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The Inside Front
Thursday September 28,2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Comedian to perform speak at University
Steve Allen, the original Tonight Show host, will perform at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center.
The comedian, television star and songwriter will improvise a comedy routine based on question cards from the audience, play the piano and sing while accompanied by a trio, and be interviewed by Chuck Berg, professor of theater.
Tickets still are available at the Lied Center, Murphy Hall and the Student Union Activities box offices, as well as through Ticketmaster. Tickets are $10 for students and $20 for regular admission.
The Hall Center, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Theater and Film sponsored the appearance.
Allen also will speak and answer questions from 10 to 11:30 a.m tomorrow at the Inge Theater in Murphy Hall.
Meghan Bainum
Greek group to have informational meeting
The National Pan Hellenic Council will have an informational meeting at 7 tonight on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
The meeting is designed to allow non- n Greek students to meet members of the organization, an organization of historically African-American and Latino fraternities and sororities, said Russell Hayes, public relations director for the NPHC.
J. D. McKee
International studies centers receive grants
Four KU international studies centers have been awarded three-year Title VI grants.
The grants, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, are worth $3.1 million during the three-year period. The KU centers for African, East Asian, Latin American, Russian and East European studies each were recognized in the grant. The money will be used to support research, teaching and outreach.
Anne Merydith-Wolf, project coordinator of the Office of International Programs, said that the grants would bring the centers the distinction of being national resource centers.
"These are highly competitive grants." Merydth-Wolf said. "And for a university to have four of them is quite an accomplishment."
Meghan Bainum
Researchers studying oil-recovery method
KU researchers have begun digging for oil this week to study a new method of oil recovery.
Researchers from the Kansas Geological Survey are pumping liquid carbon dioxide into oil wells in Russell County. The method could allow oil companies to draw several times more oil out of a given area, said Tim Carr, senior scientist at the Kansas Geological Survey.
"When carbon dioxide is at very high pressures in liquid form, it acts as a solvent," he said. "It's like trying to get oil off your garage floor. That oil sticks to those rocks, and the carbon dioxide acts like a soap."
Carbon dioxide has been used to increase oil production in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, but never before in Kansas, Carr said.
Researchers hope the new technology will make available an additional 15 to 21 million barrels that could not be accessed through traditional methods. Carr said.
The project is financed by the U.S.
Department of Energy, Kinder-Morgan
CO2 Company and MV Energy LLC.
— Jason Kroll
LAWRENCE
Student hurt during attempted robbery
Three men attacked a 19-year-old male KU student in an attempt to rob him at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of W. 10th Street, Lawrence police said.
Det. M.T. Brown said the student was standing with his girlfriend, an 18-year-old University student, on the curb when three men approached. One of the men stopped and asked the student what time it was and then continued walking.
Brown said the man then returned with two others, and one of the men hit the student in the back of his head several times and once in the arm. Brown said police later recovered the weapon, which appeared to be a broken wheelbarrow handle.
The victim then began running south on Indiana Street, and one of the men asked him for his money, Brown said. The victim refused and continued to run and call for help.
Brown described the first suspect as an 18- to 25-year old Caucasian male with rugged facial hair, about 5-foot-6, wearing a white FUBU jersey with the numbers "05" in blue, a dark stocking cap and baggy jeans.
The victim did not want to be taken to the hospital but said he would go on his own later, Brown said.
The third suspect was described as an 18- to 25-year-old male, race unknown, wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt.
He described the second suspect as an 18- to 25-year-old Black male wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and baggy blue jeans.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call 843-TIPS.
Complaint leads police to underage drinkers
Lawrence police responding to a noise complaint at 4:02 a.m. yesterday discovered a manager of a local bar serving alcohol to two of his undergraduate friends after hours, Det. M.T. Brown said.
Brown said the manager had come to make sure the doors were locked and decided to drink. He then served two of his friends, who were 19 and 20 years old, from the bar.
A city ordinance prohibits bars from serving alcoholic beverages past 2 a.m.
The 19- and 20-year-olds were issued tickets for possession of alcohol by a minor, Brown said.
