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The Inside Front
Monday November 30,1998
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Three students improving from hit-and-run injuries
The conditions of the three KU students hospitalized after a hit-and-run accident last week on Massachusetts Street are inimprov, area hospitals reported.
Mark Talley, Lewood sophomore, was released yesterday from Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Talley, 20, had improved steadily since he was admitted to the hospital's intensive-care unit following the Nov. 21 accident.
Justin Barron, San Ramon, Calif., junior and Clinton Rousseau, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, were both taken to the University of Kansas Medical Center in critical condition after the accident.
The students, both 20, have improved to fair condition but remain at the Med Center, said Shirley Osborn, a nursing supervisor there.
Police said they suspected a 42-year-old Bonner Springs man of hitting the three students in his truck about 2 a.m. Nov. 21 while the students were crossing Massachusetts Street near Sixth Street.
Police said the man refused a breathal- iter. He then failed a field sobriety test, after which police drew blood from the man to test for alcohol.
They said they expected results within the week.
Greek service group wins alcohol awareness award
The KU service group GAMMA, Greeks Advocating the Mature Management of Alcohol, won one of six national awards at a conference Nov. 12-14 of GAMMA and BACCHUS, or Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students.
The University's GAMMA was honored at the conference for a new-member lock-in September, said Jennifer Kinney, assistant director for Greek programs, alcohol and risk management education.
Kinney said each group that attended the conference had the chance to submit an activity that had promoted alcohol awareness on campus, and six would be honored at the conference.
The KU organization was the only GAMMA group honored, Kinney said. The other five were BACCHU groups.
Three woman from the KU chapter of GAMMA traveled to Washington, D.C., for the conference, Kinney said. Meghan Flanigan, Amy Knetter and Jamie Harper represented the University's GAMMA program, Kinney said. She said Flanigan was one of the directors of GAMMA and had been instrumental in planning the lock-in.
LAWRENCE
Ordinance may outlaw loud car radios in area
The Lawrence City Commission approved an ordinance that would make operating a motor vehicle with a loud amplification system that could be heard from a distance of 50 feet ilegal.
The commissioners approved the ordinance on Tuesday and could approve it next week on a second reading. The ordinance would take effect on January 1, 1999.
If it passes, the ordinance will mean a $50 fine for violators. Police could write tickets from their own observations of violations. Also, any citizen could file a complaint with the city prosecutor's office.
Stephanie Holman, Bernardsville, N.J., junior, said she thought the idea was stupid.
"I've never heard anyone in Lawrence pump it up too loud anyway," Holman said.
She said if the car stereo would go really loud, then it should be allowed to be really loud.
"It's your own car," Holman said.
Carolyn Mollett
NATION
Background check needed for all gun purchases
WASHINGTON — The crush of holiday shopping and the opening of winter hunting season could find gun buyers facing new obstacles today, the first day of operation for a new national system of instant background checks.
The system, operated by the FBI and state governments, replaces the voluntary checks on handgun buyers conducted by state and local police and sheriffs that has been in place since 1993.
The Justice Department had long planned to set the system up and running on Nov. 30, the date set by the 1993 Brady Act, which established federal background checks for handgun purchases.
Under the new system, the number of checks performed will double because a new law requires background approvals not just for handgun buyers but also those who buy rifles and shotguns.
All firearms will be covered now when an owner retrieves a firearm from a pawn shop.
WORLD
KABALO, Congo — No cease-fire will be possible in Congo until President Laurent Kabila negotiates directly with rebels, the insurgents' leader warned yesterday, vowing to continue fighting.
Cease-fire rejected by Congo rebel forces
to a ture during a meeting in Paris. It is to be signed at Congolese peace talks starting Dec. 9 in Lusaka, Zambia.
The rebels were not invited to the Paris talks.
On Saturday, the presidents of Rwanda, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Congo agreed
So far, Kabila has refused to negotiate directly with the rebels, instead demanding that Rwanda and Uganda first end their support for the insurgents and leave Congo. Both countries have said they will stay as long as Congo remains unstable.
Zimbabwe, Angola, Chad and Namibia have sent troops, tanks and jet fighters in support of Kabila.
Wamba, speaking from Bunia on the border with Uganda, said he welcomed the commitment to a cease-fire. But he said they can succeed only if the rebels are included and if Kabila agreed to talk to them.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong earthquake shook a remote island in eastern Indonesia yesterday, killing at least five people and causing terrified residents to flee their homes for the safety of a soccer field.
Big earthquake shakes east Indonesian island
The number of injuries was not immediately known, and the search for casualties was continuing on the island about 1,180 miles east of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta.
