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The Inside Front
Tuesday
February 24,1998
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
Lawrence residents hear multiple gunshots early Saturday morning in the 2300 block of Naismith Drive.
A KU student was the victim of an armed robbery Sunday at Nations Bank, 900 Ohio St.
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The Black Student Union will present a poetry and prose reading tonight as part of African-American History Month.
El Nino-driven tornadoes hit central Florida early Sunday, killing 33 people and destroying hundreds of homes. The government recorded a $25,4 billion surplus in January. It was the first surplus in nearly three decades.
CAMPUS
Gunshots alarm residents; no evidence encountered
Lawrence residents heard multiple gunshots early Saturday morning in the 2300 block of Naismith Drive.
No victims have been found, and Lawrence police are not calling the incident a shooting.
"Several people in that neighborhood heard shots fired, but no one appears to have been hurt," said Lawrence police Sgt Susan Hadl.
The shots were fired at 2:27 a.m. Saturday, and police spent much of the morning interviewing witnesses and searching for evidence.
"It sounded to one witness as if someone had emitted a clio." Hadl said.
She said the search moved west as police gathered more reports.
A security guard at an area business reported hearing eight shots near the 1000 block of West 24th Street. Police searched the area and found 10 empty shells in a parking lot 20 feet south of Captain Shop Marine, 1411-B.W. 23rd St.
Hadl said that she could not confirm the type of shells and that police had no suspects.
Ronnie Wachter
A KU student was the victim of an armed robbery at 8:40 p.m. Sunday at Nations Bank, 900 Ohio St.
Lawrence police Sgt. Susan Hadl said Robin Sorensen, Lawrence senior, was making a withdrawal from her account at a drive-up ATM when she was attacked from behind by an unidentified man.
Hadi said the suspect was a 30-year-old white male with brown hair.
The suspect covered Sorensen's mouth
and told her he had a gun, Had said. He then demanded the money she had withdrawn from his account. Sorensen resisted, and the suspect pushed her to the passenger seat and entered the car.
Donald Grose, Little River freshman, was waiting in line for the ATM behind Sorensen's car and witnessed tha
Hadl said, "At first, the man (Grose) thought it was a domestic dispute, so he was honking his horn, flashing his lights, trying to get them to take it someplace else. But when the woman continued to resist the suspect, the man realized that something was wrong."
Grose got out of his car to intervene, and the suspect fled east. Sorensen was unharmed but lost $20 and her ATM card in the robbery, Hadl said.
Ronnie Wachter
Reading to put spotlight on original student works
The Black Student Union will present a poetry and prose reading tonight as part of African-American History Month. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. It is free and open to the public.
Students from area high schools and KU students will recite their original works, including poetry and short narratives.
Julius Williams, assistant director of the Office of Minority Affairs and Black Student Union adviser, said the event would give the community a chance to participate in the month's activities.
"Having the community participation in an African-American program is really important," he said. "It will give high school students a chance to share their
abilities, to be on the KU campus and create a positive attitude about KU."
Kari Adams, Mission sophomore and event coordinator, said there was a lack of creative options on campus and she wanted the reading to stimulate creativity.
I thought it really would be interesting to balance the theme of "Blacks in Business" with creative interest, she said.
-Sara Anderson
NATION
El Niño causes fatal twisters throughout central Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — El Niño-driven tornado does ripped across central Florida early Sunday, killing 33 people and destroying hundreds of homes while sparing the state's most popular tourist sites. At least 10 people were missing, and more than 250 were injured.
"We've had so many touchdowns, we can't keep track of them," said Angela Braden, Seminole County sheriff's office representative. "Some people slept right through it. They woke up, and their house was gone."
The twisters missed the Orlando area's three major theme parks — Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Florida and Sea World, which opened for business as usual yesterday.
Just southeast of Disney World, however, one person was killed in the Osceola County city of Kissimmee.
That was one of 18 deaths in Osceola County. Eleven others were confirmed dead near Sanford, in Seminole County about 20 miles northeast of Orlando. Three were killed in Orange County, and one was killed in Volusia County. The reports of people missing were scattered across the region.
Tornadoes were reported from Daytona Beach on the Atlantic Coast to the Tampa Bay area on the Gulf Coast. The bulk of the stormy weather had moved up the East
Coast yesterday. In Georgia, floods closed roads and schools yesterday, a day after as much as 5 inches of rain fell.
Rising tax revenue yields government surplus
WASHINGTON — Rising tax revenue helped the government record a $25.4 billion surplus in January and put it on track to register a surplus for the full fiscal year for the first time in nearly three decades.
