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The Inside Front
Wednesday April 8,1998
News
from campus, the nation and the world
- Police reported more incidents of counterfeit bills being used in Lawrence.
On CAMPUS:
Ann Premer, McPherns junlor, accepted an offer to replace Andy Obermueller, Liberal senior, as opinion page co-editor for the University Daily Kansan.
In the NATION:
The Federal Communications Commission looks to boost minority ownership of broadcast stations. DefenseSecretary William Cohen plans to clarify the military's policy on homosexuals.
Twentieth Century Fox is giving $8,000 to a fund commemorating the Titanic's first mate.
CORRECTION
In yesterday's issue of the Kansan, Joseph T. Collins was incorrectly identified as former director of the Natural History Museum. Collins was not the former director of the Natural History Museum. He was an editor for in-house publications.
CAMPUS
Funny money surfaces in Lawrence businesses
Area police reported yesterday two more incidents of counterfeit bills being used in Lawrence.
Lawrence police Sgt. George Wheeler said a counterfeit $20 bill was used Thursday afternoon at the Disabled American Veterans Thrift Store, 1601 W. 23rd St.
"It looks like it's a Xerox copy," Wheeler said. "The clerk didn't notice the bill was counterfeit until after he was gone."
counterfeiting after he was gone.
Wheeler said the suspect had been contacted at his house, where police recovered the items purchased with the fake bill. Wheeler said that the man was not arrested and that the investigation was ongoing. He said police were looking at four other cases of counterfeiting in the last month.
"We're trying to connect some of these, but we're not there vet." Wheeler said.
Lawrence police arrested a man Thursday in connection to the passing of a counterfeit $20 bill at Westside 66 and Car Wash. 2815 W. Sixth St. Wheeler said.
The KU Public Safety Office reported that a counterfeit $10 bill was used Thursday in the Kansas Union Bookstore. The bill was the first in the recent string to be used on campus and was the first fake $10 bill used.
Wheeler said that he did not think the counterfeit $10 bill was related to the five recent incidents of fake $20 bills.
Mike Ree, KU Bookstore manager, said he did not know anything about the bill.
"Nobody at the police department has talked to me about it," he said. Neither of the KU Public Safety Office's spokesmen were available for comment on the incident.
— Ronnie Wachter
Ann Premer named new Opinion page co-editor
Ann Premer, McPherson juniro, accepted an offer to replace Andy Obermuller, Liberal senior, as an Opinion page co-editor for the University Daily Kansan. Premier took the job yesterday, two days after Obermuller resigned.
Kansan staff report
NATION FCC leader wants to see more minority owners
LAS VEGAS — The nation's top broadcast regulator challenged the television and radio industries yesterday to find ways to bolster minority ownership,
Minorities own only 2.8 percent of the nation's TV and radio stations. The number is on the decline.
Bill Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, asked the industry to give him ideas within 60 days for reversing the trend. It was Kennard's first address as FCC chairman to the broadcasting industry, which is meeting here.
Eddie Fritts, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, said in an interview that his organization already had commenced meetings with Kennard and other FCC officials to begin the campaign. Fritts said the industry was up to Kennard's challenge.
Kennard said the dismal state of minority ownership was further threatened by
industry concentration. A 1996 telecommunications law fueled an unprecedented wave of media mergers.
Minorities need greater access to capital and better training and mentoring, Kennard said.
The government used to encourage minority ownership by giving a tax break to broadcasters who sold stations to minorities, but Congress repealed that provision, called a tax certificate, a few years ago.
'Don't ask, don't tell' rule to be enforced by Cohen
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary William Cohen acknowledged yesterday that some commanders had not received the message about the Clinton administration's policy barring the pursuit and harassment of homosexuals in the military. He ordered new guidelines to explain and enforce it.
"I have tried to make it very clear that we want this policy fully and fairly implemented. That means there's to be no pursuit, there's to be no harassment, and it's taking place, its something I'm very concerned about." Cohen said in an interview on National Public Radio.
The "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue" policy was initiated in 1994 amid great controversy and attempted to strike a balance between prohibited homosexual conduct in the military and attempts to maintain the privacy of those who chose not to declare their sexual orientation.
Meanwhile, the Department of Defense released a report that showed the number of people discharged for homosexuality climbed from 850 in 1996 to 997 last year. The lowest number discharged was 617 in 1994, while the highest in recent years numbered 1,998 in 1982, the report said.
The report also said that 80 percent of those discharged for homosexuality in 1997 had made a statement that they were homosexual. More than 80 percent
of those discharged had less than four years of service, the study said.
WORLD
Fox sinks $8,000 into fund in honor of Titanic officer
DALBEATTIE, Scotland — Twentieth Century Fox is giving $8,000 to a fund commemorating the Titanic's first mate after his family and neighbors objected to the movie's portrait of him.
