Tuesday
November 12, 2002
Vol. 113. Issue No. 57
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
Kansas men's basketball team hopes to polish its game tonight p. 10A
Veteran's Day honors heroes
By Nathan Dayani
ndayani@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
New military recruits face a challenge unique to their generation they have to prepare for combat by learning from leaders who lack combat experience, a retired Marine Corps officer told a group of recruits yesterday.
Maj. Gen. Clayton Comfort, a 1953 University of Kansas graduate, returned to his alma mater yesterday for the 48th annual Veteran's Day and spoke to an audience of about 130 U.S. military recruits at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The Arnold Air Society, a service organization for Air Force ROTC cadets, sponsored the speech and a 24-hour vigil at the Vietnam Memorial on campus.
Because most mentors of new recruits haven't been involved in a major war, new recruits should read up on war history and strategy. Comfort said.
"It's most likely that the men you encounter did not have much combat experience," he said.
Comfort said insightful leaders of the U.S. armed forces, such as Gen. George S. Patton and former president Harry Truman, made sound military decisions because they were well-read.
Ankur Rughani, Topeka sophomore and Army ROTC member, said Comfort's speech helped him understand the importance and implications of a career in the military.
"It gives you a chance to reflect," he said. "Events like these help you get the big picture."
Comfort ended his presentation by lighting a torch in homage to American war veterans. The torch then was taken to the vigil at the Vietnam Memorial on campus.
Patrick Godinez, Wichita senior and Air Force ROTC member, guarded the torch and said he
"I just hope that whether or not they agree with why these men were there, they should respect the fact that they fought to protect what we all have."
Patrick Godinez Wichita senior and Air Force ROTC member
hoped students would appreciate the sacrifices veterans had made fighting abroad.
"I just hope that whether or not they agree with why these men were there, they should respect the fact that they fought to protect what we all have," he said.
Godinez, a second-generation American, said he was respected the progress different races had made in the armed forces.
"It makes me very proud that immigrant families are ready to stand guard for the country," he said.
Veteran's Day traces its origins to Armistice Day, which ended World War I on Nov. 11, 1918. The war, which began in 1914, killed more than 8 million Europeans and more than 100,000 Americans, said Donald Stephenson, lecturer in history.
Stephenson said many historians considered that war to be the first modern war and a precursor to the intense, mechanical warfare that characterized World War II.
President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill in 1954 that proclaimed Nov. 11 to be Veteran's Day. Although the day moved to the fourth Monday of October in 1968, Congress in 1978 returned the observance to its traditional date.
Edited by Lauren Beatty
Second class midshipman Will Nuse, Fayette, Mo., junior, and midshipman Lieutenant Chris Benton, Topeka junior, stand guard over a flame to show respect for veterans. Two ROTC members were scheduled to watch over the light during hourly shifts from 6 p.m. yesterday until 6 a.m. today in honor of Veteran's Day.
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Student recovering from fall
By Michelle Burhenn mburhenn@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
A 19-year-old University of Kansas student who fell two stories from a room in McCollum Hall Sunday morning remained in fair condition yesterday, according to a hospital official.
Vanessa Buess, Wichita freshman and Jayhawker Towers resident, was taken by air ambulance after she fell from a friend's fifth-floor room to the roof of the second-floor lobby.
Brett Arnold, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, said all his friends except Buess had left around 7 a.m. when he left the room to go to the bathroom.
When he returned,he saw Buess sitting on his windowsill, Arnold said.
"As I walked over to approach her, she slipped down," he said. "Instead of catching the ledge outside the window, she fell two stories."
He said when he looked down at her, she seemed to be in a lot of pain.
"I asked her if she was OK, and she said she didn't know," he said. "Her full body was soaked in blood."
Arnold said girls who lived on the third floor climbed out of their window onto the roof to help Buess, then he went down to the roof to assist her.
Arnold said he had no doubt the correct decision was to move Buess, because she assured him that she had no head or neck injuries.
Arnold said he asked Buess how she felt, and she replied that she was in pain and wanted to get off the roof and back into the building.
"You could tell she was in a lot of pain, but I was just trying to figure out what was wrong with her and what was hurting her," he said.
Arnold said the ambulance arrived and took her to the Lied Center parking lot where she was then taken by air ambulance to the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Maj. Chris Keary of KU Public Safety Office said Arnold told police alcohol might have contributed to the accident.
- Edited by Ryan Malashock
Student officers try out new online enrollment
By Molly Gise mgise@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
A handful of University of Kansas students witnessed last week what administrators have been talking about for years—the arrival of online enrollment.
Academic Services is allowing students to see and test online enrollment in preparation for March enrollment.
Last week during their monthly meeting, members of the Student Governing Council at the University of Kansas Medical Center saw a demonstration of the PeopleSoft system.
which includes the online enrollment program.
Brendan Rice, student body co-president of the Student Governing Council, was one of the students who saw the demonstration. The Student Governing Council is a group of Med Center students similar to Student Senate.
The new system will end most of the problems that plagued the old enrollment method, Rice said.
"It will certainly eliminate the frustration and time associated with having to bounce from building to building and having to wait in line," he said.
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Matt Minard, Sunflower Outdoor & Bike shop employee, said a U-lock was the most effective way to prevent bicycle theft. The lock goes around both the wheel and frame of a bike.
Locks help keep bicycles safe
By Michelle Burhenn
mburhenn@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A cheap lock cost one KU student her $1,400 bike.
Jacqueline Kozisek, Stone Park, Ill. senior, lost her U-lock and resorted to using a simple combination lock last month — just in time for someone to walk off with her blue Raleigh mountain bike.
"I definitely have regrets about using that lock," she said. "It makes me sick to my stomach. The police officers said you can just take a paper clip to open one of those locks."
While Lawrence police Sgt. Mike Pattrick said more expensive locks were
usually better, he didn't recommend any particular type of lock.
"If you can invest your money in a high-dollar lock you'll be better off," he said.
Matt Minard, Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop employee and Lawrence senior, said that when he locked up his bike on campus every day, he saw a lot of cheap locks that were probably purchased at discount stores.
Minard said he recommended Ulocks, which cost from $30 to $65, for people who own expensive bikes or leave their bikes out overnight. To use the lock, the owner has to remove the tire to lock the entire frame to a bike rack.
Cable locks work well for people who
"The police officers said you can just take a paper clip to open one of those locks."
Jacqueline Kozisek Stone Park, Ill., senior
ride their bikes to and from class,
Minard said. Cable locks vary from $15
to $30.
"I've seen some locks up on campus that look easy to bust," Minard said. "I wouldn't recommend dropping less than $15 on a lock."
Both U-locks and cable locks come in a variety of thicknesses and lengths, he said.
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