MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2006
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3A
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Lucent Technologies headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., is seen in this Jan. 13, 2006 file photo. Alcatel SA and U.S. telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. have agreed to merge, the companies said Sunday. The deal will create a new telecom equipment maker with sales of $25 billion and will generate $1.7 billion of savings within three years, the companies said in a joint statement.
STATE
STATE Lake asks to serve time in Northeast prison
TOPEKA — Former Weststar executive Douglas Lake, convicted of helping to loot the utility company, has asked a judge to allow him to be imprisoned at a minimum-security prison in the Northeast.
Lake, who is from New Canaan, Conn., filed the motion Saturday, a day after a federal judge rejected his and co-defendant David Wittig's request for a new trial. They are scheduled to be sentenced Monday.
The two men were convicted in September of looting millions of dollars from Westar Energy while they were the company's top executives.
In Saturday motion, Lake's attorneys asked U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson to waive a federal classification so he could be housed in a minimum federal security facility if she sentences him to more than 10 years in prison.
The minimum security prisons have the lowest security level. A sentence of more than 10 years usually requires a prison with a low security rating, which is more restrictive.
Lake's attorneys say he isn't a threat to the community, or a risk to escape or to be violent.
They did not specify which minimum-security prison they preferred, but asked that it be one closest to Lake's wife, two children and their families.
Lake also has asked to remain free on bond while he appeals his convictions. Robinson has not ruled on that request.
Wittig has already asked to be housed at the Federal Medical Center at Ayer, Mass.
HIV
The Associated Press
Continued from 1A Relationships
She dated a man for three years in her first adult sexual relationship, during which she lost her younger brother, Chris, to an alcohol-related murder. She said she couldn't get over the pain as fast as her boyfriend expected her to, and they broke up.
Years later, she saw him and he looked thin and sick. She asked him if he had AIDS or any other disease, but he didn't say. At that point, one of her gay male friends said that he had been involved with her ex-boyfriend. She remembered that HIV was easily transferred among gay men because anal sex is the highest-risk sexual activity to transmit the disease. She got tested and thought nothing of it. She said she got tested just to be safe and wasn't
that worried, until the results came back positive.
She vowed from that day on she would stop being sad about her brother and live the rest of her life to the fullest, and she has ever since. She has adopted four children, gotten married and had a child of her own with the aid of artificial insemination and used AIDS drugs to prevent passing the disease to her baby.
She has dedicated her life to AIDS prevention as well by traveling to all of the 50 states to speak to youth about her own experiences. She also sends the message that AIDS is not a disease for only gay men. It's also not only for people who are promiscuous.
She said she almost died during her pregnancy because it weakened her immune system, but she has recovered to spread her message further.
"I don't sleep around," she said. "If you have this disease, don't be ashamed of it. Live your life."
"Her message is about empowerment because she's a feminist," said Gregory Mansfield, coordinator for education and outreach for the Douglas County AIDS Project.
Tiger said, "My job is to prevent you from getting this disease. You are going to get an STD if you have unprotected sex."
With all of the knowledge about HIV transmission and all of the free testing and condoms from places like the Douglas County AIDS Project, she said there's no excuse for having unprotected sex.
"If you're having unprotected sex,you're stupid," she said.
- Edited by Janice Gatson
CONTINUED FROM 1A
Glaser recently auditioned for the NBC show "Last Comic Standing." When asked about the audition, Glaser smiled and said that she could not mention any specifics regarding the reality show.
"Watch NBC in June," she said.
Glaser describes her comedy as an offensive, raunchy, edgy blend that has sometimes brought her negative attention from people in the audience. After a show in St. Louis where she cracked a disparaging joke about JonBenet Ramsey, a relative of Ramsey's confronted Glaser in a bar
Glaser's friend Lara Holley, St. Louis senior, said she had been friends with Glaser since sixth grade and that Glaser has always been funny.
"She is definitely the funniest person I know. She does a lot of shows out in Kansas City and does a great job." Holley said.
Glaser knew her friends' opinions, but she needed confirmation from someone else. She will start to seek opinions from club owners.
"People can tell you that you're funny, but until you start working you have no proof of being funny," she said. "No one is going to ask you to work if you suck."
Glaser plans on graduating in May with a degree in English, but has no intention of pursuing a career in anything but comedy. Although there is not much financial security in the world of comedy, it is her passion and what she wants to do with her life, she said.
"I basically perform for free because the pay is not good and until you make it there is no money. But there is no comparison between working a career in English and comedy," she said. "I am almost fluent in English and I proud of that."
Getting booed off a stage is an occupational hazard, but the rush of performing in front of an audience is what brings Glaser back to stage.
"The best thing is when people acknowledge that you are funny. The rush you get when you kill on stage is the best," she said.
Edited by Hayley Travis
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
John Toohey's "Politics in an Age of Entertainment & Instant Information"
Guest: Alyssa Mastromonaco, Senior Advisor for Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
Tuesday, April 4, 4:00 pm Dole Institute of Politics Student Legislative Awareness Board
Alan Cobb's
"Citizens vs. The Man"
Wednesday, April 5, 4:00 pm Dole Institute of Politics
Guest: Wayne Flaherty, Citizens against Bi-State
Student Legislative Awareness Board
ARE YOU A LEADER?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF
VOLUNTEERISM?
DO YOU WANT TO HELP
FELLOW KU STUDENTS
PARTICIPATE IN A LIFE
CHANGING
EXPERIENCE?
Apply to become an Alternative Breaks Core
Apply to become an Alternative Member.
Positions Available:
Director (2).
Winter Break Coordinator (2)
Spring
Break Coordinator (2),
Weekend Break Coordinator (2)
Public Relations
Finance and Fundraising
Alternative Breaks sends more than 150 students to locations throughout the US to volunteer for non-profit agencies on our winter, spring, and weekendbreak programs.
Applications online at www.ku.edu/~albreaks Applications due to 428 Kansas Union on APRIL 14th
Shades of Africa
4/7
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Stauffee-Flourt Lawn
Shades of Africa
KU for Uganda is working with the African Students Association to put on Shades for Africa, a creative event to let students express what Africa means to them by painting on an enormous canvas outside. Stop by grab a paintbrush and take a minute to help create this provocative work of art.
PAID FOR BY KU
April 3,2006
funded by:
SENATE
Questions? Contact kufigbt@gmail.com
The Future of Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering
At the ECM, across from the Kansas Union Parking Garage April 5th; 12-1pm is the lecture with a $3 lunch served at 11:30 or brownbag.
Michael Detamore,KU Assistant Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Courtesy Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will focus on the results of his research and the potential for practical application in the future.
Call for Artists for the F-WORD Artwalk
Artists of all media needed for a progressive "woman artist/woman inspired" artwalk to be held April 28th.
Submit digital images to:
comstwomen@ku.edu
Submission deadline is April 21st.
Sponsored by the Commission on
the Status of Women
(The E-Word is female(feminist)
Filmworks
Film
Festival
April 23rd at 7:30 PM
THEME: THIS IS THE END OBJECT: A TOWEL
Held At: Oldfather Studios
(located at 9th and Avalon, right off of Iowa)
Guidelines: 1) Must be 10 minutes or less
2) Must demonstrate both the theme and object of the festival
Rules: NO RULES
Films Due By: Friday April 14th by 4:00 PM in Oldfather:
Studios at the front desk (DVD, MiniDV, VHS)
Awards: Trophies are given to most original, viewers' choice, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
* Snacks and drinks will be provided at the screening
For questions contact Taylor Sloan (movieswimmerghotmail.com)
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