in other words
"I don't think they had any ill intent. They're very sorry that has all happened." U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer, on students who caused a gun scare with a plastic gun at the Capitol in Washington D.C.
2A the university daily kansan
friday, October 31, 2003
news in brief
Pulitzer prize winner to begin Dole Institute lecture series
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics will kick off its Presidential Lecture series at 8 p.m. Sunday.
The lectures will be given on four successive Sundays. Robert Caro will give the first lecture this weekend.
Caro is a Lyndon B. Johnson biographer. He has been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes in his lifetime.
Next Sunday, Nov. 9, Roger Wilkins will present a lecture. Wilkins is a professor at George Mason University and a Pulitzer Prize winner for editorials about the Watergate scandal written for The Washington Post.
David Gergen, who was an adviser for Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton, will speak Nov. 16.
Richard Norton Smith, director of the Institute, will present the last of the lectures Nov. 16. The lecture will be Smith's last act as director of the Institute.
Joe Hartigan
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New drug treatment law to take effect tomorrow
TOPEKA — A new law requiring treatment rather than prison for some drug offenders takes effect tomorrow amid misgivings in some communities about whether treatment programs are equipped to handle a possible influx of offenders.
The law, signed in April, is designed to divert first-time offenders convicted of simple drug possession from prison, slowing the growth of the state's inmate population. Supporters of the law also believe that treatment programs are a more effective way of dealing with such offenders.
Driving the changes were concerns about the prison population, with the
average cost of incarcerating an inmate $20,000 a year, compared to between $4,200 and $4,600 a year for providing a drug treatment program.
Topeka mansions up for grabs in 350-word essay contest
TOPEKA—Three people with $300 and a few good reasons to live in Topeka could soon find themselves with a high-dollar home in the state capital.
Three upscale homes in Topeka are the prizes in a contest that will reward entrants who submit the best top-10 list of reasons why they want to win a place to live in the Kansas capital. Owners Dargal Clark, Rod Chilson and Alan Bechtold hope to receive 8,500 entries, each paying $300, to raise $2.5 million, enough to cover the homes' value and the costs of marketing their contest.
Entrants have until Dec. 20 to submit their lists, which must be 350 or fewer words. The men plan to have an independent panel of judges pick the winners, possibly by Christmas.
"The real focus of this is to promote Topeka," said real estate agent Brenda Jarboe.
Searchers find body of boy who drowned in a creek
SEDAN—A 3-year-old boy who wandered off from a Sedan-area farm was found drowned in a creek, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office said yesterday.
Searchers combed rural Chautauqua County to look for the boy after he was reported missing at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday from the 119-acre farm where he lived his parents and grandparents.
Hundreds of searchers—including law enforcement agencies, volunteer fire departments, reserves, emergency medical services and volunteers—had been looking for the boy since then, according to a news release from the sheriff's department.
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Some volunteers searched on horseback, and a Kansas Highway Patrol helicopter equipped with infrared searched the area until 1 a.m. yesterday, the sheriff's department said.
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Senator dons Roberts garb for Halloween costume
WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Roberts wished himself a Happy Halloween yesterday.
That's what it looked like when Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska arrived in Roberts' office — dressed up as the Kansas Republican.
Roberts looked perplexed for several seconds when Hagel
Roberts
walked in wearing a mask of Roberts' face, a bald head wig and a robe of Kansas State University purple.
"Words fail me," said Roberts, who is known for his sense of humor.
"They don't often do," shot back Hagel, who makes a habit of dressing up as a well-known Washington figure for Halloween.
Z. Gordon Straus/Kansan
This year, he chose Roberts, whose profile has risen this year as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on which he is presiding over a contentious inquiry into prewar intelligence on Iraqi weapons.
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The Associated Press
David Titterington,
Prairie Village junior,
and Katy Livingston,
Tulsa, Oka, sophomore,
"practiced peace" underneath a tree yesterday on the lawn outside Wescoe Hall. Titterington and Livingston meditate in the same spot every Tuesday and Thursday between classes.
on the record
A 21-year-old University of Kansas student reported $740 of jewelry and $100 of perfume stolen between 2:30 p.m. Oct. 24 and 3 p.m. Saturday from her residence in the 100 block of Bristol Terrace.
A 20-year-old University of Kansas student reported a stolen moped valued at $280 between 6:30 p.m.
A 20-year-old University of Kansas student reported a stolen bicycle valued at $600 between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of Lilac Lane.
Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of Mississippi Street
A 19-year-old University of Kansas student reported a stolen bike valued at $409 between 2:30 p.m.
Monday and 9:30 a.m. Tuesday
from Douthart Hall.
The University of Kansas Parking Department reported two forged yellow parking passes valued at $85 each on Tuesday.
on campus — for more events, go to kuccalendar.com
School of Fine Arts is sponsoring the Student Recital Series featuring Mark Boren, trumpet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Swarthout Recital Hall. Admission is free. For more information contact the M&D Office at 785-864-3436.
School of Fine Arts is sponsoring The University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra to perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Lied Center. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors and can be purchased at the Lied Center, 785-864-2787.
The School of Social Welfare will be holding its 2nd Annual Career Carnival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Ballroom of the Kansas
www.socwel.ku.edu or call 785-
864-8937.
Union. Students and those interested in the social work profession can talk with social service agency representatives from all over the state. Admissions personnel from the BSW, MSW and PhD programs will be available to meet with prospective students. Staff from the University Career and Employment Services will be offering special job search workshops geared specifically for graduating BSW and MSW students. Door prizes will be given away. For more information see the School's website at www.socwelku.edu or call 785-
The KU intercollegiate women's lacrosse team is having practice
from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Broken Arrow Park.
The Maria Palij Memorial Fund for Ukrainian Studies, the KU Department of History and the Center for Russian and East European Studies is sponsoring a public lecture at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 100 Smith Hall. Professor Zenon Kohut, director of the Canadian Institute for Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, will be speaking on The Russian-Ukrainian Issues of Unity, Distinctiveness and Identity. The lecture is free and open to the pubic.
KU men's lacrosse is having practice at 5:30 p.m. today at Shenk Field.
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Nan Aron is the founder and president of the Alliance for Justice and founder of its Judicial Selection Project, which monitors the appointment process for Supreme Court Justices and lower Federal Court Justices. She will speak about the critical importance of a fair and independent judiciary.
Monday, November 3rd @12:30 Green Hall Room 106
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