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The Inside Front
Thursday September 21, 2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Students, faculty urged to save power tonight
To accommodate repairs to one of the University's electrical feeds, Facilities Operations will shut down superfluous electrical enterprises at 10 tonight in most buildings on the main campus west of, and including, Burt Hall, Green Hall, Burge Union and the new Child Care Facility.
Mike Miller, assistant director for project management at Facilities Operations, said the repairs were necessary because squirrels damaged the Main Campus' electrical feed from KP&L on Friday. During the repairs, electrical needs will be handled by the West Campus feed.
Miller requested that all students and faculty members turn off unnecessary computers, printers, copiers and lighting in classrooms tonight.
Miller said student residence units on the periphery of campus would not be affected. All lines are expected to be returned to normal about 4 a.m. tomorrow.
Student pleads not guilty to sexual battery charge
Travis Reed
A KU student charged with a misdemeanor count of sexual battery pleaded not guilty yesterday.
Kevin J. Hoskinson, Garden City junior, is accused of fondling a female student's breasts and kissing her as she slept on Aug. 26 in the sixth-floor lobby of Hashinger Hall.
Calls from people who recognized Hoskinson from a composite drawing led to his arrest, said the KU Public Safety Office.
Hoskinson's next appearance is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Oct. 5.
Lauren Brandenburg
NATION
Wisconsin apologizes for doctored photo
MADISON, Wis. — Seeking an image of diversity, the University of Wisconsin at Madison says it doctored a photo on a brochure cover by inserting an African-American student in a crowd of white football fans.
"We did it in this one instance, and it really was an error in judgment," said University Publications Director Al Friedman.
The university's undergraduate admissions director, Rob Seltzer, said his office spent the summer looking for pictures that would show the school had a diverse enrollment — but had no luck. As of fall 1999, less than 10 percent of the school's more than 40,000 students were
nonwhite, and only 2.15 percent were African American.
The staff settled on a 1993 photo of white Badger fans at a football game. Friedman said his office altered the photo to add an image taken in 1994 of senior Diallo Shabazz.
The university won't discipline those involved, because they admitted their mistake and apologized to Shabazz, said Patrick Strickler, a university representative.
The brochure will be reprinted,
Strickler said yesterday. The copies
will be sent to all those who received
the original who can be found, with a
letter of explanation. There were
110,000 copies made of the original.
space shuttle Atlantis makes night landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven swooped through the predawn darkness and landed yesterday, ending a successful mission to outfit the international space station.
"Congratulations on an outstanding job," Mission Control told the astronauts. "We are proud of you all."
Powerful xenon lights illuminated the three-mile-long runway at Atlantis emerged from the gloom like a ghost ship, with a half-moon as a backdrop. Touchdown was right on time, at 3:56 a.m., just as launch was back on Sept. 8.
It was only the 15th nighttime landing in space shuttle history. Nighttime landings are becoming more common, though, now that NASA has a space station in orbit. All three previous shuttle flights to the space station also ended in darkness.
The freshly stocked space station was soaring 240 miles above the Atlantic when Atlantis touched down. It will be visited by shuttle astronauts again in just two weeks — its first full-time residents will move in at the beginning of November.
Atlantis' astronauts spent eight days at the space station, five of them inside.
Space station assembly is expected to last until 2006.
Prank telephone calls puzzle hospital officials
Members of at least 20 families have rushed to the Beth Israel Medical Center emergency room in the past two weeks, only to learn they were victims of a hoax, said hospital representative Anne McDarby.
NEWARK, N.J. — Hospital officials want to know who's been calling people and falsely informing them that a relative has died.
would do this."
The relatives interviewed by hospital staffers share a similar story. A female caller identifies herself as being affiliated with the hospital and asks, "Do you have a son or daughter?" or some other relative.
"Needless to say, they're frantic when they get here," McDarby said. "I can't understand why anyone
When the recipient replies yes, the woman says, "We have someone with your name who's been involved in an accident. You need to come down here right away."
The caller then asks the victim to wait and returns to the phone a few minutes later and says the person has just died.
McDarby said the hospital never relayed word of a death through the telephone. It has reported the matter to the Essex County prosecutor's office and asks that anyone receiving such a call to report it to police or the telephone company.
Charlotte Smith, a representative for the prosecutor's office, said the caller likely would face only a misdemeanor charge of harassment and 30 days in jail.
WORLD
Deadly West Nile virus declared an epidemic
JERUSALEM — Health authorities declared West Nile virus infection an epidemic yesterday, saying the mosquito-borne illness has killed 13 people in Israel this summer and infected thousands more.
