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The Inside Front
Wednesday August 26,1998
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Lawrence man beaten near Riverfront Plaza
Lawrence police found a local man bleeding from his mouth and the right side of his head Monday near the Riverfront Plaza.
The man, 27, was assaulted after an argument erupted between the victim and at least one other person in the wooded area of the Kansas River bank east of the mall, Lawrence Police said.
"Individuals had been consuming alcohol. They got into an altercation, and someone was injured," said Lawrence Police Sgt. George Wheeler.
Suspects in the assault have been interviewed, but no arrests have been made.
Pizza place robbers scored less than $100, police say
The two men who robbed Lawrence Pizza Co., 601, Kasold St., and four of its employees late Sunday night got away with less than $100, Lawrence police said.
There was also about $120-worth of personal belongings stolen from the store, at 601 Kasold, and its employees.
Police said that the four employees, Lawrence residents between the ages of 19 to 24, were robbed of a purse, two wallets and other personal items such as driver's licenses and credit cards.
Police still have not caught the two robbers and do not have any suspects.
The men were last seen running away from the store wearing bandannas on their heads and faces. They were carrying a handgun, which was used in the robbery. No shots were fired.
Nude photographs stolen from Juicers employee
female Juicers employee's home late Sunday night or early Monday morning.
Nude photographs were stolen from a
The employee was robbed of four color photographs containing at least one nude person in each picture.
-Keith Burner
Police would not say who was in the pictures, and neither the employee nor Juicers could be reached for comment.
African studies professor runs international studies
Beverly Mack, associate professor of African and African-American studies, replaced Terry Weidner Aug. 4 as associate dean of International Programs.
"I'm excited to be working with people throughout the University with international studies." Mack said.
Andrew Debicki, dean of the Graduate School and International Programs, said that Mack had excellent credentials, and that International Programs was lucky to have her.
She speaks four languages besides English and has a doctorate in African languages and literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Mack has published three books and has two more in progress about the role of women in West African scholarship and poetry.
She was on the faculty at George Mason University, Yale University, Georgetown University and Bavero University in Nigeria.
Welder left the University of Kansas to take a position as director of the Asian studies center at the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Mack's new job will be to work with international study centers and assist with grant preparations and aid departments in developing international components for their programs.
NATION
Fraternities at Kentucky, West Virginia booze-free
The days when hundreds of students could pile into a fraternity house to chug from kegs and liquor-filled bathtubs are finished at West Virginia University and the University of Kentucky.
Carolyn Mollett
Starting this week, West Virginia University's 15 chapter houses are phasing out alcohol. By the 2000-2001 school year, they will be alcohol-free.
At Kentucky's campus in Lexington, officials banned alcohol from on-campus undergraduate housing, including the school's fraternities. Sororites have been dry for years.
The drive to ban alcohol took on added importance with the alcohol-related deaths of students last year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Louisiana State University.
Kentucky is one of nine universities to adopt alcohol-free housing, according to the Indianapolis-based National Interfraternity Conference, which represents 66 national fraternities. The others are Rhode Island, Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma State, Utah State, Northern Arizona, Colorado and Washington State.
At West Virginia University, the new drinking policy that went into effect Monday allows for some drinking this and next year but only under strict supervision and with much more limited guest lists than in previous years.
Sororities at the university already are dry. The policies took effect the same day The Princeton Review released its rankings of the nation's best party schools, West Virginia, which reigned for a year, fell 10 spots to 11th place in this year's survey.
Restaurant patron killed in South African bombing
WORLD
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A bomb exploded inside a crowded Planet Hollywood restaurant yesterday, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen, police said.
The explosion occurred at 7:20 p.m., when the restaurant was packed with diners, said Police Senior Superintendent John Sterrenberg.
He said one woman had died and at least 15 people were injured. The number of people confirmed injured was likely to rise to between 25 and 30 people, he said. Details about the victims were not known.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility.
