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The Inside Front
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Thursday August 24, 2000
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CORRECTIONS
The last name of Tammy Noragon, Topeka junior, was misspelled in Monday's issue of the Kansan.
The first name of Ann Hartley, associate director of University Career and Employment Services, was misspelled in Monday's issue of the Kansan.
A caption for a photo of the crew club in Monday's issue of the Kansan identified the club members in the reverse order.
CLARIFICATION
- Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity sold its house on Stewart Avenue and moved to its new location on the fraternity's own accord. This contrasts from the reasons cited in a story in Monday's issue of the Kansan.
CAMPUS
Financial aid available for Hispanic-Americans
Hispanic-American students at the University of Kansas are eligible to receive $1,000 to $3,000 in scholarships from the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
The scholarships are both merit- and need-based and available to those students who have at least 15 undergraduate credits at an accredited university. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible, and some scholarships apply to specific majors.
Applicants must also be enrolled full time during the upcoming academic year and maintain a 2.7 grade point average.
Chino Chapa, senior communications director for the scholarship fund, said 16 KU students received a total of $32,250 last year. Nationwide, more than 4,000 scholars received more than $9.3 million in grants from the fund.
The scholarship fund is the largest Hispanic organization in the nation. It has provided scholarships for 25 years to Hispanic-American students pursuing college degrees.
Applications are available on the Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Web site at www.hsf.net or at the Office of Student Financial Aid, 50 Strong Hall. The deadline to apply for the scholarships is Oct.15.
Leita Schultes
ru senators to train at weekend seminar
Student senators will get a crash course in student government Saturday at Student Senate's Leadership Training Seminar.
The day-long seminar at Camp Chihowa in Perry will train senators in general Senate policies, financial policies and parliamentary procedures. Senators will also learn about
Senate's standing committees and services such as the Student Legislative Awareness Board, the chief lobbying group for students; the transportation board; and the Center for Community Outreach, a group advocating volunteer opportunities for
STUDENT SENATE
students.
Group sessions will also discuss how senators can better serve their constituents, how to use reserve account money and the
results of the student survey that Senate issued in April.
Marlon Marshall, student body vice president, said the main reason for the training was for senators to better understand their responsibilities.
"It's a chance to get ready for the upcoming year before we actually get into it and start working," Marshall said.
— Kursten Phelps
Professor receives grant to spend year in Russia
Gerald Mikkelson, professor of Slavic languages and literature, was recently awarded a Fulbright grant to study, teach and conduct research in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Mikkelson was the 235th University of Kansas faculty member to be awarded the Fulbright since the award was established in 1946 by the Arkansas Sen. J. William Fulbright.
He will be in Russia with 25 professors and 25 graduate students from across the country who were also awarded Fulbright grants.
Mikkelsen said he was surprised he was chosen for the grant.
"Frankly, I was not terribly optimistic about my chances, but I was very pleased when I learned I was going to be one of them," he said.
This will be the third time Mikkelson has taught at St. Petersburg University, but it will be the first time he has gone to Russia as a Fulbright scholar.
"Being a Fulbright scholar has a lot of advantages and opens doors that might not otherwise be open," Mikkelson said.
Gerontology professor's research lands award
He will live in Russia with his wife and teenage daughter during the 2000-2001 school year.
Meghan Bainum
Susan Kemper, professor of psychology and gerontology and senior scientist at KU's gerontology center, has been named a Roy A. Roberts distinguished professor.
The award recognizes "The Language Across the Lifespan
Project." in which Kemper researched the effects of aging on language and communication.
Kemper, who joined the University as an assistant professor in 1978, said she was surprised and pleased about the recognition.
In a written statement, Provost David Shulenburger congratulated Kemper for her achievements.
"Her work in the areas of language and aging and the cognitive sciences is known and respected internationally." Shulenburger said.
The professorship was established by Roy A. Roberts, a 1905 KU graduate who was a reporter, editor and eventually chairman of the board at The Kansas City Star.
— Meahan Bainum
KU graduate promoted to top defense position
J. Jarrett Clinton, a 1964 KU graduate with a degree from the School of Medicine, has assumed the leading medical title in the U.S. Department of Defense.
Clinton was promoted to acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs. He also will continue in his position as deputy assistant secretary of defense for health operations policy, said Jim Turner, a representative for the Department of Defense.
In a written statement, Secretary of Defense Secretary William S. Cohen said he was pleased to have Clinton with the Department of Defense in an expanded role.
