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The Inside Front
Tuesday November 3,1998
News
campus and the nation
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CAMPUS Anti-homosexual word found on GLASA poster
A KU employee and member of Gay and Lesbian Academic and Staff Advocates Sunday discovered an anti-homosexual message scrawled on a poster for the group.
Christine Robinson, a graduate teaching assistant, reported the incident to the KU Public Safety Office. The office is still investigating the incident.
Robinson said that on the first floor of Fraser Hall she saw that the poster, advertising GLASA' s Rainbow Bash next week, was covered by a poster advertising for the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
"I went over to the board and took the Bottleneck poster from my poster and saw that my poster had the word 'FAGS' written on it in blue ink right next to the rainbow on my poster," Robinson said in an e-mail message.
According to a police report, the sign was damaged between 5 p.m. Saturday and 2:45 p.m. Sunday. The report indicated that the crime was motivated by anti-homosexual bias.
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said that although anti-homosexual crime was not predominant on campus, the incident should not be written off because the homosexual community had been targeted for crimes in the past.
KU Public Safety Office posts public crime log
Malien said police would follow up on the case but that they did not have a lot to go on.
The police division of the KU Public Safety Office printed its first daily crime log for the public yesterday.
The logs will be printed daily in accordance with new federal law. The department previously had posted crime information on its Web page.
"We've always done something like this," said Sgt. Troy Mailen of the Public Safety Office. "We put a log similar to this on our Web site. We just had to put it in a daily format."
The new law requires police to include in the log all crimes reported to them within two business days of the day the crime is reported.
The log also will give crime information in a language everyone can understand, Mailen said.
"We put it in a format that excludes cop vocabulary," Mailen said. "It needs to be in plain, complete-sentence context."
The log is required by recent amendments to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, a subsection of the Higher Education Act. The amendments
took effect Oct. 7.
The law requires campus police departments to issue a log including: (i) the nature, date, time and general location of each crime; and (ii) the disposition of the complaint, if known.
— Kelli Raybem
Mailen said Major Chris Keary and others were working to put the log into an HTML format on a computer available to the public in their office.
Jayhawker announces six Hilltopper winners
The Jayhawker yearbook announced yesterday the six Hilttopper award winners for 1999.
Hiltopper awards are given annually to graduating seniors who excel in scholarship, community service and campus involvement at the University of Kansas.
About 15 students and faculty make up the committee that selects the award winners, said Kari Haverkamp, Topeka, senior and Jayhawk Business Manager. She said they looked for students who had a wide variety of activities they excelled in.
The six winners this year are: Maria atabjoglu, Charleston, WV; Ronald Chen, Topeka; Kendall Day, St. Fracis; Karen Isley, Sylvania, Ohio; Erika Nutt, Wichita; Ken Yoder, Hutchinson.
She said she was a varsity tennis player until this year and that now she was a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences student senator.
"I've always been concerned about really bridging the gap between the athletic world and the University world," Ahatouliou said.
Yoder, student body president, said many great KU alumni had received the Hiltopter award, and he was flattered to be among those recognized.
"To be in the same crowd as some of them is an honor to me," Yoder said.
By Carolyn Mollett
Football game argument leads to arrest of two men
Three Kansas State University students were beaten early Sunday morning near campus after an argument about Saturday's Kansas-Kansas State football game.
The three students had been walking north in the 1300 block of Ohio Street. When they walked by a party at 1339 Ohio St., they got into a argument with the two suspects about the game, Lawrence police said.
Police arrested two Lawrence men, both 20, at 2:45 a.m. in connection with the fight.
"There were then words exchanged, and the fight proceeded," said Lawrence Police Set, George Wheeler.
face with a golf club, knocking several teeth out of the his mouth. He received medical attention by paramedics on the scene.
The other two students suffered minor injuries.
The two Lawrence men were placed into the Douglas County Jail on charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault.
During the fight, one of the suspects struck one of the K-State students in the
Both were released at 5:11 p.m. the same day on $2,000 bonds, jail officials said.
— By Keith Burner
Dialogue will discuss living-group stereotypes
University of Kansas students will discuss the issue of living-group stereotypes in this month's Diversity Dialogue.
The program, it's Not Where You Park You're Car: Stereotypes of University Living Groups, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. The event is sponsored by the KU Coalition Against Racism and Discrimination, the Multicultural Resource Center and the All-Scholarship Hall Council.
Tasha Bradley, MRC Intern, said representatives from the Greek community, residence halls, scholarship halls and possibly an off-campus student, would be on the panel.
The students will discuss stereotypes such as the rich snooby sorority girl or the brainy scholarship hall student, said Bradley. Orlando, Fla., graduate student.
"The main issue is: When people have stereotypes, how do they relate to other people?" she said.
Diversity Dialogues is a monthly program. Bradley said this year's theme was stereotypes. The next program, which will explore religious stereotypes, will be held Dec. 1.
