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The Inside Front
Tuesday August 29, 2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Seminar guarantees students 4.0 GPAs
Donna O. Johnson will pay for bad grades.
Johnson, founder and president of the Guaranteed 4.0 Learning System, guarantees students $100 if they do not achieve a 4.0 grade point average after her program.
She will speak at 6:30 tonight in Alderson Auditorium. The seminar is sponsored by HAWKLink, a recruitment and retention program for students of color.
Angela Nwachuuw, interim assistant director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs, said that Guaranteed 4.0 detailed a unique study method and that it included result-oriented action steps.
Students who attend the seminar will be taught how to set priorities and maintain reasonable academic expectations, she said.
Johnson's program does not stress memorization, Nwachukwu said. Instead, repetition is emphasized as a way to achieve long-term retention and learning.
the seminar is free to all students.
Nwachukwu said the program had proven results and that the $100 never had been requested.
— Leita Schultes
Republican candidate will speak at Union
Phill Kline, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, will speak about his campaign at the College Republicans meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
Kline, who is from Shawnee, is challenging Democratic incumbent Dennis Moore for Kansas' Third Congressional District. He has served as a representative in the Kansas Legislature since 1993.
Tim Burger, public relations chairman for the College Republicans, said it was important for students to be informed about both candidates in the congressional race.
"Some of the things they're going to decide in the coming term will be important to students, not just immediately, but for the rest of our lives," Burger said.
— Kursten Phelps
LAWRENCE
two suspects sought after Pizza Hut robbery
Two unidentified suspects armed with handguns robbed Pizza Hut, 4651 W. Sixth St., at about 11:25 p.m. friday, Lawrence police said.
Detective M.T. Brown said an employee behind the counter saw the two men come in. Two other employees were working at the time. One of the suspects walked behind the counter, pulled a handgun from his waistband and stuck the gun in the employee's ribs.
After the employee opened the register and the man grabbed the money, the man asked about the safe. The safe could not be opened, Brown said, and the two men left after taking the three employees to the freezer where they remained for about five minutes until another employee arrived.
Brown described the first suspect as a black male with short black hair in his mid-20s, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds. Brown said the second suspect was described as a black male in his early 20s, about 6 feet tall and weighing about 175 pounds, with short black hair and lighter skin than the other suspect.
The amount of cash taken was unknown.
— Lauren Brandenburg
Police have no suspects in bomb threat case
An unidentified suspect called in a bomb threat to the Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin St., at 1:30 a.m. Sunday from a pay phone at the College Motel, Lawrence police said.
Detective M.T. Brown said the caller told police that there was a tear gas bomb in a bathroom in the club, but Brown said he didn't know if the building had been evacuated. Officers checked the building as well as the parking lot and the pay phone but found nothing. Brown said.
Brown said the police have no suspects.
— Lauren Brandenburg
will focus on mind-body health.
KU student involved in reported battery
Officers were dispatched at 1:59 a.m. Saturday to the 600 block of Michigan Street in reference to a battery, Lawrence police said.
Detective M.T. Brown said four men in a parking lot, one a 29-year-old KU student, reported being battered by four men in a red Camaro. Brown said the driver asked what the men were staring at, got out of the car and began to push one of the men. A fight ensued, Brown said, and the suspects eventually drove off in the Camaro.
New center promotes mind-body health
The business, I Live Well, will be operated by Trisha Brabender, who graduated from the University of Kansas in 1989 and received her master's degree in physical therapy from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1993.
A Lawrence physical therapist is opening a holistic health center that
Lauren Brandenburg
"There's more to being fit and healthy than just having your body working well." Brabender said.
Brabender said she would offer yoga classes for beginners and that she planned to offer body work, massage therapy and guest speakers in the future. The free classes are open to anyone, but Brabender said she would appreciate it if people registered in advance.
Matt Merkel-Hess
I Live Well will be at the Free State Business Center, 1201 Wakarusa Drive, suite C-2. The business can be contacted at (785) 841-0510 orlivewell@sunflower.com.
NATION
Airplane engine fails; cause still unknown
LOS ANGELES — An engine on a Boeing 747 carrying 449 people broke apart shortly after takeoff, and pieces as big as a dishwasher fell from the skw.
