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The Inside Front
Tuesday September 8,1998
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
Two Lawrence women uncover masturbator
Two 29-year-old Lawrence women saw a man masturbating Thursday evening at Riverfront Park, Lawrence police said.
The women were walking through the north Lawrence park at about 7:30 p.m. when they saw a man wearing only a black skim mask masturbating under a turnip bridge.
"The victims were walking north on the levee, when they saw the suspect standing under the bridge," said Matt Farna, Lawrence police officer.
"He had no clothes on, just a black ski mask over his head," he said. "And he was masturbating."
The two women looked away when they saw the man, police said. When they looked back, they did not see him.
Police are looking for a 6-foot tall 225-pound white male with a muscular build and very pale skin.
He is being sought for lewd and lascivious behavior.
There have been no arrests made in the incident. Police said they have no suspects.
Keith Burner
NATION Environmentalists want Pikes Peak road paved
CASCADE, Colo. — Environmentalists say the future of Pikes Peak, a beacon to settlers and gold seekers when the West was won, is threatened by the road that 300,000 people drive each year to its 14,110-foot summit.
The group says the city, which operates the road through a separate enterprise, has ignored its own studies and the recommendation of the Forest Service that the road be paved to reduce environmental damage caused by the tons of gravel used to maintain it.
The Sierra Club, usually a strong foe of roads of any kind in scenic areas, is suing Colorado Springs and the U.S. Forest Service to force them to pave the 19-mile road. All but six miles are gravel.
City officials say they don't have the nearly $15 million needed to pave and stabilize the road, but environmentalists say something must be done and soon.
"Perhaps it's appropriate that they call it America's Mountain because like so many other things in America, they took it and trashed it," said Gail Snyder, Sierra Club member and a member of the Pikes Peak Advisry Commission.
The city shut down the commission after the suit was filed last month, saying Snyder's presence on the commission could harm their case.
WORLD Flight-data recorder lacks key information
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The flight-data recorder recovered by divers near the wreckage of Swissair Flight 111 contains no information from the six crucial minutes before the plane crashed, investigators said yesterday.
The chief crash investigator, Vic Gerden, said the flight-data recorder that was retrieved Sunday was in good condition and should provide more than 100 types of information ranging from altitude and airspeed to whether the plane's smoke warning lights were on.
But he said there was no data from the last six minutes before the MD-11 jumbo jet plunged into the ocean off Nova Scotia Wednesday night, killing all 229 people aboard.
Gerden said the data recording stopped once the plane dipped below 10,000 feet. A strong possibility, he said, was that the plane lost electrical power at that stage.
At the crash site five miles offshore, divers equipped with hand-need sonar searched 190 feet underwater yesterday for the plane's other "black box" — the cockpit-voice recorder.
If retrieved intact, the voice recorder would reveal other noises in the cockpit besides the pilots' conversation with controllers, portions of which were released Saturday.
That conversation was cut off 10 minutes after the pilots reported smoke in the cockpit and six minutes before the crash.
Russian Duma rejects
Chernomyrdin again
MOSCOW — Lawmakers rejected Boris Yeltsin's candidate, Viktor
Chernomyrdin,
for prime minister yesterday
for a second time, throwing
Russia into even deeper
political turmoil as the economy
hurts out of control.
Yeltsin; Second nomination for prime minister rejected
"The economic crisis is gaining momentum with catastrophic speed," acting Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, before it torpedoed his nomination 273-138.
cally and the Central Bank chairman offered to quit. Some Russians flocked to stores to buy goods before prices shoot up any higher.
In other blows to Yeltsin yesterday, the ruble crashed again dramati-
"We are all standing on the edge, and no time is left for settling scores," he said. "We must begin acting."
The vote sets the stage for a final confrontation between the president and his opponents. Yeltsin must decide whether to nominate Chernomyrdin again or find another candidate. If the Duma rejects Yeltsin's choice for a third time, the constitution requires the president to dissolve parliament and call new elections within three months.
Russia has been operating with an interim government for two weeks since Yeltsin brought Chernomyrdyn back after firing him in March.
Chernomydrin's efforts to win confirmation by parliament have left him little time to devote to the worst economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Indonesian students protest new president
JAKARTA, Indonesia — At least 2,000 student protests tore down the gates of Indonesia's parliament yesterday and threw plastic bottles at riot police during a demonstration against President B.J. Habibie.
