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The Inside Front
Tuesday February 6, 2001
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CORRECTION
A story in yesterday's Kansan contained misinformation about the time when Angela Lumpkin, a dean candidate for the School of Education, would be meeting with students. Ashby met with students between 3:15 and 3:45 p.m. yesterday.
STATE
Students arrested for bombing plot
HOYT — Three students were charged yesterday after authorities uncovered a plot to attack their school in northeast Kansas.
Charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated arson were filed against Richard Bradley, Jr., 18; Jason Moss, 17; and James Lopez, 16. Lopez faces an additional charge of aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim, said Jackson County District Attorney Douglas Fisher.
The trio was arrested Friday on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiring to criminally use explosives after officials searched two homes in Mayetta and Hoyt. Deputies there found bomb-making materials, hand-drawn floor plans of the school, a modified assault rifle, about 400 rounds of ammunition and white supremacist and Nazi drawings.
Also taken from the homes were three black trench coats similar to what the two Columbine High School gunmen wore and for which they dubbed themselves the "Trench Coat Mafia," the Topea Capital-Journal reported yesterday.
On April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., two teen-age boys killed 12 fellow students and a teacher and wounded 23 people before committing suicide.
Detective Steven Rupert of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said that the suspects had discussed the Columbine attack and allegedly planned to make a similar attack on Royal Valley High School in May, possibly at a major school event such as a dance.
NATION
Bush meets with his first foreign leader
WASHINGTON — After focusing on domestic priorities since his inauguration, President Bush turned to foreign policy as he received Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in what officials said would be an informal chat rather than a heavy-duty negotiation. Bush had spoken with numerous foreign leaders by telephone since his inauguration 16 days ago, but Chretien was the first to see him in person when
the two leaders met and dined yesterday. Before his White House visit, Chretien planned to address the Organization of American States.
Live with Regis adds Kelly Ripa as co-host
NEW YORK — Reqs Philbin finally
has a new partner,
All My Children actress Kelly Ripa was introduced yesterday as Philibin's co-host on the syndicated talk show. Producers had been holding open auditions since Kathie Lee Gifford left last July.
Ripa, 30, has filled in as co-host four times since September, and announced during one appearance that she's pregnant with her second child. She's married to fellow All My Children actor Mark Consuelos.
"We kind of knew it the first time she was on," Philin said. "She has an ebullient personality and has a lot of the qualities we were looking for."
Starting next Monday, Live with Regis becomes Live with Regis and Kelly.
A New Jersey native, Ripa has played Hayley Santos since 1990 on the ABC daytime drama.
Plant worker kills four injures four others
MELROSE PARK, Ill. — A factory worker forced his way into a suburban Chicago engine plant yesterday and opened fire, one day before he was to report to prison for stealing for his former employer. He killed five people, including himself, and wounded four others.
William D. Baker, 66, showed up at the Navistar International plant with an arsenal of weapons in a golf bag and made his way through the vast building, blasting away with an AK-47 assault rifle, police said. Employees scattered in terror.
He shot seven people, three of them fatally, in an engineering area, then went into an office, where he killed one more person and then shot himself, police said
Baker had been scheduled to surrender today to serve a five-month federal sentence for conspiracy to commit theft from an interstate shipment. He pleaded guilty last June, six years after he was fired.
Martin Reutmann, a 24-year-old engineer, was sitting at his desk when he heard gunfire about 10 a.m.
Reutimann said he didn't believe it at first, then saw people running past him. He grabbed his coat and cellular phone and dialed 911.
WORLD
Barak trails in election despite cautions of war
JERUSALEM — A day before Israel's fateful election, Prime Minister Ehud
Barak still trailed far behind challenger Ariel Sharon yesterday despite his renewed warning that a Sharon victory will plunge Israel into war with the Palestinians. Israeli security forces, meanwhile, were on high alert for possible attempts by Palestinian militants to carry out terror attacks on election day. Palestinians have been largely barred from Israel since fighting began Sept. 28. Over the weekend, Barak ordered restrictions tightened further, with most West Bank residents prevented from leaving their towns. In a poll in the Yediot Ahronot daily, the hawkish Sharon had the backing of 56 percent of the voters, compared to 38 percent for Barak. A survey in the Maariv daily gave Sharon 55 percent and Barak 36 percent. The polls had margins of error of 3 percentage points and 2.3 points, respectively.
China's state media fires at Falun Gong
BEJING — China's government is seizing on the dramatic suicide attempt by purported members of the Falun Gong sect to try to sway a public that has stood on the sidelines during the 18-month-long crackdown on the banned group. State media, the only kind in China, have intensified attacks on Falun Gong. Scholars are denouncing it in a symposium-like forum touring Beijing. Schools have been ordered to hold classes criticizing it once the Lunar New Year vacation ends this month. Touching off the campaign was the attempt by seven people to burn themselves on Tiananmen Square on Jan. 23, the eve of the Lunar New Year, China's biggest holiday. Kept out of state media for a week, the group suicide attempt — which left one dead and four injured — got its first airing last Tuesday with reports scripted for maximum impact.
