2A
The Inside Front
Wednesday February 18,1998
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
- A bicyclist hit a pedestrian yesterday on Jayhawk Boulevard. The students were treated and released.
- The Kloksp, a student literary journal, is requesting students' poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art.
On.CAMPUS
Brian Dalorph, assistant professor in English, will present a poetry reading tonight.
The University of Kansas Medical Center received a five-year, $7.6 million grant as a research award. In the NATION:
A traveling comedian who has been suspected in a series of rapes on college campuses pleaded no contest yesterday to raping a teacher at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Cyclist, pedestrian collide on Jayhawk Boulevard
A bicyclist-pedestrian collision at 9:47 a.m. yesterday sent one KU student to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and another to Watkins Memorial Health Center.
The pedestrian, Candace Pasquale, Glen view, Ill., junior, was taken by ambulance and treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
The bicyclist, Alex Montgomery, Sao Paulo, Brazil, junior, was taken to Watkins by a KU police officer. Montgomery was treated for a jammed left wrist and a bruised right hip.
Lung Huang, Goodland junior, and Christina Pollastrini, Lombard, il., sophomore, witnessed the accident.
Pollastrini assisted Montgomery and Pasquale while Huang called for help.
"I don't think he saw her," Huang said. "I think she had her head down. His bike went flying and I heard her screaming."
Huang pressed the button on a blue light emergency phone located near Marvin Hall and told a dispatcher about the accident
Huang said that the woman was bleeding from the mouth and that he thought she was in shock.
"She seemed to be almost hyperventilating," he said.
Kiosk literary submissions due Friday from students
The University of Kansas' student-produced art and literature journal, Kiosk, is accepting submissions for its 18th volume until 5 p.m. Friday.
The journal is requesting students' poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art, said Anna Attkisson, Wichita junior and Kiosk editor. Attkisson said three-dimensional
art also would be accepted.
Kiosk, which means a small, usually free-standing structure used as a newstand or booth, is not just a place where news is exchanged. Attkisson said.
"It's representative of the University itself, and of our abilities," she said, "And it's also a way for students to get experience in publishing and build their portfolios."
Attkisson said the journal will add a feature story to its 28 pages this semester. The feature will be written by freelance contributor Rachelle Detweiler, Newton senior. Detweiler will profile Pok-Chi Lau, associate professor of design.
The story will focus on Lau's photographic comparisons of American Chinatowns and cities in mainland China, Detweiler said.
"We want to use the story to tie professors and students together," Detweiler said.
University Printing Services will print 1,500 copies of the free journal, which will be distributed on campus by April, Attkisson said.
Literary entries for Kiosk can be submitted in the English department office, 3114 Wescoe Hall. Art submissions will be accepted from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday in room 208 of the Art and Design building.
Chris Horton
KU professor introduces newly published poems
Assistant professor of English Brian Daldorph will present a poetry reading tonight based on his book of poems, "The Holocaust and Hiroshima: Poems."
The reading will be held from 7:30 to 9 tonight at The Raven Bookstore, B E. Seventh St. The event is free and open to the public. "The Holocaust and Hiroshima: Poems" was published in December and will be used in Daldorph's Introduction to Poetry course this semester. Daldorph
chose to write about the Holocaust and Hiroshima because he thought they were important topics.
"They seem to be two of the most significant events of the 21st century as far as historical importance is concerned and in what they tell us about who we are as a race," he said, "I think we should look to these events in history, and I think we should learn a lesson from them."
Dalford conducted research through reading, speakers and movies. He also spent a year teaching in Japan. Some of his poems were based on fact, and others came from his imagination.
Dalford said he thought the book would be well received by students.
"I've gotten a very good response from people who have seen the book already," he said. "I think the book will interest anyone, not just people who are interested in poetry, because the topics are things people are interested in."
The book costs $10 and is available at local bookstores.
Sara Anderson
Med Center wins grant for research on aging
The University of Kansas Medical Center has received a five-year, $7.6-million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
The awarding of the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center grant was announced yesterday at the Med Center.
The Center on Aging, established in 1986, provides research, education and clinical care to improve the health of older adults.
The grant is a research award offered to centers of excellence in the field of aging. The Med Center's Center on Aging competed against 10 applicants for the grant
The Kansas Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center will be a community-based partnership striving to
Lisa John
improve the care and quality of life for stroke survivors and their families. It will focus on stroke rehabilitation research
Traveling stand-up comic accused of multiple rapes
OMAHA, Neb. — A traveling comedian who has been suspected in a series of rapes on college campuses pleaded no contest yesterday to raping a University of Nebraska at Omaha teacher.
In their only concession in exchange for the plea, prosecutors agreed to delay Vinson Horace Champ's sentencing until his trial is completed in Lincoln on a charge of raping a woman at Union College.
Champ's plea in the Nebraska rape came as jury selection began in for his trial in Lincoln. Champ's attorney, James Martin Davis, said DNA evidence in the case weighed heavily in his client's decision to enter a plea.
Champ, a former performer on "Star Search," also has been charged with raping a woman at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and with attempted assault at Pasadena College in Pasadena, Calif. Douglas County, Neb., prosecutor Leigh Ann Retelsdorf said the victims in those attacks were prepared to testify in the Omaha case.
In each rape, the man spat on his victims, quizzed them about their sex lives and asked them to pray for him. Champ came under scrutiny in the Midwest attacks after he was arrested in Pasadena and authorities there put out a notice to other states, noting that Champ was a traveling comedian.