Officers later corralled them in a parking lot, but the students vowed to stay outside the parliament until their demands — including Habibie's resignation and a trial for former President Suharto — were met
About 300 students who were still there more than,12 hours later were forced from the grounds early today by security forces wielding batons and carrying shields.
Student leaders said 10 protesters were injured during the eviction, which students responded to by throwing glass bottles and other objects. A police spokesman said five officers were injured.
police said they made no arrests. In a separate incident yesterday, thousands of people rampaged in the town of Kebumen, 220 miles southeast of Jakarta, burning and looting nine Chinese-owned shops and cars. There were no reports of injuries. One man was arrested.
The Associated Press
Indonesia is enduring its worst economic crisis in 30 years, and ethnic Chinese, who dominate the economy, have been targeted as scapegoats for skyrocketing inflation, food shortages and mass unemployment.
KU student in fair condition after bike collides with van
By Keith Burner
A KU student from Ukraine is in fair condition at the University of Kansas Medical Center after the bicycle he was riding collided with a van Friday morning at the corner of Kentuckv and 13th streets.
Kansan staff writer
His condition has improved steadily since Friday, when he was admitted in critical condition.
By Saturday his condition had improved to serious. Yesterday it was upgraded to fair, a nursing supervisor at the Med Center said.
The accident occurred shortly after 10am. Andrei Marusov, a graduate student in public administration, was riding east on 13th Street when he struck a white Chrysler minivan after failing to obey a stop sign on Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said.
The minivan was being driven north in the west lane of Kentucky Street by Erin Reilly, a
Police said Marusov struck the front driver side part of the van and windshield. The windshield was shattered.
29-year-old Lawrence resident
Shawna Radcliffe, Lawrence resident, was waiting at the corner for Reilly to accompany her to a friend's funeral at a nearby church. She said she saw the accident.
- "I saw him run the stop sign and yelled for her to stop." Radcliffe said. "He hit the front left part and the windshield of the van and flinned up and hit his head on top."
Erin Dubois, Lecompont resident, was walking to the funeral when she saw the accident.
Following the accident, Marusov was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for initial treatment but was transported by helicopter to the Med Center shortly after. Lawrence Police said. Reilly was not injured in the accident.
"I was walking down the sidewalk and saw him just flying through the air," Dubois said. "Then he was just living there."
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ON THE RECORD
A KU student's 1973 Chevy Nova was keyed Thursday night in the 1800 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $200.
The parking tag was stolen from a KU employee's car Thursday night in the 3000 block of Harvard Road, Lawrence police said. The tag was valued at $3.
- A CD player, a 10-disc CD changer, several CDs and other items were stolen from a KU student's car Wednesday night in the 1000 block of 11th Street, Lawrence police said. The property was valued at $2,514.
A KU student's mountain bike was stolen at 6 p.m. Aug. 27 from where it was parked in the 900 block of 15th Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $400.
ON CAMPUS
Academic Computing Services will have a brown-bag luncheon and video-viewing from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Computer Center Auditorium. The video will be "Java: The Road Ahead." Call Julie Loats at 864-0464 for more information.
The Asian American Student Union will meet from 8 to 9 tonight to discuss interracial relationships. Refreshments will be provided. Call Nellie Kim at 864-3576 for more information.
The Environmental Studies Student Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. every other Tuesday beginning today at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. The meeting is open to all students. Call Todd Simmons at 838-4673 for more information.
The HorrorZontals Ultimate Frisbee Club Team will meet at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays 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 Quenmoen at 331-0695 or Will Spotts at 841-0671 for more information
- The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6:15 p.m.
- Tuesdays at the Daisy Hall Room in the Burge Union.
Call Beng Beh at 864.7754 for more information:
Latin American Solidarity will have its first meeting of the year at 7 tonight at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Call Megan Hope at 331-2403 for more information.
Open Swim with the Pool Boys will be held at 8:45 tonight at Downs Auditorium in Dyche Hall. It will be an evening of praise and worship. Call Mark Fleske at 832-622B for more information.
Students Tutoring for Literacy will have new tutor orientation from 6 to 7:30 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. Anyone interested in tutoring in the Lawrence community is invited. Call Scott Hendrix at 864-4073 or 832-1298 for more information.
University Christian Fellowship will have Bible study and worship at 7 onstage at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Tim Watts at 841-3148 for more information.
Student Resources and Humanities and Western Civilization will present "Briefly Speaking: Writing Short Papers" at 4 p.m. today at 4002 Wescoe. Examples will be from Western Civilization, but ideas will apply across disciplines. Call Pat McQueeney at 864-4232 for more information.
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