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The Inside Front
Wednesday,
February 14, 2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
A story in yesterday's Kansan misidentified the location of the "Save A Sweetheart Week" information tables. The tables will be set up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Wesco Terrace and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. Tables also will be set up from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Wesco Terrace and the Kansas Union.
CAMPUS
New chairs, risers installed in theatre
New chairs and seating platforms have been installed in the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall. A fundraiser last fall, run by the University Theatre's support organization, FRIENDS of the Theatre, raised $20,000 for the improvements.
The renovations will be complete in time for tomorrow's opening of "An American Medley," a series of four short plays.
Alex Weston, stage manager for the University Theatre, said the audience would benefit from a "much nicer environment to watch a show in."
"You'll be able to see much more clearly, without having to look through the head of the person in front of you." Weston said.
The new risers are eight inches in height, as opposed to the older, six-inch risers, Weston said. The new chairs have arms and are cushioned. Weston said the new equipment also benefited the technical crew, as setup time for the new platforms was a fraction of that for the older ones.
The theater support group's October fundraiser featured NBC news personality Bob Dotson, a 1968 graduate of the University of Kansas, who spoke to more than 100 theater supporters at a gala dinner.
STATE
— Sarah Smarsh
Children survive being hit by drunk driver
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — An 8-year-old Leavenworth girl was in serious condition yesterday after a sled carrying her and her brother collided with a pickup equipped with a snow plow last week.
Police arrested the truck's driver after finding he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.152 percent, nearly double the legal limit.
The driver has not been charged. But Leavenworth County Attorney Frank Kohl said he was investigating whether to charge the man with driving under the influence or a more serious charge involving recklessness.
Police said Jessica McCall and her seven-year-old brother Justin sledded down a hill and onto a city street, where they were hit by the plow. Jessica was flown to a Kansas City hospital.
Police Lieutenant Patrick Kitchens said Jessica had a fractured skull and back and brain injuries. Her brother had minor injuries.
NATION
Six soldiers die after Army helicopter crash
HONOLULU — Six soldiers died when two Army Black Hawk hell-copters crashed during a nighttime exercise on the island of Oahu. Seven others were injured.
The names of the dead and injured were not disclosed, pending notification of their families. Four of the 17 soldiers on the two aircraft escaped unharmed.
The accident involved two UH60 helicopters participating in an exercise above kahuki on Monday evening, said Maj. Nancy Makowski, a spokeswoman for the 25th Infantry Division based at Schofield Barracks It was initially thought the two helicopters collided in the air, but Makowski said that had not been confirmed and would be determined in an investigation.
Napster must find way to profit from defeat
SAN FRANCISCO — Napster Inc., the internet song-swapping sensation, has its work cut out if it wants to parlay its latest legal defeat into financial victory.
Napster had plans to start charging subscription fees by summer, but major record labels haven't yet been persuaded to work side-by-side with the Redwood City-based company and, as a result, will not willingly part with titles from their coveted artists. It's not even clear whether the one industry heavyweight that does support Napster, Bertelsmann AG, will continue to finance the Internet upstart in the face of a losing legal battle.
Under Monday's ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the company must somehow stop the millions of people who use it to swap copyrighted music without charge and without restriction.
Nurse shortage will be problem, experts warn
WASHINGTON — The most vulnerable patients in the nation's operating rooms, intensive care units and newborn wards won't have enough able caregivers in 20 years because of a
shrinking pool of registered nurses, health experts warned Congress yesterday.
The hearing on how much the federal government should pay for recruiting or keeping nurses came as the Health and Human Services Department prepared to release new figures today on the nursing work force.
Preliminary data provided by the Senate yesterday shows out of 2.7 million licensed registered nurses, 2.2 million were employed as nurses in 2000. That is compared with the 2.5 million licensed to practice, and 2.1 million employed in the 1996 government survey, conducted by the department's Bureau of Health Professions.
