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The Inside Front
Tuesday January 23, 2001
News
from campus, the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Chinese New Year party to celebrate culture
The Chinese Students and Scholars Friendship Association will celebrate the Chinese New Year tomorrow night with dancing, a live culture show and a prerecorded airing of the Chinese Center Television festivities.
The party will begin at 7 p.m. at Ecumenical Christian Ministries with the culture show. The show will include singers, instrumentals and a Taiji sword performance. Twelve performances are scheduled and the culture show should last about an hour and a half.
The taped coverage of the new year will be playing on the first floor of the ECM during the party, which should conclude around 11:30 p.m.
The Chinese New Year is based on the Chinese Lunar Calendar and starts on a different date between late January and early February every year. This year, the first new moon of 2001 falls on Jan. 23.
Admission to the party costs $3 per person and $5 per couple.
Danny Phillips
Four suspects arrested in Meadowbrook thefts
Four Topeka men were booked into the Douglas County Jail Saturday on charges of burglary, theft and criminal damage.
Lawrence police Det. John Lewis said police officers were called to a burglary in progress in the Meadowbrook apartment complex, located near 15th Street and Crestline Drive. Meanwhile, an officer stopped a car traveling east on Ninth Street and saw excess stereo equipment in the back. Lewis said it appeared the men had been interrupted while breaking into cars.
Lewis said the men, Luis Manuel Ceja, 20; Rafael Luna Cardona, 20; ismael Artega-Solis, 18; and Jimmy Sanchez Reyes, 20, were suspects in three or four car break-ins in the Meadowbrook complex.
Artega-Solis was released from the jail yesterday because the district attorney did not file charges. Reyes, Cardona and Ceja were kept in the jail yesterday on criminal charges. Bond amounts were not given because the suspects were being detained by the Department of Immigration.
A jail employee said Ceja and Reyes were both charged with two felony counts of burglary, theft and criminal damage, and one misdemeanor count of criminal damage and theft. Cardona was charged with aiding and abetting in the crimes.
— Lauren Brandenburg
HUTCHINSON — A day after crews sealed a leaking natural gas storage cavern, geologists grappled yesterday with how to vent a massive gas bubble still spewing through geysers that have erupted in the city.
Drilling was underway on two of the four deep vent wells planned around town, even as state environmental regulators debated whether to uncap some of the 150 to 300 abandoned wells in an effort to speed the release of trapped gas.
At the same time, the search for other sources that might be feeding the underground gas plume has intensified as the Kansas Department of Health and Environment began punching the first of six to eight of its own observation wells in the region.
"We are continuing the assess other potential sources," said KDHE representative Mike Heideman. "People have jumped to the conclusion the facility that has been the focus is the only source."
Group protests abortion on anniversary of decision
TOPEKA — Abortion opponents walked the halls of the Statehouse on yesterday, urging an end to abortion.
The events, which were to include a rally, were timed with the 28th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade ruling. The ruling legalized abortion throughout the nation.
Organizers from the group Kansans for Life handed out information about anti-abortion efforts, including literature about the stages of life and abortion procedures.
Children circulated, handing out red roses to each of the 165 state legislators.
On Friday, a group of legislators spoke to abortion-rights advocates in a meeting sponsored by the Kansas Choice Alliance as part of its Women's Health Day.
Senate Majority Leader Lana Oleen, R-Manhattan, said she expects bills to be filed this session to rewrite a state law designed to restrict late-term abortions. Anti-abortion activists argue the law contains loopholes and doesn't limit abortion.
Christmas Eve were captured yesterday in a foothall community southwest of Denver.
escaped inmates caught in Colorado community
NATION
WOODLAND PARK, Colo. — Four of the seven convicts who broke out of a Texas prison last month and reportedly gunned down a policeman on
A fifth inmate committed suicide after barricading himself in a mobile home surrounded by authorities, Teller County Sheriff Frank Fehn said. The whereabouts of the two other inmates were unknown.
The heavily armed inmates — including murderers, rapists and armed robbers — had puzzled and alarmed authorities by remaining together after bluffing their way out of prison Dec. 13.
Authorities said a tip prompted by the show America's Most Wanted led to the capture. The show had featured the convicts four times since the escape, including the last three Saturday nights.
WASHINGTON — Opening the White House for business President Bush pleased conservative supporters yesterday by imposing strict restrictions on U.S. money to international family-planning groups involved in abortion.
Bush puts restrictions on family-planning funds
Pushing his education and tax-cutting proposals, too, Bush told senior aides, "We are not here just to mark time."
Bush: limited aid to international family planning groups
Abortion-rights groups accused Bush of "bending to the will of the far right" by reinstating limitations on U.S. aid that his father and former President Ronald Reagan had imposed.
