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The Inside Front
Thursday October 19,2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CORRECTIONS
A story in yesterday's Kansan misspelled the name of Annie Hendricks, Clinton, Mo., senior.
A story in yesterday's Kansan contained incorrect information. KU golfer Travis Hurst is an Erie junior.
CAMPUS
Senate proposes to pay $1,500 audio visual fee
Student organizations may get to use audio visual equipment for free after the Student Senate Finance Committee approved legislation that would change the procedure for renting the Kansas Union's equipment.
Currently, student groups must pay to rent items such as portable sound systems, televisions and VCRs for events they sponsor at the Union. Under the new proposal, Senate will pay an annual $1,500 fee to cover those costs and student organizations will be able to use the equipment for free.
The bill must be approved by Senate at its next meeting Wednesday.
In other business, the University Affairs and Student Rights committees passed a resolution requesting the Parking Board to grant "two-for-one" parking permits for residents of Stouffel Place and Sunflower apartments.
Stouffer Place provides on-campus housing for students who are married or single parents. Sunflower apartments provides housing for faculty and graduate teaching assistants.
Bills to finance the Center for Community Outreach, the Sketch Comedy Organization and Colors of KU also were approved by Senate committees.
— Kursten Phelps
All bills that are passed by two committees go before full Senate for approval.
Engineering professor receives NASA award
Glenn Prescott, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was awarded the NASA Special Service Award for his involvement in establishing the NASA Earth Science Enterprise Advanced Information System Technology program.
The program annually awards up to $15 million to researchers whose work helps NASA's Earth Science Enterprise to better understand changes to global environment from natural and human activities. Prescott worked for the enterprise from May 1999 to mid-August 2000.
Prasad Gogineni, distinguished professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, said his colleague was a worthy recipient of the NASA honor.
"It has been a pleasure working with him; he's an excellent researcher as well as teacher and I'm glad to call him a colleague," he said. "He's always done more than what is expected of him. He did that at NASA and too, and that's what got him the award."
Prescott also received the Terra Award, which is one of the highest honors given by NASA.
— Jennifer Valadez
KU professor elected association president
Ronald T. Borchardt, Summerfield distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, has been elected president of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
The association has more than 10,000 members employed in academics, industry, government and other research institutes worldwide. Borchardt has been a member of the organization since it was founded in 1986.
This is the first time a University of Kansas faculty member has been elected president of the association.
"It's a tremendous honor for KU and Dr. Borchardt," said Jack Fincham, dean of pharmacy. "It reflects well on a lot of people here."
Fincham said about 20 KU students, faculty members and research associates were members of the association.
J. D. McKee
Professor recommends teachers in the field
A school district classroom setting better prepare students to apply concepts learned in college to careers in teaching.
That's the message Nona Tullefon, the 2000 Gene A. Budig teaching professor, will present in a speech today at 3:30 p.m. at 150 Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Tollefson, professor of education, is proposing that the School of Education integrate more of students' time to the school district setting.
Tollefson's recommendation stems from research she has done with KU graduate students and Lawrence and Kansas City, Kan., teachers. She will summarize experimental findings from a program introduced by the KU Professional Development Schools Alliance.
Tollefson has been part of the KU faculty since 1967. Her primary research interests include classroom assessments, student motivation, program evaluation and teacher preparation.
The Gene A. Budig teaching professorship is awarded to a person in the
school each year who demonstrates excellence in teaching.
Brandon Stinnett
Tollefson's speech is the first of several events sponsored by the School of Education during Homecoming weekend in celebration of the school's recent move to Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
LAWRENCE
Housing hearing moved to meeting on Nov. 1
The controversial housing ordinance that would reduce from four to two the number of unrelated people who can live in a single-family home will be the subject of a special hearing Wednesday, Nov. 1.
The proposal was originally scheduled for the Wednesday, Oct. 25, monthly meeting of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission. Because of interest from students, landlords, neighborhood residents and other renters, the topic was moved to a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.
The proposed ordinance would change the definition of family, thus limiting the number of unrelated people who can live in single-family neighborhoods.
Holly Krebs, Student Senate Rights Committee chairwoman, said Senate leaders were working to get as many students at the meeting as possible.
"On one hand, we're somewhat disappointed with the change because we've been telling people Oct. 25 for a month," she said. "But we're glad they're recognizing that it's important."
Matt Merkel-Hess
NATION
Scientists baffled by dead sharks on beaches
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Hundreds of dead sharks have been washing up on beaches along the Gulf of Mexico, and officials are baffled by what is causing their deaths.
"We really have no idea," said Jack Mobley, a wildlife biologist at Tyndall Air Force Base, where about 50 sharks, mostly blacktips, have washed up.
Officials estimate between 200 and 300 sharks have died. Traces of blood reported on nostrils and gills of some sharks suggests an infection might be the culprit, said Mike Brim, an ecologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The sharks, which were up to 5 feet long, started showing up Monday in waters off the Florida Panhandle.
