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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30.1997
VOL.103,NO.87
Steak knife found in pocket of man stopped for speeding
A KU police officer stopped Richard Moore for speeding in the 1600 block of West 19th Street. The officer became suspicious that the driver was intoxicated.
KU police arrested a 30-year-old Lawrence resident early yesterday morning on charges of possessing a concealed weapon, obstructing the legal process, driving while intoxicated and speeding.
During questioning, Moore gave a false name, Edward Johnson, and a false date of birth.
Police removed a steak knife with a 5-inch blade from Moore's coat pocket during the sobriety test.
After the arrest, Moore's bond was set at $5,000. As of 5:30 p.m. yesterday he was still in police custody at the Douglas County Jail. Moore will appear at 3 p.m. today in court.
Careless cat could be cause of apartment fire
Gabrial Petzold, Lawrence junior,
was at work about 2:30 p.m. when the
fire began in her single-bedroom
apartment.
Capt. Don Beckner, the first firefighter in the burning apartment, said that firefighters were able to contain the blaze in the bedroom and put out the fire within five minutes.
John Head / KANSAN
Although it took only a few minutes to put out, firefighters remained at the scene until 6:17 p.m.
While the fire was limited to the bedroom, there was extensive smoke damage to the rest of the apartment. The fire caused more than $15,000 in damages to the apartment.
Petzold said that fire department officials told her that the fire was caused by a lit lamp that possibly was knocked over by one of her cats. Petzold said she did not believe that to be the cause.
Petzold said that everything in the bedroom was either destroyed or beyond repair; including her clothes, diary, bed, television and a new stereo system she hadn't finished paying for.
—Kansan staff reports
The settlement was reached with 36 state attorneys general but applies to all 8 million of AOL's customers nationwide. Several of the states had threatened to sue AOL unless it promised refunds.
Customers will be offered either cash or a month of free service. AOL had no immediate estimate of how much the settlement would cost.
America Online promises refund for busy signals
The nation's largest online service also agreed to make it easier for dissatisfied customers to cancel and said it would suspend its advertising for a month.
Threatened with lawsuits across the country, America Online agreed yesterday to give refunds to customers who haven't been able to log on to the online service because of the overwhelming demand created by its fat $19.95-a-month rate.
AOL, which is based in Dulies, Va., previously said it was giving refunds selectively, but had refused to give blanket reimbursements.
The states had complained that AOL signed up hundreds of thousands of customers without the means to accommodate the heavy usage. Some computer users trying to get online have gotten busy signals for hours on end.
AOL had said it planned to spend $350 million by June on new equipment and staff to handle the demand.
Refunds will be based on how much a customer was able to access AOL in December and January.
The Associated Press
John Head / KANSAN
A construction worker prepares to move a ladder inside the incomplete Budig Hall.
(USPS 650-640)
Originally, Budig Hall was set to open in September. Five months later administrators still are saying
NOTYET
By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
A temporary chain-link fence still surrounds Budig Hall, keeping construction equipment and debris inside and keeping students and faculty out. In the hall's main auditorium, scaffolding fills the room.
Richard Givens, assistant provost,
said the renovated facility would not
be ready by its expected Feb. 1 date.
Instead, contractors expect the hall to be open by April 1.
"The original one was nearly a year ago, then September 1, then October, then November, then February," Givens said. "It's going to be about three-quarters of a year late."
lion budget and should be completed without exceeding it.
Despite the delays, Givens said the project was still within its $22 mil-
This is not the first time that the completion date has been pushed back.
Givens said that classes would be officially scheduled to meet in the building in Fall 1997. Because the administration expected some delays when it planned the building's use, no problems were caused by the late completion, he said.
"There are a number of things that have occurred," he said. "One of the things was the insulation in the large lecture hall ceiling, which wasn't done right the first time. Overall, the project was more than either the construction company or the architects had considered."
Once completed, Budig Hall will house two 500-seat lecture halls and one 1,000-seat auditorium. The building is equipped with state-of-the-art audio and visual equipment including CD-ROM and Internet access, cable television and a satellite down-link to create what Budig Hall Director League Vequist called one of the most advanced teaching environments in the Midwest.
Budig Hall is undergoing reconstruction after a lightning strike destroyed all but the facade.
Earlier, concerns were voiced about the comfort of the seating in the auditoriums. Some visitors who toured the hall complained that the seating arrangement did not allow enough space between rows.
However, Givens said that the seats were a standard size.
"I've gone over and sat in them myself and measured them," he said. "They're the same as in the Wescoe auditorium and other large lecture halls."
