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The Inside Front
Thursday December 3,1998
News
from campus, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
KU student advances in Rhodes competition
A KU senior is one of two students from Kansas who will travel to St. Paul, Minn., for the last round of interviews in the Rhodes Scholar competition on Friday.
Anna Van Cleave, an Overland Park political science and English major, has advanced through local and state selections and will join 14 people from seven states as a finalist in St. Paul. Of the finalists there, two will be selected to receive Rhodes scholarships and study at Oxford University in Oxford, England.
"I'm not getting too excited because it's a tough competition," Van Cleave said. "I have a lot ahead."
Mary Klayder, assistant director of the University Honors Program, said she thought Van Cleave deserved the award, which is granted to 32 students nationwide.
"She's a brilliant young woman," Klayer said. "Didn't do well by showing her."
said. They did well by choosing her. The University of Kansas last had a Rhodes Scholar winner in 1994. Since then, KU has had four students advance to the finals of the national competition.
Klayder's praise of Van Cleave reflects the University's hope to have a winner this year.
"She has a great mind and a lot of integrity," Klayder said. "I have a lot of respect for her."
Small fire in field house causes minimal damage
An overheated fan motor in Allen Field House caused a small fire Tuesday evening, damaging the motor itself and a ceiling tile below.
A KU police officer was dispatched to the field house at 10:18 p.m. The officer met with a security guard who said he had smelled smoke on the south side of the first floor of the field house while making his rounds.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical arrived at the scene and found the overheated fan motor in a first-floor restroom.
A facilities operations employee estimated the damage from the fire at $750. He said that a circuit-breaker had turned off power to the motor when it overheated, minimizing the damage.
LAWRENCE
Woman battered, cut in domestic skirmish
A 23-year-old Lawrence woman was battered by her husband and his girlfriend regarding the possession of a radio early yesterday morning.
Between 12:55 and 1:05 a.m. in the 1900 block of Tennessee Street, the three argued about who owned the radio.
The victim's husband, a 27-year-old Lawrence resident, pushed her several times, Lawrence police said.
She was then attacked by his girlfriend, a 20-year-old Lawrence resident, with a 3-inch kitchen knife.
"The suspect got on top of her and attempted to stab her," said Sgt. George Wheeler.
The victim, in an attempt to defend herself, grabbed the knife by its blade.
"She lacerated the skin between her
st thumb and forefinger," Wheeler said. The victim refused treatment for her injuries.
Her husband's girlfriend was arrested, but her husband was not because he could not be located, police said.
Kelli Raybern
NATION
Former ag secretary acquitted of charges
WASHINGTON — Former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy was acquitted of all counts Wednesday in a corruption case involving sports tickets and travel that he accepted from companies that did business with his department.
The acquittal followed a seven-week trial that focused on Espy's attendance at parties and sporting events while he was President Clinton's first agriculture chief in 1993 and 1994.
The jury deliberated nine hours over two days before finding Espy innocent of all 30 counts.
The accusations included three charges — that Espy had violated a 90-year-old federal law banning gifts to meat inspectors — that would have carried a minimum sentence of one year each if he had been convicted.
Espy, 45, pleaded innocent, and has always maintained that he did nothing wrong by accepting favors from chicken producer Tyson Foods Inc. and other firms.
The secretary was forced to resign in 1994 after the White House became concerned with the continuing revelations about his off-hours socializing with farm company executives.
Kellogg Co. to lay off about 765 employees
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Kellogg Co.
announced today that it is cutting 765
jobs following a third quarter in which
profits for the world's largest cereal
maker dropped 31 percent.
Kellogg said 525 salaried jobs and 240 contracted positions are being cut as part of a restructuring plan aimed at reducing costs by $105 million worldwide.
In October, Kellogg posted third-quarter earnings of $141.9 million, a 31 percent drop over last year's profits. The company blamed a soggy cereal market and the cost of investments designed to strengthen its international market share.
The company has 2,500 salaried workers. The cuts will affect workers at Kellogg's Battle Creek headquarters and other North American operations.
About one-third of the people cut were eligible for retirement, said
Joseph Stewart, Kellogg's executive vice president of communications
WORLD
South Korean companies may swap cars, electronics
SEOUL, South Korea - Samsung Business Group was near agreement on swapping its car-making company with a subsidiary of another South Korean conglomerate, a senior presidential aide said today.
Kang Bong-kyun, chief economic aide to President Kae Djung, said the deal would cap months of government efforts to persuade South Korea's conglomerates to swap or merge some of their major overlapping subsidiaries.
Kang refused to divulge details. But local news media, quoting unidentified government officials, reported Samsung would trade Samsung Motors Co. to Daewoo for its Daewoo Electronics Co. Officials at Daewoo and Samsung
Officials at Daewoo and Samsung refused to comment on Kang's remarks.
reduced to comment on Kang's remarks.
