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The Inside Front
Tuesday October 27,1998
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Spring options packages available after enrolling
Students are being encouraged to walk to their right after they leave the enrollment center with their course schedules.
Aaron Quisenberry, assistant director of student finances for the Organizations and Leadership Development Center, said students could sign up for options packages for the spring semester at the center's table outside the enrollment center in Strong Hall.
"Most students walk out of the enrollment center with their heads down looking at their schedules," Quisenberry said. "The table is just to the right of the center, and we have footprints and signs."
The spring semester options are a shorter version of the fall options.
Options still available are Legislative awareness, $5; Board of Class Officers, $10 for freshmen and seniors and $8 for sophomores and juniors; SUA movie card, $25; Jayhawker yearbook, $30; and second semester bus pass, $60.
Quisenberry said the annual bus pass, sports package and all-arts package would not be available for purchase spring semester.
Options packages will be available through Nov. 18. After enrollment, each package will be available from individual vendors.
By Melody Ard
Police arrest man twice in one week for drugs
A 24-year-old Lawrence man was arrested yesterday morning after police caught him with substances they believed to be the hallucinogenic drugs psilocybine mushrooms and LSD.
It was the second time in a week that the man has been arrested in that location for drug possession.
At about 1:30 a.m. yesterday, police arrested the man at the corner of Seventh and Massachusetts streets.
He was arrested last Monday with what police believed to be 6.2 ounces of individually-packaged psilocybine mushrooms and three grams of marijuana.
The man was searched and police found 70 small pieces of paper they believed to contain LSD, and a bag of mushrooms, said Lawrence Police Sgt. George Wheeler.
When police discovered the substances, the man, who was out of jail on bond, attempted to run away but fell down.
Police then placed the man in the Douglas County Jail on charges of possession of LSD with intent to sell, possession of nilocybine mushroom and having no tax stamp.
His first court appearance is 3 p.m. today, jail officials said.
Check forgery suspects caught near downtown
Three Kansas City men were arrested Saturday in connection with check forgeries at four Lawrence businesses.
Lawrence police said the men were suspected of passing altered checks to Ballard's Sporting Good Outlet, 1023 N. Third St., Bass Shoe Factory, 1 Riverfront Plaza, Campbell's clothing, 841 Massachusetts St., and Weaver's Department Store Incl., 901 Massachusetts St.
Police said the names, addresses, phone numbers and account numbers on the checks had been changed and the drivers' license numbers had 10 digits, instead of nine.
When the Bass Shoe Factory received one of the checks, an employee recognized it as a forgery and called the police. The men were arrested at 5:50 p.m. in the 600 block of Tennessee Street.
Man arrested for illegal sex acts with step sons
A 37-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Friday on sex-related charges and has been accused of having improper relations with his two teen-age step sons, Lawrence police said.
The man is suspected of forcing the boys to preform sexual acts with him during a span of approximately two years.
The man was arrested after the boys told their mother about the relations.
The boys' mother reported it, and the man was arrested on four counts of criminal sodomy, two counts of indecent liberties with a child, two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and two counts of indecent soliciting of a child.
—By Keith Burner
British visit University for debate series today
The inaugural event of the 1998-1999 KU Audience Debate Series matches KU representatives against a team from Britain at 6 p.m. today at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
The KU Audience Debate Series is a series of public debates on public policy issues.
Competitors involved in the forum will participate in a parliamentary debate on the resolution: "This house believes that the melting pot has failed."
The representatives from the University will be Josh Zive, former KU student and assistant coach and 1994 semifinalist at the National Debate Tournament, and Kevin Minch, a current KU assistant debate coach and Ph.D. candidate and a former National Champion in Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
The University team will argue against the statement, and the United Kingdom will take the affirmative stance.
Convict in K-State killing linked to toddler's death
COUNCIL GROVE — A Council Grove man convicted of stabbing a Kansas State University student to death in 1993 has been charged in the death of a 15-month-old boy, authorities said.
STATE
Scotty R. Adam is being held in the Morris County Jail on $250,000 bond. He is charged with murder and child abuse stemming from the death of 15-month-old Timothy Post, Kansas Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Scott Teeselink said yesterday.
Staff at Morris County Hospital in Council Grove notified police Wednesday of possible child abuse involving the boy, the Morris County attorney's office said. Timothy was airlifted to a Wichita hospital, where he died Thursday evening.
-Kansan staff report
KBI agents arrested Adam on Friday, Teeselink said. Authorities would not discuss his relationship to the boy.
A preliminary hearing for Adam is scheduled for Nov. 4.
