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The Inside Front
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Monday January 22, 2001
News
from campus,the state the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Forum to seek answers to election questions
The University of Kansas Green Party is sponsoring a community forum on the Electoral College and election reform from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.
The forum will include a panel of guest speakers, consisting of professors and Bob Eye, an environmental lawyer and former independent gubernatorial candidate.
Dalyn Cook, chairman of the KU Greens Research Committee, said she hoped to address issues on how to improve the Electoral College and stimulate a continued interest in political activism in the community.
"We hope this reform will answer some people's questions about the Electoral College and bring about ways to improve it so that we don't have another chaotic election," Cook said.
— Livi Regenbaum
Student hit by bottle requires hospital visit
A 19-year-old female KU student was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital by ambulance early Friday morning after an arterction at the Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., Lawrence police said.
Sgt. Mike Patrick, Lawrence Police Department, said an acquaintance of the suspect spilled a drink on the student and there was a verbal exchange. The suspect, an Asian female, then hit the student twice on the head with a beer bottle, breaking the bottle on the second hit.
Little damage caused by Bailey pipe break
Patrick said the investigation was continuing. The student was treated and released Friday morning.
Construction workers working on the renovation of room 303 in Bailey Hall broke a steam pipe Friday afternoon, setting off fire alarms that evacuated classes for about 1.0 minutes.
"I was sitting in the office and just heard lots of water running," said Jim Dick, graduate student in anthropology. "We looked in another office and water was just pouring from the ceiling."
Blaine Hawley, project manager, said that he estimated that the only damage was to some ceiling tiles, carpet and loose papers on office desks in anthropology offices. The offices were on the floor directly below the break.
newey said it could be "pretty common" for minor things like a pipe break to happen during a project.
"We knew the lines were hot, and in the process of working around it, it got shifted and bent," Hawley said. "It doesn't take much when they're old, rusting.
cast iron pipes to break."
Hawley estimated the break set his crews back about four hours.
LAWRENCE
Student's statements to police challenged
The use of Kevin J. Hoskinson's statements to police remained questionable Friday as a judge considered excluding them from the case against the student.
The hearing on his motion to supress the statements was continued after more than two hours.
Hoskinson, a Garden City junior, is accused of kissing and fondling a female Hashinger Hall resident in the hall's sixth floor lobby in late August.
Sally Howard, Hoskinson's defense attorney, maintained that Hoskinson could not have made his statements to police voluntarily because of his mental illness.
Detective Mike Riner of the KU Public Safety Office testified Friday that Hoskinson voluntarily met with police and gave written statements.
Judge Paula Martin continued the hearing until 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30.
suspect buys $313.47 on Stephenson account
An unauthorized person used the Stephenson Hall grocery account twice in December to purchase groceries at Checkers Foods, 2300 Louisiana St., Lawrence police reported.
The suspect, a 19-year-old white male described as 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, spent $64.21 on Dec. 23 and $249.26 on Dec. 28, said Sgt. Mike Patrick.
A Checkers employee noticed unauthorized charges on the account and reported the incidents to police, Pattrick said.
Pattrick said a 19-yearold female and a 23-year-old female, who are former store employees, also are suspects in the case.
— Lauren Brandenburg
KU scientist provides help in Hutchinson
Lynn Watney, senior scientist with the Kansas Geological Survey, provided maps of the area to help understand the nature of the salt beds where the gas is stored and the aspects of salt itself, which may be a contributing factor to the fires.
A KU scientist helped Hutchinson officials determine Saturday how much natural gas is still pocketed in geysers that exploded last week, forcing residents to evacuate.
STATE
Watney said he hoped his meeting with Hutchinson's emergency management director and other local officials would help them to understand the geological area better, in order to prevent future gas fires.
MANHATTAN — A Fort Riley soldier was killed and two other people were wounded in a shooting in a downtown parking lot early Sunday, authorities said.
"Officials are planning to get a well storage facility plug that will prevent gas from escaping," Watney said.
Fort Riley soldier shot, killed in Manhattan
The dead soldier's name was being withheld until his family could be notified. Riley County Police Capt. Gary Grubbs said Sunday.
The victim was a passenger in a car driven by another soldier, who was admitted to an Army hospital with a leg wound.
A 19-year-old Kansas State University student was admitted to a Manhattan hospital with a gunshot wound in her arm.
County and military police are investigating. No arrests have been made.
Clinton grants favors, pardons in final acts
NATION
WASHINGTON — President Clinton ended his tenure Saturday by pardoning 140 Americans, erasing the criminal records of his brother Roger, Whitewater business partner Susan McDougal and 1970s kidnapped heiress Patricia Hearest in a mix of personal and historical acts of clemency.
The orders Clinton signed two hours before leaving office also spared one man from execution and cleared the cloud of scandal from two former Cabinet confidants — ex-CIA director John Deutch and ex-housing chief Henry Cisneros. Former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington also received a pardon that effectively ends prosecute's efforts to restore criminal charges against him.
International custody battle spawns new law
The Department of Health said the case of twin sisters Kimberley and Belinda has prompted it to push for the swift adoption of a law that had already been drafted.
LONDON — Britain's government promised Sunday to speed up legislation designed to protect babies adopted abroad, responding to an international custody battle over american-born twins adopted by a British couple who found them on the Internet.
