2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
FRIDAY, AUG. 31, 2001
CORRECTIONS
A story about the city commission in Wednesday's Kansan needs clarification. The story stated that Hobart Jackson recommended a plaque be purchased in honor of Langston Hughes. Jackson actually supported the plaque but further recommended that a statue be erected.
A Web site was omitted from a story in Wednesday's Kansan. The Web site for the Lawrence residents writing a book about supernatural occurrences is www.kansasghosts.com.
CAMPUS
Mayor to speak at ECM forum
Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., will have a university forum Wednesday. The forum is about the City Commission, and Mayor Mike Rundle will be the guest.
The free event will be from noon to 1 p.m. A luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m.
and will cost $5. No reservations are required for the forum, but they are requested for the luncheon.
Thad Holcombe, campus pastor for ECM, said the organization had the forums every Wednesday and covered topics important to the University of Kansas and the Lawrence community.
Those interested can contact ECM at 843-4933.
Courtney Craigmile
Parade will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
The KU Hispanic Network and Hispanic American Leadership Organization are looking for volunteers to participate in a parade Saturday, Oct. 6, the day of the University's open house.
The parade celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, which starts Sept. 15 and ends Oct. 15. The parade will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Jayhawk Boulevard. The theme for the parade is Dia de los Muertos, which is a Mexican holiday.
The deadline for submitting an application for a parade entry is 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Those wanting to participate can contact Laura Razo at madoshe@ku.edu or Anna Ancil at aancil@ku.edu, or call 864-4540.
Ancil, administrative services manager for the KU Natural History Museum and parade co-chair, said the parade was a way to promote diversity on campus and celebrate Hispanic culture.
—J.R.Mendoza
Pool party to support community food kitchen
Delta Sigma Theta sorority and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity are sponsoring a pool party at 5 p.m. Sunday at Naismith Hall to benefit Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen.
Admission is $2 with a canned good and $3 without. Jehan Mohammed, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and Delta Sigma Theta member, said the sorority members volunteered at the kitchen regularly.
"We're a public-service sorority, and community service is very important. We want to give back to the community," Mohammed said.
-J.R. Mendoza
NATION&WORLD
East Timor citizens vote for first parliament
The Associated Press
The vote came months after 50 townpeople had been hacked or shot to death in a church, allegedly by the militias and their Indonesian military supporters, as part of their campaign to intimidate East Timor to vote to remain part of Indonesia in the U.N.-supervised referendum.
LIQUICA, East Timor — Two years ago, the sense of fear was palpable in this coastal town as voters huddled under the midday sun, waiting silently to cast their ballots. Nearby, drunken militiamen wearing red berets and black T-shirts glowered at the crowd.
Yesterday, during the Asian country's first free election, the difference in atmosphere could not have been greater. People laughed and joked with U.N. police and peacekeepers as they waited patiently to choose an 88-member assembly to draft the country's constitution.
The assembly is widely expected to adopt a presidential system, with elections for the new head of state expected by next April. The assembly will become the country's first parliament.
"This is a historic day for East Timor," Ana Flora, a 20-year-old student, said.
The vote for the assembly by East Timor's 425,000 eligible voters will set the province on the road to nationhood after three centuries of Portuguese colonial rule, 24 years of Indonesian military occupation and two years of transitional U.N. administration.
Polling stations reported no violence and only a few minor glitches in the voting procedures.
"I am very happy but not surprised to report that all is well, and the election is taking place in a calm and peaceful atmosphere," said U.N. chief electoral officer Carlos Valenzuela.
East Timor, which has a population of 738,000, lies 300 miles northwest of Australia in the string of islands that make up Indonesia.
The province was devastated and hundreds of people were killed in the runup and aftermath of the September 1999 ballot when Indonesian troops and their militia allies went on the rampage. The entire population of Liquica was driven out after results of the referendum were announced.
An Australian-led, multinational peacekeeping force arrived to restore order and oversee the Indonesian withdrawal. Since then, U.N. administrators have been in charge. The refugees gradually returned to rebuild their burned and sacked town.
Bush returns from vacation
The Associated Press
CRAWFORD, Texas — After 26 days away, President Bush and his wife returned to Washington yesterday to a fall season that began with their first state dinner and then quickly turned to the far less glamorous business of federal budgeting.
"Our batteries are charged," Bush told fellow Texans as he said a temporary goodbye and braced for battle with Congress about government spending. The Bushes arrived at the White House yesterday afternoon.
The president said he was looking forward to getting back to work "and ready to work with folks on both sides of the aisle" as the House and Senate scramble to pass 13 spending bills that Bush would agree to sign to keep the federal government running after the current fiscal year ended Sept. 30.
