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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Wednesday, October 9, 1996
Student's plane design places first
By Stephanie Fite
Kansan staff writer
A KU engineering student has found a way to get from Los Angeles to Tokyo in less time than it takes for a dinner and a movie.
Neil Hague, Topeka senior, won first place in the aerospace engineering competition sponsored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Hague's business aircraft design could travel from Los Angeles to Tokyo in less than five hours.
"I wanted to make the trip non-stop because it allows the business man to have contact with global partners," Hague said. "I wanted to make the next generation of general aviation airplane for personal use."
Hague's first place prize was a $1,000 check and
abcertificate.
The award adds prestige to the department and shows that the engineering school belongs in the national competition, Hague said.
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics sponsors the competition annually. All second-year aerospace students who take AE 522, Aerospace Systems Design II, are required to participate.
The competition has team and individual events. Each team has nine or 10 members. This year, teams were assigned to design military aircrafts. This did not interest Hague, so he chose to design a business jet on his own.
Hague said his aircraft, a supersonic jet, could carry nine passengers and travel more than 5,500 miles in half the time of a commercial aircraft.
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He said the flexibility of the aerospace program allowed him to explore all aspects of airplane design. In addition, Hague said the entrepreneurial spirit of AE 522 helped foster his creativity.
Jan Roskam, Ackres distinguished professor of aerospace engineering, said his students were required to take a preparatory lecture course before the design lab.
"It reminded me of when I worked as an intern at Cessna in Wichita. I learned a lot about design and how design works," he said.
"I need to teach them the decision-making process. I give them the theories, and then I have to push them into the pond and let them swim themselves." Roskam said.
individual competition," Roskam said. "A major-ity are afraid of the work load."
Unlike his 19 classmates who participated in the team competition, Hague participated in the individual event.
nague cheerfully undertook the tremendous amount of work and did extremely well, Roskam said.
"Most students do not choose to enter into the
"When he turned it in, I knew it was a winner," he said.
Successful immigrant fights English Only laws
By Nicholas C. Charalambous
Kansan staff writer
Rogelio Lasso spoke no English when he immigrated to the United States. But that didn't stop him becoming an associate professor at the University of Washburn School of Law.
"Today's immigrants understand that you cannot succeed in society without being fluent in English," Lasso told more than 20 students yesterday during a discussion of English Only movements at the Multicultural Resource Center. The talk was part of Hispanic-American History Month.
Lasso, who has testified in several state legislatures against bills to make English the official language of government, said English Only laws were unnecessary, illegal and divisive.
In practice, English has been the official language of the United States for almost 200 years, he
said. Immigrants today are striving to learn English as quickly as possible, as did earlier immigrants.
English Only laws violate the constitutional right to freedom of expression, he said. Such laws also interfere with the right to vote by banning bilingual ballots and the right to due process of law by denying people interpreters in court proceedings.
The English Only movement is a new example of racism and xenophobia in response to Caucasians becoming a minority in the United States by the middle of the next century, Lasso said.
Lasso predicted that limiting the political, economic and social power of people who do not speak English fluently would lead to civil unrest.
hispanics and non-Whites will react violently against this attempt to curtail their right to pursue the American dream," he said.
Bills to make English the nation's official language put before committees of the Kansas House of Representatives and Senate in 1995 and 1996 did not reach either chamber for a vote. But 23 other states have enacted English Only laws.
The U.S. House of Representatives also passed an English only law 259-169 last year. The Senate still is considering the issue, but President Clinton said he would veto such a law.
Arkansas Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $300.
The Supreme Court will hear an appeal on an Arizona English Only law by July.
Chuck Garcia, former president of the KU Hispanic-American Leadership Organization and 1987 graduate, discussed the issue at a HALO reunion Sept. 28. He said the English Only movement was designed to destroy bridges, not to create them, and to feed hate and anger.
A KU employee's parking permit was stolen between 6 a.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday from a car in the 1700 block of W. 19th Street, Lawrence police said. The permit was valued at $55.
"English Only advocates are out to set up a societv of us against them," he said.
A window on the fifth floor of Naiamim Hall was broken at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, Lawrence police said. The window was valued at $50.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's mountain bike was stolen between 10 and 11:30 a.m. Oct. 2 from a house in the 900 block of
ON CAMPUS
Gay and Lesbian Academic and Staff Advocates will have a brown bag lunch from noon to 1 p.m. today at AtoveC in the Kansas Union. For more information, call David at 864-0624.
OAKS Nontraditional Student Organization will have a brown bag lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Laura Morgan at 864-4064.
University Forum will present Tales from the Crypt. Confessions of a Religious Conservative from noon to 1 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. For more information, call Thad at 843-4933.
University Placement Center will have an Effective Business Communication Workshop from noon to 1 p.m. today at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Jim Henry at 864-3624.
