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Alumni appointed to fill jobs in administration
Two alumni will return to the University of Kansas in administrative positions this summer.
On May 23, Chancellor Robert Hemenway named Theresa Klinkenberg as the director of administration. Klinkenberg had been the associate director of administration.
As director of administration, Klinkenberg will oversee capital improvement projects on the Lawrence campus and at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She also will oversee the development of bond issues.
In a May 29 press release, Provost David Shulenburger said that Robert Barnhill would serve as vice chancellor for research and public service at the University. He also will be president and chief operating officer at the reorganized Center for Research, Inc., a foundation that will facilitate and increase research at the University.
As vice chancellor for research and public service, Barnhill will coordinate all funded and non-funded research activity in Lawrence.
-Kansan staff report
Time Warner CEO's son found dead in his home
NEW YORK — The schoolteacher son of Time Warner's chief executive was found bound and shot to death in his apartment.
Police said yesterday they had no motive and no suspects in the slaying of 31-year-old Jonathan Levin. There was no sign of a break-in, said police representative Noreen Murray.
Levin's father, Gerald Levin, has been chairman and chief executive of Time Warner for four years.
Co-workers from Taft High School sent police to Jonathan Levin's apartment on Monday night after he failed to show up for work .
His body was discovered face down, his feet were bound with duct tape and he was shot in the head.
Neighbors described Levin as a humble man who never mentioned his family's wealth.
Scuffle raises awareness of supremacist activity
The incident landed two men in jail and sent a female officer to the hospital.
WICHITA — City police said they may begin keeping lists of skin-heads similar to their lists of other street gangs after a weekend disturbance by suspected skinheads and white supremacists.
Police responding to complaints of loud music Saturday night found a hostile crowd that included people with Nazi tattoos. One police officer, a Black woman, was pushed off a stage set up and suffered a minor knee injury.
Deputy Chief Norman Williams said gang intelligence officers hadn't seen evidence of organized skinhead activity before Saturday's disturbance.
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PARTLY CLOUDY
Salmonella cases reported
By Crystal Honores Kansan staff writer
Bacteria infects many in northern Kansas counties
Recent sufferers of diarrhea and stomach cramping are discovering that they have been infected with something more than the typical flug. They are among 78 reported cases of salmonella infantis in northeastern Kansas.
Patricia Denning, a physician at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that Watkins had treated a handful of students for the infection.
Cases have been reported predominantly in Johnson and Wyandotte counties. But the infection has also been reported in Douglas, Reno and Lyon counties.
Denning said that salmonella was a type of bacteria that could cause a gastrointestinal infection. Symptoms may include diarrhea, blood in the stool, fever, cramps and abdominal pain.
Stephen Archibald, a KU postdocort student, was infected with salmonella three weeks ago. He said he suspected that the salmonella came from some eggs he had eaten.
Archibald said his first symptom was a fever, but he then developed stomach cramps and diarrhea.
"That was really nasty. That really sort of kept me up most the night," Archibald said.
He was diagnosed with salmonella at Watkins and was put on antibiotics for 10 days.
"I still have to provide another
stool sample for a culture to check
that it's gone. I guess they just want
to make sure that there are no traces
left." Archibald said.
The Kansas Department of Health
and Environment labels many foods as high-risk and also suggests that consumers pay attention to expiration dates and handling, cooking, cleaning and storage procedures.
Fruits and vegetables are the health department's most notable exceptions to the list of high-risk foods.
Denning said that salmonella also may be transmitted by oral-fecal contact. Denning said this transmission could be prevented by good hand-washing habits, especially after using the restroom and before handling food.
Don Brown of the health department said people who suspect that they may have salmonella should contact a doctor. He said that a medical professional could not only recognize the infection and treat the individual but that a doctor could immediately report the infection to the health department.
The health department so far has
not been able to find the source responsible for this outbreak.
"We've been doing a series of interviews with all the people that have reported this illness," Brown said. "We're trying to find a common denominator. We have established that not all victims have eaten at the same restaurant or gone to the same picnic, so we're concentrating our efforts more towards the wholesale food distribution level."
A new approach to finding the source is DNA testing.
"Much like a crime lab can match a criminal to a crime scene based on the DNA that's left, we're using that same technology to match this organism between the cases," Brown said. "If the DNA of the salmonella matches, we know that those cases have the same source. Most, if not all, of these cases are matching up through the DNA testing."
Brown said that once the health department had found the source, it
Samonella facts
salmonella symptoms:
Blood in the stool
Cramps
Abdominal pain
To avoid contracting salmonella, consumers should pay attention to food expiration dates, handling, cooking, cleaning and storage procedures.
Source: Patricia Dening and Kansas Department of Health and Environment
would then locate the contaminated food products and remove them from the shelves.
"From that point we would go on with educational efforts and working with whoever was responsible," Brown said. "We don't want to just find out what's wrong, we want to correct it, so it doesn't happen again."
RINGIN' OF THE BELLS
Carillon guild event draws players from across the continent
By Rebecca Osladil
Kansan staff writer
Melodious sounds from the bells of the carillon will roll down the hills of the KU campus much more frequently this week.
