2A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
FRIDAY,DEC.7,2001
CAMPUS Journalism, Nunemaker senators to run for top offices
A journalism senator said yesterday that he would run for student body president in the spring Student Senate elections.
Andrew Bailey said that Laura Rupe, Nunemaker senator representing freshmen and sophomores, would run for student body vice president with his coalition.
He said the name of the coalition he and Rupe would campaign under had not been decided yet.
"We have people who are committed to running for seats and many others who have pledged their support," Bailey said.
Student affairs vice chancellor to retire from post after 25 years
David Ambler, KU vice chancellor for student affairs, will retire on Aug. 1. 2002.
Ambler, who has been at the University since 1977, is responsible for creating programs like Hawk Week, the Presidents' Round Table and services for sexual assault prevention, alcohol education and abuse prevention.
He is also responsible for the University's student services program, including student housing, health services, the Kansas and Burge unions, recreational services, student activities, multicultural affairs, child care services and other programs that assist student development.
— Luke Daley
Student hurt on way to school after accident on motorcycle
A 19-year-old KU student was in serious condition yesterday after an accident on his motorcycle on the way to school, Lawrence police said.
The accident happened at 8:22 a.m. at 19th Terrace and Naismith Drive. It appears Aaron Reed, Larned sophomore, lost control of his motorcycle and left the roadway, police said. Other details were not available.
The victim was not wearing a helmet and was unconscious at the scene but regained consciousness before being transported.
Life Star helicopter took the victim to the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Courtney Craigmile
KU Greens to serve coffee in observance of Fair Trade Day
The KU Green Party is having a coffee and cobbler day from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Organization members will serve homemade cobbler and varieties of Fair Trade coffee in observance of National Fair Trade Day of Action, which is tomorrow.
Laura Adams, Topeka freshman and party member, said the organization was having the event to make students aware of the Fair Trade movement. She said the organization would also write letters to local coffee shops that do not carry Fair Trade coffee and urge them to sell the product.
Adams said Fair Trade coffee was purchased directly from farmer cooperatives, which guaranteed a living wage to farmers. Fair Trade coffee is sold at The Market on the third floor of the Kansas Union.
J. R. Mendoza
America refuses bargain for surrender by Taliban
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban agreed yesterday to surrender Kandabar, their last bastion and birthplace, if their warriors were not punished and safety was guaranteed to leader Mullah Mohammed Omar who once vowed to fight to the death. America said it would not accept any deal allowing the cleric to go free.
The promise to give up the city and begin handing over weapons as early as today marked the final collapse of the militant movement that imposed strict Islamic rule on Afghanistan for five years.
Aghanistan for five years Personal rivalries among anti-Taliban leaders and the fate of Omar still could wreck the fragile agreement. The head of the new Afghan transition government, Hamid Karzai, refused to say whether Omar would be arrested as Washington has demanded.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the United States would not stand for any agreement that lets the Taliban leader go free and "live in dignity."
Pakistani intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said radio intercepts had picked up no communications by Omar in three days and that he appeared to have lost contact with senior Taliban commanders.
"It itse that the final collapse of the Taliban is now upon us," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Bush's closest ally
Tony Blair British Prime Minister
"It seems that the final collapse of the Taliban is now upon us."
in the war. "That is a total vindication of the strategy that we have worked out from the beginning."
The murky surrender pact made no mention of Osama bin Laden, accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and left unclear the fate of hundreds of Arabs, Pakistani, Chechens and other foreign fighters of his al-Qaida terrorist network.
In eastern Afghanistan, meanwhile, B-52s hammered suspected mountain hide-outs of bin Laden and his fighters. About 1,500 anti-Taliban forces have been attacking the region around the Tora Bora compound for two days.
In Washington, U.S. officials said al-Qaida fighters are thought to be operating from five to 10 cave complexes at Tora Bora in the White Mountains south of Jalalabad. Officials suspect bin Laden is in that area but also are on alert for his presence in the south around Kandahar.
Gunman opens fire on factory
The Associated Press
GOSHEN, Ind. — A man opened fire yesterday at the simulated-wood factory where he worked, killing a co-worker and wounding several others before committing suicide, authorities said.
State police officials said one person was slain inside Nu-Wood Decorative Millwork factory. A SWAT team later found the gunman with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"He was dead when they found him," said Sheriff's Capt. Ilie Dijkstra.
