2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY,AUG.27,2001
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Unidentified man enters chancellor's residence
A male subject entered the residence of Chancellor Robert Hemenway without permission between 8 a.m. and 8:15
a. m Thursday, a KB Public Safety Office report stated.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway
Hemenway said the male subject wandered into the house under the influence of drugs. He said men working on the grounds saw the trespasser entering the side door of the residence and contacted the KU Public Safety Office.
"They caught up with him right away," Hemenway said.
Subsequently, he was taken for treatment. Hemenway said.
The KU Public Safety Office was unable at press time to locate the report identifying the male subject's age and relation to the University of Kansas.
Michelle Burhenn
NATION
Four draw winning tickets to latest Powerball jackpot
ROLLINSFORD, N.H. — The numbers are in and the $294.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot will be split four ways — whenever the winners decide to step forward.
Winning tickets for Saturday night's drawing were sold in New Hampshire, Delaware, Kentucky and Minnesota.
The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Des Moines, Iowa, were 8-17-22-42-47 plus the Powerball number of 21.
Each winning ticket is worth $73.7 million, or $2.9 million per year for 25 years if the winner or winners take the annuity. The cash option is good for $41.4 million. All of the figures are before taxes.
The jackpot for the game, played in 21 states and the District of Columbia, was the second-highest in Powerball history. A group of factory workers in Ohio split a $295.7 million prize in 1998.
The richest lottery prize in U.S. history was $363 million in the Big Game jackpot, won last year by two players in Illinois and Michigan.
The odds of winning the Powerball are one in 80 million.
Pills may eliminate need for diabetics' daily shots
CHICAGO — Purdue University scientist believes they've found a way to make insulin for diabetics available in pills instead of daily shots.
The breakthrough is a new acrylic-based, gel-like coating on the pills to improve the body's absorption of insulin.
Injection under the skin allow insulin to be absorbed slowly enough to control blood sugar levels. But efforts to control diabetes with insulin pills have failed because the body digests them much too quickly.
The new product, so far tested only in diabetic rats and dogs, "can potentially overcome these barriers," said researcher Nicholas Peppas, a professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at Purdue.
The material he developed with
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Aaliyah, eight others die in plane crash in Bahamas
NATIONAL NEWS
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — From the moment the 15-
year-old Aaliyah burst onto the scene in 1994
— an R&B singer whose sultry voice, striking good looks and sexy attitude belied her young age — it seemed as if everything she touched became a success.
Her debut album sold more than 1 million copies, she was nominated for a Grammy twice and even her foray into the movies yielded a surprise hit.
"I was trained since I was a little girl to be able to do it all," the 22-year-old artist said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
Her career had barely begun to peak when she was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas on Saturday.
Eight others on board also perished when the twin-engine Cessna they were traveling in went down shortly after it took off; Aaliyah had been filming a video for the next single off her album.
A statement released yesterday by the singer's publicist, PMK, said, "Aaliyah's family is devastated at the loss of their loving daughter and sister. Their hearts go out to those families who also lost their loved ones in this tragic accident."
She is survived by her mother, father and brother.
In 1999, she was nominated for a Grammy award for best female R&B performance for "Are You That Somebody;" she was nominated once again this year for "Try Again," the song from Romeo Must Die, her first shot at the movies.
The action film also starred jet Li and was a surprise hit at the box-office, making Aaliyah a much sought-after actress in Hollywood. She won a starring role in the film adaptation of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned, and also landed coveted roles in sequels to The Matrix.
Westport curfew to be enforced
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Minors under 18 hanging out in the Westport entairtainment district after midnight will be detained, police said.
Beginning Labor Day weekend, officers will enforce the city's 10-year-old curfew ordinance in the bar district.
The crackdown is the latest effort to address safety concerns caused by the large numbers of young people in the streets of Westport on summer Saturday nights and the lines of traffic they create.
Under the curfew ordinance, parents can be fined $500 for a second violation. Fines will not be given until next year, said Police Maj. Jan Zimmerman.
Jermaine Reed, 17, a senior at Northeast High School who has been a youth voice at
some task force meetings formed to address the issue, said he considered a curfew of about 2 a.m. more reasonable than midnight.
"Everybody just wants to look good and meet new people," Reed said, adding that police "should have enforced the curfew a long time ago. Now, it seems like they are waiting until after the fact."
Zimmerman said that one reason for the enforcement delay was that curfews presented a logistical nightmare for the police.
A bus intended for mass arrests will take minors to the police department's Central Patrol, where they will be held until their parents or guardians claim them. If parents can't be found until 4 a.m., police will take the youths to the Juvenile Justice Center. Zimmerman said he thought police could hold about 70 youths at a time.
