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The Inside Front
Tuesday March 6,2001
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
School of Education to meet last candidate
The University of Kansas School of Education will begin the interview process for its sixth dean candidate today.
Henry Frierson, professor of psychological studies in education at the University of North Carolina, will arrive on campus today to start interviewing for the dean position. The interview process will last until Thursday.
Frierson will meet with undergraduate students from 3 to 3:30 this afternoon at 720 Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
Susan Twomby, chairwoman of the search committee and professor of teaching and leadership, said Frierson would probably be the last candidate to interview for the position.
Twombly said the committee hoped to name the new dean by July 1.
Andrew Davies
Police question boys about fraternity fire
Investigators may be closer to understanding last week's fire at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house after officers found three people breaking windows and attempting to steal items from the fraternity Saturday afternoon, Lawrence Police Det. John Lewis said.
Lewis said someone called the police with a complaint that two people were damaging the fraternity, 1941 Stewart Ave., and when officers arrived, they found three people. Lewis said officers discovered in talking that the three had apparently been at the fraternity the night of the fire. Lewis said they were now being questioned about the fire.
Thomas Cale Jr. was charged yesterday in Douglas County District Court with one count of criminal damage. His bond was set at $1,000, and he was expected to be released last night, a jail spokesperson said.
Lewis said a 15-year-old and a 16 year-old were released.
No one is living in the fraternity house this school year.
— Lauren Brandenburg
NATION
Witness says 'Shyne not gunman in shooting
NEW YORK — The first shots in a nightclub melee involving Sean "Puffy" Combs were not fired by Combs' co-defendant and protege, a witness testified yesterday.
Jamal "Shyne" Barrow, did not fire
the first shots, according to the witness, Tabon Terrence Jones. Jones, 34, a photographer from Philadelphia, said the gunman "had braids in his hair, and they were wrapped tightly all around."
Barrow, 21, who has closely cropped hair, is charged with three counts of attempted murder for allegedly shooting three people inside Club New York in the early morning hours of Dec. 27, 1999.
Jones was walking to a bar in the center of the club when, he testified, "I heard some loud, angry noises going on and I turned and looked. A man put his arm in the air and shot a pistol."
Jones hit the floor with many other patrons and said he heard another few shots, but couldn't tell if they were from the same gun.
Jones also testified that before the shooting, he had seen the gunman talking to two other men in the restroom.
WORLD
Japanese Prime Minister suffers public censure
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori survived his second no-confidence vote in Parliament yesterday, but pressure for him to go was unabated from opponents and even some allies worried over his dismal public support. The lower house of Parliament voted 274-192 to defeat the no-confidence motion submitted earlier in the day by four opposition parties. Mori, whose Liberal Democrats hold a majority in the chamber, defeated a similar measure in November. The vote gave Mori's enfeebled government a respite, but it was expected to be brief.
Speculation was rife that he could step down as soon as this week as the Liberal Democrat Party readies for its annual party convention March 13 and searches for a successor.
Sharon to take office amid threat of violence
JERUSALEM — Israelis and Palestinians buried their dead yesterday — evidence of an upsurge in violence — as Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon prepared to take office with a mandate from Israel's people to put a stop to five months of unrest.
With his broad-based coalition government mostly in place, Sharon is set to take power tomorrow.
Palestinian militants have threatened to welcome Sharon with an onslaught of bomb attacks.
stop a wave of bombings in Israeli cities.
Already on alert, Israeli police went on emergency footing yesterday, canceling courses and putting more officers on the streets while asking the military for reinforcements to help
KABUL, Afghanistan — Dismissing the international outcry about his week-old edict to demolish pre-Islamic relics, the ruling Taliban's reclusive leader yesterday called their destruction a tribute to Islam and Afghanistan.
Omar calls demolition of relics tribute to Islam
As the Vatican weighed in for the first time by calling the order the "crazy" result of "fanatic extremism," Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar referred to international criticism as "noise" and described demotion of the relics as a tribute to "the brave Afghan nation."
Omar accused non-Muslim nations of trying to refashion Afghanistan's Islamic identity into one more acceptable to them.
But Omar did not address the disap proval expressed by fellow Muslim nations, including Pakistan and Iran, whose president, Mohammad Khatami, yesterday accused the Tailan of acting under the "guise of Islam" to commit acts that were "inhumane, violent" and against culture.
The destruction of the statues began after Omar ruled that they and other relics are idolatrous and against the tenets of Islam. Others argue that Islam does not ban images, only the worship of them.
