2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
FRIDAY,OCT.26,2001
CAMPUS Battle is on for local DJs at third annual spin to win
The third annual KJHK DJ Battle will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Abe and Jake's Landing, Sixth and New Hampshire streets.
The party is open to anyone 18 and older, and KJKH 90.7 FM will give prizes to the best male and female costume, as voted by audience response.
Last year's winner, "The Guy Down-stairs," will battle 15 other DJs for the championship. DJs from Atreides Production Company also will play music in Abe and Jake's pub lounge.
Edwin Morales, PR/booking director for Atreides Production Company, said KJHK was presenting a blend of many styles of music at the party.
Other entertainment includes live music from Ultimate Fakebook, Mi6 and Ghosty. Admission is $5 for ages 21 and older, or $7 for anyone between 18 and 21.
Hawk Nights Halloween to offer prizes, eats and treats
Hawk Nights Halloween is from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. tonight at the Kansas Union.
Events include a pumpkin-carving contest, tarot cards, palm reading, Halloween games and a showing of the movie Halloween II. Prizes, including a DVD player and gift certificates, will be given for the best-carved pumpkins.
Aaron Quisenberry, associate director of the Organizations and Leadership Center, said the purpose of Hawk Nights was to provide students with on-campus entertainment options.
"We want to give students a chance to step outside the box and come check out something different," he said.
The event is sponsored by the Organizations and Leadership Center, Coca-Cola, Chi-Omega sorority, Delta Chi fraternity, Kappa Delta sorority, Lewis Hall and a grant from the City of Lawrence.
Make A Difference Day plans include 5K run-walk event
Eve Lamborn
The student-directed Center for Community Outreach will sponsor a 5K runwalk starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Lied Center in coordination with other Make A Difference Day activities across the nation.
"Make A Difference Day is the largest day of community in the country," said Anneliese Stoever, Overland Park senior and co-director of the center.
The day's objective is improving communities and helping neighbors in need.
Organizers of the run-walk ask for either a $10 fee or a new toy donation in order to participate. All proceeds will go toward a nondenominational holiday party at the Boys and Girls Club in December with gifts for disadvantaged Lawrence children.
This will be the third consecutive year the center has sponsored a holiday party at the Boys and Girls Club.
Stoever encouraged students and Lawrence residents to take part.
"This is a great opportunity for Lawrence residents and KU students to give back to the community and improve the holidays for unfortunate children, while at the same time improving their health," Stoever said.
Paul Smith
Stockpiling of antibiotic causes shortage concerns
Recent deaths expected to increase doctors' orders of the anthrax drug Cipro
The Associated Press
A jump of nearly 50 percent in prescriptions nationwide for the anthrax drug Cipro shows that many doctors and patients are shrugging off government pleas against stockpiling for personal use, medical and industry experts say.
In the New York City area, prescriptions nearly tripled, drug marketing data indicate.
Spurred by news reports on potential bioterrorism, sales of the antibiotic began climbing right after the Sept. 11 air attacks and weeks before the first news of an anthrax case on Oct. 4, according to a national marketing consultant that surveys pharmaceutical retailers.
The numbers are apt to rise more still as they are released in coming weeks, because the latest data go only as far as Oct. 12 before the last anthrax deaths and widespread Cirox treatment for postal workers.
Cipriva said. "I've been trying to hold back my own friends and relatives who are trying to get this stuff," said Dr. Stephen Baum, at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. He is president of the New York Society of Infectious Diseases.
"I've been trying to hold back my own friends and relatives who are trying to get this stuff."
Dr. Stephen Baum president of New York Society of Infectious Diseases
The run on Cipro is deepening worry about potential shortages of an important drug for fighting many infections, side effects in more patients and the buildup of antibiotic resistance in the germ.
Drug and disease specialists say the winter flu season could aggravate things, because anthrax can create flu-like symptoms. They fear people will start popping stockpiled Cipro for the sniffles, and others will overwhelm the medical system with demands for treatment.
"I can't tell you what my fears are about what this is going to do to the health system. As people start to get their normal coughs and colds, their first thought is going to be ... anthrax," said Daniel Albrant, president of Pharmacy Dynamics, a pharmaceutical consulting company in Arlington, Va. He said flu shots are especially important this year.
CAMPUS Studios' 10th anniversary event to include tours for public
A reception to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Oldfather Studios, 1621 W. Ninth St., will be today from 4 to 6 p.m.
