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The Inside Front
Thursday November 5,1998
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
International students may be targets of calls
International Student Services sent an email to KU international students Tuesday evening warning them not to give out personal and financial information by phone.
A few international students told the office Tuesday that they had received phone calls last week requesting information including their Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and visa numbers. The caller allegedly identified himself as a representative of the International Student Services office.
Michael Ediger, assistant director of the office, said that no students gave out any information that would be detrimental to them.
the e-mail, which Ediger estimated would reach about 1,100 of the 1,410 international students, encouraged them to try to identify the name and number of the caller if they received a similar call.
"We are presently investigating these calls and any additional information will prove helpful to us," the message stated.
Ediger urged students to guard their personal information in all situations even if it seemed legitimate.
Ediger said it was evident that the calls targeted international students specifically. He said that was not always the case with suspicious phone calls and he didn't think they were any more of a target than other college students.
By Kelli Raybern
Writing center opens; staff, tutors introduced
Last night's Writers' Roost open house formally introduced the student tutors and staff of the new campus writing center to KU administrators.
Michele Eodice, director of Writing Consulting: Student Resources, said she planned the event as a way to gather the people who were instrumental in making the student writing center a reality.
"There been tremendous support for the program," she said. "It has blown away myths about big universities not being in touch or able to cooperate."
Although it was a celebration, Eodice said the event was planned as a way to introduce and recognize the 20 student tutors.
Other speakers scheduled were Pat McQueeney, director of Writing Consulting; Faculty Resources; Jim Hartman, English professor; and Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost.
After two weeks of tutoring, the center had helped 70 students.
Eodice said in addition to the open house, the group also sends tutors into classes to talk with faculty and students about the program.
Faculty interested in setting up a visit with tutors may call 864-2399.
By Melody Ard
Task force to talk about higher education system
Several groups involved in the state's attempt to restructure higher education governance will present their views today when a taskforce on the issue meets in Topeka.
The Task Force on Higher Education Structure for Excellence, which Gov. Bill Graves began earlier this year, will have its November meeting today. The discussion is expected to center on the need for a new coordinating body between the Kansas Board of Regents, community colleges and vocational-technical schools.
Tom Bryant, interim executive director of the Kansas Board of Regents, said that the Regents would present a proposal to the task force that would support a new coordinating and planning body but it would not change the governing duties in place now.
Korb Maxwell, Student Legislative Advisory Board director, said he would present a summary of findings from a new statewide student senate board, which includes Regents' universities and community colleges.
"I will be speaking on behalf of students across the state on our concerns including articulation, excellence and assessment, affordability and financing, and direct student representation," he said.
— By Jason Pearce
Nike to sponsor race to be held at nighttime
In an effort to increase women's knowledge about nighttime safety, the Nike Swoosh Team will sponsor a race tonight.
Instead of starting in the early morning, like other races, the mile run will start about 8 p.m. at the Lied Center.
KU Public Safety officers will be available for protection during the race, which is open to all women.
Representatives from the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center also are supporting the event.
Katherine Rose-Mocky, director at the women's resource center, said: "It's helpful for women to be aware of their surroundings so that they can limit someone's access and eliminate themselves as a target."
Last year's race had about 20 participants. This year, Charles Henderson, Swoosh Team president and Overland Park senior, said he hoped more women would get involved.
All participants will receive free Powerade and a Nike product.
- By Sarah Hale
Lawrence police arrested a 29-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man Tuesday night with a large quantity of a substance they believed to be crack cocaine, an undisclosed amount of money and several guns
Police arrest man for possible crack possession
Police said they were waiting for test results, which would determine whether the substance was crack and
how much there was.
Police went to 1206 Pennsylvania St. to serve a warrant from Atkinson County where the man was wanted for possession of cocaine with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school and for a parole violation. Lawrence police said.
When police arrived, they found the man, three children — ages 3, 6 and 17 years old. I guess they hid
Two of the children, the G- and B-year-olds, were the man's.
The three children were placed in protective custody, the 17-year-old was placed in the juvenile detention center, and the man was placed in Douglas County Jail, Lawrence police said.
Douglas County Sheriff Loren Anderson said that local law enforcement agencies had located the man by a tip phoned in by an anonymous source.
Eudora man arrested for child pornography
A 26-year-old Eudora man was arrested Tuesday night after Douglas County Sheriff's officers raided his home and seized pornographic pictures of a 6-year-old Baldwin girl.
After obtaining a search warrant, the officers, along with Eudora and Baldwin law enforcement officers, entered the man's house and took several items as evidence.
They seized pornographic pictures — some of which included the Baldwin girl, and a computer and diskettes authorities believe contain more pictures, said Lt. Mui Suit, of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff Loren Anderson said he victim told her mother, and then she told the police. Sheriff Anderson said they next
Sherm's officers say they stopped the man of putting the pictures online.
the man of putting the pictures online. Anderson said that the man's arrest was not part of the recent nationwide crack down on child pornography rings.
