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The Inside Front
Tuesday February 27, 2001
News
from campus, the state. the nation and the world
CAMPUS
No one arrested after late-night party fight
The KU Public Safety Office confirmed that no one was arrested when a fight broke out during a party at the Kansas Union at 12:45 a.m. Saturday.
The party was a scheduled event during the Big XII Conference on Black Student Government. Both conference participants and nonconference students were allowed to attend.
Although the cause of the fight is unknown, Lt. Schuley Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said the party disbanded after the fighting began.
Because no one filed a report with the Public Safety Office about being injured or involved with the fight, the office has no report about the incident.
Bailey said Public Safety officers were at the conference because it was departmental policy to attend all late-night events at the Kansas Union
Sgt. Mike Pattrick, Lawrence Police Department, said police received a dispatch about a fight at the Union and the Public Safety Office requesting assistance. However, Pattrick said, the police had played only a supporting role to the safety office.
— Amanda Beglin
No students meet new dean candidate
School of Education dean candidate Eileen Oliver visited the University yesterday to meet with students, but no students showed up to meet her.
The meeting was designed to give students an opportunity to ask the candidate questions. The meeting also was for students to become a part of the search for a new dean.
Oliver, associate dean of education at California State University-San Marcos, was the fourth of six dean candidates to come to the University. All of the candidates will participate in similar forums with students.
Candidate Larry Eblers, a professor of education at Iowa State University, will visit tomorrow.
Susan Twomby, professor of education, said the search committee would try to recommend a new dean to Provost David Shulenburger before spring break.
— Cássio Furtado
"Jam band" returns with new, jazzier riffs
Lawrence-based "jam band"
Einstein Electric will end a two-year
hiatus with a show at 10 p.m. tomorrow
at the Granada, 1020
Massachusetts.
The band developed a following
playing rock and roll in bars and festivals for six years. But they took a break in 1999 when guitarist Brian Baggett decided to change his focus.
"I'd been studying jazz heavily and felt the band didn't fit what I was trying to do," Baggett said.
He formed Embious Trio, a modern jazz ensemble, with Einstein keyboardist Ben Singer and drummer Matt Miner.
The three original Einstein members have added bass guitarist Chris Handley and honed their sound.
Their return coincides with popular jam band Phish's announcement to take a break of its own. Einstein Electric has been compared to Phish, but Baggett said Phish's hiatus had nothing to do with the band's reappearance. He said the motive was new and better music.
"The band is more powerful than it's ever been." Baggett said.
it's ever been, Baggett said.
Other Lawrence bands Random
Happening and Subway Mind will
appear at the Granada with Einstein
Electric. Tickets are $6 for those
younger than 21 and $4 for those 21
and older.
— Sarah Smarsh
A 21-year-old KU student who works as a DJ at Duffy's reported to Lawrence police that he was punched repeatedly in the face after he did not play a song someone had requested, Set, Mike Patrick said.
Patrick said the suspect was an acquaintance of the victim and tried to strike the student several times in the Ramada Inn parking lot, 2222 W. Sixth St., during the Feb. 15 incident. When that was unsuccessful, the suspect grabbed the student from behind and punched him in the face repeatedly while telling the student to apologize.
Student files report against bar bouncer
A 21-year-old KU student filed a battery report with the Lawrence Police Department yesterday morning, claiming she had been shoved too hard by bouncers kicking her out of a bar in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said.
Sgt. Mike Patrick said a bar employee told the student her ID did not look real. The student then questioned why she had to leave and threw a drink in the employee's face, Patrick said.
Records stay closed in Dartmouth killings
NATION
MONTPELIEI, Vt. — News organizations took their case to Vermont's highest court yesterday after a judge refused to open records that might explain why authorities have charged two teenagers with killing two Dartmouth College professors.
He said several bouncers then pushed the student and her friends out the door.
— Lauren Brandenburg
The Associated Press, the Times Argus, the Rutland Herald, WCAX-TV and WPTZ-TV appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court to reverse the lower court ruling.
The sealed records include affidavits for search warrants and a request for physical evidence from the suspects.
It was not known when the Supreme Court would hear the case.
Prosecutors said releasing the documents could jeopardize their continuing investigation, and District Judge Patricia Zimmerman sided with them yesterday.
"Piecemeal dissemination of information does not promote an understanding of the investigation and charges in this case; rather the opposite occurs, and has occurred, in this case," Zimmerman wrote.
Court grills lawyers in Microsoft appeal
WASHINGTON — Microsoft told a U.S. appeals court yesterday that it did not illegally stifle competitors. The judges asked lawyers for the software giant and the government pointed questions about practices that led to the company's court-ordered breakup.
