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The Inside Front
Wednesday September 9,1998
News
from campus, the city and the nation
LAWRENCE
Student biker hit by car still in critical condition
KU student Dustin Heath Barnes has spent 17 days in the intensive care unit, and he remains in critical condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after sustaining head injuries in an Aug. 23 bicycle accident.
Barnes, a Lamed senior, was riding his bicycle when it collided with a car at the corner of Seventh and Florida streets.
Lawrence police said Bames failed to obey a stop sign on Seventh Street and collided with a car turning left in front of him.
The driver of the car received minor injuries to her hands, possibly from shattered windshield glass.
Bob Hallinan, media relations coordinator for the Med Center, said yesterday that Barnes' vital signs were unstable and that he may not be conscious. He would not say if Barnes was in a coma.
KU student Andrei Marusov, who collided with a van while riding his bicycle Friday, remains in fair condition at the Med Center.
Hallinan said that Marusov's vital signs were stable and that his progress was excellent.
A 21-year-old Lawrence resident drove a stolen car into the porch of a Lawrence house House Sunday morning following a high-speed chase.
Police chase of stolen car ends with smashed porch
They discovered that the Blazer had been stolen from Topeka.
The 10-block chase began near the corner of 15th Street and Haskell Avenue when Lawrence police spotted the 1995 Chevy Blazer he was driving and ran its tags through their computers.
"The officer gave pursuit at that time," Lawrence Sgt. George Wheeler said. "The officer attempted to pull over the suspect. He wouldn't stop, and the chase continued west on 15th." Police chased the man to the end of Kentucky Street.
"When he got to Kentucky, he was going too fast to turn," Wheeler said. Police said the Blazer then jumped the curb at the dead end and smashed into the porch of a house in the 1400 block of Kentucky Street.
The man ran a short distance and was arrested by police at 3:38 a.m., police said. He was placed in the Douglas County Jail at 4:18 a.m., where he were, police said.
There were four female Topeka residents in the Blazer; two were 17-years-old, one was 18-years-old and the other was 20-years-old, police said. They face no charges in the incident.
The porch collapsed and had to be braced to remove the Blazer, police said. The damage to the house was estimated at more than $500.
Police said they did not know what the damage to the Blazer was.
By Keith Burner
Arrest for battery made after shoving incident
A KU student was arrested for battery at 1:30 a.m. yesterday at Jayhawk Towers. According to a police report from the KU Public Safety Office, a 19-year-old student pushed his girlfriend, a 20-year-old KU student, outside his apartment in Tower C at 12:55 a.m. yesterday.
The police received a call at 1:04 a.m.
and arrived at the scene at 1:05 a.m.
The report said the victim had gone to the student's room to retrieve property she had given him. He told her that she wasn't going to get the property back.
He then pushed her in the chest with both hands as she attempted to enter his room. She felt backward and hit her back on a wall.
The incident was witnessed by another student.
The report indicated that the suspect cooperated with police and was unarmed. The suspect was released from Douglas County Jail yesterday, and no charges were filed.
Police investigate triggered lab alarm
The KU Public Safety Office dispatched a police officer to Simons Labs to investigate an intrusion alarm that was activated at 9:27 p.m. Friday.
According to a police report, the officer arrived at 9:30 p.m. and found one of three doors at the main entrance to the building unlocked. The officer then entered the building and saw no one inside.
Charles Decerde, executive director of the Higuchi Biosciences Center, which houses the lab, armed at the scene at 9:40 p.m., the report said. He initiated a check of the alarm system's computer logs.
The logs showed that the alarm had activated because someone had tried to swipe an unauthorized security card and then go through the unsecured door. The card originally had been issued to Olafar Gudmundson, a post-doctoral student no longer at the University.
According to the report, Decedeue said that students often gave their security cards to other students rather than return them for their $4 deposit.
The officer and Decedue walked through the lab and observed nothing unusual, according to the report.
*By Kalli Rutherford*
— By Kelli Raybern
WASHINGTON — The independent counsel's report on President Clinton should reach Congress this week or next, said Trent Lott, Senate Republican leader, yesterday as anticipation rose on Capitol Hill. Kenneth Starr told President Clinton's lawyer he opposed letting him see the report early.
Starr rebuffs request by Clinton to see report
NATION
*You are mistaken in your views as to
  , your right to review a report before it*
is transmitted to Congress." Starr wrote
presidential attorney David Kendall.
The prosecutor, responding to Kendall's letter asking for access to the
report a week early, wrote that Kendall should address his concerns to the House of Representatives after any report is delivered under seal. Lott commented on the likely arrival of Star's investigative report after discussing the matter with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who
Clinton: Is denied a request to look at Starr's report.
is to go over the logistics of possible hearings with Democratic leaders today.
Clinton's attorneys are concerned Star's report will be one-sided and include extensive conclusions and legal analysis instead of simply a listing of facts gathered in the seven-month investigation.
*elemental fainess dictates that we be allowed to respond to any 'report' you send to the House simultaneously with its transmission,* Kendall wrote Stain on Monday.
