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The Inside Front
Thursday September 10, 1998
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
Aerosol can sparks small blast at eatery
A small explosion yesterday morning startled employees at the Visual Arts snack bar in the Art and Design Building, and sparked response by fire officials and police officials.
Jean Young, snack bar operator, said a cracked aerosol can under a sink was ignited by the electricity from a drink machine.
The can exploded and flames blew the doors of the cabinet open, Young said.
KU police responded about 10 a.m., said Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office.
Young said police and fire officials told her there was no damage to the snack bar.
"We're still in business," Young said. "Nobody was hurt. We're just still shaken."
—Kelli Raybern
Computing Services post to be filled this month
Four candidates are interviewing for the position of deputy director for Academic Computing Services.
University of Kansas officials intend to fill the position by the end of the month. The candidates' names have not been announced.
University administration decided to create the new position last June, upon learning of Jerry Niebaum's plan to retire in June of 2000. Niebaum is the director of Academic Computing Services and is the assistant vice chancellor for Information Services.
The deputy director will be second-in-command to Niebaum and will take over once Niebaum retires.
"If I retire in 2000, I will have been here 19 years," Niebaum said. "By retiring, I am hoping to have less structure in my work responsibilities."
"Jerry's plan to step down allows us plenty of time to find someone to step in and learn the ropes," said Bill Crowe, vice chancellor for Information Services and dean of libraries. "We want to make sure that the baton is passed cleanly and there are no unusual problems."
The deputy director will act as a liaison between Academic Computing Services and school deans and department chairmen. This will allow the deputy director to learn about the services and systems that the University provides, Niebaum said.
Niebaum said he was unsure whether he would continue to work for the University after his retirement. If so, he said he hoped to perform technological and computing services for the University.
— Liz Wristen
Starr delivers report surprises White House
WASHINGTON — Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr yesterday sent Congress a report and two vans of evidence of what sources call
possible impeachable offenses by President Clinton.
the president's attorney, David Kendall, was summoned to the White House after the surprise delivery of the report about the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Kendall said prosecutors did not give
Station. Kendall Kenneth Starr; Ssn said prosecutors his report to Condid not give Clinton a chance to
review and answer the report's allegations beforehand.
"We do know this, there is no basis for impeachment." Kendall said.
The report, composed of several hundred pages and 36 boxes of evidence, contains substantial and credible information that may constitute grounds for Clinton's impeachment, Starr representative Charles Bokaly said.
Starr said the report included secret grand jury evidence.
Clinton apologized anew for his behavior with former intern Lewinsky, first in a private meeting with Democrats at the White House and then publicly at an appearance in Florida.
Killing on Marine mission blamed on poor training
EL PASO, Texas — Marines involved in the killing of a teen-age goatherd during an anti-drug patrol along the Mexican border were not adequately trained for an armed operation among civilians, the military has concluded in an internal report.
Marine commanders did not do enough to prevent the encounter that ended in the shooting death of 18-year-old Esequiel Hernandez Jr., military officials said.
The Marine Corps considered the mission to be more of a training opportunity than a real-world deployment, said retired Marine Maj. Gen John T. Coyne, who investigated the shooting. The Marine Corps disputed Coyne's conclusions.
Military officials said that Hernandez fired his.22-caliber rifle twice at members of a Marine patrol assigned to guard against smuggling along the border and that he had raised the weapon to fire a third time when Cpl. Clemente Banuelos shot him once with an M-18 rifle.
Hernandez was killed May 20, 1997, while herding goats along the Rio Grande near Redford, Texas, 200 miles, outheast of El Paso.
Relatives said that Hernandez never knowingly would have shot at anyone.
Military patrols along the border were suspended after the shooting.
No criminal or military disciplinary charges were filed against the Marines, and they were cleared by both state and federal grand juries. The Hernandez family received a $1 million settlement from the government.
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — Six days of rain caused flooding that swept away houses, bridges and large trees across the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. At least 25 people drowned and 25 were reported missing and feared dead.
Rescue, aid efforts begin after flooding in Mexico
Seven more died in flash flooding in other southern Mexico states.
On Tuesday, Chiapas Gov. Roberto Albores Guillen declared the area along the Pacific coast a disaster area. He said that at least 25,000 people in more than 50 towns and villages had been driven from their homes.
President Ernesto Zedillo ordered 1,100 army troops and two 727 jets loaded with doctors, medical equipment and specialized personnel to Chianas.
Bad weather made it impossible to get aid by airplane to some isolated towns, where dozens of people were stranded on rooftops and islands, the Televisa television network reported.
More than a dozen bridges were destroyed, and washed-out roads cut off 57 villages. Electricity, water and sewage services also were cut to 20 villages.
