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The Inside Front
Tuesday September 28,1999
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Student Senate accepting applications for six seats
Student Senate is accepting applications for six recently vacated seats
One off-campus, one business, two Nunemaker and two graduate senator seats are empty. The six positions are open because the senators who held them either resigned or exceeded the acceptable number of absences from meetings, office hours
absences from meetings, office hours or Senate programs.
Marlon Marshall, Student Executive committee chairman, said he would accept applications until Oct. 8. Interviews for candidates will be Oct. 11.
Marshall said replacement senators would likely be chosen at an Oct. 13 meeting. The full Senate would then approve the nominees.
"I encourage anyone and all to apply," he said. "Anyone who feels they can do service on Student Senate at the University of Kansas and represent their constituency."
The former senators are Shannon Martin, Ryan Francisco, Chris Irby, Brooke Reid, Lisa Sapasap and Al Boulwane.
Applications are available in the Senate office at the Organizations and Leadership Center in the Kansas Union.
— Chris Borniger
Retired foreign officer to lecture on East Timor
A retired foreign service officer will relay some of his extensive experience in Southeast Asia when he speaks from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at the English Room in the Kansas Union.
David Lambertson, former United States ambassador to Thailand, will discuss the situation in East Timor
how it evolved and what it means
Lambertson said he hoped to shed some light on the serious and complicated issues in East Timor.
In a lecture titled, "East Timor and its Various Ramifications." Lambertson, who is currently director of international development for the University of Kansas, was stationed at the American embassy in Medan, Indonesia, more than 30 years ago, before East Timor was annexed.
The program is sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies.
Michael Breen, office specialist for the center, said the center was glad Lambertson would speak.
"He has a good deal of expertise in the area," he said.
The event is free and open to all students, faculty and staff.
- Lesley Simmons
Parts of research library will close for staff retreat
Divisions of the Spencer Research Library will be closed tomorrow and Thursday, said Sherry Williams, University archivist and curator of the Kansas Collection.
Library staff will be participating in a retreat. The two-day training will focus on change issues. Williams said.
The Kansas Collection will be open with limited service from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.
University Archives will be closed all day tomorrow and will re-open at 3 p.m. Thursday.
— Katie Hollar
Debate team places first at tournament
They have a way with words. The KU Debate Team took first place out of 29 teams last weekend at the regional Sunflower Classic Debate Tournament at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park.
David Magarell, Overland Park senior; R.J. Melman, Chicago junior; Seth Wood, Overland Park sophomore; and Justin Tinsley, Little Rock, Ark., freshman, were the winners.
The four students, divided into two teams, participated in 10 debates that lasted two hours each. The team won nine out of the 10 debates Friday through Sunday.
Scott Harris, KU Debate coach, said he was happy with the team's success.
"It's a very exciting way to begin the season," Harris said. "We have a very experienced team. We had higher expectations for this year because we have a good senior class and good freshman who should set the stage for the future."
The topic of the debates was whether the United States should constructively engage and enlist sanctions against Iraq, Iran, Syria, North Korea and Cuba.
Emily Hughey
STATE
Heavy rains force many out of Kansas homes
WICHITA—Several homes in Sedgwick County were evacuated today as near-record rainfall swamped creeks and low-lying areas of south-central Kansas.
Homes in Maize and Clearwater were evacuated, and several roads were closed around Wichita after more than 7 inches of rain fell late Sunday and early today.
homes and submerged vehicles. The storm system also produced a tornado near Haven. Exact numbers of evacuations and road closings were not immediately available.
As of 5 a.m., the National Weather Service's rainfall total since Sunday evening stood at 7.46 inches. The 24-hour rainfall record in Wichita is 7.99 inches, set September 6-7, 1911.
Heavy rain in Wichita flooded
The 88-year-old record was in jeopardy today as more rainfall was predicted.
Saturday Night Live reunion performs well
NEW YORK—The ratings were mavelous for the Saturday Night Live 25th anniversary special, with an estimated 22.4 million people watching the reunion of comic actors.
NATION
Sunday's three-hour program was the highest-rated entertainment special since the Academy Awards in March, Nielsen Media Research said Monday.
The comedy special opened with Bill Murray, in his lounge guise, belting out Bruce Springsteen's "Badlands," among others. Billy Crystal resurrected his Fernando talk-show character with the famous line, "You look mah-velous."
WORLD
Abortion still does not have Pope's blessing
VATICAN CITY — Responding to a U.N. official's statement that the Vatican had conceded defeat on reproductive issues, a spokesman reiterated the Church's opposition to abortion and the morning-after pill.
The U.N. Population Fund's director, Nafis Sadik, said that the Vatican had accepted that the international community had accepted that family planning was one of the human rights of women.
"They believe the debate has been lost," Saidik in London as she presented her agency's yearly report on world population.
Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls issued a two-page statement Monday insisting that the Holy See has not changed at all its well-noted position, reiterating its opposition to abortion and use of the morning-after pill, which it considers to be abortive.
Sadik and Vatican officials have clashed in the past in the debate of family-planning methods.
The Associated Press
Fireworks cause blasts in Mexico
The Associated Press
CELAYA, Mexico—The security guard had just dragged two women from the wreckage of a mammoth fireworks explosion when a second blast catapulted him onto the asphalt 20 feet away.
The series of explosions — at least three — tore through a busy area of street stalls and shops near a downtown bus station in this central industrial town late Sunday, killing at least 56 people and injuring 348 — many of them rescuers who rushed to help the victims.
The blast was thought to have started in the back of a candy store where fireworks were sold, then more explosions were set off, possibly from gas tanks in nearby restaurants, or other fireworks stashes.
Soldiers sealed off a large area of Celaya's downtown as they searched for more bodies. Officials said they were digging cautiously
for fear of setting off unexploded powder.
Officials said the dead included a policeman, two Red Cross workers, two firemen and a photographer for a local newspaper.
Some buildings had their fronts blown off. The streets were piled with debris and bodies.
Electricity was cut to the city center, and gasoline sales were halted at several stations, local reporters said.
ON THE RECORD
Two pizzas were stolen from a Papa John's delivery car between 11 and 11:40 p.m. Thursday at lot 110 by IndyKnox Tower D, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's trumpet was stolen between 7:30 p.m. sept. 21 and 10 p.m. sept. 22 from a fifth floor locker at Murphy Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The trumpet was valued at $500.
A KU student's bicycle was stolen between 8 a.m. Sept. 17 and 8 a.m. Wednesday from the Ellsworth Hall bike rack, the KU Public Safety Office said. The hike was valued at $260.
A KU student's CDS and CD case were stolen between 2 and 2:05 p.m. Saturday from her car parked at lot 107 by Sellara Scholarship Hall, the KU Public Safety Office
said. The items were valued at $55.
A KU staff member reported that three electric scales were stolen between 4 and 6 p.m. Saturday from a storage room at Ekdahl Dining Commons, the KU Public Safety Office said. The scales were valued at $700.
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between 10 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday at the 400 block of Florida Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $1.
A KU student's compact player was stolen between 6:30 p.m. Sep. 19 and 5:50 a.m. Sept. 20 at the 1000 block of Emery Law, Lawrence police said. The compact player was valued at $180.
ON CAMPUS
- The Amitabha Buddhist Association will distribute books about Buddhism from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in front of the Kansas Union. Call Grace Ku at 841-1695.
- OAKS, the nontraditional student organization, will have a brown bag lunch from 11:30 to 1 p.m. today at Alcove E in the Kansas Union. Call Simmie Berroya at 830-0074.
First Nations Student Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Laurie Ramirez at 841-3654
University Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Call Rick Clock at 841-3148.
KU College Republicans will meet at 7:30 tonight at Alderdon Auditorium in the Kansas Union to hear congressional candidate, Phill Liken snake. Call David Bradtd at 313-3470.
The KU Society of Human Resource Management will meet at 7:30 tonight at 127 Summerfield. Call Julie Seigel at 749-7686.
- The Crime and Delinquency club will have its first meeting from 6 to 8 tonight at the Parlor in the Kansas Union. A corrections officer will be the guest speaker. Call Annie at 841-4392.
OAKS, the non-traditional student organization will have a brown bag lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove F in the Kansas Union. Call Simmie Berroya at 830-0074.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum from noon to 1 p.m. tomorrow at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. The program is
called, "World Religions and Homophobia." Call
Hald. Hambeam at 843-4933.
Student Senate Executive Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Governors' Room in the Kansas Union. Full Senate will meet at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at 100 Smith.
■ United Methodist Campus Ministry will have a supper to focus on hunger at 6 p.m. tomorrow at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. Bring two cans of soup. An alternative worship service will follow. Call Rev. Heather Henselling at 841-8661.
Pre-Physical Therapy Club will meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. Call Corev Snuder at 841-4670.
- Hawks for Health will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Alceve D in the Kansas Union, Call Vicki Collie at 832-9180.
The KU Writing Center's Writer's Roosts are open for walk-in writing consultations. The roosts are open Mondays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 4005 Wescoe Hall and from 7 to 10 p.m. at Templin Hall ARC; Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 4005 Wescoe and from 7 to 10 p.m. at Templin ARC; Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 4005 Wescoe; Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 4005 Wescoe and from 7 to 10 p.m. at Templin ARC; and Sundays from 7 to 10 p.m. at Templin ARC.
Call 864-2399.
A support group is forming for those experiencing distress. The group will set goals and try to achieve them. Call Jenn Cheavens at 864-9857.
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