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The Inside Front
Wednesday November 11,1998
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
De La Soul canceled; tickets to be refunded
The hip-hop group De La Soul, which was to perform Thursday at the University of Kansas, will not be coming to town.
Students who have purchased tickets can get their refunds at the business window across from the Commerce Bank office on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
The window is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, including lunch hours.
Students need to present a photo ID. Refunds will be given only to the purchaser, said Mary Smith, Student Union Activities box office supervisor.
Smith said almost 150 tickets had been sold for the concert that was to be performed at 8 p.m. in the Kansas Ballroom. The room can accommodate almost 1,000 students.
She said purchases made by Mastercard or Visa would be credited automatically.
The concert was canceled because of contractual difficulties, said Matt Dunehoo, Shawnee junior and SUA live music coordinator.
Dunetho, who has been working on the project since July, said that communication problems between the agency and SUA led to the cancellation.
"Our deadlines to the agency kept getting pushed back," he said. "They were extremely hard to get a hold of. We made exceptions but they failed to return the favor."
Dunehoo hoped to compensate students by inviting another artist.
By Pallavi Agarwal
Questions can be directed to the SUA box offices at 864-3477.
LAWRENCE
Lawrence residents robbed for second time
The home of the three Lawrence residents who were tapped up and robbed Friday was a target again. Early yesterday morning, someone entered the home and stole a shotgun.
The victims were away from the home, in the 1000 block of N. 1800 Road, when the second theft occurred.
The victims told sheriff's officers they thought the incidents were connected, but officers do not yet have evidence to confirm that.
Douglas County Sheriff's Lt. Ken McGov
ern said the thief entered the home
around midnight through the unlocked
front door and stole a single-shot shot-
gun, valued at $75.
He said whoever broke into the house searched through it while they were there but only stole the gun.
Friday, the three victims were bound with tape at gunpoint and robbed by three men.
tered one victim's windshield and store a pistol and four ounces of marijuana...
The victims were not arrested following the report of a stolen illegal substance, but could be, at the discretion of the Douglas County District Attorney, Under-sheriff Kenny Massey said.
Officers have no suspects at this time.
By Keith Burner
STATE
Homicide suspect, felon escape, still on the run
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A double-homicide suspect and a convicted felon were still on the run yesterday after a weekend break from the county jail, but four other escapees were back in custody.
Inmate James Wedlow, 16, was captured Sunday at an apartment building north of downtown.
A tip led police in Kansas City, Mo., on Monday to a house where they found escapes James Crume Jr., 39; Steven A. Ford, 17; and Michael J. Enriquez, 20.
Still missing yesterday were Carsey Littlewood, 21, charged with capital murder, and Michael Palacio, 20, both of Kansas City, Kan., and Cleveland Henderson, 24, a convicted felon.
NATION
Federal Express pilots consider strike for raise
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On the eve of the holiday shipping season, pilots have stopped working overtime for Federal Express Corp., and their union sent out strike authorization ballots in an effort to restart contract talks.
The cargo carrier and the FedEx Piplots Association have been negotiating off and on since July. No talks have been held since Oct. 30.
Federal Express said it anticipated no disruption in service and plans to keep shipments moving no matter what the union decides, relying on the company's truck fleet, as well as contract planes and flight crews from other companies.
FedEx is offering a 1.7 percent pay raise during the next five years.
The union wants a 5 percent raise retroactive to a negotiated date and an additional 1.9 percent during the next four years and are concerned about work schedules and job security.
WORLD
BOGOTA, Colombia — U.S. customs authorities in Florida have seized a Colombian air force cargo plane carrying at least 1,200 pounds of cocaine, the air force said yesterday.
Colombian military plane held for having cocaine
The C-130 Hercules, carrying 700 packages of the drug in its cargo bays, was seized in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday, air force commander Gen. Jose Manuel Sandoval told reporters. He said
the plane contained 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of cocaine.
Sandoval said the air force had not yet decided whether to suspend or dismiss any of the six-man crew. He said they had not been arrested but were in a Fort Lauderdale hotel awaiting action by U.S. prosecutors.
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A general strike has ground Bangladesh's already crippled economy to a halt, as protesters and police clashed for a second day yesterday in several cities.
Strike in Bangladesh chokes poor economy
At least 100 people were injured yesterday in the southeastern port of Chitagong, the independent United News of Bangladesh reported. That followed clashes Monday in which three people were killed and 200 injured.
