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The Inside Front
Friday February 9,2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTIONS
Tonight
- The Conservatory Orchestra with violinist Benny Kim and cellist Carter Enyear perform Brahms "Double Concerto" at the UMKC Conservatory of Music at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $6, free for students. Call 816/235-2700 for more information.
Tomorrow
"Dinosaurus," part of the KU Theatre for Young People series, will be at 7 p.m. Visit www.kutheatre.com for more information.
Dr. Jan Schal, Sanders Sosland curator of modern and contemporary art, will present "Revisiting 20th Century Art The Late Years; Postmodern Critique and Beyond" at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street. Cost per class is $6 for members and $7 for non-members. Call (816) 751-1322.
Sunday
The Takacs Quartet will perform at 3 p.m. at the Lied Center. Call 864-ARTS.
Ongoing
- "Seeing the Unseen" photography exhibit is now open at the Kansas City Museum. Admission is $2.50 for adults, $2 for children. Call (816) 483-8300.
ON CAMPUS
Free newspapers done, may return in the future
Today is the last day of the Student Senate sponsored newspaper leadership pilot program. That means students will no longer be able to pick up free newspapers at the Kansas Union and Wescoe and Oliver halls.
Next week, surveys will be passed out near the locations where the papers used to be, said Ben Walker, student body president. He said the surveys will help determine if the program was a success.
Depending on the results of the survey, Walker will consider drafting legislation that could raise student fees in order to have the free papers distributed during fall and spring semesters.
Brooke Hesler
Walker said he had received positive feedback about the project.
KU faculty receives grant to study nation's pollution
University of Kansas faculty members will try to determine what effect government intervention has on the behaviors of the nation's worst chemical facility polluters.
With the help of a $341,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, Dietrich Earnhart, assistant professor of economics and environmental studies, and three of her KU
colleagues will study the relationship between the government and polluters.
Earnhart said the three-year study would analyze the polluters' compliance level of EPA emission standards, the effects of government intervention and the motivations of polluters to be better stewards of the environment.
While the EPA already has done a good job of tracking the compliance level of the major polluters, Earnhart said, it has done little analysis of why the polluters — major or minor — are in or out of compliance with its standards.
To determine the level of compliance, Earnhart and her colleagues will survey 512 of America's major polluters, as defined by the EPA, and half of nearly 2,000 minor polluters.
Tatsuji Ebihara, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering; Donald Haider-Markel, director of the Survey Research Center at the KU Policy Research Institute; and Robert Glickman, distinguished law professor, also will work on the project.
Alumnus' donation funds biodiversity scholarship
Graduate students conduct biodiversity research just got a little help.
versity research just got a little help.
KU alumnus Leuman D. Harris and his wife, Judith L. Harris, have established a $50,000 endowed scholarship specifically for those students.
John Scarfe, communications director at the University of Kansas Endowment Association, said this was the first scholarship to directly acknowledge biodiversity as a science. The endowed fund will be used to grant one scholarship per year beginning next fall, said Scarfe.
The amount of the scholarship was not known.
The Leaman D. Harris Biodiversity Scholarship also memorializes his parents, Albert Ion Harris and Carmen Angeline Waters Harris, whom he attributes with developing his curiosity of the natural world.
Harris graduated from the University in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in geological engineering and in 1963 with a master's degree in geology.
Danny Phillips
by a member of the Secret Service uniformed division after waving his gun at police and terrified tourists just outside the wrought-iron fence that borders the scenic South Lawn.
WASHINGTON — Police are trying to determine why a former Internal Revenue Service employee with a history of mental illness fired several shots outside the White House in a midday drama that is raising questions about security at the president's home. The suspect, identified by law enforcement sources as Robert W. Pickett, 47, of Evansville, Ind., was shot in the leg Wednesday
Advocacy groups believe Bush has closed offices
NATION White House shooting raises security concerns
WASHINGTON — The White House backed away Wednesday from a remark by a top White House official taken to mean that Bush was abolishing the Office of National AIDS Policy and the Office of the President's Initiative for One America.
"They're not being closed," said Margaret LaMontagne. Bush's domestic policy chief. As for policies regarding race or AIDS, LaMontagne said they would be treated the same and have the same access to the president. Advocacy groups had a different take: dispersing the offices' duties within the White House actually is tantamount to a closure.
Bush seeks approval for $1.6 trillion plan
WASHINGTON — President Bush is sending his $1.6 trillion, 10-year taxcutting proposal to Congress, where a fight is brewing over its scope. The president is adamant that the plan is "the right size," warning Democrats and Republicans alike not to make substantial changes. In a Rose Garden ceremony yesterday, Bush formally transmitted the outlines of the plan to Capitol Hill. The plan closely mirrors the cuts that Bush made the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, including reducing income-tax rates, easing the marriage penalty, phasing out the estate tax and boosting tax breaks for charitable contributions.
Officer testimony says Combs didn't throw gun
NEW YORK — A police officer testified yesterday that he never saw rap entrepreneur Sean "Puffy" Combs or anyone in his entourage throw a gun from their vehicle as they fled a nightclub shooting.