The virus has been around in Israel for decades but had not been seen in the Western Hemisphere until last year, when it killed seven people in New York City.
Israel is the first country to have declared an epidemic since the virus spread to the United States. The virus also is found in Africa, other Middle Eastern countries, Europe and Asia.
It can lead to encephalitis — a swelling of the brain — but most peo ple recover. The elderly and sick are most vulnerable.
For now, most cases are concentrated in Israel's central coastal plain and have not reached outlying or hilly areas, including Jerusalem.
After announcing that infections have reached epidemic proportions, health officials yesterday asked Israelis to take extra precautions against mosquito bites, such as using repellent and wearing long sleeves.
This year's outbreak was the worst in Israel in several years, said Silvio Pitik, director of internal medicine and infectious disease at Rabin Medical Center. He said there was no clear-cut explanation, but that experts suspected it could be linked to changing patterns in bird migration.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A homeless man was arrested for criminal trespassing at 7:50 p.m. Tuesday on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union, the KI Public Safety Office said.
A KU student reported that $90 was stolen at 3:10 p.m.
Tuesday on Jayhawk Boulevard near Wescoe Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's mountain bike was stolen between 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, and midnight Monday from a bicycle rack in front of the Computer Center Continuing Education Building, the KU Public Safety Office said. The bike was valued at $350
Cuban crash survivors brought to Key West
A KU student's rear car window was damaged between 12:01 and 12:05 a.m., yesterday at The Outhouse, 1837 N. 1500 Road, the Douglas County sheriff said.
A KU student's front door and garage door were damaged in an attempted burglary between 9 p.m. Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 500 block of Eldridge Lane, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $5.
KEY WEST, Fla. — The remaining eight Cuban survivors of a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico were transferred to a Coast Guard cutter to be brought to Key West for medical evaluation yesterday, a U.S. Coast Guard representative said.
The Associated Press
A ninth survivor was already being treated at a Key West hospital for head and neck injuries.
"We made the recommendation that all the people would be brought in to the hospital so they could be checked out medically," said Petty Officer Scott Carr.
U. S. law lets Cubans apply for residency if they reach U.S. soil. Ordinarily, those who are picked up at sea are returned to Cuba, but authorities said it was too early to say what would happen with the crash survivors. A tenth person on board the plane died when it went down.
The remaining survivors — two women, three women and three children — were due to arrive in
ON CAMPUS
ney West aboard the Nantucket at about 10 p.m. last night. Once on land, they were to be taken to Florida Lower Keys Hospital, Carr said.
Once the FBI determines whether the plane was hijacked or flown from Cuba voluntarily, immigration officials will be able to determine if the survivors should qualify for asylum in the United States.
■ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a volunteer, intern and Alternative Breaks fair from 10 a.m. to 7:30 tonight at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave., Coll Tord Holcombe at 843-4933.
A doctor from the Carnival Cruise ship Tropicale, which was nearby when the plane went down, initially treated the survivors onboard a freighter that rescued them. One woman had a broken collarbone and another had a severe leg cut, Carnival representative Andy Newman said.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environments 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.
KU Greens will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Galen Turner at 838-3498.
The FBI said yesterday the Cuban plane doesn't appear to have been hijacked, as Cuban officials said the pilot had reported, but the agency is withholding a final determination until it questions the survivors.
The African Studies Resource Center will present "Concepts of Health and Therapeutic Options Among Congolese Refugees in London" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. today at the Governors Room in the Kansas Union, Call library for 864-374-314
■ KU Running and Jogging Club will meet at 4:30 p.m. today at the oak tree by the east entrance to Robinson Center. Call Michael Roessel at 312-3193 or Keith Marshall at 840-0704.
KU Traditional Karate Club will practice from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at 212 Robinson Center. Call Rebell Fuller at 312-1990.
Women's Ultimate Frisbee will practice from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at 23rd and Iowa streets. Call Ale Albars at 312-8798.
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 Nues at 864-4350.
■ KU Annestey International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Keath at
550-1036
UNITY Hip-hop Dance Troupe will have tryouts from 7 to 10 tonight at the Hashinger Hall Dance Studio.
KU Queens and Allies will have a meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union. Call 864-3091 for more information.
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 Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather at 841-8661.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a volunteer, intern and Alternative Breaks fair from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave, Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
KU Hillel will have conservative service at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. The reform service will be at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. A Shabbat dinner for $5 will follow. Colle Sarah at 749.5397.
■ 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.
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center will have free screenings for drug and alcohol concerns throughout September. Call 843-9192
The Office of Student Financial Aid has applications for child care grants today and tomorrow at 50 Strong Hall, Call Cindy Staphlill at 864-4700
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