2A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
TUESDAY,OCT.30,2001
LAWRENCE
Guns stolen from residence; forced entry not suspected
A Lawrence man reported four guns had been taken from his residence between 11:45 a.m. and 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Mike Patrick of the Lawrence police.
The guns included a Remington 270 rifle, valued at $250; a Remington 222 rifle, valued at $250; a Browning AR950 12-gauge shotgun, valued at $560; and a Browning Automatic 5 shotgun, valued at $500.
at $500.
Two Bushnell riflescopes, two gun cases and a VCR were also taken. Patrick said there was no sign of forced entry, and police were investigating a possible mode of entry. Patrick said police had no suspects at this time.
Courtney Craigmile
Video on Islam shown tonight in response to terrorist attack
The Lawrence Peace Project and the Western Civilization department will sponsor a video about Islam called "Islam: Empire of Faith" from 7 to 9 tonight at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Room.
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A panel discussion on Islam will follow
Lorraine Bayard de Volo, assistant professor of political science and women's studies, said the peace project formed in response to the Sept. 11 attacks. She said the project was dedicated to promoting peace and education.
peace and education The project's next meeting is at 5 p.m. on Nov.11 at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
J. R. Mendoza
Applications available at SUA for College Bowl competition
The Student Union Activities is taking applications for the annual College Bowl competition on Jan. 26..
competition on Saturday.
Applications can be picked up at the SUA office on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Deadline for the applications is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, at the SUA office. Cost is $25 for three-to-fourmember teams. The winning team will receive an award and sponsorship from SUA to attend the regional tournament at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
SUA is also seeking volunteers to help with the tournament.
Molly Hess, Topeka sophomore and recreation/travel coordinator for SUA, said questions would be about topics such as history, literature and science. She said last year about 19 teams participated. She said as many teams number of teams that could enter.
—J.R. Mendoza
NATION
Student who pleaded guilty to shooting hangs himself
SAN DIEGO — An 18-year-old student who wounded five people in a shooting rampage at his high school earlier this year hung himself with a bedsheet in his iail cell yesterday, authorities said.
Jason Hoffman, who had a history of mental illness, was found dead at San Diego's Central Jail, Deputy District Attorney Dan Lamborn said. The teenager had been in a cell by himself.
ager had been last month, Hoffman pleaded guilty in the March 22 shooting at Granite Hills High School in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon. His sentencing had been set for Nov. 8. He could have gotten 27 years to life in prison.
Israeli army could leave more Palestinian areas
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — After pulling troops and tanks out of Bethlehem, Israeli officials said yesterday the army would leave the other Palestinian areas occupied almost two weeks ago if a cease-fire was maintained — scaling back earlier demands.
Israeli officials said they did not expect the pullback from parts of four other West Bank towns — Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Ramallah and lenin before today, however.
jenin — before today's bloody war.
Palestinians said the pullouts should be carried out unconditionally, and the United States kept up its pressure to end the operation, which is Israel's most intensive in 13 months of fighting.
Israeli and Palestinian security commanders met in Tel Aviv last night to discuss the next step. Jibril Rajoub, the Palestinian West Bank security chief, said they failed to reach agreement, and no date was set for a further meeting.
ig. "I can say that the gap is wide," he said
"I can say that the gap is wide. We need Yarden Vatikay, a representative for Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, said the Israeli side had demanded that the Palestinians round up armed militants."
humans round up armed militants. "We want to see them finally start fighting terror, start making arrests," he said.
Because of the uncertainty, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon may postpone a visit to the United States planned for next week, said aide Raanan Gissin.
Radhan Gissan:
Israeli troops and tanks started moving into West Bank towns after the Oct. 17 assassination of Cabinet minister Rehavam Zeei by assailants who ambushed him outside his hotel room in Jerusalem.
ON THE RECORD
A 19-year-old KU student reported three people for criminal trespass between 10:15 a.m. and 10:17 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Indiana Street, Lawrence county said. Three men were arrested.
Sunday in Lawrence police said three men were arrested.
Lawrence K1 student reported criminal dam-
A 19-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to a vehicle between 6 p.m. Oct. 16 and 3 p.m. Oct. 17 in the 2500 block of West 31st Street, Lawrence police said. Damage to all four sides of the vehicle was estimated at $2,000.
A 21-year-old KU student reported a theft of two personal checks between 1 p.m. Oct. 17 and 4 p.m. Thursday in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. The value of the checks was unknown.
An 18-year-old KU student was cited for minor in possession of alcohol, consuming in public and possession of a fake driver's license Saturday morning in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police said.
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**A** year-old KU student reported a theft between 11 p.m. Saturday and 12:45 a.m. Sunday in the 600 block of Gateway Drive, Lawrence police said.
thems were valued at $1,280.
A 19-year-old KU student reported a theft Saturday afternoon in the 1800 block of East 23rd Street, Lawrence police said. A wallet, valued at $15, was taken.
items were valued but no damage to a vehicle between 6 p.m. Oct.17 and 7:30 a.m. Oct.22 in the 2600 block of West Sixth Street, Lawrence police said. Damage to the rear fender was estimated at $550.
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An Oklahoma resident reported a theft from Memorial Stadium between 5:15 and 10 p.m. Oct. 13, the KU Public Safety Office said. An extendible flag
A KU staff member reported a burglary and theft from Wescoe Hall parking lot between 10:10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sept. 18, the KU Public Safety Office said. A gold parking permit was stolen. The permit was valued at $188.
pole was stolen. The stolen item was valued at $39.
