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The Inside Front
Friday April 13,2001
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CORRECTIONS
A story in yesterday's 'Kansan gave the incorrect date for a basketball game between a team of KU students and one composed of seniors and former basketball players to raise money for the House that Greeks Built for Lawrence Habitat for Humanity. The game will be on Sunday, April 22. The photo caption incorrectly stated that only people affiliated with the Greek system participated in the tryouts Wednesday night. All students were welcome.
A story in yesterday's Kansan misspelled the name and hometown of Shyang Tan, Kota Bharu, Malaysia, senior. It also incorrectly identified his major, which is computer engineering.
A story in Wednesday's Kansan misspelled Galen Stoeber, Garden City sophomore.
CAMPUS
Lewis Hall vandalism leads to student arrest
A 19-year-old KU student was arrested wednesday on a charge of criminal damage to property, the KU Public Safety Office said.
Two witnesses reported seeing the student write "AIDS kills fags dead" in red marker on KU student Galen Steeber's door in Lewis Hall between 3:30 and 10:35 a.m. Tuesday.
The student, who lives on the same floor as Stoeber, Garden City sophomore, was questioned Wednesday at the Public Safety Office. He was arrested and taken to Douglas County Jail, according to the report.
Sgt. Troy Mailen, said the student was only charged with criminal damage because the message was not necessarily a criminal threat.
The Public Safety Office did not release the names of two students who witnessed the incident.
The damage to the door was estimated at $50.
LAWRENCE
Men expose themselves to passing KU student
Two males exposed themselves to a female KU student as she drove by them early Wednesday morning in the 500 block of McDonald Drive, Lawrence police said.
Sgt. Mike Pattrick said the men were on the side of the road and turned around and exposed themselves to her as her car approached. Patrick did not give a description of the suspects.
Robbers mug vendor escape with money
Two unidentified males robbed an independent vendor who was leaving a Texaco station yesterday morning, Lawrence police said.
Sgt. Mike Patrick said the two men approached the vendor outside of the station, and one pulled out a handgun. The men took an undisclosed amount of cash and ran eastward on foot. Patrick said the men were in their late teens or early 20s. No one was injured in the robbery.
— Leuren Brandenburg
NATION
Crew of U.S. spy plane home after detainment
HONOLULU — Leaving their damaged spy plane on a Chinese island, 24 U.S. crew members landed in Hawaii yesterday to cheers and to face two long days of debriefing before weekend reunions with families and friends.
In a brief news release, Lt. Shane Osborn, spy mission commander, said the crew was glad to be back.
President Bush spoke with the crew from Washington shortly after they touched down at Hickam Air Force Base.
"They did their duty with honor and with great professionalism," he said in a news release that held the U.S. crew blameless for the collision with a Chinese jet that forced their plane to land in China. Bush took no questions.
Osborn said all crew members were healthy and eager to get on with the last stage in their mission: 26 hours of debriefings.
"On behalf of Combat Reconnaissance Crew 1, I'd like to thank you once again, and God bless America," he said, holding an American flag.
Mayor imposes curfew amid racial violence
CINCINNATI — With police in riot gear out in the streets, the mayor declared a state of emergency and imposed a citywide curfew yesterday amid the worst outbreak of racial violence in Cincinnati since the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968.
Mayor Charles Luken acted on the fourth day of rioting over the shooting of an unarmed African-American man by a Caucasian police officer.
As of yesterday, 86 people had been arrested in the looting, arson, vandalism, assaults and other violence in mostly African-American sections of Cincinnati.
Only people going to and from work in this city of 331,000 will be allowed on the streets between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., the mayor said.
Guard.
Tensions exploded after Saturday's fatal shooting of Timothy Thomas, 19. Since 1995, 15 African-American men have died at the hands of Cincinnati police, four of them since November.
Abducted teen-ager rescued in Montana
Gov. Bob Taft ordered the state Highway Patrol to assist Cincinnati police, and the mayor said he may ask Taft to send in the National
ROLLINS, Mont. — A man accused of abducting a 17-year-old girl from a Nebraska mall last week surrendered at a lakeside cabin yesterday after the teen-ager calmly helped police end a 10-hour stand-off.
"We have a miracle that happened," Sluti's father, Don, said by telephone from Kearney before leaving for Montana. He said he was able to talk with his daughter during the overnight negotiations: "What a kid!" he said.
