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The Inside Front
Thursday September 18,1997
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS/AREA
The United States Air Force turns 50 today. However, the University of Kansas' air Reserve Officers' Training Corps has been around for 51 years.
The University of Kansas] 15th annual Business Career Fair will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Lawrence Holidome and Convention Center, 200 McDonald Drive.
The freshman class elections were yesterday. The winners: President; Brady Rodger, Edmond, Okla.; Vice president; Jake Ballard, Overland Park; Treasurer; Tricia Fairchild, Topeka; Secretary; Trisha Harma, Parker, Colo.
STATE
WICHITA After 16 Bangladeshi students at Wichita State University had their money for tuition taken by a trusted friend, community members and the university are rallying to help the group.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON: President Clinton declined on Wednesday to join 89 countries in an accord to ban land mines, saying the agreement would endanger U.S. troops abroad.
WASHINGTON: After a string of military air accidents, Defense Secretary William Cohen ordered a global 24-hour halt to all training flights. Five U.S. aircraft have crashed recently.
BOSTON: Experiments aiming to stop the spread of AIDS from mother to child in poverty-streken areas of the world are under attack from the New England Journal of Medicine.
NEW YORK: Intel Corp. announced it has designed a new way to make memory chips that instantly double the amount of data storage available. Industry observers say the chip is be a breakthrough for consumer electronics and computing.
INTERNATIONAL
PROKOSSKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: A U.N. helicopter slammed into a fog-shrouded mountain in Central Bosnia Wednesday, killing a top international envoy, five Americans and six others.
CAMPUS/AREA
U.S. Air Force turns 50 but KU air ROTC older
The United States Air Force turns 50 today.
Despite the Air Force's 50th anniversary, the University of Kansas has had an air Reserve Officers' Training Corps program for 51 years.
we nad an air corps ROTC program that was affiliated with the Army before the Air Force was a separate service," said Air Force Captain Daniel Staggenbent.
The United States Air Force was formed in 1947, two years after World War II ended. Prior to its formation, the air corps was a division of the Army. In 1946, General Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order to establish 77 Air ROTC units. The University was among these first candidates to receive an air ROTC unit.
"It's kind of interesting that people don't realize that the Air Force is only 50 years old. The amount of technology that has developed in the Air Force in the past 50 years is amazing," said Jason Khobbe, vice commander of the Cadet Corps and Jetmore graduate student.
Students to job search at Business Career Fair
Recruiters from more than 100 companies will be looking for a few good men and women today at KU's 15th annual Business Career Fair.
More than 500 people are expected to attend the fair, which will run from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Lawrence Holidome and Convention Center, 200 McDonald Drive.
Representatives from companies such as Cellular One, Coca-Cola, Sprint-Technology Services and Enterprise Rent-A-Car will attend the fair, which is sponsored by the School of Business.
But job seekers shouldn't expect to walk out of the Holidome with job offers in hand, said Stephanie Supple, the career fair coordinator at the University's Business Career Services Center. Instead, applicants should focus on meeting as many people as possible.
"Some of these meetings do lead to interviews and job prospects," Supple said. "But most are just about getting your name across and finding a resource person you can contact."
Students may bring resumes into the School of Business Career Services Center, 125 Summerfield Hall, to have staff members review the resume and suggest changes.
Results from freshman class elections announced
Freshman class elections were held yesterday and Tuesday in front of Strong Hall. The results:
President:
Brady Rodger, Edmond, Okla., 201
votes
Chace Ramey, 155 votes Aaron Profitt, 12 votes
Hesse McGraw, 12 votes
Tricia Fairchild, Topeka, 216 votes Lacy Galliart, 129 votes Travis Bonham. 35 votes
Jake Ballard, Overland Park, 233 votes
Vice presidents:
Treasurers
Brett Johnson, 30 votes
Jimmie Gunja,120 votes
Secretary:
Trisha Harma, Parker, Colo., 214 votes
Kansan staff reports
Laura Accurso, 127 votes Dan Billen, 34 votes
Wichita State students face misery after theft
STATE
WICHITA — Their home country has suffered tidal waves, mud slides and unfathomable poverty. So it's a safe bet that Shome Brata and 15 other Bangladeshi students at Wichita State University are used to seeing misery.
But they may not have expected life to get tougher in this part of the world, where a trusted friend stands accused of stealing money they hoped would pay for their college educations.
Now community members and the university are rallying around the group to soften the blow that the loss of the money has dealt them. The school is letting the students pay their tuition in more gradual payments of $25 to $50 a month.
"Every single bit is helping me out," says Brata, who's still paying for the graduate degree in business administration he earned in July. "If I get a dollar, I feel like I'm getting $100."
Brata and the others are among about 40 Wichita-area residents who have lost around $2.5 million in invested money, according to an attorney representing one of the students.
Asif Ameen, a Wichita stockbroker from Bangladesh, has been charged with theft and securities fraud in the case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for October. He also faces three class-action lawsuits from those trying to recover their money.