For the 12 months ending in January, the cumulative surplus totaled $9.6 billion — the most in at least 28 years. Just two months earlier, a $2.4 billion surplus in the 12 months ending in November was the first for any 12-month period since 1970.
The January surplus, swelled by quarterly income tax payments, was about $2.5 billion higher than analysts predicted. The surplus was the difference between $162.6 billion in receipts and spending of $137.2 billion.
During the first four months of fiscal 1998, which began Oct. 1,., the government had a $14.3 billion deficit. That is 69 percent less than the same period of fiscal 1997, when the deficit hit a 23-year low of $22 billion.
The Clinton administration last month predicted a $10 billion deficit for fiscal 1998, but Congressional Budget Office analysts earlier this month said a surplus — the first since fiscal 1969 — was likely if revenue growth continues strong.
The strong economy and booming stock market have increased the stream of tax revenue to the government, particularly from capital-gains taxes paid after stock sales.
Revenue through the first four months of fiscal 1998 totaled $549 billion, up 10.5 percent from the same period a year ago. Spending, at $563.3 billion, was up only 3.8 percent from a year ago.
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A KU student was issued a notice to appear in court for possession of stolen property, KU police said. The police seized a residence hall parking permit Friday from the Lied Center parking lot. The permit was valued at $75.
Problems in Iraq close to some students
A KU student was issued a notice to appear in court for a battery that occurred at 6:44 p.m. Friday on the sixth floor of Lewis Hall, KU police said. The victim another KU resident suffered minor injuries.
Al-Ali said that in the past, events blamed on Muslims became attacks on the Islamic faith. He said that Islam taught about peace and justice and that people should not make generalizations about an entire group from individual actions.
A microphone belonging to the department of emergency planning was taken between 1:50 and 3:45 a.m. Saturday from a vehicle in the 1000 block of Sunnyside Avenue, KU police said. It was valued at $15.
- Parking service was taken between 5:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Feb. 16 from the KU parking garage, KU police said. The service was valued at $80.
- Cash in the amount of $165 was taken between 10 p.m. Feb. 17 and 8 a.m. Feb. 18 from Copy Services in Watson Library, KU police said.
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"Even if it happened to be a Muslim, that doesn't mean they represent everyone," he said.
have been blamed.
Cash in the amount of $80 belonging to two KU students was taken between 11 a.m. and m. feb.
Omar Bishawi, Palestine graduate student and Muslim Student Association president, mentioned the Oklahoma City bombing and the crash of TWA Flight 800 as examples of this kind of discrimination. The incidents originally were thought to have Islamic roots, although no proof was offered to substantiate the claims.
Al-Ali said that he did not feel a large amount of prejudice when he walked on campus or attended classes.
"When Timothy McVeigh was caught, no one attributed it to Christianity," he said. "But in Iraq, what Saddam Hussein is doing, everyone is saying it is because he is a Muslim. When something is done by a Muslim, people say it has ties to the religion. But when it is someone other than a Muslim, then people look at it as an individual act."
"On campus, you see many cultures," he said. "And people are intellectual, so we don't have many problems on campus."
One of the main concerns of Islamic students is the welfare of the Iraqi people.
Al Ali said that it was not the majority of Americans that discriminated against the Islamic people, but that there were a few who did.
Arab said, "If they can get rid of Hussein himself, that's great. But we need to worry about the people. We are all Muslim countries, and that connects us."
Emad Al-Tamari, Amman, Jordan, graduate student and Muslim Student Association vice president, said he was against U.S. strikes against Iraq for two main reasons.
"First is the double-standard policy followed by the United States," he said. "We have countries in the Middle East, like Israel, that have nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and have violated many U.N. resolutions, and no one has punished them. Second, you're punishing not the ruling regime but the Iraqi people. You're punishing elders, women and children."
A KU student was battered between 11:10 and 11:20 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of Massachusetts streets, Lawrence police said.
18 from Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall, KU police said.
A KU student's mailbox was damaged between 10 p.m. Jan. 21 and 8:30 a.m. Jan. 22 in the 1700 block of West 23rd Street, Lawrence police said Damage was estimated at $10.
A glass window of a KU student's house was broken, and a 19-inch color TV, a winter coat, U.S. currency, a jewelry box, jewelry, passports and 68 other items were stolen between 6 p.m. Saturday and 6:55 a.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. The loss was estimated at $4,065.
■ A blue backpack and two textbooks were stolen from a KU student between 8 p.m. Friday and 4 a.m. Saturday in the 2100 block of Barker Street, Lawrence police said. The loss was estimated at $210.
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