2A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
WEDNESDAY, NOV.28, 2001
CAMPUS
School of Education receives accreditation, no weaknesses
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education recently reaccredited the University of Kansas School of Education. The school received national accreditation by meeting all the council's standards with no weaknesses.
Mike Neal, assistant dean, said it was a big accomplishment that the council did not cite the school with any weaknesses.
"You go into it anticipating that there are things you need to work on," he said. "But to have an outside group come in and tell you there are no major weaknesses is something to be excited about."
He said the school still had plans for continuing improvement.
The council that accredited the KU school is the professional accrediting body recognized by the Department of Education. Two-thirds of of the nation's new teachers graduate from one of the 525 accredited institutions each year. KU's next evaluation will be in the spring of 2006.
Eve Lamborn
Student Senate to review groups' requests for money
Student Senate will meet at 6:30 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union, items on the agenda, which are subject to change, included.
■ a bill granting $6,200 to the February Sisters Association
a bill allocating $5,844 to the Engineering Expo.
a bill giving $3,432 to the Asian American Student Union
a bill granting $2,500 to
National Society of Engineers
for $666 to the Tai-
National Society of Black Engineers
■ a bill allocating $566 to the Taiwanese Student Association
a bill giving $397 to the KU Objectivists
a bill granting $317 to the KU Greens
a bill allocating $193.50 to the KU Chess Club
a petition to ban credit card solicitation from campus
from Campus
a bill to allocate $17,000 from the
Reserve Account for the Off-Campus
Student Services Resource Center.
Luke Daley
Neighborhood association seeks to preserve historical homes
No houses can be built or torn down in the Old West Lawrence neighborhood until April 1, 2001, after the City Commission passed a moratorium on building permits last night.
Ann Goans, chainwoman of the neighborhood association, said the neighborhood was trying to preserve its historical nature and atmosphere. Preventing the demolition of historical homes in the area is another way to preserve the neighborhood.
Last month, the OWL neighborhood, from Sixth to Ninth streets and Alabama to Arkansas streets, requested a zoning change from duplex to single-family residence. That request will go before the planning commission early next year.
— Courtney Craigmile
NATION&WORLD
Judge says Columbine officials can be sued
The Associated Press
DENVER — A federal judge ruled yesterday that sheriff's officials can be sued in the case of a Columbine High teacher who bled to death in the 1999 massacre, saying law officers callously failed to reach him until hours after the shooting had stopped.
U. S. District Judge Lewis Babcock said Jefferson County sheriff's officials demonstrated "a deliberate indifference towards Dave Sanders' plight shocking to the conscience of this federal court."
However, the judge threw out the eight other lawsuits brought against sheriff's officials and school administrators involved in the shooting rampage. He said authorities were confronted with "an unprecedented and
Rescuers did not reach Sanders, 47, until about five hours after the massacre. The judge noted that authorities knew the teen-age gunmen were dead about 31/2 hours before they reached Sanders. They also knew where he was and knew that he was critically wounded, Babcock said.
rapidly evolving violent situation."
Babcock court The judge said there was sufficient evidence that sheriff's officials "acted recklessly in conscious disregard of the risk that Dave Sanders' survivable wounds would prove fatal" if they delayed help in reaching him.
Sanders' relatives are suing for unspecified damages, alleging sheriff's officials held back their SWAT team and also prevented other authorities and private citizens from rescuing him.
Harvard biologist missing
The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Harvard molecular biologist Don Wiley was last seen leaving a banquet in Memphis just before midnight on Nov. 15. His rental car was found a few hours later, abandoned on a Mississippi River bridge with the keys in the ignition and the tank full of gas.
gas.
His family does not believe he committed suicide and police say there is no evidence the 57-year-old married father of four with no known financial or domestic problems was kidnapped or killed.
kidnapped of killed. But the disappearance has attracted the attention of the FBL Wiley, an expert on how the human immune system fights infections, had recently investigated such dangerous
viruses as AIDS, Ebola, herpes and influenza.
"Right now nothing is pointing at anything, except he is missing," police Lt. Walter Norris said yesterday.
said yesterday. Wiley's wife, Katrin Valgeirsdottir, said "suicide is everybody's first reaction" but she doesn't believe her husband would have killed himself.
don't know, she said. Wiley is a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at Harvard University. He and another Harvard professor, Dr. Jack Strominger, have won honors for their work on how the human immune system works, including the Japan Prize two years ago.
himself.