From 1996 to 2000, the average age of registered nurses has risen from 44.3 to 45.2, the Health Department figures show.
Federal officials and nursing groups agree the nation will experience an acute shortage of registered nurses starting in 2010, when today's nurses start to retire.
NEAR continues signals but no one will listen
COLUMBIA, Md. — NEAR, the spacecraft that became the first man-made object to land on an asteroid, may continue sending its signal for months, but after today, nobody will be listening.
The spacecraft, designed for orbiting and not landing, astounded even the experts Monday by touching down so gently on the asteroid, Eros, that its radio beacon continued to send a strong signal to Earth. Mission director Robert Farquhar said if the craft's solar panels continued to generate electricity, the signal could last at least three months.
But today, the five-year mission off cially ends, said Farquhar, and NASA's Deep Space Network would no longer relay signals from Eros, some 196 million miles away.
WORLD
Israeli political camps close to forming union
JERUSALEM — Israel's two rival political camps, led by Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon and his defeated predecessor, Ehud Barak, are very close to forming a joint government that would seek only a partial peace deal with the Palestinians, a Sharon representative said yesterday.
Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles toward a car, killing a Palestinian security agent and injuring four others in a nearby vehicle, police said.
— The Associated Press
Second quake rocks El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A strong earthquake struck El Salvador yesterday morning, killing at least 70 people and adding to the destruction caused by a January trember in which more than 800 died.
The Associated Press
Officials said at least 70 people died and hundreds of houses collapsed yesterday in a nation still on emergency footing following a 7.6-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 13 that forced hundreds of thousands to abandon damaged or destroyed homes.
"It is true that this is another blow for El Salvador, but I call for tranquility. We have to be calm," President Francisco Flores said after he took a helicopter flight to assess the damage.
Residents of the capital city San Salvador fled into the streets in panic as the earthquake hit. Major highways were closed by landslides.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.1. It hit about 8:25 a.m., and was centered 15 miles east-southeast of the capital, San Salvador. Its shallow, land-based epicenter meant it was felt strongly not only in El Salvador but in neighboring Guatemala and Honduras.
About 200 houses collapsed in the town of San Cayetano Istepeque, roughly 30 miles east of the capital, according to Public Works Minister Jose Angel Quiros.
The government canceled school and closed all public buildings, including hospitals, so they could be checked for possible damage. San Salvador's airport also was closed briefly.
Telephone service was patchy to many parts of the country.
Landslides blocked several highways still under restoration after the January quake. Among those closed again was the Pan-American Highway to Guatemala.
The Green Cross rescue service said a collapsing grain tower killed two people in San Martin, 11 miles east of the capital, and 75 houses in that city were reported damaged.
There were no reports of additional damage in Santa Tecla, the city where hundreds of people were buried by a landslide caused by January's quake.
Officials said at least 827 people died in the January quake, but hundreds remained missing and hundreds of thousands were homeless.
More than 3,200 aftershocks followed the January quake.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student lost her purse at Allen Fieldhouse between 7 and 10 p.m. Feb. 5, the KU Public Safety Office said. The purse contained a wallet, $5 cash, a Target credit card, Conoco gas card, a bank card, an Old Navy gift certificate, a Kansas drivers license and her KUID. The items were valued at $108.
A 22-year-old KU student was arrested Monday afternoon outside of Watson Library on Jayhawk Boulevard, the KU Public Safety Office said. The arresting officer said he was dispatched to Watson Library in response to a man having trouble getting into his car. The officer reported
the car as being the student's, but he found a warrant for the student's arrest. The student was arrested for failure to appear in Lawrence Municipal Court and gardens taken to Duncan County jail.
A KU staff member's red parking permit was stolen from her car in the Visitor's Center parking lot between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The permit was valued at $47.52
A KU student reported being harassed by phone in her room on the seventh floor of Templin Hall between 11:25 and 11:40 a.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
ON CAMPUS
The February Sisters Association will accept donations for its Donate a Phone Campaign from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday, Feb. 23, at the University Theatre Box Office at Murphy Hall. The wireless phones collected will be donated to domestic violence victims. Call Sharon at 864-4012 or e-mail febsibers@yahoo.com.
