12A= THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY,FEB.26,2002
NEWS
Local band set to release its first CD
Jessica Tims
Jessica Tims Kansan staff writer
The local trio Ghosty will celebrate the release of their first CD, The Fine Short Minutes EP, at 10 p.m. tonight at the Bottleneck. 737 New Hampshire.
The release follows Ghosty's second-place finish at last year's Farmer's Ball, a battle of the bands sponsored yearly by KJHK.
Following that success, the band cut its first CD in bass player Jacob Baum's bedroom.
Guitarist Andrew Connor, Sioux Falls, S.D. junior, said the hardest part of recording the CD was laying down each instrument and the vocals separately.
"We did it all at home, so it was a bit more time consuming," he said. "Jacob has a good set up in his house, and we did it all on the Pro-tool computer program."
The bandmates agree that Ghosty has a sound its all its own
that is not easily compared to other musicians.
"Our music is like no one that I can think of," drummer Richard Gintowt, Palatine, Ill., junior, said. "I have been told we sound like Red House Painter, Quasi, The Kinks, Flaming Lips and Big Star."
Gintowt said the release party will start at 10 p.m. with opening bands Billy Music and Letter E. Ghosty will take the stage after Letter E and play songs ranging from older to more recently written material. The set will feature songs not included on the CD.
Opening band, Billy Music, is from Connor's hometown, and features some of his friends. Connor said.
The cover charge will be $4 for those 21 and older and $6 for those under 21. The show is open to the public.
Ghosty began to take shape two-and-a-half years ago, said drummer Gintowt. He and guitarist Connor started playinggui-
tar together in Hashinger Residence Hall their freshman year
"We played at Hashinger Hall events," Gintowt said. "I didn't tell him I played the drums until we had been playing together for about three months."
Connor said he knew he wanted Gintowt to be the group's drummer the first time Connorr heard Gintowt play the drums.
Ghosty had two bass players prior to Baum, Hays junior. Gwintowt said Baum was not a bass player when he made the decision to join the band.
"We picked up Jacob for the Farmer's Ball last year." Gintowt said. "He hadn't played bass before, but he was a guitar player so it wasn't hard. He was interested in the band so he bought a bass and we got 10 songs together."
Contact Tims at jtims@kansan.com. This story was edited by Angela Cox.
Members of local band Ghosty hang out and enjoy a break from working. Ghosty will celebrate the release of its first CD tonight.
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DELIVERIES
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"I had a really fuel efficient car that I bought for delivery, so I don't think I spent a dollar on gas," he said.
Casey Boyer, Lawrence sophomore, works as a delivery driver at Yellow Sub. 624 W. 12th, and has also delivered for Mojo's, 714 Verm St.
She said she hadn't worried about the dependability of her car.
"I have a lot more miles on my car than I probably should."
Boyer said Yellow Sub drivers received 75 cents for every delivery plus 30 cents per mile.
"I usually end up with about a hundred dollars, at least in a driver's check, which more than reimburses me for gas," she said.
Boyer works about 30 hours per week and uses her income to pay for bills and spending.
Boyer said she appreciated daily tips—which brought her salary to about $10 per hour—and the independence of her job.
"It's definitely nice on a nice day when everyone is stuck in the store and you can roll your windows down and listen to music and drive around." she said.
Adam McLaughlin, Blue Springs, Mo., senior, used to deliver for Papa John's Pizza and now delivers for Domino's Pizza, 832 Iowa St.
McLaughlin said he didn't know if drivers came out ahead with transportation reimbursement because of the wear on their cars. He drove an older car when he first began delivering.
"After a while it just starts to break down and you worry about it a lot," he said.
Still, the perks outweigh the problems for McLaughlin
"The main reason I stay with it is the money. It's nice to have cash in your pocket at the end of the night." he said.
