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The Inside Front
Monday August 30,1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Pugh arrested for DUI, no proof of insurance
Former Kansas basketball player T.J.
Pugh: Spent two hours in jail Friday.
arrested early Friday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated, Lawrence police said. Pugh was also cited for no proof of insurance.
Pugh spent two hours in the Douglas County Rail before his $500 bond was paid.
He is scheduled to appear in court at 3 p.m. Sept. 8.
Sorority house visited again by uninvited guest
members of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority had another unexpected visit Thursday night.
"We were scared to death," she said.
About 10 p.m., several residents of the house, at 1600 Oxford Road, noticed a man walking around the yard. A few minutes later, they saw him looking into their room.
After the women noticed him, he went toward the back of the house, said Valerie Flick, Maxville sophomore and Alpha Delta Pi member.
Pickup flips on tracks, killing 3 and injuring 3
"We were scared to death," she said.
Flick described the man as 5-foot-10 with a stocky build. She said he did not look like a student. She also said she was not sure whether it was the same man who exposed himself Wednesday night in the sorority parking lot. Lawrence police have not apprehended either suspect.
A pickup truck lost control and overturned early yesterday morning, killing three and seriously injuring three others. Lawrence police said.
At 7:47 a.m, the vehicle, which was carrying at least seven people, strayed off the 700 block of Maple Street and onto a parallel set of railroad tracks. After hitting the tracks, the truck flipped over at least once, Sgt. George Wheeler said. He said no train was involved.
Wheeler said he assumed some of the passengers were riding illegally in the back of the truck.
"Simple math tells us that not everyone can be in the cab," he said.
The accident is being investigated by the Lawrence Police Department and
Three were dead at the scene and two were taken by helicopters to area hospitals. A sixth person was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and later airlifted to Kansas City. The seventh person was treated at Lawrence Memorial.
the Kansas Highway Patrol. The victims' names have not been released; information will be available after confirmation of identity and notification of next of kin.
— Katie Hollar
STATE
Diamond mine may lie under Riley County soil
MANHATTAN, Kan. — A geology profesor wants to go hunting for diamonds that she says may be buried beneath the Kansas prairies in rocks similar to the diamond mines of South Africa.
Monica Clement, of Kansas State University, will seek funding for a series of tests to determine if diamonds are present in a layer of igneous rock formations, known to geologists as kimberlites.
Clement says the day may come when she finds a treasure trove of precious gems beneath the grasses of Rilev County.
A handful of sites in Riley County reveal kimberlite outcroppings, giving Clement clues that vast, underground mines of diamonds might be just below the surface, she said.
"If you tell students, 'Look, we have these rocks, which are very rare, and they're exactly the kind of rocks that diamonds are found in South Africa, yes, students go. 'Wow, diamonds.' "Clement said
To date, Clement has not found any trace of diamonds at the Stockade kimberlite site on the west side of Tuttle Creek Reservoir.
Even if diamonds are found, Clement does not expect the quality to be worldclass.
NATION
Arizona tries to stop girl from aborting in Kansas
PHOENIX—A 14-year-old foster girl who says she was raped reportedly is expected to travel to Kansas for a late-term abortion unless Arizona officials succeed in winning a court ruling to stop her.
There has been no direct word from the girl because of foster care confidentiality requirements and a court seal on the case. She is said to be about 24 weeks into the pregnancy now, past the stage at which abortions are performed in Arizona.
The girl, a ward of the state since she was 5 and now a ward of Maricopa County Superior Court, told the state she was raped. She requested an abortion 14 weeks into the pregnancy but then ran away, showing up again only recently.
The Arizona Republic quoted sources Saturday as saying Gov. Jane Hull had changed direction Thursday about an appeal and had decided to have the girl's competency re-evaluated. But a judge on Friday reaffirmed his decision to allow the abortion, the newspaper said.
Last week, Judge William Sargeant
authorized the abortion and having the girl taken elsewhere for it.
Dalai Lama completes U.S. visit in Chicago
CHICAGO—About 3,200 people gathered at Chicago's Field Museum on Saturday to hear the Dalal Lama's nonsectarian message of peace, compassion and human rights on the last day of a 17-day U.S. visit.
"We are the same physically, spiritually and emotionally," the Dalai Lama told the crowd at Saturday's fund raiser. "We have the same potential ... to help other people."
The exiled spiritual leader of the world's Tibetan Buddhists also spoke in New York and in Bloomington, Ind., where his brother founded the Tibetan Cultural Center in 1979.
He also spoke of the importance of meditation to prepare to face life's problems and noted that much blood had been shed in the name of religion.
"The concept of one religion and one truth is bad," he said.
Texas meteorite holds water from outer space
The Dalai Lama was to return to Dharmsala, India, Saturday night.
