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MONDAY, MARCH 17. 1997
SECTION A VOL.103.NO.119
Henley enters plea of no contest to charges
June Henley, former KU running back, pleaded no contest Friday in municipal court to driving under the influence. His sentencing hearing was postponed until April 11. Henley was arrested Oct. 24 last year. Charges of speeding, driving without a valid license and no proof of insurance were dropped.
KU student arrested in hit-and-run Friday
A KU student hit a 37-year-old Lawrence man with his car about 2:20 a.m. Friday in the 2400 block of Ousdahl Road.
Todd Zimmerman, St. Louis, Mo., sophomore, was arrested Friday morning after Lawrence police found his vehicle a few minutes after the hit-and-run.
(USPS 650-640)
The victim reported that he was clipped by a southbound Isuzu Rodeo as he was walking across Ousdahl Road, Lawrence police said. The car then swerved to the left side of the road and onto the curb, the victim said.
The vehicle went through a wooden fence into a yard and destroyed a mailbox, police said. The damaged car was spotted later in a parking lot in the 1500 block of West 25th Court. Police said that alcohol was believed to have been a factor in the incident.
Zimmerman was released from the Douglas County Jail Friday morning on $600 bond.
—Kansan staff report
Kansas universities make admission harder
WICHITA — High school freshmen planning to attend a state university in Kansas must, beginning this fall, take courses aimed at preparing them for college.
Under the new rules, Kansas universities will require students to meet state minimum standards for a high school diploma and to take another year each of math, computer science and science, including physics.
Education officials have made the preparatory curriculum changes, but the list of high school courses needed to meet the new admission standards falls short of a recommendation by the National Commission on Excellence in Education.
But students failing to meet those standards can still get into a state university with a decent ACT score, a ranking in the top third of their graduating class or just some good luck.
Passage of the legislation removed Kansas' peculiarity as the only state university system in the nation without admission standards. But Kansas' standards are among the weakest anywhere.
Retired Soviet spy ends silence about espionage
WASHINGTON — Breaking decades of silence on perhaps the most sensational espionage case of the Cold War, a retired Soviet spy says that Julius Rosenberg helped organize a 1940s espionage ring for Moscow but was not directly involved in stealing U.S. secrets about the atomic bomb.
Rosenberg and his wife Ethel were executed in 1953 for what some called the "crime of the century"—helping the Soviet Union get blue-prints for the atomic bomb in World War II. The only Americans ever executed for spying, the Rosenbergs, died insisting they were not guilty.
The new twist in the long-argued story of treachery comes from Alexander Feklisov, 83, a retired KGB officer who has stepped forward with a detailed account of the Rosenbergs' role. Feklisov said that he held clandestine meetings with Julius Rosenberg in New York from 1943 to 1946 and claims to be the only Soviet intelligence officer still alive with firsthand knowledge of the Rosenberg case.
—The Associated Press
"It's like being in between two cultures when you can't quite blend in with one or the other. Sometimes I think my life would be much easier if I had never come here."
Ulviye Emirzade Cyprus graduate student
A clash comes from international students' obligations to return home and their desire to stay in the United States. Students turn to higher education, pursuing degrees that may never be used. By graduation, students have reached a
Conflict of Interests
Story by Eric Weslander Illustrations by Mitch Lucas
hey came to the Clinton County Jail in Plattsburg, Mo., every Saturday morning. Hotel Morning Cafe, Francisco
ing. Hamel Mesin's friends, many of them fellow international students, showed their IDs and, in pairs, went to tell Mesin of the latest happenings at the University of Kansas.
Known to his friends as Mamush, Mesfin was waiting for the verdict on his deportation to Ethiopia.
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"They are doing a great job to keep my spirits up," said Mesfin, who had lost weight from eating the jail's food. "There are so many great people out there, and I'm very, very, extremely grateful."
--tion to Ethiopia.
International students are a closely knit group. They need to be. They easily can get caught up in the worldwide competition that aims to lure students to foreign shores with promises of creating better lives back home. But they also get a taste of the United
Only through thick glass and only for five minutes at a time, friends offered the former KU junior glimpses of his past life.
But once they get a taste of the United
See CONFLICT OF INTERESTS, Page 5A
Revue gives $30,000 to United Way
New tally breaks donation record
By Harumi Kogarimal
Kansan staff writer
Mission accomplished—the curtain for the 48th Rock Chalk Revue fell Saturday at the Lied Center.
This year the living groups involved in the revue completed 34,390 hours of community service and donated $30,000 to the United Way of Douglas County.
