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The Inside Front
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Wednesday February 7,2001
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CORRECTION
A story in Monday's Kansan contained misinformation about the time when Dianne Ashby, a dean candidate for the School of Education, would be meeting with students. She met with students between 3:15 and 3:45 p.m. Monday.
CAMPUS
Institute hires director for research experience
The University of Kansas has named Steve Warren the new director of the Institute for Life Span Studies. Warren, director of the KU Mental Retardation Research Center since 1999, will replace Steve Schroeder, who will return to full-time research.
James Roberts, associate vice chancellor for research, said Warren's background of research and service would benefit the institute.
Warren, whose research focuses on development that must occur before a child can speak or write, said collaboration between specialists in human behavior and biological sciences would become increasingly vital with the growing connection between those fields.
"The advances made in neuroscience and genetics are creating lots of opportunities for behavioral scientists and biological scientists to focus on the same problem and work together." he said.
Warren also will be sworn in as president of the American Association on Mental Retardation in June.
English center director leaves to work in D.C.
The Institute for Life Span Studies generated an estimated $14.4 million in research income in fiscal year 2000, the most for any KU institute.
Elizabeth "Betty" Soppelsa, director of the Applied English Center since 1980, will leave the University of Kansas to work for a national education association.
Soppelaş has been on unpaid leave since July serving as deputy executive director for member relations at NAFSA/Association of International Educators in Washington, D.C.
She will now have the position permanently.
Seibel said Soppelsa transformed the center by helping to improve hiring practices, develop cross-cultural counseling and revamp the AEC English proficiency test.
Charles Seibel, the center's current director, will take over after her retirement on Saturday. June 30.
"She brought a lot of recognition to the center," he said.
The Applied English Center has offered English language classes to
— Sarah Smarsh
students since 1964. It also provides academic counseling and assists in recruitment of international students.
NATION
Beginning a week of selling his tax plan. Bush was visiting a Washington-area small business yesterday to spotlight his argument that his proposal would spark greater economic growth.
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans and lobbyists said they liked President George W. Bush's proposed tax cut, but they won't back down from plans to add their own priorities.
He planned to send Congress an outline of his package tomorrow, and it was expected to mirror the $1.6 trillion, 10-year tax reduction program he offered during his campaign for the White House.
Wiretap allows access to forwarded e-mail
WASHINGTON — Before you forward that private message from your boss to several co-workers, consider the possibility that he may hear about it.
Thanks to a newly publicized security hole in major e-mail programs, your outgoing messages may be tapped. Using a small piece of invisible programming code in an e-mail message, an e-mail's original sender can get copies every time the message is forwarded, including the comments added to the message by its recipients.
This e-mail wiretap could be used to get off-color remarks from company or governmental officials, or used by a spamming company to gather email addresses.
Bush, Gore election a book-worthy event
WASHINGTON — The election that wouldn't quit is now begetting at least a half-dozen books recounting the recount and the chaotic Florida filings on Election Night.
reporters and commentators who descended on Palm Beach and Tallahassee are writing books about the 36-days of limbo that followed the election.
"It's an irresible story," said Newsweek writer David Kaplan. "I want to attempt, with a little bit of distance and a little bit of perspective, to tell what really happened."
Cruise, Kidman untie the knot amicably
LOS ANGELES — After 11 years of marriage, Trom Cruise and Nicole Kidman say they are separating because their work is keeping them apart.
"Citing the difficulties inherent in divergent careers, which constantly keep them apart, they concluded that an amicable separation seems best for both of them at this time," said Pat Kingsley, a representative for the actors.
Legitimacy questions emerge in Philippines
The couple have two adopted children. It wasn't known whether custody would be shared.
MANILA, Philippines — Ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada filed a lawsuit with the Philippine Supreme Court yesterday questioning the legitimacy of his successor.
WORLD
Estrada lawyers said the petition was the first direct challenge to the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was sworn in Jan. 20 as swelling street protests forced Estrada to leave the presidential palace. Macapagal-Arroyo, who was vice president, picked a successor to that position yesterday from Estrada's home region of Mindanao.
VRANJE, Yugoslavia — Ethnic Albanian militants fired mortar shells and small arms in an hourlong attack against government positions in southern Serbia just outside Kosovo. The overnight attack was the heaviest in months.
Militants open fire on Serb government
"We think that the attack was a response to our recently announced plan for a political solution of the crisis," said Rasim Lajic, the Serbian government's minister for ethnic minorities. "The militants do not want negotiations, they want to draw us into a complete armed confrontation."
U.N.-patrolled buffer lulls Ethiopian army
NAIROBI, Kenya — After months in a stalemate, senior Ethiopian and Eritrean officials agreed yesterday to set up a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in an area where the two neighbors fought a bloody border war for 21.5 years.