Four Muslims convicted for religious violence
SOHAG, Egypt — A southern Egyptian court yesterday convicted four of 96 defendants on trial for deadly Muslim-Christian clashes a year ago. The clashes marked some of the worst religious violence in decades. All four convicted were Muslims, though none were convicted of the harshest charges filed, murder. The harshest penalty imposed was 10 years in prison for accidental homicide and illegal possession of a weapon, handed down to Mayez Amin Abdel-Rahim. Twenty-one people, nearly all of them Christians, died in the violence that erupted Jan. 2, 2000, after an argument between a Muslim customer and a Coptic Christian shopkeeper in el-Kusheh, 275 miles south of Calio. The fighting spread to the neighboring village of Dar el-Salam.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
The third-floor west door of Anschutz Library was damaged between 8 a.m. Jan. 25 and 8:30 p.m. Jan. 26, the KU Public Safety Office said. Speaker wires to an alarm were cut, costing $5 to replace.
A KU student lost his cell phone in the Stauffer Place parking lot between B and 8:10 p.m. Jan.
29, the KU Public Safety Office said. The phone was valued at $289.
A vehicle hit a parked vehicle in the southeast corner of the Robinson Center parking lot at 12:49 a.m. Jan, 29, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damages were not listed
A KU employee's truck slid into a stop sign near the printing services building at 1:45 p.m. Jan. 30, the KU Public Safety Office said. The truck's brakes failed but the driver was not injured. The truck belonged to the KU Memorial Corporation. The accident caused $500 worth of damage to the truck and $175 to the stop sign, owned by KU Facilities Operations.
A 20-year-old KU student was arrested at 2:23 a.m. Sunday for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, minor in possession, driving left of center and unlawful use of license. The KU Public Safety Office reported the student's car swerving into an officer's lane at Emery Road and High Street. After the officer stopped him, the student failed a field sobriety test and was
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.
ON CAMPUS
The Office of Study Abroad will have an information meeting for the advanced French studies in Strasbourg, France, summer program at 4:30 p.m. today at 2055 Wescoe Hall, Call Beau Pritchitte at 864-7804.
The Lawrence Fire Department is calling a fire at 1333 Ohio St. early Sunday suspicious until further investigation, the KU Public Safety Office said. Police and firefighters responded to the fire, a burning garage, at 1:20 a.m. The fire destroyed the garage and charred nearby trees, according to the report. The cost of damages wasn't listed. The Lawrence Fire Department left the scene at 3:15 a.m.
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.
The Office of Study Abroad will have an information meeting for the art and architecture of ancient Rome summer program at 4 p.m. today at the English Room in the Kansas Union. Call Susan MacNally at 864-7807.
The Office of Study Abroad will have Australia night at 7 tonight at the Maletti Room in the Kansas Union . Call Renee Bergere at 864-7801.
A KU employee reported about 90 rolls of toilet paper missing from an unlocked storage closet in Budig Hall between 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The employee said two trash bags containing 30 rolls of toilet paper each were found in Rooms 114 and 119 of Budig Hall. Approximately 30 rolls have not been returned, according to the report. The value of the items was not listed.
- The Peace Corps will have an information table and a recruiter from the Denver regional office from 1 to 5 p.m. today at the Kansas Union Ballroom. A film and question and answer session will be at 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. It also will have an information table from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow at Allen Fieldhouse. Call Steve Howell at 838-4751.
A KU student's windshield was damaged between 9 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $1,000.
arrested. He was taken to the Douglas County Jail and his car was towed from the intersection.
KI Akido Club will meet from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at 27 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 racquetball court No. 15 in Robinson Center. Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
Alternative Winter Breaks will have an information session at 7 tonight on the McCollum Hall lobby. Information tables will be outside Mrs. E's during dinner tomorrow.
KU Water Polo will meet at 7 tonight at the Robinson Center pool. Call Jason Blezer at 312-2277.
KU Hillill will have its Celebration of Trees at 7 tonight at Hillel House, 840 Mississippi. Call Jessica Kalendar at 838-3273.
United Methodist Campus Ministry will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Heather Hensarling at 841-8661.
KU HorrorZentals men's ultimate Frisbee team will practice from 8:30 to 11 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call B.P. at 312-1066 or check out www.Zentals.com
The women's ultimate Friabee team will practice at 8:30 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call Olivia Stockman at 830-0404.
Okinawan Geju-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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General admission tickets are on sale in the KU box offices: Murphy
Hall, 785-864-3982; Lied Center, 864-ARTS; SUA Office, 864-3477; public $6, all students $3, senior citizens $4. Order tickets on-line at The University Theatre web site: www.ku theatre.com; both VISA and MasterCard are accepted for phone and on-line orders.
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 Fa
Tell your commissioners that they CAN'T decide who your family is or who is allowed to live with you. Lawrence City Commissioners will not be able to ignore the public outcry against passing a law that would make it illegal to have more than two unrelated people in any Lawrence home.
Do you want the City to decide who can live in your home?
This ordinance affects
This ordinance affects homeowners and renters, but is primarily a thinly disguised tactic to discriminate against students. Attend the City Commission meeting February 6 at 6:45 pm at City Hall.
DON'T LET THIS ORDINANCE PASS! WHAT YOU CAN DO:
- Come to the City Commission meeting Tuesday, Feb 6, 6:45 pm, at City Hall.
- Write to your mayor, Jim Henry, P.O. Box 708, Lawrence, KS 66044.
Concerned Property Owners of Lawrence
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