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The Inside Front
Wednesday September 6,2000
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CLARIFICATION
A story in yesterday's Kansan misrepresented the need to buy new computer software to receive e-mail on the University of Kansas' new servers. While Microsoft Outlook is available on CDROM from Academic Computing Services for $5, the program also can be downloaded at www.ukans.edu/exchange.
CAMPUS
Watkins now offering Hepatitis B vaccine shots
Watkins Memorial Health Center is offering free Hepatitis B shots to students who are 18-yearsold or younger or have insurance coverage for vaccinations. For students that don't qualify, the shots cost $20 to $30.
Hepatitis B, or inflammation of the liver, can be spread through sexual intercourse or contact with cuts, sores, razors or srivers.
Randall Rock, Watkins chief of staff, said people that caught the virus usually appeared to be well or had flui-like symptoms for which they did not seek help.
"Symptoms might include loss of appetite, nausea, fatigue, aches, headache, or sore throat." Rock said.
Rock said that there were serious health risks if the virus went untreated. The virus can damage the liver, which could lead to a transplant and a risk of developing liver cancer.
There are ways to reduce the chances of infection, Rock said, including practicing better hygiene, using condoms and avoidin sharing needles.
The vaccination is a three-part series:
one initial booster, another shot one month later and the last shot six months after that.
Melissa Davis
Rack advises students that quality to come in as soon as possible because of the limited supply of shots.
SenEx names members to parking committee
The Senate Executive Committee appointed at its meeting yesterday the following nine students, faculty and staff members to an ad hoc committee on cam-
Morris Faiman, professor of pharmacology and toxicology Donna Hulline
assistant director of parking services
Donna Hultine,
pus parking:
Alan Black, pro-
fessor of archi-
culture and urban
design
Kathy Jansen, procurement officer for office supply.
Holly Krebs, KU on Wheels coordinator
Tom Mulinazzi, professor and associate dean of engineering
Molly Mulloy, administrative assistant
for University governance
Matt Vat Hoesen, chief justice for the Court of Parkina Appeals
Ben Walker, student body president
"This committee is an outgrowth of the arguments we had last spring and in previous years over how policy is made and how budget and fees are determined," said Jim Carothers, president of University Council and professor of English.
Duane Bruce, Chillicothe, Mo., graduate student and member of SenEx, expressed enthusiasm for the new committee.
"I think it's a good idea to look at the processes of our parking department to make sure that the students, faculty and staff are being treated fairly," he said.
Karen Lucas
Professors awarded space-Internet grant
Two University of Kansas faculty members are working to make outer space the next frontier for the Internet with the help of a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Gary Minden and Joe Evans, professors of electrical engineering and computer science, were awarded the two-year $362,000 grant to research, design and test a prototype for a space-based Internet system.
The system would improve communication between orbiting satellites and between satellites and Earth, said Judith Galas, the public relations and marketing coordinator of the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center. The center is a place of support for faculty research.
She said that an Internet-based system was more elastic than the satellite computer system and could reroute information if part of the network malfunctioned.
— Kursten Phelps
Galas said the benefits of easier and faster communication between Earth and orbiting satellites would be widespread. For instance, an agricultural agency in Kansas could request aerial images of farmers' fields from the NASA Web page, which would be transmitted from a satellite via the space-based Internet system.
LAWRENCE
A man wearing a ski mask and carrying a black handgun entered the Texaco at 1415 W. Sixth St. at 10:21 p.m. Monday while the store owner was on the phone, Det. M.T. Brown said. A customer and a friend of the owner also were in the store. Brown said the suspect yelled at the man to get down, came across the counter and pointed the gun at the owner as the owner lowered himself to the floor.
Brown said the man took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and left before police arrived. This was the second time in a month that this store was robbed, Brown said.
Men wearing ski masks rob convenience stores
Two convenience stores across the street from one another were robbed during the holiday weekend, Lawrence police said.
The suspect was described as a white male, about 5-feet-8-inches tall and 175 pounds.
The customer called 911 from his cell phone during the robbery.
The other robbery occurred at 8:40 p.m.
Saturday at Fastlane Conoco, 1414 W.
