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The Inside Front
Tuesday April 28,1998
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
A man is arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior near Summerfield Hall.
On CAMPUS
Another dog theft occurs at Scales and Tails pet shop.
EDINBORO: Classes resume after a student murders a teacher
WASHINGTON: Black men who smoke suffer from cancer more often than white men who smoke.
GUATEMALA: Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi Conerea is beaten to death with a concrete block.
CAMPUS
Student witnesses man engaged in lewd behavior
A man was arrested at 7:46 p.m. Friday near Summerfield Hall for lewd and lascivious behavior, the University of Kansas Office of Public Safety said.
A 19-year-old female KU student left Robinson Center's west entrance about 7:30 p.m. and saw the man standing next to the building committing a lewd and lascivious act, said Sed. Gary Wieden.
He said that the student was able to give police a description of the man, which led to his arrest.
Another KU student was the victim of a lewd and incessious act Wednesday morning in Oliver Hall. The student came out of the shower and saw a man masturbating in the bathroom. Police still are investigating that case.
— Laura Roddy
LAWRENCE
Miniature pincher stolen from Lawrence pet shop
A dog was stolen Saturday from Scales And Tails Exotic Pets, 2201 West 25th St. Lawrence police said.
The theft was the second dog-related crime at the store in five days.
Sgt. George Wheeler said the dog, a female, black and brown miniature pincher, was stolen between 1:30 and 2:10 p.m. by a customer who had been petting it. The dog was valued at $395.99. Wheeler said the suspect was described
Wheeler said the suspect was described only as a white female.
"The suspect had taken the dog out of its cage to pet it, and then the clerk that had been watching went to the back room," Wheeler said. "When the clerk returned, the suspect was gone and the
dog with her.'
A Lawrence man was arrested early Tuesday morning after attempting to steal a male, chocolate-colored miniature pincher. Wheeler said.
Roy Engeldorf, owner of Scales And Tails, said he did not think the crimes were connected. He said he was concerned about the safety of the dog.
"The dog is still missing, and I'd like to get it back," Engeldof said.
Ronnie Wachter
NATION
Middle school's classes resume after shooting
EDINBORO, Pa. — Students wore white ribbons, sang and walked arm-in-arm as classes resumed yesterday without a beloved science teacher and the teen-age misfit accused of gunning him down at an eighth-grade dance.
Classes were delayed for two hours at the James W. Parker Middle School as students held a prayer session to remember John Gillette, a teacher and businessman in this northwestern Pennsylvania town of 5,000.
Andrew Wurst, a 14-year-old boy nicknamed Satan by his friends, remained in jail on homicide charges.
Witnesses said the eighth grader pulled a gun Friday night and shot Gillette, 48, in the head, then walked inside a banquet hall and fired several more shots before leaving. He was arrested a short time later.
Two students and another teacher were slightly wounded.
Gillette was killed while volunteering at the graduation dance at Nick's Place, a banquet hall near Edinboro. He organized the annual舞 and was also the student council adviser. Police
do not believe Wurst was targeting Gillette, though his motive remains unclear.
Friends said that Wurst had talked about killing people at the dance but that they hadn't taken him seriously. They said Wurst claimed to be unhappy at home and at school and was happy only when a girl he liked talked to him.
Ben Mills, 13, said he had nicknamed Wurst Satan about five months ago because Wurst was a fan of rocker Marilyn Manson.
Black men more prone to die from lung cancer
WASHINGTON — Black men who smoke and get lung cancer are much more likely to die from the disease than white males who light up. But death rates are lower among other minorities.
A study about minority smoking habits, released today by Surgeon General David Satcher, looked at four ethnic groups that together make up a quarter of the nation's population. It concluded that African-American men bear one of the greatest health burdens.
According to the study. 81 percent of African-American men who smoke and who have contracted lung cancer die from the disease, compared to 54 percent of their White counterparts.
A quarter of Hispanic male smokers with lung cancer die from it, about the same as the death rate among Asian male smokers stricken with the disease. Thirty-two percent of American-Indian men who smoke die from lung cancer, the study shows.
Overall, the number of adult smokers has declined this decade, according to the study.
Another report released earlier this month by the Centers for Disease Control showed that smoking by black students — once hailed as a success story for their continually low cigarette use — has almost doubled.
Smoking among African-American teens has increased 80 percent during the last six years, three times as fast as among White students, the study showed.
WORLD
Guatemalan bishop found beaten to death at home
GUATEMALA CITY — On Friday, Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera presented a scathing report about human rights violations during Guatemala's 36-year civil war. Late Sunday, the 75-year-old prelate was beaten to death with a concrete block.
