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TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006
CITY COMMISSION
Noise law prompts march
Alisha Ashley, Halstead senior, bottom right; Elizabeth Newman, Ponca City Oklehoma, senior top left; Kathanna Culp, Orlando senior, top middle and Justin LaMort, Cherryvale senior, far right; all members of KU ACLU, make posters for a noiseless ordinance march tonight at 6. "We hope somewhere between 20 and 50 students will show up for the protest," LaMort said.
BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarboe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
A group of students plans to march to the Lawrence City Hall tonight in hope of changing the current noise ordinance.
The group, which includes the KU chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, members of Delta Force, and concerned citizens, will give input to the city commission as it discusses whether to change the noise ordinance. The meeting will begin at 6:35 p.m.
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The group wants a citizen complaint or a warning before a citation can be issued. Under the current ordinance, no complaints or warnings are required before a violation is given. A second option the group supports is the setting of a 60-decibel noise limit between midnight and 7 a.m. in residential neighborhoods. A volume of 70 decibels is the volume of normal traffic.
The commission will discuss three options of its own.
Commissioners have the option of leaving the ordinance as it stands.
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HEALTH
Contact solution recalled
Students who use ReNu contact solutions beware. The solution and its generic counterparts have been recalled because of suspicion of an association with an eye fungus that can lead to cornea transplants.
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Bausch and Lomb voluntarily recalled its ReNu contact solution last week because of eye fungus suspicions.
The company asked U.S. retailers to remove its ReNu with MoistureLoc and generic versions of the solution from stores Thursday and suggested other users switch to another solution until a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigation of fungal keratitis reports was finished.
Keratitis is an infection of the cornea, the clear covering of the colored part of the eye. Seventeen states, including Iowa and Missouri, have reported fungal keratitis to the CDC. The disease is not contagious.
SCIENCE
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Marsupial frogs, with egg pouches on their backs, are kept in formaldehyde. William Duellman discovered the frogs and will return to Central and South America in search of live specimens.
Marsupial frogs fuel long career
BY JAMES PINICK
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
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While studying tree frogs, Duellman, a retired ecology and systematics professor and curator of Herpetology at the University of Kansas, discovered a frog with a pouch on its back. Now, 42 years and 22 marsupial frog species later, he is still adding to his life's list.
When William Duellman stumbled across a small, odd frog in the jungles of Panama in 1963, it was the start of a long career.
Duellman continues to do research on marsupial frogs because he said he was trying to understand the biodiversity of the planet. The greatest diversity
"I am not 'one of,' I am the leading expert on marsupial frogs." Duellman said.
In 2003 Duellman discovered the most recent frog species in northern Peru with the help of Pablo Venegas, a member of the faculty at Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria de la Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo in Peru. Their findings were recently published by the Herpetologists' League in its quarterly journal, Herpetologica.
of life is in the tropics where his frogs live, he said.
The newest species of marsupial frogs are different from other marsupial frogs because of a flat, spatula-shaped skull and differenti-colored skin that is fused to the skull, Duellman said. Most marsupial frogs have big robust skulls, Duellman said. The newest species he found brought the number Duellman has discovered to 22. Only 46 species of marsupial amphibians are known at this time.
CRIME
Randle charged again
BY MIKE MOSTAFFA
mmostaffa@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
For the sixth time in three years, former KU running back John Randle has been charged with a crime.
Randle was charged with battery and disorderly conduct after a fight with KU safety Jerome Kemp early Saturday morning, according to a police report released Monday.
The altercation occurred 2:45 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Kentucky. According to witness reports, a 19-year-old female Lawrence resident was pushed to the ground after attempting to separate the two men. A police spokeswoman said witnesses gave conflicting accounts of how the altercation started.
Randle left the scene after the 30-second altercation, according to the police report. Lawrence police stopped Randle's
vehicle on 1135 West Campus Road and issued Randle a notice to appear in court for the battery and disorderly conduct charges. No court date has been set.
Both Kemp and Randle suffered minor injuries. No injury information for the Lawrence resident was available, but according to the police report all parties declined medical treatment.
Randle was the only person charged with a crime.
Randle, Wichita junior, is the former starting running back for the KU football team. He was kicked off the team in March 2005 after a series of arrests. Football coach Mark Mangino allowed Randle to keep his athletic scholarship if Randle chose to continue his education at the University.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletic director, would not comment on whether this incident could cost Randle his scholarship.
— Edited by John Jordan
RANDLES RAP SHEET
Nov.2, 2003: Arrested for domestic battery and criminal damage to property. The charges were later dropped because of lack of evidence.
Nov. 16, 2003: Arrested and convicted of attempt ed theft of beer from a convenience store.
March 5, 2004: Arrested outside of the Granada for disorderly conduct and interference with the duties of a police officer. Convicted of disorderly conduct and unlawful use of a driver's license.
March 13, 2005: Arrested and convicted for battery outside of its Brothers Bar & Grill.
March 14, 2005: Dismissed from football team.
April 16, 2005: Arrested and convicted for battery outside of the Granada after he punched a manager in the face and kicked him on the ground for confronting him after Randle allegedly urinated on the nightclub's door.
April 15, 2006: Issued a notice to appear in court for battery and disorderly conduct charges stemming from a fight with KU football player Jerome Kemp.
Source: Kansan staff reports
ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
Athletes' Web profiles patrolled
BY ERIC JORGENSEN
ejorgensen@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The Athletics Department is making sure athletes are not putting incriminating or defaming information on their online profiles at Web sites such as facebook.com and myspace. com.
Kansas is one of many schools that monitors its athletes' online profiles.
Loyola University Chicago
banned athletes from belonging to facebook.com, according to a USA Today article.
Administrators check the athletes' profiles and pictures looking for pictures showing alcohol or drug use and profile descriptions that talk about alcohol, drugs or sex.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said that KU athletes hadn't had much of a problem complying with the department's advice.
If something does stand out,
the administrators can tell the athlete to change it, Marchiony said.
The department often stresses the importance of being public role models.
"Not only is it an issue of representing the University and the team and yourself in an appropriate manner, it's also a safety and security issue," Marchiony said.
Marchiony said the coaches had spoken to their players about Web sites such as facebook.com or myspace.com, and how their online profiles should be representative a public figure.
Some athletes have taken control of their profiles themselves.
Christine Skoda, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, senior and tennis player, said athletes needed to be cautious with online profiles.
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