Another downside to delivering can be the customers. Delivering pizza late at night, McLaughlin said he dealt with a lot of drunk people who enjoyed giving delivery drivers a hard time by not being at the address they gave to pay for the pizza or verbally harassing the delivery driver.
Contact Adamson at adamson@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Joanna Miller.
JOHN NOWAK/KANSAN
Lawrence resident and Papa John's employee Jason Batts hangs up his pizza bags at the store, 2233 Louisiana, after a delivery late last night. Batts said that pizza delivery in Lawrence was an easy way to make good money and allowed him to meet "interesting" people.
The Associated Press
Rebels flee Colombian training camp
Rebel commanders who once sipped imported liquor in bungalows outfitted with televisions, showers and satellite phones have retreated to the bush, where they are being hunted by government troops.
LAS DELICIAS, Colombia — A fortified training camp with classrooms and an obstacle course. Well-appointed commanders' quarters with printouts on U.S. anti-terrorism strategy. A bottle of Danish vodka.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, left many items in their jungle camps as they fled a military offensive in their former safe haven, giving visiting reporters a unique glimpse into Latin America's oldest and largest guerrilla group.
The guerrillas have retaliated by destroying bridges, power stations, towers for electric lines, and telecommunications facilities. The government said yesterday that 56 towns were without electricity or were rationing it.
President Andres Pastrana ceded the safe haven — an area twice the size of New Jersey — three years ago at the start of the peace process, but revoked it last week after talks collapsed.
Yesterday, FARC rebels killed a soldier outside the city of Florencia as troops tried to push guerrillas away from an area with power lines, a military source said. A bombpacked bus on a highway leading to Florencia exploded while soldiers tried to deactivate it, killing a sergeant and a private and
San Vicente del Caguan, the main town in the former rebel stronghold, had no water, telephone service or electricity yesterday because of rebel sabotage. Food supplies were dwindling, and roadblocks by rebel holdouts and a ban on flights have cut the town off from the rest of the country, said Mavor Nestor Ramirez.
For the second times in weeks, rebels set off an explosion at a dam complex providing water to the capital, but the damage was not serious enough to effect the water supply, said Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus.
A small group of FARC rebels found deep in the zone told reporters they had used the three years to "grow stronger" — exactly what Pastrana's generals had been warning all along.
wounding another soldier, according to reporters at the scene.
One abandoned rebel camp near the village of Los Pozos was protected by a sand-bagged guard post. A five-foot-deep trench ran along the perimeter.The camp had classrooms and an obstacle course complete with a climbing ramp, wooden chin-up bars and cement barbells.
The camp was eerily silent when reporters visited it Sunday, save for the grunting of a pig and the meowing of a kitten, its only occupants.
The camp bore evidence of the rebels' hasty departure. Eggs still lay on a tray near a cooking area. Black threads that were being woven into equipment straps were tied to a tree branch, the job half-finished.
On a blackboard, a message instructed rebels how to respond if civilians ask what would happen if U.S. forces come to Colombia: "You tell them that we will expel the gringos with guerrilla warfare."
The U.S. government insists it won't send troops to fight in the South American nation's 38-year war, although it has sent special forces during the past two years to train Colombian anti-drug troops.
The Bush administration is, however, moving to expand its military aid beyond counter-drug efforts. Yesterday, a senior administration official said President Bush's national security aides will meet this week to discuss ways to help.
The rebels are clearly concerned about Washington's campaign against terrorism. The U.S.State Department has declared the FARC a terrorist organization, along with a smaller guerrilla faction and a rival right-wing paramilitary group.
structure with canvas walls and had tables, iron beds and showers.
The commanders lived in a wood frame
In another abandoned camp, one for commanders, reporters found a printout of U.S. government policy on terrorism in a small library that also had books on Marxist theory and Cuban revolutionary leader Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
'No call' bill approved by Kansas House
The document, which the U.S. Embassy in Bogota put on its Web page after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, says the United States will not make concessions to kidnappers of Americans and will provide anti-terrorism assistance to allied countries seeking it.
