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The Inside Front
Monday September 18,2000
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CLARIFICATION
Wrinkle Free Laundry Week, as described in a brief in Friday's Kansan, is open to all students from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. today through Thursday.
CAMPUS
Watkins conducting annual health fair
Watkins Memorial Health Center is "Tackling Good Health" at its 13th annual health fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow and Wednesday at the center. The fair will have 18 information booths.
Janis Ellis-Claypool, health educator, said she urged students to visit the health fair to discover all the services Watkins had to offer. Ellis-Claypool said the booths taught students about vaccinations, physical therapy, and many other services Watkins provided.
Other booths will have fatal vision goggles, which simulate when someone is legally drunk, and free body fat percentage checks.
There will also be chances to win door prizes, including airline tickets, KU Fit memberships and T-shirts. Free healthy snacks and drinks will also be provided.
Melissa Davis
Lawrence man arrested for stealing ID scanner
A 21-year-old Lawrence resident stole an ID scanner early Friday morning from The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., as the bar was about to close, Lawrence police said.
Lawrence Police Det. M.T. Brown said an employee recorded the theft on videotape. Police viewed the videotape and matched the person who stole the scanner to the ID the person presented when entering the bar.
The man was arrested on a felony count of theft. The scanner was valued at $2,000.
Brown said the police then went to the suspect's residence, where the suspect answered the door holding the scanner and immediately gave it to police.
— Lauren Brandenburg
Former football player enters plea at hearing
Dion Johnson, a former University of Kansas football player charged with aggravated robbery and kidnapping, will stand trial at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Johnson's preliminary hearing was continued Friday from last week. He pled not guilty to the charges.
Johnson is accused of coordinating the armed robbery of a 21-year-old KU student in June.
A boy who is serving a two-year sentence in juvenile detention for the robbery testified that Johnson told him and another male where they could get money and marijuana, gave them guns and dropped them off at the victim's residence. He said Johnson then picked them up after the robbery, and they divided the loot.
The boy and Johnson were arrested the next morning at a Lawrence motel.
NATION
Atlantis' astronauts enter space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts closed the doors to the international space station yesterday after accomplishing all their chores and more.
Expedition One — the first permanent space station crew — is scheduled to blast off Monday, Oct. 30 aboard a Russian rocket and arrive at the complex two days later for a four-month stay.
They planned to pull away aboard Atlantis late last night.
during their five days inside, the shuttle astronauts stocked the space station with more than 6.000 pounds of food, clothes, soap, toothbrushes, ear plugs, pens, notebooks, trash bags, radios, vacuum cleaners, power converters and other gear.
Public transit strike hampers Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Nearly half a million people faced the start of the work week without their usual bus or train service because striking public transit drivers in Los Angeles County walked picket lines for a second day.
No new contract talks were scheduled yesterday between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the unions representing its drivers, clerks and mechanics.
About 450,000 people rely on public transit in Los Angeles County. Sixty-eight percent have household incomes under $15,000 per year, and nearly three-quarters of bus riders are African American or Hispanic; according to the MTA.
Contracts for the United Transportation Union, the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Transportation Communications International Union expired June 30.
Work rules are the major issue in the contract dispute, and the two sides also disagree on wage and benefits increases. The MTA offered 2.7 percent raises per year for three years; the unions wanted 4 percent
per year.
The strike idled 2,000 buses as well as Metro Rail light rail lines serving a 1,400-square-mile area.
Russian utility firm seeking huge payments
MOSCOW — As the electricity monopoly in the world's largest country, Russia's Unified Energy Systems has plenty of prodigious statistics — including what could be the world’s longest list of deadbeat customers.
Not only do they owe the partly state-owned UES an estimated $5 billion, but they include some of the country's most secret sites, including nuclear missile bases and the Plesetsk space launch facility.
The utility's attempts to collect its bills grabbed national attention last week when one of its local branches cut off power to a missile base that owed $683,000. The base retaliated by sending soldiers to a switching station to turn the lights back on.
The plan has been widely criticized. Analysts say it would accomplish little and could be a new opportunity for unscrupulous entrepreneurs to grab pieces of an important enterprise at bargain prices.
Albanian rebel army will boycott elections
DOBROSIN, Yugoslavia — The leader of an ethnic Albanian rebel army in southern Serbia claimed yesterday that Serbian forces were gathering in the Albanian-majority region in the run-up to Yugoslav elections.
The rebel group was prepared to fight back if the Serbs attacked before the Sunday, Sept. 24 presidential and parliamentary elections, said Bexhet Mehneti, a commander in the Liberation Army of Pressevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, known by its Albanian-language acronym UCPMB.
Beleigh considers the liberation army a terrorist organization and blames it for numerous attacks on its forces. It also claims a number of Serbs have fled the region.
