2A The Inside Front Friday May 1,1998 News from campus, the state the nation and the world The University of Kansas Memorial Corporation will conduct a board of directors meeting tomorrow. On CAMPUS: In the NATION: A Topeka student's threats are taken seriously in the wake of school violence across the country. President Clinton tries to steer the focus away from controversy at his first press conference of the year. The producers of The Jerry Springer Show agree to edit out the fights, the chair-throwing and all the other violence on the nation's top-rated daytime talk-show. CAMPUS Memorial Corporation will meet tomorrow The University of Kansas Memorial Corporation will conduct a board of directors meeting from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union. The non-profit corporation operates the business of the Burge and Kansas Unions and oversees the operations of food services, concessions, KU Bookstores, the Jay bowl and Student Union Activities. "We are going to discuss how we're going to achieve the budget of the various areas that we manage," said Jim Long, director of the Kansas Union. During tomorrow's meeting, the board will discuss how it will allocate its $14 million budget for next year. The meeting also will feature the annual reports of the corporation's many committees, such as Student Union Activities, fiscal and financial force, program concepts and scholarships. Long said. Even though the board of directors meets only three to four times a year, its various committees meet throughout the year. There are 25 members on the board of directors, including students, alumni and faculty and staff of the University. Selection for board happens on the basis of appointment and sorting by position, Long said. — Marcelo Vilela STATE Topeka student's anger draws serious response TOPEKA — The teacher had just broken up a gym class scuffle when one steaming 13-year-old blurted out a threat to kill any kid who came near him. Official reaction was swift. Topeka school police and the school dist trict psychologist sat him down for a grilling, and officers questioned his mother at home to make sure no guns were handy. How times have changed. Had the student mouthed off a couple years ago, said principal Steve Roberts, he likely would have gotten off with a hallway lecture. Across the country, edgy educators like Roberts are paying closer attention to student threats of violence, and kids who menace others increasingly risk suspension, expulsion or even arrest. It's part of the fallout from Pearl, Miss.; West Paducah, Ky.; Jonesboro, Ark., and Edinboro, Pa. "These aren't 'just kids,' and these aren't just idle threats," said Jim Gilchrist, security director for Topeka schools. "You have to pay attention," Roberts said. "Four incidents involving 11 deaths and 25 wounded — that's a lot." Topeka school police determined the boy hadn't understood the implications of his angry outburst, and Roberts and the mother agreed to keep their eyes on him. He was not arrested. But last month in Forestview Cove, Ky., a high school senior was arrested after threatening to kill his baseball coach for not putting him in the starting lineup. "I didn't intend to do anything like I said," Grant Gagnon, 18, told reporters as he handcuffed. "He won't play me. This stuff about killing him — I was just joking." Schools aren't laughing. cans who are increasingly attacking his integrity. In his first formal news conference of the year, Clinton barely concealed his ire for Kenneth Starr but said he would not order Attorney General Janet Reno to fire the Whitewater prosecutor. "That would not be the appropriate thing for me to do." Clinton sai NATION Clinton ducks controversy while focusing on issues WASHINGTON — President Clinton said today that his legal troubles were distracting, but he promised to work with Republi- Clinton: conceals anger at Starr at news conference House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has dramatically increased his criticism of Clinton in recent days, said Clinton should either fire Starr or order his aides to stop attacking the prosecutor. Though reporters focused their questions on controversy, Clinton was able to turn the subject to domestic and foreign policy at times during the 55-minute session. The president said he'd rather not comment on the booming stock market but went on to say he hoped the market would remain stable. "I'd rather it be coming up than down." he said. Clinton said he decided against seeking federal money for needle exchange programs to keep drug addicts from getting AIDS because the benefits are uncertain and he didn't want to imply the government supported drug use. On foreign affairs, he urged the Senate to approve a treaty expanding the NATO alliance toward Russia's frontier, welcoming the bipartisan action that had the treaty on the brink of ratification. The agreement came after a meeting with community activists in Chicago who staged a Springer boycott and denounced his fists-flying program as a pornographic slutfest. the other violence on the nation's toprated daytime talk-show. "It's a wake-up for television," the Rev. Michael Pfliger said after meeting for 2 1/2 hours with Springer executives and management at Fox Broadcasting's WFLD-TV in Chicago. "This kind of trash television has got to go." The agreement comes after a tumultuous week for the show. Former guests said they were coached and the fights staged. The show was dropped by NBC's Chicago affiliate because of its tawdiness. WFLD quickly picked it up but also became the target of Pfliger's boycott. And the show's producers ordered Springer to tone down the violence. Springer show producers agree to erase violence CHICAGO — The producers of The Jerry Springer Show agreed yesterday to edit out the fistflights, the chair-throwing and all Now, the violence will vanish completely, Studios USA Network, the show's producer and distributor, said in a statement. Pflager said producers also agreed to edit out fights in shows that have already been filmed but not aired — leaving some to predict Springer viewers will be watching an hour of blank television screens. "I don't know what's going to be left," laughed media analyst and talk-show researcher Chris Ryan. In its early years, the 7-year-old show actually focused on talk, and violence seasoned the program, Ryan said. "Now it's the whole meat of the show," he said. CORRECTION The Associated Press Laurie Ward was misidentified on page 6A of yesterday's Kansan. The woman identified as Jill Allen is Ward. Kids First Cafe lack volunteers By Melissa Ngo mngo @kansan.com Kansan staff writer The Center for Community Outreach needs volunteers. Students who are staying in Lawrence this summer can spend their free time volunteering to feed the needy. The center is coordinating two free meal programs. The first, Jubilee Cafe, began three and a half years ago. Jubilee Cafe needs volunteers to serve food from 6 to 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St. Jamie Najim, center co-director, said the cafe was having a problem getting volunteers during final exams and during the summer. "We usually have about 150 volunteers, but the numbers are dropping off and since we added another day, we need people." Nailim said. She said the center's members had decided two weeks ago to also serve food on Friday because they had seen a large growth in the number of people who came to the cafe during the last six months. "Jubilee Cafe really opens your eyes to the hunger and homelessness in Lawrence," Najim said. "When you live in Lawrence you don't think there are these problems, but you realize the problems are there when you see people waiting in line for food." E. J. Reedy, Topea freshman, has volunteered at Jubilee Cafe this year. "You get to sit down, eat a meal with the people you're helping and talk to them." Reedy said. "You see how much it really means to them, and you learn that every volunteer receives just as much as he or she gives." Another volunteer opportunity is the Kids First summer program the center organizes in conjunction with the Lawrence Department of Parks and Recreational Services and Lawrence Food Services. This is the second year for Kids First. Kids First needs volunteers to serve food to children from noon to 1 p.m. weekdays at South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St.; Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St.; and East Lawrence Recreation Center, 1245 E. 15th St. Volunteers are needed from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club, 1520 Haskell Ave. "We're not asking for people to work every day, just when they can," Najim said. "We need to make sure that the kids are fed a meal they might not normally get." For more information call next year's center co-directors Chris Heck and Erika Nutt at 864-4073. ET CETERA The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at 119 Stauffer Flint Hall. For a complete look at the day's news and top stories from around the nation and the world visit the University Daily Kansan interactive. Postmaster: Send address changes to the University Daily Kansan, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 66045. 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A KU staff member's parking permit was taken between 5 p.m. April 23 and 5 p.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The permit was valued at $150. A cordless drill was taken between 10 a.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Monday from the SUA Office in the Kansas Union, the KU Public Safety Office said. The drill was valued at $200. A Lawrence resident was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol at 3 a.m. yesterday in the 1000 block of Mississippi Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. 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