The 65-53 vote sent the legislation to the Senate. Supporters had only two votes more than the number needed to pass a bill in the 125-member House. Some representatives worried about the cost of creating a state "no call" list that telemarketers would be required to use.
Others objected to the provision putting contracts between farmers and companies that buy their crops or livestock under the Consumer Protection Act — a step that would let farmers go to district court if they feebled.
TOPEKA — A bill that would both help consumers avoid telemarketers and give farmers protection in contracts with large agribusinesses won narrow House approval yesterday.
The Associated Press
The "no call" proposal would require telemarketers to buy a state list for each of Kansas' four area codes every three months. Each quarterly list would cost $25, with some telemarketers paying up to $400 each year.
Critics said the state shouldn't interfere in the marketplace and that enacting such a provision might discourage companies from seeking contracts in Kansas.
The Information Network of Kansas, which maintains the state's Internet site, would maintain the lists. Kansans could register free of charge.
No estimate of the costs of creating and updating the lists was available to legislators. Some believe the fees paid by telemarketers would cover expenses; others do not.
"I think we need to know what the cost of it is before we move forward," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Kenny Wilk, R-Lansing, who voted against the bill.
But supporters said the idea is popular. Rep. Dean Newton noted that more than 920,000 Missouri residents registered for that state's list, created last year.
"This is an issue that's a winner," said Newton, R-Prairie Village. "You go through your neighborhoods, and no one is going to say, 'Don't pass a no-call bill.'"
Supporters of the agricultural contracting provision said it would be popular with family farmers who have little economic power in dealing with large corporations.
"Basically, we're trying to apply the principles of the Ten Commandments," said Rep. Bruce Larkin, D-Baileyville. "Thou shalt not lie, cheat, steal or take advantage of thy neighbor."
But critics said the Consumer Protection Act was intended to protect consumers and that farmers are business people.
GUANTANAMO BAY
NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Three human rights organizations filed a petition yesterday challenging the detention of al-Qaida and Taliban suspects without charges or "prisoner of war" protections.
The Center for Constitutional Rights, the Human Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School and the Center for Justice and International Law called the detentions illegal in a petition filed with the Organization of American States' Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
U.S. rights groups petition al-Oaida, Taliban detentions
"Although the United States has an obligation and right to arrest and try the perpetrators of the horrendous crimes of Sept. 11, it must do so in compliance with fundamental principles of national, human rights and humanitarian law," the New York City-based rights groups said in a statement. "It has not done so."
The Associated Press
The petition asks the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to demand that the detainees be given official prisoner-of-war status, which would give them protections under the Geneva Convention.
Earlier this month, President Bush said the Geneva Convention applied to Taliban prisoners — but not to captured al-Qaida terrorists. But his administration has refused to consider classifying any of the 300 detainees from 26 countries as prisoners of war, saying they were fighting for an outlawed terrorist group and an unrecognized government.
Marine Maj. Stephen Cox, a spokesman for the Guantanamo
mission, declined comment on the petition but said, "Our treatment here on the ground is aimed at firm, fair and humane treatment for all detainees, regardless of status."
A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross meets regularly with the detainees.
The United States now has the power to try the detainees in closed military tribunals where they can be sentenced to death with just a two-thirds vote from a military commission, said Jennie Green, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights.
The Inter-American Commission is authorized to intervene when human rights are threatened in one of the 35 member states of the Organization of American States. However, its power is largely one of influence. The rights groups say the United States is a signatory to the OAS American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man, which protects prisoners from arbitrary or prolonged detention and from being held without access to friends, families, governments or legal counsel.
The detainees at Guantanamo "don't know what they're charged with. They have no access to attorneys," she said. "When faced with a possible death penalty, that's a serious violation of human rights."
"Either they were picked up on the battlefield, in which case they're POWs, or they did something criminal, in which case they should be charged," said Michael Ratner, vice president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. "There is no legal limbo status."
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