2A The Inside Front Tuesday March 13,2001 News from campus, the state the nation and the world CORRECTION A source misrepresented herself to a reporter as Jenni Morris, Stillwater, Okla., sophomore, in a story about Safe Spring Break Week in yesterday's Kansan. CAMPUS 2001 football tickets have wrong game days The Athletic Department made a mistake on an order form for 2011, football season tickets that listed the wrong dates for three games. The forms state the Southwest Missouri, UCLA and Wyoming games will be in August. Instead, they will be in September. Diane Grover, employee at the Athletic Ticket Office, said she had mailed 200 to 300 forms before realizing the mistake. Grover didn't think the error would be a problem for most season-ticket holders and that the problem had been corrected. She said the ticket office would notify people who bought season tickets of the error by phone or by sending a written correction. Erin Adamson Web site offers free advertising for students A college entertainment and information Web site, Campusdog.com, has launched a posting system that allows students to promote events at their schools for free. Students can now log on and refer to three "bulletin boards": Parties and Events, Campus Clubs and Greek Scope. Mitis Wilson, coordinator of Mikie Wilcox, president of Campusdog.com, said he wanted the site to be completely for and about student life, offering an online alternative to on-campus bulletin boards. Those wanting to use the forum must sign on as a member and click on the "What's Happening" section. — Sarah Smarsh LAWRENCE Suspect caught hiding behind rack of clothes Clothes hanging in a closet weren't enough to hide a man trying to steal items from a KU student's residence Saturday, Lawrence police said. Lawrence police Sgt. Mike Patrick said a KU student was asleep in a residence in the 2700 block of Grand Circle when she heard someone enter the residence at about 4 a.m. The woman locked her bedroom door and called the police from her closet. Patrick said. An officer eventually found the suspect trying to hide behind clothing hung on a rack in an upstairs bedroom. The woman said she did not know the suspect. Jacob P. Forbes, Lawrence freshman, was booked into the Douglas County Jail Saturday morning on charges of aggravated burglary and theft between $500 and $25,000. He was released Saturday afternoon on a $10,000 check from a financial institution. His first court appearance will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 27. —Lauren Brandenbura NATION Nasdaq below 2,000; Dow falls 2.2 percent NEW YORK — The Nasdaq composite index dropped below 2,000 for the first time in 27 months yesterday. The selling spread to blue chips and sent the Dow Jones industrials skidding more than 200 points. Wall Street continued a selloff begun last week following warnings from tech bellwethers Yahoo!, Intel and Cisco Systems, all of which said the weak economy would cut into their business in the coming months. In afternoon trading on Wall Street, the Nasdaq fell 83.87 to 1,968.91, a 4.1 percent loss. The technology-focused index is now 60 percent off the all-time high of 5,048.62 reached on March 10, 2000. The last time the index traded below 2,000 was Dec. 16, 1998. The Dow, meanwhile, fell 234.48 to 10,410.14, a 2.2 percent decline. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 33.13 to 1,200.29 for a loss of 2.7 percent. Hispanic population sees explosive growth WASHINGTON — Hispanics now rival non-Hispanic African Americans as the country's leading minority group, according to Census 2000 data. The figures also documented explosive growth in the Asian and Native-American populations and offered the first coast-tocoast look at how many people classified themselves as members of more than one race. The increasing presence of Hispanics "means African-Americans have a better partner" in terms of shared political and socioeconomic issues, said Dr. William Spriggs, director of the Institute for Opportunity and Equality at the National Urban League. NEW YORK — The lawyer defending Sean "Puffy" Combs yesterday portrayed witnesses who testified against the rap mogul as liars hoping to profit from lawsuits they had filed against him Puffy's lawyer says witnesses were greedy "Bad people came into this courtroom and made bad accusations because they wanted to get rich," said attorney Benjamin Brafman, alluding to the billion dollars in lawsuits filed against Combs as a result of the shooting at Club New York on Dec. 27, 1999. Brafman noted that of the 50 witnesses who testified, only two said they saw a gun in Combs' hand in the club. Both have sued Combs. Combs, 31, and his bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, 34, are charged with gun possession and bribery for allegedly trying to pay Combs' driver, Wardell Fenderson, to take the gun rap for Combs. Israel's cabinet meets amid Ramallah debate WORLD JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened his Cabinet for a first meeting yesterday amid sharp disagreement among ministers about the army's new chokehold on Ramallah, the Palestinians' political and commercial center in the West Bank. The blockade was imposed Sunday, with tanks, trenches and ramparts cutting off all access to Ramallah and isolating dozens of nearby villages with thousands of residents. KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan residents lamented the destruction of two soaring statues of Budha by their country's Taliban rulers. Afghans saddened by blown-up Buddhas "It's all gone now. Even if peace comes, the statues will not be there," Ahmed Ali said yesterday. Hewn from a cliff face in the 3rd and 5th centuries, the statues measured 170 feet and 120 feet, respectively. The