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The Inside Front
Monday
November 6, 2000
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CAMPUS
KU on Wheels to offer free rides to polls
KU on Wheels buses will be free tomorrow and the Transportation Board hopes it will help get more students to the polls to vote.
Holly Krebs, transportation coordinator, said the decision came after one student suggested it to the board. The buses will be free all day and run the normal routes, many of which pass by schools and other polling sites.
"We have no clue what sort of effect this will have," Krebs said. "We felt like this was the best step we can take to help students vote."
— Kursten Phelps
Fraternity to sponsor student voter drive
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will sponsor a voter drive tomorrow to increase student participation in tomorrow's elections among students who live in residence halls.
Marcus McLaughlin, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity member and Kansas City, Kan., senior, said the members would meet at 6 p.m. in the lobby of McCollum Hall and then go to Allen Fieldhouse to vote.
"It's the best way to get as many people as possible," he said. "A voteless people is a heipless people."
J. D. McKee
STATE
Wichita manufacturers seeking employees
WICHTH — A booming general aviation industry has left Raytheon Aircraft Co., Cessna Aircraft Co. and Bombardier Aerospace seeking employees as they try to fill record backlogs of orders and put out new products at a brisk pace.
The three Wichita manufacturers are pulling out all the stops because their ability to meet current demand and grow in the future hinges on their ability to find workers.
Together, the three plane makers figure they will add more than 1,500 jobs in 2001. Cessna plans to add 800 to 1,000 new positions, Raytheon more than 500 and Bombardier will add several hundred.
The majority of the openings are in production areas, such as in sheet metal assembly. The companies also need line assemblers, flight line mechanics, inspectors, upholsterers and avionics technicians.
NATION
Wrestler's family settles wrongful death lawsuit
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The family of wrestler Owen Hart, who died in a batched stunt last year, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation and the city.
Hart, known as the Blue Blazer,
died May 23, 1999, when he plunged
78 feet after the quick-release mechanism on his harness prematurely opened as he was being lowered into the ring.
The 46-count suit was filed by Hart's widow, two children and his parents, and contended the stunt was dangerous and poorly planned and the harness system was defective.
The settlement, which needs court approval, was filed with the Missouri Court of Appeals. The appeals court had been scheduled to hold a hearing in a dispute over a document in the case.
Absentee ballots could delay election results
SACRAMENTO — A record 3.2 million Californians have requested absentee ballots for tomorrow's election, which could leave the results of close races throughout the state in doubt for days or even weeks.
More than 1 million of those absent tee ballots, or nearly 10 percent of the 12 million votes expected in California, will not be counted on election night, according to county election officials surveyed by The Associated Press.
The election results also could be delayed in New York's contentious Senate race between first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rep. Rick Lazio.
Last week, at the request of both sides, a judge ordered all absentee ballots locked up — unopened and uncounted — until at least Nov. 9, two days after the election.
It could mean a delay in the results but as state Board of Elections spokesman Lee Daghilan put it, the order "eliminates any question that there would be any attempt to stuff the ballot box."
Scientists say corpses can supply brain cells
It turns out even cadavers can supply the incredibly versatile brain stem cells — master cells which can turn into different kinds of brain and nerve cells — once thought available only from fetal tissue.
NEW ORLEANS — Scientists have coaxed new life out of dead brains.
be tweaked to produce brain cells.
So can skin. And it appears that just about every bone stem cell can
be tweaked to produce brain cells. Several reports to the Society for Neuroscience seem to offer yet more possible solutions to the ethical dilemma blocking stem cell studies which use human fetal tissue.
But they are not yet solutions and may never be, said McKay and two other scientists who discussed their findings at a news conference yesterday at the society's annual meeting.
Gage's research used bits of tissue taken soon after death from children and young adults who had died of various neurological diseases.
Civilians wounded in Sierra Leone protest
WORLD
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — U.N. peace keepers and Sierra Leone police opened fire yesterday to disperse hundreds of tire-burning youths demanding the lifting of a cuffw.
British soldiers tried to calm the pre-dawn demonstration stemming from public anger over a spate of armed robberies during curfew hours, which the government of this war-ravaged West African nation has imposed in an effort to prevent rebel attacks.
At least 13 civilians, including two children, were wounded.
The rebels, who have murdered tens of thousands of civilians and intentionally maimed many more in a campaign of terror, renewed Sierra Leone's eight-year civil war in May by advancing on the capital and capturing some 500 U.N. troops.
The 1.3,000-strong peacekeeping force, the world's largest current U.N. deployment, has been riven with organizational problems and infighting. Two major contributors, India and Jordan, have announced they would pull out.
Emperor's funeral held 25 years after his death
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Bells toled and thousands of Ethiopians wailed and applauded yesterday as Haile Selassie, their last emperor, was finally laid to rest 25 years after his mysterious death.
As leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church stood by, resplendent in their colorful robes, elderly veterans of Ethiopia's 1936 to 1941 struggle against Italian occupation carried the coffin — draped in the nation's red, green and gold flag — up the steps of Trinity Cathedral.
The emperor's family, friends and associates embraced at their first public gathering since 1974, when he was overthrown by Marxist military officers.
