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The Inside Front
Thursday October 8,1998
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Party to raise money for Hispanic organization
The Hispanic American Leadership Organization will raise funds for Hispanic Heritage Month with a party tonight at Coco Loco Cafe, 943 Massachusetts St.
Keifel Aqui, owner of Coco Loco, said last year's event was fun and packed the house. He said he expected this year's party also to be a success.
"It's going to be a get-down fiesta of Latin music," he said.
All of the proceeds from the door would go to HALO, Aqua said.
The party begins at 9 p.m. and will include a T-shirt giveaway contest sponsored by Captain Morgan.
Other planned Hispanic American Leadership Organization events this month include entertainment Fridays at noon at the Kansas Union, a lecture on Latinas in power at 4 p.m. Oct. 20 in the Union, and Evita as the SUA Film Oct. 24, 25 and 26.
— By Kelli Raybern
Fine Arts dean resigns will return to teaching
the dean of the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts will return to full-time teaching at the end of this academic year after serving 13 years as dean.
Peter Thompson said in a press release that he was ready to experience life in a modern classroom and interact more with students.
While Thompson was dean, the Lied Center for Performing Arts and the Bales Recital Hall were constructed.
Thompson began at the University in 1965 as an instructor of drawing and painting. In 1975, he was named associate dean of Fine Arts, and in 1986 he became dean.
Thompson constructed the stained-glass windows in the Bales Recital Hall His work is displayed at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American Art and at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University.
— By Carolyn Mollett
Provost David Shulenburger said in the press release that a national search would be conducted to solicit Thompson's replacement.
KU debaters finish third at Kentucky tournament
Two KU Debate team members took third place for arguing for the rights of women in the military.
Mike Eber, Miami junior, and Grant Mckeehan, Overland Park junior, defeated six other schools in the University of Kentucky's round robin debate tournament that took place last weekend.
The top nine individual teams from the nation competed with each other in
eight debates, said Kevin Minch, graduate teaching assistant in the department of communications and assistant coach of KU Debate.
"It was very difficult and intense," Eber said. "The team's position was that there is discrimination in the military and the government should extend regulations to prevent it."
KU sent a contingent of three two members teams to Kentucky.
The debating team also participated in the Henry Clay debate tournament, represented by 119 teams from 45 colleges and universities.
Although KU lost to Wake Forest University in the semi-finals, its important achievement was defeating last year's National Champions, Northwestern University, in the quarterfinals, said Mich.
Eber was ranked seventh and Mckeehan was ranked seventeenth out of the 238 debaters competing in the tournament. Travels next to Southwest
KU Debate travels next to Southwest Missouri State University this weekend.
Each year, tournaments cover a broad topic. This year's topic is Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act, which deals with discrimination in the workplace, Minch said.
— By Pallavi Agarwal
Couple gives University $2 million for scholarship
The University of Kansas received more than $2 million from a Prairie Village couple yesterday that will be used to establish a non-athletic scholarship fund.
Alfred and Genevieve Kuraner gave
the money to the Kansas University Endowment Association jointly with their daughter Ann Kuraner Smith of Leawood. The gift, which was set up as a charita-
bie gift annuity, will be invested by the University with the Kurans receiving a set monthly check for the rest of their lives. Ultimately the money will create the Alfred Kuraner Jr. Memorial fund to provide scholarships to any KU student not involved in intercollegiate athletics.
The fund is in memory of the late Alfred Kuraner Jr., who died in 1952. He is the Kuraner's son and the brother of Smith.
"I wanted to help future students who do well scholastically but lack adequate funds to have an easier time than I did," said Alfred Kuraner.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the gift would play an important role at the University.
"These kinds of gifts enable KU to both recruit and retain high-achieving students, a true measure of a great university," Hemenway said.
Alfred Kuraner said he had to pay his way through school working several jobs.
Alfred Kuraner, born in 1908, is a
retired attorney, who graduated from the University with a bachelor's degree in 1930 and a law degree in 1931.
He married Genevieve Hartley in 1930, who received her bachelor of arts degree from Baker University in 1931.
The gift will be administered by KU Endowment, an independent and nonprofit organization that serves as the official fund-management foundation for the University.
