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Vol. 108 - No. 35
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Kansas quarterback Zac Wegner was named the starting quarterback for Saturday's game against Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Finals-week games won't move
Calendar rules suspended for the last time
By Matthew Friedrichs
mattf@ukans.edu
Kansan staff writer
（USPS 650-640）
Two home basketball games scheduled in violation of University of Kansas rules will not be rescheduled.
Yesterday the University Calendar Committee granted exceptions
According to the rule, no University organization can schedule events during the final exam period, including Stop Day.
The men's game is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 10, Stop Day, and the women's game is scheduled for Dec. 14, a Sunday.
Rich Morrell, university registrar and committee member, said he was bothered by the tone of associate athletic director Richard Konzem's memorandum requesting the exceptions. Specifically, he was concerned about a portion of the memo that read, "While the game falls within the finals schedule, it does not conflict with any scheduled exams because it is on Stop Day."
"I think that finals are an important part of the learning process," Morrell said. "Everything you've worked on the whole year comes together."
Morrell said it was important to protect the finals period, including Stop Day.
Committee member Larry Maxey, professor of music and dance, said he could not remember the committee previously providing written exceptions for basketball games scheduled during finals. But he said that the committee had not acted on previous violations.
"I just think we've looked the other way all these years," Maxey said.
Since 1993, three basketball games have been scheduled on Stop Day, and six have been scheduled on the Sunday before finals.
Maxey said the committee had some responsibility for previous
The three student and four faculty members of the committee voted unanimously to approve the exceptions but to inform the athletic department in writing that no exceptions would be granted in the future.
violations.
"We let this happen," Maxey said. "It's inconsistent of us and unfair of us not to grant the exceptions now."
Last week, the athletic department moved a men's basketball game against Pepperdine to Dec. 18. The game originally was scheduled in conflict with finals on the evening of Dec. 17.
Kansas vs. Pepperdine
The change was made because the original date conflicted with final exams.
old date: Dec. 17
new date: Dec. 18
University of Massachusetts, Dec. 10
The following games will not be rescheduled:
MENS
Arkansas State University, Dec. 14
WOMENS
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
Jim Giles, Evansville, Ind., evangelist listens to Jennie Davidian, Prairie Village sophomore, emphasize her view about relation. Gilles
spent much of yesterday on the lawn in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall discuss religion with passers-by. by Laurie Fletchall/Kansan
Preacher draws students' wrath
By Emily C. Forsyth
Kansan staff writer
James Gilles, an independent Pentecostal evangelist from Evansville, Ind., stopped by campus yesterday to recite lines from the Bible and preach to KU students.
But some students said he was here only to stir up trouble and snow hate speech.
Gilles, who said he was saved at a Van Halen concert in 1980, drew periodic crowds of more than 100 students in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall. He addressed subjects ranging from the esists of masturbation to the sinful
"I'm here trying to get you sinners to feel as guilty as possible," he said.
Many students strongly opposed his beliefs. Some stepped into the circle of spectators to address Gilles directly. And several times discussion escalated to heated argument.
"The oldest line in the homo handbook is that they are born that way," he said.
Gilles also criticized homosexuality.
Cory Hedgepeth, Baton Rouge, La., junior,
became so aggravated that he threw a cup of
coffee on the back of Gilles' pants.
"I love you anyway, you pervert," Gilles yelled, as Hedgepeth walked away from the crowd.
Hedgepeth said Gilles's speech had cultish overtones and that he should not be forcing his beliefs on others.
Some students wanted to discuss and debate religious views with Gilles, while others talked quietly with Gilles' companion, Brian Harris, pastor of Wvandtone Tabernacle.
"He has no right to discriminate against other groups of students for the way that they believe," Hedgepeth said. "It's disgusting, and it proves that our world has way too much ignorance in it."
Harris said that Gilles targeted college students, traveling around the country to speak at universities.
Fraternity house declares ban on booze
One student, wearing a black Slayer concert T-shirt, stepped forward from the crowd. "I was a Christian." he said.
"I'm 100 percent in disagreement with him. But by all means, I think that this is what higher education is all about: exploring different views," Charley said. "He probably has just as much right to be here as any of us."
"As long as a person is not engaged in illegal activity or is not disturbing University activities, then a person can espouse his opinion," Marino said. "If people don't like it, they don't have to listen to it. They can walk away."
