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The Inside Front
Thursday November 2, 2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Senate will finance leadership program
Student Senate committees passed a bill last night that would allocate $35,100 from its reserve account to finance Leadershape, a week-long leadership training program.
The program had been financed the last three years by money from the University's contract with Coca-Cola, but the administration decided not to devote those funds to Leadershape this year, said Ben Walker, student body president.
The bill will go before full Senate on Wednesday for a vote.
The reserve account, which holds unused money allocated to student organizations, currently has a balance of $428,000.
In other business, Senate committees:
Approved a bill to allocate $2,785 to the February Sisters Association and its annual forum. The forum commemorates the founding of the KU women's studies program.
Passed a bill to grant $300 to Eta Sigma Phi, a classical studies group.
Approved a $1,300 funding bill for the African Students Association.
— Kursten Phelos
KU student, two others injured in car accident
A KU student was injured at 3:35 p.m. yesterday in a car accident in the 2200 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police said.
Det. M.T. Brown said Joseph Carden, Olathe sophomore, was driving northbound on Iowa when he struck a vehicle driven by a 61-year-old Eudora man. Brown said Paul Sollars, Eudora, pulled out of a parking lot and in front of Carden's vehicle. Sollars' wife also was in the car.
Condition reports were unavailable yesterday.
Brown said all three people were taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with no life threatening injuries.
ku seniors and grad to compete for awards
Four KU seniors and a recent graduate will be competing for one of three prestigious national graduate scholarships.
The nominees vying for the Rhodes Marshall and Mitchell scholarships include: Scott Ferree, McPherson senior; Melitta George, Bloomington, Minn., senior; Dennis Hermreck, Garnett senior; Stephanie Sprague, McPherson senior, and Elizabeth Traiger, Dec. 1999 graduate.
Thirty-two Rhodes scholarships, 40 Marshall, and up to 12 Mitchell scholarships are offered annually.
The Rhodes and Marshall scholarships provide study in Great Britain, and the Mitchell provides aid for study in Ireland.
The KU nominees will be honored at a reception tonight from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
The finalists will be interviewed from mid-November to early December.
Hermreck, who will be competing for the Marshall scholarship, said it would be an honor to receive the award.
"It would be amazing to win. It's a wonderful award," he said. "Two years of international graduate study would be awesome."
Jennifer Valadez
Film on Kansas gay life to be screened in union
Shades of Gray, an Independent film about gay life in Kansas, will be shown Sunday and Monday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Sunday's screenings begin at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tim DePapee, the film's director, will participate in question-andanswer sessions following each of Sunday's screenings. The film will be shown again at 7 p.m. Monday.
The film focuses on the lives of five gay Kansans. DePeape, who lives in Lawrence, also included footage of interviews with Fred Phelps in the film.
David Michael Allen, liberal arts and sciences adviser, said the film premiered last April at the Kansas City Filmmaker's Jubilee. It also was the opening event for June's Kan Film Festival in Lawrence and is an official selection in this year's International Film Festival at Brussels.
"Repeatedly, people have asked us when are we going to screen it again," he said.
Tickets are $2 for students with a valid KUID and $5 for nonstudents. Part of the proceeds will benefit the Douglas County AIDS Project. For reservations, call 864-SHOW.
Leita Schultes
LAWRENCE
Skateboarders attacked by harassers in park
A 22-year-old male KU student and a 22-year-old man were skateboarding. Monday night in Centennial Park when two men began throwing rocks at them from a hill, Lawrence police said.
Det. M.T. Brown said the men then came down the hill and yelled at the student and his friend before hitting them in their backs and faces. More people joined the circle of attackers, bringing the total to five or six males and two females.
medical attention. Police did not have a description of.the suspects.
Brown said the student and his friend tried to leave but were encircled by the group.
Police arrived as the victims were leaving the scene. The victims refused
Lawrence woman raped by masked man at home
A 22-year-old woman was raped in her home yesterday at 8:50 a.m. by a man wearing the style of mask made popular by the movie Scream, Lawrence police said.
Det. M.T. Brown said the man entered the house in the 800 block of East 14th Street through the front door shortly after the woman's husband left for work.
Police were continuing investigation into the incident and did not have a description of the man yesterday.
— Lauren Brandenburg
Anyone with information is encouraged to call 843-TIPS.
JERUSALEM — Israel will hold off on retaliation against the Palestinians for
Leaders broker deal to end Israel violence
Arafat: brokered temporary peace deal with Israelis
the deans or three Israeli soldiers, the government announced early Thursday, after Cabinet minister Shimon Peres met Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, defusing an explosive situation at least temporarily.