It was the first killing of a high-ranking church member in Central America since peace accords ended civil wars that wracked the region throughout the 1980s.
Neither church officials nor prosecutors gave a motive for the crime, in which someone smashed Gerardi's head and left the body in a pool of blood in the garage of his residence at San Sebastian church. Nothing was stolen from the house.
If the killing was retaliation for the report, it shows that animosity from the civil war did not end with Guatemala's 1996 peace agreement. If it was a random attack, it is yet another manifestation of the crime wave caused by the war's legacy of plentiful weapons, powery and a culture full
warpings, poverty and a culture of violence. Mario Orantes, a parish priest at San Sebastian, said he discovered the body lying next to a bloodied concrete block about midnight. The face was so smashed in that he identified the bishop by his ring.
Gerardi, head of the Guatemala City archdiocese's human rights office, had issued a report Friday that blamed the army and its paramilitaries for nearly 80 percent of the killings during the war.
The Associated Press
Group holds tea to honor cancer victim
By Melissa Nga
mngo@kanson.com
Kansas staff writer
MEMORIAL TEA
When: 2 p.m. Saturday
Betsy Beisecker was the associate director of psychological research at the Uni
The Betsy Beisecker Memorial Tea, which will raise money for breast cancer education, will be held Saturday.
Where: First United Methodist Church, 9.46 Morrow St.
Cost: $12.50 per person
versity of Kansas Medical Center's Cancer Center. She died in October after battling a cancer that began in her breast and spread throughout her body.
"She was a colleague whom we admired," said Christine Selk, program coordinator
for Breast Cancer Action, Inc. "We want to honor her and celebrate her life."
Breast Cancer Action, Inc., a three-year old coalition that includes breast cancer survivors and health care professionals, is organizing the event.
The tea will be at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. and is sponsored by Brits, The Bay Leaf and Fifi's.
Proceeds from the event will provide free mammograms and education for women who cannot afford health insurance, Selk said. The group hopes to make it an annual event, she said.
Laine Kaplowitz, Dallas junior, began working with the group after her mother's best friend died of breast cancer last summer.
Sister Ann Cecile, personal development specialist with the Sisters of Saint Joseph in Wichita, will speak about "The Healing Power of Laughter."
"We already have over 150 people attending the tea," Kaplowitz said. "I think it'll be a great fund raiser, and it'll help a lot of women in the Lawrence area."
Those who want to attend must send name, address and $12.50 per person to P.O. Box 585, Lawrence, KS,66443, by tomorrow. For more information, call Selk at 313-3130.
Breast Cancer Action, Inc., also organizes a support group for breast cancer patients and their families. The group meets at 5:30 p.m. every Monday at the Presbyterian Manor Chapel, 1429 Kaspers Dr.
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ON THE RECORD
A KU student's financial card was stolen between midnight and 11:59 p.m. Feb. 24 in the 3200 block of Iowa Street and used criminally between midnight Feb. 24 and 11:59 p.m. Feb. 25 in the city at large, Lawrence police said. The theft cost the student $1,253.87.
A KU student's gray backpack, leather hiking boots and three other items were stolen between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. March 13 in the 400 block of North Second Street, Lawrence police said. The theft cost the student $663.95.
One of the doors of a KU student's car was damaged, and a radar detector, amplifier, 200 CDs and two 12-inch subwoofers were stolen between midnight and 5 a.m. April 21 in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, Lawrence police said. The theft cost the student $3,550.
- Five radio antennas on KU Telecommunications Department vehicles were taken between 5 p.m. April 17 and 8 a.m. April 20 from the lot east of Ellsworth and McCollum halls, the KU Office of Public Safety said. The items were valued at $100.
A KU student's bicycle was taken between 6 p.m. March 29 and 3 p.m. April 15 from Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall, the KU Office of Public Safety said. The bicycle was valued at $200.
A KU student's stereo was taken between 8:30 p.m. April 16 and 3:10 p.m. April 20 from a vehicle in the lot east of Joseph R. Pearson Hall, the KU Office of Public Safety said. The damage and loss were valued at $310.
A Wichita resident's vehicle was burglarized between 5 p.m. April 18 and 8 p.m. Thursday in the lot southwest of McCollum Hall, the KU Office of Public Safety said. Nothing was taken from the vehicle.
A Lawrence resident was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol at 1:59 a.m. Sunday at 19th Street Terrace and Neismuth Drive, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
A Lawrence resident was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol at 1:56 a.m. Sunday at 15th and Iowa streets, the KU Office of Public Safety said.
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