There were reports of similar attacks at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., Carthage College in Kososha, Wis., and Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., but no charges have been brought in those cases.
The Associated Press
Technicality changes course of Oprah trial
AMARILLO, Texas — Without explanation, a federal judge ruled yesterday that Texas cattlemen don't have a case against Oprah Winey frebet on a state "veggie libel" law that protects perishable food products from false and defamatory statements.
U. S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson, however, did not throw the case out as defendants had requested. Jurors will return today to hear the lawsuit as a common-law
Winfrey: Judge
rattle men
don't have a case
business defamation case, which places a much heavier burden of proof on the cattlemen. The case had been the first test of the state's 1995 "veggie libel" law. Twelve other states have similar laws, but none has been tested in court.
The judge did not declare the law unconstitutional, but merely ruled the cattlemen do not have a case under it. Citing a gag order, attor-
meys would not discuss the ruling.
The judge ruled after a day of arguments outside the presence of the jury against defense motions to end the trial. Her decision was not accompanied by a written order.
It appears the cattlemen now must persuade the jury that Winfrey, her production company and a vegetarian activist guest on her April 16, 1996, show intended to hurt the beef industry.
The episode was about whether the British epidemic of mad cow disease that killed 23 was a concern for American beef consumers. Lawyers for the talk-show host maintain that statements made on the program did not unfairly disparage U.S. beef
Texas cattlemen said the show falsely portrayed U.S. cattle as being at risk of mad cow disease, which never has been detected in the United States. They argued that statements made on the show caused cattle prices to plunge.
Defense attorneys had asked the judge to dismiss the case entirely, saying the cattlemen had no case because they were not personally mentioned during the show.
"Under the plaintiffs' theory, any person in the United States who owned a cow has a cause of action," defense attorney Charles Babcock argued. "It creates too much danger, too much risk to people speaking about generic topics."
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.
The University Daily Kansan (USPS 650-640) is published at the University of Kansas, 119 Stairwater Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 66045, daily during the regular school year, excluding Saturday, Sunday, holidays and finals periods, and Wednesday during the summer session. Periodical postage is paid in Lawrence, Kan. 66044. Annual subscriptions by mail are $120. Student subscriptions of $2.33 are paid through the student activity fee.
Nation /World stories
http://www.kansan.com/news/nation/
Top Stories http://www.kansan.com
The Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. When information is submitted, the event's sponsor, name and phone number must be on the form, which is available in the On Campus mailbox in the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Items must be turned in to the newsletter in person by the Friday before the desired Monday publication. Forms can also be filled out online at www.kansan.com — these requests will appear on the UDKi as well as the Kansan. On Campus may be printed in smaller type size if space is limited. On Campus is a free service provided by the Kansan to the eUniversity community.
ON THE RECORD
■ The window of a KU student's car was damaged between 2:30 and 9 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $400.
- The window of a KU student's car was damaged between 9:45 and 10:30 p.m. Friday in the 500 block of Locust Street, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $375.
- The AM/FM cassette stereo in a KU student's car was stolen between 2 a.m. Feb. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Mount Hope Court, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $179.
A KU student's black leather wallet, Nintendo-64 game system and six other items were stolen between 1 and 9 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of West 10th Street, Lawrence police said.
A KU student reported a disturbance of the peace between 1 and 3 a.m. Sunday in the 300 block of 16th Street. Lawrence police said.
Two tires on a Naismith Hall employee's car were damaged Monday in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, Lawrence police said. The tires were valued at $250.
An AM/FM CD stereo and its faceplate were stolen from the car's between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of West Seventh Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $300.
A KU student was battered between 1:40 and 1:45 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said.
A Naisimith Hall employee's black leather jacket, waist and five other items were stolen between 8 and 9 p.m. Feb. 5 in the 100 block of West 11th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued $2,231.
A KU employee's 25-inch color television and other item were stolen between 7 p.m. Saturday and 7:45 a.m. Sunday in the 1300 block of Valley Lane, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $802.88.
A KU student was the victim of an aggravated battery between 1:30 and 2 a.m. Saturday in the west alley of the 1200 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said.
A gym bag containing various items was taken from Shenk Complex Nov. 15, KU police said. The items were valued at $67.
A KU staff member's parking permit was taken from the Parking Facility between 5 p.m. Feb. 11 and 8:05 a.m. Monday, KU police said. The permit was valued at $75.
1525 West 6th
843-9922
The University of Kansas Vietnamese Student Association
Vietnamese Spring Cultural Celebration
presents our annual
FEBRUARY 21, 1998
Starting at 7:30pm, come enjoy our Annual Cultural Show in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Experience traditional dances, fun skirts, and memorable acts! Plus, there will be special entertainment after the show.
For more info:
email: kuvsa@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
STUDENT
SENATE
943 MASS. 842-1414
for CDs, records,and tapes 7 days a week!
LOVE GARDEN SOUNDS
936 1/2 Mass.St. (upstairs) tel.VI3-1551
"in the heart of downtown"
SUA COORDINATOR SELECTIONS
000 dollar scholarships* each of the following coordinator positions:
spectrum films
arts
ine
special events
feature films
public relations
f or u m s
live music recreation
Applications due by 5pm on February 20th in the SUA Box Office
bOX OffiCE # 864.3477 hOMEPAGE: //www.ukans.edu/~sua
*See application for qualifications and requirements.