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The Inside Front
Thursday September 23,1999
News
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CAMPUS
Alcohol poisoning concern sends student to hospital
A KU student was found lying on the floor of the fifth floor men's bathroom at Oliver Hall at 12:24 a.m. m yesterday.
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said the woman had been drinking shots of vodka when she began to feel sick. He said the Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical Department was called in to evaluate the student for possible alcohol poisoning.
The student was conscious and not in serious condition but was transferred to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for observation, Mailen said.
— Michael Terry
Three auto burglaries reported near GSP-Corbin
A series of automobile burglaries occurred between 9 p.m. Sunday and 5 p.m. Monday in the parking garage located at lot 111 by Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall.
Three students' cars were broken into, and their car stereos and CDs were stolen. The items were estimated to be worth a total of $1,450.
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said the office was investigating the incident for possible connections with other thefts from parked cars on campus and around the City of Lawrence.
"We're checking into the method by which these cars are being broken into to hopefully discover leads that will lead to an arrest," he said. "We've been working in conjunction with the Lawrence Police Department to look ipto individuals with prior records in this area to see if there are any similarities."
Michael Terry
Mailen said the office did not have any suspects at the time.
New phone directories to be released tomorrow
Phone operators should be getting a bit of a reprieve tomorrow with the release of the new University of Kansas Telephone Directories.
Lisa Eitner, supervisor of the Mt. Oread Bookshop, said University Relations would distribute the phone books to campus offices and various students organizations, including residence halls and scholarship halls this week. She said students who lived off campus could purchase them at the Kansas or Burge Union bookstores.
"We separately acquire a quantity of them, which we pay for and then resell to those who did not receive one during the general distribution," Eitner said.
The phone books cost $4 for individuals without a current KUID and $2 for students with a KUID.
Toni Achten, a KU phone operator, said that despite the arrival of the phone books, there would not be a dramatic decrease in phone calls received by KU operators.
"I never notice a drop, but I'm sure there would be some drop off," she said. "There are a lot of people who don't want to look the numbers up themselves, and so they just call us," she said.
Todd Halstead
Accused naked man faces two new charges
LAWRENCE
William Alen Morris, Danville, Ala., freshman, was arrested Sept. 11 and charged with aggravated burglary and attempted sexual battery.
Yesterday, at his first appearance in Douglas County court, Morris faced those charges — and two more.
Morris was charged for the Sept. 11 case and for a second case stemming from events that occurred July 20. In both cases, the victims were female University of Kansas students.
On Sept. 11, Morris allegedly entered a house at the 1600 block of Tennessee Street, walked around naked and knelt by one of the female residents' beds.
He was apprehended by Lawrence police at 2:45 that morning. The original charges stand. Charges on the July 20 case are aggrivated burglary and aggrated criminal sodomy.
The victim declined to comment on the details of the case.
Kansas law defines sodomy as oral contact or oral penetration of the female genitalia or oral contact of the male genitalia; anal penetration of a female or male by any body part or object or oral or anal copulation or sexual intercourse between a person and an animal.
Judge Paula Martin set bond for the second case at $50,000. Officer Scott Robertson said Morris was booked at the Douglas County Jail at 9:45 p.m.
Morris applied for, and was granted, a court-appointed attorney. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. sept. 30 in Division 5 court.
— Katie Hollar
NATION
both explosions, but investigators would not provide any details about yesterday's call.
TALLHASSEE, Fla.—A pipe bomb exploded yesterday in a building at Florida A&M University, the second blast at the historically African-american school in less than a month
Bomb explosion shakes Florida A&M University
In the Aug. 31 blast, a caller said he wanted to "gid ret of some of them niggers." No one was hurt, and there was little damage from that blast.
Authorities also received a call yesterday warning of a bomb in another campus building, but a search turned up nothing.
American school fire resistant. 3 month American schools were reported. Damage was minor.
Warning calls were received before
BRYAN, Texas—A jury yesterday weighed the life-or-death fate of a white supremacist who bragged that the dragging death of an African-American man had made him and his buddies "bigger stars" than O.J. Simpson.
"There are obvious, common-sense connections you could make," said Byron Price, FBI supervisor in Tallahassee. He but added that authorities have no concrete evidence linking the two explosions.
Jury to decide fate of white supremacist
After hearing testimony for eight days, the panel had two options for Lawrence Russell Brewer: life in prison or death. Deliberations began just before 10 a.m.
The same jury considering Brewer's punishment on Monday convicted the 32-year-old parolee of capital murder.
