2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWSINBRIEF
WEDNESDAY,OCT.10,2001
CAMPUS
BSU chooses queen, princess for homecoming parade
The Black Student Union picked its homecoming royalty at its meeting yesterday.
Anniesha Scott, Junction City freshman, was chosen as BSU homecoming queen and Brandy Griffin, Grandview. Mo., freshman, was chosen as homecoming princess.
Shanika McPhaull, BSU student senator and Omaha,Neb.,senior,said the candidates had to write an essay on why they wanted to be queen,raise money and answer questions from members at the meeting. The executive board then decided who should be queen and princess,McPhaull said.
Griffin said she ran for queen to present to people what BSU stood for. The royalty will participate in the homecoming parade at 2:30 p.m.Friday.
— J. R. Mendoza
Corporate representatives available to students
Students looking for a job will have the chance to meet representatives from different corporations today.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs is sponsoring Corporate Career Connections from 6 to 8 tonight at the Sunflower and Pioneer rooms in the Burge Union.
Tony Daniels, interim assistant director of the office, said corporate representatives would give information about their organizations and talk to students about leadership and employment offices. He said the event was primarily geared toward minorities but was open to everyone.
Students need to bring their resumes and dress in business casual attire.
Retreshments sponsored by Phillip Morris will be available. Representatives from about 15 companies such as Hallmark and Sprint will attend, Daniels said.
J. R.Mendoza
STATE
Graves weighs tax hike, gambling to help budget
TOPEKA — Gov. Bill Graves is considering proposals to increase taxes and allow more gambling as he and his staff deal with budget problems that have become more severe since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Graves told reporters yesterday he was looking at proposals for raising money for government programs. He acknowledged that he and legislators might have to break some of the biggest political promises they made if they can't agree on raising new revenue.
the governor's Budget Division had assumed the state would see its tax collections increase between $100 million and $130 million during the state's 2003 fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2002. The division has compiled a list of commitments under federal and state law that could require more than $200 million in new spending.
Since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Graves and his staff haven't been sure how much extra revenue the state will collect in fiscal 2003 — if any.
NATION&WORLD
Crews say passengers are essential to airline safety
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Airline crews said yesterday that after the terrorist attacks, they were counting on passengers to help protect them the way they did when they tackled a deranged man who broke into a cockpit this week.
week:
"We used to have a saying at the Air Force that security is everybody's business," said Herb Hunter, a United pilot and spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Association. "That could never be more true than it is right now."
Airline security has been a top concern since the suicide hijackings Sept. 11. Airports and airlines have increased security measures, but there were some tense moments Monday aboard an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Chicago.
Passengers said Edward Coburn, 31, of Fresno, Calif., ran to the cockpit and knocked open the door while screaming that the plane was going to hit the Sears Tower. He was restrained by a gang of passengers and two pilots, and the plane with 162 people aboard landed safely. Coburn was jailed on charges of interfering with a flight crew.
"Iloved what I saw," said JoAnn Rockman of Flosmoor, Ill., who watched her fellow passengers subdue Coburn. "The stewardess yelled, 'Get that guy!' and half the plane got up."
Passengers at first thought Coburn might be a terrorist. His father later told authorities that his son had failed to take his medication for his mental illness. There were no sky marshals on the flight.
New state of matter discovered
The Associated Press
Three U.S.-based researchers won the Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for creating a new state of matter — a kind of super-cold gas that could help scientists build tinier electronics, faster computers and ultra-precise clocks and measuring instruments.
The $943,000 award will be shared by Americans Eric A. Cornell, 39, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo.; Carl E. Wieman, 50, of the University of Colorado in Boulder; and a German, Wolfgang Ketterle, 43, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 1995, the Colorado researchers and Ketterle made gases so cold that multiple atoms began to behave as one, or "sing in
unison," as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences put it.
The atoms formed what scientists call a Bose-Einstein condensate, a state of matter different from solids, liquids or gases. The existence of such a state of matter was first theorized by Albert Einstein.
Ketterle, who worked independently of the others, also showed that the condensates could be made to give off pulses of matter a primitive sort of atom laser that emits matter instead of light.
Scientists said the condensates and atom lasers could lead to smaller and faster electronic circuits laid down by tiny beams of atoms.
Marine's family likely to receive $1 million-plus after plane crash
NATION
FORT WORTH, Texas — The manufacturers of the Osprey have agreed to pay more than $1 million to the family of a Marine killed in one of two deadly crashes of the aircraft, the family's lawyer said.
