2A • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWSINBRIEF
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 11, 2001
CORRECTION
A story in yesterday's Kansan contained an error. The St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center is planning to build a new parking garage at 15th Street and Engel Road, not Crescent and Engel roads.
CAMPUS
'The Source' to bring concert, fashion show to University
Student Union Activities and The Source magazine are bringing The Source Fashion Nation Tour to the University of Kansas from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Kansas Union.
The Union will be a "Hip-Hop Street Gallery." Students can participate in a Fashion Nation model search, meet recording artists, enter contests and hear new music from Loud Records, said Traci Pillard, live-music coordinator for SUA. Students also will be able to check out the latest fashions presented in a fashion show.
At 7 p.m., students can attend a concert featuring Krazie Bone from Bone Thugs N' Harmony, Jo Jo Pellegrino and Horn, Pillard said. The concert is at the Ballroom in the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 with a KUID and $3 without it. They can be purchased at the SUA box office on the fourth floor of the Union or at the door.
Call SUA at 864-7469 for more information.
Priscilla's store missing $300 worth of women's clothing
Priscilla's, 1206 W. 23rd St., reported the theft of merchandise valued at $300 between 2:15 and 2:30 p.m. Friday, according to a Lawrence Police report.
Police suspect two females removed the 12 items of women's clothing, Sgt. Mike Pattrick said. An employee working at Priscilla's noticed the empty hang ers and security tags on the clothing racks. The store uses surveillance cameras.
Police are continuing their investigation, Patrick said.
Management at Priscilla's declined to comment yesterday.
Identification pending of man hit, killed by Amtrack train
The Douglas County Sheriff Department is still awaiting fingerprint data to positively identify a man who was hit and killed by an Amtrak train Sunday, said Douglas County Sheriff Rick Trapp
Trapp said the department was fairly certain about the man's identity using items found at the scene, but it was awaiting fingerprint data for official identification. A county coroner began the autopsy Sunday.
Ninety-three passengers were on the train, traveling from the Kansas City area to Los Angeles, Trapp said.
The train's crew was unaware someone was on the tracks, and the train was unable to stop in time. It made an emergency stop after the accident, Trapp said, and the train's conductor called the Sheriff Department at the train engineer's request.
The accident was on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks, about three-fourths of a mile west of Noria Road and south of North 1500 Road, he said.
No one else was in the area at the time of the accident, Trapp said, but the department was interviewing friends and family of the victim.
— Courtney Craigmile
NATION&WORLD
Mideast leaders to discuss possible truce agreement
The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Israelis and Palestinians said they were willing to conduct high-level truce talks today but remained at odds about where the meetings should take place.
Even if Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat settle the disagreement about the venue — Egypt or the Erez crossing near the Gaza Strip there is little expectation they will produce a cease-fire.
Previous U.S.-led truce efforts have failed to stop nearly a year of fighting, and the Palestinians suspect Peres has only a limited mandate. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains distrustful of Arafat's intentions.
A senior Israeli defense official said he expected the fighting to persist, and he saw no signs Arafat has changed what Israel considers the Palestinian leader's strategy—
Late yesterday, Israeli tanks, infantry and heavy earth-moving equipment massed in Israel across from the West Bank town of Jenin, witnesses said. Palestinian security officials said Israeli tanks were converging on the town, at the northern edge of the West Bank, from four directions. The Israeli military refused to comment.
trying to extract concessions through violence.
U. S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that he was trying to help renew Israeli-Palestinian security talks and that he had spoken with Peres by telephone three times in recent days.
Peres said yesterday that his talks with Arafat would be "the beginning of a very difficult chapter.
In all, Peres and Arafat are planning at least three meetings, including one in New York.
China to negotiate with WTO
GENEVA — China's admission to the World Trade Organization would be one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the global trading system. That's the main reason it has taken Beijing 15 years to reach the threshold.
The Associated Press
Negotiators said they hoped the 142 countries that belong to the body that sets rules on international trade would finally give the green light to China, the world's most populous country.
That would open the way for China to be formally approved at a meeting of WTO trade ministers in November in Qatar, and to become a full member early next year.
Most nations will be pleased to see China in the WTO, where it will be subject to the same rules as all its major trading partners, but others may lose out in the struggle to be competitive, experts say.
Worst-hit will be Southeast Asian countries that produce similar goods, such as Thailand and Malaysia. Some are suffering already because China has started opening up its own market and begun adapting to competition.
Two outstanding issues are likely to be resolved before the formal meeting on Thursday: the terms of an agreement between China and Mexico and a dispute between the United States and the European Union about access to the Chinese insurance market.
Chinese negotiators began arriving yesterday in Geneva, where WTO members are meeting today through Thursday.
It has been 15 years since China first applied to join the WTO.
Man suspected in 5 murders commits suicide after chase
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former security guard wanted in the slayings of five people shot himself to death during a furious gun battle with police yesterday, leaving a video suicide note boasting that he had "put on a hell of a show."
