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The Inside Front
Thursday August 19, 1999
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Clark Wescoe statue stolen from Wescoe Hall
The bronze statue of Clark Wescoe, the man who Wescoe Hall was named after, was reported stolen by Suzanne Grachek, secretary for Communication Studies, according to the KU Public Safety Office. The statue was stolen between 12:15 a.m. Aug. 11 and 3 a.m. Aug. 12 from the third floor entrance of Wescoe Hall. The statue was a bust of Wescoe's head and neck and was attached to a 3-foot wooden pedestal. The statue was valued at $20,000.
- By Michael Terry
LAWRENCE
Lawrence youth fires rounds into apartment
A 16-year-old Lawrence resident opened fire on an acquaintance's apartment at 3 a.m. Saturday at the 1700 block of 24th Street, Lawrence Police said.
Three men knocked on the door of the apartment. When its occupants did not answer, one of the men drove to the side of the building, parked and brought a gun back to the apartment's sliding glass door. He fired five rounds at the door while the occupants escaped through the front entrance.
The bullets lodged into the kitchen cab inets and were recovered by Lawrence police. No injuries were reported.
A security guard witnessed the shooting and called the police, who chased the subject on foot to Country Kitchen, 151.1 W. 23rd. He remains in custody.
By Katie Hollar
Commission hears land disputes over three sites
The Lawrence City Commission confronted several growing pains at its meeting Tuesday night.
Developers, the Lawrence/Douglas County Planning Commission and neighborhood residents offered opinions about how growth should proceed at three sites.
Annexation of the area bounded by Clinton Parkway, West 27th Street, Crossgate and Inverness Drives was put on hold when the developer, Dial Real of Kansas City, asked the commission to defer the decision because of a dispute between the developer and the planning commission concerning zoning.
Jim Harpool, a representative from Dial Realty, requested commercial zoning for restaurants and shopping, while the planning commission recommended residential zoning.
Despite opposition from neighborhood groups, two other projects received approval by the commission. In a pair of 3-2 decisions, with Commissioners David Dunfield and Mike Rundle opposing both, a preliminary devel opment plan for apartments and a rezoning request were approved.
The development plan for Aberdeen South Apartments drew heavy criticism from residents in the neighborhood of the site north of West 27th Street and east of Wakamusa Drive.
A lot containing a vacant church at 1127 Iowa Street was rezoned from Single-Family Residence District to Residence-Office district despite objections from residents in the area.
- By Derek Prater
Football player shooting still under investigation
Six months later, police still are investigating the Feb. 28 shooting of Kansas football player Michael Chandler, said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
"We have no new leads." Wheeler said.
"We do directly all leads."
Chandler, 22, was shot in his home in the 4400 block of Adam Avenue. The wide receiver has fully recovered and will be playing with the team this season.
By Katie Hollar
Liquor store robbery suspect still at large
The investigation of a Saturday night robbery at Diane's Liquor, 1806 Massachusetts Street, continues, Lawrence Police said.
The suspect, an unidentified black male, entered the store at 10:56 p.m. as the store's three employees were preparing to close. He pointed the handgun at them and demanded money. They complied, and he left with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The suspect then left on foot, eastbound on Massachusetts Street.
He had been described as approximately five-footten and 200 lbs. He was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and dark pants.
- By Katie Hollar
A police chase Monday night ended in a wreck at Eighth and Michigan streets. Lawrence Police said.
At 1:13 a.m., a Lawrence police officer spotted a 1984 blue Honda CRX speeding west at the 900 block of East 23rd Street. The officer lost sight of the car.
A few minutes later, another officer located the car speeding north at Iowa and Harvard streets.
The officer followed the car west on Ninth Street and north on Michigan Street. The driver, Andrew D. Kemme, a 22-year-old Shawnee resident, continued down Michigan and turned west at Seventh Street. He then looped around the block, driving west on Seventh Street, south on Arkansas Street and east on Eighth Street.
At the intersection of Eighth and Michigan streets, the CRX struck a 1996 black Ford Mustang traveling south on Michigan.
The driver of the Mustang, Jeffrey Mudrick, a 22-year-old Lawrence resident, was not injured. Demme was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was treated and released for a broken arm.
— By Katie Hollar
Unexplainable object baffles astronomers
NATION
LOS ANGELES—A mysterious celestial object detected three years ago in the northern sky is baffling scientists who have been unable to figure out its makeup or how far it is from Earth.
It's rare for astronomers to find an unexplainable object, but it's even more unusual for it to remain undefined for more than a week, said S. George Djorgovski, a California Institute of Technology astronomer who helped discover the object.
But the mystery object's spectrum does not fit any of the known patterns. Scientists are unsure whether the object is inside our Milky Way galaxy or at the edge of the universe.
Usually, astronomers are able to determine an object's composition and distance by breaking down its light into a spectrum and analyzing it.
Some astronomers believe the object may be a new class of quasar, sources of energy found in the center of galaxies and believed to be powered by matter falling into massive black holes.
Movie theater workers sick of the Blair Witch
ATLANTA—Movie theater employees are enduring something even more frightening than The Blair Witch Project — having to clean up after fans who get sick after watching the low-budget horror hit.
Since the fictional documentary opened last month, workers at movie theaters have had to get out the gloves and mops as moviegoers get motion sickness from watching the film's jerky, first-person perspective.
