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The Inside Front
Thursday, March 1,2001
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Seniors to be honored during Sunday's game
Two University of Kansas seniors will be honored for their academic achievements Sunday during halftime at the men's basketball game against Missouri at Allen Fieldhouse.
Scott Ferree, McPherson senior, won a Marshall scholarship, and Stephanie Sprague, McPherson senior, was a state finalist for a Rhodes scholarship.
Ferree, also a Mitchell scholarship finalist, is one of eight KU students named Marshall scholars since 1953. The University has had 23 students named Rhodes scholars since 1903.
Barbara Schowen, director of the honors program, said being nominated for those scholarships was already an honor, but getting to higher stages was a feat.
The Marshall scholarship provides up to $50,000 a year for a maximum two years of graduate study in Great Britain.
The Rhodes scholarship provides two years of study at Oxford University in England, and the Mitchell scholarship pays for a year of study in Ireland.
$1.5 million donated to Engineering school
The University of Kansas will receive $1.5 million from two alumni to build a multimedia auditorium in the School of Engineering's new building.
Charles and Mary Spahr will finance the 230-seat multimedia facility, which will have cable and satellite capabilities at a cost of $1 million.
The other $500,000 will be used to set up an endowment to maintain the auditorium and to upgrade its technology in the future.
"They have been very generous to the school," Locke said.
Carl Loke Jr., dean of engineering, said the Spahrs helped the school improve the quality of the education it offered throughout the years.
— Cássio Furtado
Spahr, who retired as chairman and chief executive officer of Standard Oil Corp., received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Kansas in 1934. His wife attended the University in 1938.
Enrollment center gets rewired, new software
The University of Kansas enrollment center is receiving a cosmetic and functional overhaul.
Dan Consolver, director of academic technology services, said renovations in the enrollment center, 150 Strong Hall, should make the enrolment process easier for students.
Rewiring will support the new PeopleSoft enrollment software. The software allows the center to keep student records, such as grades, transcripts and enrollment information in one area.
The program will also allow online enrollment in the future, Consolver said.
"The driving force behind this work is to make the enrollment center better to handle enrollment and serve students better," he said.
Construction by B&A Green Construction Company will be completed before enrollment begins April 6, said company president Tracy Green.
Green said work would include installing floor panels to allow easy access to the floor wiring. Workers also will paint the room and install central air conditioning and new doors.
Andrew Davies
STATE
Gas mining industry awaits Hutchinson cause
TOPEKA — An international industry is waiting on Kansas to discover why natural gas leaked from underground salt caverns and escaped to the surface, causing deadly explosions.
The Senate Utilities Committee discussed yesterday soliciting an independent investigation to bring answers to the industry and to the people of Hutchinson.
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An international mining official told the committee Tuesday development in Germany and France was on hold. Life in Hutchinson is on hold, too. Supreme Court Davis Kraig said.
"It might help bring closure to the issue of 'is it safe to live in Hutchinson?'" said Kerr, R- Hutchinson.
On Jan. 17, natural gas leaked from a storage facility seven miles northwest of Hutchinson, built up under the city and erupted above the surface. Explosions killed two people in a mobile home park and destroyed two downtown businesses.
Proposed keg trace law stalls in state committee
The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee has delayed a vote on a bill that would require liquor stores to keep track of who buys beer kegs. Members said they had too many questions.
TOPEKA — A proposal on beer kegs hasn't tapped enough support yet to get out of committee.
Some members wondered how the new law would be enforced and whether it would accomplish its goal of reducing underage drinking. They also questioned whether cities would
have the authority to exempt themselves from such a law, rendering it toothless.
The bill is aimed at discouraging adults from buying beer beers for parties where underage drinkers are present. Critics suggest it wouldn't prevent underage drinking and would open liquor store owners to lawsuits.
Under the measure, stores would have to put identification numbers on containers of more than 4 gallons of beer and record who buys them. Law enforcement officials could check a store's record if they busted a beer bash and no one claimed the keg.
Rappers claim innocence in radio-station shooting
NATION
NEW YORK — Two rappers linked to a shootout outside a Greenwich Village radio station broke their silence yesterday, saying they were not involved.
"We're very sorry this situation occurred," Capone-N-oreaga said in brief a statement released by their publicist. "(We) had nothing to do with the shooting."
Kiam "Gapone" Holley and Victor "Noreaga" Santiago said they "are cooperating fully with the police, and hope that whoever is responsible for this is brought to justice."
Police said they believed the shooting happened Sunday as Lil' Kim was leaving the studios of Hot 97, WQHT, and Holley was arriving. More than 20 shots were fired from five guns, leaving one man in Capone-N-Noreaga's group wounded.
No arrests have been made
Clinton waives privilege, Rich refuses to testify
WASHINGTON — To convince Congress he has nothing to hide, former President Clinton said three of his closest ex-ades were free to tell a House committee whatever they wished about the clemencies he granted in his last hours in the White House.
Clinton has waived his claim to executive privilege, which could have kept his former aides from telling lawmakers everything they know about the pardon of billionaire Marc Rich. Rich lived in Switzerland since just before he was indicated in 1983 on charges of tax evasion, fraud and making illegal oil deals with Iran.
