2A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LOCAL NEWS
TUESDAY, FEB. 12, 2002
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KUJHTODAY
Sports: Andy Davies
Anchors: Ashley Shroyer and
Melissa Freeman
Weather: Tim Bush
TODAY'S POLL
Today's Poll: Are you planning to buy the "Kiss-Kiss Bears" for anyone this Valentine's Day?
yes
no
Go to www.kansan.com to cast your vote. The results will be broadcast at 5:30 p.m. on KUJH-TV, channel 14, cable 62. Watch the newscast every hour on the half-hour.
AD INDEX
Abe & Jake's ... 3A
Bambino's ... 2B
Buffalo Wild Wings ... 3B
Cedarwood Apts ... 5A
Council Travel ... 6B
Don's Auto ... 5A
Dr. Lenhana ... 6B
Ecumenical Christian Ministries ... 3B
Fatso's ... 2A
The Flower Market ... 3A
Good Earth Mother ... 6B
Gregg Tire ... 6B
Hair Experts Design ... 6B
Headmasters ... 6B
Images Salon & Day Spa ... 6A
Immanuel Lutheran Church ... 3A
J.B. Stout's ... 6A
Jayhawk Café ... 2B
Joda & Friends ... 6B
Kansas Union ... 5A
Kief's ... 6A
King Buffet ... 3A
KU Objectivists ... 4B
KU Rugby ... 6A
Lawrence Auto. Diagnostics ... 6B
Liberty Hall ... 3A
Meadowbrook Apts ... 3A
Paper Warehouse ... 5A
Point O'Pines Camp ... 3A
Printing Services ... 6B
Rudy's Pizza ... 3A
The Spectacle ... 6B
Shark's Surf Shop ... 6A
St. Lawrence Catholic Center ... 4B
Strong's Office Supply ... 3A
Sunflower Bike Shop ... 6B
Tantoo ... 6B
Vanity Beauty Shop ... 6B
Watkins ... 3A, 6B
Wellness Campaign ... 6A
Wilkerson, Anderson & Anderson
D.D.S. ... 2A
Word Arts ... 6P
CAMERA ON KU
JOHN NOWAK/KANSAN
KJHK DJs Alex Kupfer (left) and Jason Barr, Olathe sophomore, handle the airwaves on Sunday nights from 10 to midnight as they broadcast their show. Malicious Intent. The program features metal and hardcore bands.
Do you want to see your face in the Kansan? This is your space, so bring photos or negatives of parties, athletic events or just you and your friends hangi.g out to 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Label them "Camera on KU" and include the names of those photographed as well as the event and when it took place. Provide your name and phone number so we can verify the photographs.
Barton County students caught cheating
The Associated Press
GREAT BEND—As many as 30 students may have been involved in academic dishonesty during finals week of the fall term at Barton County Community College, school officials said.
Seven students were caught cheating on finals, school president Veldon Law said.
He said none of the 16 students in a
class spoke up when their instructor mistakenly handed out a copy of the final exam.
In the most serious case, two students were caught stealing the final exam from an instructor's office.
One student was caught looking at another's final in science class, officials at the school said.
Officials also said four students downloaded term papers from the
Internet and presented them as their own work.
The punishment for cheating is determined by the instructor, who can give students an "F" for the assignment or an "F" for the entire course.
The students caught stealing a test were also stripped of their athletic scholarships, limited in competition time for their sport and placed on academic probation, Law said.
ON THE RECORD
A 22-year-old KU student's vehicle was damaged between a.3 m.a. and 9 a.m. Saturday in the 2200 block of Vail Way, Lawrence police reported. The damage was estimated at $100.
ON CAMPUS
A 23-year-old KU student's vehicle was damaged at 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police reported. The damage was estimated at $800.
A Visa card and money were taken from a 24-year-old KU student's apartment between 11:45 p.m. Saturday and 12:15 a.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police reported. The items were valued at $11.