The blockbuster film presents William Murdoch as a murderer and bribe-taker—but the residents of Dalbieattie, his home-town in southwest Scotland, say he was a hero.
After family and friends criticized the film, lawmaker Alasdair Morgan wrote to the makers of *Titanic* asking for an apology.
"Officer Murdoch was a decent, responsible and very human hero and should remain a source of pride for Dalbeattie, and in the memories of all who know of his life," Scott Neeson, executive vice president for Twentieth Century Fox, wrote back yesterday to Morgan.
The film shows the first mate killing two passengers who are fighting to get off the sinking ship onto a lifeboat. He then shuns himself.
But Neeson stopped short of a full apology.
In his letter, Neeson said survivors had reported that some of the ship's officers fired guns into the crowds and at least one officer was known to have committed suicide.
However, Twentieth Century Fox then pledged money for a long-established commoration fund that awards the Murdoch Memorial Prize for achievement each year to a pupil of Dalbeattie High School, Murdoch's alma mater.
The Associated Press
Natural Ties earns bid for national service award
By Melissa Ngo
mngo@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The Arc of the United States is a national organization on mental retardation.
The Natural Ties campus organization won the Douglas County Arc Special Service award in December, the Kansas Arc Special Service award in March and now is a finalist for the national Arc Special Service award.
Each state nominates an organization for the award, and the group does not yet know when it will find out if it has won, said Kelli Wooldridge, Natural Ties co-coordinator and Ullyses senior.
This is the first time the group has been up for the national award.
"I think winning the local and state awards and being nominated for the national award is an honor for all the work that we do," Wooldridge said.
Natural Ties matches campus student organizations with people with developmental disabilities, said John Warren, Natural Ties co-coordinator and Denver senior.
The group organizes activities, such as bowling and picnics, every Wednesday to help further the relationship between organizations and developmentally disabled persons, Warren said. The next activity will be a barbecue at the Sigma Kappa house this afternoon, he said.
Organizations that are involved include the greek chapters, the University of Kansas band and Community Living Organizations, Warren said.
Warren said that he was proud the group was nominated for the award.
"It's the members that make the organization what it is, and we're proud of them," he said.
Laura Weissert, Manchester, Mo., senior, has been involved with Natural Ties for three years. She said being a part of the group was a learning experience.
"It provides companionship and friendship for people," she said. "I think it helps everyone involved because we learn from each other."
Natural Ties began at the University in 1988 and has expanded to 10 other universities, including Kansas State University, Warren said.
Natural Ties will receive the state award on April 18 in Salina, Wooldridge said.
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Today IN HISTORY
1513 7302 - Ponce de Leon arrives in Florida.
1513 7309 - First Jewish congregation in United
States consecrates synagogue.
1865 Lee's retreat cut off near Appomattox
1913 17th Amendment, requiring direct elec
1913 - 17th Amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified.
1935 - Works Progress Administration [WPA] approved by Connarex
1952 - President Harry Truman seizes steel industry to avoid a strike
1974 - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 71.5th
home run, beating Babe Ruth's record.
1981 - Islanders scored 9 goals against Toronto in the playoffs
1982 - Penguins 2-isles 4 - Preliminary-isles hold, 2-lend.
1986 Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel, California. It made his day
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's tennis racquet, rented video tape and five cassette tapes were stolen between 6 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday in the 1700 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $210.
- One of a KU student housing employee's checks was forged between 5:40 and 5:45 p.m. Friday in the 1000 block of Vermont Street. Lawrence police said.
A KU student's cellular phone, stereo headphones and five CDs were stolen between 7 p.m. Sunday and 5:50 a.m. Monday in the 2800 block of University Drive, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $175.
A KU student was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol at 11:58 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Stratford Road and Iowa Street, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A counterfeit $10 bill was discovered between 2 and 5 p.m. Thursday at the Kansas Union Bookstore, the KU Public Safety Office said.
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STUDENT
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Tuesday, April 14, 1998
7:00 p.m.
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Pom Cheerleading & Mascot Tryouts
Cheer & Pom Skills Clinic: Mon., April 13 6:30-8:30pm @ Anschutz-$5
Pom-Pon
Clinic: Wed., April 15 @ 6:30 pm
Tryouts: Thurs., April 16 @ 3:30 pm
All activities at Allen Field House
Cost $5
Mascot's
Clinic: Mon., April 13 @ 6:30 pm
Tryouts: Tues., April 14 @ 6:00 pm
Big Jays: Ht. range 5'11- 6'1
Baby Jays: range 5'0- 5'2
(tumbling & stunting experience preferred)
Cheerleading
Cheerleading Clinic: Fri., April 17 @ 6:00pm Tryouts: Sat.,April 18 @ 9:00a.m.- 5:00p.m. All activities at Anschutz Sports Pavilion (west of Allen Fieldhouse)