Earthquake in Rome kills one, injures several
ROME — A midday earthquake shook the mountain towns of southern Italy yesterday, damaging buildings and killing a man in a rockslide.
Panicked residents fled into the streets in towns close to the quake's epicenter, about 210 miles southeast of Rome.
One woman broke her arm while she was fleeing her home and five other people were hospitalized for shock.
Authorities said that dozens of buildings had been damaged and that some appeared on the brink of collapse.
A 24-year-old Italian who tried to get to safety by parking his car and fleeing on foot died after he was hit by rocks shaken loose from a cliff.
The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.5, according to the National Institute of Geophysics.
The Associated Press
The African Studies and Langston Hughes Centers will sponsor the Africana Faculty Seminar from 4 to 5 p.m. today at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. Professors Fiona McLaughlin (African and African-American Studies and Linguistics) and Leonarda Vilation will present "The Senegalese Exchange and Collaborative Research in West Africa." Call Pia Thielman at 844-3054 for more information.
ON CAMPUS
Amnesia International will meet at 7 p.m.
Thursday at Alceave D in the Kansas Union to discuss upcoming projects and campaigns.
Letter-writing will follow the meeting at 8 p.m.
at the Glass Onion. Call Kyle Browning at
842-1351 for more information.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries, KU Environs and the Proponents of Animal Liberation (PAL) will sponsor a vegetarian luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Donations will be accepted. Call Laura Ford at 841-2588 for more information
The InterVariety 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.
KU Young Democrats will hold a rally at 12:30 p.m. today at Wescoe Beach in support of the STARS tuition program. Information about how to receive free tuition with a "B" average will be provided, and the featured speaker is Kansas gubernatorial candidate Tom Sawyer. Call Phil Stevenson at 841-7307 for more information.
■ The HorrorZontals Ultimate Frisbee Club Team will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at the Shenk Complex at 23rd and Iowa streets. Skills, drills and strategy for upcoming tournaments will be discussed, and Ultimate Frisbee will be played. The sectional's tournament is Sept. 19-20 in Columbia, Mo. Call Jet Quenemean at 313-0695 or Will Sports at 841-6071 for more information
The Campus Crusade for Christ, Ithus, InterVarsity and Navigators group will hold an all-campus Christian meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at 3139 Wescock Hall. Call Susan Hines at 864-6503 for more information.
■ The KU Environers will present Susen S. Weed's "Using Herbs Simply and Safely" from 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Pavilors A, B, and C on the fifth level of the Kansas Union. Call Matt Dunbar at 864-7325 for more information.
Contracts help the University, chancellor says
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tract provided the University with $7 million up front, with the potential for a total of $21 million in a 10-year period.
Commerce Bank paid the University $10,000 to put a bank branch into the Kansas Union. The Union will receive funds for the next five years in the form of lease payments and royalties from bank-related use of the smart card.
Campus Link will pay the University for its right to provide long-distance service on campus. The phone contract is based on student usage of long distance, so the amount to be paid is not predetermined.
Klinkenberg said that aside from the Athletics Department, those were the only commercial contracts she was aware of.
Olivia Ceesay, Freetown, Sierra Leone graduate student, said she found the on-campus presence of services such as banking and vending helpful.
"It's convenient," she said. "It saves the time and trouble of leaving campus."
Ceesay said things such as Commerce Bank or Coke machines on campus did not seriously affect academics as long as they did not get in the way.
"If the money is used for the enhancement of the University or university life, I don't see anything wrong with it," Seesay said.
Tad Holcombe, ECM pastor, said the University Forum was the most highly attended in its history, beating out other noted speakers such as former Gov. Joan Finney.
"This topic has been smoldering," Holcombe said. "It was ripe for discussion."
Hemenway said it was a continuation of a debate that had been going on for some time.
"David Katzman always has an interesting analysis," Hemenway said. "We do need to be prudent and cautious entering any business relationship."
ON THE RECORD
A 16-year-old Lawrence High School student was beaten by another student and an 18-year-old Lawrence resident Sept. 2 in a parking lot at the school, Lawrence police said. The boy received nine stitches near his right eye at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU police officer was dispatched to a medical emergency at 5:05 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. A KU employee was suffering from heat exhaustion and chest pains. The victim was treated by Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical officials and was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
A KU student was bitten by a dog Friday afternoon in the 2000 block of Hawthorne Avenue, Lawrence police said. The woman was bitten on her calf by an American Eskimo dog.
A CD player, a CD changer, speaker wire and several CDs were stolen from a KU student's car in the 1000 block of 11th Street Sept. 3, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $3,754.
A KU student's 24-speed mountain bike was stolen Saturday from the 1000 block of Michigan Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $300.
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