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The Inside Front
Wednesday October 13, 1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
An article in yesterday's University Daily Kansan misstated the amount of the population in Japan that was older than 60. Felix Moos, professor of anthropology, said that the figure was a quarter.
CAMPUS
Commission approves transit bid requests
The Lawrence City Commission approved the distribution of requests for bids for public transit system buses as part of the Consent Agenda at the City Commission meeting last night.
Steve Kilika, from Wichita-based transit consultants KA Associates, said that proposal requests would go out either today or tomorrow.
Requests will be for 12 small, heavy-duty transit coaches. KILika said they would be sent to 16 qualified vendors as well as advertised nationally. This should ensure that the most possible bids will be put forward, he said.
"We're trying to move this process forward carefully," Nikka said.
Specifications for buses require that they:
run on diesel fuel
have the capacity for 28 to 30 passengers
have wheelchair lifts with a minimum capacity for two wheelchair passengers and are in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
have installed bike racks
The estimated cost is about $200,000 each.
other City Commission news:
Kika said all bids would be received by Nov. 16 and that it would probably take another two weeks before a recommendation would be made to the City Commission.
—Derek Prater
Other City Commission news:
the commission awarded a bid for personal body armor for the Lawrence Police Department to Tuxall Uniform & Equipment in the amount of $10,483.60.
Student questioned for swastika drawings
Jimmy Adra, the Wichita sophomore who was charged with violating the student housing harassment clause, went before the Department of Student Housing yesterday for a fact-finding hearing.
Adra drew two swastikas and wrote,
"When the revolution comes you'll not be spared," on a message board located at the lobby of the eighth floor in McColum Hall.
Adra said that the department would notify him of his decision today or tomorrow as to what if any his punishment would be.
If Adra is found guilty, possible punishment ranges from a verbal reprimand to expulsion from the University.
Michael Terry
Police say man stagea hostage situation
A Lawrence man remains in custody after disguising a theft as a hostage situation. Lawrence police said.
At 7:30 p.m. yesterday, the man entered Aldi. 3025 Iowa St., where his wife worked in the store. He said that a man was in his truck, demanding money and pointing a gun at his two children.
Store employees gave the man an undisclosed amount of money to give to the robber, and the truck left.
Lawrence police located the truck at 23rd Street and Kasold Drive. The man said the robber had fled to HyVe. 3504 Clinton Pkwy. No suspect was found.
Aldi employees proceeded to notify the police.
"Something about this story seems a little strange." said Scott Richard Nicollis.
Nickell Upon investigation, police detained the driver was involved in the theft. Nickell said police concluded his story was a hoax.
The 39yearold Lawrence man remained in custody yesterday. He is charged with theft of between $500 and $25,000.
— Katie Hollar
Indigenous program focus of ECM forum
University of Kansas' Indigenous Nations Program will have its voice heard at today's University Forum at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
Donald Fixico, director of the program and professor of history, will speak about the program and what it provides students.
"He will discuss the academic integration in the program," said Thad Holcombe, pastor at the ECM. "He will also talk about relations between Haskell Indian Nations University and KU."
Many individual programs have come under fire lately including women's studies because it teaches more ideology than academics, he said.
"Fixico should give a critique on how the program is perceived at the University," Holcombe said.
The University Forum is a weekly event offered at noon each Wednesday at the ECM and is open to all students, staff and faculty members as well as members of the Lawrence community.
Amanda Kaschube
NATION
sion to question one of his wife's longtime friends in his pending divorce with his wife.
Gingrich files motion to interrogate witness
MARIETTA, Ga. — Newt Gingrich filed a motion asking a judge for permis-
Carol Villio of Warren, Ohio, served as a witness to a 1987 separation agreement between Gingrich and his wife, Marianne. Villio and Mrs. Gingrich, who grew up near Warren, have been friends since the late 1970s.
The motion, filed Monday in Cobb County Superior Court, was not specific about what the former U.S. House speaker wants to learn from Villa.
A judge has ruled that a 33-year-old congressional aide, Callista Bisken, must testify about her relationship with Gingrich.
Bisek tried to block the subpoena, but a judge in Washington last week found her arguments to be without merit. A decision is pending on what documents Bisek must turn in to the court.
Gingrich, 56, separated from his wife of 18 years on May 10 and filed for divorce July 29. He had stepped down as House speaker and resigned from Congress after the Republicans' relatively weak showing in last November's elections.
MIAMI—O.J. Simpson called 911, saying he was trying to get help for a woman he said had been on a two-day cocaine binge with a former baseball player.
Call by Simpson gets friend to check rehab
Simpson, 52, placed the call Sunday night from the townhouse of his 26-year-old girlfriend, Christie Prody, in southwest Miami-Dade County.
A Miami-Dade police report said Simpson told officers who showed up at the house that he was trying to get help for Prody. But Simpson and Prody later told WSVN-TV the 911 call was to get help for someone else
"We have a problem here," Simpson was heard telling the 911 operator, according to WSVN's broadcast of the call Monday. "I'm trying to get a girl to go to rehab.
"She's been doing drugs for two days with Pedro Guerrero, who just got arrested for cocaine, and I'm trying to get her to leave her house and go into rehab right now."
Guerrero, a former Los Angeles Dodgers star, was charged with cocaine conspiracy in Miami federal court on Oct. 1. He posted $100,000 bond.
Two police officers went to Prody's townhouse after the 911 call and found only Simpson, who was given a brochure on how to recognize and prevent domestic violence, as required by state law in any incident involving couples, police spokesman Ed Munn said yesterday.
Calls to the homes of Prody and Guerrero yesterday were not immediately returned.
The Associated Press
Jayhawks will miss 'The Stilt'
NBA records, Michael Jordan has three, and Wilt has 66, so I think that says something about the player he was."
