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VOL.101,No.136
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Weekend events mark Earth Day
Four-year-old Neela Sandal, left, and 6-year-old Kaitlin Kilduff chase after a giant bubble during an Earth Day celebration yesterday at South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets.
Festivities teach children about ecological issues
By Katie Chipman
Kansan staff writer
The children visited seven stations, each of which featured an activity related to the environment
"It was neat. They were asking us questions because they were truly concerned."
At one station, volunteers discussed the ingredients of chocolate chip cookies and explained to the children that to have safe cookies to eat, there had to be a safe environment.
Although few local events were planned today for Earth Day 91, KU students and Lawrence resisted the event during the weekend.
Local elementary school children participated in an Earth Day carnival Friday sponsored by Environs, a KU environmental group.
Gretchen Goodman, Overland Park junior, volunteered at the carnival. She said that community response had been good and that about 650 elementary students had attended the carnival.
"The younger kids got a lot out of it," she said. "A lot of them already knew about environmental concerns from their schools."
Earth Day
Goodman said that about 25 KU students volunteered to help at the carnival. Some of the volunteers were Enviros members, and others just wanted to participate in the Earth Day celebration.
Alan Nelson, Environs member, said the volunteers had a good time with the children.
"We probably had a better time playing with the kids than they had at the carnival," he said. "On a campus, you don't see that ruffy kids."
Another Earth Day celebration that Lawrence residents participated in took place yesterday at the North Smith and Massachusetts streets.
The event was sponsored by Objij Farm School, an alternative private school for students in kindergarten through fourth grades.
Joy Eckertson, a coordinator of the event, said there were many
activities for the children, including a sing-along, storytelling and a play performed by children at Obiji.
In addition to several individual musicians and a band that provided entertainment for all, information
booths were set up from environmental organizations and businesses in Lawrence.
Shannon Chappell, a representative of Voice, which sponsored a booth, said there was a lot of
"Last year's Earth Day celebration was bigger, but it was a novelty then," she said. "There are a lot of people this year with a committed interest."
enthusiasm at the event.
Officers shoot, kill armed man
Kansan staff report
Police officers shot and killed an armed man yesterday morning at a residence at 1627 E. 18th Street Terrace. Lawrence police reported
The victim was identified as Gregory Allen Sevier, 22.
Police officers answered a call at 2:28 a.m. from relatives of the victim who said he was armed and disguised about personal problems, police said.
According to a police statement, officers responded to the call and followed up on the information.
frontation with Sevier when they arrived.
"Shots were fired by the officers, and the family member was killed," the statement said.
The two officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave with pay.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and KU police are assisting the Lawrence police in an investigation of the incident.
Lawrence police are expected to release more information on the shooting today.
Nationwide survey ranks Med Center as sixth out of 66
By Amy Francis Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas Medical Center is the sixth best medical school in the nation emphasizing in primary care, according to a survey published today in U.S. News and World Report.
The category of primary care was defined as practice in the areas of pediatrics, family practice and general internal medicine.
Matt Tucker, U.S. News and World Report representative, said there were 66 primary care medical schools in the United States. The University of Kentucky tied with KU for sixth place.
James Price, dean of the Med Center, said he heard the results of
the survey last week.
"If they're going to say something about you, it's nice if it good," he said.
Fred Hannon, media relations coordinator for US News and World Report, said 7,827 surveys were sent, of which 3,538, or 45.2 percent, were returned. That far exceeded the expected response.
"They were sent to the deans of medical school and the heads of the departments."
Tucker said the survey was based on academic reputation. The survey asked about such areas as the internship residency director heads of departments, deans of the medical schools and deans of academic affairs.
KU squad paddles foes in concrete-canoe races
Kansan staff writer
Bv Beniamin W. Allen
KU continued its domination in racing concrete canoes by capturing the overall team trophy for the fourth time. The annual event Saturday in Manhattan
The KU chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers placed first in the women's, coed and faculty race. The women and men's race and design competition.
At the end of the day, the KU team finished with 59 points, while the nearest competitor, Arkansas State University, totaled 30.
KU's victory qualifies the team to attend a national competition June 20-23 in Orlando, Fla.
David Darwin, professor of civil engineering, has participated in the event since its inception in 1975 and said KU's history of winning the competition was a useful recruiting tool.
