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The Inside Front
Wednesday April 11,2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTIONS
A story in yesterday's Kansan incorrectly identified the Student Senate seat for which Matt Dwyer is running. He is running for an off-campus seat with the Delta Force coalition.
There were several errors on the Student Senate endorsements page in yesterday's Kansan. The number of available Student Senate seats listed in several categories was incorrect. There are 12 seats available in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, three in the School of Education, three in the School of Engineering and 15 Nunemaker seats, representing freshmen and sophomores. The opinion editors gathered information about the number of available seats from the Senate Web site, which has not been updated. Anne Walden, a freshman running for a Nunemaker seat with the VOICE coalition, was misspeelled. Sarah Brenner, fine arts senator running for re-election, was incorrectly associated with Delta Force. She is running with the VOICE coalition.
CAMPUS
Kansan editors chosen for summer, fall terms
The Kansan Board has chosen editors and business managers for The University Daily Kansan for summer and fall.
Emily Hughey, Overland Park senior, will be the summer editor and Kursten Phelps. Manhattan junior, will be editor for the fall semester.
Applications for paid news positions will be available Thursday at the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall, and applications for paid advertising positions are available at 119 StauFFER-Flint.
Chrisy Kontras, Lawrence sophomore, will be the summer business manager, and Jenny Moore, Prairie Village junior, will be business manager in the fall.
Erin Adamson
Missing student home, cannot recall events
Cayee Thomasson is home and OK, but she does not remember any more about her disappearance than she did when she was found.
Sgt. Mike Patrick of the Lawrence Police Department said he had no new information about Thomasson, Lewood senior, and he did not know when he would have more information.
Jennifer Pool, a Leawood junior who has been a friend of Thomasson's since grade school, said Thomasson probably would not return to classes this semester because she had missed too much school. Thomasson was missing from March 21 until April 4.
"We don't know any more than a week
ago other than that she's home." Sarah Thomasson, Thomasson's mother, said. "We're taking one day at a time."
She said she did not want to let her daughter out of her sight.
"We just feel she was in God's loving arms and she was protected," her mother said.
Man pleads not guilty in fraternity arson case
A 19-year-old Lawrence man charged with arson and burglary in connection with February crimes at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house pleaded not guilty yesterday.
Thomas R. Cale Jr. is charged with arson and burglary of a non-dwelling.
He will stand trial Wednesday, June 6.
— Lauren Brandenburg
LAWRENCE
Weekend road rage leads to charges filed
A KU student on his way to a restaurant became the victim of an apparent road rage incident Sunday night.
Chung Lee, Dallas sophomore, said he and a friend had been drinking coffee and talking at a local coffee shop and decided to grab a bite to eat at Perkins restaurant, 1711 W. 23rd St.
When he changed lanes near 14th Street on Massachusetts Street so he could continue driving when the road narrowed to one lane, the car in the next lane speeded up, Lee said.
Lee said he felt bad and speeded up himself to give the driver space.
But that was not enough.
At 17.th Street, the driver rammed Lee's car. Lee said he didn't think it had caused any damage and wanted to leave, so he kept driving.
Both cars stopped at 19th Street, but when the light turned green, the man rammed Lee's car again.
When Lee started to get out of the car, the man hit his car once more, Lee said. Lee said this was the first time something like this had happened to him.
Sgt. Mike Patrick of the Lawrence Police Department said he did not think anything similar to the incident had occurred since last summer.
"It's not just an auto accident. The contact of the two vehicles is intentional," Patrick said.
Lance Tomlin, 42, of Lawrence, was arrested at the scene on the charge of aggravated battery.
— Lauren Brandenburg
Woman to stand trial on kidnapping charges
a 17-yearold has pleaded not guilty on charges of kidnapping two children from
their Lawrence home and has been ordered to stand trial on the charges
Natasha Helm also was charged with two misdemeanor counts of endangering a child.
Douglas County District Judge Robert Fairchild on Monday set Helm's trial for June 13.
Helm was charged in the February kidnapping of Chauney Oatis, 2, and James Barbee, 4 months, from their home, where Helm had been staying.
Police later found Helm and James in a
neat bedside table of Monica Gomez at a
bedroom.
Chauneyey was found in an apartment about five hours later.
Shamikah Tumer, the children's mother, said she had allowed Helm to stay at her home before the kidnapping.
Helm had told Turner she was pregnant and recently evicted from her apartment.
Turner left for work the morning of Feb. 20 and returned to find her children missing.
Helm remained in custody at the Douglas County Jail on $10,000 bond.
Return of servicemen slowed by diplomacy
NATION
WASHINGTON — President Bush for the first time called the showdown with China a "stalemate" yesterday, lowering expectations for the release soon of 24 U.S. servicemen and women.
Diplomats said they had offered a new formula to free the spy plane crew and were awaiting Beijing's reply.