"We broke the record this year," said Andrew Schauder, community service coordinator and Green Bav. Wis., junior.
Last year the living groups donated $27,000 and completed 30,000 hours of community service.
Following the final curtain call, the revue's advisory board presented awards.
The check was presented on stage to United Way staff members.
Pi Beta Phi and Phi Gamma Delta's Accidentally Midnight swept the awards with the best overall show, best actress, best supporting actor and best original music. They tied for best use of set with Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Nu for Song Wars.
Revue winners
Best Overall Show
Allison Doubleday, Lenexa sophomore and winner of the best actress award, said that she owed her success to the whole cast.
Bio Overall Show
Accidentally Midnight by Pi Beta
Phi and Phi Gamma Delta
Best Actress
Trey Hohman (Song Wars by Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Nu)
Allison Doubleday (Accidentally Midnight)
Best Actress
GR Gordon-Ross / KANSAN
Best supporting Actor Chris DeTray (Accidentally Midnight)
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Julie Rashid (The Precious Spotlight by Delta Gamma and Delta Upsilon)
"I feel very flattered, and I am very happy, but it's the whole show that deserved the award," Doubleday said. "I wouldn't have been able to win the award if the rest of the cast didn't support me."
Allison McConachie, Maggie Brophy, and Chris DeTray celebrate as PI Beta Phi and PH Gamma Delta are selected as the overall winners at Rock Chalk Revue Saturday night.
Gamma Phi Beta and Phi Delta Theta received the award for best production for their show *The Family Jewels*. Trey Hohman, Topeka senior, won the Best Actor Award for *Song Wars*. Julie Rashid, Potomac, Md., senior, received the award for best supporting actress for her role in *The Precious Spotlight*. Chris DeTray, Bucy sophomore, was awarded best supporting actor for his role in *Accidentally Midnight*.
Alpha Delta Pi and company won the best costume award.
"That was really great," sato Krista McGlohon, Topeka senior and Alpha Delta Pi cast member. She said that members resized the costumes for new male cast members nine days ago after their previous partners Pi Kappa Alpha were removed from the revue.
After several months of intensive preparation, students in the revue said that they would miss the time they worked together for the show.
Delta Force offers kegs along with candidates Coalition wants more student involvement
By Dave Morantz Kansan staff writer
Delta Force's campaign kick-off party Saturday night looked more like a scene from Animal House than a typical campaign party.
The party was part of a non-traditional Student Senate coalition's attempt to bring sweeping changes to the Senate.
Two bands played to a packed house while candidates and campaign supporters huddled around the kegs.
And yes, alcohol is allowed at campaign functions as long as no city or University ordinances are broken, said Chad Perlov, elections commissioner.
Delta Force, led by Jason Fizell, Olathe junior, and Matt Caldwell, Lawrence junior, will oppose the Unite coalition in the campaign for Senate elections on April 9 and 10.
Despite the fact that Delta Force only offers 37 people for 65 seats, Fizell said he would prefer a smaller group of dedicated candidates rather than a full coalition of candidates picked simply to fill an open seat.
Fizell is running for president and Caldwell for vice president. They will face Unite campaign candidates Scott Sullivan and Mike Walden, Leawood juniors, and independent candidates Michael Yaghmour, Pittsburg junior, and David Hennessy, Ballston Lake, N.Y. junior.
The coalition held the house party as an effort to reach out to students who traditionally were not involved in Senate. Fizell estimated that more than 250 people had attended the party at a coalition member's house at 1236 Louisiana St. Caldwell said that IDs of those wanting to drink had been checked at the party.
Caldwell said that some of Delta Force's key issues included a consolidated city and University transportation system that would not involve KU on Wheels, student-escorts to walk people to and from cars and campus buildings late at night, campus-wide recycling, a re-evaluation of linear tuition, improvements to Robinson Center, the construction of a new child-care facility with financial help from the administration and the adoption of a proactive stance against the South Lawrence Trafficway.
But most importantly, Delta Force wants input and involvement from people who have not traditionally participated in Senate activities, Caldwell said.
"I realized that I can't complain about Student Senate if I'm not going to do anything about it," said Whitney Black, Wichita junior and candidate for an off-campus seat.
Campaign supporters said that they were impressed with the attitudes of the members of the Delta Force.
"One of the things that strikes me is we have so many people actually helping with the coalition," said Danielle Rand, Lawrence senior and campaign supporter. "It shows that it's more than just résumé candy."
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