taller is believed to be the world's largest standing Buddha. They were completely demolished last week by Taliban soldiers who used explosives to reduce them to a pile of rubble, international aid workers said. Local residents had come to think of the statues as neighbors, viewing the taller one as a man and the smaller one a female, although no body parts were visible. They named the tailer one Solsol, meaning year after year, and the smaller one Shahmma, or kingmother. "Of course everyone is upset with this. I tell you I couldn't think of anything else last night when I heard they were gone," Ali said. JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Abdurrahman Wahid rejected calls for him to quit yesterday as thousands of protesters besieged the heavily guarded state palace and Indonesia's stock market plunged. In an apparent concession to his critics, Wahid also announced that his popular deputy, Megawati Sukarnoputri, would assume a greater role in the government. Indonesian president refuses to step down The Associated Press Navy bomb kills 5 in Kuwait The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy F/A-18 jet accidentally dropped a bomb on military personnel during a training exercise yesterday at a bombing range in northern Kuwait, killing at least five people, including four Americans and one New Zealander, Pentagon officials said. Details were sketchy and there was confusion among Pentagon officials about the number of deaths. Officials initially said it was five but then raised the figure to six before going back to five. Two of the Americans killed were from the Army and two were from the Air Force, said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Brett Bartos, a consul at the New Zealand Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, told The Associated Press that a New Zealander was killed in the accident. He refused to give any other details. Col. Ahmed al-Rahmani of the Kuwait Defense Ministry told Kuwait TV that six people were killed and some of those injured were in critical condition. He did not elaborate. A short time later, some Pentagon officials who had previously reported six fatalities said the correct number was five. There was no official Pentagon announcement of the accident or the number killed and injured. Officials gathering details would discuss the matter only on condition of anonymy. One Pentagon official said an estimated 10 people were injured. A second official said no civilians were involved. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman would say only that there had been a "training accident" and that there were an unspecified number of casualties. The accident happened at the Udaira bombing range in Kuwait, about 28 miles from the Iraqi border. One official said those killed and injured were involved in a multinational training exercise in which ground forces direct strike aircraft to specific targets. It was not clear what went wrong yesterday. ON THE RECORD Two cars collided near the Oliver Hall parking lot at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A car was turning right from the parking lot onto Naismith Drive when an oncoming car re-ended it. No one was injured. A small fire started in one of the cars as a result of the crash, but it had been put out before police arrived. Damages to the cars were not listed. A KU student's black leather coat and cell phone were taken from a classroom in Wescoe Hall between 7:30 and 10:50 a.m. Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $420. A fire extinguisher was discharged in Oliver Hall between 1 and 1:10 a.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The extinguisher will cost $45 to replace. A car backed into an oncoming car in the Burge Union parking lot at 11 a.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. No one was injured. Both cars each had more than $500 damage. - A glass pane on a wooden door in me Broadcasting Hall was broken between 7 and 8 p.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The pane will cost $100 to replace. A KU student's rear windshield was damaged between midnight and 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $300. ON CAMPUS Watkins Clinic Health Promotion will have a compulsive over./under-eating group at 7:30 a.m. today at the Watkins health promotion conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Call 312-1521 Ki-Aikido Club will practice from 5:30 to 7:30 ton at 207 Robinson Center. Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Juan Toledo at 312-9120. ■ KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at racquetball court No. 15 at Robinson Center. Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990. KU Water Polo will practice at 7 tonight at the Robinson Center pool. Call Jason Blazer at 312-2277. Students for a Free Tibet will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Call Pat Barrett at 830-9485. United Methodist Campus Ministry will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Heather Hensarling at 841-8661 KU Envirans will meet at 8 tonight at the fourth-floor lobby in the Kansas Union. Call Scott at 312-2228. KU HorrorZontals men's ultimate Frigate team will practice from 8:30 to 11 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call B.P. at 312-1066 or check out www.Zontals.com. The Women's Ultimate Frisbee team will practice at 8:30 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call Olivia Stockman at 8:40-404. ■ Okinawan Goujy-Ryu Karate will meet from 9 to 10:30 tonight at 207 Robinson Center. Call Ryan Ness at (785) 218-7415. ET CETERA The University Daily Kansan is the 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 Hall. 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