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Kansas basketball fans also will miss "The Stilt" and have a lasting image of his final, long-awaited, return to Lawrence on Jan. 17, 1996, when his No. 13 Kansas jersey was retired and revealed in the Allen Fieldhouse rafters during halftime of a 69-62 victory against Kansas State.
"I'm glad Roy Williams and Bob Frederick made the effort to get him here and make him feel like a king." Billings said.
Kansas radio announcer Max Falkenstien called the Jayhawks' triple-overtime defeat to North Carolina in the 1957 NCAA championship game, in which Chamberlain thought that he let Kansas down.
"I was grateful that he did come back and realized what the people of Kansas thought about him," Falkenstien said.
Although Chamberlain was a dominating figure on the court, those who knew him best remembered him for the person he was.
Jerry West, Los Angeles Lakers general manager and Chamberlain's former Lakers teammate, recalled Chamberlain's presence in the public eye.
"The thing I admired most about him — he was like every man's star." West said. "He was out among the people and had no problem going places and being recognized as Wilt Chamberlain."
Monte Johnson, who came with Chamberlain to Kansas in 1955, had a similar recollection.
"He may have been one of the most down-to-earth, kind, caring people I have ever known." Johnson said. "That's how he's
been since we were in college, and when I talked to him just a few days ago."
He also was remembered as a family-oriented man who cared about those around him.
Bob Frederick, Kansas athletics director, said Chamberlain would be missed.
"He was just a wonderful person," said Chamberlain's sister Barbara. "He was truly a family-oriented person. He was a very private person but liked to crack a good joke — that's a Chamberlain trait."
"This is a sad day for the University of Kansas and for everyone in basketball." Frederick said. "Wilt was a giant not only in physical stature but also in his dominance of the game. It is really unfortunate to lose a man who has so much energy and enthusiasm at such a young age."
- Edited by Matt James
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday from the first floor of Green Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The phone was valued at $100.
A KU staff member reported two laptop computers stolen between 5 p.m. Oct. 1 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 from room 200B in Green Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The two computers were valued at $4,500.
A KU staff member reported that a lock to a storage cabinet was broken between 8:24 and 8:30 a.m. Oct. 1 at Ekdahl Dining Commons, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's amplifier and other items were stolen between 9 p.m. Oct. 6 and 2:10 p.m. Oct. 7 at the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $1,745.
A KU student's car window was damaged between 8 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday at the 4000 block of Overland Drive, Lawrence police said. The window was valued at $250
A KU student's car stereo was stolen between 10 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Monday at the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $300.
ON CAMPUS
Golden Key National Honor Society will have an information table from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Kansas Union.
The Office of Study Abroad will have an information session for its program in Leicester, England, at 10:30 a.m. today at 109 Lippincott Hall. Call Nancy Mitchell at 864-3742.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum from noon to 1 p.m. at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. The program is entitled, "Introduction to the Indigenous Nations
Rock" *Call T* 1114550555
OAKS, the nontraditional student organization,
will have a brown bag lunch from 11:45 a.m. to
1:15 p.m. at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. Call
Simmie Berova at 830-0074.
**Program:** Cait Holcombe at 843-4933.
■ The Student Senate Executive Committee will meet at 5 p.m. today at the Governors Room in the Kansas Union. Senate will meet at 6:30 tonight at the Delta Gamma sorority house, 1015 Emery Rd.
Pre-Physical Therapy Club will meet at 6 tonight at the second-floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Corey Snyer at 841-4670.
Engineering Student Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at 2002 Learned Hall. Call Marcus Dunavan at 312-1783.
■ United Methodist Campus Ministries will meet for stress relief and pizza at 6:30 tonight in the First Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. An alternative worship service will follow. Call the Rev. Heather Hensaling at 841-8661.
The Center for East Asian Studies will have an Anime Festival showing "The Grave of Firelies" by Takaura Isaac at 5 p.m. tomorrow at 308 Ducheh Hall, Free, Cell 864-3849
OAKS, the nontraditional student organization, will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alceve G in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Boyd at 864-7371.
- The KU HorrorZontals ultimate Frisbee team will practice at 5 p.m. tomorrow at Shenk Complex.
Call Will Spotts at 841-0671.
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SUA WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
= TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW SUA BOX OFFICE, KANSAS UNION
HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE TRIP
Oct. 21
7 p.m. - 1 a.m.
$26 per person (includes bus ride and tickets to
The Beast and the Edge of Hell)
MURDER MYSTERY DINNER
"Bubba's Killer Sauce"
Oct. 28
7 - 9:30 p.m. Kansas Union Ballroom
$10 with KUID
$15 non-KUID
(includes dinner)
MOVIES
All movies $2, shown in Woodruff Auditorium.
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
ZELIG
Oct. 12, 14
7 and 9:30 p.m.
AUSTIN POWERS 2; THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME
Oct.13, 15, 16
7pm and 9:30 p.m.
SHANGHAI TRIAD
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
864-3477 www.ukans.edu/~sua
Oct. 19, 21
7 and 9:30 p.m.
Oct. 15, 16 Midnight
ORGASM
NET EVENT
THREE TO TANGS
Oct. 20
8 p.m.
THREE TO TANGO
SAUCE
UNION WEEKLY SPECIALS
NION
www.jayhawks.com/unions
Level 3, Kansas Union
STUDENT DISCOUNT DAY! MONDAYS IN THE PRAIRIE ROOM
Students with KUID receive 20% off on Mondays in the Prairie Room! Come visit us for a great meal!
JAYBOWL SPECIALS
Thursday & Sunday Nights - Techno-Bowling
Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.- $1.25 a Game Open Bowling
Friday & Saturday Nights - $1.50 a Game Open Bowling