"The wealth of experience and knowledge he brings will directly enhance the Defense Department's ability to accomplish both our wartime and peacetime health missions," Cohen said.
— Karen Lucas
Fraternity's furniture stolen from house
A baby grand piano, a couch and a wooden table were reported stolen from the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house at 1941 Stewart Ave. last Thursday.
Lawrence Police detective M.T. Brown said the house was closed for fire-code violations when one of the members entered last Thursday and noticed the items were missing. He called other house members to see if someone had moved the items to another location for storage and then reported the items stolen when he could not find any more information.
The theft occurred between noon on Aug. 4 and 10 a.m. Aug. 17, and the items were valued at $13,300.
No Phi Kappa Theta members were available for comment.
— Lauren Brandenburg
In Monday's Kansan, the article "Uninsured students struggle in medical limbo" listed some insurance rates from a previous school year.
Corrected insurance rates
For the 2000-2001 school year:
■ The University of Kansas participates in plans offered through Mega Life Insurance Co.'s student insurance plan.
plan $768. For students older than 30, limited coverage will cost $485 each year, and comprehensive coverage will cost $1,164.
■ For undergraduate students younger than 26, annual insurance will cost $275 for a limited plan and $660 for a comprehensive plan. For students between 26 and 30, the limited plan is $320, and the comprehensive
To qualify for graduate teaching assistant coverage, a student must be in a half-time graduate teaching or graduate research position for two consecutive semesters.
- For teaching assistants younger than 26, annual insurance will cost $112 for limited coverage and $274 for comprehensive coverage. For students between 26 and 30, the limited plan is $151 and the comphehen-
sive plan $367. For students older than 30, the limited coverage will cost $296, and the comprehensive coverage will cost $715.
For both the undergraduate and teaching assistant plans, preexisting conditions require a 180-day waiting period before insurance will pay for any treatment.
For the most economic care under both policies, the student should seek treatment at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
- For more information, consult www.student-resources.net, the Mega Life Insurance Co. student insurance Web site.
Lewinsky scandal not over yet
The Associated Press
up," said Rep. Charles Rangel, D.N.Y.
WASHINGTON—Independent Counsel Robert Ray is signaling that the Monica Lewinsky scandal is far from over, assembling a new grand jury to investigate the president's conduct, legal sources say.
"If Clinton was to drop dead,
the Republicans would dig him
News that the grand jury was impaneled a month ago reverberated to the other side of the country Thursday, with Democratic Party loyalists at the convention in Los Angeles decrying the story as a political-ly motivated leak designed to hurt Vice President Al Gore.
The timing of the news "hours before Al Gore is to give this speech" warrants a federal investigation, said Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill.
With the convention in its final day, Clinton was 3,000 miles away at the White House, where spokesman Jake Siewert pointed to prosecutors as a likely source of the leak. Ray's office denied it.
The sources telling the Associated Press that a new grand jury was convened 11 in the Clinton-Lewinsky matter are outside the Independent Counsel's office. The sources spoke only on
condition of anonymity.
The setting up of a new Clinton-Lewinsky grand jury at the U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., follows through on Ray's promise to weigh whether the president should be indicted after he steps down from office next January.
A year and a half after Clinton was impeached by the House and acquitted by the Senate on a pair of 50-50 tie votes, a special panel of judges is renewing Ray's mandate for another year.
The judges issued a legalistic one-sentence order Wednesday declaring that "termination of the office ... is not currently appropriate."
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's CD player was stolen between 10 p.m. Monday and 1:30 p.m. Tuesday from the 1100 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The CD player was valued at $350.
A box containing $2,300 in cash, CDs, a CD case and miscellaneous items was stolen Tuesday from a KU student's room in Naismith Hall, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $2,385.
ON CAMPUS
- The Spencer Museum of Art and the department of art history will present a symposium titled "Fresh Ink!" in conjunction with a calligraphy exhibition from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow at the auditorium in the museum. Call Mary Dusenbury at 864-0143.
The KU Bahá'i Club will meet for a student discussion group about Bahá'í topics at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union, Call Justin Herrmann at 749-5446.
The Center for Community Outreach will have an information session about volunteer opportunities
in Lawrence at 8 p.m. Monday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Julia Gilmore or Michelle Black at 864-4073.
KU Ad Club will have a picnic from 5 to 7 p.m.
Tuesday at Holcom Park on Lawrence Avenue.
New members will receive a free T-shirt. Call
Monica at 840-0902.
■ KU Amnesty International will present the video incident at Oglata: The Leonard Pelter Story at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Call Karen Keith at 550-1036.
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