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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1996
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SECTION A VOL.103,NO.27
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Man reaches out for help on the World Wide Web
BOSTON — A double amputee who became ill while logged on to an Internet chess site reached out to other players from around the world for help.
Charles Drafts, who types with his mouth, was playing chess in cyberspace Saturday, and 159 others were also logged on to this Internet site.
He sent out this message: "I'm having physical illness problems and need help."
"He was starting to have some really bad feelings, shortness of breath and dizziness, and he typed in a message to all our members," said Daniel Sleator, founder of the Internet Chess Club.
Drafts managed to type in his address and a short while later Boston firefighters broke down his door to get inside. They rushed the 48-year-old man to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition on Sunday, suffering from an undisclosed aliment.
DENVER — Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, who forged a
Bombing suspects to play the blame game
a shared distrust of the government, return to court this week as enemies and will blame each other for the Oklahoma City bombing.
McVeigh's attorneys will argue that Nichols was the primary figure behind the bombing that killed 168 people, and that McVeigh ingeniously trusted him. Nichols' attor
Timothy McVeigh
Terrv Nichols
ney will argue that McVeigh's violent appalled Nichols
Both attorneys hope to convince a judge that there should be a separate trial, and they will argue that jurors will be unable to distinguish between the evidence admitted against each man.
Prosecutors will push for a joint trial at the hearing, which begins Wednesday. They believe that a joint trial will be more economical for the parties involved in the trial and less traumatic for bombing survivors and victims' families.
U.S. Army fighting with locals for use of a wall
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA — The U.S. Army is locked in a fight with local residents about a wall the Americans said they needed to shield them from possible attack by Islamic fundamentalists.
So far, the locals are winning.
Yesterday, earth-hoving machines leveled the foundations of a blast barrier meant to protect a building where about 50 Americans are to live and work. Crews then hosed down the site in the Bistrik part of the old town, leaving nothing but a puddle where wet concrete had stood the day before.
—The Associated Press
Now, the three-story building meant to house the U.S. Army post office, the paymaster and other logistics operations, stands refurbished but empty, and the Americans are fuming.
Wescoe feeling pinched
nay say Islamic extremists, both locals and Middle East fighters left over from the Bosnian war, often drive by and curse them, and it would be foolish to move dozens of U.S. citizens into an unprotected building.
Departments move to consolidation
By Eric Weslander Kansan staff writer
Faculty and staff in Wescoe Hall are beginning to feel the pressure of reorganization.
Although the task force formed to examine ways to combine Wescoe's offices and departments has not taken any specific steps, some faculty and staff interpret a recent change as a preview of things to come.
The departments of classics, Germanic languages, Western Civilization and East Asian languages will share a central laser printer, as will the departments of American studies, women's studies and Slavic languages. The printers have been installed but are not yet operative.
Elizabeth Banks, professor of classics, said the printers appeared to be the beginning of the task force's reorganization.
"They've already decided that there's going to be common use of equipment," she said.
However, Joe Van Zandt, coordinator for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences administration, said the task force was not involved with the installation of the printers, which cost up to $3,000 each, but instead was a result of the college administration
spending money efficiently.
"It is consistent with the task force, but it was not a result of the task force," he said.
Van Zandt said it was more reasonable to have a centrally-located printer instead of printers in each person's office.
"We hope to have more of it going on in Wescoe," he said. "The economy of it is undeniable."
The task force will not make any recommendations to Sally Frost-Mason, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, until July.
However, Banks said there was already concern throughout Wescoe Hall.
"The dean is concerned about our concerns, yet she says that one of the things in the works is one office per floor," Banks said. "If you want to have people go catatonic, say something like that."
Frost-Mason said her comment regarding the possibility of having all departments on a floor share an office was only an example and that she would not know anything about the reorganization until the task force made a recommendation to her.
She said a remark made in the University Daily Kansan last week by Frost-Mason alarmed many people.
Whatever the task force decides, Van Zandt said more centralization of services and equipment would be likely.
"There may well be other facilities that can in some way be combined," he said. "My guess is that we'll see the combination of a lot of different services."
