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The Inside Front
Friday August 20,1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CORRECTION
In the story about the closing of the Learned Club in Monday's Kansan, the newspaper incorrectly stated that the club would be closed to all Alumni Association and University of Kansas related events. The club will remain open for all Alumni Association and University events, but the food will be provided by an outside caterer. The Kansan regrets the error.
CAMPUS
Lack of class rosters was 'crisis of the day'
Faculty and staff began the fall semester by learning new students' names and faces but without class rosters to help.
Bob Turvey, associate director of the Office of the University Registrar, said more than 10,000 class rosters should have been printed Wednesday, but his office failed to make them a priority to the printer. Because it takes about 12 hours to print all of them, the rosters could not have been rushed to make up for the delay, he said.
The rosters were printed yesterday, and Turvey said he hoped they would be delivered to faculty today.
"The first day of classes generates a lot of problems," he said. "This was certainly one of them."
Scott Harris, assistant professor of communication studies, said that not having the rosters was an annoyance.
"It's my crisis of the day." Harris said. "There was no way to find out if people in the class actually enrolled."
Turvey said the registrar's office would begin printing rosters two days before classes started, instead of one, to avoid problems in the future.
"Teachers deserve and want some idea of who's in their class," Turvey said.
—Chris Borniger
New director of unions wants more interaction
"In our society, people are not coming together," he said. "One of the true college experience, besides learning, is meeting new people with new ideas."
David Mucci, new director of the Kansas and Burge Unions, said he would strive to bring more student interaction and unique activities to the Unions by combining fun with learning.
Mucci previously had been the director of the University of Idaho Student Unions for six years.
Murci will be on the building committee and will provide help managing the renovations at the Kansas Union this fall. Included in the additions is an expansion of office space for student organizations.
"We want the Union to look, feel and be more lively," he said. "We are going to find programs so unique that they
will draw people to the building."
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the committee chose Mucci because of his experiences in student activities and his creativity with the challenges of the Union.
Mucci said he was drawn to the campus because of its beauty, outstanding student body and great staff.
"He was a unanimous choice of the committee and staff," he said. "We believe he will be a worthy successor of the tremendous leadership of James Long.
Long will become the assistant provost for facilities planning and management in January after 16 years as director of the unions.
Amanda Kaschube
NATION
Bush says he hasn't used illegal drugs in last 7 years
AUSTIN, Texas—George W. Bush says he hasn't used illegal drugs within the last seven years, while insisting that such personal issues have no place in the 2000 presidential race.
He snapped at reporters asking about possible illegal drug use Wednesday, saying he would refuse to play that game. But he answered a hypothetical question The Dallas Morning News out to him later in the day.
The newspaper questioned him about the requirement that federal employees answer questions about drug use to get high-level security clearances.
"As I understand it, the current form asks the question, 'Did somebody use drugs within the last seven years?' and I will be glad to answer that question, and the answer is "No," "The News, in a story for yesterday's editions, quoted Bush as saying in New Orleans.
That was a departure from the response he gave during a news conference in which he said rumors about his personal life were ridiculous and absurd, possibly planted by political opponents.
WASHINGTON—Republican lawmakers and the White House may seem far apart on a fiscal 2000 budget, but President Clinton offered an optimistic assessment of the situation yesterday.
"We'll get this worked out." he said.
"We get this worked out," he said. Sitting at an education event, Clinton again asked if he would cut plan. But he made it clear that he didn't, "consider that a major problem."
"Yes, I'll veto the tax plan," he said.
"But let's not stop with the negative."
The GOP has passed only two of 13 appropriations bills it must send to Clinton before fiscal 1999 ends in September. White House officials have declined to say whether Clinton would sign a continuing resolution while negotiators work out details, fueling speculation that the country could face another federal government shutdown. GOP officials are eager to avoid a repeat of the politically punishing 1995 shutdown.
Asked after the event whether a deal was possible, he seemed even more upbeat: "We'll get this worked out."
The president's speech at the education event highlighted a report that found schools will continue to handle an increasing number of students in coming years.
CDC study: Hepatitis C is most common blood virus.