While Clinton decided Tuesday to let his aides testify freely, Rich declined to be a witness before the House Government Reform Committee, which is trying to determine whether money played a role in the presidential pardons of Rich and others.
The Associated Press
Site helps locate research funds
Students who are trying to finish a research project or thesis but haven't found the money to support themselves can look for help on the Internet.
By Laurie Harrison Special to the Kansan
Students can search the databases of a company called Community of Science (www.cos.com) for research grants, fellowships, conferences, training and materials.
Bill Sharp, workshop organizer and KU liaison to COS, said the services were free if accessed from campus computers or those with a KU dial-in account.
The University has subscribed to the online service since 1996, but members of the campus community may not be aware of its existence.
"the problem is to get the word out that this is available," he said.
Users can access public and private funding sources available to undergraduates, graduate students and faculty researchers.
"The fact that you can search funding sources by undergraduate and graduate makes this extremely useful." Sharp said.
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Doug Heacock, executive director of the Kansas Research and Education Network, attended one of the workshops.
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Sharp said the University of Kansas Center for Research would sponsor two workshops in March explaining how to use the databases.
"I was aware of COS but didn't realize there were so many other services involved," he said.
ON THE RECORD
Spots are available Tuesday, March 13, and Thursday, March 15, but registration is required. Contact Edythe Gordon at 864-7443 or at egordon@kucr.ukans.edu.
—Edited by Jacob Raddy
A moving car hit a parked car in the Robinson Center parking lot between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. yesterday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The moving car left the scene without reporting the damage. The driver of the parked car didn't notice the damage until 11 a.m. that day, the report stated. The parked car had damage to the driver's side front, including a large dent and a broken license plate. Damages were not listed.
A moving car hit a parked car in the Ellsworth Hall parking lot between 2 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages were not listed.
A car hit the back end of another car in the Lied Center parking lot at 8:55 p.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages were not listed.
A car hit a stopped KU sand-spreading truck at 15th Street and Nazism Drive at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The truck was waiting for a pedestrian to cross the road when a car behind it approached too fast. That driver slammed on his brakes and slid into the truck, damaging the truck's lower distribution chute and the sliding car's license plate bracket. Damages were not listed.
A KU student's 30-day tag was stolen between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday in the 1800 block of Naismith Drive, Lawrence police said. The tag was valued at $5.
A KU student's white 1989 Jeep Wrangler was stolen between 6 and 7:15 p.m. Monday in the 700 block of West Ninth Street, Lawrence police said. The Jeep was valued at $3,500.
ON CAMPUS
Mentors in the Lives of Kids will meet at 8:30 a.m. today at the Center for Community Outreach office, room 426 in the Kansas Union. Call Bob McKenney at 864-4073 or e-mail mkilr@raven.cc.ukans.edu.
The Peace Corps will have its 40th anniversary celebration today. An information table will be set up from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union lobby, and a presentation will be at 5:30 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Call Steve Atkinson at 838.4751
Carson Union. Call Steve Howell at 838-4751
JayRock Campus Ministry will have its weekly
Bible talks at 11 a.m. today in the alcove of
the Kansas Union cafeteria and at 7 tonight at
room 304D in the Jayhawker Towers. Call Josh
Tolley at 312-2285.
No ministries will sponsor a lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at ECM, 1204
Oreach Ave. Call Thadolomeh at 843-4933
KI Aikido Club will practice from 5:30 to 7:00
tonight at 207 Robinson Center.
KU Traditional Karate Club will practice from 6:30 to 8:30 onnight at racquetball Court No. 9
15 in Robinson. Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas Union; Call Karen Keith at 749-7491.
KU Queers and Allies will present "Woman to Woman Abuse" at 7:30 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas University, Call 864-3091.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 8 tonight at room 100 in Smith Hall. Call Mark Brown at 550-5503.
Radical Christians will meet from 8 to 9 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather Henslaring at 841-8661.
KU HorrorZontals men's ultimate Frisbee 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. Call Olivia Stockman at 840-0404.
Okinawan Goji-Ryu Karate will meet from 9 to 10:30 tonight at room 207 in Robinson. Call Ryan Ness at [785] 218-7415.
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training
Digital Video Editing Prerequisite: Knowledge of HTML and PowerPoint is a plus, but not necessary. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Mon., March 5, 2-5 p.m., Budig Media Lab, 10 Budig Hall
Access: Reports Prerequisite: Access: Intermediate. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Tues., March 6, 9 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center South Lab
Outlook: Message Management (Macintosh) Prerequisite: A KU Exchange account and Outlook: Introduction. Requires registration for all. For KU faculty, staff and students only. Tues., March 6, 1:30-3 p.m., Computer Center Lab
Outlook: Rules Management (Macintosh) Prerequisite: A KU Exchange account and Outlook: Introduction. For KU faculty, staff and students only. Tues., March 6, 3:30- 4:30 p.m., Computer Center North Lab
Web Authoring: Intermediate Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Introduction. Wed., March 7, 9 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center South Lab
Netscape Composer Prerequisite: none. No registration. Wed., March 7, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Windows for Beginners Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Thurs., March 8, 10 a.m. - Noon, Computer Center South Lab
Web Authoring: Improving Accessibility Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets Introduction. Thurs., March 8, 1:30 -4:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab