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The Inside Front
Friday August 27,1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Social Welfare school receives $23,000 grant
The School of Social Welfare received two gifts this week that will benefit the students.
On Tuesday, the Jewish Heritage Foundation of Greater Kansas City gave the school $23,000 that will enable four social welfare students to work at the foundation.
The grant will create a special student unit at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park aimed at working on a senior-adult activity program. The students and their supervisor will create programs to meet the interests and social, recreational and educational needs of the elderly.
Melanie Hepburn, assistant dean of social welfare, said the gift would allow the foundation and students to interact.
"The students can increase our range of practicum locations," she said. "It will benefit the students and community."
The foundation's primary mission is to enhance health and human services in greater Kansas City with an emphasis on the Jewish community.
Earlier this week, a $50,000 pledge was announced from Dorla Abbott and the late Dorothee Simmons, two graduates of the School of Social Welfare. The money will go toward scholarships for those students interested in working with health care or mental health.
Amanda Kaschube
Man exposes himself in sorority parking lot
An unidentified man exposed himself in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority parking lot Wednesday night.
Angela Agustin, Wichita junior, said she was walking in the back door at 10:50 p.m. when she turned around and saw the man standing by the trash bin.
He was not fondling himself, she said.
"I looked at him for a few seconds," she said. "It was dark, and it took awhile to realize what was going on."
Agustin rushed inside the house, at 1600 Oxford Road. When she looked out the window, the man was gone. She then called Lawrence police.
The man has been described as being in his late twenties and having a stocky build. Agustin said he did not look like a student.
Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence police said they had not apprehended the suspect.
Derek Prater
-Katie Holland
Massachusetts Street reopens for a few days
setts Street was reopened.
LAWRENCE
Downtown traffic breathed a small sigh of relief yesterday as Massachu-
The intersection of Massachusetts and Ninth streets, which had been closed for almost two months because of an utility-replacement project, reopened at 7:30 a.m., City Manager Mike Wildgen said.
The intersection will have to close again early next week to start "milling" the street — removing old asphalt and getting it ready for a new surface — but will be completely done in about a week. Wilden said.
The utility-replacement project has moved east on Ninth Street, closing the intersections from Vermont Street east to New Hampshire Street.
Suspect still at-large in liquor store robbery
Lawrence police continue to look for the suspect in the robbery of a liquor store Wednesday night.
At 10:15 p.m., a man walked into Koleber Retail Liquor, 1805 W. Second St., pulled out a handgun and demanded money. Store clerks gave him an undisclosed amount of money, and the suspect left on foot.
No shots were fired, and no injuries were reported. Sut. George Wheeler said.
—Katie Hollar
The suspect has been described as about 5-foot-6.
WORLD
Scientists introduce bubonic plague vaccine
LONDON — British government scientists said yesterday they had developed a vaccine against bubonic plague to help protect military troops from biological warfare.
The vaccine is in a particularly advanced stage of development and is ready to be tested on humans, Rick Hall, technical director at the government's military research center, said in a British Broadcasting Corp. interview.
"Of course once it is licensed — through exactly the same process as any other medicine — it will not only provide increased protection for Britain and its armed forces, but it will also be available to help protect civilians in parts of the world where plague occurs naturally," Hall said.
The research was prompted by fears that countries such as Iraq are developing new methods of biological attack.
Bubonic plague is a contagious disease usually transmitted by fleas from infected rats. Symptoms in humans resemble those of flu, including a headache, fever, chills and possibly painfully swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, groin or neck areas. In the pneumonic stage, the disease spreads to the lungs.
declined to talk specifically about the government's research.
A Ministry of Defense representative
"There is certainly research going on looking at biological weapons and chemical weapons," said the representative, speaking with customary anonymity. "We have never made any secret about that. We need to look at the different agents which could be used against our troops and develop suitable medicines and vaccines against them."
Russia, Islamic rebels ease fighting for now
MAKHACKHALA, Russia - Large-scale fighting between Russian forces and Islamic militants in southern Russia was mostly finished by yesterday, though tensions remained high over reported attacks on breakaway Chechnya.
Russia's military said yesterday its jets pounded Islamic militants fleeing to Chechnya on Wednesday after a failed invasion of the neighboring region of Dagestan. But officials gave conflicting reports of whether the strikes hit the territory of Chechnya, which considers itself an independent state and vehemently resents military raids on its land.
The contradictory statements highlighted how volatile the remote Caucasus Mountains region remains, despite Russian claims of victory in its two-week campaign against the rebels.
Chechen officials claimed Russian jets made 16 bombing runs on Chechnya against the militants Wednesday.