Ferguson, 20, committed suicide in a stolen car shortly after midnight following a freenied, 40-minute chase through suburban Rancho Cordova. The shootout left a bystander critically injured and a highway Patrol officer wounded.
Authorities said Ferguson began killing people Saturday night because he was upset about getting suspended from his supervisor's job at Burns Security a week earlier. He was suspended after his ex-girlfriend, Burns guard Nina Susu, said he vandalized her car after the breakup.
She and another former co-worker were the first to die,shot as they worked at a city maintenance yard.
After disappearing all day Sunday, Ferguson was spotted by a highway patrolman at 11:30 p.m. During the chase, Ferguson fired off more than 200 rounds at the pursuing officers before smashing his car into a light pole.
When police approached, they found he had shot himself, McGinniss said.
Two college students arrested after friend takes lethal dose
CHICO, Calif. — Two college students have been arrested in the death of a 22-year-old woman who police say died after combining alcohol and the drug GHB.
The students allegedly supplied the drug to Soraya Ali-Omar, who was found dead in her bedroom Saturday, said Sgt. Dave Barrow. Christopher Law, 21, a student at California State University, Chico, and Adam Orr, 24, a student at nearby Butte College, face charges of involuntary manslaughter, police said. Both were jailed pending arraignment.
Ali-Omar and some friends were seen at several bars Friday night, then went to Orr's house, where they took GHB, Barrow said.
Gamma hydroxybutrate, or GHB, is a drug with effects that users say are similar to liquor without the hangover.
— The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A21-year-old KU student was arrested Friday morning on charges of domestic battery, according to a Lawrence police report. Police responded to a call at Meadowbrook apartments, 15th Street and Crestlin Drive, said Sgt. Mike Pattrick. The police found two men had been fighting, and one man had jaw injuries. An ambulance was called, but treatment was refused. Both men were arrested and released Friday morning.
was parked in a north parking lot in the 3600 block of Clinton Parkway. Three windows were damaged. Damage was estimated at $800.
A 20-year-old KU student was arrested shortly after midnight Thursday on charges of minor in possession of alcohol, having an open container and interference with police duties; according to a Lawrence police report. Police saw the student walking across the 1200 block of Kentucky Street with an open container. He ran from police and was apprehended in the west alley in the 1100 block of Kentucky Street.
A 22-year-old KU student reported the theft of two bicycles in the 2300 block of Harvard Road between midnight and 11 p.m. Sept. 2, according to a Lawrence police report. The bicycles, valued at $600 and $350 each, were taken from an unsecured garage.
A 21-year-old KU student reported damage to her car windows between 8 p.m. Friday and 10:15 a.m. Saturday, according to a Lawrence police report. The 1997 red, four-door Nissan Pathfinder
A KU employee reported possession of marijuana and paraphernalia in Lewis Hall between 1:22 and 1:29 a.m. Sept. 1, according to a KU Public Safety Office report. A group of marijuana, Zig-Zag rolled papers and a flying disc were found.
A KU employee reported a theft from Wescoe Hall between 11 and 11:05 a.m. Thursday, according to a KU Public Safety Office report. A drill was stolen, valued at $219.
A 32-year-old student reported a theft from Budig Hall between 3 and 3:20 p.m. Thursday, according to a KU Public Safety Office report. A brown knit bag, purse, money belt, $2,000, KUID, two credit cards, social security card and passport were stolen. Total
value is unknown
A KU staff member reported a theft from the Kansas Union between 10 and 10.07 a.m. Friday, according to a KU Public Safety Office report.
A purse, driver's license, credit card, insurance card, phone card, keys and $80 were stolen. The items were valued at $153
A 20-year-old KU student reported disorderly conduct in Jayhawker Towers from 4:50 to 5 p.m. Friday, according to a KU Public Safety Office report.
A KU staff member reported criminal damage to her vehicle in the Sunnyside parking lot between 9:50 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday, according to a KU Public Safety Office report. The rear window valued at $250 was shattered.
A KU Athletics staff member reported a KU Public Safety Office barricade stolen between 4:53 and 4:58 p.m. Saturday. The barricade is valued at $83.65.
Two KU Public Safety Office staff members reported phone harassment in Carruth-O'Leary between 9:30 and 9:48 a.m. Saturday, according to a KU Public Safety Office report.
ON CAMPUS
Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO) will hold its weekly meeting at 6 p.m. tonight at the Partors ABC in the Kansas Union. Contact Michael Luna at 760-4852 or Sarah Zaragoza at 312-2134
Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) will meet at 6 p.m. today at 2023 Haworth Hall. Contact Linda Vo at kuvsu@kuu.edu.
The Center for Community Outreach (CCO) will sponsor a Students Tutoring for Literacy informational meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. The meeting is for people interested in volunteering with the program. Contact Teresa Schreffler at 841-7354.
KU Men's and Women's Ultimate Frisbee Clubs will meet at 4:30 p.m. today at the Shenk Sports Complex at 23rd and lowe streets. Contact Clay or Tony at 843-7099 or at clayed@ku.edu.
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