The man was arrested at 6:20 p.m. and placed in the Douglas County Jail on one count of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy and three counts of rape, jail officials said. No bond had been set
By Keith Burner
Kansan board chooses editor, business manager
Ann Primer, McPerson senior, was named editor of The University Daily Kansan for the Spring 1999 semester yesterday. Jamie Holman, Edwardsville senior, was chosen as the spring business manager.
following interviews, The Kansan Board selected from among five applicants for the editor position and two applicants for the business manager position.
ON CAMPUS
The three faculty members of The Kansas Board are John Ginn, chairman, Susanne Shaw and Gerry Cain. Student members include Jodie Chester, Fall 1998 Kansas editor; Marc Harrell, Fall 1998 Kansan business manager; and Mike Smith, journalism student senator.
All volunteer applications for Alternative Spring Break are due by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at the Center for Community Outreach in the Kansas Union. Applications and information are available at the CCO office, online at http://www.ukans.edu/~asb or call 864-4073.
Kansan staff report
KU Environics, Proponents of Animal Liberation and Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 am. to 1 p.m. today at the ECM building. Donations will be accepted. Call Laura at 841-2588 for more information.
Lawrence Circle K Community Service Club will meet from 6 to 7 tonight at 1014 Learned Hall. Call Greg Frost at 864-4353 for more information.
Armesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Letter writing will immediately follow at the Glass Onion. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351 for more information.
Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian student organization, 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 in Alcove F in the Kansas Union, Call Steve Swank at 841-5211 for more information.
- Queers and Allies will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Call Jack Shay at 864-3091 for more information.
SUA will be playing Spice World at 7 p.m. and midnight Friday and Saturday at Alderson Auditorium, and Jackie Brown at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Alderson Auditorium. Tickets and movie cards are on sale for those shows at the SUA box office window in the Kansas Union. Call 864-3477 for more information.
The Proponents of Animal Liberation will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Jerusalem Cafe, 1021 Massachusetts St. Everyone is invited. For more information, contact Karl Hardy at 830-9295.
The Polish Club will be meeting to watch a classic of Polish cinematography. The Doll, by famous director Wojciech Has (1969), will be shown from 4 to 5 p.m. today at 4060 Wescoe Hall. Everyone is welcome. The event is sponsored by the Slavic Department.
Census Bureau starts preparing for year 2000
By Chris Fickett
Kansan staff writer
It may be 421 days until the turn of the century, but work on the 2000 Census will start tomorrow.
Census numbers are used to determine representation in Congress and to distribute federal funding.
Every 10 years since Congress passed the Census Act in 1790, the U.S. Census Bureau has counted the number of persons living in the United States and collected other data about the country's population.
Tomorrow, census workers in Kansas will comb through cities, towns, neighborhoods and rural areas, knocking on every door where someone might live, in order to update the Census Bureau's address information.
Census workers will conduct a short interview at each residence. Workers will ask occupants their names and mailing addresses so that census takers can find each housing unit in March 2000.
"The address list and related maps are the foundation of a complete and accurate census," said Henry Palacios, regional director for the Census Bureau in Kansas City, Mo. "Some of the people who were missed in the 1990 census were missed because the Census Bureau didn't know their housing unit exist."
Palacios said that without a complete address list the 2000 census would be less accurate.
Tom Beaver, media partnership specialist for the Census Bureau, said that census counting in Lawrence was a challenge because of the large turnover of University of Kansas students from residence to residence.
Beaver said 2000 would be the first census that students who did not receive a census questionnaire in the mail or from a census taker could pick up a "be counted" form at a post office or public library.
He said that in the past, if people did not get a form or lost it, they did not get counted.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's outside mirrors were broken
A glass door pane was broken between 10:55 and 11 a.m. Tuesday in Room 151 Strong Hall, the Enrollment Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $50.
A KU employee suffered a seizure at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday at the seventh-floor lobby of Hashinger Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The man was examined by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical and transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A Lawrence woman's cellular phone was stolen between noon and 12:10 p.m. Tuesday from the third floor reference area in Watson Library, the KU Public Safety Office said. The item was valued at $300.
A KU employee's blue-zone parking permit was stolen between 12:30 and 5 p.m. Oct.
30 from the employee's vehicle in Lot 8, north of Robinson Gymnasium, the KU Public Safety Office said. The permit was valued at $90.
off of the student's vehicle between 11 p.m.
Monday and 2:45 p.m. Tuesday in lot 300,
at the Lied Center, the KU Public Safety Office
said. The damage as estimated at $600.
A KU student backed out of a parking stall into a Lawrence woman's vehicle at 2:20 p.m. Oct. 27 in lot 52, east of Carruth-O'Leary Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
An economics textbook was stolen between 8 p.m. July 1 and 8 p.m. July 7 from the Anschutz Science Library, the KU Public Safety Office said. The book was valued at $65.
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