"I don't see how you can get a reversal on this part of your case." Judge David Tatel told Microsoft's lawyer at one point in early arguments that focused on Microsoft's battles with Netscape, its chief rival in the Internet browser market.
Government lawyers came under tough questions, too, about why they went after Microsoft.
Northwest will be next to have power outages
Native-American art on display
LOS ANGELES — As Californians brace for a summer of anticipated power shortages and the possibility of rolling blackouts, experts are warning their neighbors in states across the West to be ready for the possibility of having to share the pain. Natural gas supplies are tight, reservoirs are low and a heat wave could drive up demand for electricity. All the Western states share a power transmission grid, but the area most likely to face problems similar to California's is the Northwest. Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana depend heavily on hydroelectric power, an energy source facing a double challenge this year.
The Associated Press
By Malissa Bronnenberg jayplay@kansan.com Special to the Kanson
A collection of Native American artifacts and paintings by the late artist Blackbear Bosin of the Comanche and Kiowa tribes is on display in the Museum of Anthropology.
"Blackbear Bosin: Artist and Collector" will run until Aug. 5. The five paintings are on loan to the museum from Britt and Ann Brown of Wichita, longtime friends of Bosin.
"Bosin was a marvelous painter, and these complement the exhibit and tell more about the person who made the collection," said Maria Martin, public relations coordinator. "We picked the paintings up recently, and they were actually on his walls."
The artifacts were donated in 1998, and Sara Summers, curatorial assistant for the museum, photographed and catalogued each artifact in the spring. When her boss suggested an exhibit about Bosin, Summers jumped at the chance.
"It's a really diverse collection and not concentrated on one specific item. I wanted to concentrate on the collection itself and Bosin's life and his motivations." Summers said.
"The paintings were wrapped in paper, and I got to unwrap them all. It was like Christmas," Summers said.
ON THE RECORD
Summers didn't get to meet the Browns when the paintings were picked up in Wichita, but she was the first person to glimpse what was underneath the packages.
An Apple Powerbook laptop computer and accompanying mouse, adapter and software were stolen from the Delta Chi fraternity house between 4 p.m. Feb. 8 and 8:30 a.m.
Saturday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $2,030.
- Edited by Brandy Straw
A KU student's cell phone was stolen from Robinson Center between 10 p.m. and midnight Feb. 8, the KU Public Safety Office said. The phone was valued at $35.
Two cars collided at 18th Street and Naismith Drive at 2:26 p.m. Feb. 20, the KU Public Safety Office said. The driver of one car was turning onto Naismith Drive when he hit an approaching car. The driver crossing the intersection was cited for a stop sign violation. No one was injured and damages were not listed.
A KU student's 1993 Saturn was damaged in the Quigley Field parking lot between 10:30 a.m. and noon on Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages were estimated at $300.
Two cars collided on Joseph R. Pearson Drive at 3:18 p.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. A car was turning onto 11th Street when it hit an approaching car. The driver making the
turn was cited for inattentive driving and having an expired driver's license.
A KU student was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence on Saturday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The officer reported being at the intersection at 2:50 a.m. to clock speeders when a moped sped by him. The driver fell and started sliding, leaving a trail of sparks and injuring his leg. The student refused medical attention and failed several field sobriety tests, according to the report. He was arrested, and he kicked an officer and screamed while being put in the patrol car. The student opened the back door and stuck his feet out so police could not close the door, according to the report. The student was taken to Douglas County Jail.
A KU student's spare tire and license plate were taken from his car between 5 p.m. Feb. 20 and 1 p.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The car was parked in the McCollom Hall parking lot. The items were valued at $300.
A KU student's 2000 Ford Mustang was keyed between midnight and 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. The damage estimate was unknown.
ON CAMPUS
Watkins Clinic Health Promotion will have a compulsive over/under-eating group at 7:30 a.m. today at the Watkins health promotion conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Call 312-1521.
KI Aikido Club will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at 207 Robinson Center.
Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Sunflower Room in the Burge Union. Call Juan Toledo at 312-9120.
KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at racteeball court No. 15 at Robinson Center, Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990
KU Water Palo will practice at 7 tonight at Robinson Park. Call Jason Blazer at 312-2277.
Students for a Free Tibet will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. Call Pat Barrett at 830-9485.
United Methodist Campus Ministry will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Heather Hensaring at 841-8661.
KU College Republicans will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Call Gavin Smith at 832-6201.
KU Environs will meet at 8 tonight at the lobby on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Call Scott at 312-2228.
Okinawan Goji-Ryu Karate will meet from 9 to 10:30 tonight at 207 Robinson Center. Call Ryan Ness at [785] 218-7415.
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