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The Inside Front
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6,2002
News briefs
CAMPUS
Parking dept. to hold forum for students, staff and faculty
The University of Kansas Parking Commission will present a public hearing at 3 p.m. today in Alderson Auditorium.
The hearing is for students faculty and staff who want to voice their concerns about KU Parking policies, rules and fees. Participants can either send written comments to the board or voice concerns at the meeting. Written responses will be read at the hearing.
Kyle Ramsey
NATION
U.S. sends Haitians home rate of refugees increasing
MIAMI — The Coast Guard said yesterday it had stepped up sea and air patrols in response to an increase in the flow of illegal immigrants from Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
The increase was announced yesterday after 19 Haitians were sent back home. These 19 failed to get ashore when an overcrowded wooden freighter carrying more than 225 Haitians ran aground in Miami one week ago.
"We are preparing just in case better to be safe than sorry," said Luis Diaz, a Coast Guard spokesman in Miami. "We don't want to see more boats like that. The trip is extremely dangerous."
U. S. policy to repatriate all immigrants picked up at sea after brief ship board interviews by immigration officials.
The 19 immigrants turned over to Haitian officials yesterday had been held by the Coast Guard after being taken into custody on Oct.29.
City suspends police officers caught beating suspect
yesterday.
PHILADELPHIA - Thirteen police officers will be suspended for participating in the beating of a robbery suspect caught on videotape in July 2000, the city's police commissioner said
The suspensions range from five days to 15 days. Commissioner Sylvester Johnson declined to give the officers' names, saying not all had been told of the punishments for beating or shooting.
Police shot the suspect five times and yanked him from the cruiser as a news crew in a helicopter taped the arrest. Officers repeatedly kicked and punched the suspect, a scene replayed on television across the country.
The suspect is serving an 18- to 36-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to carjacking, robbery, aggravated assault and other charges during a 12-day crime spree that led to his arrest.
WORLD
Vatican questions gays serving in the priesthood
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said yesterday it is drafting new guidelines for accepting candidates for the priesthood. The guidelines will address the question of whether gays should be considered for the priesthood.
The Vatican's press office gave no indication what the conclusion may be despite news reports that the document will include directives against the admission of homosexuals.
Vatican congregations have been studying the issue for years, but the question has received more attention after the clerical sexual abuse scandal in the United States.
Experts on sex offenders say there is no credible evidence that homosexuals are more likely than heterosexuals to abuse children sexually, but some church leaders argue that gay clergy are to blame for the scandal.
The office said the Congregation for Catholic Education had begun drafting the document, but no publication date had been set. It will not be published until next year at the earliest.
A Vatican official said the question of admitting homosexuals and other issues will be discussed in a letter to seminaries.
The Associated Press
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News sources exercise caution in calling elections
NEW YORK — TV news opted to be safe, not sorry, in covering Tuesday's election.
The Associated Press
It was quite a change from past election nights, when networks scrambled to beat one another in projecting winners by even a matter of minutes.
Facing numerous tight races the networks pledged not to repeat the errors of two years ago in calling winners.
Then, Tuesday afternoon, they were left without expected exit poll data when Voter News Service withheld its analysis of voter attitudes as unreliable.
CNN waited for early ballot counts from both VNS and its own backup force.
Through the evening, correspondents took pains to explain the mission of VNS (an election-analysis consortium consisting of ABC, CBS, NBC CNN, Fox and the AP).
They tried to fill viewers in on what had gone awry.
CNN gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at its number-crunchers at their laptops.
Newseasters took turns preparing the audience for a long night, recommending a brief nap and a full pot of coffee. They warned of days or even weeks before some races would be settled.
Camera on KU
John Nowak/Kansan
Diane Mansfield, St. Louis, graduate student, waits outside Room 203 in Marvin Hall as paramedics tend to an unidentified KU student. The student was reportedly "not feeling well" and collapsed around 3 p.m. yesterday. A friend later took the student to the hospital.
ON THE RECORD
An 18-year-old KU student told the Lawrence Police Department that someone took $100 cash and a wrist watch, valued at $1,500, between 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday from her
room in Naismith Hall, according to reports.
A 21-year-old KU student told Lawrence police that someone took her red 1999 Honda Civic, valued at
$12,000, between midnight and 10 a.m.
Monday from the 1400 block of Chelsea
Place.
ON CAMPUS — For more events, go to kucalendar.com
Contact this Hotline at 1-844-252-3900
Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will host the discussion "My Lesbian Lover" at 7 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Contact Corrina Beck at 864-3552 or sdcsape@ku.edu.
Ecumenical Christian Ministeries will hold a University Forum from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. today at the ECM building, 1204 Oread Ave. Michele Eodice will speak about "What is Plagiarism?" Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
*Hashinger Hall Arts Council will present a Day Without (out) Art informational meeting at 8 tonight at the second floor in Hashinger Hall. Contact Allyson Flaster at alesun@ku.edu.
Et Cetera
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KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet from 7:30 to 9 tonight at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Samantha Nondorf at 218-3544.
Student Development Center will present the Nontrad Brown Bag Lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at Alcove D on Level 3 in the Kansas Union. Contact Laura Morgan at 864-4064 or nontrad@ku.edu.
host events for Nontrad Week from 11:30 to 2 p.m. today in the Kansas Union. Go to the information table from 9:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m.at the lobby in the Kansas Union for event locations and times. Contact the Student Development Center at 864- 4064.
Student Union Activities will present Open Mic Night from 7 to 9 tonight at the Hawks Nest on Level 1 in the Kansas Union. Two $50 prizes will be awarded for best performance. Contact the SUA at 864-7469.
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