Police were guarding the perimeter the restaurant and were not allowing entrance into the trendy Victoria and Albert Waterfront. Ambulances arrived at the scene, and explosives experts went inside.
CORRECTIONS
The Associated Press
Dustin Heath Barnes, Lamed senior, did not break any bones during a bicycle accident Sunday afternoon at the corner of Seventh and Florida streets. Yesterday's Kansan reported that Bames injured his head and broke several bones in the accident.
Students interested in joining University-registered organizations should go to the Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
In another correction, the Student Union Activities office deserves the Kansan Editorial Board's Pat on the Back for their efforts in the Beach N Boulevard event during Hawk Week.
Groups follow display guides
By Chad Bottos
Kansan staff writer
With students back on campus, University organizations and commercial vendors want to attract attention with colorful displays and free gifts.
But these groups must follow guidelines to receive permission to display information and products on campus.
Gene Wee, union reservations coordinator, said groups received display permits based on a set of guidelines.
Informational tables promote ideas or participation in certain activities. Student organizations are among those that use this permit.
After a group applies, Wee approves the application if it is for a student organization or for an official University group and if no sales will be made at the table. He also checks the availability of space for the dates requested. No fees are charged for informational groups,
No fees are charged for informational groups, Wee said.
Commercial tables are set up with the purpose of selling goods or services. Commercial applications are sent to the University Events Committee for review and include a $10 fee.
Danny Kaiser, events committee chairman, said the primary consideration for commercial permits was that each applicant have a sponsor. A sponsor can be any registered student or campus organization that will benefit financially from the commercial activity. Twenty percent of sales generated from the commercial tables should be shared with the sponsor group.
"There is high demand for these permits during the first two weeks of the semester," said Kaiser, whose committee meets each Wednesday.
Credit card companies, though commercial, follow slightly different guidelines. Wee said. He refers the companies to Mike Reid, KU Bookstores manager, for approval.
"Applications can be turned down if they compete with the interests of the University," Wee said.
The number of tables inside the Kansas Union is limited to six per day. Permits for Wescoe Beach are limited to five per day. A greater number of tables can be set up along Jayhawk Boulevard, but certain areas are limited to keep pedestrian traffic unimpeded.
An exception this year was made for Commerce Bank, which has set up three tables while its permanent office is prepared on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
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ON CAMPUS
OAKS - Non-Traditional Students Organization will have a brown-bag lunch today at 1:45 a.m. today at Alcave A, level three, in the Kansas Union. Call Simmie Berroya at 830.0074 for more information.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will have an Open House for students visit and find out about the center and its fall programs from today to 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the center, with free refreshments. Call Kathy Rose-Mackry at 864-3552 for more information.
The Kansas baseball team will meet about tryouts at 4 p.m. today at Section 7 in the second level of Allen Field House. Participants need to bring a copy of their personal insurance information. Call Bobby Randall at 864-7907 for more information.
Bi Alpha Christian Fellowship will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Wendy Brown at 838-3984 for more information.
The University Forum on Insuring Kansas Children will take place today from noon to 1 p.m. at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, State Rep. Sandy Praeger will speak. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933 for more information.
ON THE RECORD
A portable compact disc player was stolen during the early-morning hours of Aug. 21 from a student's car that was parked in the 2400 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. The CD player was valued at $130.
A KU employee was the victim of aggravated battery at 1 p.m. Saturday at her home in the 1600 block of Harper Street, Lawrence police said.
The dashboard of a student's car was damaged Friday when two speakers and an amplifier were stolen from the car in the 1900 block of Stewart Avenue, Lawrence police said. The damage and stolen property were valued at $3,150.
- The dashboard of a student's car was damaged when a stereo and several compact discs were stolen from the car Friday in the 2400 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. The damage and stolen property were valued at $410.
- Plastic lawn furniture was stolen Aug. 18 from a student's residence in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. The furniture was valued at $56.
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