The KLM Royal Dutch airline bound for Amsterdam safely returned to Los Angeles in an emergency landing Sunday after circling for about 90 minutes while it dumped 83 tons of fuel in the ocean.
No injuries were reported.
WORLD
Clinton hopes for peace during trip to Tanzania
ABUJA, Nigeria — After trying to convince Nigerians that their impoverished nation can embrace the computer economy, President Clinton turned his attention to something that has proved almost as elusive: peace in Burundi.
Clinton was flying to Tanzania yesterday, where former South African President Nelson Mandela and other mediators have tried for weeks to craft a cease-fire in Burundi's seven-year civil war.
ON THE RECORD
- The Associated Press
On the eve of the hoped-for agreement, rebels fired on Bujumbura, Burundi's capital. The administration, noting that some rebel groups have not come to the negotiating table, declined to connect Clinton's visit to a signing ceremony and cast it instead as a show of support for Mandela.
A vehicle hit a parked vehicle at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the southwest McCollum Hall parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A vehicle hit a parked vehicle at 5:15 p.m. Saturday in the west Jayhawker Towers parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's bag was reported lost or stolen between Monday, Aug. 21, and Tuesday, Aug. 22, in the area between the Kansas Union and Watson Library, the KU Public Safety Office said. The black bag contained $3 and various items valued at $24
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 4:15 p.m. Friday at 3804 Sunnybrook Lane. A KU assistant professor reported having a racing heart and feeling faint. He was treated by Lawrence and Douglas County Fire and Medical but not transported.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 4:41 p.m. Friday on the fifth floor of Ellsworth Hall. A KU student had a cut above his right eye and was transported by private vehicle to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment.
The KU Public Safety Office assisted Lawrence and Douglas County Fire and Medical in a medical emergency at 1:19 a.m. Sunday at Ellsworth Hall. A student had collapsed and vomited after consuming alcohol at a party but denied treatment.
A KU student was harassed by phone at 9:13 p.m. Saturday in Jayhawker Tower A, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student was arrested for operating under the influence and minor in possession at 2:30 a.m. Sunday at Iowa Street and Stratford Road, the KU Public Safety Office said.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a disturbance at 4:25 p.m. Wednesday at Corbin Hall. A 57-year-old man had removed his shirt and was advised to proce dome the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's 2000 Ford Ranger was keyed between 5 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m.
Sunday in the 3500 block of Clinton Parkway, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $3,500.
A KU student's 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and other items were stolen from the 1600 block of Tennessee Street between 1:30 and 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $45,047.
ON CAMPUS
KU Ad Club will have a picnic from 5 to 7
tonight at Holm Park on Lawrence Avenue.
Joining members receive a free T-shirt. Call
Monica at 840-0902.
■ KU Amnesty International will show the video Incident at OglaeT. The Leonard Pelter Story at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Caren Keith at 510-1036.
University Christian Fellowship will have Bible study at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Rick Clock at 841-3148 or e-mail reubs@ukans.edu.
KU College Republicans will hear congressional candidate Phil Kline speak at 7:30 tonight at the Joyhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Call Tim Burger at 331-3470.
University Career and Employment Services will introduce students to employment at KU from 3:30 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at 149 Burge Union. Call Ann Harley at 864-7674.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "Complementary and Alternative Medicine," from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
United Methodist Wesley Fellowship will have hot food and fellowship at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Call Heather at 841-8661.
United Methodist Wesley Fellowship will have a kickoff at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Heather 841-8661.
The Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Adams Alumni Center. Call 864-9779.
Ichthus University Ministries will meet for Christian fellowship at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Avenue. Donations will be accepted. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
KU Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association will have a picnic from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Burcham Park, Third and Indiana streets. Students wanting to join the club must bring $5. E-mail kusho@ukans.edu for a ride. Call Julie Gatts at 864-1052.
Pre-Physical Therapy Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the first-floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Call Megan Sears at 830-0417.
KU Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Keith at 550-1036.
KU Queers and Allies will meet to discuss how to get involved with the campus LesBiGayTransgendered community at 7:30 p.m. Thursday 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 p.m. Thursday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Julia Gilmore or Michelle Black at 864-4073.
■ 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 Donna or Laura at 1-800-745-7148.
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