Sixth St., Brown said. A man wearing a ski mask and carrying a handgun entered the store and demanded money from the register. The man ordered the clerk to the floor and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect was described as a white male between 6-feet-3' and 6-feet-5' inches tall.
A 23-year-old Haskell Indian Nations University student accused of raping a 26-year-old Lawrence woman was released Sunday after the Douglas County District Attorney's office did not file charges.
Haskell student released after rape accusation
Lawrence police arrested the man at 1:29 p.m. Sunday after the woman reported that a man raped her in her bed between 6:15 and 6:45 a.m. Sunday in the 2000 block of Learnard Ave., said Det. M.T. Brown.
The woman said that a man entered her bedroom and joined her in bed. She thought it was her boyfriend, who was sleeping in another part of the house. She said it was dark in the bedroom and that the sun was rising as the man began to leave. She realized it had not been her boyfriend and screamed as he left.
District Attorney Christine Tonkovich said that her office did not have adequate information to file charges. The man was released at 3:18 p.m. Sunday from the Douglas County Jail.
— Lauren Brandenburg
Environmentalists criticize state's water proposals
The state is considering changing regulations to allow wastewater treatment plants and private companies to release more ammonia into rivers.
Federal and state officials say the new regulations should have minimal impact.
regulations should have minimal impact But with Kansas ranked at or near the bottom for the quality of its water, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment is going the wrong way in considering the new standards, environmentalists say.
Lawrence is spending that money in its $40 million expansion and renovation of its wastewater treatment plant. The project includes two large aeration basins that allow microbes to process the ammonia.
Without the ammonia rules, the basins would need to be only about half as large, said Dave Wagner, city wastewater plant superintendent.
Wagner said relaxing the standards may give the Lawrence plant a little more breathing room as the city grows.
The Associated Press
Speaker praises state's committment to Internet availability in classrooms
Special to the Kansan
By Brandon Stinnett
The bond between education and technology is growing across the nation.
Linda Roberts, special adviser to U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley, spoke to a group of about 25 last night at a reception in Adams Alumni Center.
Regional Technology Education Consortium, an organization comprised of KU faculty and students, sponsored the speech.
Roberts praised Kansas for its continued commitment to integrating technology with statewide curriculum. She cited the state's use of the Technology Literacy Challenge fund, a federal grant awarded to states to help
schools improve technology
"I don't know of any other state that has thought about students as much," Roberts said.
She said Kansas served as a model for the practical application of technology.
Roberts said that the United States had made great strides in classroom technology since she took office in 1992.
Eight years ago, only 33 percent of schools and 3 percent of classrooms were connected to the Internet. Those numbers have increased to 70.
Roberts attributed the success to lofty goals, such as complete classroom Internet access by this year, set by the Department of Education.
Roberts said she encouraged a continued focus to bring all
Kansas schools up-to-date with technology.
"Until every school is part of a network, than no school is part of the network," she said. "Focus on getting all schools to the cutting edge of technology."
"Linda is kind of the eyes and ears for us from the White House in terms of technology." James said.
Jayne James, associate director of R*TEC, said Roberts was considered among the nation's leaders in the growing world of education technology.
Roberts stopped at the University of Kansas on her way to Kansas City to take part in a round-table discussion with Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., today at the Shawnee City Center.
— Edited by John Audlehelm
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's cellular phone was reported lost or stolen at 2:41 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29 on campus, the KU Public Safety Office said.
One vehicle struck another vehicle at 7:57 a.m. Friday at 18th Street and Constant Avenue, the KU Public Safety Office said.
One vehicle rear-ended another vehicle at 6:42 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of West Campus Road and Memorial Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a report of fire and sparks coming from a light switch at 5:10 p.m. Friday in the Murphy Hall library. The fire alarm emitted a trouble signal, and the investigation was handed to Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical with no further developments, the public safety office said
A KU student was battered at 1:30 a.m. Sunday on the fifth floor of Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
- One vehicle hit another vehicle at 6:30 p.m. at Sunday in Irving Hill and Ergal roads, the KU
Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's cellular phone, pager and silver bracelet were stolen in an aggravated burglary between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Monday on the ninth floor of Ellsworth Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $275.