The U.S. Geological Survey in Washington said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 and was centered at or close to nearby Taliabu island in the Maluku Sea, about 230 miles south of the city of Manado on Suluweni island.
local police Sgt. Yopi Sarivating said the five victims on Mangole were killed when the roof of a plywood factory collapsed.
Swiss voters turn down legalization of heroin
GENEVA — The Swiss yesterday voted overwhelmingly against legalizing heroin and other narcotics, apparently heeding government warnings that the proposed law would turn their pristine Alpine nation into a drug haven.
With all ballots counted, 74 percent voted against a constitutional amendment that would make legal "the consumption, cultivation or possession of drugs, and their acquisition for personal use."
Last year, the Swiss were the first in the world to vote overwhelmingly in favor of state distribution of heroin to hardened addicts.
The government opposed the plan, saying it was a health risk and would turn Switzerland into a haven for drug tourists and traffickers. It said the current policy of helping hard-core addicts while clamping down on dealers was best.
No other European nation, not even the Netherlands, has legalized the possession or sale of any drugs or has plans to do so. In Holland, soft drugs such as marijuana are decriminalized and Dutch authorities don't prosecute people who sell or use small amounts.
Power problems still unresolved at KU library
The Associated Press
library needs at peak times, such as when both air conditioners are running.
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"We just about sunk when we saw that," Porter said. "Using this transformer is cheaper than running a generator, but we will have to order a new one."
Porter said documentation provided by Lyons and two independent testing agencies did not reveal the lack of power before the transformer arrived.
The cost for a new transformer is estimated at $20,000. Once ordered, the transformer will take four to six weeks to arrive, and the library will close again for the installation.
Porter said the next installation would be done at a time when the least number of students would be inconvenienced, such as during a weekend or another break in classes.
The relationship between Lyons and the University is strained, Porter said. Lyons supplied another transformer earlier in the month that was rejected because it did not work at all.
At that time, the University stopped payment on its check to Lyons. Porter said that the company probably would be paid now, but that the amount of payment might be adjusted down from the $6,000 contract price.
Other expenses incurred by the University because of the delay in getting a functioning transformer included $2,600 per week for a gas generator to power the library, $315 per day for fuel and employee costs for working on the problem.
The library operated on the generator beginning Oct. 30 and remained on it until Nov. 26, when the new transformer was taken up to full power.
Rholes said everything was working properly at Watson after the transformer installation. She said the library was busy last Tuesday as students anticipated the temporary closing, but when the library reopened on Friday traffic was light.
She said remote online access to library resources was not interrupted during the closing.
"I hope we didn't inconvenience too many people," Rholes said. "This is a very busy time for our users, so the closing bothered us from that point of view."
Rholes said library employees were offered the option of taking vacation days or being assigned to tasks at other University libraries during the library repair closings.
For those who got behind on research during the shutdowns, Rholes said the library would have extended hours during the next two weekends.
Nichols will appeal bombing conviction
DENVER — Terry Nichols has asked that all 12 judges of the 10 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hear legal arguments in the appeal of his conviction in the Oklahoma City bombing.
A U.S. District Court jury convicted Nichols, who lived in Herington, of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter in the April 19, 1995,
bombing that killed 168 people and injured hundreds more. Judge Richard Matsch sentenced him to life in prison.
Usually, a three-judge panel of the appeals court would hear legal arguments and issue a ruling. Then the losing side could ask for another hearing before all 12 judges. In a petition filed Friday, Nichols' attorneys asked that the case go directly to the full panel.
Nichols: Says jury's instructions hurt his case.
Nichols' attorneys contend that Matsch wrongly instructed the jury that Nichols did not have to intend to kill anyone to be guilty of the conspiracy.
Nichols' co-defendant, Timothy McMeigh, was convicted last year on murder, conspiracy and weapons counts and sentenced to death. He also is appealing.
- The Associated Press
ON CAMPUS
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship meets for prayer at 5 p.m. every weekday at Danforth Chapel. Call Susan Hines at 864-6503 for more information.
Writer's Roasts, sponsored by Writing Consulting: Student Resources, will be open at the following times and locations: from 9 a.m. to 4 p.M. Monday through Thursday at 4003 Wescoe Hall and at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union, from 1 to 4 p.M. Monday through Thursday at Alcove I in the Kansas Union, from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at 156 Strong Hall, from 7 to 9 p.M. Wednesday at Conference Room 109 in the Multicultural Resource Center, from 7 to 10 p.M. Sunday at Templin Hall, ARC. Call 864-2399 for more information.
The Christian Science Organization will have an open discussion at 7:30 today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union, Call Kara Kelly at Kals 3-65-38 for more information.
A death penalty forum will be sponsored by Amnesty International at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Big 12 room of the Kansas Union. Two KU law professors of differing opinions will speak and a discussion of the Amnesty International US human rights campaign will take place. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information.
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