachelle Cauton at 550-5612.
ET CETERA
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