The KU Public Safety Office assisted Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical in a medical emergency at 1.09 a.m. Tuesday in the main lobby of GSP-Corbin Hall. A KU student had an asthma attack and was treated and transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU student's 2000 Toyota Solara was spray painted with orange paint between 1 a.m. and 11 a.m. Monday in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $550.
A KU student's '91 Toyota Camry was spray painted between 1 a.m. and 11 a.m. Monday in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $550.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "Locking Eyebrows with the Masters of Old: On Translating Homer," from noon to 1 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thelma holmstie at 843-4933
University Career and Employment Services will have a Career Connections training session from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. today at 149 Burge Union. Call Ann Harley at 864-3624.
** Applications for Alternative Weekend Breaks are due at 5 p.m. today at 410 Kansas Union. Call
Margie Beedles or Jenni Gottschalk at 864-4317
United Methodist Campus Ministry will have hot food and fellowship at 6:30 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Call Heather at 841-8661.
The Society for Human Resource Management will have an ice cream social at 7 tonight at 119 Summerfield Hall. Call Sarah Miller at 331-3590
Ichthus University Ministries will meet at 8 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
ET CETERA
The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the
University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at 119 Stauffer-Flair Hall.
The University Daily Kansan (ISSN 0746-4962) is published at the University of Kansas, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 66045, daily during the regular school year, excluding Saturday, Sunday, holidays and finals periods, and Wednesday during the summer session. Periodical postage is
The Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. When information is submitted, the event's sponsor, name and phone number must be on the form, which is available in the On Campus mailbox in the Kansan newsroom. 111 Strauffer-Flint Hall. Items must be turned in two days
paid in Lawrence, Kan. 66044.
Annual subscriptions by mail are $120. Student subscriptions of $2.33 are paid through the student activity fee.
Postmaster: Send address changes to the University Daily Kansan, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, K6.6045.
in advance of the desired publication date. Forms can also be filled out online at www.kansan.com — these requests will appear on Kansan.com as well as the Kansan. On Campus is printed on a space-available basis. On Campus is a free service provided by the Kansan to the University community.
Academic Computing Services FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
All ACS classes are FREE to KU students, staff, and faculty and don't require registration UNLESS otherwise noted.
Register at acsworship@ukans.edu or 864-0494.
Some classes are $75 for non-KU as noted.
ACS complete class descriptions, prerequisites, and schedule: www.ukans.edu/acs/training
KU Online Services—No prerequisite. No registration. Mon. Sept. 11, 11:30-12:30 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium.
Web Authoring: Introduction—Prerequisite. No registration. Mon. Sept. 11, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab.
Web Authoring: Publish your Web page—Prerequisite. No registration. Mon. Sept. 11, 8-9 p.m., Computer Center South Lab.
Outlook Calendar Management—Prerequisite. Requires registration. Tues. Sept. 12, 10-11:30 a.m., Computer Center Auditorium.
Outlook Web Access—Prerequisite. No registration. Tues. Sept. 12, Noon-1 p.m., Computer Center South Lab.
Outlook: Rules Management (Mac users only)—Prerequisite. Requires registration. Wed. Sept. 12, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab.
Excet: Introduction—Prerequisite. Requires registration and fee for non-University. Wed. Sept. 12, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Budig Hall.
Web Authoring: Introduction—Prerequisite. No registration. Wed. Sept. 13, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab.
Web Authoring: Publish your Web page—Prerequisite. No registration. Wed. Sept. 13, 1-2 p.m., Computer Center South Lab.
Windows: Introduction—Requires registration and fee for non-University. Thurs. Sept. 14, 9 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center South Lab.
Outlook: Folder Management—Prerequisite. Requires registration. Thurs. Sept. 14, 1-3 p.m., Computer Center South Lab.
Outlook 2000: Tasks and Notes Management—Prerequisite. No registration. Thurs. Sept. 14, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium.
ListProc for new list owners—Prerequisite. No registration. Thurs. Sept. 14, 6-9 p.m., Computer Center South Lab.
Photoshop: Web Graphics—Prerequisite. No registration. Thurs. Sept. 15, 11 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center South Lab.
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