Friday, September 15, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Officials to change University Web address
By Jason Krall
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students tired of spelling out "ukans" when giving out their KU e-mail address may be glad to know that the University of Kansas is considering a new Internet domain name.
The current domain, www.ukans.edu, isn't associated with the University by people outside of campus, administrators say. They are considering two alternatives: ku.edu, a domain the University owns that already links to the KU home page when typed into a Web browser, and ukansas.edu.
"The problem is, 'ukans' is not intuitive," said Marilu Goodyear, vice chancellor for information services. "Who would ever think of that when looking for our Web site?" "KU could be
The change would affect the address of the home page and student and faculty e-mail addresses.
associated with other schools,but 'ukansas'
Goodyean said the University likely would have to ch o ose between "ku" a n d 'ukansas' because Network Solutions.
could only be
could only be here."
Micki Prinster St. Charles, Mo., sophomore
Inc., the Virginia-based company that handles the registration of all edu domains on the World Wide Web, allowed universities only two domains each. The "ukans" name would have to be retained as one of those until it is phased out, she said.
Goodyear said she hoped to present a decision on which domain to use within the next couple weeks. While there is no set time line for the transition, planning would begin shortly after that, she said.
Some staff members feel the KU designation is not known to people outside the University who don't follow its sports teams, she said.
Micki Prinster, St. Charles, Mo., sophomore, agreed. She said she thought the "ukanas" domain name made the most sense.
"KU could be associated with other schools, but ukansas' could only be here," she said.
'For the Record' Revue theme
Bv J.D. McKee
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The theme for Rock Chalk Revue was revealed last night to the representatives of the 12 living organizations that will compete in this year's production.
"For the Record" will be the theme about which each group will write, produce and perform a play.
"We wanted to make people think of community service as well," said Mandy Hanson, executive director of the fund-raising event, which will benefit the United Way of Douglas County. "So it has a meaning for us and a meaning for them."
Hanson also said "For the Record" could have multiple meanings for the
groups.
"It could be a music record, an athletic record, a legal record," she said. Representatives from the groups were optimistic about the theme.
"There are a lot of good possibilities," said Travis Langner, Overland Park junior. "This is one of the better themes I've heard of."
Dave Bednarczyk, Overland Park sophomore, also was pleased with the theme.
"It's going to be exciting," he said. "A lot of the preliminary ideas we've worked on can be incorporated into this."
The groups were made up mostly of a consortium of fraternities and sororities. Residence and scholarship halls are also eligible to compete.
Only five of the entries will be accepted to perform at the Revue, which will take March 8,9 and 10.
Each group must deliver to the judge a notebook that contains all the information about its play, including things like the script, characters and set designs, said Stephanie McNeil, executive producer of the show.
"It has to be everything they've created." McNeil said.
The groups must then go before the judges in an oral interview and perform a five-minute skit which will summarize the show.
Last year, the Revue donated about $36,500 and more than 30,000 hours of community service to the United Way. Edited by Kathryn Moore
China executes corrupt high official
The Associated Press
BELIJING — A senior Chinese legislator who took almost $5 million in bribes in hopes of marrying his mistress was executed yesterday in a highly publicized case meant to convince an angry public that communist leaders are stamping out rampant corruption.
Cheng Kejie, vice chairman of China's national legislature, became the highest-ranking figure put to death for corruption since the communists came to power in 1949.
Hours after the execution was announced, portions of the 66-year-old Cheng's trial in July were shown on national television, adding to a propaganda campaign meant to show official determination to attack abuses at even the highest levels.
Cheng was convicted of extorting $4.9 million while he was the governor of Guangxi, a poor southern region.
Earlier reports said that beginning in 1992, he took payoffs for land deals, building contracts, promotions and allocations of subsidized commodities.
The case illustrated the pervasive corruption that is costing China's struggling economy heavily and undermining public acceptance of communist rule. A recent series of unusually candid reports by China's auditor general accuse officials of stealing or squandering billions of dollars in a country with an average per capita income of about $700.
Almost daily, Chinese state media announce officials being punished for corruption, though most are low-ranking. More than 132,000 officials received penalties for misconduct last year that range up to death sentences, according to the China Daily newspaper. Cheng's case featured prominently in a Beijing museum exhibition on economic crime.
Cheng was put to death by the No.1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing
after China's highest court rejected his second appeal, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It quoted the Sept. 7 ruling by the Supreme People's Court as saying Cheng "severely damaged the normal work order of government agencies and created an extremely pernicious influence on society."
A commentary in Friday editions of the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily said his case showed the party was capable of eliminating corruption within the party, according to Xinhua. It called the case a warning to party members and officials.
According to the official account, Cheng's partner in crime was his married lover, Li Ping. Both planned to divorce their spouses and marry each other. Li has been sentenced to life in prison for handling Cheng's bribs. The Supreme People's Court, which upheld her sentence last week, said she did so to keep him free of suspicion.
Residence halls might see more cash-to-card units
By Karen Lucas
writer@kansan.cc
Kansan staff writer
The absence of a cash-to-card machine in McCollum Hall keeps Chris Nieburg from using his smart card more often to buy soft drinks and do his laundry there.
"The closest cash-to-card machine to McCollum is Hashinger Hall, and I usually run out of money on the card, and it's not worth
the trip," said Nieburg, St. Louis sophomore. "It's easier to use the change machine."
Nieburg and other students who live in residence halls without cash-to-card machines may be one step closer to getting them.
Nancy Miles, University of Kansas card administrator, said she was planning to submit a proposal that would add machines to six more residence halls: Gertrude-Sellards Pearson, Corbin, McCollum, Templin, Lewis and Ellsworth halls.
"We tried to put them in locations that would be convenient
BUILDINGS WITH
CASH-TO-CARD
MACHINES
Anschutz Science Library
Art and Architecture Library (Spencer Museum)
Burge Union
Law Library (Green Hall)
Hassinger Hall Kansas Union
Music Library (Murphy Hall)
Oliver Hall
Regents Center Library (Edwards Campus)
Strong Hall
Spahr Engineering Library (Learned Hall) Strange Hall
Watson Library (two locations)
Source: KU card center's Web site,
Web site,
www.ukans.edu/~kucard
and in close proximity to where cardholders would use their card." Miles said.
A cash-to-card machine costs about $3,000. The KU card center also picked up the cost of maintaining the machines and paying a security firm to collect the cash, Miles said.
She said the card center welcomed input from cardholders. Some students contacted her last spring and this fall about the need for more cash-to-card machines in the residence halls.
But the residence halls are not the only places where cardholders feel cash-to-card machines are needed.
Hofman said that not knowing where most cash-to-card machines were located on campus was another inconvenience.
Jack Hofman, associate professor of anthropology, said he would use his smart card in Fraser Hall, where he has an office, if there were a machine in the building.
Such a list is posted on the Web at www.ukans.edu/-kucard. Mary Ann Graham, manager of the card center, said fliers listing the locations were available at the center. Incoming students who attended summer orientation also received the fliers in their packets.
— Edited by John Audlehelm
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