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The Inside Front
Friday March 16,2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
LAWRENCE
AUSTIN
CHANTILLY
WASHINGTON
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE
TOKYO
CORRECTIONS
A story in yesterday's Kansan incorrectly stated that a parking department proposal would increase prices for event parking from $6 to $10. The proposal would increase the price of basketball parking from $6 to $10 per vehicle. The proposed increases would not go into effect until or if the chancellor approved them later this month.
A story in Tuesday's Kansan incorrectly stated that a spam e-mail was sent from Exchange coordinator Thelma Simons' account. It was sent to appear as if it came from Simons. The message was sent to a distribution list in Exchange, and anyone who received it and complained about it received an apology from Academic Computing Services.
CAMPUS
Student engineers enter snowmobile competition
Eight mechanical engineering students are trying to develop a more environmentally friendly snowmobile. They will travel to Jackson Hole, Wyo., Thursday to compete in events based on the engineering design of their snowmobile.
The students must present a paper, make an oral presentation and display their snowmobile for the judges.
The snowmobile also will be judged on acceleration, hill climb, handling, emissions, noise, fuel economy and cold start.
Rob Sorem, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and the faculty adviser for the group, said many national parks were closing their paths to snowmobiles because of the noise and pollution the snowmobiles produced. The project's goal is to create a cleaner, quieter snowmobile.
Ali Brox
NATION
Southern storms kill one more than a dozen hurt
Severe storms, including at least one tornado, lashed the Florida Panhandle and southwestern Georgia early yesterday, killing one person, injuring more than a dozen others and toppling trees and mobile homes. Officials said a tornado touched down about 4 a.m. in Wausau, Fla., a rural town about 90 miles west of Tallahassee. A 59-year-old man died and his wife was critically injured when their mobile home was destroyed.
turned upside down," said Shawn Sanders, the fire chief in nearby Greenhead.
"Everything is leveled; there's trailers with nothing but the frames, vans
In southwestern Georgia, the hardest hit areas were around Whigham and Climax, neighboring towns in Grady and Decatur counties, where the storm hit about 6:30 a.m.
At least 12 structures, including mobile homes and barns, were destroyed in the two Georgia counties, said Lisa Ray, a representative for the state Emergency Management Agency.
FBI identifies remains of atheist leader, family
AUSTIN, Texas — All but solving the mystery of the 1995 disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, federal authorities confirmed yesterday that bones dug up from a ranch in January are those of the atheist leader and two family members.
Forensic scientists used medical and dental records to identify the remains of O'Hair, 76, her son Jon Garth Murray, 40, and Robin Murray O'Hair, 30, her granddaughter. A stainless steel artificial hip that was pulled from the ground was among the evidence used to identify the elder O'Hair, who had hip replacement surgery in 1988.
"This certainly gives us some closure," said Roderick Beverly, agent in charge of the FBI's San Antonio office. The family disappeared from San Antonio in 1995 along with $500,000 in gold coins. Investigators believe they were kidnapped, robbed and killed, and their bodies were cut up and dumped on a ranch near Camp Wood, about 125 miles from San Antonio.
U.S. working to prevent foot-and-mouth disease
Of the four suspects believed to have taken part in the plot, one is dead, allegedly at the hands of his partners, and three more have been convicted of various charges, including extortion. None of them have been convicted of kidnapping, and no murder charges have been filed.
U.S. troops, equipment withdrawn from Bosnia
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is withdrawing some tanks, equipment and about 750 troops no longer needed for peacekeepers in Bosnia, and more cutbacks are possible, two U.S. officials said. A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity Wednesday, said the troop reduction was being accomplished by not replacing soldiers who have completed their tours in Bosnia, where 4,400 U.S. troops are on duty. The official described the reductions as adjustments and said they would not diminish the ability of peacekeepers in Bosnia to carry out their mission.
CHANTILLY, Va. — The Agriculture Department has increased its scrutiny of travelers arriving from Britain and other European points to keep out foot-and-mouth disease, which was eradicated from the United States in 1929. In addition to disinfecting the shoes of passengers who have been on European farms, the department also is devoting more of its inspectors and food-sniffing dogs to checking luggage from incoming European flights for contraband meat products. Foot-and-mouth disease, which spread this week from Britain to France, is harmless to humans but could be devastating to the huge U.S. livestock industry.
WORLD
Wall Street's downturn
panics foreign investors
TOKYO — After watching a plunge on Wall Street, jittery investors sent markets in Asia on a wild ride yesterday as stocks fell — some sharply — then rebounded amid uncertainty over whether the U.S. slowdown is reaching global proportions. Investors in Asia woke up to news of Wednesday's sharp slide on U.S. markets, where the prospect of a global economic slowdown pushed the Dow Jones industrials down 3.08 percent to close below the key 10,000 mark. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down 2.12 percent. Tokyo opened with a massive sell-off, shedding 3.1 percent shortly after the opening bell. Its main barometer rebounded later to end up 2.61 percent at 12,152.83 — though it remained near 16-year lows. Major stock markets were mixed at midmorning in Europe yesterday.