In 1993, Adam was convicted of murder in the stabbing death of Scott O. Sanders, a 19-year-old Kansas State freshman from Junction City. But two years later, Adam's conviction was overturned on technicalities. A jury in a second trial found him guilty of lesser charges.
He was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.
Kansas Department of Corrections spokesman Bill Miskell said Adam was paroled on April 11, 1996, and finished his parole on April 11 this year.
NATION
MIT manslaughter case ends,fraternity closes
BOSTON — The manslaughter case against an MIT fraternity in the drinking death of a freshman effectively ended yesterday because the fraternity has disbanded and there is no one to answer the charges.
Last month, prosecutors took the extraordinary step of bringing manslaughter charges against Phi Gamma Delta — the organization, not its members — in the case of 18-year-old Scott Krueger, who drank himself into a coma at a party and died.
Yesterday, the Superior Court magistrate who had issued a warrant against Phi Gamma Delta filed it away in case the fraternity tries to reorganize at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Because no individual members were named in the indictment, the case unravelled when the fraternity disbanded.
The Associated Press
Many 'W's bad for future, staff says
"A W or two on a transcript over four or five years shouldn't be a major concern to students." Houston said.
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Students could encounter problems when applying to graduate programs or jobs if their transcripts reveal a pattern of withdrawing from courses. Houston said.
one or two class withdrawals would not matter much.
Diane Lindeman, director of admissions at the KU School of Law, agreed that
But she said it would look suspicious if a student withdrew from several courses.
Ann Hartley, associate director of the University Career and Employment Services, said she did not think an occasional W had a large impact on career opportunities.
"You have to learn how to be prepared to explain it, if it comes out in an interview," Hartley said.
But she said most people could turn the withdrawal into a positive learning experience.
Kevin Burch, Chanute senior, said, "I don't think that it would affect my chances of getting a job."
But he said he still would not want to withdraw from a course, because most of the classes he was enrolled in were graduation requirements that he would have to retake.
ON THE RECORD
The dash and passenger-side window of a KU student's car was damaged, and a CD player and two speakers were stolen between 5:45 and 10:55 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The damage to the car was $550, and the property was valued at $225.
- The sunroof of a KU student's car was damaged between 7:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday in the 2000 block of Stewart Avenue, Lawrence police said. The damage was $300.
ON CAMPUS
OAKS Nontraditional Students Organization will have a brown bag luncheon from 1:15 am. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alceve E in the Kansas Union and at the same time tomorrow at Alceve A. Call Simnie Berrava at 830.0074 for more information
The SUA Fine Arts and Public Relations committees 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. All meetings will be in the Kansas Union. Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 or visit SUA's Web site at http://www.ukans.edu/~sua 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.
■ KU Environers 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 KU Meditation Club will meet at 6:15 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
- Call Beng Beh at 864-7754 for more information.
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 tonight at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Tim Watts at 841-3148 for more information.
The Latin American Solidarity will present "Chiapas: The Secret War in Mexico," at 7 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. There will be a slide presentation and a discussion by three local individuals with recent experience in Chiapas. Call Megan Hope at 331-2403 for more information.
The Pool Boys and various campus ministries will
have an evening of praise-and-worship music at 8:45 tonight at Downs Auditorium in Dyche Hall.
Call Mark Fleles at 832-6228 for more information
University Forum will present "Local Harvest: The Value of Local Food Production" from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Kelly Kindsher from the environmental studies department will be the featured speaker. Call Thad Halcone at 843-4923 for more information.
- Writing Consulting: Student Resources will offer a session on writing personal statements at 4 p.m. tomorrow at 4057 Wescae. Call 864-2399 for more information.
- KU Libertarians will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. Call Rodger Woods at 841-6195 for more information.
- Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Wendy Brown at 838-3984 or visit Chi Alpha's web site at http://www.ukans.edu/~chialpha for more information.
*Jayhawk Campus Ministry will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. Call Dave Diefendorf at 840-9469 for more information.*
■ Greek Impact, part of the Campus Crusade for Christ, will meet at 9 p.m. tomorrow at the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, 1433 Tennessee St., to discuss Biblical issues and how they relate to Greek life.
Call Kara Donohoe at 832-8954 for more information.
KU Debate team vs. British National Debate team, sponsored by the KU Debate team, will be at 6 p.m. today at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. The topic will be "This House Believes That the Melting Pot Has Failed." The event is free. Call Kevin Minch at 864-9893 for more information.
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic American Leadership Organization invites you to participate in... Opportunities: Hispanics in the Work Force
During this panel, campus groups and organizations will be available to advise students on how to get ahead in their careers Tuesday October 27 6:30 p.m. at the Multicultural Resource Center (between Summerfield and the Military Science building)
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Friday, October 30
12:00-1:00 p.m.
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