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The Inside Front
Friday March 9,2001
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Phi Kappa Theta fire ruled an act of arson
Fire officials have determined that arson was the cause of a Feb. 28 fire at the vacant Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house, 1941 Stewart Ave., said Rich Barr, fire marshal for Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical.
Barr said investigators had determined how the fire had been set, but that information could not be released as long as the district attorney's office had not yet pressed charges against the three suspects.
The district attorney's office was deciding yesterday on whether to press charges against the suspects.
"We believe that they were involved in setting the fire." Barr said.
He also said yesterday investigators had come across another suspect whom they would "most likely" arrest.
Scott HILI, Prairie Village resident and president of the Alumni Board for the University of Kansas Phi Kappa Theta chapter, said he didn't 'think the alleged perpetrators' motive was to cause damage to Phi Kappa Theta in particular.
"I think they're just kids bent on destruction," he said.
Hill said the house's fire insurance had been terminated in November because the house was vacant. He said the board had been working on renewing the insurance before the fire. The house will now be sold. Hill said.
— By Cynthia Malakasis
He said the fraternity would not have another chapter home until fall 2002 at the earliest.
LAWRENCE
Police look for suspect in Pizza Hut robbery
An unidentified man robbed Pizza Hut at gunpoint Wednesday night, Lawrence police said.
Sgt. Mike Pattrick said the man entered the rear door of Pizza Hut, 600 W. 23rd St., and pointed a handgun at an employee. He ordered the employee to open the register, took undisclosed amounts of cash and left.
Pattrick described the man as a white male in his early 20s, six feet tall and about 175 pounds. He was wearing a ball cap and a cloth covering his face.
— Lauren Brandenburg
NATION
Fourth-grader killed, eaten by pack of dogs
ST. LOUIS - Ten-year-old Rodney McAllister was no match for the stray dogs that neighbors had complained about for days.
The fourth-grader was found mauled to death by a pack of dogs Tuesday. Bite wounds covered most of his body and pieces of his clothing were scattered around the park across the street from his home. The attack has horrified many in St. Louis and led to the jailing of the boy's mother for not keeping closer watch over him.
"He was literally eaten by the dogs." Police Chief Rion Henderson said.
Neighbors told police they heard the sounds of "suffering" Monday evening, two hours after Rodney told his mother he was going to play basketball in Ivory Perry Park.
Before Rodney's death, neighbors had complained about stray dogs in the area around the park. Just a few days earlier, two officers from the city's animal control division had responded to the complaints.
Nation's mayors upset with 2000 census count
SAVANNAH, Ga. — The nation's African-American mayors opened their annual convention yesterday by denouncing the Bush administration's decision to reject any adjustment of census numbers to make up for under-counts.
"There's not a soul in this nation, no respected voice anywhere, who disputes the fact that African Americans and people who live in cities were undercounted," said New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial at a news conference at the National Conference of Black Mayors.
Commerce Secretary Don Evans called the 2000 census count "the most accurate in history."
The Census Bureau estimates about 1.2 percent, or 3.3 million of the nation's 281 million people, went uncounted.
The African-American mayors said even a small undercount hurt cities with large minority populations by reducing their share of federal funds and state tax dollars, which are based on population.
Sub crew investigation continues for fourth day
As testimony at a rare Navy court of inquiry entered its fourth day, criticism mounted of a fire control technician. The crewman neglected to tell officers another boat was in close range of the USS Greeneville minutes before the submarine surfaced and smashed through the Ehime Maru, killing nine
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Lawyers for submarine officers under investigation for the sinking of a Japanese fishing boat sought to shift the blame yesterday to a crewman who failed to report that the ship was nearby.
people.
Today will mark one month since the accident happened. The court will help determine the fate of Cmdr. Scott Waddle; Lt. j.g. Michael Coen, the Greeneville's officer of the deck; and Lt. Cmdr. Gerald Pfeifer, the second in command. They all face courts-martial.
Shooting victim's dad wants juvenile charges
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A man whose daughter was shot while having lunch in a school cafeteria said yesterday he didn't want the 14-year-old suspect to be charged as an adult.
Michael Marchese's daughter Kimberly, 13, was shot in the shoulder Wednesday in the cafeteria at Bishop Neumann Junior-Senior High School. A girl in eighth grade was charged as a juvenile in the shooting.
"What she did was wrong. But to be tried as an adult ... I disagree," he said.
Authorities said they would need to petition a court to charge the girl as an adult. They would not say whether they planned to do so.
Kimberly Marchese underwent surgery at Geisinger. Her condition was upgraded to satisfactory, and she was expected to be released today.
