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The Inside Front
Friday March 2, 2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
An article in the Feb. 21 edition of the Kansan ("From pinnacle of success to depths of despair") contained substantial factual errors regarding the subject's family and drug use. The Kansan and Phil Cauthon, the reporter, regret the embarrassment caused to the subject, others mentioned in the article and those affected by its publishing.
CAMPUS
Fifth dean candidate completes interviews
The University of Kansas School of Education completed the interviewing process with dean candidate Larry Ebbers yesterday.
Ebbers, a professor of higher education at Iowa State University, was the fifth candidate interviewed.
Ebbers toured the campus and met faculty during his interview, which lasted from Tuesday until yesterday.
Ebbers had planned to meet with students, but none attended the meeting.
He said he had filled a variety of roles throughout his career in education.
"I think part of what I would bring to this position is experience in every role in the college of education that might be possible," he said.
The school will interview an unnamed sixth candidate Tuesday through Thursday.
The candidate's name will be announced next week.
Memorial service set for sociology professor
A memorial service for E. Jackson Baur, professor emeritus of sociology, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Baur died Jan. 20 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
Norman Yetman, professor of sociology and American studies, said Baur, who was graduate director and chairman of sociology, was a dedicat ed and humanitarian person.
"He was committed to social justice, " Yetman said.
A reception in the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union will follow the service.
The family suggests memorials to the E. Jackson and Lilian J. Baur Fund, be sent to the KU Endowment Association.
— Cássio Furtado
Queers & Allies opposes ban on blood donations
Queers & Allies officers at the University of Kansas said they oppose
the red Cross regulation that prevents men that have had sex with another male since 1977 from donating blood.
The regulation was set by the FDA and has been in place for more than 10 years.
The Red Cross says that males who have had sex with another male since 1977 are among the top risk groups for becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Stan Handshy, Student Senate representative for Queers & Allies, said he thought the regulation was unfair.
"The ban on any gay man or any man having sex with a man since 1977 is discrimination hidden behind a medical degree," he said. "It's demeaning that no other group of individuals is put on a lifetime ban based on sexual orientation."
Cynthia Malakasis
KU student's hearing on hold until April
The hearing to set a trial date for a KU student accused of kissing and fondling a sleeping female student in the sixth floor lobby of Hashinger Hall in late August was continued yesterday until 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5.
"The state and I have resolved this matter," said Sally Howard, defense attorney for Kevin Hoskinson, Garden City junior.
Howard said 30 days were needed to prepare for the next hearing.
Dave Zabel, the assistant district attorney prosecuting the case, said the options at this stage for a case such as Hoskinson's would be to enter a plea, to go to trial or to apply for diversion. He would not comment specifically on Hoskinson's case.
- Lauren Brandenburg
NATION
Southern Methodist to offer same-sex benefits
DALLAS — Southern Methodist University next year will begin offering medical benefits and reduced tuition to same-sex partners of employees.
Morgan Olsen, Southern Methodist University vice president for business and finance, said the benefits plan was a good business decision that would allow the university to remain competitive for top teaching talent
Beginning Jan. 1, same-sex partners will be eligible for medical and dental insurance and reduced tuition, with details to be developed during the coming months. Olsen said.
The Dallas-based school will become the second in Texas and one of a relatively few religious institutions nationwide to extend such benefits.
The university will join a growing number of private-sector companies offering same-sex benefits.
Southern Methodist University estimates that about 1 percent of its 1,900 employees would sign up for the benefits at an annual cost from $80,000 to $100,000.
The Faculty Senate last month unanimously approved the recommendation by members of the University Benefits Council.
Washington statehouse damaged in earthquake
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Chunks of plaster, broken glass and dust coated the Senate and House floors, displacing legislators contemplating when — and whether they can return to work in the Capitol damaged by the earthquake. Lawmakers planned to meet yesterday to assess the damage but the legislature will not convene until Monday at the earliest. They may have to find a temporary home in which to finish their 105-day session.
"We're going to have to do a little improvising," said House Co-Speaker Clyde Ballard.
Gov. Gary Locke was also among those displaced by Wednesday's powerful quake, which was centered 11 miles away. He, his wife and two children were forced out of the governor's mansion, at least for one night. He said books and pictures flew off the walls.
The governor was about to leave for an event at Seattle's Space Needle when the quake hit. Instead, he and staff members in his office crawled under their desks.
Rapper Combs testifies shots were aimed at him
NEW YORK — Rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs, taking the witness stand at his gun possession trial, testified yesterday he thought he was the intended victim when shooting broke out at a Times Square nightclub.
"Do you know who was being shot at?" asked his lawyer, Benjamin Brafman.