The law would make it illegal to bring a child into England or Wales for adoption unless a government agency has completed a study of its prospective home, as is required for British adoptions.
Inauguration attracts protestors
The Associated Press
"Bush will need to work with government and Congress, not with ordinary citizens." Austin said.
weren't part of the solution to the country's problems.
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Groups traveled to Washington from around the country to express their views. Many had participated in protests during the Seattle World Trade Organization meeting in 1999
Protests were peaceful
Saturday.
Sarah Hoskinson, Burron junior and president of the KU Green Party, said that the commitment of those who oppose the Bush agenda and the manner in that Bush became president shouldn't be doubted.
"Those people were out there protesting despite the remarkably harsh measures our government took to keep them away," she said. "It's inspiring."
The protests included a "Shadow Inauguration," which was organized by the activist group National Action Network, and a Million Voter March with columnist Michael Moore.
"Those people were out there despite the remarkably harsh measures our government took to keep them away. It's inspiring."
Sarah Hoskinson
Burton junior and KU Green Partv president
Participants in the Shadow Inauguration — which drew thousands of voters claiming to have been disenfranchised — were sworn in at noon in front of the Supreme Court.
The marchers faced stringent security measures, including a first: checkpoints along the parade route. There were miles of protective steel fencing and Secret Service agents jogged alongside the motorcade.
Julie Merz, St. Louis junior and president of the KU Young Democrats, said that it was common to have student protests at
presidential inaugurations.
"But the fact that Gore did win the popular vote brought more protesters," Merz said. "That's positive, as long as they don't get violent."
Susan Tolbert, a protester from Texas, said that Bush hadn't been elected.
"Bush was selected," she said. "The Supreme Court violated the Voting Rights Act."
Robert also said she didn't want to see Bush lead the country in the same way he led her home state of Texas as its governor.
Howard Bauleke, chief of staff to Rep. Dennis Moore, said no protesters from Kansas had contacted his office.
Protests in the capital did not end Saturday.
Today, more than 100 students from Kansas are expected to participate in the 28th annual March for Life. The march, which is organized by anti-abortion activists, will protest the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Edited by Doug Pacey
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's rear windshield was damaged between 2:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday in the 2500 block of West 31st Street, Lawrence
ON CAMPUS
police said. The damage was estimated at $200.
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 Roessler at 312-3193.
The International Film Series will present Capitaine Conan at 7 onight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Leslie Heusted at 864.SHOW.
Black Student Union will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. Call Courtney Rates or Cassandra Young at 864-3984
Courtney Bates or Cassandra Young at 864-3948.
KU Greens will have a meeting at B tonight at Alcove D in the Kansas City. Call Sarah Haskinson at 838-9063 or Golen Turner at 838-3498.
Students for a Free Tibet will have an organizational meeting at 7 tomorrow night at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. Call Kyle Browning at 842-1351.
KU Young Democrats will have a general meeting at B tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Julie Merz at 838-3797.
The KU Society for Human Resource
The KU Society for Human Resource Management will sponsor a meeting with Lisa Leroux-Smith, director of Business and Engineering Career Services, at 7 tomorrow night at room 119 in Summerfield Hall. She will speak to students about how to network effectively. Call Sarah Miller at 331-3590.
The United Methodist Campus Ministry will meet from 7:30 to 8:30 tomorrow night at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
The Okiwanan Goji-Ryu Karate will meet from 9 to 10:30 tomorrow night at 207 Robinson Center. Regular training has started; new members are welcome. Call Ryan Ness at [785] 218-7415.
The Student Media Board is accepting applications for funding of organizations through the student media fee. Applications are available through Wednesday, Jan. 31, at the Student Senate office at room 401 in the Kansas Union.
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SPSS: Introduction Learn to navigate the various SPSS windows and menus, to enter, save, and retrieve data as well as perform statistical analyses and publish results.
Prerequisite: None. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University.
Mon., Jan. 22, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Budig PC Lab, 10 Budig Hall
Access: Introduction In this workshop, the Access modules are defined. Create a table, then use commands and menu features to create, save, index, sort, and edit a database table. Participants also filter fields and records from a table. Prerequisite: None. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Tues., Jan. 23, 9 a.m.-Noon, Computer Center South Lab
SPSS: Intermediate Learn the SPSS menus in greater detail, create charts and graphs and learn basic data manipulation skills. Prerequisite: SPSS: Introduction. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Wed., Jan 24, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Budig PC Lab, 10 Budig Hall
Web Authoring: Foundations You've browsed the Web, used search engines and have a favorite Web browser, but the way the whole thing works is still a mystery. Where do Web site names come from? What exactly is a URL? An IP address? Are the Internet and the Web the same thing? How does a Web page get to my particular computer? Get the big picture without a lot of technical jargon. Prerequisite: None. No registration. Thurs., Jan. 25, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
Migrating from Eagle/Falcon/KUHUB Learn how to apply for a new Exchange account, migrate mail and address books, and move your Web site and files to People. Prerequisite: KU students with email on Eagle, Falcon, or KUHUB. No registration. For KU students, but faculty and staff welcome. Thur., Jan. 25, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
Photoshop: Introduction Explore each Photoshop tool and palette while you edit scanned photos and create images. You'll leave this class with a good understanding of the Photoshop environment, tools, and layers. Prerequisite: None. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Fri., Jan. 26, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Computer Center South Lab
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