A 19-year-old KU student was battered and a cellphone was taken at 1 a.m. Friday in the 1400 block of Apple Lane, Lawrence police reported. The item was valued at $100.
The Office of Student Financial Aid has a small amount of money remaining in the EOF Child Care Grant fund. If you have a child 5 years old or younger in child care, please apply by Thursday. Applications are available at 50 Strong Hall. Contact the Office of Student Financial Aid at 864-4700.
Public Relations meets at 7 at the Oread Room; Special Events meets at 7:30 at Alcove D. Contact SUA at 864-7469.
Hispanic-American Leadership Organization (HALO) will meet at 6tighton at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Jose Interiano at 312-237 or Melanie Weiser at 218-7131.
The Ultimate Frisbee Club will hold practice from 8:30 to 11 tonight in the Anschutz Sports Pavilion, located next to Allen Fieldhouse.
- SUA committees will meet tonight in the Kansas Union. Live Music meets at 6 at the Walnut Room; Forums meets at 6:30 at the Oread Room; Feature Films meets at 6 at Alcove B; Dine Arts meets at 6 at Alcove B; Spectrum Films meets at 7 at Alcove B; Recreation meets at 7 at the Walnut Room;
Students for a Free Tibet will meet at 8 tonight at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Contact Ryan Pratt at 838-9858.
University Christian Fellowship will have a Bible study at 7 tonight in the basement of Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rt.841-3148.
KU Environs will meet at 8 tonight on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Contact Anna Wagner at 218-0360.
■ Ki Aikido Sports Club will practice from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at 207 Robinson. Contact Jason Ziegler at 843-4732.
STATE
There will be swing dancing from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. tonight in the upstairs of ECM. Contact Sarah Lafferty at 843-2022.
Estimates of ice storm damage climb beyond $48 million mark
WICHITA — More than a week after a snow and ice storm knocked power out to 435,000 Kansans,1,471 people were still waiting for the electricity to come back on, the adjutant general's office said yesterday.
Meanwhile, disaster officials continued to tally the damage from the storm. With all counties surveyed, damage estimates now top $48 million in Kansas, said spokeswoman Joy Moser.
much of that was in Wyandotte and Johnson counties, where $17 million in damage was reported, mostly to infrastructure, she said. Service in those two counties has been completely restored.
Franklin County reported $4 million in damage, with Coffey County reporting $3.98 million in damage.
President Bush declared a disaster in 35 counties across Kansas last week.
The remaining outages are scattered throughout the state. Moser said.
Senate committee considers bill cracking down on profiteering
TOPEKA — Legislation cracking down on those who profiteer after a disaster was considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee, but not all members thought it was a good idea.
"I have serious doubts that we want this type of big brotherism," said Sen. Les Donovan, R-Wichita. "It飞 in the face of free enterprise."
The committee took no vote yesterday on the bill, which would amend the Consumer Protection Act to make it illegal to increase the price of necessary goods and services after a disaster is declared by the president, governor or local officials.
The bill is a response to some instances of the gasoline shooting to $5 a gallon at a few locations on Sept. 11, shortly after the terrorist attacks. The prices dropped dramatically in the following days.
WICHITA — Authorities have solved a telephone mystery at the Sedgwick County Jail, and theft charges could follow.
Miscoded phones in jail to blame for mysterious collect call charges
In late January, about two dozen people reported being billed as much as $164 for collect calls from the jail — calls they did not accept.
The problem has been solved, and AT&T will reimburse those wrongly billed, phone company spokeswoman Suzanne Keough said. She said incorrectly coded phones in the jail were to blame for the third-party billing.
Collect calls from inmates are supposed to automatically end if the recipient tries to use three-way calling or forward calls to a third party for billing.
However, inmates calling from some of the jail's phones were able to bypass that restriction because the AT&T system recognized the phones as regular pay phones instead of jail phones. Keough said.
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Capt. Greg Schauer said criminal charges, possibly for theft, could be filed if investigators are able to determine which inmates made the calls.
Associated Press
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