TUESDAY DECEMBER 2002
2A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Inside Front
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2002
News briefs
CORRECTION
The story, "Among the Artifacts," which ran November 25, incorrectly stated that six people at the Museum of Anthropology had lost their jobs, and in a related sidebar said that six faculty positions had been eliminated. These statements are incorrect. None of the laid-off staff were faculty members. Five people lost their museum jobs, while one vacant position was eliminated.
CAMPUS
Hospital starts book drive for terminally ill children
The Center for Community Outreach has started a book drive for children staying at Lawrence Memorial Hospital who are diagnosed with terminal or long-term illnesses.
Claire Zeigler, coordinator for the book drive, said the center wanted to collect 150 or more books by Friday and give them to children at the pediatric unit of the hospital before most of them would leave to stay with their families during the holiday season. She said excess books would be donated to other community and children's groups during the holiday season.
Zeigler said the center especially needed younger children's books but would accept any book that a child up to 15-years-old could read.
The center's office on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union will accept donations of children's books or $10 donations to purchase books. For more information, call 864-4073.
Nathan Dayani
STATE
Reports of hit-and-runs rise in Kansas by 7,500 last year
WICHITA — It was bad enough that a woman crashed her car into the side of Lester Clear's new Saturn.
"She walked up to my window," he said. "And then she took off."
Her departure made Clear part of a growing number of Kansans who have
become victims of hit-and-run drivers.
Last year, nearly 7,500 drivers involved in serious wrecks in Kansas left the accident scene without making a police report. The Wichita Eagle reported yesterday. Between 1990 and 2001, hit-and-run accidents in Kansas increased by 81 percent. The total number of accidents rose just 25 per cent during that time.
Nearly 1 in 10 accidents reported to the Kansas Department of Transportation last year were classified as hit and runs.
Law enforcement officials said they weren't surprised that the numbers were rising. They attribute the trend to tougher penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without insurance and driving with a suspended license.
"If you get caught driving with a suspended license here, you go to jail," said Wichita police officer David Wertz, who investigates hit-and-run accidents.
Attacks erase equipment of special interest in Iraq
WORLD
BAGHDAD, Iraq — It was combed over by inspectors, then blasted for days by U.S. air attack. But four years later the Karama ballistic design plant is still a focus of world concern, a place where new U.N. inspectors yesterday conducted their longest search yet, looking for signs of outlawed Iraqi missiles.
After six hours in the well-guarded Baghdad compound, they departed, and the plant's deputy director said all went well.
The inspectors, as usual, had no immediate comment for waiting journalists. But a U.N. report later yesterday said some equipment of interest at Karama was missing. The Iraqis said some of the missing equipment had been destroyed in U.S. air attacks and some had been transferred.
"They didn't find anything," Brig. Mohammed Salah said.
It was the fifth day of renewed arms inspections.
The Associated Press
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Suspects cleared in Martin case
Luis Alberto Castro, 38, was released after a judge cleared charges against him. Castro is required to report to authorities regularly and is prohibited from leaving Costa Rica. Rafael Zum-
Two suspects were cleared of murder charges Friday in the May 2001 killing of KU student Shannon Martin in Golifo, Costa Rica.
budo, 50, was cleared of murder charges but is still in custody on drug-smuggling charges.
Katia Vanesa Cruz Murillo is still in custody. She led investigators to the two men after she was arrested in connection with Martin's murder.
Martin was in Costa Rica finishing an undergraduate research project when
sue was stabbed to death on the night of May 13, 2001. Her mother, Jeanette Stauffer, has visited Costa Rica to meet with investigators and has criticized the FBI for not taking an active role in the investigation. Stauffer was not available for comment yesterday.
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Paul Smith, Virginia Beach, Va., junior, plays a game of Magic: The Gathering with Jeff Herman, Littleton, Colo., freshman, on their floor in Lewis Hall. Smith said he has been playing the game for nine years, while Herman has known the ropes for two weeks. The two pull out their decks of cards five to six times a week, according to Smith.
ON CAMPUS — For more events, go to kucalendar.com
Association for Women Geoscientists will have the AWG Brown Bag Lunch with Dr. Mryka Hall-Beyer today at noon at Room 312 in Lindley Hall. Contact Lisa Stockli at 864-2725.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold the Faith Forum: a Liberal Take on Christianity, from 8:30 to 9:30 tonight at the ECM building, 1204 Dread Ave. Contact Thad Holcomb at 843-4933.
Hispanic American Leadership Organization will have elections for the 2003-2004 executive board at 6 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Contact Melanie Weiser at 218-7713.
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KU Environics will meet at 8:30 tonight at Alcove D on the 3rd Floor in the Kansas Union. Contact Sam Lane at 812-2512
KU Karate Kabudo Club will practice at 7:30 tonight in the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center. Contact Hannah Reynolds at 812-3422.
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KU KI Aikido Club will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at Room 201 in Robinson Center. Contact Jason Ziegler at 843-4732
Rock Chalk Bridge Club will meet at 3 today at the Lobby in the Kansas University Contact Drew Brennanaman at 550-9001 or
Student Union Activities will have an Arts and Crafts Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the lobby in the Kansas Union. Contact the SUA at 884-4769.
Student Union Activities will have the final committee meetings of the semester at 5, 6, and 7 tonight in the Kansas Union. Contact the SUA for committee rooms and times at 864-4769.
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 tonight in the Ecumenical Chrisban Ministries building. Contact Rick Clock at 841-3148.
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