The KU Department of Music and Dance is the host of the 55th Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. The event began yesterday and will continue through Saturday.
Janet Dundore, a carillonneur from the Philadelphia area, said that the carillon
was the largest, heaviest instrument in the world and could be heard across the largest distance. These factors make it an ideal instrument for those who wish to reach large audiences.
"It's a great way to play instruments for the pub." Dun-
"When you can touch a lot of people it's an amazing thing."
Janet Dundore carillonneur
dore said. "When you can touch a lot of people it's an amazing thing. You never know who's listening."
Approximately 130 carillonneurs have gathered in Lawrence for this event, which is held annually at carillons across the country.
Holmberg said the carillon was a unique instrument that consisted of cast bronze cup-shaped bells arranged in chromatic series and played from a keyboard made of wooden batons. Pedal keys for the feet, much like those of an organ, are used to control the bells as well.
"KU's carillon is ranked in the top four in the United States in terms of location and surroundings," said Mark Holmberg, associate professor of music theory and composition. "I feel fortunate to be able to play here."
The KU carillon is inside the World War II Memorial Campanile, which was dedicated in 1951. It is one of nearly 200 carilions in North America and is recognized as one of the finest carilions in the world.
Holmberg was appointed assistant University carillonneur in 1976 after studying the instrument for two years with Albert Gerken. University carillonneur.
Gerken holds weekly recitals during the summer. He plays at 3 p.m. Sundays and 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
Richard Watson, carillon designer and builder from Ohio who helped to renovate
the carillon bells, said the Lawrence convention was postponed in 1994 and 1995 when the carillon was extensively renovated. He said this renovation included replacing the keyboard and rehanging the bells.
Mark Holmberg, associate professor of music theory and composition at the University of Kansas, plays on the practice carillon inside the Campanile. Holmberg is participating in the 55th annual Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, which will hold recitals at the Campanile every night at 7 and 8 until Saturday. The members of the Congress, who will be attending seminars and other presentations during the week on campus, will be practice throughout the week at the Campanile.
Photos by GR Gordon-Ross/KANSAN
The KU carillon contains 53 bells; however, this number is not necessarily the standard. The number of bells varies from one instrument to another. The only stipulation is that the carillon must contain at least two octaves.
"It had 50 years of use and we've learned a lot about the design of carilons since then," said Richard Watson. "Now it should last 50 to 100 years without major work."
"People have often told me that you have to be half crazy and half monkey to play this instrument, and I'd say that's just about right," said Dundore.
Recital schedule
This week's recital schedule
Today: 7:45 and 8:45 p.m.
Tomorrow: 5 and 6 p.m.
Friday: 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Saturday: 8 p.m.
The bells can be heard all day long in addition to these recitals. A daily schedule of performers is posted in the campanile.
Focus of trial now shifts to penalty deliberations
Guilty verdict brings relief to University
By Sean Demory and Paul Eakins
Kansan staff writers
The trial left some people satisfied with the outcome, others worried about what the penalty might be and a few were glad it had ended.
University of Kansas students and professors had mixed reactions to the conviction of Timothy McVeigh on Monday in the Oklahoma City bombing case.
Leigh Zahner, Overland Park junior, said the government, although correct, may have been too willing to rush to judgment in the trial.
"I think he was guilty, but I also feel that the media and the government were looking for someone to pinpoint and that it was very easy for them to find him guilty," she said.
Timothy McVelgh
Zahner said the death penalty was a sufficient punishment for McVeigh.
"Assuming that he is guilty," Zahner said, "I think the death penalty is almost an easy way out. I think that, for all he's done, he should have to spend the rest of his life in jail."
McVeigh was convicted of bombing the Murrah Federal Building two years ago, leaving 168 people dead.
He was convicted on counts of conspiracy, use of a weapon of mass destruction, destruction of a federal building by explosives and eight counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of eight federal agents.
The case now is in the penalty phase, in which the jury will decide whether to give McVeigh the death penalty or life imprisonment.
Oklahoma prosecutors plan to try McVeigh for 168 counts of first-degree murder for the other deaths caused by the bombing.
David Gottlieb, professor of law, said the number of charges was not extreme. He also said the death penalty wasn't necessarily a foregone conclusion in this case.
"There hasn't been anyone executed for committing a federal crime in more than 30 years, and the jury isn't obligated to punish McVeigh one way or another." Gottlieb said.
Whitney Black, Wichita senior, said she opposed the death penalty, but McVeigh deserved life in prison.
However, she said she and many of her friends did not care much about the trial after the overexposure of the O.J. Simpson trial by the media.
"Trials aren't as meaningful anymore." Black said. "People's emotions don't run as strong."
Ron Francisco, professor and chair of the political science department, said he that the trial had been straightforward.
"The prosecution presented overwhelming evidence against McViegh." Francisco said.
He said the most interesting part of the case would come if and when McVeigh spoke.
"The curious thing about the whole McVeigh thing is that if he really believed everything that he wrote, why didn't he say he did it? He didn't talk at all." Francisco said.
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