New horizons
Steve Puppe / KANSAM
Students in Len Alfano's advertising class clear the tarmac at FL. Riley military base Thursday after a 40-minute Black Hawk heliopter flight from Forbes Field in Topeka. The students were touring FT. Riley's Mobilization and Training Site to gain information to create a Kansas Air National Guard advertising campaign. See Story on page 6A.
Wild Oats to close its doors in October; Mercantile makes plans to fill the void
By Liz Musser
Kansan staff writer
By Liz Musser
Filling their carts with vitamins, garbanzo beans and organic pasta, early-morning shopper began to clear the shelves at Wild Oats yesterday.
A 20-percent store-
A 20-percent storewide discount went into effect yesterday morning, and because of low profits, Wild Oats Community Market, willclose its doors Oct. 7. after about four years in Lawrence.
As she stocked up on discounted items,
Susan Robertson,
Lawrence resident,
on the closing, but Mike Gillilland, Wild Oats Community Market CEO, explained some reasons for the closing in a press release.
"Unfortunately, this location does not fit into our future strategic plans, and we have determined that this is the appro-
The 31 Wild Oat's employees were informed about the closing by a representative from the home office in Boulder, Colo., on Thursday. Wild Oats' managers were instructed not to comment
"They wanted to make mega bucks, and Lawrence is not a mega-buck town," she said.
said that she was not surprised about the closing.
Pam Dishman / KANSAN
said. Kris Williams, Lawrence freshman, has managed the produce department at Wild Oats for three years
priate time to close this store," Gilliland
He said that the announcement surprised him, but that the company had been cooperative and fair
"I feel bad for a lot of the people who work here because they got caught off guard," Williams said. "But I'll probably just go work at the Mercantile."
Pam Dishman / KANSAN
Amy Fields, general manager of the Community Mercantile, 901 Mississippi St., said that several Wild Oats employ-
about the closing.
See WILD, Page 2A
Wild Oats Community Market, 1040 Vermont St., will close its doors on Oct. 7. Tony Warren, general manager, and Maggie Cloud, natural living manager, stand outside the store. Left: An appreciation sign that thanks Lawrence for its business hangs in the window of Wild Oats.
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Enrollment up for freshmen this semester
By Lindsey Henry
Kansan staff writer
Twentieth-day figures are based on the number of students enrolled on the 20th day of scheduled classes.
First-time freshmen enrollment climbed 2.5 percent this year, from 3,555 students in the fall of 1995, to 3,644 students this semester.
Though enrollment of first-time freshmen at the University of Kansas increased for the second year in a row, the total number of students enrolled at all University campuses decreased by less than one percent this year, according to the Board of Regents 20th-day figures released last week.
The fear that the University's new linear tuition would decrease enrollment numbers has vanished, she said.
"We had a big graduating class leave the University last spring," she said.
The total number of students enrolled at all campuses decreased less than one percent since the fall of 1995. Currently, 27,407 students are enrolled, down from 27,639 students last year.
McCluskey-Fawcett said the administration had expected a slight decrease in the number of students because of the healthy job market in Kansas.
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost for academic services, said Fort Hays State University was the only Regents institution with a slight increase in the total number of students enrolled.
"Last year we could project financially with the linear tuition, but we couldn't project human behavior and response to the new tuition," McCluskey-Fawcett. "We are really pleased to see there wasn't a major change in the head count. It was a concern, but it's not any more."
The University is also pleased with the sizable population of academically-talented students in the large freshman class. The KU Honors Program had 309 members of the freshman class enrolled in it, according to the Regents figures.
Regardless of whether she had suspected an increase in honor students during the summer.
Usually most honors students attend early-summer orientations, and then the numbers drop off as the summer progresses, she said.
"This summer, the students just kept coming," Wick said. "We all went, 'Oh, we're going to have more students this year.'"
Wick said this year's honors students were a lively, interesting group.
interested group.
"It's good to have them, but we are going to have to hustle to provide them with academic challenges in the classroom," she said. "But that's OK. We can do that."
McCluskey-Fawcett said a combination of more endowment money for scholarships and the increase in personal phone calls to potential students by University recruiters could be credited for the talented class.
Growing enrollment
Andy Rohrback / KANSAN