Robert Parks, attorney for the family of Lt. Col. Keith Sweaney, said he had been preparing a lawsuit against Boeing Co. and Bell Helicopter Texton, which make the $43 million Osprey. He said they agreed to pay "substantially more" than $1 million after a mediation session last month in Washington.
Fort Worth-based Bell and Seattle-based Boeing declined to comment beyond confirming the settlement.
"There is a confidentiality clause, and we're abiding by it," Bell spokesman Bob Leder said.
Sweeney, 42, was among four Marines killed in December when their Osprey crashed and burned in the woods near Jack sonville, N.C., on the way back from a training flight.
WORLD
Biotech foods deemed safer than conventional crops
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Contradicting the prevailing sentiment in Europe against biotech crops, a report yesterday from the European Union's head office suggested they may even be safer than regular foods.
The biosafety report summarizes 81 research projects financed by the EU during the last 15 years, at a cost of $64 million, on genetically modified crops and products made from them.
The research has not found "any new risks to human health or the environment, beyond the usual uncertainties of conventional plant breeding," said the European Commission, the EU's executive branch.
"Indeed, the use of more precise technology and the greater regulatory scrutiny probably make them even safer than conventional plants and foods."
No unforeseen environmental effects have shown up, but even if they do, "these should be rapidly detected by existing monitoring systems," the commission added.
ON THE RECORD
ON CAMPUS
A Capital Electric Construction Company employee reported theft and burglary from Chamney Barn between 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and 6:55 p.m. Oct. 2, the KU Public Safety Office said. Tools and a Honda generator were stolen from three employees' vehicles. The stolen items were valued at $1,475.
A Phillip Excavating and Construction employee reported criminal damage to property at Ellsworth Hall between 5:30 p.m. Oct. 4 and 8 a.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The front upper window of a construction vehicle was broken. The damage was valued at $800.
A Phillips Excavating and Construction employee reported criminal damage to property at Ellsworth Hall between 5:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and 8 a.m. Oct. 3, the KU Public Safety Office said. The front lower window of a construction vehicle was broken. The damage was valued at $500.
Student Alumni Association (SAA) will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Adams Alumni Center. Contact Jen Mueller at 864-4760.
University Career and Employment Services will have a workshop to help students with their resumes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the 4th floor lobby in the Kennett Square Contact Burt Lynn at 884-5672
Ecumenical Christian Ministries (ECM) will play host to a University forum from noon to 1 p.m. today in the ECM building, 124D Oread, one block north of the Kansas Union. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4833.
Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will meet at 7 tonight in 100 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Contact Kara Ryckman at kryckman@ku.edu.
Icthus will meet at 8 tonight at the Big 12 room in the Kansas Union. Contact Marietta Liebengood at 979-1353
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 Ateshi Shellove at 749-3934.
The Taekw Town club will meet from 6:30 to 8 tonight in 207 Robinson. Contact Greg Isaac at 749-4649.
KU Diabetes Organization (KUDO) will meet at 7 tonight at Mr. Gatti's restaurant, 3514 Clinton Parkway. Contact Catherine Teel at 312-9285.
Naval ROTC will have a Navy birthday celebration at 4:50 p.m. today at the lounge in the Military Science Building. Contact Dena Bowl at 864-3161.
There will be Wednesday night worship at 9 tonight in the Danforth Chapel. Contact Casey at 312-1080.
Board of Class Officers (BOCO) will have elections for freshman class officers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and tomorrow in front of Strong Hall. Freshmen voters must bring their KUID. Contact Jeremy Brooks at 841-6977.
University Career and Employment Services will have a workshop to help students with their resumes from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today in 149 Burge Union. Contact Ann Hartlev at 864-3624.
Freshmen-Sophomore Advising Center will have an informational advising session today for; new freshmen and transfer students in prenursing from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. at 3140 Wescow; new freshmen and transfer students in pre-allied health from 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union; new freshmen and transfer students in the Mount Dread Scholar's Program from 5:30 to 6:20 p.m. at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union; new freshmen and transfer students in all majors from 7 to 8 tonight at the lobby in McColum Residence Hall; new freshmen and transfer students in all majors from 7 to 8 tonight at the lobby in Corbin Residence Hall. Contact Gloria Flores at 864-2834.
The Office of Student Financial Aid is awarding federal work-study money for the 2001-2002 academic year. Stop by the OSFA from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in 50 Strong Hall, apply on-line at www.ku.edu/~osfa or contact Stephanie Covington at 884-5492.
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