ON THE RECORD
Three items were reported stolen between 2:30 a.m. Aug. 20 and 2:30 a.m. Aug. 21 from a Budig Hall restroom, according to a KU Public Safety Office report. The stolen goods were valued at $75.
A telephone was reported stolen between noon Aug. 3 and 10 a.m. Aug. 8 from the Art and Design Building, according to a KU Public Safety Office report. The item was valued at $100.
ON CAMPUS
Lawrence police responded to a 2:18 a.m. call Friday about a fire alarm at Naismith Hall, 1800 Naismith Drive, where officials from the Lawrence Fire and Medical Department were detaining two people who had pulled a false alarm, Lawrence Police said. No arrests were made, but Lawrence Police will file a report to the district attorney, who will decide whether the two will be charged.
The KU Green Party will meet at 8 tonight at the Regionalist Room on the fifth floor of the Kansas Union. Call Sarah Hoskinson at 838-9063 or Galen Turner at 838-3498.
The Lawrence Chinese Evangelical Church will have a Friday fellowship at 7:30 p.m. every Friday at Lawrence Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave. Call Agape Lim at 832-9439.
The Office of Student Financial Aid is awarding federal work-study funds for the 2001-2002 academic year. Apply online at wwwku.edu/~osfa, visit the office at 50 Strong Hall or call 864-4700.
The KU chapter of the Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform will sponsor "The Youth Culture Today," an interview with Billy Collette, director of L.I.N.K., from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight on cable channel 19. Call Leonard Magruden at 843-3737.
Tanya Shaffer will perform her one-woman show "Let My Enemy Live Long!" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Swarthout Recital Hall. The show tells the story of her experience as a White American woman traveling in Africa. For tickets, call the Murphy Hall box office at 864-3982.
The Department of Theater and Film will sponsor "Challenges and Issues Involved in Researching and Creating Intercultural Performance," from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. The panel discussion about diversity issues encountered while with people who are not "you" is free and open to the public. Call 864-3511.
The Department of Theater and Film is sponsoring a West African drumming workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall. Call 864-3511.
graduate student Aaron Foss would allow pills to survive the harsh digestive acids in the stomach, and let insulin seep into the bloodstream through the small intestine, the researchers said.
CONTINUED FROM PILLS
Their research was among reports on yesterday's agenda at the start of the American Chemical Society's five-day national meeting in Chicago.
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps convert foods including sugar into energy.
In diabetes, affecting about 16 million Americans, the body is unable to produce or properly use insulin, resulting in too much sugar in the blood.
Some diabetics must inject themselves daily with insulin to help regulate blood sugar levels, but the shots can be painful, inconvenient and costly.
While most diabetics who require insulin injections, alternatives include small insulin pumps, and research into inhaled insulin has shown promise. But some scientists say the most important research involves finding ways to avoid having to administer insulin.
Externally administered insulin can't completely keep fluctuating blood sugar levels under control, and diabetics are prone to a host of serious complications including eye, kidney and nerve damage.
"What we're doing now is imperfect because you can't match insulin to glucose levels," said Dr. Francine Kaufman, president-elect of the American Diabetes Association and a pediatric endocrinologist at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
She said a pill would be "an answer but it's not THE answer."
Study finds date-related abuse for both boys, girls
MINNEAPOLIS — One in 10 girls and nearly one in 20 boys reported being raped or physically abused on dates, a broad survey of high school students found.
Researchers analyzing a 1998 survey of Minnesota ninth- and 12th-graders also found that the victims of both genders were much more likely than non-abused young people to report emotional problems including suicidal thoughts and eating disorders, and to have lower emotional well-being and self-esteem.
And with about 6 percent of the boys and girls reporting some type of date-related violence by ninth grade, the study shows the need to begin preventive efforts before high school, said the lead author, psychologist Diann Ackard.
Ackard, who's in private practice in Golden Valley, planned to present her findings yesterday at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in San Francisco.
While previous studies had similar findings for girls, the work by Ackard and co-author Dianne Neumark-Sztainer of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health is unusual in examining the experiences of boys.
Ackard said the state-administered survey didn't ask about the boys' dates.
"So we don't know if it's boys dating boys, boys dating men, or girls being more forceful," she said.
-The Associated Press
Their study also is significant for the large size of its sample - 81,247 kids.
The Minnesota group isn't perfectly representative of the United States in all its diversity, but the sample is big enough to allow for some generalizations for similar populations, Ackard said in an interview. She said previous studies she knew of had samples of between 2,000 and 5,000.
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