In Dhaka, the capital, opposition activists with firecrackers and rocks clashed with police and supporters of the governing party.
The strike, called by an alliance of seven opposition parties to protest what they say was an attempt by police to kill their leader, Khaleda Zia, has halted most traffic and shut down banks, businesses, stores and schools in a nation of 120 million people.
Each day the strike costs the Bangladeshi economy about $68 million, Finance Minister Shah Mohammad Kibria said.
Bangladesh's economy is already hurting from months of severe flooding that cost the poor nation billions of dollars in lost crops and damaged infrastructure.
Serbia cracks down on independent media
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — In an ongoing purge of Serbia's independent media, the government yesterday took control of a popular radio station, and police impounded all 100,000 copies of a leading daily newspaper.
Radio Index, a student-run Belgrade station, was first shut down last month for allegedly broadcasting without a license. Yesterday, the Belgrade university board, under government demands, announced it was replacing the station's editors.
Earlier, police raided the headquarters of Dnevnai Telegraf (Daily Telegraph) and confiscated yesterday's edition. The action came after the daily failed to pay a fine of $120,000 for allegedly breaching a restrictive media law.
The station's editor in chief, Nenad Cekic, who already faces criminal charges, protested the board's decision, and Radio Index later issued a statement rejecting it.
The moves against the two media outlets are the latest in a series of crackdowns against fledgling independent media following the adoption of the restrictive information law last month.
The Associated Press
University Forum will be presented from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933 for more information.
ON CAMPUS
OAKS - Non-Traditional Students Organization will have a brown bag lunch bag from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas University, Call Simmie Berriga at 830-0743 for more information.
■ Kansas University Gamers and Role Players will play to role play from 6:30 to 10:45 tonight at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. Call Melanie Leatherman at 843-5361 for more information.
- The SUA Recreation Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. today. The SUA Live Music Committee will meet at 7 tonight. All meetings will be in the Kansas Union. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 or visit http://www.ukans.edu/sua for more information.
- Career and Employment Services will present a "Dress for Success" workshop at 7 tonight at the English Room in the Kansas Union. Call Ann Hartley, nt846324 for more information.
KU Libertarians will meet at 7 tonight at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. Call Rodger Woods at 841-6195 for more information.
SUA will show Steamboat Bill Jr. at 7 p.m. today, tomorrow and Friday. The Neapolitan Mathematician will be shown at 9 p.m. today, tomorrow and Saturday. Desperate Living will be shown at midnight Saturday. All showings will be at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets and movie cards are available at the SUA box office window in the Kansas Union. Call 864-3477 for more information.
**Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Wendy Brown at 838-3984 or visit http://www.ukans.edu/~chilai for more information.**
Jayhawker Campus Ministry will meet at 8 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. Call Dave Dieffendt at 840-9469 for more information.
Proponents of Animal Liberation, KU Environs and Eucumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM building. Donations will be accepted. Call Laura at 841-2588 for more information.
University Career and Employment Services will present the workshop "Using the Internet in the Job Search" at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at 149 Bury Union. Call Gina Eastman at 846-3624 for more information.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Letter writing will immediately follow at the Glass Onion, 624 W. 12 St. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information.
Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian student organization, will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow 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 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. Call Steve Swank at 841-5211 for more information.
Goal described as big challenge
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ity numbers of students, Thompson said.
In an Oct. 12 Kansan article, Robert Page,
assistant director of admissions, attributed
the increase of students to minority student
involvement in recruitment efforts.
Page said he was pleased with the increase but wanted minority enrollment at 10 percent. It is at 9.8 percent now.
Thompson said the University needed to have a coordinated effort to inform students of specific programs. He said individual schools needed to promote their programs.
"We need to sell our outstanding programs more aggressively to minority students,"he said.
"They feel this will give them a boost in their marketability after graduation," he said.
He said students were looking more for programs in professional schools such as schools of business and journalism.
"To be a great University we must ... give a priority, whether it is politically
fasionable or not, to ensuring that KU is a university for all the people of Kansas and all the people of the world. Our goal at the faculty level will be to increase the number of minority faculty, from 124 to 200 by the year 2000. By minority faculty, I mean African American, Hispanic, Native American and Asian American faculty."
Chancellor Robert Hemenway 1995 Faculty Convocation address
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's wooden fence was defaced with graffiti between 8 a.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block of Woodlawn Manor, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $20.
The driver side mirror of a KU student's car was damaged between 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday in the 100 block of W. 19th Street Terrace, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $200.
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