A KU staff member reported a burglary and theft
over the weekend, you were 10-10 a.m.
was valued.
A 19-year-old KU student reported a burglary and theft from a scholarship half parking lot between 3 p.m. Oct 21 and 10:53 a.m. Oct 23, the KU Public Safety Office said. A parking permit was stolen. The parking permit was valued at $85.
parking permits were issued.
A KU employee reported a burglary and theft at Nunemaker Center between midnight October 15 and 9 a.m. Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said. Two white and tables and 16 wooden chairs were stolen. They were valued at $1,188.
A 24-year-old KU student reported a theft from Robinson Center parking lot between 8 a.m. June 25 and 9 a.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A Kansas license plate was stolen. It was valued at $3.
A 19-year-old KU student reported a burglary, attempted theft and criminal damage to property in the Grace Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall parking lot between 10:30 p.m. Saturday and 10:15 a.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The steering column and passenger door of a 1998 Honda Civic was damaged. The damages were estimated at $2,000.
A 22-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to property in McColum Hall parking lot between 10 p.m. Friday and 9:45 a.m. Saturday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The windshield and roof of a 1993 Saturn Coupe were damaged. The damages were estimated at $600.
Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. Contact Michael Luna at 760-4852 or Sarah Zaragoza at 312-213-824.
ON CAMPUS
KU Objectivists will meet at 8 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Rachelle Cau-
**Asian American Student Union will meet at 7 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Jerry Wang at 550-5061 or asa@ku.edu.**
aasu@kku.edu.
KU Men's and Women's Ultimate Frisbee clubs will meet at a.39 p.m. today at the Shenk Sports Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. Contact Clay or Tony at 843-7099 or at clayed@kpu.edu.
SUA committees will meet tonight in the Kansas Union. Live Music meets at 6 in the Walnut room; Forum meets at 6:30 in the Oread room; Feature Films meets at 6 in Alcove D; Fine Arts meets at 6 in Alcove B; Spectrum Films meets at 7 in Alcove B; Recreation meets at 7 in the Walnut room; Public Relations meets at 7 in the Oread room; Special Events meets at 7:30 in Alcove D. Contact SUA at 864-7469.
thon at 865-1464.
Students for a Free Tibet will meet at 8 tonight at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Contact Ryan Pratt at 838-9858.
thru at 312-1985.
Latin American Solidarity will have an organizational meeting about its SOA protest at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Dread Ave., one block north of the Kansas Union. Contact Rebekah Moses at 312-1985.
University Christian Fellowship will have a Bible study at 7 tonight in the basement of Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rich at 841-3148.
KU Environments will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the fourth-floor lobby in the Kansas Union. Contact Sam Lane at 312-1395.
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Peace Corps will have an informational meeting from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union, Contact Aline Neagat at 824-7670
the Kansas Union. Contact Aline Hoye at 804-674-3581
Medical Ethics Club will meet at 3:30 p.m. today at the first-floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Contact Katherine Marchin at 842-6724.
NATION
ATLANTA — Government health officials said yesterday that they wanted more people who are at risk for anthrax to take the drug doxycycline.
Health officials recommending different drug to treat anthrax
drug duckyCipro They cited fears that some common bacteria were becoming resistant to the antibiotic Cipro.
Both drugs are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to treat confirmed cases of anthrax and to protect people who may have been exposed to the bacteria.
exposed to the bacteria.
But Cipro is part of a special class of drugs prescribed by doctors when they do not know exactly how vulnerable an organism is to particular antibiotics. Distributing those drugs too widely can weaken their effectiveness.
effectiveness. The widespread use of Cipro since the anthrax-by-mail scare began may be hampering the drug's ability to fight bacterial diseases like pneumonia and urinary tract infections, health officials said.
infection. Doxycycline works just as well as Cipro against the anthrax detected so far in New York, New Jersey, Washington and Florida. Health officials are less concerned about a buildup of antibiotic resistance to doxycycline, which is cheaper and more available than Cipro, and has fewer side effects.
Smokers sue tobacco companies to get medical testing program
WHEELING, W.Va. — There is no scientific foundation for a medical screening program that healthy West Virginia smokers want the tobacco industry to create, a medical expert testified yesterday.
Samuel Spagnolo, a professor and lung specialist at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., said he was bewildered when told that smokers were suing four cigarette makers for the unprecedented medical monitoring program.
gram.
Spagnolo has never testified for tobacco companies before but said he had agreed to take part in this class-action case to express his opinion about the merit of the idea for a screening program.
R. J. Reynolds, Philip Morris, Brown & Williamson and Lorillard are calling their own set of experts in an attempt to refute the benefits of a medical monitoring program that some 250,000 healthy West Virginia smokers are demanding.
gimnai smokers are the ones. The lawsuit covers people who have smoked the equivalent of a pack a day for at least five years but have not yet developed symptoms of lung cancer, emphysema and chronic obstructive lung diseases.
The tobacco companies are defending what is essentially a defective product case. Medical monitoring is the proposed remedy for wronged consumers. It's the first case of its kind to be tried in the United States.
States. The smokers are demanding a lung-function test called spirometry for all symptom-free class members at age 40, with a second test at age 45 and tests every two years after that.
Starting at age 50, healthy smokers would get spiral computed tomography scans, which generate three-dimensional images of organs and allow cross-section views into the lungs.
Spagnolo said people who developed emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could not be accurately diagnosed until they showed symptoms.
The Associated Press
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