In his letter to Kendall, Starr said that it was for Congress, the repository of the impeachment power, to decide if and when such information should be provided to Clinton.
Appeals court upholds conviction of McVeigh
DENVER — A federal appeals court upheld the conviction of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh yesterday. The defense claimed testimony from victims' relatives produced a verdict and sentence based on emotion rather than reason.
The appeals court also rejected eight other avenues of appeal, including pretrial publicity, juror misconduct and barred testimony that said others may have carried out the bombing on American soil.
McVeigh was convicted of murder, conspiracy and weapons-related charges in the
McVeigh: Loses his appeal of bombing conviction.
April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and sentenced to death. The blast killed 168 people and injured hundreds. The emotional testimony from victims' relatives was proper, a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
"The devastating effects that the deaths of the victims had on their families and loved ones is certainly part and parcel of the circumstances of the crime properly presented," the court said.
ON THE RECORD
-The Associated Press
A CD player, an amplifier and 10-inch subwoofer were stolen from a KU student's car parked in the 1500 block of Sigma Nu Place Monday morning, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $1,200.
A KU student's yellow parking permit was stolen between 10 p.m. Aug. 30 and 9 a.m. Aug. 31 in lot 94 east of Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. The permit was valued at $75.
A vehicle parked in lot 5 northwest of Dyche Hall was hit by a trash bin that rolled into the car at 9:50 a.m. Sept. 1, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle, which left the scene, Aug. 31 in Lot 109 west of layhawyer Towers.
A KU employee's legally parked vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle, which left the scene, between 2:25 and 5 p.m. Sept. 1 on Jayhawk Boulevard near Poplar Lane, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at less than $500.
A KU employee observed a man chasing a driverless, black pickup truck at 4:45 a.m. Sept. 2 in Lot 72 east of the Burge Union, the KU Public Safety Office said. The woman observed the truck rolling south through the lot, then up a curb and into the Shaffer-Hollan Strength Center. The vehicle struck an air conditioner outside the building and damaged the exterior of the building. The employee said in the police report that the man chasing the vehicle then got in and drove away.
A KU student housing employee reported an incident to the KU Public Safety Office of an unknown person urinating at 9 a.m. Sept. 2 in the Pearson Place fountain, south of Pearson Scholarship Hall, the KU Public Safety Office soid.
A KU student's vehicle was rear-ended by another student's vehicle at 2:23 p.m. Friday while stopped in traffic on 11th Street near Maine Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at more than $500.
A KU student's vehicle was rear-ended by another student's vehicle at 3:38 p.m. Friday on West Campus Road, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at more than $500, and the driver of the second vehicle was cited for inattentive driving.
A KU employee's vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle, which left the scene, before 5:10 p.m. Friday in Lot 101, east of Templin Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A Lawrence resident pulled in front of a KU student heading south on Mississippi Street at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to both vehicles was estimated at less than $500.
A KU student's bicycle and lock were stolen between 1:30 p.m. Friday and 12:30 p.m. Saturday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items, stolen from a bicycle rack out side Jayhawker Towers, were valued at $1,330.
ON CAMPUS
Chi Alpha will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Wendy Brown at 838-3984 for more information, or visit their Web site at www.uksn.edu/chiahla.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will meet from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the center. The program, "Community & Identity: Finding Your Place and Getting Involved," will have representatives from various organizations available to discuss campus and community involvement and volunteer opportunities. Call Kathy Rose-Mackry at 864-3552 for more information.
The KU Libertarians will meet at 7 onnight at the Governor's Room in the Kansas University. Call Rodger Woods at 841-6195 for more information.
Writing Consulting; Student Resources will present "Great Expectations: FirstYear Student Writers" at 4 p.m. today at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. Call Michele Eodice at 864-2399 for more information.
■ OAKS a nontraditional student organization, will hold a brown-bag lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Wednesdays at Alcove A, Level '3 of the Kansas Union. Call Simmie Berroya at 830-0074 for more information.
The African Studies and Largest Hughes Centers will sponsor the Africana Faculty Seminar from 4 to 5 p.m. tomorrow at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. Professors Fiona McLaughlin (African and African-American
Studies and Linguistics) and Leonardo Villalon will present "The Senegalese Exchange and Collaborative Research in West Africa."Call Pia Thielman at 864-3054 for more information
■ Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Alcove 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.
the intervariety Graduate Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Alcove F of the Kansas Union. Call Steve Swank at 841-5211 for more information.
■ KU Young Democrats will hold a rally at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at Wescoe Beach in support of the STARS tutition program. Information about how to receive free tuition with a "B" average will be given, and the featured speaker is Kansas gubernatorial candidate Tom Sawyer. Call Phil Stevenson at 841-7307 for more information.
The HorrorZontales Ultimate Frisbee Club Team will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays at the Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets, Skills, drills and strategy for upcoming tournaments will be discussed, and Ultimate Frisbeen will be played. The Sectional's Tournament is Sept. 19-20 in Columbia, Mo. Call Jet Queneemoen at 331-0695 or Will Spots at 841-0671 for more information.
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