Prosecutors have said someone in the vehicle threw a gun out the window, and another gun was found inside the vehicle.
Combs and his bodyguard, Anthony "Wolf" Jones, have pleaded not guilty to weapons possession and bribery charges for allegedly asking their driver to claim one of the guns.
Sgt. Jack Konstantinidis said he had followed the vehicle for 11 blocks after it sped from a Times Square nightclub on Dec. 27, 1999, and finally forced it to stop, did not see anyone throw a gun out a window.
The gun prosecutors say it was thrown from the vehicle and was found along the vehicle's route from the nightclub.
Company funds educations
Khalid Al-Sadoon worked to excel in his studies at the schools in Saudi Arabia. Through hard work, Al-Sadoon succeeded in his goal of leaving his homeland for college — and he doesn't pay a dime.
By Michelle Ward
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff write
Through a program offered by Aramco Services Company, a Saudi Arabia-based oil company, he was given the opportunity to get a free education at the University of Kansas. Aramco provides male high school graduates in Saudi Arabia a chance to study in the United States. There are about 12 students attending the University on Aramco's dime.
The full ride does come with strings attached. The oil company approves students' majors and class schedules and after graduation, the students will return to work in Saudi Arabia for the same number of years they attended school abroad.
"If you like the culture and the people, you are set for life there," said Al-Sadoon, a Jubail, Saudi Arabia, sophomore. "It is a great job opportunity that pays a lot of money."
Al-Sadone said he had mixed feelings about his future in Saudi Arabia. He will take a position in an Aramco office, most likely in the middle of the desert. The pay will be good, and his house will be paid for, but he said he has grown to love the United States and the University.
"I am just trying to enjoy my time while I am here." he said.
Recent Saudi Arabian high school graduates apply for the program by completing various tests. First, the students must pass a timed, general math test. Then, if they've passed that test, they'll face a battery of exams, including chemistry, physics, English, Arabic and more math. Each year 100 to 150 students make the cut and attend universities throughout the world.
Mark Algren, a language specialist at the Applied English Center, works with the students during
their orientation to the University. The University is one of three national orientation sites for the program. After orientation, students can choose to stay in Kansas or transfer to another university.
"These are the cream of the crop," Algren said. "These would be National Merit Scholars in this country. They have made an investment in their futures and are highly motivated to learn while they are here."
With acceptance into the program, the students lose autonomy over their major and choice of classes. They submit their top three choices for majors to the company, which will match the students' requests with its own needs. Students must enroll in 15 hours of pre-approved classes and take nine hours of class during the summer.
reed ALBibisi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabi, freshman,
said if he had been stuck with a major he didn't
like, he would have turned down the offer.
"I chose computer engineering, and they gave me computer science," Al-Bilbisi said. "They are close and it is not a big difference."
The students do receive perks as a future Aramco employee. They receive a $1,500 monthly salary with a bonus for good grades. They also receive insurance and additional funds for items such as computers. The company also picks up the tab for airfare for an annual trip to Saudi Arabia.
"It is a good opportunity," said Ibrahem Hakami, Jizan, Saudi Arabia, sophomore. "It pays my tuition and a monthly salary. It guarantees me a job."
With the international experience, the men study in a totally different educational climate. The segregated schools of their past are replaced by a coed, public University, which can take a little getting use to, Al-Sadoon said.
"It's a lot different when a hot blonde is sitting next to you in class," Al-Sadoon said. "Guys are not use to compete with women in school. They are not sexist; it's just different. It is something we have to get use to."
ON THE RECORD
Edited by Doug Pacey
A KU student's stolen ATM card was used to make a $100 withdrawal from a Burge Union
ATM between 8 a.m. Jan. 13 and 2:30 p.m.
Jan. 27, the KU Public Safety Office said.
ON CAMPUS
The KU Running and Jogging Club will meet for its daily run at 4:30 p.m. today. Call Michael Roessler at 312-3193.
- Applications for Alternative Weekend Break at Seward County Community College in Liberal Feb. 17 and 18 are due at 5 p.m. today.
Applications can be picked up at room 410 in the Kansas Union or downloaded from www.kansasuniv.edu/collbreaks
KI Aikido Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon
toward at 207 Robinson Center.
January 20th
The HorrorZontals men's ultimate Frisbee club team will practice at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the field near Robinson Center and Walkins
Memorial Health Center, Call B.P. at 312-1066 or check out www.Zontals.com.
KU Water Polo will practice at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Robinson Center pool.
KU Traditional Karate Club will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at 207 Robinson Center.
- Applications for the Association for Women in Science undergraduate travel award for up to $400 for travel to a scientific meeting are due Thursday. Pick up applications at 2045 Haworth Hall or online at
falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~agisani/AWIS.html.For
more information, e-mail bridge@kans.edu.
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DINOSAURUS
by Edward Mast and Lenore Bensinger-Directed and Choreographed by Patrick Carriere-Scenography and Virtual Reality Technology by Mark Reaney
The University Theatre is partially funded by the KU Student Senate Activity Fee.