2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
TUESDAY, OCT.23, 2001
CORRECTION
A story in Wednesday's Kansan contained an error. There is only one full-time professor in the visual communications department, not in the School of Fine Arts.
LAWRENCE Pomeroy and Mandown to perform at Kansas Union
Funk rock band Pomeroy from Manhattan will perform at 8tonight at the Kansas Union Ballroom. The "straight-up" rock band Mandown will open the concert.
Traci Pillard, live music coordinator for Student Union Activities, said she scheduled Pomeroy in part because she enjoyed their music and they were good friends.
"They've played in and around Lawrence several times, and they've always done really well," Pillard said.
Tickets are $5 for students with a KUID, and $7 for non-KU students. They can be purchased at the SUA box office on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union or at the door before the show.
Doors will open at 7 tonight. For more information, contact the SUA box office at 864-7469.
—Kansan Staff Report
NATION
Slowing business causes lavoffs at Emerson Electric
ST.LOUIS - Emerson Electric said yesterday that it is cutting 4,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its salaried work force, and will close about 20 of its 350 plants because of slower business aggravated by last month's terrorist attacks.
About 70 percent of the cuts have already occurred, Emerson representative Mark Polzin. He refused to discuss details, saying more details could be announced Tuesday, Nov. 6, when quarterly and fiscal-year earnings are announced.
Year earnings rise the Emerson had sales of $15.5 billion in the last fiscal year. But it warned yesterday that its operating earnings would be lower than Wall Street expects this fiscal year.
This year "has proven to be a challenging year for our businesses," said chief executive David N. Farr, "Economic difficulties that were initially confined largely to U.S. industrial goods and telecom equipment spending have expanded into a broad-based global downturn, and the effects of the Sept. 11 tragedies are adding further impact."
California lawmaker to begin campaign for Condit's seat
MODESTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker said yesterday that he will run for the seat held by Rep. Gary Condit next year, becoming the second Democrat to challenge the embattled congressman.
Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza said he would formally launch his campaign today, ending more than a decade of friendship and political partnership with Condit.
Last week, Tom Ciccarelli, the head of Modesto charity, became the first Democrat announce a bid for Condit's seat.
Ciccarelli, who once campaigned for Condit, said he was "disgusted" with the congressman's behavior after former government intern Chandra Levy vanished from Washington in May. Police have said Condit, 53, is not considered a suspect in the 24-year-old's disappearance.
disappearance. Condit hasn't formally announced his plans, but he is collecting signatures to run for re-election.
NATION&WORLD
China officials make way for first foreign TV station
The Associated Press
The Associated Press
AOL Time Warner is getting a foothold in the rapidly developing Chinese television market, which foreign broadcasters are eager to break into. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is also trying to negotiate a similar arrangement with China, where nearly every household owns a television.
BEIJING AOL Time Warner Inc. announced a landmark deal yesterday that will make it the first foreign television broadcaster in China, in exchange for carrying Chinese state television's English-language channel on U.S. cable systems.
The deal is also a turning point for China's communist officials. They regard television as
a key propaganda tool and strictly control it, though millions of Chinese already watch broadcasts from abroad on illegal satellite dishes. Beijing appeared to be willing to relax those controls slightly in exchange for getting access to American audiences.
AOL Time Warner relies heavily on the U.S. market for its media businesses, which include Time magazine, HBO, CNN, AOL and the Warner Bros. film and music studio, and it has been stepping up its efforts to expand overseas.
AOL's Chinese-language channel CETV would be carried in the province of Guangdong.
Postal workers tested for anthrax
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Two Washington-area postal workers have been diagnosed with inhalation anthrax and two more employees at the same facility have died of symptoms consistent with this rare form of the disease, officials said yesterday as the nation dealt with an unprecedented bioterrorism threat.
Ivan Walks, physician and the city's chief health official, also said authorities were investigating nine more cases that have aroused concern. He said he did not know how many of the nine were postal workers or how many were hospitalized.
The disclosures came as postal workers
lined up by the dozens for testing, and city authorities urged anyone connected to the affected Brentwood central mail facility to come forward immediately for screening.
Some 1,000 workers were tested Sunday.
Officials also planned environmental testing at the facilities. They will use results to determine which workers need a full dose of the preventive antibiotics.
Authorities were conducting tests on clinical samples from the two postal workers who died after showing symptoms consistent with anthrax. Preliminary blood testing had caused anthrax suspicions.
First Concorde flight since Paris crash lands safely
NEW YORK—A British Airways Concorde left Kennedy International Airport yesterday afternoon after arriving three hours earlier on the supersonic jet's first trans-Atlantic flight since a crash killed 113 people near Paris.
"It went very well," said airline representative Jeff Angel.
The airline has conducted two other test flights over the Atlantic Ocean, but yesterday's was the first to include a full crossing.
native Americans. The flight left Heathrow Airport yesterday morning after a short delay caused by fog. One hundred passengers were aboard, all of them British Airways employees.
Plans for Mexico City airport upset environmentalists
MEXICO CITY-A dry lake bed east of Mexico City will be the site of the city's new international airport, federal transportation authorities said yesterday in a decision likely to anger environmentalists.
