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The Inside Front
Wednesday, March 7, 2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
A story in Friday's Kansan misspelled Bertrand Wang, discussion leader at a Thursday night workshop on Asian-American dating patterns.
CAMPUS
Hemenway named to Education Council
Chancellor Robert Hemenway has been elected to the American Council on Education board of directors.
The council, one of the nation's eminent education advocacy groups, selected Hemenway as one of its 37 directors at its annual meeting last month in Washington, D.C.
Mienenw will assist in creating general policies for the council, which voices concerns for higher education to Congress, the Supreme Court, federal agencies and federal courts.
Hemenay said he was honored to be part of the successful organization, and one of his top issues was support for medical and scientific research.
Assistant professor wins fellowship award
A University of Kansas assistant professor has won a Pew National Fellowship through the Carnegie Scholars program.
Tracy Russo, assistant professor of communication studies, was one of 30 scholars who received a $6,000 research stipend and university-funded travel.
"I want to find out what kinds of communication behaviors people use in online environments to seem real and the ways people perceive them as real," Russo said.
Russo said she planned to use the fellowship to study the ways personal presence was communicated on the Internet.
Russo said the research was important to improving the use of the Internet in education.
The Pew scholars will primarily work independently but will meet at two 10-day sessions to present and discuss research.
The Cariegie Scholars program is part of a $6 million, five-year project to improve teaching in higher education. It is funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Cariegie Foundation.
— Sarah Smarsh
LAWRENCE
Man who killed cat to stand trial in June
A 22-year-old Lawrence man accused of killing a cat in the Meadowbrook
apartment complex in January will stand trial for the misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals in
charge of security to animals in June.
Brett Rizzo's next court appearance will be at 4 p.m. Monday, June 11, for a status conference. His trial will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 13,
in Division 1 of Douglas County District Court.
— Lauren Brandenburg
STATE
Southwestern Bell to offer long distance
TOPEKA — Southwestern Bell, already the dominant local telephone service provider in Kansas, plans to jump into the state's long-distance market today.
Southwestern Bell's plans led long-distance competitor AT&T to announce it would offer its best customers 30 free minutes of long-distance calls within the United States if they remained loyal.
AT&T and other Southwestern Bell rivals also planned to go to court in hopes of knocking Southwestern Bell out of the long-distance market.
S six weeks ago, the Federal Communications Commission gave Southwestern Bell permission to sell long-distance service to consumers in Kansas and Oklahoma, where service also starts today. The FCC acted under a 1996 federal law intended to end the separation between local and long-distance service providers.
NATION
School shooting suspect talked about his plans
SANTEE, Calif. — The "angry young man" accused of killing two fellow students fired randomly and still had eight bullets in his gun when police corroded him in a school bathroom, investigators said yesterday.
Friends said the freshman accused in the nation's latest high school bloodbath talked about his plans during the weekend, and they took him seriously enough to pat him down before classes started Monday.
One adult even warned Charles Andrew "Andy" Williams not to commit "a Columbine," and tried to call the boy's father but didn't follow through. But no one is known to have reported the threats that preceded Monday's attack that also wounded 13 at Santana High.
Snow flies in Northeast, but bark worse than bite
RYE, N.H. — A nor-easter covered parts of New England with near-bizzard conditions yesterday and hammered coastal communities with high waves, yet failed to live up to expectations in much of the mid-Atlantic region.
From New Jersey to Maine, schools were closed for a second day, hundreds of flights were canceled and offices were shuttered.
Vermont's Jay Peak ski resort had 29 inches of new snow by yesterday, 28 had fallen at Ballston Spa, N.Y., north of Albany, and more than 20 inches of snow piled up at Keene, N.H. But only a few inches fell in Boston and New York City, and Philadelphia got only flurries, sleet and rain.
At least five people were killed in weather-related traffic accidents, four in New York state and one in Connecticut.
Cheney's heart recovers but is not home free
WASHINGTON — Dick Cheney, in his second public bout with heart disease in four months, underwent surgery Monday his doctor called urgent. But he walked out of the hospital a day later and can return to work this week.
But that doesn't mean Cheney is home free. He's got a 40 percent chance of this same artery reclogging. Plus, after four previous heart attacks that moderately damaged his heart muscle, cardiologists said he was at higher risk than the average 60-year-old of suffering other cardiac problems.
Heart experts say Cheney will need close monitoring for a while, especially if he plans any overseas trips. And if this problem artery reclogs, it may be time for newer options like inside-the-artery radiation.
Woman sent Bush debate information to Gore
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury yesterday indicted a former employee of a media company that handled ads for President Bush's campaign in connection with the release of a Bush debate tape to Vice President Al Gore's campaign.
Juanta Yvette Lozano of Austin, Texas, was charged with mail fraud, false statements to the FBI and perjury. If convicted, she faces 15 years in prison and a $750,000 fine.
Lozano worked for Maverick Media, an Austin company that handled Bush's political ads.