Ethiopia will begin withdrawing Monday, and Eritrea will move 16 miles from Ethiopia's new positions Wednesday. Feb. 17, according to the plan. The Ethiopian army is to be out of the zone by Monday, Feb. 26, and Eritrea's forces are to pull back by Saturday, March 3.
A 16-mile-wide temporary security zone will be established starting Monday, the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea said in a statement after the meeting in the Kenyan capital.
Many want to view execution
The Associated Press
Hundreds may see McVeigh's death on closed telecast
OKLAHOMA CITY — An estimated 250 people who were injured or lost loved ones in the Oklahoma City bombing want to watch Timothy McVeigh put to
attack
Federal prison officials are weighing how to accommodate those who want to witness the first federal execution since 1963 and are even considering
McVeigh: scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, May 16
McVeigh dropped all appeals in December and has until Friday, Feb. 16 to seek clemency from President George W. Bush for the deadliest act of terrorism on U.S. soil.
the possibility of a closed-circuit television broadcast.
The death chamber at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., where McVeigh is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday. May 16, has eight seats for witnesses for the victims.
The April 19, 1995, bombing of the federal building killed 168 people and injured more than 500.
In January, the government sent out about 1,100 letters to bombing survivors and victims' relatives asking if they want to watch the execution.
The number of responses was disclosed yesterday by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Martha Ridley, whose daughter Kathy was killed in the bombing, said she faxed a response 35 minutes after getting the letter from the government.
She said she wanted to see the execution mostly because of comments made by McVeigh's mother, who told a TV station in 1999 that Oklahomaans affected by the attack should get on with their lives.
"That ticked me off, and I'm being very polite when I say ticked," said Ridley, who is raising Kathy's daughters, ages 6 and 10. "I'm raising two girls who will never see their mother again, and he has been self-centered about
"It almost encourages
people to be enthusiastic about the
execution."
Kevin Acers
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish
the Death Penalty
this situation. He's never said he's sorry. And her mentality is the same as his is."
Paul Heath and seven other bombing survivors have asked attorney Karen Howick to go to court if necessary to give victims a closed-circuit telecast of the execution.
Howick said there was a good chance the government would put the execution on closed-circuit television. She said that she had found no precedent for such a telecast but that there was no law barring one.
Kevin Acers of the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty said he objected to the process of inviting people to witness the execution.
"It almost encourages people to be enthusiastic about the execution," he said.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's Chevrolet Cavalier was scratched in the Lied Center parking lot between 1 a.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The damage was estimated at $1,000.
A KU student's Toyota Tercel was damaged between 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of West 14th Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $500.
ON CAMPUS
University Career and Employment Services will have a career and employment fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Allen Fieldhouse. Call Donna Naab at 864-3624.
The School of Fine Arts and the Kansas Union will sponsor Brown Bag Classics at 12:30 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Drinks will be provided. Call the Student Union Activity box office at 864.SHOW.
The Peace Corps will have an information table with a recruiter from its Denver office at the career and employment fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Allen Fieldhouse. Call Steve Howell at 838-4751.
The Office of Study Abroad will have an information meeting for the Media in Ghana, West Africa summer program at 4 p.m. today at 2096 Dole Hall. Call Beau Pritchett at 864-7804.
The KU Running and Jogging Club will meet for its daily run at 4:30 p.m. today at the oak tree at the east entrance of Robinson Center. Call Michael Roesler at 312-3193.
KU Water Polo will practice at 7 onatent in Robinson Park. Call Jason Blazer at 312-2277.
Robinson Pool. Call Jason Blazer at 312-227-77.
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 Hensarling at 841-8661.
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.
Latin American Solidarity will meet at 8 tonight at ECM. Call Rebekah Moses at 312-1985.
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Academic Computing Services FREE COMPUTER TRAINING for the KU Community
Access: Introduction Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Mon., Feb. 12, 1-4 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
ACS complete class schedule:
www.ukans.
edu/acs/
training
Outlook: Calendar Management (Windows) For KU faculty, staff and students only. Prerequisite: A KU Exchange account and Outlook: Introduction. Requires registration. Tues., Feb. 13, 1:30-3 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
PowerPoint on the Web For KU faculty only. Requires registration. Tues., Feb. 13, 2:30-4 p.m., 6 Budig Hall
Windows ME Tues., Feb. 13, 11:00 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center Auditorium
Digital Video Editing Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Thurs., Feb. 15, 9 a.m.-Noon, Budig Media Lab, 10 Budig Hall
UNIX Tues., Feb. 13, 6-9 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Photoshop: Web Graphics Prerequisite: Photoshop: Introduction. Fri., Feb. 16, 11 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center South Lab
Web Authoring: Forms Prerequisite: Web Authoring: Intermediate. Thurs., Feb. 15, 1:30-3 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Finding Information on the World Wide Web: Basic Requires registration. Sat., Feb. 17, 10-11:30 a.m., Budig Media Lab, 10 Budig Hall
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