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The Inside Front
Wednesday October 27,1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Presidential debate to be on-screen in Lewis
Lewis Hall's fifth-floor lobby will spotlight tonight's broadcast of the first debate between Democratic presidential candidates Bill Bradley and Al Gore
The University of Kansas Young Democrats organized the event
Democrats organized the event. Jack Martin, Young Democrats presidents, said bringing the debate and postdebate discussion to Lewis would allow more students in residence halls to learn about the candidate.
"We want to move events around so we can bring more people in, instead of just going to the Union," he said.
Martin said even those without partisan allegiances should be concerned about who would become the presidential nominee.
"I think it's important for Democrats and people in general to watch it," he said.
The broadcast begins at 7 tonight on CNN.
— Chris Borniger
Physicians to highlight leadership symposium
Two physicians will speak tomorrow at the Kansas Union as part of the 14th annual Black Leadership Symposium. The topic of this year's symposium is "Health of Black People in the New Millennium."
Sharon Harris-Baugh, an obstetric-gynecology specialist from Kansas City, Mo., will speak at 10 a.m. at Woodruff Auditorium.
The event is expected to draw about 500 high school students from Kansas and Missouri to the University. The selected students must have a 3.5 grade point average and must be college-bound or have demonstrated leadership potential.
Charisse Sparks, who graduated from the University of Kansas Medical Center in May and now practices in Little Rock, Ark., will speak at noon at the ballroom in the Union.
Rod Bremby, Lawrence assistant city manager, will offer a special workshop designed for students who have attended the symposium in the past.
The symposium also will include workshops about rites of passage and preparing for leadership and post-secondary education.
- Erinn R. Barcomb
Forum to support saving all outdoor sculptures
Betty Lu Duncan, a board member of the Kansas Historical Society, will lead today's University Forum at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries and will urge all participants to "S.O. S.:" Save Outdoor Sculpture.
The lecture is part of a national proect to preserve outdoor sculptures,
said Thad Holcombe, pastor at ECM.
"It should be very interesting," he said.
"The lecture will document the locations of outdoor sculptures in Kansas and will try to preserve them in their places."
Holombe said Kansas was one of the first states to have already coordinated a project to maintain its sculptures.
Lawrence contains many outdoor sculptures, some of which can be seen on Massachusetts Street.
The lecture, which is from noon to 1.
p.m., is free. ECM is at 1204 Oread Ave.
Amanda Kaschube
LAWRENCE
Cemetery, golf fees hiked by commission
The Lawrence City Commission approved fee adjustments last night for the city cemetery division and Eagle Bend Golf Course.
Fred DeVictor, director of the Parks and Recreation Department, said that the adjustments were projected when the department's budget was formulated in May.
Cemetery interment charges will increase between 13 percent for normal interments to 67 percent for disinterments.
The increased charges are necessitated by the rise in labor and equipment charges and an increase in week end funerals, which require overtime costs. DeVictor said.
Green fees at Eagle Bend Golf Course will increase by 50 cents for weekdays and $1 for weekends. The golf course
The golf course, which
has been open for 1.1/2 years, has not begun to pay for itself. DeVictor said that he was confident that Eagle Bend would make its revenue projections this year. The adjustments will go into effect Jan. 1.
In other City Commission news:
The commission deferred a decision on establishing no parking along the west side of Lawrence Avenue from 15th Street north a minimum of 150 feet.
The commission authorized the drafting of an ordinance to establish No Parking along the east side of Mississippi Street, south of 10th Street, along the west side of Indiana Street, north of 10th Street.
— Derek Prater
NATION
Semi-trailer crashes into Indiana school bus
SULLIAN, Ind.—A semi-trailer rig slammed into a school bus at a railroad crossing yesterday, shoving it into the bus in front of it and seriously injuring at least three people. Dozens
of others had bumps and bruises.
The accident happened about 8 a.m.,about 25 miles south of Terre Haute in the southern part of the state.
Two buses were carrying about 60 Vincentnes Lincoln High School students, most of them special education students in grades 9-12, said Tom Mandon, business manager for Vincentnes schools. There also were two teachers and as many as 10 chaperones on board, as well as the buses' drivers, he said.
The buses were stopped, one behind the other at a railroad crossing, when the truck struck the rear of the second bus, driving it into the first bus, Mandon said.
All of the people involved in the accident were taken to hospitals, Lt. Mark Hartman of the Indiana State police said. He said at least three of roughly 70 people were seriously hurt and the others on board suffered bumps and bruises.
The buses were carrying the students on an outing to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—An explosive device blew up in the hand of a student dressed as the Grim Reaper in a lecture hall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology yesterday, injuring him and two other people.
MIT student pulls prank; explosive ianites in hand
The explosion apparently was a prank gone awry, said MIT representative Bob Sales. The student was part of a group from the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity who had been promoting a Halloween party.
As they walked through the aisle of the lecture hall during an engineering class, the device exploded in the 18-year-old student's hand. It was intended to have been simply a flash of light, school officials said.
The student, whose name was not released, was hospitalized in fair condition. Two others were treated at the MIT infirmary.