— Lauren Brandenbura
Hollywood plan restricts R-rated movie marketing
NATION
WASHINGTON — Hollywood executives are seeking to mollify lawmakers with pledges to curb the marketing of R-rated movies to underage audiences.
A plan unveiled Tuesday called for the movie studios to ask theater owners not to show ads for R-rated films during Grated movies and to not include people under age 17 in focus groups for R-rated movies without a parent.
Texas killer expected no reprieve from Bush
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Condemned killer Ricky McGinn was not expecting another reprieve from Gov. George W. Bush to keep him from the Texas death chamber.
McGinn, 43, faced lethal injection yesterday for raping and bludgeoning his 12-year-old stepdaughter more than seven years ago.
WORLD
Yugoslav election results still being questioned
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Yugoslav opposition leaders have rebuked President Slobodan Milosevic's claim that he earned enough votes to force a runoff in presidential elections.
Milosevic announced a runoff election against opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica, who insists he won Sunday's election outright. Opposition leaders demanded the chance to inspect the election commission's returns.
Tests based on dissection deemed unfair by student
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"The teaching of animals in the classroom is outdated; it's unnecessary," she said. "What is the value of that, or the purpose? If it's teaching human anatomy, then they should be teaching them human anatomy."
Stetler argues that dissection is necessary and beneficial to students and that it is something that cannot be emulated.
"If we didn't think it was a significant educational experience, we wouldn't have them do it," Stetler said. "As a bioscientist, it's a necessary thing to do. There are no models or computerized programs that are as complex as the real thing."
Manuel said she thought some people could learn from dissecting animals, but that it was not useful for everyone. Her main objection is the lack of testing options.
Manuel said she sought legal assistance because she felt her grades, and possibly her college career, would suffer. And she found full support.
"Janice has a case here," Wiederkhr said.
"Unfortunately, there are no laws at the college
level for the colleges to offer alternatives. However, they should offer an alternative. No student should be forced to do this against their will."
Wiederkehr added that there have been several university cases similar this one and that those that went to court were dismissed because the universities usually agreed to make accommodations for the student.
Jeanne McVey, director of communications for ALDF, said that ALDF received an e-mail requesting legal aid from Manuel yesterday and that it would connect her with an attorney from the Kansas City area.
"If she finds an attorney and the attorney agrees to talk her case, we try to help as much as we can," McVey said. "Any kind of support we can provide, we provide."
And that support is what Manuel said she was hoping to find. She said that although she didn't think it would go to court, she was prepared to pursue it if need be.
"It's important to me," Manuel said. "I believe we should have an alternative."
Edited by Kimberly Thompson
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's car was damaged between 11:00 a.m. and 4:50 p.m. Tuesday in the Oliver Hall parking lot.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933
The Office of Study Abroad and KU Hillell will present information about the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 3 to 4 p.m. today at Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St. Call 749-5397.
■ KU HorrorZontals men's ultimate frisbee team will practice at 4:30 p.m. today at Shenk Complex, Call B.P. at 312-1066.
KU Running and Jogging Club will meet at 4:30 p.m. today at the oak tree by the east entrance to Robinson Gymnasium. Call Michael Roossler at 312-3193 or Keith Marshall at 840-0704.
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship will pray at 5:15 p.m. today in 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 Niles at 864-4350.
- Women's Ultimate Friisbee team will practice from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at 23rd and Iowa
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 Traditional Karate Club will practice from 6:30 to B:30 tonight at 212 Robinson Center. Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
KU Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association will present the Schieflobusch Clinic Tour from 7 to 8:30 tonight at 3107 Haworth Hall. Call Julie Gatts at 864-0652.
ACT in Faith will meet at 7:30 tonight. Call
841-8661 for the location
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Keith at 550-1036.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 8 tonight at 100 Smith Hall. Call Lindsey Chaffant at 312-9603.
KU Young Democrats will meet at 8 tonight at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Call Julie Merz at 838-3797.
Radical Christians will meet from 8 to 9 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather at 841-8661.
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