2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
WEDNESDAY,OCT.31,2001
CAMPUS Tree and plaque will honor student slain in Costa Rica
A tree and a plaque will be dedicated in memory of Shannon Lucile Martin at 1 p.m. tomorrow outside the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 1204 Oread,
The ceremony will follow the weekly Thursday noon "veggie lunch," a tradition Martin, a Topeka graduate, co-founded at ECM.
"We feel like it's really important to honor and celebrate her life," said Thad Holcombe, campus pastor for ECM, who is presiding at the dedication. "The tree seems kind of inadequate but that was her love—plants and animals."
The ceremony will include prayers, shared remembrances of Martin and a dedication as the plaque is unveiled.
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Martin, 23, had finished course work for a degree with honors in biodiversity, ecology and evolutionary biology when she was murdered May 13 during a brief research trip to Golifo, Costa Rica.
Kansan taking applications for spring editor-in-chief
Applications for Kansan editor-in-chief are now available in the University Daily Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Any student enrolled at KU is eligible. The position is paid, and lasts for one semester.
Candidates are also required to submit a copy of their resume.
microcopy Applications are due at noon Friday in the newsroom. For more information, contact the Kansan at 864-4810.
Michelle Burhenn
KU Pan-Hellenic Council named council of the year
The University of Kansas' National Pan-Hellenic Council was named the National Pan-Hellenic Council of the year for the second year in a row at the National Black Greek Leadership Conference last weekend.
terence last weekend.
About 20 members from the historically African-American and Latino fraternities and sororities at KU attended the conference from Oct. 26 to 28 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
Enjoli Dixon, Jefferson City, Mo., senior, and NPHC/Panhellenic liaison, said the council had to submit an application to be considered for the award. She said about 300 people from universities across the country attended the conference.
—J.R.Mendoza
Students to get a crash course in business dinner etiquette
The University of Kansas Career Services Alliance and the Kansas Alumni Association will have an etiquette dinner at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Alderson Auditorium.
A question-and-answer session will take place. Following the session, students will go to the Adams Alumni Center for the dinner.
Students will learn about business dining,table manners and eating techniques from Ann Marie Sabath president of At-Ease Inc., in Cincinnati.
Lisa Leroux-Smith, assistant dean of the School of Business, said business dinners were often part of the job-interview process, and the etiquette dinner would benefit students.
She said 118 people had signed up to participate.
—J.R.Mendoza
NATION&WORLD
U.S. Supreme Court hears Kansas sex offender case
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Kansas' attorney general told the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday that states should not have to prove violent sexual offenders cannot control their behavior in order for the state to keep them locked up after they complete their sentences.
after they complete their sentence.
Nineteen states, including Missouri, have laws allowing authorities to confine people indefinitely as sexual predators. The attorney for a Kansas man in the current case appealed to the justices to set a precedent for future cases.
The court heard the case of Michael Crane, who went to prison in 1994 for sexually assaulting a video store clerk and exposing himself to a tanning salon attendant in a suburb of Kansas City. Kan. When Crane was about to be paroled in 1998, prosecutors went to court to have him committed to a state hospital.
A jury found Crane suffered from a personality disorder and ordered him hospitalized. Crane won an appeal before the Kansas Supreme Court, which ruled the jury needed to find not only that Crane was likely to re-offend
but that he could not continue. At Crane's trial to determine whether he should be hospitalized, the judge denied his request to require the jury to decide whether Crane was unable to control his behavior. Instead, jurors were told only to decide whether Crane suffered from a personality disorder that made him likely to reoffend.
but that he could not control his behavior.
The Kansas Supreme Court ordered a new trial, saying the judge should have granted Crane's request for the additional jury instruction.
Supreme Court justices pressed both attorneys to say specifically how far the court should go in setting a standard for what proof states must offer.
"Is there some extra element beyond the mere probability of doing an act which society has called dangerous?" Justice David Souter asked.
asked. Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall argued yesterday that such a requirement is too broad, because almost all sexual offenders have at least some control over their actions. The "cannot control" requirement could spare even mass murderers from civil confinement, she said.
Life after politics excites Graves
TOPEKA — Gov. Bill Graves plans to become the leader of a national trucking industry group after leaving office and says his new job security has energized him for next year's legislative session.
The Associated Press
Graves announced yesterday that he will become the chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations when his current term ends in January 2003. The group made its own announcement during its national convention in Nashville.
He said he didn't plan to start briefings for the industry job for another year and won't sign a contract with the ATA until after he leaves office, so that he won't be distracted from his duties as governor.
miss dudes as goofy Graves said the only downside to the new job will be the need to leave Kansas. The group has offices in Virginia and Washington.
as offices in Virginia, "I couldn't be a happier person," he told reporters during a news conference. "I couldn't be more energized."