WASHINGTON—A rock that fell from the sky to land in a West Texas yard contained a remarkable surprise — water from the far reaches of snake
water from the lake reached 10°C. The researchers who opened the meteorite discovered tiny pockets of briny water, providing the first close look at water not originating on earth, according to an article in the journal Science.
"The existence of a water-soluble salt in this meteorite is astonishing," wrote R. N. Clayton of the University of Chicago, who was not involved in the research on the meteorite.
While astronomers long have thought that water flowed through asteroids and other bodies formed at the beginning of the solar system, the meteorite's liquid cargo offered the first chance to actually study it in a lab.
Cape Town storm kills four, injures hundreds
WORLD
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Gale-force winds ripped roofs off homes and collapsed walls yesterday in a Cape Town neighborhood, killing at least four people, injuring hundreds and leaving 5,000 home less. A fifth person died of a heart attack.
Rescue workers waded through the debris and tried to find victims, while stunned survivors walked through the devastated area in the Cape Flats, a low-income neighborhood of Cape Town.
The storm, which hit early yesterday and was accompanied by thunder and lightning, may have been a tornado.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's license plate was stolen between 10 p.m. Aug. 23 and 10:30 a.m. Aug. 24 in the 900 block of Vermont Street, Lawrence police said. The license plate was valued at $10.
A KU student's license plate was stolen between 11 and 13:10 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of Vermont Street, Lawrence police said. The license plate was valued at $7.
A KU student's car stereo was stolen between 4 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m.
Friday from a car parked in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $215
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to KU Lot 103 in front of Hashinger Hall at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday on a report that a student's stereo was stolen from her car, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stereo and the damage to the vehicle were estimated at $580.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to the scene of a non-injury accident at KU Lot 91 near Memorial Stadium at 10:52 a.m. Wednesday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's wallet was stolen from her room in Hashinger Hall between 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The wallet and its contents were valued at $145.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to the intersection of West Campus and Stratford roads at 9:40 a.m. Thursday on a report of a non-injury accident involving a KU on Wheels bus, the KU Public Safety Office said. The bus reportedly made a wide turn and struck a No Parking sign on the east side of West Campus Road.
A KU student's sub-wofer was stolen from his car in KU lot 112 behind Oliver Hall between 8 p.m. Wednesday and 10:45 a.m. Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The sub-wofer and the vehicle's damage were estimated at $8,560.
A KU student's vehicle was damaged and various household products were stolen from KU L11 2 behind Oliver Hall between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 11:30 a.m. Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The vehicle's damage and the items were estimated at $275.
Cornfield maze educates visitors about reptiles
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Museum contacted us to make it a fund-raiser."
Museum contacted us to make if a tutorraiser:
Leonard Kristalka, director of the Natural History Museum,
said the museum's main goal was signing up more members so they could take advantage of the educational opportunities the museum has to offer.
Douglas County community school Scattered throughout the maze were 13 species of turtle, including four donated for the day by Tim Emerson, owner of Pet World, 711 W. 23rd St.
"One of the chancellor's themes in the University its to serve Kansans," Kristalka said. "And I can't think of any better way to serve Kansans. The costs are minimal compared to the benefit that we can give to our members and the greater Lawrence and Douglas County communities."
Emerson, who spent yesterday at the center of the maze with two African Spur Thigh Tortoises, said he liked to educate people as much as he could about turtles because he always had had a strong affinity for the reptile.
Heather Galbraith, manager of Pet World, said: "We love any opportunity that we are given to educate people about any type of animal because we feel that the more people are educated abut different species of animals, the more tolerant they will be of them." Hard is pleased with the turnout.
Her was pleased with the turnout.
"With hundreds of people coming out here today to learn about the turtle just because I happened to create a turtle and the festivities and people talking and learning about all these creatures — that's the power of the art," he said.
Brie Martin, volunteer at the Natural History Museum and Topeka senior, said: "I love children's faces when they light up when they see turtles. Everybody seems to be enthralled with turtles."
Pendleton said that the maze cost about $10,000 to produce and that he likely would make a profit.
He said because they had had such a good response to the maze that there likely would be another created next year although the theme has not been decided.
The maze will be open — minus the turtles — until Sept. 6. Admission is $4.
ON CAMPUS
Edited by Jennifer Roush
KU Environs will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call 864-7325
The Office of Student Financial Aid is awarding Federal Work-Study funds for the 1999-2000 academic year. To apply online visit www.ukans.edu/~osta. Call 864-4700 or visit
OAKS, the non-traditional students organization,
will sponsor a brown bag lunch from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove E in the
Kansas Union. Contact Simmie Berroya at 830-
0074.
50 Strong Hall between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
KU College Republicans will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union to meet congressional candidate Jeff Colver. Call David Brannel at 313-3470.
The Center for Community Outreach will offer an information session at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the parlor in the Kansas Union, Call 844-6703.
The Mock Trial Team will offer an information session at 8 p.m. tomorrow at 207 Blake Hall. Call Tara Kelary at 749-9265.
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