ATLANTA—At least 2.7 million Americans carry the hepatitis C virus, making it the most common blood-borne infection in the United States, according to a study in yesterday's New England Journal of Medicine.
The study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta represents the first look at the prevalence of hepatitis C in the United States.
Scientists discovered the virus in 1989.
People who inject illegal drugs or engage in unprotected sex account for most people who carry hepatitis C, but people who had blood transfusions before mid-1992 also are at risk.
The disease and alcohol abuse rank as the leading causes of liver disease. The infection results in about 1,000 liver transplantals annually in the United States.
WORLD
Broken buildings, lives after Turkey quake
ISTANBUL, Turkey—As the death toll from western Turkey's worst recorded earthquake surpassed 4,000 today, hundreds of thousands of Turks camped out in yards, parks, even on highway medians for yet another night in fear of going home — or because they had no home to go back to.
The masses of people huddled under Day-Glo tents or simple bed sheets tied to sticks for a second straight night provided mute testimony to the difficulties that lie ahead in returning the densely populated region to normal following Tuesday's powerful tremor.
"We don't trust our own homes," said 21-year-old Dilek Turkmen as she watched rescue workers sifting through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building on the outskirts of Istanbul.
More hard evidence: an inferno at the major Tupras oil refinery, still raging out of control today and threatening severe setbacks to the area that accounts for a third of Turkey's economic output.
Turkey's business newspaper, Financial Forum, estimated the quake would cost Turkey's struggling economy about $25 billion.
The Associated Press
Evolution decision worries faculty about KU reputation
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Taylor said he hoped that the decision would be overturned by Gov. Bill Graves or by citizens voting BOE members out of office.
"People are going to think twice before they come to the state of Kansas. It creates a PR nightmare for us."
He said incoming students needed to know about evolutionary theory."We assume in higher education that students learn certain things in K-12," Taylor said. "It puts them at a disadvantage with their peers from other states."
Sally Frost Mason
"Just about everyone in our department has received comments from colleagues from around the world," Taylor said.
Taylor was interviewed by the British Broadcasting Corp. about the board's vote and has received numerous telephone calls.
dean of the college of liberal arts and sciences
Frank Goodoff, Houston junior, said the BOE — not the state — should be held responsible for the decision.
"I don't think it's so much a reflection on the state as the members of the school board," he said.
A computer engineering major, Goodoff said he doubted the school board's decision would affect the quality of science education in the state.
"Realistically, I don't think it's going to change what teachers teach," he said.
Amy Knoche, Olathe freshman in biology, was more upset by the vote.
"It shows we're kind of close-minded," she said. "You're kind of shutting yourself off."
Knoche said she was disturbed by how the state was perceived after adopting the new science standards.
"It's something that makes Kansas look dumb," Knoche said. "It's something we can't run away from now."
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's golf clubs were stolen between 10 p.m. Monday and 2 a.m. Tuesday from a car parked in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The clubs were valued at $870
—Edited by Julia Nicholson
A KU student's cellular phone was stolen between 11 p.m. Thursday and 1 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The phone was valued at $250
A KU parking department employee reported that a man driving a Jeep Cherokee struck an 8-foot painted sign made of PVP pipe at 12:09 p.m. Wednesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $100.
A KU public safety officer responded to the scene of an accident at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday at 11th and Maine streets, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student reported obscene writing on her message board on the seventh floor of Oliver Hall between 1 a.m. and 1:10 a.m. Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
ON CAMPUS
HorrorZontals Men's Ultimate Frisbee Club will have an informational meeting and practice session at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at the north end of Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. Bring a light and dark shirt, water to drink and be ready to play. Contact Will Spots at 841-0671 or e-mail at wsports@falcon.cc.ukans.edu
■ KU Environers will have a weekly meeting from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call 864-7325.
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SUA CANOE TRIP SEPTEMBER 3 - 5,1999
- Join us on a two-day canoe trip down the Jack's Forks and Current Rivers in the Ozarks of Missouri! We will be renting canoes and staying at Two Rivers Campground in Eminence, Missouri.
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- Space is limited to first 45 who sign up!
- Deadline to sign up is August 27th!
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