University Career and Employment Services will present the workshop, "Job Winning Resume" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today at room 149 in the Burge Union, Cell Ann Hearing at 864-3624
The KU Running and Jogging Club will meet for its
The School of Fine Arts and the Kansas Union will present Brown Bag Classics at 12:30 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union. Drinks will be provided. Call the SUA box office at 864-SHOW.
KU Traditional Karate Club will practice from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at racquetball court No. 15 in Robinson Center. Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
daily run at 4:30 p.m. today at the oak tree at the east entrance of Robinson Center. Call Michael Roessler at 312-3193.
KU Water Polo will practice at 7 night at Robinson Pool. Call Inslaz Berzer at 312.2277
The United Methodist Compus Ministry Fellowship dinner will be from 6:30 to 7:30 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave Cell Heather Hanningford at 841.8641
ACT in Faith will meet at 7 onight at ECM. Call Gavy Bartholomew at 841-8661.
WomanSpace will meet from 8 to 9 tonight in the upstairs at the ECM. Call Heather Hensarling at 841-8661.
ET CETERA
The University Daily Kansan is student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall.
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paid in Lowrence, Kan. 66044.
Annual subscriptions by mail are $120. Student subscriptions of $2.33 are paid through the student activity fee.
Postmaster: Send address changes to the University Daily Kansan, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Ken. 60645.
The Kansan prints campus events that are free and open to the public. When information is submitted, the event's sponsor, name and phone number must be on the form, which is available in the On Campus mailbox in the Kansan newsroom, 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Items must be turned in two days
in advance of the desired publication date. Forms can also be filled out online at www.kansan.com — these requests will appear on Kansan.com as well as the Kansan. On Campus is printed on a space-available basis. On Campus is a free service provided by the Kansan to the University community.
All ACS classes are FREE to KU students, staff, and faculty and don't require registration UNLESS otherwise noted.
Register at acworship@ ukans.edu or 864-0494.
Academic Computing Services
Web Authoring: Foundations Mon., Feb. 19, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Web Authoring: Perl Prerequisite: UNIX Mon., Feb. 19, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Academic Computing Services FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
ACS complete
class schedule:
www.ukans.
edu/acs/
training
Outlook: Granting Folder Access (Windows) Prerequisite: A KU Exchange account and Outlook: Introduction. For KU faculty, staff and students only. Requires registration. Tues., Feb. 20, 4 p.m.-5 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
Outlook: Folder Management (Windows) Prerequisite: A KU Exchange account and Outlook: Introduction. For KU faculty, staff and students only. Requires registration.
Tues., Feb. 20, 1:30--3:30 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
Web Authoring: Publish Your Web Page on the Internet Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Introduction. For KU faculty, staff and students only. Wed., Feb. 21, 1-2 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Web Authoring: Introduction Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Foundations. Wed., Feb.
21, 9 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center South Lab
PowerPoint: Introduction Requires registration. This session is for KU faculty only.
Wed., Feb. 21, 2:30-4 p.m., Budig Media Lab, 10 Budig Hall
Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets Introduction Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Intermediate. Thurs., Feb. 22, 1:30:40 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Graphics: Foundations Thurs., Feb. 22, 5:30-7 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Photoshop Clinic Prerequisite: Some experience in Photoshop. Fri., Feb. 23,
10 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center South Lab
LAST CHANCE
If you would like to have an image of you, or you and your friends, or you and your pet, or whatever immortalized in the Jayhawwer Yearbook, and you missed the formal picture week, you have a new opportunity.
Bring your favorite picture from the 2000-2001 school year to the yearbook office,428 Kansas Union, by Wednesday,February 21,and we will print your photo in
a special section.
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