AIDS treatment research in Africa under attack
NATIONAL
BOSTON — Urgent experiments intended to stop the tragic spread of AIDS from mothers to children in some of the world's poorest places are under attack from the New England Journal of Medicine.
An editorial in today's issue of the influential journal argues that withholding proven AZT treatment from pregnant women with AIDS, even in places where the drug will never be widely available, clearly violates World Health Organization guidelines intended to keep researchers from conducting unethical experiments.
babies catch HIV from their mothers. Sixteen research projects, mostly in Africa, are trying to find affordable alternatives to weeks of AZT treatment, now the standard approach in prosperous countries to prevent infected mothers from passing on the AIDS virus in childbirth.
The proven AZT regimen costs $1,000 per pregnant woman and is simply out of the question in countries where total per capita spending on health care is less than $10 a year. As a result, most of such AIDS-infected women get no preventive treatment at all. The goal is to find some level of treatment that will work with as little as two or three pills and cost a few dollars.
Clinton rejects land mine ban, 89 nations accept it
Every day around the world, at least 1,000
terdy by 89 countries. He said the accord would jeopardize "the safety and security of our men in uniform."
WASHINGTON — Stirring worldwide criticism, President Clinton rejected a ban on land mines that was endorsed yes-
Clinton: Accord would jeopardize soldiers.
Bristling at suggestions that the United States was blocking a global ban, the president said he was willing to bless a limited prohibition, but added, "There is a line that I simply cannot cross," he said. "No one should expect us to owse our
armed forces to unacceptable risks."
Clinton announced his decision shortly after representatives of the 89 nations rejected U.S. demands for changes and accepted the text of a land mine treaty. Representatives of an additional 20 countries were in Oslo, Norway, for the talks as observers, but without voting rights.
The text calls for a total ban on production, export and use of anti-personnel mines. The countries are expected to formally accept the draft text today, and supporters hope the actual treaty will be signed in Ottawa, Ontario, in December.
Cohen orders 24-hour stop to training flights
WASHINGTON — Jarred by a rash of military air crashes, Defense Secretary William Cohen ordered a global 24-hour halt to all training flights.
"Perfection is impossible, but that is our goal for aviation safety." Cohen said in taking the action yesterday.
Five U.S. aircraft have crashed in recent days, including an Air Force F-117A stealth fighter that partially broke up in flight at an air show in Maryland on Sunday. An Air Force C-141 transport went down off the coast of Namibia, a Marine Corps F-A-18 crashed off North Carolina, and a Navy F-A
Cohen: Orders day to focus on safety.
18 crashed in Oman. In the latest mishap, two Air National Guard F-16s collided Monday off the coast of New Jersey; one crashed into the Atlantic, the other landed safely.
Cohen said both the filers and maintainers of military aircraft will use the day off to focus on safety. He said individual aircraft also will be examined for any possible safety problems.
New Intel computer chips double storage of data
NEW YORK — In what the world's biggest manufacturer of computer chips hailed as a breakthrough, Intel Corp. yesterday announced it has come up with a new way to make memory chips that would instantly double the amount of data that can be stored.
The new method boosts the storage capacity of "flash memory" chips, the circuitry that lets computers, phone answering machines, digital cameras and other devices hold information even when they're turned off.
Instead of using more transistors, Intel's new chip packs two pieces of information in each, instead of just one.
INTERNATIONAL
U.N. helicopter crashes killing top peacekeepers
PROKOSKO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A U.N. helicopter slammed into a fogshrouded mountain in central Bosnia and burst into flames yesterday, killing a top international envoy, five Americans and six others in the worst accident to hit the peacekeeping effort in Bosnia.
Those killed included German envoy Gerd Wagner, a deputy to top peace mediator Carlos Westendorp, and British diplomat Charles Morpeth. The others who died were not named pending notification of next of kin.
Foul play is not suspected in the crash but an investigation was underway.
Four Ukrainian crew members of the U.N. helicopter — an Mi-8 leased from Ukraine — survived the crash, two of them with light injuries, German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's Ford Thunderbird was damaged between 11 p.m. Sunday and 2:30 p.m. Monday in lot 105, KU police said. The damage was estimated at $300.
A KU student's KUID with bus pass was stolen between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Friday from Ekdahl Dining Commons, KU police said.
The item was valued at $110.
A KU student's KUID with bus pass was stolen between 6 and 1:0 p.m. Monday from the Robinson Gymnasium weight room, KU police said. The item was valued at $70.
A KU student's Trek 300 mountain bike and Ulock were stolen between noon and 1:45 p.m. Tuesday from a bike rack north of Marvin Hall, KU police said. The bike was valued at $325.
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THE BUSINESS CAREER FAIR
Sponsored by the University of Kansas School of Business Career Services
Thursday, September 18, 1997 1-6p.m., Lawrence Holidome
ALL KU STUDENTS OF ALL MAJORS AND AGES ARE WELCOME!
Learn about full time career and internship opportunities. Talk with people from various industries who represent over 100 companies large and small, multinational and domestic.
Visit the BCSC Home Page to access links to companies attending the Fair. www.bschool.ukans.edu/bpc/index.htm