The Associated Press
Dow drops 400 points, recovers
NEW YORK — Stocks dropped sharply in volatile trading yesterday, slicing more than 400 points off the Dow Jones industrials before bargain hunters moved in and helped the market recover most of its losses.
The Associated Press
Investor despair about a generally bleak earnings outlook brought the Dow to its first finish below 10,000 since March 14, although the blue chips managed to regain more than 300 points of their early loss. The tech-focused Nasdaq composite index also ended the day with a loss, but it also rebounded smartly from its lows for the day.
"I think we are near the bottom, but this is a bottom that's going to need some credibility," said Brian Belski, a fundamental market strategist at U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, who also bargain hunting, not any resolution of market problems, was responsible for the upturn. "There are still doubts about earnings growth rates and there are going to be doubts about the rally and reversal today."
The Dow closed down 114.69 at 9,975.02, according to preliminary calculations, largely because
of a huge drop in IBM. An earlier decline of more than 433 points sent the blue chip index to its lowest intraday trading level since March 24, 1999.
The Nasdaq fell 42.58 to 3,171.40, bobbing in and out of positive territory after rebounding from a nearly 188-point slide in the first hour. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down 7.86 to 1,342.11, having recovered from an early drop of 44 points.
Market activity wasn't expected to end with the close of regular trading. With the third-quarter earnings season at its peak, investors were waiting for results from Microsoft and Apple Computer.
Declining issues outnumbered advances by about three to one on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was 1.17 billion shares, well ahead of the 906.67 million shares Tuesday.
ON THE RECORD
The market opened on news that consumer prices jumped 0.5 percent in September, the biggest advance since June, as energy prices rebounded sharply. The increase renewed fears that the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates unchanged, rather than lowering them, at its next meeting in November.
The Russell 2000 index fell 4.67 to 466.21.
A KU student was harrassed by phone between noon Sunday and 11:45 p.m. Monday in her fourth-floor Corbin Hall room, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's CD stereo was stolen between 8 p.m. Monday and 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Oliver Hall parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stereo was valued at $230.
A KU student's CDs and stereo were stolen between 11:30 p.m. Monday and 1:20 p.m. Tuesday in the Oliver Hall parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stereo was valued at $325, and the 15 CDs were valued at $225.
A KU student's moped was stolen between 8:20 a.m. Oct. 11 and 6 p.m. Tuesday from the bicycle rack at Templin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The moped was recovered but had damages estimated at $400.
A vehicle struck another vehicle at 1:56 p.m. Sunday in the west Murphy Hall parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages were estimated at more than $500.
A vehicle struck a parked vehicle at 2 p.m. Monday in the east Burge Union parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages were estimated at less than $500.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Enviros will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holmberg at 843-4933.
University Career and Employment Services will have a career connections training session at 3:30 p.m. today at 149 Burge Union, Call Ann Hardley at 864-3624.
KU HorroZontals men's ultimate frisbee team will practice at 4:30 p.m. today at Shenk Sports Complex. Call B.P. at 312-1066.
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 840.0700.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship will pray at 5:15 p.m. today at Danforth Chapel. Call Daniel Wong 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 Nunes at 864-4350.
- Women's Ultimate Frisbee will practice from 5:30 to 7:30 on tent at 23rd and loews streets. Call Ale
Albors 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 Alcove D in the Kansas Union . Call Karen Keith at 550-1036.
KU Queers and Allies will meet at 7:30 tonight at Parkers A, B and C in the Kansas Union.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 8 tonight at 100 Smith Hall. Call Lindsey Chalfant at 312-9603.
Radical Christians will meet from 8 to 9 tonight at Eucalenian Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather at 841-8661.
KU Advertising Club will take a tour of Callahan Creek at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, meeting at the Dos Hombres parking lot at 3:10 p.m. Call Laura Accurso at 865-5610.
Alternative Spring Break site leader applications are due at 5 p.m. tomorrow at 410 Kansas Union. Call Holly Worthy or Katie Harpstirite at 864-4317.
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Budding entrepreneurs: Looking for seed money?
You've got the ideas.
and,oh yes . . . funding.
The KU School of Business and Rudd Foundation announce an opportunity for student entrepreneurs. The foundation has set aside $1,000,000 for outstanding student business plans that benefit the Kansas economy. For more information, visit the Rudd Foundation web site, www.ruddfoundation.org, then contact Sanjay Mishra at the KU School of Business, 864-7528 or smishra@ukans.edu. Deadline for expressing interest is October 29.
Now all you need are business plans...
The University of Kansas School of Business
It's Your History.
On April 19th, 1926,the cornerstone was put in place for a new memorial student union. It would feature a men's and women's lounge, dining services and information center. Today, the Kansas Union is preparing to add new conveniences, such as a computer lab and convenience store, thanks to student input. Even after 75 years...
It's Your Union. The Kansas & Burge Unions
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