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The Inside Front
Wednesday,
March 14,2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTIONS
A story in yesterday's Kansas incorrectly identified the place of residence of Matt Hastings, Leaward Junior. He resides in Grace-Pearson Scholarship Hall.
A story in yesterday's Kansan incorrectly identified the name of the KUJK radio show Alternative Radio.
A photo caption in yesterday's Kansan misspelled the Japanese city Kyoto.
CAMPUS
Students to lobby for tech fee's return
Students are traveling to the state capitol in Topeka today to lobby for issues concerning the University of Kansas.
One of the top issues the students are lobbying for is the restoration of the two-for-one technology fee. For the past three years, students have paid $1 per credit hour while the state doubled that, paying $2 per credit hour. When Gov. Bill Graves submitted his budget proposal in January, it did not include the continuation of the fee.
Erin Simpson, Student Senate Executive Committee member, said lobbying could be a hard task because students didn't have a lot of political clout at the Capitol.
Last month Simpson and Jessica Bankston, Student Legislative Awareness Board director, set up a postcard writing campaign at which students filled out post cards stating the importance of the technology fee to higher education and sent them to state senators and representatives.
Brooke Hesler
Man seen masturbating outside sorority house
An unidentified man was seen mas turbating at 11 p.m. Monday on the north side of the Delta Delta Delta sorority house, 1630 Oxford Rd., Lawrence police said.
Sgt. Mike Patrick said two people leaving the sorority house saw the man and called the police.
Patrick described the man as a white male, 5-foot-10, about 220 pounds and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark clothing.
Man exposing himself caught with pants down
A 19-year-old man was booked into the Douglas County Jail yesterday morning on the charge of lewd and lascivious behavior.
A 24-year-old KU student called the police after the man exposed himself to her, Lawrence police Sgt. Mike Patrick said.
Patrick said several apartment residents had called Innovative Security because the man was exposing himself. Innovative Security personnel located the suspect in a stairway of the P building of the Colony Woods apartment complex, 1301 W. 24th St., with his pants down, Patrick said.
The man appeared to be in an influenced state, Patrick said, and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical transported him to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for examination. He was then booked into the jail. Brett Steven Sterling, St. Paul, Minn., was released on $250 bond yesterday morning. His first appearance in court will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 28.
- Lauren Brandenburg
Motorola plans layoff of still more employees
CHICAGO — Motorola Inc. is eliminating 7,000 more jobs in its cellular phone division, bringing the number of cuts announced at the company to 16,000 during the past three months.
The world's No. 2 cellphone maker blamed the latest reductions yesterday on the cooling economy, which has put a big chill on sales.
Motorola's work force has shrunk more than 10 percent since December as it heads toward the end of what it expects to be its first quarter with an operating loss since 1985.
Controller OK'd bombing that killed six people
WASHINGTON — The Navy pilot whose bombs killed six people in a training accident in Kuwait had received the go-ahead from a U.S. forward air controller, defense officials said westerday.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the controller, whose job was to direct a pilot to a ground target, gave the pilot an unambiguous instruction to release the bombs. Seconds later, apparently realizing a mistake had been made, the controller called, "abort, abort," but it was too late.
The U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for American military operations in the Persian Gulf area, appointed a three-star general to lead an investigation.
It was not clear whether the controller was among those killed.
Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, the chief Pentagon representative, said he did not know in detail the sequence of events that led to the fatal accident Monday evening at the Udairi training range in northern Kuwait.
College drinkers outgrow habits, researchers say
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia say evidence shows that members of fraternities and sororites who drink too much eventually outgrow it.
University psychologist Kenneth Sher and colleagues Bruce Bartholow and Shivani Nanda based their study on 319 students.
The researchers gave the students psychological tests and quizzed them about their drinking habits each year of college and again three years after they graduated. The results appear in this month's issue of the journal "Psychology of Addictive Behaviors."
According to the study, there was about twice as much heavy drinking — drinking enough to become intoxicated — among students in Greek organizations as among other students.
NEW YORK — The case against rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs comes down to a simple formula: three defendants and three guns, a prosecutor told jurors yesterday as the trial neared its end.
Infuriated by an insult from another patron, Combs and his protege suddenly opened fire inside a packed Manhattan nightclub, Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos said in his summation to the jury.
Puffy's trial nears end as prosecutors wrap up
The jury was expected to begin deliberations today.
Bogdanos said Combs, rapper Jamaal
"Shyne" Barrow and bodyguard Anthony
"Wolf" Jones each carried a 9mm
weapon on Dec. 27, 1999.
According to trial testimony, Combs was leaving the club with then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez when another patron tossed a fistful of money in his direction. The gunshots followed within seconds, as Combs and Barr each pulled a handgun, Bogdanos said
WORLD
U.S. soldier cleared of shooting 6-year-old
GIESSEN, Germany — AU.S. soldier burst into tears when a military panel cleared him yesterday of the accidental shooting death of a 6-year-old boy in Kosovo.
Pfc. Nicholas E. Young, who was 19 at the time of the July 10 shooting, was cleared of charges of negligent homicide and dereliction of duty. He had been serving as a peacekeeper in Kosovo.
A neuropsychologist testified Young suffered from a severe learning disability — providing what appeared to be the most convincing evidence the soldier's superiors should not have allowed him to carry the automatic weapon he was given in Kosovo.
The Associated Press
Kansas Hispanic population has doubled in past ten years
TOPEKA — Kansas, long considered a rural breadbasket state of the nation, is more urban than a decade ago, and more diverse — largely because the Hispanic population doubled.
