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The Inside Front
Wednesday,
February 21, 2001
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Group to have session on internships abroad
Students interested in international paid internships will have a chance to learn more opportunities and fill out applications during AIESEC information sessions at 7:30 p.m. today and tomorrow at 413 Summerfield.
AIESEC is a student organization that provides paid internships abroad.
AIESEC internships give students the opportunity to work abroad for a summer or up to a year and a half. Internships are available in accounting, marketing, teaching and other fields in more than 80 countries.
Language proficiency is not required, but students with knowledge of a foreign language may choose to work in a region where that language is spoken.
"It gives students a chance to cheaply go abroad and gain experience towards a résumé," said Chrissy Bowers, Emporia junior and AIESEC member.
Bowers said there were AIESEC groups in every place students may go, which helped to make the transition process to another country and culture easier.
STATE
Cynthia Malakasis
Former sheriff sues state attorney general
Meneley's lawsuits seek more than $200,000 in damages.
TOPEKA — Former Shawnee County Sheriff Dave Meneley has sued Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall, claiming she maliciously prosecuted him.
Mary Tritsch, representative for the attorney general's office, said Monday that Stovall declined to comment on the lawsuit.
The lawsuit contends Stovall isn't entitled to immunity because she was a complaining witness, an investigator and her actions were administrative, not prosecutorial in the Meneley ouster case.
Stowall filed a civil ouster action against Meneley on May 24, 1999, alleging 13 counts of willful misconduct in office or violations of "moral turpitude."
Five counts linked to use of a restricted computer database for nonlaw enforcement purposes were dismissed before the ouster trial ended.
Possible gas leak cause found in Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON — Drilling crews have established 12 deep wells that are burning or venting natural gas from
beneath Hutchinson where gas explosions killed two people and destroyed part of downtown.
Crews hit natural gas at four more sites Monday, though one site where gas was expected to be found came up drv.
Also on Monday, a Kansas Gas service official confirmed gas and water were discovered leaking more than a week ago from an old brine well south and east of the Yaggy gas storage field.
Records on file with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment indicate drilling crews struck a metal object inside the pipe casing of a salt cavern while trying to reopen it in 1992.
Attempts to drill out the object might have damaged the casing, possibly leading to the catastrophic leak of gas from the cavern that is believed to be the cause of Hutchinson's natural gas crisis.
NATION
Analysis deems some U.S. bridges "deficient"
WASHINGTON An Associated Press computer analysis of Federal Highway Administration records found 167,993 of 587,755 bridges, or 29 percent, were rated by the government as "deficient" as of Aug. 31, 2000.
That's a slight improvement from four years earlier when 31 percent of bridges were deemed deficient, defined as structures that either require repairs or are too narrow or weak to handle the traffic that must use the bridges.
"What you're seeing is even though we've had increased funding recently, they're still playing catch-up ball," said Stephen Hayes, a representative for AAA, the motorist and travel organization. "We're still seeing the transportation infrastructure continue to deteriorate."
Man takes privacy case to U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — An Oregon man says narcotics agents invaded his privacy and trampled on his Fourth Amendment rights when they used a device to detect excessive heat coming from his house — without a search warrant.
The "thermal imager," a camera-like device that depicts infrared radiation, gave law enforcement officials a piece of evidence that led to a search warrant for Danny Lee Kyilo's home in Florence, Ore. Inside, agents found drug paraphernalia and more than 100 marijuana plants, and arrested him.
Kyllo has appealed his case to the Supreme Court, which yesterday was
considering whether law enforcement officials violated a constitutional ban on unreasonable searches when they used the heat-sensing device. The nine-year-old case pits technology against personal privacy.
Bush's plan questioned for religious bias
WASHINGTON — President Bush's plan to allow churches, synagogues and other religious bodies to compete for government money is drawing quiet objections from religious groups that are among the biggest providers of social services.
While not opposing Bush's initiative outright, Lutheran, Catholic and Jewish groups are raising concerns about potential religious discrimination and coercion, echoing arguments from civil libertarian quarters.
"We believe basically in that separation in church and state," said Joanne Negstad, president of Lutheran Services in America, an umbrella organization for 280 groups.
The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives opened yesterday, and its head, John Dilulio, has been busy meeting with these and other groups, trying to address concerns and build support.
The most vocal opposition to Bush's proposal has come from groups such as Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Teen murder suspects captured at truck stop
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — Waiting in the pre-dawn cold at a truck stop, two teen-agers wanted for the murders of two popular Dartmouth College professors were expecting a lift from a truck driver.
Instead, a police officer who overheard a CB radio message from another trucker who said the two teens were looking for a ride to California, arranged for the boys to be driven to the county jail.
"I actually didn't expect it to be them, but I thought it was worth checking out," Sgt. William Ward said Monday.
