2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
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MONDAY,OCT.22,2001
CAMPUS SUA to begin film series with French film tonight
The Student Union Activity board will begin showing international films today at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The International Film Series will extend into the spring semester, showing a new film every other Monday.
A Friend Like Harry, a movie originating in France, is the first film of the series scheduled.
Admission for the films is $2, and each showing will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the Hawk Shop in the Kansas Union.
Aaron Passman, Spectrum Films coordinator, said an international film series ran last year, and it was important to continue the program this year.
Student senate committees set sum for Chinese group
The Student Senate Multicultural Affairs and Finance committees passed a bill allocating money to the Chinese Student Scholar Friendship Association last Wednesday. It will go to full Senate for a final vote this week.
However, the amount was cut from $1,296 to $813, after the Finance Committee decided to cut out the Chinese Traditional Sports Competition involved with the event.
Branden Bell, holdover senator, said that the past history of the group suggested that money for the sports competition usually didn't get used for the event.
"We have to have some way to know that they are going to use the money," Bell said.
— Luke Daley
LAWRENCE Apartment search uncovers firearms and marijuana
Lawrence police recovered six firearms and an undisclosed amount of marijuana during the search of an apartment in the 600 block of Michigan Street Wednesday, Sgt. Mike Patrick said.
Washington. The six firearms included three shotguns, a dismantled assault rifle and two handguns, one of which had apparently been stolen from a Lecompton residence in 1998.
dence in 1930. Patrick said a 20-year-old male was arrested after the search and released, pending further charges. He said police would continue the investigation and would look for another suspect.
Three struck by car after fight Friday morning, one arrested
Three men were struck by a 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and knocked away by the impact Friday morning after a fight outside Jack Flanians Bar and Grill, 806 W. 24th St., Sgt. Mike Patrick said.
None of the officers actually saw the victims get struck.
victims get struck. Patrick said one victim complained of pain but refused treatment. The victims, ages 26,24 and 24,were all in the Army and stationed at Fort Leavenworth.
One man was arrested on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault and driving under the influence.
— Courtney Craigmile
Off-duty policemen shot in warehouse district
NATION&WORLD
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY. Mo. - Two off-duty Kansas City police officers and a suspect were shot during a Saturday night gunfight in the city's West Bottoms warehouse district, authorities said.
authorities said.
The shooting occurred about 9:15 p.m. near a haunted house Halloween attraction, police representative Steve Young said. A witness said at least 20 to 30 shots were fired in a volley that lasted about two minutes.
that lasted about two minutes. Both male officers and the unidentified suspect were expected to survive their injuries. Young said.
One officer was upgraded to serious condition from critical late Saturday at Truman Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his
leg, a nursing supervisor said. The other officer was in serious condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center, a hospital representative said.
The suspect was shot in the ankle and remained at St. Luke's Hospital early yesterday, a representative there said. It was not immediately clear how the suspect, whom Young would not identify pending criminal charges, was shot.
While working as security guards, the officers saw two prowlers snooping around cars in the area packed with people. Young said.
The officers began to chase the suspects, a fight ensued, and the officers were shot. Young said.
Crop duster sprays two boats
The Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. — Emergency management officials took samples from a Mississippi River tugboat and a pleasure craft after a lowflying crop duster sprayed the boats with an unknown substance.
The crop duster, flying north, passed over the tugboat near Rosedale, Miss., around 3 p.m. Friday, spraying the substance, said Kent Buckley, director of the Bolivar County Emergency Management Agency.
It appeared the plane released the spray on purpose, he said, because it then circled around to spray the pleasure boat.
around to spray the substance was sodium chlorate, used to defoliate cotton crops. He said that sodium chlorate was like salt water and was not dangerous.
Matthew Tomek, a representative for the Bolivar County EMA, said officials thought the spraying was "just a scare."
praying was just a sort of It was unclear how many people were on
the tugboat and pleasure boat or if any of the crews had been on deck when the plane passed over, Buckley said.
The investigation has been turned over to federal investigators, and the FBI has been notified, said Amy Bissell, representative for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The Coast Guard has jurisdiction of the Mississippi River.
said.
"Apparently he was doing something he shouldn't have been doing," Buckley said.
"And with the things that have been going on lately, it really wasn't funny."
Officials do not know the identity of the plane and are looking for witnesses who may have seen an identifying tail number, Buckley said.
The tug boat was pushing 17 barges. They are grounded and quarantined, Bissell said.
Families sue maker of drug found in Columbine gunman
DENVER — Families of five Columbine High School shooting victims are suing the maker of an anti-depressant that one of the student gunmen was taking when he opened fire.
A therapeutic amount of the drug Luvox was found in Eric Harris' system after he died, the Jefferson County coroner's office has said.
Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc. makes the drug to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court claims Solvay failed to warn Harris' doctor about side effects.
soft said. Solvay's Web site warns that the drug may impair judgment, thinking or motor skills.
about side effects. "Such drugs caused Eric Harris to become manic and psychotic," the lawsuit said.
The plaintiffs are seeking damages in excess of $75,000 each.