Bush: It's time for our people to come home
"Diplomacy sometimes take a little longer than people would like," Bush said. "I urge the Chinese to bring resolution to this issue. It's time for our people to come home."
Bush was willing, officials said, to express regret for the U.S. plane landing on Chinese soil — if the gesture would free the crew.
Lower blood alcohol levels endorsed by liquor industry
The liquor lobby said yesterday it would urge state legislatures to lower the legal standard for drunken driving to 0.08 percent blood alcohol content. All but 21 states now have a 0.10 standard.
WASHINGTON — The liquor industry has agreed to support a lower threshold for drunken driving.
Legislation signed last fall by President Clinton would take away 2 percent of federal highway funds from states who fail to adopt the 0.08 standard by 2004.
The Associated Press
Sixth graders get math KU-style
By Andrew Davies
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
A group of local sixth graders will have a chance to pick up a few tips from KU math students and professors tomorrow.
Hillcrest Elementary Students will attend a workshop from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 306 Snow Hall.
The workshop, titled "Students + Workshops = Success + Fun," is one of the activities the mathematics department has planned for this year's Math Awareness Month.
The department also will sponsor lectures and other activities throughout the month.
department presented the workshop to show kids that math was more than doing arithmetic.
Jack Porter, chairman of the math department, said the
"We want to get them exposed to the interesting applications of math," he said.
Schools are selected to come to the workshops based on the interest of the school and a rotation of schools. Porter said.
He said the workshop kept the attention of the students by keeping the presentations interesting.
"Presentations are short." Porter said. "In almost every case, it's a hands on presentation."
Porter listed one presentation — "M&M's, The Search for Optimal Blue" — as an example of the kind of presentations that would be presented.
Each student will be given a bag of candy and told to count the blue M&M's in the bag.
The presenters will then use the count of every student to figure the average number of blue candies in each bag.
The students enjoy the presentation and challenge of mathematics overall, he said.
Bob Araveelo, principal of Hillcrest Elementary School, said the school had been sending students to the workshops for the past few years.
"They have a lot of bells and whistles that our kids appreciate," he said.
Aravelo said the workshops were kept interesting by their organization and high-tech presentations.
ON THE RECORD
Edited by Leita Schultes
A cash-to-card machine was damaged in Wescow Hall between 2 p.m. March 29 and 2 p.m. Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages were estimated at $200.
shelf. The laptop was gone when he returned, the report stated. The laptop was valued at $1,800.
A Compaq Presario laptop computer was stolen from the fifth floor of Watson Library between 8:30 and 8:35 p.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The owner, a 24-year-old from Kansas State University, had left his desk to use the restroom and return a book to its
The Kansas Union parking garage was vandalized between 5 p.m. Friday and 7:45 a.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The west outside wall was spray painted with red paint, and a glass window and stairwell sign were written on with black marker, according to the report. The damage was estimated at $100.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor the University Forum, "The California Electrical Energy Crises: What has been learned and by whom?" from noon to 1 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Dale Rummer, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, will speak. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
The School of Fine Arts and the Kansas Union will present Brown Bag Classics at 12:30 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union. Drinks will be provided. Call the SUA box office at 864-SHOW.
KU Non Trads will have a brown bag lunch at 1 p.m. today at its cubicle in the Organizations and Leadership Office, room 400 in the Kansas Union, Call Michael or Deena at 864-7317.
The Diversity Peer Education Team will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call Santos Nunez at 864-4350.
KU Water Polo will practice at 7 tonight at Robinson Cell, Place Ipne. 312-327
BUREAU. You will meet at 7 tonight at the KU Chess Club will meet at 7 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Matt Miller at 832-0733.
The United Methodist Campus Ministry
Fellowship dinner will be from 6:30 to 7:30 tonight at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather Hensarline at 841-8661.
ACT in Faith will meet at 7.tonight at ECM, Call Garv Bartholomew at 841-8661
- WomanSpace will meet from 8 to 9 tonight in the upstairs at ECM. Call Heather Hensarling at 841-8661.
Ichthus will meet at 8 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
DaisyPraise will meet at 9 tonight on the first
breast of Queen Hall. Call 817-234-1044
Latin American Solidarity will meet at 8 tonight at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Rebekah Moses at 312.1985
The Wiccan-Pagan Alliance will meet at 8 tonight in the Hashinger Hall eighth-floor lobby. Call Jenn at 843-5638.
- Hashinger Arts Council will present the artist forum, "How to be an Artist" at 7 tonight at the Hashinger Hall Theatre. Local artists will speak and food will be provided. Call Allyson Flaster at 864-4091
Hashinger Arts Council will present a film fest at 9:30 tonight at the Hashinger Hall Theatre. Call Allyson Flaster at 864-4091.
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