"We've had students come to KU simply because of the exposure we get by winning the race," he said.
Michelle Anschutz, Topeka senior and co-chairperson of the concrete canoe project, said the competition was fun but tiring.
Over the top
KU alumnus Scott Huffman clears the pole at $17-6_{1/2}$ and advances to the final round of the men's invitational pole-vault competition at the Kansas Relays. Huffman won the competition with a vault of $18_{1/2}$, beating out Kansas vaulter Pat Manson on Saturday. See Relays coverage, Page 13.
Ron Klein/KANSAN
Iraq against troops aiding Kurds U.S. Marines cross into Iraq; national law by moving into northern Iraq without international permission
The Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iraq's state press yesterday bitterly denounced the use of U.S. troops to protect camps being built in northern Iraq
More than 400 U.S. Marines entered northern Iraq on Saturday, and a U.S. convoy crossed into the country yesterday to establish camps in towns of Kurds who fled Saddam Hussein's troops following a failed uprising.
"This provocative behavior is blatant interference in Iraq's domestic affairs and a flagrant violation of international law," wrote Al-Thawra, the voice of the ruling Arab Baath Socialist Party.
Military authorities near the Iraqi border in Turkey reported no Iraqi resistance, but the official Iraqi newspapers expressed bitterness.
France, Britain, Italy and the Netherlands also have decided to set up camps in Iraq or say they are considering it.
The army newspaper Al-Qadisiya said, "America's dream is to fragment Iraq and to impose complete U.S. domination over it."
Al-Thawra said that Iraq itself had signed an agreement with the United Nations to channel aid to Kurdish forces in Syria. U.S. camps were established illegally.
It said the United States, Britain and France had violated interna-
Iranian Foreign Minister Al Akbar Velayat, whose country has been swamped by refugees, took a guarded line on the so-called safe
"If it does not harm the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq, it could be considered posi-
tive for the United States in a conference yesterday in Tehran.
But he ruled out the establishment of a similar zone along his country's border, where hundreds of thousands of cattle are camped with little food or shelter.
He urged more aid for those refugees, as well as the 1 million who have entered Iran.
Iraq, meanwhile, complained that both Iran and the coalition forces were violating its borders and airspace.
The official Iraqi News Agency said Iraq sent a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar accusing Iran of firing 12 rockets into the city and threatening its harbor e Shirin area. It did not describe the damage the missiles caused.
In Turkey, Turkish troops shot and killed one Iraqi Kurdish refugee and wounded five other refugees yesterday while trying to stop a stone mob at a refuge settlement, the Anatolia news agency reported.
The deputy governor of the Hakkari province, Necdet Ozeroglu, said a riot broke out at a camp near this border township after people crowded into a food distribution point.
He said the refugees began to throw stones at Turkish troops who tried to restore order, the semi-official agency reported.
Lawrence churches accept help for Kurds
By Nedra Beth Randolph
Kansan staff writer
Images of cold, starving Kurds burying dead babies have prompted efforts by relief agencies in the region. The world to help the Kurdish people
After three weeks of mass exodus from northern Iraq, Kurdish refugees finally are being fed, relief officials said.
Although the Kurds receive more food, water shortages and medical care remain serious problems for the 400 Kurds along the Turkish border.
After three weeks of mass exodus from northern Iraq, Kurdish refugees finally are being fed, relief officials said.
Catholic Relief Services, a national relief organization, is one of many groups running relief efforts to help the poor. When they are without a homeland.
In Lawrence, several Catholic churches are accepting donations for the Kurdish refugees.
Father Vince Krische of the lawrence Catholic Center, 1631 Crescent Road, said the Catholic Center is using effort for the Kardushas refugee
"But if people wanted to donate money to the Kurdish refugees, they could do it through the Catholic Center," he said.
He said that Catholic Relief Services was helping the Kurds in any way.
"The agency has a fund it can draw from immediately for tragedies like that of the Kurds," he said. "They need donations to replenish the
fund."
Father Frank Horvat, of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 1100 Kasold Drive, said donations for the Catholic Relief Services fund for Kurdish refugees would be accepted at the church also.
"Nobody over there seems to be able to get the food to the refugees," Horvat said. "It's just hard to get the food that they need it."
the national number for Catholic Relief Services is 1-800-SEND-HOPE
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.