Drug companies argue against African law
PRETORIA, South Africa — Pharmaceutical companies faced off in court yesterday against the South African government in a case that activists say is a landmark in the developing world's efforts to get cheap AIDS medications.
More than three dozen drug companies are suing the government to try to overturn a 1997 law they argue would allow the health minister to arbitrarily ignore patents on medications.
The hearing in the Pretoria high court was expected to last more than a week, and the ruling might not come before the end of the year. Legal arguments began yesterday morning about the application of the Treatment Action Campaign, an AIDS activist organization, to join the case in support of the government. AIDS activists argue that the pharmaceutical industry is trying to stop the developing world from getting cheap, generic AIDS drugs. Pharmaceutical manufacturers say the case is simply about an unclear South African law that could violate their patent rights.
The Associated Press
Preparing for break
Watkins urges immunization
By Livi Regenbau
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
With spring break around the corner, Watkins Memorial Health Center is encouraging students who are traveling outside of the United States to get immunizations.
As part of Safe Spring Break Week, Watkins will have an information table with brochures on travel and information on immunizations outside the health center today from noon to 2 p.m.
Randall Rock, physician at Watkins, advises students who are traveling to Central America, South America, Mexico and parts of the Caribbean to get vaccinated for Hepatitis A, a contagious viral disease spread by personal contact that attacks the liver. He said it was important for students to get the vaccination 10 days before they left.
Vaccinations cost $20 at
Watkins and provide a year of protection. The booster shot, which is also $20, is a two-dose vaccination that provides lifetime protection against the virus.
Rock said Hepatitis A symptoms were flu-like and often included skin turning yellow, nausea, vomiting, fever and fatigue. Cases of Hepatitis are often brought back by students who visit other countries, Rock said, and the only cure for the virus is time.
Lana Anderson, registered nurse and health educator at Watkins, said she hoped the information tables would raise awareness about the importance of travel immunizations.
Students should check with a doctor before going on any trips outside the United States, said Mora Berberich, St. Louis junior and employee of Student Express, a student travel company.
"I do recommend that all my travelers see a doctor before they
SAFE SPRING BREAK
INFORMATION TABLES:
When: Noon to 2 p.m. today at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
leave," she said. "Most young adults should have received that shot by now whether they are traveling or not."
Christie Eppler, Olathe sophomore, said she would consider getting the immunization before going to Jamaica this spring break.
"I am not concerned about it, but it is something that I might consider doing," she said.
Rock said students traveling outside the United States could make an appointment with the travel department at Watkins to get information about the country they are traveling to and the areas with high risk for disease and viruses. Students can call 864-9507 to make an appointment.
Edited by Jacob Roddy
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's car burned between 8 and 9:35 p.m. Feb. 27, the KU Public Safety Office said. According to the report, an electrical problem in the driver's side door started the fire. Damages were estimated at $1,250.
Two cars collided in the parking lot behind
Strong and Bailey hills at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A car was backing out of a parking stall and didn't see the approaching car. The damage to the car in the stall was estimated at $500.
ON CAMPUS
University Career and Employment Services will have "Resume Doctor" from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, tomorrow and Thursday in the fourth-floor lobby in the Kansas Union. Students can get their resumes critiqued. Call Jacquelyn Johnson at 864-5672.
University Career and Employment Services will sponsor a workshop, "Internships and Experiential Education" from 3 to 4 p.m. today at room 149 in the Burge Union. Call Ann Hurley at 864-3624.
KI-Aikido Club will meet from 5:30 to 7:30
at 202 MEIKIN Center.
Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. Call Juan Talere at 321-9120.
- KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at ractebut court No. 15 at Robinson Center. Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
KU Society for Human Resource Management will meet at 7 noon at 119 Summer Hall
KU Water Polo will practice at 7 tonight in the Robinson Center Pool.
The North Carolina A&M University will meet at 7 tonight at 119 Summerfield Hall.
■ 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 Environs will meet at 8 tonight in the fourth floor lobby in the Kansas Union. Call Scott at 312-2228.
Okinawan Geji-Ryu Karate will meet from 9 to 10:30 tonight at 207 Robinson Center, Call Ryan Ness at (785) 218-7415.
Applications for Alternative Weekend Break at the Spring Hill Multi-Service Center March 30-31 are available at room 410 in the Kansas Union. Applications also can be found online at www.ukans.edu/~albreaks. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday. Call 864-4317.
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KU Men's Tennis
vs.
Big 12 Conference Home Opener
ATM
Wed., March 7
2:00 pm
Alvamar Tennis Club
Free Admission
University of Kansas Lecture 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.
March 8,2000
8:00 p.m.
Kansas Union-
Woodruff Auditorium
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