The Russian Defense Ministry's press center in Dagestan said that Russian jets bombed the militants within Chechyna. Later, Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev and Air Force Chief-of-Staff Anatoly Kornukov denied that Chechen territory had been hit.
However, the Russian command reserves the right to deliver strikes on the rebels wherever they are, the Defense Ministry said.
The Chechen Foreign Ministry appealed to the United Nations yesterday to investigate whether there were any terrorist bases in Chechnya to justify Russia's alleged bombing raids.
"Under the pretext of destroying terrorist bases, Russia is making missile and bomb strikes against settlements." Chechen Foreign Minister Ilyas Akhmadov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
Russian jets have bombed rebel bases in Chechnya several times since islamic militants seeking an independent state crossed the Chechen border into Dagestan on Aug. 7 and took at least six villages.
Moscow is preparing a new war against Chechnya, he said.
After weeks of bombardment by Russian forces, the rebels — estimated at more than 2,000 — had largely fled the region by yesterday, but handfuls of militants remained.
The Associated Press
Brown Bear set to reopen sans beer, alcohol options
By Dorek Prater
writer@kansas.com
Kansan staff writer
Down but hot out. A brewery with no beer.
There is a brewery open today at 11 a.m., serving food but no alcohol.
Down but not out. A brewery with no beer.
An internal audit the brewery supplied to the city showed that the Brown Bear was not meeting a zoning ordinance passed by the Lawrence City Commission in 1994. The C-3 zoning regulation requires that new drinking establishments make 55 percent of total receipts from food sales. The intention was to halt the proliferation of "pure bars" downtown.
"The next few weeks are critical," said co-owner Shawn Schlegel, referring to the life of the brewery. The Brown Bear closed Saturday after city officials did not renew its liquor license.
Schlegel and fellow owner Ryan Rodenburg appealed to the commission for another opportunity at the City Commission meeting Tuesday night. They presented the commission with a business plan that they believed would bring the brewery into compliance with the zoning ordinance.
Their request to have their liquor license reinstated failed when a motion made by Commissioner Marty Kennedy to approve the license was not seconded.
Commissioner Mike Rundle summed up the feelings of the commission when he said that he was not convinced the brewery could meet the 55 percent requirement.
Brad Schepers, manager of the Brown Bear and former KU student, said he was shocked by the
"We're losing a lot of revenue.I don't have anything to lose by trying."
Shawn Schlegel
Brown Bear Brewing Co. co-owner
commission's decision.
"I thought the commissioners would have more compassion for the situation we were in," he said. "It's not like we're not trying to raise our food sales. We've changed our menu three times."
If a new liquor license is obtained, the brewery's business will return to normal. Schlegel said.
Schlegetf's initial reaction to the commission's decision was that it meant the end of the Brown Bear, but instead he and Rodenburg decided to form a new corporation and reapply for their liquor license under the new corporation.
The owners decided to open the restaurant portion of the brewery to slow the flow of lost income.
"We're losing a lot of revenue," Schlegel said. "I don't have anything to lose by trying."
Schepers said he was optimistic about the future of the Brown Bear.
"Our food sales have been increasing, and our new menu is fabulous," he said.
ON CAMPUS
Edited by Julia Nicholson
The Office of Student Financial Aid is awarding
Federal Work-Study funds for the 1999-2000
ON THE RECORD
academic year. Access the online application at www.ukans.edu/~osta or call 864-5492
■ A KU student's stereo was stolen between 7 p.m. Sunday and 4:18 p.m. Tuesday from KU Lot 102 in front of Lewis Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stereo was valued at $350
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to Fraser Hall at 6:25 a.m. Tuesday on a report that a first floor window on the north side had been broken, the KU Public Safety Office said The damage was estimated at $20.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to KU L10 102 in front of Lewis Hall at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday on a report that someone had slashed the black convertible top of her Volkswagen, the Public Safety Office said. The damage was valued at $900.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to KU Lot 102 in front of Lewis Hall at 9:48 p.m.
Wednesday on a report that a student's car had
been hit, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was valued at $400.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to KU lot 92 on the south side of Memorial Stadium at 1:32 p.m. Wednesday on a report that a KU student's vehicle was damaged by an unknown person, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student had $20 stolen between 1:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of Granthouse Street. Lawrence police said
A KU student's tan macrame purse and cellular phone were stolen between 9 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday in the 2500 block of Redbud Lane, Lawrence police said. The merchandise was valued at $60.
A KU student's stereo was stolen between 10:30 p.m. tuesday and 10:40 a.m. Wednesday in the 2000 block of Stewart Avenue, Lawrence police said. The stereo was valued at $350.
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