— Kansan Staff Report
NATION Heavy Kansas rain fall floods many from homes
AUGUSTA — Hundreds were out of their homes yesterday as rivers, swollen by up to a foot of rain, poured out of their banks in Kansas and Oklahoma.
A preliminary damage estimate in August alone was about $2 million, said Jim Schmidt, emergency management coordinator.
Nearly a foot of rain had fallen since Friday night in Kansas, where an estimated 900 people had been evacuated, including at least 350 people from nursing homes in Wichita. Water blocked all roads into the town of Sedgwick on Sunday.
Kansas Gov, Bill Graves declared a state of emergency for Cowley, Chase, Butter and Sedgwick counties.
Downtown Augusta was under 5 to 7 feet of water, said assistant city manager David Alfaro.
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■ **Writer's Roasts, sponsored by Writing Consulting and Student Resources, will be open at the following times and locations:** from 9 am. 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 G in the Kansas Union; from 9 am. to noon Monday at 156 Strong Hall; from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Conference Room 109 in the Multicultural Resource Center; and from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday at Templin ARC. Cell 844.2399 for more information.
- OAKS-Non-Traditional Students Organization will have a brown bag luncheon from 11:45 am. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alceve E in the Kansas Union and at the same time tomorrow at Alceve A. Call Simmie Berrowa at 830.0074 for more information
- The SUA Fine Arts Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. today. The SUA Public Relations Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. today. The SUA Special Events Committee will meet at 6 p.m. today. The SUA Forums Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. today. The SUA Feature Films Committee will meet at 7 p.m. today. The SUA Recreation Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow. The SUA Live Music Committee will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 or visit http://www.suas.org/for more information.
The KU Enviros will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Matt Dunbar at 864-7325 for more information.
■ The Hispanic-American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Multicultural Resource Center, Call Janell Avila at 864-HALO for more information
The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6:15 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
Call Bena Beh at 864-7754 for more information.
- The Diversity Dialogue Series will present "It's Not Where You Park Your Car: Exploring Stereotypes Among Living Groups" from 7 to 9 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
Students in Communication Studies will present Career Planning" from 7 to 8 tonight at the English Room in the Kansas Union. Francis DeSalvo, Jr., director of Counseling and Psychological Services and acting director of the University Career and Employment Services, will be the featured speaker. Call Laura Baker at 842-6192 for more information.
University Career and Employment Services will sponsor an interviewing strategies workshop at 7 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Employers from Hallmark, UNUM, and Primedia Intermedia will discuss strategies for interviewing success. Call Gina Eastman at 864-3624 for more information.
- The Latin American Solidarity will meet at 7 tonight at Alcave D in the Kansas Union. Call Megan Hope at 331-2403 for more information.
University Christian Fellowship will have a Bible study and worship at 7 tonight at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Tim Watts at 841-3148.
The Environmental Studies Student Association will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union, Call Todd Simmons at 838-4673.
The Asian American Student Union will meet at 8 tonight at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call Nellie Kim at 864-3576 for more information.
University fails to inform public
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"We need to tear down some of the silos of individual approaches and be more collaborative across campuses and partner with communities," he said. "The University perspective needs to be more of a relational enterprise with communities, rather than something that the University does to communities — it is a mindset change."
Executive Vice Chancellor Don Hagen gave the KU Hospital, which is part of the Med Center, a top rating for service. He said one of the factors contributing to the high rating was the recently appointed Hospital Authority Board that soerves KU Hospital operations.
"The Hospital Authority Board is a month old and already there's a lot of improvements to the facility," he said. "By being able to manage our resources and change the way we do business, the Hospital is able to move faster than normal state agencies."
Hagen cited the near completion of constructing a new burn unit, which began a year ago, and renovation of and movement of the pediatric ward closer to the inner core of the KU Hospital as two improvements to the facility.
In addition to health care, part of Hemenway's charge included the Geological Survey/s' mission to help maintain a self-sustaining natural environment.
Steeples said the Geological Survey provided public outreach in areas related to natural resources such as water, oil, gas and salt. It also looks at public safety issues such as water quality and earthquake hazards.
"For example, there are declining water tables in Western Kansas and a large amount of its economy depends on irrigation water." Steeples said. "So for many years, research programs have monitored the amount of water left and more effective ways to use the water."
ON THE RECORD
- Two KU students reported receiving harassing phone calls between 1:15 a.m. Oct. 27 and 3:40 a.m. Saturday in Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A Topkea man drove into a clearance sign at 10:03 a.m. Saturday in the parking garage on Irving Hill Road, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's legally parked vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle that left the scene between 4 and 5 p.m. Friday in Lot 94 near Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said
Graffiti was sprayed between 1 a.m. and 10:36 p.m. Saturday on the wall of a tunnel between Learned and Lindley Halls, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $50.
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