2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS IN BRIEF
WEDNESDAY JULY 25, 2001
CORRECTIONS
Paul Nazum sent an email to thousands of KU faculty, staff and students July 10, not June 10.
Last year's elections commission's polling sites had cost about $110,000.
CAMPUS
Lawrence man, 19, gets jailtime for arson, burglary
Thomas Cale, Jr., was sentenced to 15 days in the Douglas County jail and two years probation through community corrections after he pleaded guilty to charges of arson and burglary of a non-dwelling.
Cale, a 19-year-old Lawrence man, was arrested in connection with the Feb. 28 fire at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house, 1941 Stewart Ave.
Cale had already spent 45 days in jail when he was sentenced.
Bus route changes to help travelers. improve time
The Lawrence Transit System will launch its first set of route changes Monday. August 6.
Five of the system's eight routes will be affected, but officials think the changes will provide better service to its riders. Affected routes include numbers 3.4.5.7 and 8.
Mary Miller, an intern for the Lawrence Transit System, said the changes would especially benefit students by improving service to the south Iowa Street shopping area. She said the changes also would tighten transfer times.
New bus maps will be available today at the Student Union Activity box office in the Kansas Union.
Accomplice in murder of KU grad gets 15 years to life
Felix Rodriguez, convicted for being the lookout in the 1999 stabbing death of KU graduate Amy Watkins, received 15 years to life in prison on July 24.
Watkins, 26, was walking to her Brooklyn, N.Y., apartment when she was stabbed to death during an attempted robbery.
Rodriguez was found guilty of second-degree murder last month for his role in the killing.
Last month, David Jamison, 28, received the maximum prison term of 25 years to life for stabbing Watkins during the robbery.
-Dawn North.
The Associated Press contributed to this story
LAWRENCE
Two teen-agers witness man masturbating at Hobby Lobby
Two 16-year-old girls saw a man mas turbating Monday afternoon inside Hobby Lobby, 1801 W. 23rd Street, Lawrence police said.
They returned home to tell one of their mothers, and the mother then contacted a manager at Hobby Lobby. The manager called the police with a description of the suspect.
Sgt. Mike Warren said the man was "trying to gratify himself" in the store's bandana aisle.
The suspect was described as a 6-foot, 155-pound man in his 40s with balding brown hair. He was wearing a plain white T-shirt, black running shorts and tennis shoes.
Julie Carter
University makes credit cards a new tuition payment option
By Luke Wetzel
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas will accept tuition payments by credit card starting with the fall semester.
Students and parents will be able to pay tuition by calling 1-866-681-5452, a toll-free number, between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Only Discover Card and MasterCard will be accepted, and a 2.25 percent technology fee will be assessed on each transaction. An online Web payment application soon will replace the toll-free number.
Doug Ackley, assistant controller at Kansas State University, said the credit card option helped public universities stay competitive with private universities.
"Schools are no different than Wal-Mart and K-Mart," he said. "You've got to stay competitive with the market."
By accepting payments by credit card, the University of Kansas will join K-State, which has had the option in place for several years. Ackley said that although some schools were concerned about the cost, there were advantages to such payments.
"For the student, its convenience is the main advantage," he said. "For the college, it's a sure payment. With a check, you're never sure whether you'll have enough funds.
Ackley said schools such as the University of Kansas and K-State charged a technology fee because they had no option to raise tuition to cover the cost of credit-card transactions.
Andrew Rosdahl, Nortonville junior, said he would not pay by credit card was because he didn't have one. He said he would keep relying on parents, loans and work to pay his tuition.
"But there is a cost," he said.
"I haven't ever got a credit card, and I don't ever plan on getting one," Rosdahl said. "I don't trust mvself."
Payments for the fall semester are due Wednesday, Aug. 15. If tuition and fees are not paid by then, a $100 late payment fee will be assessed. If all amounts are not paid by Wednesday, Aug. 22, students will be disenrolled.
KU approves class retake policy
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By Brandy Straw
Kansan staff writer
Chancellor Robert Hemenway finally approved the course retake policy Monday after a few minor editorial changes were made by Provost David Shulenburger.