The building was evacuated and the police bomb squad called in.
MIT is well known for its pranks, or hacks, which date back at least to the 1920s.
Four years ago, hackers put a police car on top of the university's Great Dome. Another year, they dressed the dome in an enormous beanie topped with a propeller.
A 1982 prank was among the more memorable. Hackers dug a tunnel under the Harvard Stadium and launched an exploding black rubber balloon at the 50-yard line during the Harvard-Yale game.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
Two checks were stolen from a KU student between 1:25 p.m. Sept. 26 and 4:30 p.m. Oct. 5 from a room in McCollum Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A woman was cited for damaging a book and attempting to remove it between 2:10 and 2:15 p.m. Monday from the Spencer Art Library, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage to the book was estimated at $36.
ON CAMPUS
OAKS, the nontraditional students organization, will have a brown bag lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. today at Alceve F in the Kansas Union Call Sirmin Berrava at 8300704.
■ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum from noon to 1 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. The program will be "S.O.S.I [Save Outdoor Sculpture]" Call Thirth Avenue at 843.4923
Overeaters Anonymous will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call 312-3412-41.
Engineering Student Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at 2002 Learned Hall. Call Marcus Dunavan at 312-1783
*Psi Chi and Psychology Club will meet at 6:30 tonight at 547 Fraser Hall. Cell Ionics Benomich at 841-6738
Carl A. Kobrinski, 644-803-523
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs will have a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave., Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933
KU HorrarZontals ultimate Frisbee team will practice at 5 p.m. tomorrow at Shenk Complex. Call Will Snott at 841-0671.
OAKS, the nontraditional students organization, will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove G in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Boyd at 864.7317.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 847-735.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove D in the Kansas Union, Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
Golden Key National Honor Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
KU Yoga will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. Call Kristy at 838-3789.
Room histories not part of lease in KU housing
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Stoner said a room might remain vacant after an incident if the demand for space in the residence halls was low. Roommates also could request to be transferred to a different room, he said.
There never has been an incident in which a student refused to live in a certain residence hall room because of a past event.
"I'm not sure that a new student would know of anything that happened in a room," he said. "They can't tell if it was on fire last year or not because it's been painted over. Typically, they don't ask for room history."
Cindy Lam, Arlington Heights, Ill., freshman and McCollum resident, said she didn't think the department should release room history information.
"It would just freak out the incoming freshmen,
and nobody would want to live there." she said.
"It's just where someone died," he said. "People die everywhere every day."
Ryan Miller, Overland Park freshman and Ellsworth resident, said it would not bother him to live in a room with any type of traumatic history, including one in which a student had died.
everywhere every day." Frank Basile, Overland Park freshman and Ellsworth resident, said he lived in McColum last year. While he was a resident there, he often heard people talk about the sexual assault that took place in the hall in 1996.
He said he would live in the room in which that incident occurred, or any other room with a similar past.
"It wouldn't bother me, but it would be really creepy," he said. "I'm sure I would think about it. It would be hard not to."
Edited by Matt James
Today: IN HISTORY
1904
4. The first subway cars were placed in operation, farming the New York City subway system. The cars operated between the Brooklyn Bridge and Broadway Street; from City Hall to West 145th Street. This was the first underwater, underground rail system in the world.
1954 - The show that ultimately altered TV for kids premiered on ABC-TV. Disneyland will be historically noted as ABC's first smash.
1975 - Rocker Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of both TIME and Newsweek.
Top Hits on Oct 27,1991:
"Emotions" — Mariah Carey
"Do Anything" — Natural Selection
"Romantic" — Karyn White
"Anymore" — Travis Tritt
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HAPPY HALLOWeEN CALENDAR OF EVENTS FROM SUA AND THE UNIONS
HALLOWEEN ART DISPLAY
Oct. 27-30
9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. M-F
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday
12 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday
Kansas Union Gallery
MURDER MYSTERY DINER
"Bubba's Killer Sauce"
7 - 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28
Kansasac Union Ballroom
$10 with KUID and $15 without
includes dinner
LAST BECOME SERIES
A Walk with Professor Ted Johnson
12:30-1:30 Wednesday, Oct. 27
Meet at Kansas Union Plaza
DARK AT THE TOP OF THE HLL - FOR KIDS
Thursday, Oct. 29
7 p.m.
Kansas Union Lobby, Natural History and
Anthropology Museums
$2 tickets available at museums or night of event
Friday, Oct. 29
10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Kansas Union Lobby
Free treats, pumpkin decorating, games,
prizes, Party Pics, Magic Bob and more!
HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW WITH DJ BALLS Saturday, Oct. 30 Kansas Union Ballroom 11 p.m.-costume contest Midnight-movie starts 1:30 - DJ Bills
TIMES AT NOON
MC Square
Friday, Oct. 29
Kansas Union Plaza
MOVIES
Movies in Woodruff Auditorium
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Oct. 27, 29, 30
7 and 9 p.m. p.m.
AN DEAL HUSBAND
Nov. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
7 and 9:30 p.m.
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
864-3477 • www.ukans.edu/~sua