Bush outlined his priorities in a Wednesday speech to the American Legion: big increases in defense and education spending, protections for HMO patients and Medicare coverage for prescription drugs.
Democrats, pointing to new economic projection from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, said Bush couldn't pay for any of these promises without breaking one of his most central campaign promises — to not use Social Security reserves to cover general budget shortfalls.
The CBO said the shrinking budget surplus would force the government to tap $9 billion of the Social Security reserves this year and next.
In a preview of the rough ride Democrats planned to give him, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bemoaned to her constituents Wednesday "the hole that this tax cut has hung for us." Congressional Democratic leaders demanded to meet with Bush and have him explain how he planned to pay for everything without touching Social Security.
Bush said he would take his case directly to the public, with trips around the country beginning on Labor Day when he travels to Detroit and Green Bay, Wis.
Next Wednesday, he welcomes Mexican President Vicente Fox to the White House and the first state visit of this Bush presidency.
Bob Hope 'responding well' to pneumonia treatments
BURBANK, Calif. — Bob Hope, hospitalized with a mild case of bacterial pneumonia, is recovering well. But he won't be sent home until he can breathe easily without being given oxygen, his physician said.
"He's responding well to therapy," Lee Kagan said yesterday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, where the 98-year-old comedian was taken Sunday after he had trouble breathing at his Toluca Lake home.
"He was quite ill, but his condition has improved. We anticipate he'll be home in a few days," Kagan said.
Hope was diagnosed with "mild pneumonia." This is the first time he has had the illness. He was given oxygen and antibiotics, Kagan said.
Police suspect Hells Angels involved in meth lab fire
UKIAH, Calif. — Pilots Lars Stratte and Larry Groff had beaten fierer tussles the 270-acre blaze that they died fighting when their planes collided.
The arrest of the man accused of starting the fire seemed routine as well—until investigators found in the ashes remnants of a methaphetamine lab they suspect might have been part of a larger drug ring, possibly involving the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.
District Attorney Norm Vroman said Frank Brady, 50, told authorities he started the fire. What Mendocino County authorities want to know is whether it was just a campfire or something more.
"I want to look at his club," Vroman said. He added Brady was the vice president of the Mendocino County chapter of the Hells Angels.
Brady declined interview requests from The Associated Press.
Vatican urges nations to apologize for slavery
VATICAN CITY — Nearly a decade ago, Pope John Paul II went to Africa and asked forgiveness for Christians' role in slavery. Now the Vatican is urging nations that took part in the slave trade to consider apologizing, too.
The Vatican released a document Wednesday outlining its positions on some of the issues to be discussed this week at a U.N. conference on race, including whether there should be reparations for those whose ancestors were sold or born into slavery.
In taking up the cause, the Vatican joined Senegal, South Africa and others in supporting the search for a way to make amends.
A campaign driven by African activists is asking the conference to endorse proposals for an apology from nations that benefited from the slave trade.
ON CAMPUS
A show titled, "Let My Enemy Live Long!" featuring Tanya Shaffer will be tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Swartwhore Hall Recital. Shaffer will be telling the story of her journey up West Africa's Niger River to legendary Timbuktu. Call Murphy Hall Box Office at 864-3982 for more information.
ON THE RECORD
A discussion titled, "Challenges and Issues Involved in Researching and Creating Intercultural Performance" will be today from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. Panelists include Tanya Shaffer, Peter Ukpokodu, Tamara Falicov and Evan Winet. The event is free and open to the public. Call the department of theater and film at 864-3511 for more information.
ET CETERA
The Office of Student Financial Aid is awarding federal work-study funds for the 2001-02 academic year. Apply online at www.ku.edu/~ofas, visit the office at 50 Strong Hall or call 864-4700.
A 24-year-old KU employee reported theft and burglary from Watkins Scholarship Hall between noon Aug. 6 and noon Aug. 8, according to a KU Public Safety Office report. A stainless steel Swiss watch, garnet and rhinestone earrings were stolen. The stolen goods were valued at $355.
The Lawrence Chinese Evangelical Church is meeting tonight for fellowship at 7:30 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church at 3001 Lawrence Ave. Call Aegle Lim at 832-9439.
A West African drumming workshop will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in Murphy Hall at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre. Kori Anang, a Ghanian master drummer, will be the featured guest. The event is free and open to the public. No experience is required. Call the department of theater and film at 864-3511 for more information.
A 21-year-old KU student's car windshield was smashed between 2 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Tuesday in the 2300 block of Harvard Road, Lawrence police said. Damages were estimated at $800.
A 19-year-old KU student reported theft and burglary from Corinbat Hall between noon and 12:45 p.m. Tuesday. A bus pass and $20 were stolen. The stolen goods were valued at $100.
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