The Associated Press
A KU student's bank card, driver's license and KUID were stolen between 4 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot at Sunnyside and Illinois streets, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $40.
ON THE RECORD
A parking meter was damaged between 8 a.m. Monday and 11:20 a.m. Wednesday at Hashinger Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $50.
A vehicle hit another vehicle at 12:51 p.m.
Wednesday on Neismith Drive, the KU Public
Safety Office said. Damage was estimated at less
than $500.
A vehicle hit another vehicle at 6:40 p.m.
Wednesday at 15th Street and Engel Road, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage was estimated at more than $500.
A parked vehicle rolled out of its space and struck another parked vehicle at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday in the west Lewis Hall parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. No damages were listed.
A KU employee's cell phone, car adaptor and black leather bag were stolen from a vehicle between 11 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday in the 2900 block of West 19th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $115.
The paint of a KU student's sport utility vehicle was scratched between 9:45 p.m. Saturday and 2:26 a.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $1,000.
A KU student's vehicle's passenger-side window was broken and a dashboard stolen between 9 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. Friday in the 3500
A KU student's vehicle was dented between 2:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. Friday in the 2500 block of West 31st Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $2,000.
block of Clinton Parkway, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $500.
A KU student's CD case and 50 CDs were stolen between 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of North Second Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $820.
A KU student's cell phone was stolen between midnight and 12:15 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $100.
A KU student's vehicle's key tumbler was damaged and car stereo was stolen between 5 p.m. Thursday and 8:55 a.m. Friday in the 2300 block of Willow Creek Lane, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $100, and the stereo was valued at $250.
A KU student's vehicle's passenger-side window and cell phone mounting bracket were damaged between 11 p.m. Friday and 1:20 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Rhode Island Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $320.
A KU student's license plate was stolen between 4
m. Wednesday and 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the
1600 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police
said. The license plate was valued at $10.
A KU student's CD player was stolen from a vehicle between 7 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday in the 2200 block of Willow Creek Lane, Lawrence police said. The CD player was valued at $300.
ON.CAMPUS
NotiTred Student Week will present "Writing Resources" from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Call Marshall Jackson at 864-4064.
NonTrad Student Week will present "Internet Resources for the NonTrad" from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the Registrant Room in the Kansas Union. Call Marshall Jackson at 864-406-
Alcoholics Anonymous will have a Campus Serenity meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today and tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Crand Ave, Call Thad Holmbeat at 843-4933.
Compulsive Eating Anonymous will meet at 3 p.m. today in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Call 312-1521.
KU Running and Jogging Club will meet for an afternoon run at 4:30 p.m. today at the oak tree by the east entrance to Robinson Center. Call Michael Roessler at 312-3193 or Keith Marshall at 840-0704.
The linguistics department will present "The Historical Development of Noun Class and Tense in Eucher" at 3:10 p.m. today at 206 Blake Hall. Call Ailard Jonsson at 844-3450 or 844-2384.
Student Union Activities forum committee will meet at 5 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Call Patrick Waters at 864-2428.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship will pray at 5:15 p.m. today in Danforth Chapel. Call Daniel Wong at 312-3172.
- Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team will practice from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at Shenken Complex. Call Ale Albors at 312-8798.
Student Union Activities recreations committee will meet at 6 p.m. today at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Call Patrick Lafferty at 864.2427.
KU Bahai'i Club will meet at 7 tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Call Justin Herrmann at 830-8912.
Black Student Union will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Courtney Bates or Cassandra Young at 864-3984.
KU Environs will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Kansas Union. Call Leah at 312-1996.
Sons and Daughters of Vietnam Veterans will present "University Under Fire" from 7:30 to 8 tonight on cable channel 19. Call Leonard Magruder at 843-3737.
The Kansan is now accepting applications for editor and business manager. Applications are available at the Kansan business office, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, and are due at noon Tuesday.
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College Bowl - Jan 27, 2001. To participate, sign up at the SUA Office by Stop Day.
Student Photo Exhibit - Nov 6-22, at the SUA Gallery, 4th floor of the Kansas Union.
Yaron Svoray, an ex Israeli commando who unfiltrated the Neo-Nazi movement. He will
speak on Nov 16, at 8 p.m., in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Free vouchers are available at the SUA Box Office on the day of the event.
Election Day Open House - Nov 7,11 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Kansas Union looby. Lots of activities to celebrate the
2000 elections. Don't forget to vote!
SUA Food Drive - Nov 13-17. Look for drop-offs in various campus buildings All donations will benefit the Lawrence and Douglas County Food Pantry.
Shades of Gray, w/ Q&A session w/ director - Nov 6, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $2 for students, $5 for non on sale at the SUA Box Office.
Short Attention Span Theater - We'll be showing award nominee two-minute films for one and a half hour! Nov 13,7 p.m.Free.
Tickets for Kevin Smith - Director of Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma. Nov 7, 8 p.m., Emporia STate University. $ 8.
Strange Brew
Nov 7-11, 7 p.m.
Nov 10 & 11, midnight
Mission:
Impossible II
Nov 7-11, 9:30 p.m.
All movies at Woodruff Auditorium, 5th floor of the Kansas Union. Tickets/Movie passes sold during movie times, in front of Woodruff.
The SUA Box Office is located at the 4th floor of the Kansas Union.