2A
The Inside Front
. Thursday, April 5, 2001
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Kemper Foundation to donate $690,000
The William T. Kemper Foundation has pledged $690,000 to the University of Kansas Endowment Association to benefit five programs.
The largest portion of the donation, $300,000, will go toward new computers and other technology for the Theo and Alfred M. Landon Center on Aging building currently being built at the KU Medical Center.
The remaining money will be dispersed among the school of business' Multicultural Business Scholars Program, the Hall Center for the Humanities and a challenge grant for the Spencer Art Museum's "Gilded Age" exhibition.
The foundation also has renewed its $250,000 donation to its Fellowships for Teaching Excellence, which provides awards to KU faculty.
John Scarffe, KU Endowment Association, said this was the single largest donation the Kemper Foundation had ever given the University.
— Danny Phillips
Templin holding annual Stars on the Strip night
Templin Hall will be transformed tomorrow for its annual Stars on the Strip casino night. The free party, which is open to all students, will have different themes and games on each floor, including blackjack, craps, poker and a money wheel. Students can use the play money they win to make multiple entries for prizes. Even if they have a horrible night at the tables, all students can register at least once for a seven-day vacation, DVD player, VCR, stereo, mountain bike and other prizes.
The event, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., will include Elvis and Michael Jackson impersonators and "bad karaoke," as students gamble the night away. Templin will provide snacks and Coke products for the gamblers, said Aaron Quisenberry, assistant director of the Organizations and Leadership Office, which will cosponsor the event with Templin and other organizations.
— Michelle Wara
NATION
14-year-old sentenced for shooting classmate
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A 14-yearold girl who admitted she shot and wounded a classmate at a parochial school was sentenced yesterday to an open-ended term at a psychiatric hospital.
Before the sentencing, Elizabeth Bush was asked if she took the .22.
caliber revolver to Bishop Neumann Junior-Senior High School with the intention of shooting 13-year-old Kimberly Marchese on March 7. Kimberly was wounded in one shoulder.
She said she was upset from being teased by the victim and her friends
"My original intent was to shoot myself and show everybody how much it (teasing) hurts so they could see," she told Judge William S. Kieser.
The judge asked what changed her mind.
"It just happened, sir. I don't know," she said. "I just wanted to scare her."
Resignation demanded of New Jersey justice
TRENTON, N.J. — The state Senate Judiciary Committee demanded the resignation yesterday of a state Supreme Court justice accused of withholding evidence of racial profiling when he was New Jersey attorney general.
In a letter to Acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco, all 11 members of the committee said DiFrancesco should urge Peter G. Verniero to step down immediately. The Judiciary Committee had approved Verniero's appointment to the high court in 1999.
Evidence presented during six days of hearings showed Vernier was aware of racial profiling at least three years before he admitted it publicly, the letter said.
DiFrancesco said he would make a statement about Verniero by today.
"Based on what I read and heard, I'm very much concerned about the integrity of his testimony the first time around," the governor said. "I'm very much upset about all of this, and I'm concerned he was not as forthcoming as he should have been."
Verniero's attorney did not immediately return a call for comment yesterday.
In testimony last week, Verniero denied withholding evidence of racial profiling from federal investigators but said he regretted not questioning state police more thoroughly about allegations they targeted minority drivers.
Lucent denies rumors of planned bankruptcy
TRENTON, N.J. - Lucent Technologies stock plunged as much as 30 percent to an all-time low yesterday before the telecommunications giant strongly denied rumors it planned to file for bankruptcy reorganization.
TRENTON, N.J. — Lucent
"Chapter 11 rumors are absolutely false," said Bill Price, director of corporate media relations at the Murray
Hill-based company. "They are ridiculous and pushing people into a panic that does not exist."
The market rumors helped send Lucent's already battered stock plummeting, but it recovered somewhat after the denial. Lucent closed down $1.07, or 14 percent, at $6.78 in heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
That is less than 10 percent of Lucent's $84 high in December 1999.
Telecommunications equipment analyst Steve Levy of Lehman Brothers said he did not see bankruptcy on the horizon.
In a statement, Lucent chief financial officer Deborah Hopkins called the rumors "baseless and irresponsible."
"We are already seeing positive impacts from our comprehensive restructuring program," Hopkins said. "Our $6.5 billion lines of credit provide the financial resources and the financial flexibility to execute our turnaround plan."
Turner to buy 30 percent of Russia's indebted NTV
WORLD
MOSCOW — Journalists desperate to keep Russia's only independent nationwide television network out of government hands cheered Ted Turner's announcement yesterday that he would buy into debt-laden NTV.
But Turner's statement was no guarantee the increasingly tense battle between NTV and state-run gas giant Gazprom was nearing an end.
NTV sees the takeover as a crude bid by the Kremlin to bring to heel the network known for often-critical reporting on problems.
Heightening the dispute, the validity of Gazprom's takeover of NTV fell into doubt yesterday as a crucial shareholder denied having supported the move.
Gazprom, which holds 46 percent of shares in NTV, purged the station's leadership in a shareholders' meeting Tuesday, after tapling up with U.S.-based Capital Research, which holds 4.4 percent of NTV.
But Capital Research spokesman Chuck Fredhofoher said representatives of his company had abstained from voting in the meeting.
Turner, meanwhile, agreed in principle to purchase about 30 percent from NTV founder Vladimir Gusinsky, but he would only have a minority share.
It was unclear whether that would invalidate the decision, as NTV claimed.
Gazprom tried to justify the takeover in financial terms, saying the company would never be able to pay off its $127 million in debts.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
An unknown car hit a parked car between midnight Friday and 8:30 a.m. Monday in the Ellsworth Hall parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. The parked car's left rear bumper was hit, causing more than $500 damage.