Mehmeti said the liberation army would boycott next week's elections — a precedent set by rebel Albanians in Kosovo in the early 1990s.
NATO-led peace keepers have repeatedly said they would not support the rebels' actions and have conducted several raids on suspected weapons stockpiles of the group inside Kosovo.
In Belgrade yesterday, three student activists were sentenced to 10 days in prison each for spraying antigovernment graffiti. A Serbian court found them guilty of violating "law and order."
The Associated Press
A KU student's passenger window and car cassette player were damaged and a cassette player with assorted cassettes stolen from a vehicle between 11 p.m. Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday in the 1500 block of Sigma Nu Place, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $200, and the items were valued at $125.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's car stereo was stolen from a car between 9 p.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Fireside Drive, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $200.
A KU student's bicycle was stolen between noon Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday from Naismih Hall, Lawrence police said. The bicycle was valued at $300.
A KU student's purse was stolen and passenger window damaged between 11:30 p.m.
Wednesday and 7:05 a.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Fireside Drive, Lawrence police said.
A KU student's car stereo, CD case and CDs were stolen between 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. Thursday from the 2300 block of Hawthorne Drive, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $2,215.
A KU student's cell phone was stolen between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Thursday from the 3400 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $100.
A KU student's car tire was damaged between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday at Naimith Hall, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $123.
The purse was valued at $30, and the damage to the window was estimated at $100.
ON CAMPUS
A KU student's motorcycle ignition wires were damaged between 11 p.m. Thursday and 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $50.
The McNair Scholars Program will have a recruiting table from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today through Friday at Wescoe Beach.
- Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team will practice from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at 23rd and lowa streets. Call Ale Albors at 312-8798
Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship will meet from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the ballroom in the Kansas Union.
Students Tutoring for Literacy will have an information and training session at 7 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Call Shawna Smith at 749-0895.
Black Student Union will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Courtney Bates or Cassandra Hill at 864-3984
KU Bahai'i Club will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Call Justin Herrmann at 749-5446.
■ KU Sons and Daughters of Vietnam Veterans will present "University Under Fire," an interview with Dr. Matthew Buechner on evolution from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today on cable chan nel 19, Cell Leonard Murraier at 843-3737
The Navigators will pray at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow at Danforth Chapel.
KU Running and Jogging Club will meet for an evening run at 8:30 tonight at the oak tree by the east entrance to Robinson Center. Call Michael Roessler at 312-3193 or Keith Marsha at 840-0704.
KJHK will broadcast from Wescoe Beach from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow.
Applications for the first Alternative Weekend
Breaks are due at 5 p.m. tomorrow at 400 Kansas Union. Call Kendra Seaman or Tabatha Beerbower at 864-4317.
Hispanic-American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union, Call 864-4256.
Best Buddies will have an information session at 5 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove F in the Kansas Union, Call Kelly Brown at 344-2210 or e-mail kellbv@uk.edu.
■ KU Traditional Karate Club will practice from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at 207 Robinson Center, Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
The Office of Study Abroad will present Australia Night, students talking about their experiences studying in Australia, at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Mallott Room in the Kansas Union, Call Renée Bérengère at 864-3742.
UNITY Hip-Hop Dance Troupe will have try-outs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. tomorrow at the Hashinaker Hall Dance Studio.
University Christian Fellowship will have a Bible study at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Rick clock at 841-3148 or email rebsu@ukans.edu.
United Methodist Campus Ministry will have a Bible study at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union, Call Heather at 841-8661.
The Office of Student Financial Aid has applications for child care grants today through Friday at 50 Strong Hall. Call Cindy Stanphill at 864-4700.
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What's on this WEEK SUA
student union activities
The University of Kansas - 785-864-SHOW
www.kansas.edu/usj
Tickets for the Chiefs games are on sale now at the SUA Box Office - $ 60 each (Hurry! Some games have sold out!)
KC Renaissance Festival tickets are on sale now - $12 adult, $5 children.
Tim Reynolds tickets are on sale now at the SUA Box Office. $5 students, $10 non-student. The performance will be on Oct 20, 8 p.m. at the Lied Center.
Tunes @ Noon - This Friday, Sep 15 featuring Sixth-Year Sophomore.
Gallery Show - Varian Fry's efforts to diminish the horrors of war are on show now at the 4th floor, Kansas Union.
Homecoming Parade Applications are available at the SUA Box Office on Sep 15.
Movie Posters for the Fall Films series can already be picked up at the SUA Box Office.
Glamour Venus Music Tour Model Search with make-over and hair booths. Oct 2 and 3, at the Kansas Plaza, in
Oct 2 and 3, at the Kansas Plaza, in front of the Kansas Union.
The Big Lebowski
Sep 18 - 23, 7 p.m.
Sep 22 and 23, midnight.
The Big Lebowski
The Big Kahuna Sep 18 - 23, 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.
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