More energizing Mary Turkington, former executive director
"Governor Graves brings our industry a person with a background in the trucking industry, a man of integrity and respect and with proven leadership qualities," Turkington said.
of the Kansas Motor Carriers Association made the announcement on behalf of ATA in Topeka.
said. Graves ended speculation about his future during a Statehouse news conference. He said he never had any notion to not see his eight year term to its conclusion.
In December, speculation arose Graves would join President Bush's cabinet as transportation secretary, and some industry officials lobbied for him. However, Bush gave the job instead to Democrat Norman Y. Mineta, who influence
"I don't intend to leave early," he said. "I am the governor of Kansas until that time."
job instead to Democrat. Graves said he doesn't think his influence will diminish because of his status as a lameduck governor who will be leaving the state.
Police searching for suspect in company theft of $50,000
CAMPUS
A former employee of Dale Willey Automotive, 2840 Iowa St., is suspected of stealing more than $50,000 from the company between Jan. 1 and Sept. 25, said Sgt. Mike Pattrick of the Lawrence police department.
"We are investigating an internal theft in which a 29-year-old male from Lawrence is suspected in manipulating internal dealership computer records to commit a theft by deception." Patrick said.
He said management at Dale Willey Automotive discovered a discrepancy in inventory records and reported the findings to Lawrence police Oct. 23. Police are trying to contact the suspect, Pattrick said.
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Management at Dale Willey Automotive could not be reached for comment.
Courtney Craigmile
STATE
Theme park developers miss deadline to repay $400,000
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Developers of a proposed Wizard of Oz theme park missed a state-imposed deadline Monday to repay $400,000 to the Board of Public Utilities in Wyandotte County.
The county board in neighboring Johnson County, where the park was to be built, had all but declared the project dead with a vote Oct. 4 to stop studying the park.
the park.
Gov. Bill Graves said yesterday that Oz's decision to miss the repayment deadline "would indicate that they have certainly stepped way back."
certainly stopped "Missing that deadline adds another nail in the coffin,"he told reporters during a news conference.
ing a news conference.
In granting Oz access to millions of dollars in state-issued bonds, the Kansas Legislature said Oz had to repay the BPU the money it received for feasibility studies in the early 1990s when the company planned to build its project in Wyandotte County.
Oz proposed to acquire the now-defunct Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant near De Soto and use the 9,065-acre site for its resort and a mix of commercial and residential developments, including a theme park based on The Wizard of Oz movie.
Oz officials did not return several telephone messages seeking comment Monday.
ON THE RECORD
An 18-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to his property at Watson Library between 8:45 and 8:50 a.m., the KU Public Safety Office said. The screen of the student's lap top was cracked. The damages were valued at $2,000.
A 20-year-old KU student reported an indecent exposure at Watson Library between 6:35 and 6:45 p.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A female student was studying in the library when a male walked over and
sat down in her area. The student said she glanced over and the male had exposed himself. The female left and reported the incident.
reported the incident
A 19-year-old KU student reported a theft between 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.
Sunday in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The value of the Texas license plate was unknown.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries (ECM) will sponsor a University forum from noon to 1 p.m. today at the ECM building, located at 1204 Dread, one block north of the Kansas Union. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
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lcthus will meet at 8 to tonight at the Big 12 room in Kansas Union. Contact Marietta Liebengood at 979-1353.
Marissa Gebedougheba
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.
KU Chess Club will meet at 7 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union.
Contact Atshelli Shellove at 749-3344
Environmental Studies Student Association (ESSA) will meet at 8tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Clare Fuchs at cfuchs@ku.edu or visit www.uku.edu/~kuesp and click on the
www.ku.edu/~kuesp and click on the link, ESSA.
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The Tae Kwon Do club will meet from 6:30 to 8 ontown in 207 Robinson. Contact Greg Isaac at 749-4649.
Jett Gregusbush
Wednesday Night Worship will be at 9
tonight at Danforth Chapel. Contact
Sethro at 312-1363.
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How It Feels to Actually Hear The Sound of Mom's Voice
The Hartley Family Center at KU Med is one of several ones whose mission is the improvement of children's lives. It's part of a broader commitment to serve the state and region with cradle-to-grave health care. This tradition began with a former Chancellor, Franklin Murphy, who put fourth-year med students to work with rural Kansas physicians and in hospitals.
KU can't cure all hearing-impaired children. Yet. But it can help the very young hear better, adapt, or on occasion experience the joy of a full recovery. at KU Med is one of several University centers
to work with rural Kansas physicians and, in so doing, established a national model for medical outreach.
INVEST IN EXCELLENCE
KU First intends to raise $500 million by 2004, $22 million of which will be devoted to outreach programs providing specialty health-care solutions, and $3 million for programs in public service and public policy.
Because it's the right thing to do.
We hear.