The policy had been discussed by University Senate for two years, said Molly Mulloy, administrative assistant for University Governance.
The policy, effective fall 2001, allows students to repeat courses from their first 60 credit hours in which they received D's or F's. The policy only factors in the new grade in their grade point averages for up to five courses.
Students seeking to repeat a class in which they received a D or F will have to register with the dean of the school that offered the course, and the policy will only apply to classes taken in Fall 2001 and following semesters.
"I think it's a good idea," said Megan Barnett. Manhattan junior: "It sounds fair."
However, students choosing to retake a course in which they received a grade of an A B or C will have the two grades averaged in their grade point average. Students who transfer to the University with 60 or more hours are able to retake courses from their first semester at the University.
Barnett said the policy would not benefit her, but she thinks students deserve a second chance.
Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, director of the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center, said she supported the policy and hoped it would help aid retention.
"I think students should be given a second chance to improve their standing." Tuttle said.
Tuttle said this policy would help freshmen not prepared for the rigors of college life and would give those that received a D or F in a course more incentive to do better the second time.
J. D. Jenkins, a recent graduate, former student senator and member of the Student Executive Committee, said he supported the policy because six other Big 12 schools already had similar policies in effect.
Some who oppose the policy say it encourages students to slack off because they know the can repeat the course.
Bud Hirsch, associate professor of English, said he was opposed to the policy and thinks students know well before the end of the semester that they were receiving a failing grade and should work hard to raise their grades.
"I don't see any need for it," Hirsch said. "I am not convinced it serves any necessary or useful function for the University."
Straw can be reached at 864-4810 or writer@kansan.com
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STATE
Children's political Web site overtaken by pornography
TOPEKA — The sponsors of an Internet site that was designed to encourage young people to participate in politics were forced to shut the site down temporarily because of an unintended link to pornography.
Kids Voting Kansas and Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh's office issued a warning yesterday to parents and schools about the problem. Kids Voting is a non-profit group with which Thornburgh is heavily involved.
Visitors to the site, http://www.kidsvotingkan.org, are greeted by a screen that says, "Enter." Clicking on it brings up a menu of hardcore pornography sites with photographs.
Thornburgh spokesman Jesse Borjon said the secretary of state's office was investigating how the operator of the pornography site apparently gained control of the Kids Voting site's name.
The problem does not affect the Kids Voting national site.
Borion said Kids Voting Kansas plans to establish a new Internet site, which could take several weeks.
El Dorado, Augusta experience small earthquake, no damage
The Humboldt Fault Zone runs southwest from Nemaha in northern Kansas down as far as Sumner County. He said the fault usually generated a small quake about once a year.
The 9:02 a.m. quake, measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale, was centered 10 miles west of El Dorado along the Humboldt Fault Zone, said Rex Buchanan, associate director of the Kansas Geological Survey.
EL DORADO — A small earthquake yesterday morning shook up the communities of El Dorado and Augusta but caused no injuries or damage.
A 3.0 quake is considered on the "dividing line" — anything above it is usually strong enough to be felt, while anything less is usually too weak for most people to feel. Buchanan said.
Butler County Emergency Management coordinator Jim Schmidt said the agency had not received any reports of damage.
Kansas has not had a major quake since 1867, when a 5.5 quake hit Wamego, which is east of Manhattan, Buchanan said. That one was also on the Humboldt fault zone.
WORLD
China sentences U.S. scholars without waiting for Powell
BEIJING — A court sentenced two U.S. residents yesterday to 10 years in prison on charges of spying for Taiwan. The sentence, given before Secretary of State Colin Powell's upcoming visit, clouds hopes for improved U.S.-China ties.
After the sentencing, the White House called for the release of Gao Zhan and Qin Guangguang, Chinese-born scholars with residency rights in the United States, on humanitarian grounds. Both sides had hoped that Powell's visit, which begins Saturday, would ease relations strained by an April collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet. China's detention of Gao, Qin and two other American citizens has worried academics who travel to China for research.
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