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The Inside Front
Friday September 18, 1998
September 18, 1998
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
Lawrence 12-year-old suspect in BB shootings
A 12-year-old Lawrence youth was detained in the Lawrence Juvenile Detention Center yesterday in connection with two BB gun shootings this week on 19th Street, Lawrence police said.
The two shootings, one Wednesday at the Kentucky Street intersection, the other Sunday at the Tennessee Street intersection, both were being investigated as agarated batteries.
The first incident occurred 8:50 p.m. Sunday when a 22-year-old Lawrence man, walking east on 19th Street near the Tennessee Street intersection, was struck in the side of his neck with what he thought was a BB. Lawrence police said.
"The victim said it didn't feel like an insect bite or sting," said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
The victim received a small red mark on the right side of his neck but did not seek medical attention.
The second shooting occurred 6 p.m. Wednesday a block east of the first incident, at the intersection of Kentucky and 19th streets.
In that incident, a 47-year-old Lawrence man, driving west on 19th Street, was shot in the hand when he was stopped at the intersection.
"The suspect shot at and struck the victim's right index finger while it rested on the steering wheel," Wheeler said.
Police said the youth probably would not face any criminal penalties because of his age.
— Keith Burner
Rock Chalk announces theme for 1999 show
"Wonders Never Cease" will be the theme of the 1999 Rock Chalk Revue, said John Laing, promotions coordinator
The theme was announced last night at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union to the 11 pairs of University living organizations that have committed to submitting notebooks for the student variety show and philanthropy that is a 50-year-old KU tradition.
The notebooks, which contain such items a script, set design and choreography ideas based on the theme, are due in early November. The top five shows will be selected to perform short musicals in the revue March 11-13.
Last year, the revue donated nearly $43,000 and more than 33,000 hours of community service to the United Way of Douala County.
Kansan staff report
MIT fraternity charged in death of freshman
BOSTON — A county grand jury has indicted a former fraternity at MIT for the 1997 binge drinking death of a freshman.
Phi Gamma Delta was charged with one count each of manslaughter and hazing in indictments unsealed today. No charges were brought against individual members, Suffolk County District Attorney Ralph Martin said yesterday.
If convicted of hazing, the fraternity could be fined $3,000. Prosecutors could not explain immediately what the maximum penalty would be for manslaughter.
Scott Krueger, 18, who recently had arrived at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from Orchard Park, N.Y., died following a night of binge drinking at the fraternity house.
Martin said criminal charges against MIT administrators were not warranted.
The fraternity was shutdown following Krueger's death last Sept. 29. Krueger, a fraternity pledge, died two days after being found in a coma in the basement of the off-campus fraternity house.
MIT has announced that all freshmen starting in 2001 will be required to live in campus dorms.
Crews search Pacific for crash survivors
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Rescue crews searched yesterday for survivors after a Marine Corps helicopter with four people aboard plunged into the Pacific Ocean 12 miles off Southern California.
The crash occurred at 8:20 p.m. Wednesday while the UH-1 Huey helicopter was practicing takeoff and landing maneuvers from the USS Rushmore, about 12 miles west of Oceanside, Gunnery Sat. Lee Tibbett said.
The pilot, co-pilot and two crew chiefs — crew members who assist in takeoffs and landings — were missing, he said. All four men were with the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 and were from the Camp Pendleton Marine Base, which is 30 miles northwest of San Diego, Tibbett said.
It was not immediately known what caused the helicopter to plummet into the ocean, he said.
Gunmen execute 18 in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Gunmen in northern Mexico pulled 21 people from their beds early yesterday, lined them up against a wall and opened fire. Eighteen people were killed and three were seriously wounded, police said.
Police said the attack took place at 4:30 a.m. in El Sauzal, a suburb of the resort of Ensenada and only 60 miles south of the U.S. border.
Eugenio Carrillo, director of the Red Cross in Ensenada, said the victims lived in three neighboring houses. He said the dead included nine adults, two teenagers, six children and a baby.
Ensenada Judicial Police officer Jose Ramon Espinoza said that the victims were members of three families but that it was unclear whether the three families were related.
One of the wounded, Fermin Castro, was in serious condition with a bullet wound to the head, Carrillo said.
He said he had no information on suspects or a possible motive.
Officer sues Shell Oil for racial discrimination
CHICAGO — The note posted behind the counter at the gas station was written in Urdau, so most customers were not likely to understand it.
But an employee of the Shell station in Chicago understood and told an African-American police officer that the sign read, "Do not release for blacks — first get the money."
It was the first link in a chain of events that led to the filing of a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.
The lawsuits seek class-action status and names Shell Oil Co. station in five states. It also seeks unspecified damages and an end to what it called a nationwide pattern of discrimination by Shell.
It was filed by Doron Hill, the officer told about the note.
Hill and some associates made videotapes at several Shell stations of a Caucasian man being allowed to pay for gas after pumping and then of Hill being forced to pay before getting gas moments later at the same pump.
A representative said Shell was investigating and had told dealers that they should comply with federal civil rights laws.
Joby Humphrey, representative for Equilion Enterprises LLC, a joint marketing and refining venture between Shell and Texaco, said that most Shell dealers were independent businesses and that the company was not directly responsible for their operations.
House panel clears bill to regulate Web porn
WASHINGTON — Renewing efforts to curb internet pornography, a House panel cleared a bill yesterday that would require operators of commercial Web sites to restrict young people's access to harmful material.
Last year, the Supreme Court struck down the 1996 Communications Decency Act, Congress' first attempt to limit youth access, as too broad and likely to keep such material from adults who have a right to see it.