Palestinians killed as Israeli tanks move to West Bank
JERUSALEM — Israeli tanks moved deeper into the West Bank yesterday, tightening their grip on biblical Bethlehem and five other towns in the widest operation against the Palestinians in years.
Three Palestinians were killed yester day.
The three-day-old assault, retaliation for the assassination of an Israeli Cabinet minister by a radical PLO faction, drew harsh international criticism and set off disagreements within Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government.
After Shimon in New York, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday that Israel does not intend to stay in the areas it entered, according to a representative for Israel's U.N. Mission.
"We do not want to overthrow the Palestinian Authority," the representative quoted Peres as saying.
Some members of the moderate Labor Party threatened to bolt the coalition — a move that could badly hobble the government — if the escalation continued.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A 23-year-old KU student reported damage to and a theft from a vehicle between 10 m. oct. 15 and 745 a.m. Tuesday in the 2100 block of Kasold Drive, Lawrence police said. Damage to the rear window tailgate glass was estimated at $300. The four chrome wheels and tires taken were estimated at $2,000.
at $1,000.
A 21-year-old KU student reported an aggravated burglary at 3:35 a.m.
Wednesday at a residence in the 1200 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. There was no sign of forced entry, and nothing was taken.
A 20-year-old KU student reported criminal damage to four tires between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 700 block of Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $200.
A 21-year-old KU student reported damage to a vehicle between 11:30 p.m. Oct. 7 and 7:30 a.m. Oct. 8 in the 2000 block of West 27th Street, Lawrence police said. Damage to the passenger door was estimated at $500.
A 21-year-old KU student was arrested Thursday for an out-of-county warrant from Ellis county, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said. He was released on $147.50 bond.
A 20-year-old KU student was arrested Thursday for failure to appear, the Duquesne County Sheriff's Office.
08qijagu c.1923 A 19-year-old KU student was trans-
ported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Thursday after feeling ill, Lawrence
police said.
A 24-year-old KU student reported the theft of a 1999 copper Chevy S-10 pickup truck between 11 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday in the 1300 block of Westbrooke Street, Lawrence police said. The truck and its contents were valued at $17,870.
A 22-year-old KU student reported a theft from a vehicle between 9 p.m.
Oct. 15 and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 1700 block of West 19th Street,
Lawrence police said. The values of a Visa card and an ATM card were unknown. A compact disc case and 12 CDs were valued at $130.
A 38-year-old KU student reported a theft between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 5:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 2400 block of West 24th Terrace, Lawrence police said. A bicycle, child's bicycle seat and child's bicycle helmet were valued at $160.
A 22-year-old KU student reported a theft between 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and 8:30 a.m. Thursday from the 1300 block of West 19th Terrace. An Indiana license plate was valued at $10.
ON CAMPUS
DAKS, the nontraditional students organization, will have a brown bag lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. today in the Burge Union. Contact Joan Winston at 864-7317.
Nichols League Leadership Lectures start at 4 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. The premier lecturer will be Kyle Craig, KU alumnus and creator of Finstein's Bagels.
The Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center will offer advising and enrollment information sessions today for new freshmen and transfer students in pre-business from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. in 3140 Wescoe; new freshmen and transfer students from 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union; new freshmen and transfer students in the honors program from 5:30 to 6:20 p.m. at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union; new freshmen and transfer students in pre-journalism from 2:30 to 3:20 p.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union; new freshmen and transfer students in the Mount Oread Scholars Program from 4 to 4:50 p.m. at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Contact Gloria Flores at 864-
2834.
The Tae Kwon Do Club will meet from 6:30 to 8 onight in 2017 Robinson Center. Contact Greg Isaac at 749-4649.
Latin American Solidarity will have a rice and beans dinner at 6:30 p.m. today in Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. The discussion topic is "Engender Rebellion: Women and Rebels in Cuba, Nicaragua and Chapas," featuring Lorrane Bayard DeVoile. Contact Rehekah麦戈尔Mo12-1985.
The Black Student Union will meet at 7:30 on the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Contact Mark Dueree at 864-3984.
Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform will present "Beatniks, Brought and Poetry" from 7-30 to 8 tonight on cable channel 19.
■ KU Green Party will meet at 8 tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Sarah Hokinson at 838-9063 or Dalyn Cook at 312-290.
KU Karate Kobudo Club will have practice from 8:30 to 10:30 tonight at ractheat court ball No. 15 in Robinson Center, Contact Hannah Reynolds at 312-3419.
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KU Cooperative Ministries
KU Hillel
(lewish)
www.ku.edu/~hillel
749-5397
Canterbury House
(Episcopal)
(Episcopal)
www.geocities.com/kuchristians/
cooperative.html
843-8202
Lutheran Campus Ministry
University Christian Fellowship
(Southern Baptist)
www.ukans.edu/~rcbsu/
841-3148
(ELCA)
www.geocities.com/kuchristians/
cooperative.html 843-4948
United Methodist Campus Ministry
falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~umcmku
841-8661
Ecumenical Christian Ministries
(Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, Quaker,
Church of Brethren)
www.ukans.edu/~ecmku
843-4933
843-4933
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