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The Inside Front
Wednesday August 25,1999
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
KU on Wheels moves stop on 22nd Street
A KU on Wheels bus stop on the 22nd Street and Kasold Drive route will move a block east starting tomorrow.
The stop, which is located at the corner of 22nd Street and 22nd Court, will move to the corner of 22nd Street and Heatherwood Drive.
Holly Krebs, KU on Wheels transportation coordinator, said complaints from residents of nearby houses caused the change.
Krebs said she hoped the move would not inconvenience students on that route.
"Some people waiting were standing on residents' lawns, and there were problems with people littering," she said. "In order to keep residents happy, we're trying to accommodate their needs."
The stop serves three apartment complexes in the area — Quail Creek Apartments, Shannon Plaza and Heatherwood Valley Apartments.
"Our big emphasis is on people getting picked up," she said. "We want students to avoid waiting at the wrong corner."
Krebs said the transportation board would consider any route modifications in October for next semester.
—Chris Borniger
Stephenson Hall floods will get new equipment
Stephenson Scholarship Hall will receive a new water heater at semester break to replace its hot water storage tank, which flooded the hall Sunday night.
David Bettenhausen, hall president and Columbia, Mo., junior, said rust corrosion ate through the bottom of the metal tank, which formed a hole the diameter of a pencil.
Water from the tank, which stored between 150 and 200 gallons, flooded the pantry, kitchen, dining room and computer room.
Phil Garito, department of student housing associate director, said employees welded a patch onto the bottom of the tank Monday afternoon.
"There's a possibility that there will be another spot that will rust through," he said. "Usually when one shows up, others happen."
Garito said workers would weld a similar patch onto the tank if another small hole developed, but the tank, which could be up to 48 years old, may have to be replaced sooner if the hole is unrepairable.
Garito said Stephenson residents would be without hot water for a couple of days if the storage tank needed to be replaced before winter break. The total figures needed to fix the heater are not yet available.
—Lori O'Toole
Sorority's fund-raiser will conclude today
Today is the last day of a Sigma Lambda Gamma fund-raiser that began Thursday. The historically Latina sorority is sponsoring the Student Advantage table from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today in front of the Kansas Union.
Students who sign up will receive a discount card and a phone card with 30 free minutes by mail. Students only pay if they choose to use their discount card as a phone card. The discount card can be used at many locations in Lawrence and nationwide.
Belinda Hinojos, Kansas City, Kan., junior in psychology, said it was too soon to tell how much the fund-raiser would earn. She said the sorority would use the money to pay for a variety of things throughout the year, including sending two members to the sorority's national convention in Illinois next summer.
—Lesley Simmons
NATION
School board reverses Star of David decision
GULFPORT, Miss. — A Jewish student told to hide his Star of David necklace at school may wear it freely, the school board said in reversing its ruling that the pendant could be viewed as a gang symbol.
"When we made the decision last week, it was based on information from the security officers only." Harrison County School Board president Randy Williams said after Monday's vote. "But we realized that it infringed on freedom of religious expression, and that freedom supersedes the safety issue."
The School Board unanimously voted to exempt religious symbols from its policy prohibiting students from wearing anything that could be viewed as a gang symbol.
Ryan Green, a junior at Harrison Central High School, wore his Star of David pendant at registration and on the first day of school earlier this month. He was told to tuck it beneath his shirt because it could be interpreted as a gang symbol.
Ryan's parents asked school officials to reconsider the policy, and the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday asked a court to strike it down.
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon said yesterday it had dropped plans to suspend or discipline a veteran Defense Department background checker for allegedly asking intrusive questions about former Sen. Gary Hart's personal life.
Officials close case on Hart's background
"After further review of the circumstances, it was decided that no adverse actions will be taken" against the investigator, David Kerno, said Pentagon representative Glenn Flood.
That closes the case. Flood said. "No further actions will be taken."
Hart had complained about questions asked during a background check required to grant him the top-secret security clearance needed to serve on a defense oversight board.
Kerno, 53, a 19-year Denver-based investigator with the department, had questioned three of Hart's law firm colleagues and apparently asked several questions about Hart's sexual conduct.
Hart complained to the Pentagon earlier this year that the questions went beyond the bounds of what was necessary for a security check and suggested that such inquiries would discourage people from serving in voluntary positions on defense.
The Pentagon removed Kerno from investigatory field work and assigned him to a desk.
Critics suggested that Kerno was punished because of Hart's close relationship with William Cohen, secretary of defense. Both are former senators and wrote a novel together.
PARIS—The photographers who chased Princess Diana should be prosecuted since the car crash that killed her would not have happened if not for them, the lawyer of her boyfriend Dodi Favred's family said yesterday.
Al Fayed continues suit in fatal car wreck
The lawyer, Georges Kiejman, criticized the state prosecutor's recommendation last week that charges against nine photographers and a press motorcyclist be dropped. The 10 are charged with manslaughter and failure to assist persons in danger.
"These recommendations are surprising," said Kiehlman, who is representing Mohamed Fayed, Dodi Fayed's father. "They distort the facts."
Investigating judge Herve Stephan, who is expected to conclude his own probe soon, is not obliged to follow the state prosecutor's recommendation.
Princess Diana, Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul, were killed in a Paris traffic tunnel Aug. 31, 1997. Only bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones survived. Paul was drunk at the time of the crash, and alcohol and excessive speed are considered the main causes of the accident.
Initial blame was put on the photographers chasing Princess Diana. Kiejman said the driver would never have sped to get away from them if the occupants of the car had not been harassed.