Rep. Mike Oxley, R-Ohio, chief sponsor of the bill, said the measure limiting access by people under 17 could survive a court challenge because it was a more reasonable product than the 1996 law.
The House Commerce subcommittee on telecommunications, trade and consumer protection approved the bill by voice vote and sent it to the full committee for further review.
In Oxley's House bill, Internet service providers would escape liability for adult-oriented material they did not produce, but they would be required to inform consumers about devices available commercially to block children's access to harmful material.
Violators could face civil and criminal penalties.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's drivers license, checks and CD player were stolen from his car between midnight Sept. 1 and midnight Sept. 2 in a lot west of McColm Hall and the left door damaged, KU Public Safety Office said. The value of the items stolen was $170, and the damage to the vehicle was estimated at $100.
A KU employee's vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle in a hit-and-run between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the parking garage north of Allen Field House, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student reported being harassed over the telephone between 11:30 p.m. and 11:35 p.m. Wednesday in her room in Gertrude Sell- ards Pearson-Corbin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
Today: IN HISTORY
1787 — The Constitution of the United States of America was signed this day by delegates from 12 states at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The U.S. Constitution is the world's oldest working Constitution.
1920 — The National Football League was formed on this day in Canton, Ohio. Canton is now the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
1952 — Frank Sinatra sang at his final session with Mitch Miller and Columbia Records.
NPHC to discuss intake process
The members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council will have their annual informational session Sunday in the Kansas Union to teach students about their individual organizations.
From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. students can walk throughout rooms on the Union's fifth floor and listen to each chapter discuss its goals and backgrounds.
Tiffany Cunningham, National Pan-Hellenic Council vice president, said that this was a good opportunity for students to learn what the organizations were about.
The National Pan-Hellenic Council represents the traditionally African-American fraternities and sororites, as well as the KU Latina sorority. Last year, about 45 students visited the informational session.
"It's a place where we can get to know them, and they can get to know us," she said.
She said that anyone who might be interested in joining an organization was encouraged to attend.
The process involved in joining African-American fraternity or sorority depends upon each chapter, said Adrian Franks, National Pan-Hellenic Council president. There will be a question-and-answer period during which students can ask about the individual intake processes.
ON CAMPUS
— By Sarah Hale
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will sponsor a balloon release at 6 p.m. tomorrow at 138 Alabama St. in honor of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action military personnel. The event is open to the public. For more information, call Debbie Meek at 843-2078.
Student Union Activities Spectrum Films will be showing Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union, and Fallen Angels will be shown afterward at 9 p.m. The Dark Background will be shown at midnight Friday and Saturday. Tickets are available 30 minutes prior to show time at the SUA box office. For more information, call the box office at 864-3477
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will be holding its annual back to school party from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. tomorrow at the Burge Union. The cost is $2 for Greeks and $3 for students. For more information, call Keena M. McClendon at 864-2268.
Campus Christians will have dinner at 6 p.m. Sunday at 1320 Ohio St. The cast is $1. Worship will begin at 7 p.m. The Sunday message series is "I'm only human." For more information call Jason Mead at 331-2361.
The African Studies Resource Center will be showing We Jive Like This, a South African film, at 4 p.m. Monday at the Jayhawk Room
in the Kansas Union as part of its Africana Film Festival. For more information, call Pia Thielmann at 864-3054.
Campus Girl Scouts will have a picnic at 7 p.m. Monday on the northwest side of Potter's Lake below Caruth O'Leary Hall to kick off the new school year. The event is open to the public. For more information, call Christy Rieder at 864-6388.
The Christian Science Organization will hold an open meeting about "How Does Christian Science Heal?") at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Alcev A in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Kara Kelly at 865-3658.
*Jayhawker Campus Ministry will meet at 8 p.m. mondays at Partors A, B, and C in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Dave Diefendorf at 840-9469.
The Linguistics Department will have a colloquy, "Demonstrating Acoustic Phonetics to Introductory Linguistics Classes" at 3:30 p.m. Monday at 206 Blake Hall.
Students Tutoring for Literacy will have an orientation and information meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Walnut Room, Level 6, in the Kansas Union for all KU students interested in tutoring children, teens or adults in the Lawrence community. For more information, call Scott Hendrix, STL coordinator, at 864-4073 or 832-1298.
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Academic Computing Services presents FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU community Week of Sept.21-25
Finding information on the World Wide Web—Learn to use several guides and search tools that make the most of the Web's resources. Monday, September 21 noon-1:30 p.m./Budig PC Lab; Room 10
HTML forms and CGI scripts Learn to create online forms and use CGI scripts to save data from user responses and reply to the user, Monday, September 21 1:4 p.m./Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202
Users are FREE, don't require registration and are open to everyone. Office and statistical software are FREE to KU students, staff, and faculty (£75 for others) but DO REQUIRE REGISTRATION. Register at our workshop@ukanazauai or B64-0494, Full ACS class schedule at http://training.or in Driver's Ed for the Information Superhighway at the Computer Center.
Windows: Demonstration—Get an overview of your Windows operating system. Thursday, September 24 1:20 p.m. /Computer Center Auditorium
E-mail: Advanced—Learn advanced Pine e-mail commands. Tuesday, September 22 4-5:30 p.m./Computer Center PC Lab/Room 202
Web Database Integration - Learn basic database fundamentals covering database design, SQL table creation, and inserting, updating, and selecting table data. Friday, September 25 1-4 p.m./ Computer Center PC Lab,
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