Ward pretended to be a trucker and radioed the truck driver to drop the teens off at the flying J Plaza on Interstate 70 for a 4 a.m. pickup. Instead of a tractor trailer, two deputies arrived.
James Parker, 16, and Robert Tulloch, 17, were captured before dawn Monday, more than 700 miles from the site of the Hanover, N.H., slavings.
Both face adult charges of two counts of first-degree murder in the Jan. 27 stabbing deaths of professors Half and Susanne Zantop.
The Associated Press
Bush hopes trip will build support
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — President George W. Bush used campaign-style events in the Midwest yesterday while trying to build support for his education and tax-cut proposals in the closely divided Congress.
Both his multibillion dollar blueprint to help schools that fall behind and his $1.6-trillion, 10-year tax cut have run into substantial opposition, principally but not entirely from Democrats.
Bush said the budget he would submit to Congress next week would earmark $5 billion more for elementary school reading programs during the next five years — as he advocated during his campaign.
"I believe we can do a better job of teaching children to read."
Later in the day, Bush promoted his tax cut plan at a civic center in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood.
he said at the Moline Elementary School here.
Bush's two-day trip — his first as president to promote his top domestic priorities — resembled a campaign swing, including language from last year's stump speeches. It was an effort "to take his agenda to the country," said representative Ari Fleischer.
"Accountability is critically important to meet the goal that no child should be left behind," Bush told his St. Louis audience.
Bush toured reading classes in both Ohio and Missouri with his wife Laura, a former public school teacher and librarian, to promote his education plan that
would consolidate dozens of programs into five general grant categories, test students annually in order to hold schools accountable for how much they learn, and award children vouchers that would allow them to attend private schools in some cases.
Fleischer said Bush's budget for fiscal 2002 would include $900 million for programs that help children through third grade learn to read — a threefold increase from current spending. Some of the money would be used for retraining teachers.
In all, Bush has proposed spending $47.5 billion on education during the next decade.
Liberal Democrats in the House have proposed a $110 billion increase in federal spending on public schools in the next five years to rival Bush's proposal.
ON THE RECORD
Two cars collided at the corner of 15th Street and Naismith Drive at 2:50 p.m. Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said. No one was injured. Both cars sustained minor front bumper damage. One driver was cited for inattentive driving.
A CD player, Pioneer amplifier and speaker tube were stolen from a KU student's car between 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 a.m. Monday,
Lawrence police said. The car was parked in the 400 block of Wisconsin Street. The items were valued at $400.
A KU student's 1997 Ford Ranger was damaged between 1:15 a.m. and 1:20 a.m. Feb. 9, Lawrence police said. The truck was parked in the 500 block of Locust Street. Damage was estimated at $1,000.
ON CAMPUS
the School of Fine Arts and the Kansas Union will present Brown Bag Classics at 12:30 p.m. today at Aldersdon Auditorium at the Kansas Union. Drinks will be provided. Call the Student Union Activities box office at 864.SHOW.
The Kansas Academic Advisor Network and the Office of the Provost will present the Brown Bag Adviser Series from noon to 1:30 p.m. today at Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Call Lynn Mossler at 864-2883.
The KU Chapter of American Society of Civil Engineers will meet at 12:30 p.m. today at room 3024 in Learned Hall. Call Richard Gostautos at 864-4846.
The Polish Club will sponsor the lecture, "From a Polish Space to the Land of Oz" by Professor Bozena Posik-Duncan at 4 p.m. today at room 4012 in Wescoe Hall. Call A. Karcz at 864-2351
■ Prenursing Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the second-floor conference room in Walkins Memorial Health Center, Call Jillian Sherwood at 312-7633
KU Water Polo will practice at 7 tonight at Robinson Natatorium. Call Jason Blazer at 312-2277.
The United Methodist Campus Ministry Fellowship
dinner will be from 6:30 to 7:30 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather Henslairn at 841-8661.
The KU Chess Club will meet at 7 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. Call Matt Miller at 832-0733.
February Sisters Association will present "Calling the Ghosts; A Story about Rape, War and Women" at 7 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas University. Call Sharon at 864-4012.
ACT in Faith will meet at 7 onight at ECM. Call
Batholomie at 841-8661
WomanSpace will meet from 8 to 9 tonight in the upstairs at the ECM. Call Heather Hensarling at 841-8661.
First Nations Student Association will meet at 7 tonight at the Student Union Tecumseh Hall at Haskell Indian Nations University, Call Michael Stewart at 312.9877.
The Pagan Club will meet at 8 tonight at the eighth floor lobby of Hashinger Hall. Call Jenn Old at 843-5638.
Ichthus will meet at 8 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
amn American Solidarity, will meet at 8 tonight at ECM. Call Rebekah Moses at 312-1985.
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