Brewer's former prison pal, John William King, 24, already is on death row, convicted and condemned in February for the murder of James Byrd J. A third man, Shawn Allen Berry, 24, is set to be tried next month. Prosecutors also will seek the death penalty in that case.
In June 1998, Byrd, a former vacuum cleaner salesman from the east Texas timber town of Jasper, was harned by the ankles with a 241/2-foot logging chain to the bumper of a pickup truck and dragged for three miles.
WORLD
Diana Ross arrested for assault at airport
LONDON — Singer Diana Ross was arrested yesterday at Heathrow Airport after allegedly assaulting a security officer. She was released in the afternoon, walking out of the Heathrow police station through a sea of reporters.
Police, who detained her for more than four hours, did not immediately say whether she had been charged. However, Press Association, the British news agency, quoted police sources as saying Ross, 55, had been cautioned and released
The Associated Press
"Police here are wonderful," she said in response to one of a flurry of questions. She made no statement about the incident.
Search for child killer expands
The Associated Press
Manhunt includes all of Morris County
COUNCIL GROVE — The search for Scotty Adam expanded yesterday throughout Morris County, where law enforcement officials believed he remained on foot after escaping from the county jail.
Adam faces nearly 42 years in prison for shaking a 16-month-old boy to death. Law enforcement officials acknowledged no local residents have reported definitive sightings of him.
Law enforcement officers have concluded Adam escaped from the Morris County Jail on his own Tuesday, just hours after he was sentenced. He got out of an exercise yard by climbing a 10-foot
chain link fence topped with razor wire.
Officers searched Tuesday night in areas southeast and north of Council Grove, but Morris County Sheriff R.J. Meierhoff said tracking dogs lost Adam's scent and the search expanded countywide at daybreak.
Meierhoff said he was confident Adam would be caught. About 30 local officers, Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents continued the search.
"I imagine he's getting pretty cold, pretty tired and pretty hungry," Meierhoff told reporters during a news conference. "I think he's on foot."
county.
Law enforcement officials continued using tracking dogs, as well as surveillance aircraft. They were checking farm fields and wooded areas throughout the
Officials noted Adam had family ties to the area because his parents own a liquor store in Council Grove. Also, they noted they have received no reports of stolen vehicles or burglaries of homes or businesses since his escape.
"We feel pretty strongly that he is still in or near the area," Scott Teeselink, a Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent, told reporters.
Adam, 24, originally was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the October 1998 death of Timothy Post. Adam pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in August.
The boy was the son of Adam's then-girlfriend, Jessica McAuley Post. Adam was on parole at the time of the boy's murder after serving part of a sentence for the 1993 stabbing death of a Kansas State University student.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's bus pass and Kansas driver's license were stolen between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Monday from a table on the second floor of the Kansas Union, the KU Public Safety Office. The wallet was unclaimed at $90
A KU student's sunglasses and other items were stolen between 6 p.m. Sunday and 5 a.m.
Monday from a car parked at the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $150.
A KU student's window screen was damaged between 4:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the 2600 block of West Sixth Street, Lawrence police said. The screen was valued at $50.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs are sponsoring a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center is sponsoring a program, "Making it Work: Balancing Roles as a Student-Parent," from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Curry Room in the Kansas Union. Call 864-3552.
The Spencer Museum of Art is sponsoring a Tour de Jour or the exhibition "Personal Choices: American Indian Art form a Private Collection" at 12:15 p.m. today in the museum.Call Sally Hayden
KU Meditation Club is meeting at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 864-7735.
KU Mock Trial is meeting at 7 tonight at the lobby in Green Hall. Call Tara Kelly at 749-9265.
KU Yoga is meeting at 8 tonight at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. Call Kristy Schill at 838-3789.
Amnesty International is meeting at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
KU Young Democrats is meeting to discuss internships at 8 onight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union, Call jack Martin at 865-0602.
KU Badminton club is practising from 6 to 10:30 tomorrow night and Saturday at rooms 211 and 212 in Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 843-2267.
- The Spencer Museum of Art is sponsoring a lecture on Latin American art at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the museum. Call Sally Hayden 864-0135.
- United Methodist Campus Ministry is having a chili supper and watching the movie *Priest* at 6:30 tomorrow night at First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St. Call Rev. Heather Hensorling at 841-8661.
■ Pereregister tickets for Parents Day/Family Weekend can be picked up between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. tomorrow and between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday at the New Student Orientation office, 113 Strong Hall. Call Heidi Schrandt at 864-5430.
The KU writing center is open by appointment today only. Call 864-2399 to make an appointment.
A support group is forming for people experiencing distress. The group will meet to help people set goals and achieve them. Call Jenn Cheavens at 749-1635 before Sept. 28.
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