"No. I thought I was being shot at," Combs said. "My hands were up. I started to go down. Everybody started falling all over each other."
Combs said the gunfire rang out shortly after Jones accompanied Combs and his then-girlfriend, singer actress Jennifer Lopez, from the VIP section of Club New York to the exit early on Dec. 27, 1999.
Among the people falling on top of him, he said, was his bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, who was also charged with gun possession.
The Associated Press
"I had felt the shots were for me." Combs said. "As fast as I could get down there, I was just trying to get away from danger."
Minor pleads no contest
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a room's refrigerator
Neither Bath nor Cameron could be reached for comment after yesterday's hearing.
At some point on Sept. 16, Sean decided to go see his girlfriend in Lenexa, said Mathew Hefley, a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper. He didn't make it there. And Lisa Bland never made it home.
But members of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, 1540 Louisiana St., told a different story yesterday.
"Sean was visiting his brother, but none of our members were with him during his stay," said Jake Brown, Phi Gamma Delta president, in a prepared statement. "Therefore, none of our members could have forced or encouraged Sean Scott to drink alcohol at any time."
In response to questions, Brown said Mike Scott had lived in the fraternity house as a pledge for the first two weeks of school and then "kind of disappeared" for two weeks before the incident.
"We really had passed off Mike's being in the house," Brown said. "We thought he was done."
He said the next time members saw Mike was when he came up to the house the day of the accident. After that date, Brown said, members never saw Mike Scott again.
"Everyone put in their statements they hadn't seen anything of any sort," Brown said.
later with questions.
In the same interview, however, Brown said fraternity members had not known the Scott brothers were at the house and found out about the night's events after law enforcement officers showed up
Brown said members then found out that a couple of freshmen in the fraternity had seen the Scott brothers walking in the hallway that Saturday.
During halftime at the football game that night, Sullivan had returned to the fraternity house and saw the keys in the room where the Scotts had been, Brown said. He hid them behind the room's refrigerator while the Scotts were in the bathroom, Brown said.
Sullivan then went back to the game, and when he returned to the fraternity an hour later, Sean was gone, Brown said. Brown said he thought a friend of Mike's had given the keys to Mike's girlfriend sometime in that hour.
"None of our guys ever hung out or did anything with him," Brown said, saying he wanted to reiterate that the alcohol was Mike's liquor and not supplied through the fraternity. The only encounter would have been when a member came and took the keys, Brown said. Brown said taking keys was "kind of common practice" if someone had been drinking.
slipped out of our hands."
"I don't want this to come out like we're in a bunch of trouble because that's not the case." Brown said. "They just kind of showed up. Things just kind of happened, and some of our guys tried to help, but this just kind of
Richard Ramos, Lisa Bland's brother, said he was kind of surprised when Sean pleaded no contest yesterday. He said he felt a sense of relief after the hearing but still had mixed feelings.
Jim Bland, Lisa's husband of eight-and-a-half years, said he, too, was surprised by the plea but was relieved that there wouldn't be a trial. The next step for the Ramos and Bland families would be to seek criminal prosecution for the events that took place in Douglas County preceding the accident, Bland and Ramos said.
After Sean's plea, Judge Janetle Sheldon said an emergency existed and ordered that Sean be placed in juvenile custody until his Thursday, March 15 sentencing. Bath argued for house arrest, but Sheldon refused.
"Quite frankly, considering the nature of the crime, I believe house arrest is not warranted," Sheldon said.
Sheldon said Sean could face 18 to 36 months in a youth correctional facility on the charge, as well as 16 to 24 months of aftercare support services.
But he'll still come home, Ramos said, and that's the bottom line.
"I don't want to be vindictive," Ramos said. "I want to be human and Christian, like I'm supposed to be. But he's going to come home. He's going to be gone a little while, and they're still going to visit him. Lisa's never going to come home."
Edited by Sydney Wallace
ON THE RECORD
A tempered glass door was damaged between 1:15 p.m. Tuesday and 4:30 a.m. Wednesday at Fraser Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said.
ON CAMPUS
The damage caused cracks in the door, which must be replaced. Damages were estimated at $500.
Submissions for the spring KIOSK Art and Literature magazine are due at 5 p.m. today at the English department mail room, 3114 Wescrose Hall, Call Luke Albert at 832-8660.
KI Aikido Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at 207 Robinson Campus
KU Water Polo will practice at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Robinson Center pool.
The St. Lawrence Catholic Center will sponsor
"Sex, Marriage and the Meaning of Life" from 3:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the center, 1631 Crescent Road. Cell Sister Vicki at 843.0357.
KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at 207 Robinson Center,
The department of art and design will sponsor the MFA Thesis Exhibition from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday through Friday. Call 864-4401.
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