The first major act of his presidency reversed
actions by the Clinton administration and dominated media attention, an early test of his ability to govern from the middle while appeasing his conservative base.
"This policy recognizes our country's long history of providing international health care services, including voluntary family planning to couples around the world who want to make free and responsible decisions about the number and spacing of their children," read a statement by press secretary Ari Fleischer.
Bush had cautiously addressed the abortion issue during his GOP campaign, concerned about alienating swing voters.
Policies differ on athletic classes
At Kansas State University, the physical education requirement was dropped before the fall semester in 1997. Now the courses are offered as three-credit-hour general education electives.
courses were eliminated from the curriculum in the early 1990s.
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Not every KU student agrees with the University's policy though.
"Health is just as important as learning," said Mylin Brimm, East St. Louis, Il., sophomore and physical therapy major.
He said because physical education was required in high school, there was no reason the requirement shouldn't be raised to the college
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
me University historically has not required students to take physical education courses, but has offered them as electives. By comparison, Baylor University requires all students to take at least one PE class, though Big 12 Conference rivals Kansas State University and the University of Missouri have no PE requirement. Missouri does not offer any physical education courses.
level.
Ryan Kinser, Oklahoma City junior, however, takes the mth to heart.
"I don't even like physical education," Kinser said. "I think the hill is enough."
—Edward by Jason McKee
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's stolen ATM card was used between 10:35 p.m. Tuesday and 10:44 p.m. Thursday at 3230 W. 23rd St. The KU Public Safety Office said $226 was withdrawn from the account
A two wheel, chrome and black dolly was stolen from the Computer Center between 10 a.m. Jan. 12 and noon Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The dolly is valued at $375.
A KU student lost her purse on campus between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p. friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The stolen goods include a bus pass, KUID, $140 in gift certificates, a Kansas driver license, and $60. The goods are worth $250.
A GT mountain bike was stolen from the sixth floor lobby of Hashinger Hall between 1 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Friday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The bike is valued at $480.
A KU student's Chevy Camaro was damaged in the McCollum Hall parking lot between noon and 4:30 p.m. Thursday. The passenger window was broken and the passenger door was marked with red paint, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A driver license, KUID and bus pass were stolen from the fifth floor of Corbin Hall between 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 p.m. Sunday, the KU Public Safety Office said. The items are valued at $88.
A KU student's driver's side door window was damaged and a stereo, CD case and CDs were stolen between 2 and 2.54 a.m. Sunday in the FF block of Coventry Manor, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $200, and the items were valued at $605.
A KU student's wallet and $219 were stolen at 1 a.m. Sunday from the 2000 block of Ousdaahl Road, Lawrence police said. The items are valued at $419.
A KU student's CD player was stolen from a car between 5 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of Alabama Street, Lawrence police said. The CD player is valued at $120.
A KU student reported that two CD players and 72 CDs were stolen from two cars between 2 and 10 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of New Jersey Street, Lawrence police said. The items are valued at $1590.
ON CAMPUS
The KU Kung Fu Club will meet to practice Tai Chi at 12:30 p.m. today at the Daisy Room in the Burge Area. Call ellar Shkolnik at 841-200
The Watkins Clinic Health Promotion will sponsor a compulsive over/under-eating group at 7:30 a.m. today at the Watkins health promotion conference room at Watkins Memorial Health Center
Barge Union. Call Igor Skhlokin at 841-2080.
The KU Running and Jogging Club will meet for its daily run at 4:30 p.m. today at the oak tree near the east entrance of Robinson Center. Call Michael Roessler at 312-3193.
Students for a Free Tibet will meet at 7 tonight at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
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.
The KU Society for Human Resource Management will sponsor a meeting with Lisa Leroux-Smith, assistant dean of the business school, at 7 tonight at 119 Summerfield Hall. She will speak to students about how to effectively network. Call Sarah Miller at 331-3590.
The United Methodist Campus Ministry will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
The HorrorZontals, the KU men's ultimate Frisbee team will practice from 8 to 11 tonight at Anschutz Sports Pavilion. Call B.P. at 312-1066 or laq onto www.Zontals.com.
The Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate sports club will meet from 9 to 10:30 tonight at 207 Robinson Center. Regular training has started; but new members are welcome. Call Ryan Ness at (785) 218-7415
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Chinese New Year Party
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Tuesday, Jan 23rd, 2001
7:00 p.m.- 11:30 p.m.
Also includes: Dance Party, China CCTV New Year Party Live, Door prizes, Free soft drinks and snacks
Admission: $3/person or $5/couple (Available at the door)
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