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The Inside Front
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Thursday August 31,2000
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Student injured by car while using crosswalk
A KU student on her bike was hit by a car Monday morning. Lawrence police said the car was turning right at the intersection of Ninth and Tennessee streets.
Detective M.T. Brown said the student reported that she waited for the walk signal and was hit as she entered the intersection. Brown said the student was taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released. The student said she suffered a laceration on her right leg and a possible fracture to one of her knees.
Lauren Brandenburg
Brownout irks students living in scholarship halls
A brownout occurred last night in places on and off campus.
Some of the buildings that were affected included Stephenson, Pearson, Sellards and Battenfield scholarship halls as well as various apartments near 14th and Ohio streets. The traffic signal at 14th and Tennessee streets also was out. Eric Overstreet, Maize junior and
Eric Overstreet, Maize junior and Battenfeld resident, said the brownout began about 8:30 p.m.
Another Battenfield resident, Daniel Herring, Andover junior, complained of the inconvenience caused by the brownout.
"It was lousy." Herring said. "My computer went out."
Full power was restored in Battenfeld shortly before 11 p.m.
— Karen Lucas
STATE
Conference highlights the benefits of research
A public opinion study showing that most Kansans support science and technology research efforts at Kansas' state universities will be released in Topeka today.
U. S. Sen. Pat Roberts and Cancellor Robert Hemenway will join the presidents of Kansas State University and Wichita State University this morning to unveil the results of the study and promote research efforts at the universities.
"The people of Kansas support state funds that go towards research," said Betsy Holahan, press secretary for Sen. Roberts. "They know it's good for the state's economy, and it keeps technology and technology-related jobs in Kansas."
press conference will focus on the benefits of university research and the universities' research equipment and infrastructure needs.
Some have criticized the universities for emphasizing research at the expense of students' education. The
Roberts has advocated increased funding for research at the three schools.
The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. in Topeka. A representative of the firm that conducted the study will be on hand to answer questions.
— Jason Krali
NATION
Station Casinos battle state concerning license
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Station Casinos Inc. will request a hearing by the Missouri Gaming Commission about the regulating body's plans to revoke the company's license.
The commission said yesterday it would begin the revocation process after company executives refused to honor subpoenas requiring them to appear at a commission hearing.
The company has 30 days to make a formal request for a full hearing. The company's casinos could not be closed until after a full hearing was held.
The commission scheduled yesterday's rare public inquiry to take testimony about a $500,000 bonus Station Casinos paid to St. Louis lawyer Michael Lazaroff, who has raised questions of influence peddling. Lazaroff testified yesterday morning for about three hours.
Eight employees of the company, including top executives, were subpoenaed earlier this month to appear before the commission. The company issued a memorandum Tuesday saying its employees would not honor the subpoenas.
Lazaroff pleaded guilty in federal court in St. Louis earlier this year to multiple felonies, including misappropriation of more than $800,000 in law firm expense account funds and other payments that included Station's $500,000.
Clinton visits Colombia to help in drug struggle
WASHINGTON — President Bill
Clinton: traveled to Columbia yesterday
Clinton's trip to Colombia is aimed at dropping up the nation's fight against drugs and insurgents, yet his itinerary includes sightseeing in a scenic Caribbean port city far from the violence and poppy and coca fields that yield
With $1.3 billion in U.S. aid in his pocket, Clinton traveled to South America yesterday to back Colombian President Andres Pastrana's $7.5 billion initiative to ease the drug traffickers' grip on his nation, make peace with insurgents financed by drug profits, rev up the economy and strengthen the justice system.
most of the cocaine and heroin used in the United States.
Bush spent $43 million reaching primary voters
WASHINGTON — George W. Bush spent more than $40 million trying to reach voters through advertising and
by mail and telephone, nearly as much as Al Gore doled out for his campaign as a whole during the presidential primaries, an analysis of campaign spending records show. The study of campaign spending through July 31 shows that Bush, the republican presidential nominee, spent $43 million — nearly half of his record-shattering $100 million campaign treasury — on efforts to reach voters, including $25 million on television and radio ads.
Bush: spent $43 million on efforts to reach voters
Democrat Gore spend just $14 million on similar voter-targeted activity. Campaign strategists say the spending spree should give Bush an edge with voters for the fall campaign, when each candidate will be limited to spending $67.6 million in federal funds.