"The first weekend someone threw up in the women's restroom, the men's restroom and in the hallway," said Kris Monroe, manager at Lofont Plaza Theater in Atlanta. "It's not pleasant to clean up.
"One guy — he was really cool — he threw up in the restroom and he just came out and asked us for a mop."
Although blood and gore is virtually nonexistent, the cameras are in constant motion as the characters tramp through the woods, and the picture is often grainy and out of focus.
The Associated Press
block of Ouadatl Street, Lawrence Police said. The backpack was valued at $50.
A KU student's 21-speed mountain bike was stolen between 6 p.m. Sunday and 3 p.m.
Monday in the 1700 block of Tennessee. The bike was valued at $550.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's Eddie Bauer backpack and Visa card were stolen between 9 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday from a car parked in the 2500 block of Qurduall Street.
A Kirby 5 vacuum sweeper belonging to the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity was stolen between Aug. 5 and Aug. 14 from the 900 block of Arkansas, Lawrence Police said. The vacuum was valued at $1,200.
A KU student's tailgate was damaged between 9 p.m. Friday and 12:30 a.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of West Campus Road, Lawrence Police said. The tailgate was valued at $200.
A KU student's leather billfold was stolen around 9 p.m. Sunday in the 3300 block of Iowa Street, Lawrence Police said. The billfold and its contents were valued at $40.
A KU student's Trek mountain bike was stolen between 2 a.m. Sunday and 12:00 p.m. Monday in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence Police said. The bike was valued at $1,000.
A KU student's collector cards were stolen around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday from a vehicle parked in the 1200 block of Prospect Avenue, Lawrence Police said. The value was unknown.
A surge protector was stolen between 5:45 p.m.
Aug. 10 and 10 a.m. Aug. 11 from Room 502 at
Dyche Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The
item was valued at $20.
A KU student's wallet was stolen along with a Kansas Driver's License, KUID, and some credit cards at 8:25 a.m. Monday from a public restroom near Room 300 at the Art and Design Building, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $29.
■ The Department of Psychology's Panasonic VCR was stolen between 10 a.m. July 30 and 11:30 a.m. Aug. 13 from Room 308BG at Dole Human Development Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. The VCR was valued at $800.
A KU public safety officer cited a driver at 10:10 a.m. Monday for possession of a stolen and suspended Kansas license plate at 11th and Indiana streets, the KU Public Safety Office said. The truck was towed and is in possession of the City of Lawrence until the driver can show proof of ownership.
A man struck a parked vehicle while attempting to park at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday at KU Lat 300, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A man's JVC-AFM-CD player was stolen from his car between 12 p.m. Monday and 6 p.m.
Wednesday at KU Lot 123, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $300.
A chemical fire extinguisher was stolen between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. Tuesday from Oliver Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The extinguisher was valued at $45.
A man's glave box and window trim was damaged and a car stereo and 20 CDs were stolen between 10 p.m. Monday and 12:15 p.m. Tuesday from KU Lot 101, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items and damage were valued at $770.
Completion of Lewis Hall renovations expected soon
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Sarah Fox, Houston, Texas, sophomore. is one of them.
residents were returning students, while most residence halls had about 35 percent returning students.
Fox lived in Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall last year and decided to move to Lewis with three friends.
"I wanted to live on campus again, and this was new," Fox said. "It's nice to know that it's all clean. It's cool that we're the first ones to live here. In most of the other dorms, everything was a little banged up."
Despite the benefits of living in the new, clean building, McBride said that there were some disadvantages while residents wait for kinks to be straightened out.
She said there were still no washers and dryers, and no computers had been set up in the hall. She said fire alarms had also been going off for unexplained reasons.
McBride said another concern was that sprinklers for the fire system hang about an inch or so from the ceiling in residents' rooms. She said if someone broke them off, gallons of water would pour out.
McBride said the irritations were outweighed by the excitement of living in the newly renovated building.
"Of course it's great to be in a new place," she said. "Those who have lived in other halls before really appreciate it here."
Edited by Allan Davis
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Academic Computing Services presents:
FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
Week of August 23-27,1999
All ASS classes are FREE to KU students, staff, and faculty and don't require registration UNLESS otherwise noted. Register at acaworker@ukansedu or B64-G448. Some classes are $75 for non-KU as noted. The same ACS class schedule is at www.ukansedu.acs/training or in *Driver's Ed* for the Information Superhighway available at the Computer Center. Training questions to training@ukansedu or B64-G446.
ListProc for new list owners—Learn how to manage a KU email discussion list using ListProc. Prerequisites. Must be an owner of KU ListProc discussion group. Requires registration for all. Tuesday, August 24, 6–9 p.m./ Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202A
Understanding email - Learn basic terms such as SMTP, PDIP3, and IMAP so that you will be able to configure and set up a variety of email programs. You will learn to set up and manage your email from more than one computer. Find out about the advantages of creating an email alias. Wednesday, August, 25, 4 - 5 p.m./ Computer Center Auditorium
Web Authoring: Improving Accessibility—Get an overview of how to make your Web site accessible to those with visual and other cognitive disabilities Thursday, August 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m./ Computer Center Auditorium
Outlook Express: Introduction—Get the basics of using Microsoft Outlook Express, the email program that comes with Microsoft Internet Explorer including setting up and choosing the best options for your needs, such as formatting email as plain text or HTML. The class also covers composing new email, reading and replying to email, and saving and printing your messages. Thursday, August 26, 6-8 p.m., Computer Center PC Lab, Room 202A