"We don't know what happened. We can speculate until the cows come home but we don't know," she said.
Legislature starts realigning districts to reflect Census
STATE
TOPEKA — A legislative committee began work yesterday on redrawing Kansas House and Senate districts.
The new district lines are supposed to reflect population shifts documented by the 2000 census.
The Special Committee on Redistricting met briefly before breaking up into small groups along party and regional lines. The committee has 34 members, 11 senators and 23 House members.
That means Johnson County is likely to gain legislative influence, as is the Wichita metropolitan area. Southeast Kansas and northwest and north-central Kansas could lose clout.
NATION
Attorney general tells police to question foreigners
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon attorney general cleared the way yesterday for state police and prosecutors to question foreign visitors as part of the federal terrorism investigation, a step made after Portland police refused to do the interrogations.
Attorney General Hardy Myers said state law did not forbid his agency or state police "from conducting such interviews as part of a criminal investigation."
Councilman drove without license for 25 years
PHILADELPHIA — A city councilman who drove without a license for 25 years has been issued seven citations, one for each time a television crew videotaped him at the wheel.
If Angel Ortiz pleads guilty, the license he finally got this month after he was caught by the news crew will be suspended for three years.
suspect Each charge of driving without a license is punishable by a $200 fine. If he pleads innocent and is convicted, he could face up to three years in jail, said Fortunato Perri, administrative judge of city Traffic Court.
ON THE RECORD
KU student
A 22-year-old KU student reported a theft at Margaret Amini Hall between 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and 4:15 p.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A Toshiba laptop was stolen. It was valued at $2,500.
A 20-year old KU student reported a theft of $20 at Margaret Amini Hall between 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A 20-year-old KU student reported a theft of two check blanks at K.K. Amini Hall between 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday and 3 p.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A21-year-old KU student reported a theft at K.K.
A 21-year-old KU student reported a theft at K.K. Amini Hall between 4 p.m., Nov. 20 and 6:15 p.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A laptop was stolen. It was valued at $1,500.
Amiini Hall between 9 a.m.
Wednesday and 3:15 p.m.
Sunday, the KU Public
Safety Office said. A Sony
Playstation 2, game controller,
two video games, 19
DVDs, a video cassette and
a compact disc were stolen.
The stolen goods were valued at $884.
A Kansas Union employee reported a theft in the 1300 block of Jayhawk Blvd., between 5 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A vinyl banner was stolen. The stolen item was valued at $853.
A 21-year-old KU student reported a theft at K.K. Amini Hall between 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and 12:30 p.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A Sony Playstation 2, game controller, two games, memory card and 20 DVDs were stolen. The stolen items were valued at $400.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries (ECM) will sponsor a University forum from noon to 1 p.m. today at the ECM building, 1204 Oread, located one block north of the Kansas Union. The forum will be a legislative report on the 107th Congress from Congressman Dennis Moore. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Icthus will meet at 8 tonight at the Big 12 room in the Kansas Union. Contact Marietta Liebengood at 979-1353.
O. A.K.S. Non-Traditional Students will have a brown bag lunch from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. today at Alcove C in the Kansas Union. Contact Joan Winston at 864-7317.
U Chess Club will meet at 7 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. Contact Ateshi Shellore at 749-3934.
The Tae Kwon Do club will meet from 6:30 to 8 tonight in 207 Robinson. Contact Greg Isaac at 749-4649.
Environmental Studies Student Association (ESSA) will meet at 8 tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Clero Fuchs at cluchus@ku.edu or visit www.ku.edu/~kuesp and click on the link, ESSA.
Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center will have a lecture from 6 to 7 tonight at the English Room in the Kansas Union. The lecture, entitled "Remember to Have Fun," will be given by Dr. Richard Johnson, Dean of Students.
The Pacific West Cancer Fund has selected the University of Kansas to receive a scholarship that is designed to assist students who are surviving cancer. Interested students should contact the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) for the application, and return it to the OSFA, 50 Strong Hall, no later than December 3.
December graduates with questions about repayment or consolidation of student loans should make an appointment with an Assistant Director in the Office of Student Financial Aid by calling 864-4700.
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Organizations and Leadership Lecture Series 6:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 28, 2001 English Room, Kansas Union Remember To Have Fun
Remember To Have Fun
Serving as a student leader is an important part of campus life, but all too often students get marred down by leadership instead of remembering to have fun. This session will explore organization leadership and remembering to have fun in the process.
Presenter:
Dr. Richard Johnson,
Dean of Students
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