Military bomb accident kills 5 U.S. servicemen
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The bodies of the five American servicemen and a New Zealand military officer killed in a bombing range accident in Kuwait arrived at Germany's Ramstein Air Base early yesterday. Military honors were given as the coffins arrived in the rain at the base. The bodies were taken to the nearby Landstuhl Medical Center for autopsy and formal identification, said David Roath, director of the U.S. Army Memorial Affairs Activity Europe. Three people injured in Monday's accident, in which personnel at an observation post were hit by a bomb dropped from a strike-fighter during a training exercise, have arrived for treatment at Landstuhl. One was in intensive care there Wednesday, and two more were flown in from Kuwait overnight.
The Associated Press
Students struck by job scams
By Rachel Moluf Special to the Kansan
Don't call World Wide Express if you're looking for some quick cash.
The Better Business Bureau issued an alert saying this company, also known as Future Success International, was ripping people off.
"We've had several complaints from people in the area," said Joyce Woodard, president of the Better Business Bureau. "People have taken the bait."
The bait is a classified ad:
The boot is a classified ad:
"Would you like to staple booklets for $1,500 weekly? Average $5 to $15 per book, working at home, set your own hours, free delivery, full and part time, start immediately, no experience. Call the number listed 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. World Wide Express."
People who called were instructed to send $59.95 for the package and $15.16 for rush delivery to an address in Toronto, Woodward said. They received nothing for their money.
Anna Drakhlis, Overland Park sophomore, said if something seemed too good to be true, it probably was.
"Last year, I saw signs around campus to send in $2 and receive an ad to sell." Drakhlis said. "So I sent in my $2 and received a notice that I had to send $10 to another address, just to make sure I was really interested."
Drakhlis said she sent in $10 and received an ad and paper to make copies.
"It only cost me $12," she
said after leaving the operation. "If it had cost something like $70, I wouldn't have done it."
Janet Kleppin, director of operations for the Better Business Bureau, said most victims lost between $29 and $100 with work-at-home operations.
"Any time you're not getting what you paid for or there's just an exchange of money, it's illegal," Kleppin said.
She said most "companies" just had a catchy name and post office box.
Kleppin said the key to recognizing scams was an advertisement to get something for nothing.
To verify a work-at-home offer, call the Better Business Bureau at 785-232-0454.
— Edited by Courtney Craigmile
ON THE RECORD
A gray flannel purse and black cell phone were stolen from a classroom on the first floor of Stauffer-Flint Hall between 6 and 8 p.m. Feb. 15, the KU Public Safety Office said. A JC Penney's paycheck and $10 were in the purse when it was stolen. The items were valued at $340.
A car backed into a parked car on Jayhawk Boulevard in front of Watson Library at 9:20 a.m. March 9, the KU Public Safety Office said. The parked car sustained three small paint chips and several scuff marks as a result of the accident. Damages were not listed.
Two cars collided in the Robinson Center parking lot at 10:25 a.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A car was backing out of a parking stall and didn't see the oncoming car. No one was injured and both cars sustained only minor damages. One of the drivers was cited for no proof of insurance.
A trash can in the Tower A lobby of Jayhawker Towers caught fire between 11:11 and 11:13 a.m. Wednesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The fire started after a lit cigarette was thrown in the trash can, but the fire was put out before public safety officers arrived. Damages were estimated at $50.
ON CAMPUS
The British Women's Writer Conference
Applications for Alternative Weekend Break to Hillsdale Lake State Park from April 6 to 7 are due at 5 p.m. today at room 410 in the Kansas Union. Applications are available in the Union and online at www.hillsdale.edu/.
- The British Women's Writer Conference keynote address by Susan Lancer will be at 7 p.m. today at the Holiday Inn Holdome Conference Center, 200 McDonald Drive. Email Troy Bassett at burrus@ukan.edu
bwwc@raven.cc.ukans.edu.
The British Women's Writers Conference keynote address by Judith Walkwitz will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Holiday Inn Holldome Conference Center, 200 McDonald Drive. E-mail Troy Bassett at bwc@raven.cc.ukans.edu with questions.
The British Women Writers Conference and the Hall Center for the Humanities will sponsor a round table for educators on teaching British women writers at 2:45 p.m. tomorrow at the Lawrence Holiday Inn Holidome Conference Center, 200 McDonald Drive. Email Troy Bassett at
bwwc@aven.cc.ukans.edu with questions.
The British Women Writers Conference will sponsor a Victorian Parlor Songs performance at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The British Women Writers Conference will present the play, Wives as they were. Maids as they are, by Elizabeth Inchbald at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
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The Vickers Memorial Lecture Series and the KU School of Business Present
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Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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