2A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The Inside Front
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2002
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CORRECTIONS
An article in the Aug. 19 Kansan incorrectly stated that the number of years a GTA works for the University did not impact the minimum salary provision in the proposed three-year contract.
A story in Monday's Kansan incorrectly attributed a quote to James Gentry, dean of journalism. It actually was KUJH General Manager Gary Hawke who said. "For most of these companies, it's not in their game plan. It sets a precedent for other markets."
CAMPUS
Two students receive $20,000 research grants
Two University of Kansas graduate students have landed $20,000 national postgraduate research grants for this school year. The U.S. Pharmacopoeia in Rockville, Md. awards six grants each year.
The winners — both doctoral students in pharmaceutical chemistry — are Chad S. Braun, Battle Creek, Mich. and Fei Tian, Beijing, China.
Braun is finding ways to deliver genes for genetic therapy for diseases in her project, "Biophysical Characterization of PAMAM Dendrimer/DNA Gene Delivery Complexes."
Tian is looking for ways to improve the stability of protein drugs, which can have short life lives. Her project is called "Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Investigation of Protein-Excipient Interactions in the Solid State Upon Freeze and Spray Drying."
"I'm very happy, because at first, I thought I would lose," Tian said.
The other four winners hail from the universities of Connecticut, Texas and Minnesota—which also produced two winners.
Lindsay Hanson
STATE
West Nile virus found in 28 Kansas counties
TOPEKA, Kan. — State health officials have confirmed the presence of West Nile virus in 28 Kansas counties although there have been no reports of any human cases of the disease.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Monday that animals in the following counties have tested positive for the virus:
Horses: Barton, Comanche, Cowley, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Ford, Jewell, Meade, Pawnee, Phillips, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Ottawa, Seward, Stafford, Wallace and Washington.
Mules: Montgomery and Sedgwick.
Birds: Douglas, Johnson,
McPherson, Republic, Sedgwick,
Shawnee, Reno and Wyandotte.
Mosquito pools: Barton.
Man says civil rights abused by detective
WICHITA, Kan. — A Missouri man who claims his civil rights were violated in an Internet sex sting operation has sued a Wichita police detective who he says lured him to the city.
Gary L. Moore Jr., 27, a computer programmer from Kansas City, claims that Detective Jennifer Wright lacked probable cause to obtain a warrant to search his belongings for child pornography when he visited Wichita in March.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court, also claims Wright falsely portrayed Moore as an Internet child stalker to get the warrant. Moore also contends that Wright exceeded her authority by seizing his laptop computer and other items from his car and hotel room.
Moore was charged but never tried in the case. A state charge of traveling from Kansas City to Wichita to have indecent liberties with a minor was replaced in April by a federal indictment, but the U.S. Attorney's office did not proceed with the prosecution.
Legislators scrutinize Graves' budget cuts
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Recent budget cuts imposed by Gov. Bill Graves came under fire Monday from two Democratic legislators, who suggested the Republican governor wasn't aggressive enough.
Earlier this month, Graves ordered $41 million in cuts to the state's $4.4 billion budget for the current budget year. Those cuts would leave the budget about 1.1 percent smaller than the 2002 budget.
But the Democrats, Sen. Paul Feleciano, of Wichita, and Rep. Rocky Nichols, of Topeka, suggested the cuts aren't deep enough to prevent a budget deficit when the fiscal year ends June 30.
Both Democrats serve on the Legislative Budget Committee, which had
a briefing from State Budget Director Duane Goossen, who defended Graves' decision not to cut deeper.
When Nichols pressed Goosen, the budget director said: "I'm sure that if you'd like to suggest another series of cuts, and suggested that ..."
Nichols interrupted, saying, "That would be a good compromise."
Goossen replied: "The field is open."
Goossen said Graves didn't cut deeper because he leaves office in January.
State revenues have been falling short of estimates for months, and Graves' cuts were designed to account for any shortfall through December. The estimates were made in March and will be revised in November.
Woman faces eviction, refuses to buy home
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) —A long time tenant of public housing projects, Patricia Madison says she isn't about to remove herself and three children from the only real home they've ever known—a home she helped build along with Habitat for Humanity.
But her "sweat equity" may be replaced with simple sweat over Habitat's effort to kick her out after she complained about shoddy workmanship.
"I go to bed with headaches because I never know when I'm going to get put out, said Madison. "They care nothing about me."
Owners of Habitat homes pay zero interest mortgages and must work 300 to 500 hours on their house and others.The organization has built more than 100,000 homes in more than 80 countries since its inception in 1976.
Madison's complaints illustrated by photos of loose shingles, chipped paint and a gravel-filled lawn, among others are a bitter twist on what has long been a labor of love for both the volunteer builders and the inhabitants who had previously been unable to afford a home.
The complaints have drawn an angry response from Habitat.
"Buying a home is a big investment. We're not forcing her to take the house," said Kelly Willoughby, executive director of Kaw Valley Habitat for Humanity. "If she doesn't like the house, all she has to do is leave."
- The Associated Press
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a University Forum from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Stan Herd and Bob Angeli will speak about Rosa Blanca, the Art of Doing Art in Cuba. Contact Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Hall Center for Humanities will hold the lecture Presidential Reorganization and the Transformation of Public
Bureaucracies: Creating HEW, 1952- 1955 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Hall Center conference room. Contact the center at 864-4798.
University Dance Company will hold an audition for a class in modern ballet and jazz from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. tonight at Room 242 in Robinson Center. Contact the Dance office before 3:30 today at 864-4264.
ON THE RECORD
Four Topeka teens were arrested early Monday morning after Lawrence Police responded to two burglaries in progress at Quail Creek Apartments, 2111 Kasold Drive. The suspects fled the scene on foot and drove away in a car, Sgt. Mike Patrick of the Lawrence Police Department said. The suspects were arrested at a car stop at Kasol Drive and Clinton Parkway. The side window of a 21-year-old University of Kansas student's 1997 Saturn SL2 was broken. Damage was estimated at $150. The window of a Honda Civic that belonged to a KU student, age unknown, was also broken and a car stereo faceplate valued at $250 was stolen. Damage was estimated at $300.
Lawrence Police seized a potted
Someone threw a bag of feces at the door of the Boys and Girls Club, 1520 Haskell Ave., between 7:30 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Lawrence Police reports.
marijuanja plant from the porch of a 19-year-old woman at Trailridge Apartments, 2500 W. Sixth St., after receiving a call around 1:25 p.m. Sunday, Patrick said.
A 23-year-old Lawrence resident told Lawrence Police that an unidentified man approached him with a shot gun when he was taking out trash during work between 2:10 and 2:25 a.m. Friday at Set 'Em Up Jacks, 1800 E. 23rd St. The unidentified man then demanded that the employee escort him back inside and give him money from the bar area. The unidentified man took an undisclosed amount of money. In the process, the employee was struck on the head with the shotgun.
A 24-year-old KU student reported that a mountain bike valued at $200 was taken between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday from the 1700 block of Ellis Drive, according to KU Public Safety Office reports.
Camera on KU
Aaron Showalter/Kansan
Chi Omega members frolic in the fountain outside their house. The revelry endet yesterday's annual Bid Day. From left, Kelly Temple, Plano, Texas; senior, Meghan Rhaheimer, Lawrence junior; Lindsay Shawler, Shawnee junior; and Dawn Brown, Kansas City, Mo. junior.
Et Cetra
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