An elevator sign was stolen between 3 p.m.
Friday and 9:50 a.m. Sunday from the Kansas
Union parking garage, 1200 Oread Ave., the
KU Public Safety Office said. The sign was valu-
ed at $10.
A KU staff member reported $100 stolen between noon March 29 and 9 a.m. Friday from Room 36 in Strong Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The money was to be used for the Social Norms Media Campaign, the incident report stated.
Two cars collided at 1:45 p.m. Monday in the Robinson Center parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. A car was driving across open parking stalls when it struck an oncoming car. The driver's side front of the oncoming car was damaged, and the car was towed. The cost of damages was not listed.
A KU student reported his cell phone stolen between 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday from the weight room in the Robinson Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. The phone
Two cars collided at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Memorial Stadium parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. A car was backing out of a parking stall when it struck an oncoming car, damaging that car's right passenger side door. The cost of damages was not listed.
was valued at $200.
A 24-year-old KU student was arrested Tuesday in Lindley Hall on charges of parole violation, the KU Public Safety Office said. The report said two public safety officers met the student in the hall to serve him the warrant, which was issued in Shawnee County. The student was arrested and taken to Douglas County Jail.
A KU student's cell phone, watch and other items were stolen between 2 and 4 a.m. March 28 in the 1300 block of West 19th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $320.
A KU student's safe was stolen with $900 inside, and the residence's back door was kicked in between 3 and 4 p.m. Monday in the 1600 block of West 22nd Terrace, Lawrence police said. The safe and currency were valued at $950, and the damage was estimated at $100.
ON CAMPUS
University Career and Employment Services will sponsor Education Interview Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the Kansas Union Ballroom. Call Ann Hartley at 864-3624.
JayRock Campus Ministry will have its weekly Bible talks at 11 a.m. today at the alcove of the Kansas Union cafeteria and at 7 tonight at Room 304 in tower D of the Jayhawker Towers. Call Josh Talley at 312-2285.
KU Environs and Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
The freshman-sophomore advising center will have a meeting about advising and enrollment for all new freshmen and transfer students who began this semester. Call Gloria Flores at 864-2897.
- Into the Streets Week will sponsor a write-a-thon from 3 to 5 p.m. during afternoon tea on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Call Ben Burton at B64-4073.
The women's ultimate Fribbie team will practice at 4:30 p.m. today at Shen Complex. Call Olivia Stockman at 840-0404.
KU HorrorZontals men's ultimate Frisbee team will practice for 3:06 to 7 p.m., today at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa, Call B.P. at 312-1066 or check out Zontals.com.
KI Akidok Club will practice from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at Room 207 in Robinson Center.
Amnesty International will meet at 5:45 p.m. today in the Kansas Union lobby to car pool to the University of Missouri at Kansas City to hear Peruvian journalist and human rights activist Erika Bocanegra speak for the National Week of Student Action. Call Karan Keith at 749-7491.
The KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Pannir at 864.7735.
KU Traditional Karate Club will practice from 6:30 to 8:30 onight at racquetball court No. 15 in Robinson Center, Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
Queers and Allies: LBGT Services of Kansas will meet at 7:30 tonight at Parlors ABC in the Kansas Union. Call Sean Rigey at 312-2293.
Hashinger Arts Council will present Safe Sex, a play by Harvey Stein; at 7:30 tonight, tomarow night and Saturday night at the Hashinger Hall Theatre. Cell Philloc Vincenor at 312.123.130
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 8 p.m. tonight at Room 100 in Smith Hall. Call Mark Brown at 550-5503.
Radical Christians will meet from 8 to 9 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather Hensarling at 841-8661.
■ Okinawan Goji-Ryu Karate will meet from 9 to 10:30 Thursday night at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Call Ryan Ness at [785] 218-7415.
ET CETERA
The University Daily Kansas (ISSN 0746-4962) is published at the University of Kansas, 119 Staufer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 66045, daily during the regular school year, excluding Saturday, Sunday, holidays and finals periods, and Wednesday during the summer session. Periodical postage is
The University Daily Kansan student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall.
The Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. When information is submitted, the event's sponsor, name and phone number must be on the form, which is available in the On Campus mailbox in the Kansan newsroom. 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Items must be turned in two days
paid in Lawrence, Kan. 66044.
Annual subscriptions by mail are $120. Student subscriptions of $2.33 are paid through the student activity fee.
Postmaster: Send address changes to the University Daily Kansan, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Ken.60454.
in advance of the desired publication date. Forms can also be filled out online at www.kansan.com - these requests will appear on Kansan.com as well as the Kansan. On Campus is printed on a space-available basis. On Campus is a free service provided by the Kansan to the university community.
Check out the latest spring styles from...
Steve Madden,
Chinese Laundry,
Zodiac, Simple,
Dr. Marten's,
Camper,
Franco Sarto,
Merrell,
Yellow Box,
Mia & Others
ARENSBERG'S SHOES 825 MASSACHUSETTS in Downtown Lawrence 785-843-3470 Check us out online @ www.arensbergshoes.com
University of Kansas Humanities Lecture Series presents
April 5,2001
8:00 p.m.
Woodruff Auditorium,
Kansas Union
Lombardo proposes, "Homer's mind, and the world he creates in his poetry are filled with light. The realization that every moment of experience is our luminous, original home - this is the true home-coming in the Odyssey, and the completion of the poetic vision that begins in the raw radiance of the Iliad."
For more information, please contact The Hall Center at 864.4798
FOR THE HUMANITIES