Authorities said five people were treated for gunshot wounds, but their conditions weren't immediately known.
Earlier, the mayor and hospital administrators said they feared 30 to 35 people had been shot.
Workers told authorities an automatic weapon was used, and some injuries appeared to be shotgun wounds.
The shooting jolted this northern Indiana community. An elementary school kept students inside, and Goshen College, a small school run by Mennonites, also told its students and faculty to stay indoors.
Police and SWAT teams surrounded the factory and cordoned off the area. Twelve nearby plants were evacuated, and at least a dozen ambulances lined up near the complex in an industrial park on the edge of town.
"The place is smothered in cops," said Chris Barouska, a parts manager at a neighboring Ingersoll-Rand factory. "Completely surrounded."
By late afternoon, people could be seen leaving the building with their hands on their heads, and rescue crews removed people on stretchers.
Goshen, a community of 29,000 people, is about 100 miles east of Chicago.
ON THE RECORD
A 19-year-old KU student reported an aggravated burglary and theft of $15 at her room in McColllum房间 between 5:30 and 6 p.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A 20-year-old KU student reported a theft between 12:15 and 9 a.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of West 20th Terrace, Lawrence police said. A handbag and its contents were valued at $108.
A 22-year-old KU student was arrested Wednesday on charges of theft, Douglas County Sheriff's said. She was released on $2,000 bond.
A 20-year-old KU student was arrested Wednesday on charges of obstruction of legal procedure; driving while intoxicated, first offense; leaving the scene of an accident; failure to report an accident; and no proof of insurance, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said. She was released and ordered to appear in court.
A 22-year-old KU student was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and reckless driving, Lawrence police said.
ON CAMPUS
Lawrence Chinese Evangelical Church will meet for fellowship at 7:30 tonight at Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. Contact Agape Lim at 864-4391 or 832-9439.
Rock Chalk Bridge Club will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Lessons begin at 6, and games begin at 6:30. Contact Don Brennan at 550-901-
KU Karate Kobudo Club will practice from 8 to 9 b.m. Sunday at racquet court No. 15 in Robinson Center. Contact Hannah Reynolds at 312-3419.
NATION
Columbine killer's journal prompts call for rehearing
DENVER — Relatives of those killed at Columbine High School want a judge to reconsider their dismissed lawsuits against school officials and authorities after the publication of journal entries by gunman Eric Harris, a lawyer for two families said yesterday.
The journal — written a year before the April 20, 1999, rampage — details how Harris and Dylan Klebold planned to set off hundreds of bombs around houses, roads, bridges and service stations. Its publication this week renewed speculation that authorities and school administrators could have done more to prevent the attack.
Lawyers representing eight families will file motions for another hearing as well as amended arguments before Tuesday, said lawyer Walter Gerash.
Cuban-Americans leave during Janet Reno visit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Citing the Elian Gonzalez case, Cuban-American members of the Florida House walked out of the chamber yesterday after former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno was introduced as a visitor.
Reno, a Democratic candidate for governor, was watching from the visitors gallery as lawmakers worked in special session to cut the state budget.
It was not immediately clear how many Cuban-American lawmakers, all Republicans, left the chamber. Three Republicans who are not Cuban-Americans also walked out.
Affirmative-action dispute causes Michigan marches
CINCINNATI]—Hundreds of activists rallied yesterday outside a federal appeals court that is considering a potentially far-reaching affirmative action case from the University of Michigan.
The protesters from Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky gathered at Fountain Square, a half block from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court Court of Appeals.
Students marched in the rain in support of affirmative action.
The court was set to hear oral arguments in two lawsuits that allege Michigan's law school and undergraduate admissions policies unconstitutionally discriminate against whites in favor of less-qualified minorities. The case could ultimately go to the U.S. Supreme Court.
College president accused of skewing survey results
ST.PAUL, Minn. — When a college guidebook declared Macalester College students godless, the school president suggested students write to the publisher saying they "pray a lot or something" to avoid the ire of religious alumni.
But after president Michael McPherson's e-mail was circulated around campus, students complained he was trying to skew the survey's results and he apologized.
Robert Franek, the guide's author, said 308 of Macalester's 1,700 students were surveyed, and a "vast majority" strongly disagreed to the statement that Macalester students were very religious.
The Associated Press
Macalester ranked No. 1 in the category "students ignore God on a regular basis" in the Princeton Review's new edition of The Best 331 Colleges.
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