The open house celebration will provide demonstrations and tours of the studios.
Charla Jenkins, director of public relations for University Theatre, said that the gala was open to the public.
gala was spected by Members of the Theatre and Film advisory board, faculty and staff also will attend.
Former KU student to attend screening of her parody film
Actress and screenwriter Laura Kirk, a former KU student, will attend the screening of her film Lisa Picard is Famous at 7:30 tonight at Liberty Hall, Seventh and Massachusetts streets.
Kirk, who wrote and starred in the film, will attend an informal reception after the showing.
Charla Jenkins, director of public relations for University Theatre, said that the film — presented by the University's department of theater and film — is a mockumentary parodying an actress who becomes famous.
will be hired.
"Ever since the movie was first made, we always wanted to bring it here," Jenkins said. General admission tickets can be purchased for $7 at the Murphy Hall ticket office and at Liberty Hall. Reservations can be made by calling 864-3982.
Israel considers halting raid
-Luke Daley
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces maintained their grip yesterday on West Bank towns but pulled out of a village where a raid Wednesday sparked a bloody gunbattle in which five Palestinians were killed.
Palestinians were in U.S. criticism, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened his top Cabinet ministers to consider ending the weeklong invasion, which has killed dozens of people but failed to net the assassins of an Israeli Cabinet minister.
A day after the Oct. 17 assassination, Israeli troops moved into parts of six West Bank towns, and violence continued in some of those areas yesterday.
The Israelis said they arrested 11 Palestinians, two of them connected to the assassina-
of those areas yesterday.
Israeli troops pulled out of the village of Beit Rima, where villagers were confined to their homes for more than a day while Israeli soldiers searched for those who killed Rehavam Zeevi, the ultra-nationalist minister of tourism.
tion, which was claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine as vengeance for Israel's Aug. 27 killing of their leader Mustafa Zibri.
The Palestinian Cabinet called the Israeli sweep an "ugly massacre" and declared yesterday a day of mourning. Palestinian students stood for a minute of silence, with flags flying at half-staff, and businesses and offices closed.
An Israeli government statement said security forces have arrested 42 Palestinians "directly connected with terrorist activity since the assassination.
In clashes with invading Israeli forces, 36 Palestinian have been killed, including numerous civilians. Overall, in more than a year of fighting, 721 people have been killed on the Palestinian side and 186 on the Israeli side.
Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer suggested Israel might scale back its demands and pull out if Yasser Arafat would act to prevent any further attacks.
Cultural India Club to celebrate Garba holiday with festival
The KU Cultural India Club is sponsoring a festival celebrating the Indian holiday Garba from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union.
Valentino Almeida, club president and Bombay, India, graduate student, said Garba celebrated the conquest of good over evil. He said people celebrated Garba for nine days in India.
Nikita Negandhi, Shawnee junior and organization member, said the festival would feature traditional Indian folk dances.
The cost is $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers.Negandhi said money raised from the festival would be used for future events.
—J.R.Mendoza
ON THE RECORD
A 20-year-old KU student reported a burglary and theft between 5 and 5.25 a.m. Sunday from a residence in the 1300 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. Stereo equipment and speakers taken were valued at $2,300.
A 19-year-old KU student reported the theft and criminal use of a financial card between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Oct. 15 in the 1000
block of Iowa Street,
Lawrence police said.
The value of the card
was unknown. Five
hundred dollars were taken.
A 21-year-old KU student was arrested Wednesday afternoon on charges of failure to appear, Lawrence police said. He was released on $200 bond.
A 19-year-old KU student was arrested yesterday morning on charges of
operating under the influence, Lawrence police said
A 19-year-old KU student reported she was inappropriately touched in a sexual nature between 2:10 and 3 a.m. at a residence in the 2500 block of West 31st Street, Lawrence police said. She also reported the theft of $80. Police are investigating.
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, games begin at 6:30. Contact Don Brennanman at 550-9001.
KU Karate Kobudo Club will have practice from 6 to 8 p.m.
Sunday in racquetball court No. 15 at Robinson Gymnasium. Contact Hannah Reynolds at 312-3419.
KU Ballroom Dance will hold beginning dance lessons from 2 to 5:30 pm on Sunday. Beginning Tango lessons will be from 2 to 3, Rumba lessons will be from 3 to 4, and Swing lessons will be from 4 to 5:30. Contact Bogdan Pathak at 550-4413.
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