He said he would appeal should the judge decide not to send the photographers to trial.
—The Associated Press
Liquor license goes unrenewed after failure to meet ordinance
Co-owner Ryan Rodenburg told the commission that he thought the Brown Bear could meet the requirement, but that it needed more time to establish the restaurant side of the business.
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"We are doing our darnedest to make this go, and our priority is our restaurant." Rodenburg said.
our priority is our restaurant. Brown Bear said.
Rodenburg said that there were several reasons the Brown Bear was not meeting the food sale requirement. He said in an attempt to sell more food, the brewery had been using food specials and thus under representing the percentage of food sales. He also said that Brown Bear was a young business and that because it was a brewery, customers initially come in to try the
He presented the commission with a plan to meet the requirement, which highlighted advertising strategies and specials designed to sell more food.
beer. More time is required to sell customers on the restaurant, Rodenburg said.
Commissioner Mike Rundle said he was not convinced that the plan would bring the brewery into compliance with the city ordinance.
Melineh Kurdian, a Wichita senior who performed live music at the Brown Bear, said she was shocked to hear of the closing.
"I find it really disappointing because it's a great place for live music," she said. "It's a shame to close because of a law like that."
—Edited by Matt James
Local musician to perform at festival
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However, one male student who attended the first 11th three years ago has not returned since.
"I think men are probably afraid to go because they think they might be classified as feminine," she said. "But I do know tons of men who love Sarah McLachlan and the Dixie Chicks and the Indigo Girls. Plus, it's a great place to meet women."
In three years ago has not returned since:
"I went one time, and I dug the music," said Nate Jensen, Wichita sophomore. "I just didn't like seeing all the girls kissing all over each other. Not that I have anything against it, it was just too much for me to take at one time."
He said that even though he wouldn't go to the show again,he thought Lilith offered variety to the line-up of summer music festivals.
which is rap, and you've got the Lilith Fair, which is all women. I think that's important."
"I hope somebody picks it up," Jensen said.
"You've got the Family Values Tour, which is all hard, and you have the Hard Knock Life Tour,
Lisa Bitel, director of women's studies, said she thought Lilith created role models for women within the rock music industry and that the festival should continue.
"I think it's a shame that they're going to end a festival that celebrates women's music aimed at a feminist audience," she said.
Nevertheless, McLachlan is ending the show after just three years reportedly because she wants to have a baby. Also, she has said in various interviews, she wants Lilith to maintain the positive image it now holds rather than allowing it to flizzle out like other festivals such as Lollapalooza and the H.O.R.D.E. Festival.
Tickets to Lilith can be purchased at TicketMaster for $29.50 through $54.50.
ON THE RECORD
Edited by Julia Nicholson
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to the 1100 block of Louisiana Street at 12:25 a.m. Sunday on a report that a man was driving recklessly, the KU Public Safety Office said. The man was cited for reckless driving and failure to obey a traffic officer.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to Oliver Hall at 1:40 p.m. Sunday on a report that someone wrote graffiti on a wall and a cabinet, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $150.
A KU student reported harassing phone calls between 7 p.m. and 9:41 p.m. Sunday from McCollum Hall, the KU Public Safety Office.
McCormick Hall, the KU Public Safety Office staff.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to KU
parking lot 1 behind Carruth-O'Leary Hall at 9:45 a.m. Monday on a report of a non-injury accident, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU public Safety Officer was dispatched to KU parking lot 105 behind McCollum Hall at 8:15 a.m. Monday an report that a car hit a fire hydrant and then drove off, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $500.
A KU public safety officer was dispatched to KU parking lot 37 behind Haworth Hall at 8:19 a.m. Monday on a report that a student had fallen and sprained or broken her ankle, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student was treated on site and then transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries presents Pat Willeneuve, curator of Education at the Spencer Museum of Art, will speak on "New Ways of Looking at Art" from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center, 1204 Oread St. Contact Thad Holcolmbe at 843-4933.
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WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
GENERAL INTEREST MEETING FOR SUA
Tuesday, August 31, 7 p.m.
Big 12 Room, Kansas Union
FIRST COMMITTEE MEETINGS
LIVE MUSIC
Wednesday, August 25, 7 p.m.
International Room, Kansas Union
Thursday, August 26, 7:30 p.m. International Room, Kansas Union
RECREATION
Thursday, August 26, 5:30 p.m.
Alcove F, Kansas Union
FINE ARTS
FEATURE FILMS
Monday, August 30, 7 p.m.
Governors Room, Kansas Union
SPECTRUM FILMS Monday, August 30, 5 p.m. Regionalist Room, Kansas Union
STUDENT UNION ACTIVITIES
864-3477 · www.ukans.edu/~sua
SPECIAL EVENTS
Tuesday, August 31, 8 p.m. Alcove A, Kansas Union
MOVIES
Monday, August 30, 8 p.m.
Walnut Room, Kansas Union
August 31 and September 2, 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium
"PUSHER"
September 1,3,4,7 and 9:30 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium
"ELECTION"
TUNES AT NOON
WANT TO GET INVOLVED AND MEET NEW PEOPLE?
Friday, August 27 with Kirk Rhorer Union Plaza
SUA Info Meeting
7 p.m. August 31 Big 12 Room, Level 5 Kansas Union
Refreshments will be provided!
FEATURE FILMS SPECTRUM FILMS
LIVE MUSIC
SPECIAL EVENTS
FINE ARTS
RECREATION
FORUMS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
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