President Kim wants the conglomerates to finish the shakeup by the end of the year to regain investors' confidence. He has threatened to withhold loans from state-controlled banks unless the conglomerates restructure.
The International Monetary Fund demanded a reorganization of the conglomerates when it granted South Korea a $58 billion bailout in December.
NATO forces arrest Bosnian war criminal
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — NATOLED peacekeeping forces arrested a Bosnian Serb general charged by the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal with genocide and crimes against humanity in a 1995 massacre of Muslims in Bosnia.
Gen. Radislav Kratic was arrested in a section of northern Bosnia controlled by U.S. troops serving in NATO's Stabilization Force, better known as SFOR. Kratic is the ninth war crimes suspect to be arrested in the former Yugoslavia by international forces.
Kristic was arrested without incident and would be sent later today to the tribunal based in The Hague, said SFOR spokeswoman Maj. Sheena Thomson. No date was set for his arraignment.
The International War Crimes Tribunal's chief prosecutor, Louise Arbour said kristic's secret indictment in October covered offenses allegedly committed during and after the Serb takeover of the U.N. safe haven of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia in July 1995, where thousands of Muslims were massacred.
The Associated Press
Kristic is believed to be a close associate of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and his wartime military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic, the tribunal's top two indicted suspects. Both have been indicted for genocide for allegedly masterminding the Srebrenica massacre, but neither is in custody.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student was taken by ambulance at 11:12 a.m. Monday from Fraser Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student was examined by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical and was suffering from low blood-sugar.
A KU employee attempting to back into a parking space struck another vehicle at 8:36 a.m. Tuesday on Jayhawk Boulevard east of Poplar Lane, the KU Public Safety Office said. The employee then put her car in drive, and she said that it spun out. The vehicle scraped a guard rail and hit a light pole on the other side of the street. Damage from the accident was estimated at more than $500.
A KU student backed into another student's vehicle at 12:21 p.m. Tuesday in lot 59 west of Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's legally parked vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle that left the scene between 7 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday in Lot 105 southwest of McCollum Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at more than $500.
The oil filter from a KU student's vehicle was removed between 6 a.m. Sunday and 5:55 p.m. Monday in lot 110 east of Jayhawker Towers, causing oil to drain from the engine and the motor to burn during operation, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $4,500.
A KU student's driver's license, keys and wallet were stolen between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday from the Ballard Center at 708 Elm St., Lawrence police said. The stolen items were valued at $15.
Students who overachieve get rewarded
By Melody Ard
Kansan staff writer
Students who want to make a difference in the community are eligible for monetary compensation through the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship.
All students are eligible to apply for the fellowship during the spring semester. The scholarships are given to scholars who "have the capacity, motivation and character to make significant intellectual or societal contributions," said Howard Mossberg, program director.
Twelve students were chosen this fall to receive the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship. This covers tuition and fees and provides an $18,000 annual stipend and a $2,000 educational expense award.
The Self Fellowship Fund is financed by Madison and Lila Self of Hinsdale, III. Madison Self is a 1943 graduate of the University's School of Engineering.
Charlie Svoboda, doctoral student in aerospace engineering, is one of the 12 students who received the award.
After graduating from the University 15 years ago, Svoboda decided not to pursue a career in engineering and instead worked at various jobs, including teaching at Dominion Christian School in Kansas City, Mo.
"I wanted to experience a new culture and be in a place where all my preprogrammed responses were not going to work," Svoboda said. "I did everything from construction work to plumbing to auto repair. I started teaching as a volunteer teacher for an eighth-grade algebra class in a church school. I was helping remodel part of the school, but I taught the class in the mornings."
The volunteer math class turned into an eight-year job with the school. Svoboda taught children ranging from kindergarten to high school.
Svoboda said he was able to teach at the school even though he did not have a teaching certificate because it was unaccredited. When the school made a move to become accredited. Svobola considered furthering his own education.
"I figured that to get a teaching certificate in physical and biological sciences and math I would have to go back to school full time for seven years," he said.
When the fellowship was first recommended to Svoboda in 1996 by a professor, he did not consider himself eligible for the award because he thought recipients were not allowed to be involved in any other activities. He was accepted after being encouraged to apply for a second time.
ON CAMPUS
There will be a Christmas Arts and Crafts Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Friday at the main lobby in the Kansas Union. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 for more information.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Letter writing will immediately follow at the Glass Onion, 624 W. 12th St. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information.
The Association of Women in Science will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries, Proponents of Animal Liberation and KU Environs will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the ECM building. Donations will be accepted. Call Laura at 841-2588 for more information.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Call Mike Markley at 838-4909 for more information.
- Intervarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 tonight at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. Call Steve Swank at 841-5211 for more information.
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Come join us for the annual KJHK Holiday Auction
Kansas Union Ballroom December 7,1998 7:00 pm
Some of last year's items included: airline tickets, musical instruments, gift certificates, KU memorabilia and so much more.
All proceeds go to KJHK
Cash, Check, Visa and Mastercard accepted