U.S. refuses to attend United Nations gathering
UNITED NATIONS — More than 140 countries are sending top lawmakers to the first global gathering of parliamentary leaders. But the United States isn't sending anyone — and it
g anyone — and it has harred the
States isn't sending anyone — and it
has barred the speaker of Cuba's National Assembly from going.
While the Inter-
Parliamentary
Union, which
organized the conference, says all its member parliaments are democratically elected, human rights experts have questioned the democratic credentials of some participating countries — including Iraq, Congo and Vugloslavia. And the participation of some parliamentarians — such as China's former premier, Li Peng, and members of Iran's delegation — at the three-day conference, which starts Wednesday, has been challenged.
Drivers' court dates postponed
By Derek Prater
The Associated Press
writer@kansan.com
Kansan senior staff writer
The two men charged with vehicular homicide in the death of University of Kansas student Laura Lewich had their first appearance in court held yesterday until later dates.
Roger Marrs, Leavenworth deputy county attorney, said that Alex Wolfson, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, was scheduled to appear tomorrow afternoon in Leavenworth County Court. Billy Breedlove, 43, of Kansas City, Mo., is scheduled to make his first appearance Sept. 13. Both appearances were postponed so that the defendants' attorneys could be present, Marrs said.
On Aug. 12, Wolfson and Breedlove were involved in an accident on Interstate 70 about
seven miles east of Lawrence.
Leftwich, who was in the passenger seat of Wolfson's Honda Accord, died the next day of
Accord, due injuries she sustained in the accident.
sustained in the accident.
Before the accident,
Wolfson and Breedlove
had an alteration on the road. Police said the men exchanged gestures and followed one another closely.
Lefwich: died after an Aug. 12 car accident on l-70
Breedlove, driving a Geo, passed Wolfson, and Wolfson pulled behind Breedlove, who then braked suddenly.
Wolfson swerved his car to miss the Geo, spinning out of
control and coming to rest in the right lane facing oncoming traffic. Wolfson's car then was hit by a semi truck.
Breedlove left the scene and contacted investigators Aug. 13 about his role in the accident.
In addition to vehicular homicide, both men were charged with following too closely. Breedlove also was charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident and failure to give proper notice when reducing speed.
Vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of an injury accident are both misdemeanors that carry sentences of up to a year in jail and up to $2,500 in fines.
Both men have been released on bail, and trial dates will be set at the arraignments.
- Edited by Sara Nutt
ON THE RECORD
- The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 2:03 p.m. Tuesday on the sixth floor of Haworth Hall. A KU student was complaining of a pain in her side and felt dizzy when standing. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical treated the student and transported her to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A 25-year-old man was arrested for shoplifting and assault at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday in the Kansas Union Bookstore, the KU Public Safety Office said
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 11:37 a.m. Monday in front of Fraser Hall. A KU student fainted and struck
her head. She was treated by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical and transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 1:48 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Art & Design Building. A KU student was injured when a metal equipment stand fell on her foot. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical treated her, but she was not transported.
The KU Public Safety Office reported a disturbance at midnight Sunday at the Chi Omega Fountain. Several men were singing "Happy Birthday," and one was swimming in the fountain. No arrests were made.
ON CAMPUS
KU Student Speech-Hearing Language Association will have a free picnic from 6 to 8 tonight at Burcham Park, 3rd and Indiana streets. Students wanting to join should bring $5. Email kussh@ikans.edu for a ride. Call Julie Graits at 864-0652.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a free veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM_1204 Oread Ave. Donations will be accepted. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Pre-Physical Therapy Club will meet at 6:30 tonight at the first floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center, Call Macain Sears at 8300417.
KU Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Keith at 550-1036.
The Spencer Museum of Art will present Hearts and Hands, a film about early American women and their quilts, at 7 tonight at the museum's auditorium. Call Kristine Mitchell at 841-0317.
St. Lawrence Orthodox Christian Fellowship will
meet at 7 tonight at Canterbury House, 1116 Louisiana St. Call Glen Thurman at 864.0330.
Queers and Allies will meet to learn ways to get involved with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community at 7:30 tonight at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union. Call Matthew Skinta at 864-3091.
The Center for Community Outreach will have an information session about volunteer opportunities in Lawrence at 8 onight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Julia Gilmore or Michelle Black at 864-4073.
The Office of Student Financial Aid will have applications for child-care grants starting Friday. Call Cindy Stanphill at 864-4700.
The eastern Kansas branch of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society needs volunteers for the MS 150 Bike Tour Sept. 16 and 17, including volunteers to unload bikes and luggage and prepare food. Call 1-800-745-7148.
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