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The Inside Front
Thursday September 16,1999
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Obscene pictures drawn on Hashinger Hall board
A University of Kansas student found obscene pictures drawn and explicit language written on the dry erase board of her Hashinger Hall room door at 10 a.m. Sept. 4.
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said the incident occurred between 11:15 p.m. Sept. 3 and 10 a.m. Sept. 4. The pictures and language on the board were sexual in nature and included two spots on the board where "KKK" had been written, he said.
"This was the first incident of this nature reported at Hashinger Hall," Mailen said. "There are no suspects at this time, but we'll continue to investigate the incident for possible suspects."
Michael Terry
Watkins computer system back up after six days
After being inoperative for six days, the computer system at Watkins Memorial Health Center is working again.
On the morning of Sept. 9, the disk controller and disk drive for the billing records malfunctioned, said Chyton Miller, computer operations manager at Watkins.
As of yesterday, Miller said that the pharmacy and scheduling divisions were running and that hopefully billing would be running by this morning.
Miller said that the cause of the failure was unknown, but that he was working on redesigning the software so a failure would not occur again.
The computer problem occurred while Watkins officials were in the middle of evaluating new hardware and software options for Watkins. Miller said he was working on upgrading the 12-year-old system.
Earlier this week, students were unable to make appointments because of the computer failure, he said.
Amanda Kaschube
Unconscious student found in Wescoe Hall
A University of Kansas student was found unconscious at 2:10 p.m. yesterday at the first floor men's bathroom in Wescoe Hall.
Sgt. Gary Wieden of the KU Public Safety Office said that the student was not in critical condition but that he was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
Wieden said the name of the student was not yet being released.
LAWRENCE
The meeting, which is at the Community Building, 115 W. 11th St., will be used to gather public input for an update of the Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan
"We're there to listen to what the recreation and park needs are for the future of Lawrence," said Fred DeVictor, director of Parks and Recreation.
Updates to the plan may include future parks, programs and trails. Consultants from Leon Younger and Pros, recreation planners based in Indianapolis, will be on hand to take comments and pose questions to residents.
DeVictor said that the public meeting was just one tool that would be used to guide the Parks and Recreation Department for the next five to 10 years.
The consultants also will conduct two surveys to gauge public interest.
— Derek Prater
He encouraged anyone not able to attend the meeting to send input to Lawrence Parks and Recreation, Fred DeVictor, P.O. Box 708, Lawrence, KS 66044-0708 or e-mail at fdevictor@ci.lawrence.ks.us.
WORLD
Polish official regrets desecration of tombs
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish official expressed his sympathy to the Jewish community in Poland yesterday, saying he deeply regrets the desecration of tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Warsaw.
Janusz Widzyk, the chancellery chief, said in a statement sent to the Polish state news agency PAP that he regrets the "brutal vandalism and unprecedented devastation" of the cemetery.
Unknown perpetrators damaged three gravestones at the 192-year-old Jewish cemetery late last week, police said. The damage was discovered Monday.
Police had no further details. But according to Agniezska Mdagzik-Miszczewska, the prime minister's adviser for Polish-Jewish relations, the graves of three rabbis were covered with symbols of Satan.
tuted some 30 percent of the city's population. Most of its members died during the war in the Nazi-organized ghetto in Warsaw or in Nazi death camps.
Before World War II, Warsaw's Jewish community of some 380,000 was the largest in Europe and consti-
Some 20,000 Jews currently live in Poland.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—South Africa asserted its claim as sub-Saharan Africa's.
South Africa to purchase $3.5 billion in new arms
as such Saiman Airlines' strongest military power yesterday as the government gave final approval for new arms purchases worth $3.5 billion during the next eight years.
The deal — which involves purchases of submarines, aircraft and ships from England, Sweden, Italy and Germany — is the nation's first major acquisition of weapons since the end of apartheid in 1994
Church and social activists have charged that there are more pressing social needs in South Africa. Unemployment there is at 34 percent and millions of people live in shacks without electricity and running water.
But the government said the deal will create thousands of jobs because in exchange for the contracts, the nations selling the arms have agreed to invest in South Africa. Also, Defense Minister Patrick Lekota said greater security for the country and the region would increase investor confidence.
The Cabinet originally planned to spend the equivalent of $4.9 billion. Lekota said the Cabinet left open the option to spend the additional $1.4 billion. That decision must be made by 2004.
Jan van Eck, an analyst with the Center for Conflict Resolution, said the proliferation of arms in the region is a negative development.
But, van Eck said, there is an argument for beefing up the military because of increasing volatility in the region: Conflicts in central Africa are spreading south, and nearby Angola and Namibia are unstable.
The arms to be purchased include 12 Hawk aircraft jointly made by Britain and Sweden, 30 light utility helicopters from Italy and three submarines from the Germany.
The South African army also would need the arms to play a role in international peacekeeping, van Eck said.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A fire extinguisher was stolen between 11 and 11:30 p.m. Friday from the eighth floor center stairway in Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The extinguisher was valued at $45.
A KU student rear-ended another man's vehicle at 2:35 p.m. Sunday at a stop sign at Memorial Drive and Mississippi streets, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student was examined for possible injuries after being found lying unconscious on top of a vehicle at 4:03 p.m. Monday in Lot 90 by Memorial Stadium, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student was treated on site and then transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
A KU student's GTE Visa calling card was stolen from his McCallum Hall mailbox between b. p. m. Feb. 1, 1998 and 5 p.m. March 31, 1998, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student reported the fliction Monday when he discovered that $479 in phone calls had been charred to his calling card.