"No. You are a long-haired rock 'n' roll
freak." Gilles responded.
"People are stopping to listen because they can't believe what they're hearing," said Greg Geckles, Olathe senior. "I'm upset that I gave him two seconds of my time. I should have never stopped to even give him one."
Emily Charley, Lawrence junior, said Gilles had the right to speak freely on campus.
Rose Marino, associate general counsel for the University, said there was no reason that Gilles could not speak on campus.
By Sarah McWilliams
Many students did choose to walk away, not giving Gilles the benefit of their attention.
Kansan staff writer
The announcement followed the Sept. 29 death of 18-year-old Phi Gamma Delta pledge Scott Krueger in the fraternity's house at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Krueger died from an alcohol overdose.
smcwilliams@kansan.com
The governing board of the international fraternity had been working on a substance-free resolution since May and was planning to announce
"I am a Christian,"he said.
Leaders of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity announced Thursday a ban on alcoholic beverages from all fraternity houses by 2000.
it the day Krueger died, said Keith Henley, director of chapter services for the international fraternity headquarters in Lexington, Ky.
"The college experience should be one of opportunities to develop responsibility, leadership, scholarship and social skills," said Douglas H. Dittick, president of Phi Gamma Delta's governing board. "Tragically, we have just seen again how imperative it is to combat the culture of alcohol among college students."
But after Krueger's death, Henley said, the board postponed the announcement until the following Thursday.
Part of the ban includes educating Phi Gamma Delta alumni about the dangers of alcohol so that
they can advise future members, Henley said.
Attempts to reach Jim Mills, president of the KU chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, were unsuccessful.
The fraternity joins the international chapters of Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Nu fraternities in banning alcohol from their houses by the year 2000. Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Nu announced their bans earlier this year.
The ban does not prohibit fraternity members from drinking outside of the house and its property. Henley said.
Al Bouwlare, president of the KU chapter of PIM Delta Theta, said fraternity members who wanted to drink probably would go to bars or social functions that allowed alcohol.
Engineers land grant to create mine radar
By Mike Perryman Kanson staff writer
ISSUED TO: University of Kansas
ISSUED BY: United States Army.
MISSION: Detect anti-tank land mines.
The U.S. Army has given the University of Kansas department of engineering and computer science $732,000 and three years to design and test a new mine-detection radar system.
The radar system will need to distinguish between land mines and other objects in the ground such as rocks and roots. The grant is geared specifically toward developing a ground-penetrating radar system that will detect anti-tank mines.
A ground-penetrating radar transmits an electromagnetic signal into the ground. When the signal hits an object, a portion of the signal is reflected back to the radar.
"The key is discriminating between mines and other objects that are in the ground," said Richard Plumb, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
Plumb said mines tended to be symmetrical, while other objects, like rocks, usually were not.
Much of the research will focus on gearing the radar system to distinguish shape differences so that it does not detect everything underground.
"This is an excellent project because we are solving a problem
that is currently facing society," Plumb said. "From an engineering perspective, this is a fantastic training mechanism."
The radar system, which is designed to be mounted on the front of a vehicle, ideally would produce a higher rate of detection and a lower false-alarm rate.
Anti-tank mines, which are the focus of the research, are designed to destroy large vehicles — specifically, multi-million dollar tanks.
Typical anti-personnel mines contain several grams of explosives, while anti-tank mines can carry close to 20 pounds of TNT, enough to tear a tank apart and kill its occupants. Anti-tank mines usually are fused to go off when a lot of pressure is applied to them.
"You can jump up and down on a lot of them and they will not explode," Plumb said. "But when something as heavy as tank or a Hum-V drives over one, it will go off."
Anti-tank mines also are buried deeper than most mines, said James Stiles, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
"A lot of them are deployed in roads around areas like Bosnia and Somalia," Stiles said. "The object is to detect the mines and clear a path so that vehicles may advance.
"There is a lot of world-wide research in the area of land mines right now," he said. "Our role is to create new technology that will help eliminate the problems with mines."
Walkin' on the wild side
Brian Barnhart, Lawrence senior, works on a collaborative painting in the Art and Design Building. The work Monday afternoon was for his process painting class. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
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