Anne Sluti, an honor student from Kearney, Neb., had a black eye but appeared otherwise unharmed. She ran into the arms of a deputy and was taken to a hospital to await the arrival of her parents.
Anthony Zappa, 29, allegedly grabbed the girl from a mall parking lot in her hometown last Friday and took her 900 miles away to this small resort town on Flathead Lake.
he had eluded authorities since February for failing to appear in a Minnesota court on a burglary charge. Zappa, also known as Anthony Wright, is also wanted on charges that include assault, theft and illegal gun possession in Nebraska, Louisiana, Iowa and Wisconsin.
McVeigh execution to be aired for victims
WASHINGTON — Attorney General John Ashcroft has decided to allow a closed-circuit telecast of Timothy McVeigh's execution to be broadcast to Oklahoma City bombing survivors and victims' families, a government official says.
Survivors and families will be able to watch the telecast in Oklahoma City, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday. The decision fulfills the wishes of some 250 victims and family members who want to see McVeigh die. There are only eight spots available for victims' witnesses at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., where McVeigh, 32, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on May 16.
Learned Hall expansion to house multiple programs
Fund-raising effort nearing completion
By Andrew Davies writer@kansan.com Kanson staff writer
University of Kansas officials have raised most of the money for a planned $16 million addition to Learned Hall.
Carl Locke, dean of engineering, is taking part in an effort with the Kansas University Endowment Association to raise money for the expansion of Learned Hall.
"I'm guessing we're close to three quarters of that way with money in the bank or committed," he said.
The school has also been promised money that is currently invested in the stock market. Locke said that falling stock prices could hurt the fund-raising effort.
All of the money used in the project will be privately raised. Locke described that practice as "chancey," but said it was worth the risk because of time restraints.
"It takes quite a while for the state to have funds available. I felt we really couldn't wait that long," he said, noting that using state funds might have caused the project to be put on hold longer than the school wanted to wait.
while now just trying to raise the funds for this. I think it's going to be a shorter time than using state funds."
The project will add a 230-seat multimedia classroom, several smaller classrooms, a computer commons, a dean's suite and faculty offices at the east end of Learned.
The expansion will also provide room for the department of electrical engineering to move from Snow Hall to Learned.
Faculty members said that they were looking forward to the addition because the school would have better facilities, and the movement of the department of electrical engineering would increase interaction between its students and faculty.
Victor Frost, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, said that one of the move's advantages would be centralizing the electrical engineering and computer science programs with other engineering programs in one building.
"We've had to wait quite a
"I think bringing the programs under one roof will have a lot of advantages. There will be a lot more interaction among faculty and students," he said. "It's going to be a tremendous boon for the students."
Perry Alexander, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, who has an office in Snow Hall, said that the new labs in the addition would help improve the
"I think bringing the programs under one roof will have a lot of advantages. There will be a lot more interaction among faculty and students."
Victor Frost
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
experience of students.
"Having quality labs and quality courses helps us get quality students." he said.
Locke said he hoped to have the project started by the fall because it would give construction workers time to complete preliminary work like pouring concrete.
Any disappointment is mixed with anticipation. Locke said.
"I think there's some disappointment that we haven't already started, but there is an anticipation because the prime occupants will be electrical engineering and computer science," he said.
— Edited by Doug Pacey
ON CAMPUS
The Engineering Student Council will sponsor the Engineering Olympics at 1:30 p.m. today in Learned Hall, Call Jill Hummels at 864-2934.
Applications for the alternative weekend break with the Mennonite house Rehabilitation Services in Wichita April 20 to 21 are at 5 p.m. today at room 410 in the Kansas Union. Pick up applications at the online or at www.uke.edu/calbrooks.
The Center for Community Outreach is accepting applications for financial director, communications director and program coordinator until 5 p.m. Wednesday. Pick up applications at room 426 in the Kansas Union or download them from www.ukans.edu/~cco. Call 864-4073.
Hillier House will sponsor African Shabbat at 5:30 p.m. today at Hillier House, 940 Mississippi St. Jay Sand, an American Jewish photojournalist, musician and storyteller will present "The Jews of Africa." Call Sue Shater Landau at 749-5397
KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 1
Ki Akike Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at 207 Robinson Center.
p. m. to 3 p. m. Sunday at 27u. Robinson Center!
@ the Robbinsville practice at 2 p. m. Sunday at
the Robbinsville practice.
Violinist Susan Goldenbent and pianist William Goldenbent will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at Central Court in the Spencer Museum of Art. Call 864-4710.
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