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The Inside Front
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2002
News briefs
CAMPUS
Students to discuss conflict between Israel and Palestine
The Ecumenical Christian Ministries will host a forum about the conflict between Palestine and Israel at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday at its center, 1204 Oread Ave.
Robert Rowland, professor and chairman of communication studies, will speak at the event. He wrote a soon-to-be-published book on the study of rhetoric about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Thad Holcombe, campus pastor for ECM, said the topic was important because the conflict in the Middle East was not going away.
"What happens there will have small effects on us here," Holcombe said. "There has to be an alternative to war and this forum will discuss how that can be resolved."
The University Forum, held every Wednesday during the school year, allows students and residents to discuss issues that may affect Lawrence.
"This is an opportunity for the University to become more informed and to gain some kind of perspective," Holcombe said. "Once you gain perspective, you can begin to make sense of a topic that may appear senseless."
The University Forum is free and open to students and residents.
—Vonna Keomanyvong
KU Endowment beats record member resigns as chairman
The Kansas University Endowment Association announced Friday that its support this past year was at a record level $68.9 million in the fiscal year from July 1,2001 to June 30,2002. That marked an increase of six percent from the previous record of $65.1 million in 2000.
Dolph C. Simons, Jr. also announced his resignation on Friday as chairman of the board of trustees of the Endowment Association. Simons spent eight years as chairman and will remain a member of the board and its executive committee.
Frank J. Becker was elected as Simons' successor and will assume
responsibilities immediately. Duties of the chairman include reviewing reports on fundraising and asset management and serving on committees that provide advice and recommendations for Endowment Association programs and activities.
Board of Regents limit credit card solicitation
The Kansas Board of Regents voted Thursday to ban credit card solicitations on campus for at least the first two weeks and last week of a semester
The policy change also requires that information on the responsible use of credit be provided to students along with any material soliciting credit card applications.
In August, University of Kansas officials, awaiting the Regents' decision, passed a policy prohibiting on-campus distribution of gifts or materials that encouraged credit card applications and credit card applications between Aug.15 and Sept. 5.
Kansan staff reports
WORLD South Korea asks North to end weapons program
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea appealed to North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons program during talks in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang yesterday.
During talks with visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly in Pyongyang Oct. 3 through 5, North Korean officials admitted to having a uranium-enriching program to make weapons.
Kelly was in Japan yesterday to talk with Japanese leaders about North Korea's nuclear program. He was expected to discuss temporarily freezing construction on the nuclear reactors under construction in North Korea. A 1994 agreement had promised North Korea reactors and a supply of fuel in exchange for abandoning its suspected nuclear weapons program.
North Korean officials told Kelly they considered the 1994 agreement invalid because the reactors were not expected to be finished by 2003 as promised.
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Block of Blue Cross Blue Shield sale aids Sebelius campaign
The Associated Press
BENNINGTON — At 53, John Ellis sports a ponytail, plays bass guitar and acknowledges that his politics lean toward the liberal side, though he may sometimes vote Republican in local elections.
Ellis declared he'd probably vote for Democrat Kathleen Sebelius in the governor's race.
He liked Sebelius' decision in February as insurance commissioner to block the proposed sale of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, the state's largest health insurance company, to Anthem Insurance Companies Inc., of Indianapolis, which has about 10 million policy holders in nine states.
The companies have criticized Sebelius and said she was blocking a proposal designed to keep Blue Cross
financially healthy. In June, a Shawnee County judge declared that Sebelius had no valid legal reason to block the sale, saying she based it on "mere speculation."
But Sebelius has made her ruling an important part of her campaign for governor, arguing that it shows she has the courage to stand up to powerful special interests.
"She's putting up a good fight on that," Ellis said. "That's getting down to the common man."
Sebelius has mentioned the decision repeatedly while campaigning against Republican nominee Tim Shallenburger and in her television advertising.
"I think it's playing very well," said Democratic State Chairman Tom Sawyer. "It definitely picks her up votes."
Blue Cross actively sought the sale, arguing its long-term survival depended on new markets and greater access to capital.
Blue Cross has 45 percent of the Kansas health insurance market, with 172,000 group and individual policies covering 400,000 people. Another 315,000 people work for employers who self-insure but have their plans administered by the Blues.
Sebelius concluded that premiums for people insured by Blue Cross would have increased too much if it were purchased by Anthem.
But District Judge Terry Bullock said Sebelius' reasons weren't good enough under Kansas law.
She appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court, which isn't likely to rule until after she leaves the commissioner's office in January.
ON CAMPUS — For more events, go to kucalendar.com
Hall Center for the Humanities will present the gender seminar "Textual Uncertainties: The Legacy of Women Entrepreneurs in 18th-Century Barcelona" at 3:30 p.m. today at the conference room in the Hall Center.
Contact the center at 864-4798.
Et Cetera
KU Marketing Club will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Aaron Mesmer at 856-0839.
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ment Services will present the workshop "Job Opportunities at KU" from 3 to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Room 149 in the Burge Union. Contact Ann Hartley at 864-7674.
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