— By Jason Pearce
Kansas Governor Bill Graves issued a state of emergency early for seven counties, including Douglas, that suffered extreme storm damage Sunday.
Flooding leads to state of emergency declaration
Shawnee, Johnson, Franklin, Jefferson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte were the other counties damaged by flooding and tornadoes.
Graves: Declares state of emergency in seven counties.
Damage assessment teams began surveying the damage in Wyandotte and Johnson counties yesterday. Many streets, businesses and homes were damaged, said Blake McCall, sergeant for the Douglas County Sheriffs Department. Mickie Dana
housemother for the Kappa Delta sorority at the University of Kansas, said that the basement of the house had five to six inches of water, loosening tiles on the floor and ruining sections of the carpet.
"The water was coming in like a faucet," Dana said. "I feel very lucky, because we only had to throw away a few things that were ruined. It could have been much worse."
David Cobb, lieutenant for the Lawrence Police Department, said that the department responded to 52 calls in two and a half hours that evening. one of which involved the flooding at the Kappa Delta house, 1602 High Drive.
"We mostly responded to a lot of people whose cars were stranded in water," Cobb said. "This flooding wasn't as great of an emergency as the one in 1996, but it still brought a lot of water and caused a significant amount of damage."
Sunday's storms flooded northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, killing at least seven people, including two men from Johnson County whose cars were swept off roads.
Graves' declaration directs state officials to activate disaster response and allows the governor to request a disaster declaration from President Clinton.
— Kansan staff report
ON CAMPUS
- Proponents of Animal Liberation, KU Envirans and Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Donations will be accepted. Call Laura at 841-2588 for more information.
The American Association of University Women will present "Issues Facing African-American Women in Business" at 7 p.m. today at Alvamar Country Club, 1809 Cross gate Drive. An optional dinner will start at 5:30 p.m. Reservations can be made through Alvamar at 842-0004. Dorothy Pennington, associate professor of communications studies, will be the featured speaker. Call Carol Graham at 842-6059 for more information.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. today at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Letter writing immediately will 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 p.m. today 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. today at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. Call Steve Swank at 841-5211 for more information.
■ The KU Ballroom Dance Club will give free rumba lessons, taught by professional instructors, from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. Call Tesia Hosteller at 864-1763 for more information.
- Campus Christians will have dinner at 6 p.m. Sunday at 1320 Ohio St. Praise and worship will begin at 7 p.m. Dinner costs $1, and the Sunday message series is "I'm only human." Call Jason Mead at 331-2361 for more information.
ON THE RECORD
A Lawrence woman backed out of a parking stall into a KU employee's vehicle at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the lot south of the Lindley Annex, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's Mountain bike was stolen Tuesday morning in the 1000 block of Rhode Island Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $1,300.
A KU employee's legally parked vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle, which then left the scene, between 4 and 4:05 p.m. Sunday in the lot west of Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
Stereo equipment and 50 CDs were stolen from a KU student's car sometime Sunday in the 1200 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $839.
SENATE LEGISLATION
FAILED, a bill to amend Student Senate Rules and Regulations article VII, Section two. The bill detailed general funding criteria for student activities and organizations.
PASSED, a bill to amend Student Senate Rules and Regulations article II section I. The bill recognized the name change of the Native American Student Association to the First Nations Student Association.
PASSED, a bill to amend Student Senate Rules and Regulations article II section II. The bill recognizes that four executive positions serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of Senate.
- PASSED, a resolution in support of bike lanes.
- PASSED, a resolution in support of service learning.
- PASSED, a resolution in support of administrative financial assistance for the costs incurred by the smartcard replacement bus passes.
- PASSED, a bill to allocate $307 to the KU Pre-Dental Club.
PASSED, a bill to allocate $7,160 to the First Nations Student Association.
■ PASSED, a bill to allocate $307 to Students for a Free Tibet.
PASSED, a bill to allocate $288 to the KU Pres-Nursing Club.
PASSED, a bill to allocate $283 to the KU Adopt-a-School program.
■ PASSED, a bill to allocate $407 to the Women's Empowerment Action Coalition.
■ PASSED, a bill to allocate $307 to Proponents of Animal Liberation.
■ PASSED, a bill to allocate $307 to KU American Civil Liberties Union.
PASSED, a bill to allocate $599 to the Hong Kong Macau Student Association.
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