The indictment alleged that Lozano secretly copied more than 120 pages of debate preparation documents and a 60-minute videotape of a debate preparation session with Bush and his advisers and sent it to the Gore campaign under a different name.
She lied to FBI agents investigating the matter and testified falsely before the grand jury, the indictment said.
The Associated Press
Industry to determine Napster fate
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — The music industry must catalog the copyright songs it wants removed from Napster Inc., a federal judge said in a ruling posted yesterday, giving the highly popular file-swapping service three business days to block free sharing of that music.
music distribution on its head and cultivated a following of millions.
The order, dated Monday, effectively gave the recording industry control of the immediate fate of the Internet-based clearinghouse that turned
Napster is fighting to stay online and retain its popularity while promising to shift over to a subscription-based service. For that, it depends on the cooperation of the very music labels that sued the company to stop song swapping.
Napster, which has struggled with little success in the past few days to screen out some songs already identified by record labels, had no immediate
comment on the ruling.
In issuing an injunction she reworked on the order of an appeals court, U.S District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said the record companies must notify Napster of the title of the song, the name of the artist and the name of the Napster file containing the infringing material.
"What it does is give the record labels a great deal of power over exactly what songs are going to show up on Napster," said Eric Scheirer, an analyst with Forrester Research
ON THE RECORD
A car bumped into a parked car while parallel parking on Jawhayk Boulevard in front of Strong Hall at 1:40 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, the KU Public Safety Office said. There was no damage to the moving car and minimal rear bumper damage to the parked car.
A passport, social security card, Visa credit card, foreign student income tax form and five other income tax forms were stolen from a KU student's room in the Kiappa Psi fraternity house between 12:10 p.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 27, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stolen goods were valued at $121.
A 20-year-old KU student's green 1994 Dodge Shadow was stolen between 8 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Louisiana Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. A tape player, microphone, golf clubs and vinyl travel bag were in the car. The report stated the car had not yet been recovered. The stolen goods were valued at $4,580.
The glass pane of a door in the Wagnon Student
Athlete Center was damaged by 5:10 and
6:10 p.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
No one attempted to enter the building, the officer
reported. The door was valued at $250.
A 20-year-old KU student's 1998 BMW was damaged between 12:53 and a.m. Monday in the 1300 block of Louisiana Street, the KU Public Safety Office said. The driver's side window was broken by a pellet gun, the officer reported. Damage was estimated at $200.
A KU student's passt was stolen from Waston Library between 9-30 and 9-50 a.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The student reported falling asleep at a desk on the fourth floor and her purse being gone when she woke up. A wallet, Kansas driver's license, KUID, two bank cards, $193 in personal checks and $57 cash were in the purse when it stollen. The store owner charged $202
A KU student's door-frame trim was damaged between 2 p.m. Friday and 13 o'clock in the 1400 block of West 7th Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $100.
ON CAMPUS
University Career and Employment Services will sponsor "Resume Doctor" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and tomorrow on the fourth-floor lobby of the Kansas Union. Staff will critique student resumes. Call Jacqueline Johnson at 864-5672.
■ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will present a university forum, "The Future of Clinton Lake," with Earl Lewis from noon to 1 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Todd Holcombe 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 at the Kansas Union. Drinks will be provided. Call the SUA box office at 846-549-0728.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will present, "Finding our Foremothers..." Extraordinary Women at the University of Kansas" from 3 to 4 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
The Diversity Peer Education Team will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Multicultural Resource Center. Call Santos Nunez at 864-4350.
■ The United Methodist Campus Ministry Fellowship dinner will be from 6:30 to 7:30 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Call Hearst Heardning on 8A1-8641.
ACT in Faith will meet at 7 onight at ECM. Call
Burkarthonke at 841-8641
KU Water Polo will practice at 7 tonight at Robinson Pool, Coll Jason Blazer at 312-2277
WomanSpace will meet from 8 to 9 tonight in the upstairs at the ECM. Call Heather Henslaring at 841-8661.
Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 tonight at the Adams Alumni Center. Wear something tropical and win a prize. Call Palvish Bhana at 312-3432.
**Latin American Solidarity will meet at 8 tonight at**
**ECM; Cali Rebekah Moses at 312-1985.**
Student Union Activities, beyondthewall & wetfeet.com will sponsor a free advance screening of 15 Minutes at 8 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Students can pick up two free passes by showing their KUIDs at the SUA office at the Kansas Union. Call 864-3477.
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University of Kansas Humanities Lecture Series presents
From Cyborgs to Companion Species:
Kinship in Technoscience
Strikingly original, provocative questions will revolve around dog culture, eugenics, biodiversity, race, and gender.
8:00 p.m.
Kansas Union-
Woodruff Auditorium
March 8,2001
DONNA J.HARAWAY
Professor, History of Consciousness Department and Women's Studies. University of California-Santa Cruz
For more information, please contact The Hall Center at 864.4798
FOR THE HUMANITIES
IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE FREAKY DREAMS WHERE EVERYTHING IS REALLY BIG.
HONEY. WE BLEW UP THE BURRITO.
9TH & MASS