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The Inside Front
WEDNESDAY, APRIL2, 2003
News briefs
CAMPUS
Candidate for vice provost to visit campus this week
One of the five candidates under consideration for the vice provost of the Office of Student Success at the University of Kansas will be on campus tomorrow and Friday.
Dennis R. Black, the vice president for student affairs at the State University of New York at Buffalo, will interview for the position and participate in two open forums.
Black is the fourth candidate to visit the University. The final candidate will be in Lawrence April 10 and 11, according to Lindy Eakin, vice provost of administration and finance and member of the search committee.
"We are really pleased with the strong pool of candidates we have," Eakin said. "It was difficult to get the candidates down to just five."
The search committee will meet after all the candidates have been interviewed and will submit its recommendation to Kathleen McCluskey Fawcett, chairwoman of the search committee.
Eakin said he expected a decision to be made by the end of April.
The Office of Student Support will be officially renamed in July as the Office of Student Success. It was formerly the Office of Student Affairs.
—Kevin Wiggs
Sorority collects teddy bears to donate to children's hospita
Gamma Phi Beta sorority will be holding a teddy bear collection drive through Monday.
All bears collected will be donated to patients at Children's Mercy Hospital in memory of former patient Erin Andra Morgan who passed away in 2002.
Members of the sorority formed a relationship with Morgan while volunteering at the hospital and said they wanted the bears to help the hospital's current patients.
"I think this is something that can comfort the children, because they are in the hospital and scared," said Cassie Hicks, Lenexa junior and Gamma Phi Beta member.
Bears can be dropped off at the
Gamma Phi Bata house, 1339 West Campus Road. Students at Southwest Junior High School are also participating in the drive.
The group wants to collect 1,000 bears.
—Jessica Palimenio
STATE
Kansas Department of Health reviews guidelines for vaccine
TOPEKA — Smallpox vaccination clinics were being rescheduled yesterday as the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reviewed new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
State epidemiologist Gianfranco Pezzino said the KDHE was updating its screening questionnaires to include patients' underlying heart conditions. The state had vaccinated 435 health care and emergency services workers through Friday.
The CDC is not recommending the vaccine to anyone with heart disease or at serious risk for heart disease.
Nationally, three people who have received the vaccine have died of heart attacks, and the CDC is investigating the link between heart disease and the vaccination.
Nearly a dozen states have suspended their own programs or are considering it while awaiting more information from the CDC.
WORLD
French man climbs building to protest the war in Iraq
PARIS — A French climber who calls himself "Spiderman" scaled the 47-story headquarters of oil giant Total-Fina EIF outside Paris yesterday to protest the war in Iraq.
Wearing a shirt with the message "No war," Alain Robert reached the top of the office tower in less than an hour. At the top, he unfurled a flag with the same slogan.
Police greeted Robert at the top of the building, located in the La Defense financial district west of Paris and escorted him to the ground floor and led him away. It wasn't clear whether he would be charged criminally.
The Associated Press
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Chris Glaros, Overland Park sophomore, sits in the South Park gazebo with members of the fifth and sixth floors of Lewis Hall. The group held a "March to Mass" going to Chipotle Mexican Grill and Jimmy John's on Massachusetts Street and then walking to South Park to picnic. Scott Wilson, Garden City junior, said the activity had a good turnout. "We're going to try something else like this again this semester," Wilson said.
ON CAMPUS — For more events, go to kucalendar.com
Watkins Health Center will present a Heartsaver CPR class from 8 a.m. to noon today, open to all faculty, staff and students. Call 864-9571.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a University Forum on "Global Water Security," featuring Soraya Cardenas Vallejo of the department of sociology, at noon today in the ECM building, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Jadwiga Maurer of the department of slavic languages and literatures will give a lecture on "An Emigre Writer Returns Home" at 4 p.m. today at 4051 Wescoe. Call 864-3313.
David Stone of Kansas State Uni
versity will give a lecture on "900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad" at 7 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call 864-4236.
The department of Spanish and Portuguese will sponsor a conference on Latin American theatre featuring playwright and novelist Luis Rafael Sanchez at 7 tonight at SpringHill Suites, 1 Riverfront Plaza. Call 864-3851
Student Union Activities will screen the film What a Girl Wants from 7 to 9 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Vouchers will be available in the SUA office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at the door. Call 864-7469.
Student Union Activities will sponsor an Open Mic Night for musicians from 7 to 9 tonight at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. Call 864-7469.
University Theatre will present The 10-Minute Play Festival at 7:30 tonight at Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall. Call 864-3381.
The school of fine arts will hold an Undergraduate Honors Recital at 7:30 tonight at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall, Call 864-3436.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a Buddhist Relic Tour from 7:30 to 9:30 tonight at the ECM building, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Hadley Ruggles at 842-3118.
ON THE RECORD
A 22-year-old KU student told the Lawrence police that someone took his laptop between 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday from the 1200 block of Ohio Street. The laptop was valued at $2,030.
A 21-year-old KU student told the Lawrence police that someone damaged his 1987 Dodge Aries parked in
Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday.The loss was estimated at $300.
the 1400 block of Ohio Street. The damage occurred between 10 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The damage was estimated at $100.
A 21-year-old KU student told the Lawrence police that someone stole a portable stereo from her 1999 Chevy Cavalier, also damaging the vehicle. The incident occurred between 11 p.m.
A 19-year-old KU student told the KU Public Safety Office that someone damaged the windshield on his 2002 Nissan XTerra between 3 a.m. March 26 and 9 p.m. Friday. The damage was estimated at $200.
Et Cetera
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