*St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. today at Danfort Chapel. For more information, call the Rev. Ray May at 843-0357.
KU Pre-Med Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Alderwood Audiorium in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Amber Mounday at 864-1796.
KU Pro-Choice Coitation will meet at 6 p.m. today at 120cm Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. For more information, call Sarah Deer at 842-7073.
KU Vietnamese Student Association will meet at 6 p.m. today in 2023 Haworth Hall. For more information, call Thao Nguyen at 864-1797.
KU Women's Rugby Club Will practice at 6 p.m. today at 23rd and Iowa Streets. For more information, call Stacey Stringfellow at 749-3380.
Study Abroad Club will have the Student-Initiated Study Abroad Scholarship Search at 6 p.m. today at the Governor's Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Ted Noravong at 864-3742.
**Native American Student Association**
will meet at 7 tonight at the Multicultural
Resource Center. For more information,
call Lori Haxwell at 841-5852.
Undergraduate Business Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at 413 Summerfield Hall.
■ Amnesty International will meet from 7 to eight on Alcove B in the Kansas Union, followed by letter-writing at the Glass Onion. For more information, call Andrew at 864-1731.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have Scripture Study at 7 tonight at 1631 Crescent Road, Room 101. For more information, call Sister Karen at 843-0357.
KU Gamers and Roleplayers will meet at 6:15 p.m. today at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Alberto Marquez at 842-1255.
United Methodist Campus Ministry will have Wesley fellowship at 7 tonight at the Daisy HI Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call the Rev. Jay Henderson at 841-8616.
Harambe Student Ministries will meet at 7:30 tonight at the American Baptist Center. For more information, call Shannon ikor at 864-194k.
Jayhawk Campus Ministries will meet at 8 tonight on the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Jonathan Hupp at 832-1218.
Town hall meeting addresses lighting, parking problems at Daisy Hill lots
KU Libertarians will meet at 8:30 tonight at the Governors Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Chris Wiswell at 864-6408.
By Andrea Albright Kansan staff writer
Insufficient lighting on campus and the lack of complete crime statistics were two main topics of a town hall meeting at Elsworth Hall last night.
the parking department on two levels.
Linda Smith, residence hall employee, was one of about 35 people attending the meeting. She asked why there were so few lights in the Daisy Hill parking lots.
"It's a potentially tremendously dangerous situation," Smith said. "I would think it could be a liability."
Stevie Case, president of the Association of University Residence Halls and a panelist at the meeting, said she was fighting
"The first problem is that there is a parking shortage," Case said. "The second is that there is little, if any, lighting."
Case recommended that students write to campus officials and the parking department if they wanted to see lighting improve.
Grey Montgomery, student body president and a panelist at the meeting, said he was working with the planning department to add lights to the campus and the parking lots, but Smith said that was not enough.
"We need a temporary lighting system that deals with the problem now," Smith said. "A plan for five years down the road
doesn't help students living in the halls now."
The panel also addressed concerns about the accuracy of campus crime statistics.
Jessica Perkins, Minneapolis sophomore, wanted to know why Awareness, the campus publication of crime statistics, did not include statistics from areas off campus that students frequent.
"If you're living in Lawrence, you should be given all of the statistics," Perkins said. "Being a student here, we've got to know."
KU police officer Gayle Reece said she would look into making the information available to students.
A third topic at the meeting was Rohynol, a drug commonly called the date-rape
drug.
Reece said she did not think the drug was on campus yet.
"I've heard some rumblings about, it but there have been no official reports of it yet," Reece said. "So far it has stayed mostly in Florida and Texas."
The pill was designed as a sleeping aid or sedative, and it is 10 times stronger than Valium. Reece said.
She said the best way students could protect themselves was not to leave drinks unattended and not to accept drinks from strangers.
The meeting was part of Stop the Violence Week, which continues through Saturday.
temporary
lighting system that deals with the problem now."
Linda Smith
residence hall employee
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Stop The Violence Week October 7-12, 1996
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
Kansas Union information table
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 Campus Safety Town Hall Meeting 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Ellsworth Residence Hall University staff and students discuss campus security and safety.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
Wescoe Beach information table
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
80% TO 90% OF CAMPUS RAPES ARE DATE OR ACQUAINTANCE RAPE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
Personal Safety & Self Defense Workshop
7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Big 12 Room, Kansas Union
Presented by: KUPD &
Emily Taylor Resource Center
Model Mugging
Model Mugging Self Defense Demonstration
Self Defense Demonstration
11:00 a.m. - Noon - Strong Hall Lawn
11:00 a.m. - Noon - Strong Hall Lawn
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Kansas Union
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Kansas Memorial Stadium information table 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
95% OF VIOLENT CAMPUS CRIME IS ALCOHOL RELATED
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
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