A KU student's computer and accessories were stolen between 4 p.m. Sept. 3 and 1 p.m. Sept. 7 at the 1200 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The merchandise was valued at $770.
A KU student's rear car window was damaged between 10 p.m. Sept. 9 and 2 a.m. Sept. 10 at the 900 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police said. The window was valued at $827
the window behind them.
A KU student's purse and its contents were stolen between 1:30 and 2 a.m. Monday at the 100 block of East Seventh Street, Lawrence police said. The merchandise was valued at $87.
Local bar could regain license
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Inc., owned by John Davis, sold its interests to Bullwinkles of Lawrence Inc., owned by Kevin Polian. The sale was contingent on the bar's reinstatement as a drinking establishment.
When the license could not be obtained from the alcohol commission because Hummert refused to sign the zoning certificate. Bullwinkles of Lawrence Inc. and Bulls Eye Inc., sued Hummert.
Corliss argued that converting the bar from a cereal malt beverage establishment to a liquor establishment was an expansion of its non-conforming use status.
However, Fairchild decided in favor of Bollwinkles, ordering Hummert to sign the zoning certificate.
In his decision, Fairchild said there was no expansion of use.
“Expansion is permitted where the quality of the use has not changed, even if the intensity has,” he said. “Expansion is only prohibited when it amounts to the
Mayor Erv Hodges said the City Commission would act on the advice of Corliss.
Although the city can to appeal, Corliss would not comment on whether it would take action.
Fairchild also said that because Bullwinkles had been certified by the alcohol commission before, the use of the bar as a drinking establishment was permitted by the city's zoning ordinance.
Marty Kennedy, city commissioner, said he was not for or against Bullwinkles' fight to regain its drinking establishment license.
"If the judge says there's no legal right for the city to not give them their drinking license, then we'll have to follow the law," he said.
creation of new use. By definition in our case, there is no new use."
Collister would not comment as to whether Polian would sue for earnings lost while it was functioning as a cereal malt beverage establishment.
ON CAMPUS
Polian and Bullwinkles' employees would not comment.
■ Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Environs are sponsoring a veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
Edited by Kelly Clasen
OAKS, the non-traditional student organization, is meeting from 5:30 to 7 tonight at Alcove G in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Boyd at 864-7317.
KU Meditation Club is meeting at 6 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 864-7735.
KU Bahai'i Club is having a "Healing Racism" workshop at 6:30tonight at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Call Amanda Baotright at 331.0007
Amnesty International is meeting at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
Pre-Nursing Club is meeting at 7:30 tonight at the Partors in the Kansas Union. Call Tiffany Ross at 331-2326.
Queers and Allies is meeting at 7 tonight at the
International Room in the Kansas Union to watch a documentary about the gay rights movement. Call Matthew Skinta at 864-3091.
The Spencer Museum of Art is sponsoring a lecture by artist and Emporia State University Professor Dan Kucherhef at 7 tonight in the museum. Call Sally Hayden at 864-0135.
KU Yoga is meeting at 8 tonight at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union, Call Kristy Schill at 838-3789.
■ KU Badminton is practicing from 6 to 10:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday at room 211 and 212 in Robinson Center. Call Tee or Kevin at 843-2267.
The Spencer Museum of Art is sponsoring Family Day from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the museum. Call Sally Hayden at 864-0135.
Child care grant applications are available today and tomorrow from the Office of Student Financial Aid. Call 864-4740 or visit 50 Strong Hall between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ET CETERA
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Academic Computing Services presents:
FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
Y2K: Do you have the bug?-Computer Center consultants will discuss how the Y2K problem might affect your personal computer and what do about it. Mon., Sept. 20, Noon-1 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
All ACS classes are FREE to KU students, staff, and faculty and don't require registration UNLESS otherwise noted. Register at acsworkshop@ukans.edu or 864-0494. Some classes are $75 for non-KU as noted. The complete ACS class schedule is at www.cc.ukans.edu/acs/training or in *Driver's Ed* for the *Information Superhighway* available at the Computer Center. Training questions to training @ukans.edu or 864-0446.
Outlook Express: Introduction—Get the basics of using this popular email program. Tues., Sept. 21, 3-5:30 p.m., Budig Hall PC Lab, Room 10
Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets—Learn a new way to set colors, font styles, and layout in Web pages that separates style from content. Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Intermediate or equivalent skills. Wed., Sept. 22, 2-5 p.m., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202A
UNIX: Introduction—Learn the basics of UNIX, the operating system on FALCON, EAGLE, LARK, RAVEN, and HERON. Tues., Sept. 21, 6 - 9 p.m., Budig Hall PC Lab, Room 10
Web Browsing—Get an overview of browsing on the World Wide Web —how to access and bookmark Web sites as well as configure browsers like Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer. Wed., Sept. 22, 4-5:30 p.m., Computer Center MAC Lab, Room 202B
Web Authoring: Intermediate—Create links, place graphics and learn other HTML techniques. Prerequisite: Web Authoring Introduction or equivalent skills. Fri., Sept. 24, 9 a.m.-Noon., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202A
JERRY M. NOSSAMAN, DDS and BRIAN C. WILKERSON, DDS are pleased to announce the continued association in dentistry with
MICHELLE ANDERSON, DDS
and the addition of their new associate JUSTIN R. ANDERSON, DDS
NOSSAMAN, WILKERSON & ASSOCIATES, D.D.S., P.A.
VERMONT STREET STATION • 831 VERMONT STREET • LAWRENCE, KS 66044
(785) 843-6060
We continue to accept new patients • Saturday and evening appointments available
We continue to accept new patients - Saturday and evening appointments available