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The Inside Front
Wednesday January 31, 2001
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CORRECTION
An article in yesterday's Kansan missspelled Thelma Simons, Exchange project coordinator. Faculty and staff have until May of 2002 before they must migrate off the Falcon, Eagle or KUHUB servers. Individual Web sites also are being migrated to a new server called People, which is separate from Exchange, and will allow up to 10 MB of storage space per student.
CAMPUS
Chancellor Hemenway to field KU Info calls
Any University of Kansas student who has ever wanted an answer straight from the top will have his or her chance from 1 to 2 p.m. this afternoon when Chancellor Robert Hemenway fields calls with the KU Info staff.
This will mark the third time Hemenway has helped the campus information service, which answered more than 161,000 phone calls last year, a 10,000-call increase from 1999.
Hemenway's hour of phone duty will not only give the chancellor an opportunity to personally talk to students, said Susan Elkins, KU Info program director, but also gave great visibility for the service KU Info provided.
"It's publicity for both ends really," she said.
The last time Hemenway answered calls for the service was two years ago, and even though no one question or conversation stands out in his memory, he said he was often asked questions to which he didn't know the answer.
That's when he directs the caller to the KU Info staff.
"They're usually pretty surprised when they hear the chancellor answer the phone," Hemenway said.
Danny Phillips
LAWRENCE
Man booked into jail, accused of killing cat
Brett Rizzo, the 23 year-old Lawrence man accused of killing a cat found in the Meadowbrook apartment complex Jan. 17, was booked into the Douglas County Jail yesterday morning on a charge of cruelty to animals.
He was released yesterday afternoon on a $500 bond, and is scheduled to appear in Douglas County District Court at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13.
— Lauren Brandenburg
NATION
Juvenile gunman found unconscious in prison
ALTO, Ga. — A boy who shot and wounded six classmates at a suburban Atlanta high school two years ago was found unconscious on the floor of his prison cell yesterday.
T. J. Solomon, 17, was taken to a hospital, where he was reported in stable condition in intensive care.
Doctors were trying to determine whether his collapse at Arrendale State Prison was the result of a suicide attempt or whether he ate something that made him ill, said corrections department spokesman Mike Light.
Light said Solomon had been in good health before Tuesday.
The teen-ager pleaded guilty but mentally ill in November to the shootings at Heritage High School in Conyers. He was sentenced to 40 years.
The shootings took place May 20, 1999, one month after the bloodbath at Columbine High in Littleton, Coio, Solomon, then 15, opened fire with a sawwed-off rifle. No one was killed or critically wounded.
Solomon aimed below the waist, perhaps to avoid seriously hurting anyone.
Witnesses said he ran outside, dropped to his knees and pointed a .357-caliber Magnum revolver at his mouth. He then surrendered the gun to an assistant principal with a tearful: "Oh, my God, I'm so scared!"
Tip leads police to stash of weapons, explosives
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Police arrested a 19-year-old man who they said had dozens of pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails and other weapons and who planned to carry out a "Columbine-style attack" on a community college.
The man, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested late Monday.
Pollice said he lived in San Jose and was a current or former student at De Anza College. Police closed the school yesterday morning.
The man had 30 pipe bombs, 20 Molotov cocktails, several weapons and a stock of ammunition, said sheriff's spokesman Capt. Cary Colla
"Our investigation has revealed that this suspect intended to use these items to conduct a Columbine-style attack," San Jose police said in a statement.
Police in nearby San Jose said they originally learned of the arsenal Monday from a tip.
The statement gave no details on the tip, where the arsenal was found or how authorities came to believe the college in Cupertino was a target.
Anti-Semitic pastor walks out of own trial
GAINESVILLE, Mo. — Dismissing the case as a "Jewish flasco," the leader of an anti-Semitic church refused to attend his kidnapping trial yesterday as prosecutors accused him of hiding and brainwashing his own grandchildren.
The Rev, Gordon Winrod, 73, who chose to represent himself in court, refused to leave his cell and would not allow his public defender to participate.
He asked to be taken back to his cell Monday because he was angered by a judge's rejection of his motions.
"If you are not going to listen to my evidence, you can take me back to my cell and you can run this Jewish fiasco the way you want," said Winrod, also known for his hatred of nonwhites and the government.
Doctors removed organs from children illegally
Winrod, pastor of Our Savior's Church, faces up to 30 years in prison on charges he kidnapped six of his grandchildren from their fathers in North Dakota in the mid-1990s and hid them on his farm.
WORLD
LONDON — Doctors at a prominent children's hospital took hearts, brains, eyes and heads from thousands of dead children without the consent of their parents, a government report said yesterday, calling the findings "groteesque" and "appalling."