The Associated Press
Census figures released yesterday showed 57 of the state's 105 counties lost population in the past decade, primarily in rural Kansas.
Since 1990, Kansas' population increased 8.5 percent to 2,688,418 on April 1, 2000.
The figures showed the number of Kansas Hispanics of all races rose from 93,670 to 188,252—a 100 percent jump. In 1990, Hispanics made up 3.6 percent of the state's population; now it's 9.7 percent.
Nationally, the Hispanic population jumped by 58 percent in the last decade. "Hispanic" is considered an ethnicity, not a race; people of Hispanic ethnicity can be of any race.
"I think it's a surprise for all of us. We knew it was increasing, but not by that amount," said Thelma Helyar, editor of the Kansas Statistical Abstract
population was undercounted.
"It may be misunderstanding or fear that this information will be used against them," said Mayans, R-Wichita.
Another growth spurt was shown among Kansas Asians, whose numbers grew by 47 percent. Asians and Pacific Islanders accounted for 31,750 of the state's population in 1990.
In 2000, the census said, 46,806 Kansans were Asians — representing 1.7 percent of the population. Another 1,313 listed themselves as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
In the 2000 headcount, people could identify themselves as a member of any of 63 racial categories, up from five in 1990.
Whites still were the majority of Kansans: 2,313,944, or 86 percent. The number represents a 3.6 percent increase.
Meanwhile, 5.7 percent of the state's population — 154,198 — is black. A decade ago, there were 143,076 blacks, also 5.7 percent.
In Kansas, 56.496 residents took advantage of the option to identify themselves as belonging to more than one race.
ON THE RECORD
■ A driver hit a parked car and left the scene between 4:44 and 4:46 p.m. Sunday in campus lot 33, the KU Public Safety Office reported. The car's next driver's side door was dented.
damage, and the truck's driver was given a notice to appear in court for inattentive driving and driving on a suspended Kansas driver's license.
A KU student reported $70 was stolen from her vehicle between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Monday in the 500 block of Maple Street,
Lawrence police said.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a University forum on population growth, development and political systems from noon to 1 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread. Call Thal Holdum 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 in the Kansas Union. Drinks will be provided. Call the SUA box office at 864.SHOW.
■ KU Non-Trads will sponsor a brown bag lunch at 1 p.m. today at the KU Non-Trads cubicle at the Organizations and Leadership Office in the Kansas Union. Call Michael or Deena at 864-7317.
GTA Coalition will meet for a negotiations discussion and a direct action meeting at 5 p.m. today at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Amy Cummins at 749-0815.
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 Advertising Club will have a media-focused
discussion with NKH&W Advertising Agency at 7
tonight at room 100 in Stauffer Flint Hall. Bring
The KU Chess Club will meet at 7 onight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
■ KU Water Polo will practice at 7 tonight at the Robinson Center Pool. Call Jason Blazer at 312-2277.
The United Methodist Campus Ministry Fellowship dinner will be from 6:30 to 7:30 on Tuesday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Cell Hall Heights, 841 9661
ACT in Faith will meet at 7 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call Gary Bartholomew at 841-8661.
Ichthus will meet at 8 tonight at Alderson
Auditorium in the Kansai Union
- WomanSpace will meet from 8 to 9 tonight upstairs at Ecumentical Christian Ministries. Call Heather Hensarling at 841-8661.
DaisyPraise will meet at 9 tonight on the first-floor in Hashing Hall. Call B.P. at 312-1066 or check out www.daisypraise.com.
ET CETERA
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paid in Lawrence, Kan. 66044.
Annual subscriptions by mail are $120. Student subscriptions of $2.33 are paid through the student activity fee.
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 in advance of the
Postmaster: Send address changes to the University Daily Kansas, 119 Staffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, K.60452.
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.
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Register at
acsworkshop@ku.edu or
864-0494
Access: Forms Prerequisite: Access: Intermediate. Requires registration for all & a $75 fee for non-KU. Mon., March 26, 1-4 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Outlook: Folder Management (Macintosh) Prerequisites: A KU Exchange account and Outlook: Introduction. Tues, March 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Computer Center North Lab
Web-Database Integration Prerequisite: Web Authoring: CGI Scripts. No registration.
Tues., March 27, 9 a.m.-noon, Computer Center South Lab
Photoshop: Intermediate Prerequisite: Photoshop: Introduction. Requires registration for all & a $75 fee for non-KU. Tues. March 27, 2-4 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Class descriptions and schedule:
www.ucl.edu/socialinfo
Web Authoring: Introduction Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Foundations. Tues., March 27, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Directions & map:
www.ku.edu/acs/
directions.shtml
Web Authoring: Publish your Web Page on the Internet Prerequisites: Web
Authoring: Introduction. Tues., March 27, 8-9 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Outlook Introduction (Windows) Prerequisite: None. Wed. March 28, 11a.m.-noon, Computer Center South Lab
www.ku.edu/acs/training
ListProc for New List Owners Prerequisite: Each participant must currently be an owner of a KU ListProc list. Wed. March 28, 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
PowerPoint Introduction Prerequisite: None. Requires registration for all; and a $75 fee for non-KU. Thurs. March 29, 9 a.m.-noon, Computer Center South Lab
Migrating from Eagle/Falcon/KUHUB Prerequisite: KU students, faculty or staff with email service on Eagle, Falcon, or KUHUB. Thurs. March 29, 3-4 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
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