2A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Inside Front
FRIDAY,OCTOBER4,2002
News briefs
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
An article in yesterday's Kansan contained an error. The article, "Campus recycling on the rise; new, convenient bins helped," incorrectly stated recycling increased this semester from 340 tons of matter being recycled to 389 tons. The tonnage increased from 2000 to 2001, not over semester.
CAMPUS
Two organizations promote Multicultural Resource
Center
The Hispanic American Leadership Organization joined forces yesterday with Student Senate to promote the Multicultural Resource Center.
Organization members spoke at Wescoe Beach to students about the center and what it offers to the campus They encouraged students to ask questions about diversity and to sign a banner that read, "We support the Multicultural Resource Center."
The MRC was a welcoming place to Melinda Benavidez, Topeka freshman, when she came to the University this year.
"It was my home away from home," said Benavidez, the Hispanic American Leadership Organization's public relations chairwoman.
Minority enrollment at KU increased by 12 percent this year, according to 20th-day figures released last week. This report indicates a greater need for a new MRC, said Jose Interiano, Wichita sophomore and group president.
"It just gives us more of reason to fight for it," Interiano said.
— Molly Gise
NATION
Nuclear plant acid leak most extensive in U.S.
TOLEDO, Ohio — The government said yesterday it had found 10 violations at a nuclear plant where an acid
leak nearly ate through a 6-inch-thick steel reactor cap.
The plant's operator, FirstEnergy Corp., failed to take action to correct safety concerns and violated rules for operating the reactor, the report said.
The boric acid leak at the Davis-Besse plant was the most extensive corrosion ever found on a U.S. nuclear reactor and led to a nationwide review of all 69 similar plants. A second, smaller hole was found later at Davis-Besse.
Inspectors found the leak in March, during a maintenance shutdown at the plant near Toledo. The Nuclear Regulator Commission has said it should have been spotted as many as four years ago.
The latest report from the NRC inspectors said the violations included failure to remove large amounts of acid on the reactor head, which led to nozzle cracking, and failure to notice acid deposits on air coolers.
Stewart resigns from seat at Stock Exchange
NEW YORK.—Martha Stewart, under federal investigation on suspicion of insider trading, resigned yesterday from the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange.
"It has been a great honor and privilege to sit on the board, but the rigors of my own very busy and demanding corporate life require my full attention." Stewart said in a letter to NYSE chairman and chief executive Dick Grasso.
The Justice Department is investigating Stewart's sale of nearly 4,000 shares of imClone Systems just before the stock plummeted last December on bad news about the company's highly touted cancer drug. She has denied any wrongdoing.
Stewart, who was a stockbroker before launching her own business, was one of 27.NYSE board members. Her term was to expire next year.
The Associated Press
NEWS AFFILIATES
International students are finding it harder to attend school in he U.S. as the government cracks down on student visas. Tune into KUJH-TV at 5:30,7,9 and 11 p.m.
News: Heather Attig and Kodi Tillery
Weather: Tim Bush Sports: Chris Bales
On KJHK, 90.7 FM, listen to Kristi Van Cleav and Jacquelyn McKinney this morning at 7,8 and 9. Then hear Jamie Lienemann and Lindsay Hook at 5 p.m.
kansan.com
Don't have time to read today's paper? Head to kansan.com and listen to KTalk. Hear convergence manager Meredith Carr read summaries of today's top stories.
Camera on KU
Danny Friedman, Cleveland, Ohio, freshman, and Matt Goldberg, Plymouth, Minn., sophomore, relax in front of Wescoe Hall and play football on PlayStation 2. The members of Alpha Epsilon Pi sold T-shirts and set up couches in front of Wescoe as part of their philanthropy to benefit victims of sexual assault.
Chris Burket/Kansan
ON THE RECORD
A 32-year-old KU student told the Lawrence Police Department that someone took $30 in coins from her unlocked car between 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7:50 a.m. Wednesday in the 1200 block of New York Street, according to Lawrence police reports.
Lawrence police that someone took a brown canvas wallet, valued at $20, and other items inside the wallet, valued at $15, between 1 and 6 a.m. Tuesday from her home in the 2000 block of West 26th Street.
coins and a 3-inch folding knife, valued at $30, between 10 p.m. Monday to 6 p.m. Tuesday from his home in the 2700 block of Ridge Court, according to Lawrence police reports. A storm window was also damaged. The damage was estimated at $250.
A 51-year-old KU employee told Lawrence police someone took $4.50 in
A 22-year-old KU student told
ON CAMPUS — For more events, go to kucalendar.com
Multicultural Resource Center will present a Black Greek Leadership Conference this weekend at the ballroom in the Kansas Union. Registration begins at 2 p.m. today. Contact the center at 864-4350.
Hall Center for the Humanities will present the lecture "A Total War Environment: Integrating Nature Into Civil War History" at 3:30 p.m. today at the conference room in the Hall Center. Contact the center at 864-4798.
Lied Center will present the concert Swan Lake at 7:30 tonight at the Lied Center. Contact the Lied Center at 864-2787.
KU Karate Kobudo Club will practice at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow in the St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center. Contact Hannah Reynolds at 812-3422.
KU Ki Aikido Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Jason Ziegler at 843-4732.
Center of Latin American Studies will show the film Telenovelas: Love, TV and Power at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the auditorium in the Spencer Museum of Art. Contact the center at 864-4213.
Multicultural Resource Center will have a Hispanic Heritage Month Parade
at 2 p.m. tomorrow on Jayhawk Boulevard. Contact the center at 864-4350.
Student Union Activities will present comedian Michael Jr. at 7 tomorrow night at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Contact SUA box office at 864-7469.
Spencer Museum of Art will present a musical performance by Gabriela Lena Frank at 7:30 tomorrow night at the central court in the museum. Contact the museum at 864-4710.
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Samantha Nondorf at 218-3544.
Et Cetera
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