Critics cast the decision to build on the salt-encrusted Texcoo lake bed, 14 miles east of Mexico City, as a threat to migratory birds that nest nearby and a step backward in efforts to restore the lakes that once encircled the island city.
Environmentalists say the birds could endanger air traffic by being sucked into plane engines.
"As usual, the politicians and their cronies are going to profit from this deal, and the victims are going to be hundreds of thousands of migratory birds," said environmentalist Homero Aridjis.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A 22-year-old KU student reported the theft of personal checks between 4 p.m. Oct. 8 and 2 a.m. Oct. 11 in the 100 block of North Street, Lawrence police said. The checks were valued at $10.
A KU employee reported a theft between 8 a.m. Sept. 15 and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 1300 block of East 21st Street, Lawrence police said. A Kansas license plate was valued at $10.
A 19-year-old KU student reported an attempted burglary between 11 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Thursday at a residence in the 2400 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. Nothing was taken, and police have no suspects.
A 20-year-old KU student was arrested Saturday morning on charges of operating under the influence, a minor in possession of alcohol and no proof of insurance, Lawrence police said. She was released on $800 bail.
A 23-year-old KU student was arrested Sunday morning on charges of interference of duties, driving while suspended and no proof of insurance, Lawrence police said. He was released on $600 bond.
A 19-year-old KU student reported harassing phone calls between 2:40 and 3 p.m. Saturday in the 2200 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The police have no suspects.
A 20-year-old KU student reported damage to and theft from a vehicle between 5 p.m. Thursday and 3:45
p.m. Friday in the 800 block of Michigan Street, Lawrence police said.
Damages to a driver's side window and door trim were estimated at $250. A Sony CD player was valued at $250.
A 27-year-old KU student reported the theft of a wallet around 1:30 p.m. WHEN in the 1300 block of West 23rd Street, Lawrence police said. The wallet and its contents were recovered in the Dilons parking lot, 1015 West 23rd St. Eighty dollars were taken.
A 23-year-old KU student was arrested at Ninth Street and Schwarz Road between 9:47 and 9:50 a.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The suspect was clocked going 41 mph in a 30 mph zone in the 1400 block of West 19th Street. The driver did not stop for the police officer until reaching Ninth Street and Schwarz Road. He was arrested for fleeing and eluding, no proof of insurance and driving while suspended. He was transported to Douglas County Jail.
Transportation A 22-year-old KU student reported theft and burglary between midnight Sept. 24 and midnight Sept. 25 in the Jayhawk Towers parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. A parking permit was stolen. The stolen item was valued at $85.
A KU staff member reported criminal damage to Strong Hall between 4:30 p.m. Thursday and 7:30 a.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. Graffiti damage on the building was valued at $250.
ON CAMPUS
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 Zaranga at 312-2134.
**Vietnamese Student Association** will meet at 6 p.m. today at 2023 Haworth Hall. Contact Linda Vo at 780-247 or at kku@usu.edu.
KU Men's and Women's Ultimate Frisbee Clubs will meet at 4.30 p.m. today in the Shenk Sports Complex, 23rd and lowe streets. Contact Clay or Tony at 843-7099 or at claved@ku.edu.
SUA committee will meet tonight in the Kansas Union. Live Music meets at 6 in the Walnut room; Forums 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.
College Republicans will meet at 7:30 onstage at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Kristy at 312-1271.
Student Alumni Association will meet at 7:30 tonight in the Adams Alumni Center. Contact Jen Mueller at 864-4760.
Students for a Free Tibet will meet at 8 tonight at Alcove B in the
Kansas Union. Contact Ryan Pratt at 838-9858.
University Christian Fellowship will have a Bible study at 7 tonight at the basement in Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rich at 841-3148.
KU Environs will meet at 6:30 p.m. today on the fourth-floor lobby in the Kansas Union. Contact Sam Lane at 312-1395.
Latin American Solidarity will meet at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rebekah Moses at 312-1985.
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Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center will have a lecture from 6 to 7 tonight at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union. The topic is "Parliamentary Procedures."
University Career and Employment Services will put on a workshop entitled "Using the internet in your job search" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today in 149 Burge Union Contact Ann Hartley at 864-3624.
Contact A. K. Mahoney
Freshman - Sophomore Advising Center will have advising and permit-to-enroll sessions for all sophomores from 4 to 4:50 p.m. today at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union and for freshmen and new transfer students in all majors from 4 to 4:50 p.m. today in 3140 Wescoe. Contact Gloria Flores at 864-2834.
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Alcohol Awareness Week 2001 October 22-26
Schedule of Events
Tuesday - Fatal Vision Goggle Game with KUPD 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM at Wescoe Beach
Wednesday - Information Tables
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Thursday - Afternoon NABS (Non-Alcoholic BeverageS)
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM at Wescoe Beach
Friday - Hawk Night Event - Pumpkin Carving Contest, Psychic Readings, and a scary movie! 9:00 PM-1:00 AM in the Kansas Union
Come by to get information and play games. Learn about the new Laws in Kansas concerning drinking and driving Remember to drink responsibly.
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