The hospital apologized and announced punitive steps against those involved, but families said that did little to diminish their horror and heartbreak about the unauthorized raiding of their children's organs for research and teaching.
Health Secretary Alan Milburn told lawmakers that Dutch pathologist Dick Van Velzen, who was responsible for post-mortem examinations at the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital between 1988 and 1995, had "systematically ordered the unethical and illegal stripping of every organ from every child who had a post mortem."
"The appalling record keeping means that some parents will never know the truth about what happened to their child, and I regret that deeply," Milburn said. "And I am afraid that sadly there is little that can be done about it now."
The report found Van Velizen lied to parents, other doctors and hospital managers; that he stole medical records, falsified reports, and encouraged others to do the same.
The Associated Press
New Georgia flag approved
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers agreed to shrink the Confederate emblem on the state flag yesterday, heeding a plea from the governor.
The rebel banner, added to the flag in 1956, occupies two-thirds of the current flag.
On the new flag, it will be reduced to one of five historic flags displayed along the bottom edge, below the state seal. On a standard 3-by-5 foot flag, the small flags are little bigger than a dollar bill.
The 34-22 vote in the Georgia Senate virtually consigns to history a flag some say symbolizes Southern valor but others contend represents slavery. The measure won House approval, 94-82, last week, and Georgia governor Roy Barnes promised to sign it quickly.
"I think the people of Georgia were ready to move on, they were ready for this matter
to be resolved, they did not want a long, drawn-out process like they just had in South Carolina," he said.
It wasn't immediately clear when the new banners would fly at state buildings.
"This flag issue has divided us," Senate Democratic leader Charles Walker said. "This vote today is about uniting us."
GOP Sen. Joey Brush said his vote against changing the flag was a vote to honor the men of the Confederacy.
Republican Senate leader Eric Johnson said the new flag was negotiated among Democrats in secret, sprung on an unsuspecting lawmakers just last week, and pushed through in "the most vicious, focused political effort this Legislature has ever seen."
"I cannot let those boys who left their homes and fought for Georgia be forgotten or let them down," he said. "I don't feel guilty."
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's residence hall parking pass was stolen from his car in the Hashinger Hall parking lot between 2 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Monday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The parking pass was valued at $70 and was recovered Monday night.
A briefcase containing intelligence tests was stolen between noon and 1:20 p.m. Monday from 322 Fraser Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items were valued at $1,000
A tow truck hit a parked Ko Funning Department truck at 1:15 p.m. Monday in the
Military Science Building parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said. The driver of the tow truck said his foot slipped off the brake pedal and he swerded into the parking department truck to avoid hitting a pedestrian — a parking department employee and the driver of the truck. The passenger in the front seat of the parking department truck reported an aching neck at the scene, and was treated at Watkins Memorial Health Center. Damages to both trucks were estimated at $1,500 each.
ON CAMPUS
The School of Fine Arts and the Kansas Union will present Brown Bag Classics at 12:30 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Drinks will be provided, Call Dawn Patterson at 864-2435.
The Public Relations Student Society of America will meet at 7 tonight at room 100 in Stauffer-Flint Hall. A panel of public relations representatives will speak. Call Greta Schmidt at 331-0468.
- Daisy Praise will be at 9 tonight on the first floor of Hashinger Hall. Call Mr. Mustard at 312-1327 or check out www.daisypraise.com.
KU Traditional Karate Club will practice from 6:30 to 8:30 tomorrow night at racquetball court No. 15 in Robinson Center. Call Rachel Fuller at 312-1990.
■ JayRock Campus Ministry will have its weekly Bible talks at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the alcove of the Kansas Union cafeteria and at 7 tomorrow night at room 304D in the Jayhawk Tower. Call Josh Tolley at 312-2285.
The KU Libraries' diversity committee will present "Nicodemus: Past, Present and Future" at 2 p.m. today at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
Call Mary M. Rosenbloom at 864-8921
A meeting with Lied Center director candidate Ellis Finger will be from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. today at room 123 in Murphy Hall. Call the School of Fine Arts at 864-3421.
Amnesty International will meet at 7 tomorrow night at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Keith at 749-7491.
Composer John Sharply will perform at 7:30 tomorrow night at Swantow Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Call the department of music and dance at 864-3436.
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet at 8 tomorrow night at room 100 in Smith Hall. Call Mark Brown at 550-553.
Radical Christians will meet from 8 to 9 tomorrow night at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave, Calfe Heather Hensalring at 841-8661.
KU HorrorZontals men's ultimate frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 tomorrow night at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call B.P. at 312-1066.
■ Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate will meet from 9 to 10:30 tomorrow night at room 207 in Robinson Center. Call Ryan Ness at (785) 218-7415.
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