At midday, Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Enud
Barak will address their people by radio and announce an end to all violence.
The soldiers were the first to die in combat since Oct. 1. Six Palestinians were also killed, as armed clashes intensified in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Peres-Arafat meeting led to the decision to hold the fire, at least for now. Barak's office said the meeting resulted in "agreement on a series of steps ... designed to renew security cooperation and an end to violence and incitement."
The statement said retaliatory measures decided on by the Cabinet would be held up to give a chance for the violence to be stopped.
Each side blames the other for the violence. Israel says its forces have responded with restraint to Palestinian attacks. The Palestinians charge that Israel has used excessive force in putting down demonstrations.
The Israeli decision appeared to douse the fuse of a conflict that was heading quickly toward further escalation
In 35 days of clashes, at least 160 people have been killed, most of them Palestinians.
The Associated Press
Government offers $16,000 in study abroad scholarship
By Jennifer Valadez
Students at the University of Kansas now have the opportunity to receive as much as $16,000 to study abroad through the National Security Education Program scholarship.
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Beau Pritchett, coordinator of study abroad, said the Office of Study Abroad was accepting applicants for the scholarship.
"It's an undergraduate scholarship for study abroad in countries considered to be of critical importance to U.S. security interests," he said.
some of the countries included in the scholarship are located in Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Pritchett said students could receive as much as $8,000 for a semester or $16,000 for an academic year of study abroad.
Three KU students were awarded the scholarship last year, Pritchett said. They are Tracy Alexander, Berryton junior; Chester Klotz, Lawrence senior and Callie Stanley, Lee's Summit, Mo. senior.
The scholarship was established in the early '90s after the fall of the Soviet Union. The U.S. government then realized it needed people skilled in dealing with countries where America had little previous contact.
The deadline to apply is Dec. 1 and application packets are available in the Office of Study Abroad.
For more information, go to www.iie.org/nsep or call 1-400-619-NSEP.
Edited by Amy Randolph
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's vehicle's hood and driver's side of the car was keyed between 10:50 and 10:55 p.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of Apple Lane,
Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $1,000.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Envails will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Molamba at 843-4933.
KU Center for Latin American Studies will present "Constructions of Domesticity in 19th Century Spanish America" from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the conference room in the Hall Center for the Humanities. Call 864-4213.
African Studies Resource Center will present "The Consequences of Civil War in Sierra Leone" at 3:30 p.m. today at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union, Call Judy Farmer at 864-3858.
British Women Writers Conference planning committee will meet at 4 p.m. today at 4060 Wescow Hall, Call Amy Cummins at 864-2558.
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 Brooks at 312-2193 or Keith McLean.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship will pray at 5:11 p.m. today at Danforth Chapel. Call Daniel Wona at 312-3171.
Diversity Peer Education Team will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call Vincent Edwards at 841-1377 or Santos Nuexez at 864-4350.
- Women's Ultimate Frisbee will practice from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at 23rd and Iowa streets Call Ale Alborst at 312-8798.
KU Greens will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Galen Turner at 838-3498.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 864-7735.
KU Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcave D in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Keith at 550-1036.
The Spencer Museum of Art will present "The Lowdown on High Art: American Painters and the Press, 1870-1900" at 7 onight at the Kress Gallery in the museum. Call 864-4710.
Alternative Breaks will have an information session at 7:30 tonight at the English Room in the Kansas Union. Call Kate Williams at 864-4317.
KU Queens and Allies will meet at 7:30 tonight at the parlor in the Kansas Union
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 8 tonight at 100 Smith Hall. Call Lindsey Chalfant at 312.9603.
Alpha Chi Omega will have a clothing drive today through Nov. 8. It items can be dropped off at the house, 1500 Sigma Nu Place. Call Lindsey Erickson at 865-2923.
■ The Hall Center for the Humanities will present "The Problem of the Pigkeeers: Environment and Landscape in the Life of St. Genoveva" at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the center. Call 864-4798.
KU Center for Latin American Studies will present two films, "Tree of Life" and "Food for the Ancestors" at 4 p.m. tomorrow at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call 8644213.
KU Student Speech Hearing Association will have a dinner at Set 'Em Up Jack's Bar and Grill. Call julie Gatts at 864-0652
■ KU Badminton Club will practice from 6:30 to 10:15 p.m. tomorrow at 211 and 212 Robinson Center. Call Tee at 550-0527.
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