House approves plan for Bush's tax package
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House brushed aside a Democratic tax cut plan yesterday and marched toward a final vote on a more generous, $958 billion package of across-the-board cuts at the heart of President Bush's economic program.
Bush, in office only 48 days, said he was confident the House would "do the right thing" when it came time to vote on the leading edge of his overall $1.6 trillion tax cut plan.
A few hours later, Republicans demonstrated their control of the House floor in the Democratic alternative was rejection on a vote of 273-155.
Approval of Bush's plan would send the bill to an uncertain fate in the Senate, where a pivotal bipartisan group of lawmakers has expressed concern about the 10-year price tag.
"Who among us can say that the economy doesn't need a little encouragement?" said Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-III., as the House debated the first priority piece of legislation of the new president.
The Associated Press
Dorm rooms to add caller ID
By Amanda Begin
writer@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
Students who live in University residence halls will return to campus next fall with an added perk in their dorm rooms — caller identification.
By Amanda Bealin
Telephone wiring and other hardware that supports caller ID — a telephone attachment that identifies a caller's name and phone number when a phone rings—will be installed during the summer, according to Marilu Goodyear, vice chancellor of information services.
Sgt. Troy Mailen, of the KU Public Safety Office, said this would lessen the number of phone harassment reports the office received.
That is good news to Meggon Horton, Lenexa freshman, and her roommate, who have been receiving harassing phone calls in their Oliver Hall room since Jan. 22. After more than a month of phone calls of silence and hang-ups, they filed a report with the office Monday.
"Someone will call, but they won't talk," Horton said. "Then they hang up and call again and again. It's really creepy. With caller ID, at least I'd know who was calling first and I could tell the police. That makes me happy."
Goodyear said students would pay an extra $4 in residence hall fees beginning next fall — mostly to compensate for the caller ID project, which will cost the Networking and Telecommunications
Meggan Horton
"Then they hang up and call again and again. It's really creepy."
Lenexa freshman
Services $350,000 to install. NTS has already ordered the installation equipment, Goodyear said.
She said students had requested caller ID service for a long time.
The issue was addressed by the student housing advisory board in December and caller ID was scheduled to be installed by fall 2001.
Goodyear said NTS had not yet decided if it would sell caller ID boxes to students.
Goodyear said NTS would announce its decision before the end of the semester.
"We are taking bids from commercial providers right now." Gooyear said. "If we can get them at a price lower than a place like Target or K-mart would sell them, we may get them that way."
Erin Wynkoop, Topeka freshman, said providing her own call box was not a problem.
"That's no big deal, most phones come with it built in anyway," Wynkoop said.
ON THE RECORD
—Edited by Doug Pacey
A KU staff member reported being harassed by phone in his Wesco Hall office at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The caller used profanity, according to the report.
A Watson library staff member reported $6.50 stolen from the fourth floor copy service offices between 10 p.m. Sunday and 10 a.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A Spahr Engineering Library staff member reported $30.34 stolen from an office between 8 a.m. Jan. 26 and 8 a.m. Feb. 3, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's purse was taken from Murphy Art & Architecture Library between 11 a.m. and 12:25 p.m. Tuesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A
brown leather wallet, KUID, Discover card, $4 cash, Kansas driver's license, two house keys, $5 in change and a red leather key holder were in the purse when it was stolen. The items were valued at $124.
A student lost his cell phone in the Kansas Union between 12:15 and 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The phone was valued at $30.
■ The windshield of a KU student's 1999 Ford Mustang was damaged between 4 p.m. Wednesday and 6:30 a.m. yesterday in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $400.
ON CAMPUS
The department of music and dance will present the Kansas Woodwinds Chamber Music Recital at 7:30 onstage at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Call 864-3436
- Ki Aikido Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at 207 Robinson Center.
KU Water Polo will practice at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Robinson pool.
KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at 207 Robinson.
Eid Pilgrimage Celebration will be at 7 tomorrow night at the Islamic Center of Lawrence, 1917 Naismith Drive.
The department of music and dance will present the Kansas Woodwinds Chamber Music Recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Spencer Museum of Art. Call 864-3436.
- Applications for Alternative Weekend Break at Spring Hill Multi-Service Center March 30 to 31 are due at 5 p.m. today. Applications are available at room 410 in the Kansas Union and online at www.ukans.edu/~albreaks.
Applications for 2001-2002 positions for the Center for Community Outreach are available at room 426 in the Kansas Union or online at www.ukans.edu/~cco. Call Michelle Black or Julia Gilmore at 840-4073.
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