Song and dance begins Chinese celebrations
By Umut Bayramoglu
Kansan staff writer
Two campus Chinese student groups will present a two-hour program at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lied Center.
The Year of the Ox, according to the Chinese calendar, won't start until Feb. 7. But KU students will have a chance to observe the new year celebration one week early.
"This is the biggest holiday in our culture, and we wanted to share it with our community by putting together a celebration performance," said Fei Lok, Macau senior and president of Hong Kong and Macau Student Association.
Saturday's program will begin with a series of per-
romance art demonstrations by professional dancers and musicians, which will include selections from the Beijing Opera, Lion Dance, martial arts, acrobatics, folk dance and music.
Jack Huang, public affairs chairman of the Chinese Students and Scholars friendship Association, said such performances were part of the Chinese New Year tradition.
Year of the Ox
1997 is the Year of the Ox according to the traditional Chinese system that marks the years in a 12-year cycle. Each year is named for an animal. The years are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar.
"The Lion Dance is made every year during New Year's season to avoid evil spirits." he said.
Lok agreed that avoiding all evil, especially before the New Year, was a big tradition.
"We don't even mention the number four during this season, because it sounds like death in Chinese," he said. "Instead, we mention numbers eight and nine which sound like wealth and longevity."
The professionals performing plan to spark the audience's curiosity with details, according to Huang.
"The interesting feature of the Beijing Opera is the symbolism in the color of face paints," he said. "Red means loyalty and black means honesty, so audiences should pay attention to the color of the performers' faces."
Professional Chinese dancers and singers will perform at the celebration, but Huang said 10 student volunteers also coordinated a Chinese folk dance.
"We have been practicing twice a week for over four months now, and we are ready to get on stage Saturday," said Yan Zeng, Harbin, China, sophomore and vice president of Chinese Students and Scholars Friendship Association.
zeng is also going to be one of the evening's hosts, along with Lok.
"To bring the community together, I'm planning on hosting the show by talking in three languages: English. Mandarin and Cantanese," Lok said.
Dan Yin, Fuijan, China, sophomore, said connecting Chinese celebrations with local ones was the goal of the program.
"Our purpose in putting this program together is basically to celebrate this big holiday and enrich the mutual understanding with the Lawrence community." Yin said.
tickets are $6 and available at the Lied Center, SUA and Murphy Hall box offices.
Pipe burst irks residents
Heat will be off while repairs made
By Doug Weinstein Kansan staff writer
A water pipe that burst in a bathroom of McCollum Hall on Friday evening is causing many problems for the entire east wing of the eighth floor.
Phil Garito, associate director of student housing, said housing received a call early Saturday morning that a loopline, which carries the hot water for the heating system, broke and was leaking into a residence hall room.
"We sent maintenance people Saturday morning and were able to divert the leak into one of the showers." Garito said.
In order to fix the problem, Garito said student housing will have to turn the heat off for the entire residence hall and drain water from the seventh to the 10th floors.
Russell Stucky, Ness City freshman, and his roommate Kerry Marsh, Great Bend sophomore, live next to the bathroom. They said they didn't think the leak would be a big problem.
shower and not causing any problems, we'd go ahead and let it leak until the weather warms up," Garito said.
"Since it was leaking into a
Garito said the problem should be fixed today, provided the temperature is above freezing.
Stucky and Marsh had to rearrange their furniture so it wouldn't get wet, and they washed their rug because it smelled musty.
"But it leaked into our room and started to rot our carpet," Stucky said.
"I had to sleep on a study room couch because I couldn't sleep in my room Monday night," Stucky said.
Jason Etheredge, Benton sophomore, lives across from Stucky and Marsh. He said he was concerned with the amount of apathy the housing department had shown.
"For me it's a culmination of a number of things," he said. "They have our money, and I'm tired of them ignoring us. We pay for a service here, and we're not receiving the full service."
Because the leak has been diverted to a shower stall, McColum residents on the eighth floor only have two showers to use for a whole wing. In addition to that, the pipe has been running for more than four days wasting water.
Kevin Hiskey, finance manager for Lawrence water utility billing,
said water rates in Lawrence were $3.05 for every 1,000 gallons.
Chris Polonchek, Stillwater,
Okla., sophomore, and Josh Burdette,
Wichita sophomore, both live on the eighth floor. They have done the math. They timed the water, and it leaked one gallon every twenty-one seconds. The leak in the shower stall loses about 4,200 gallons per day and more than 21,000 per week. This amounts to a little more than $65 of wasted water.
KU gets architecture expert
Kansan staff writer
By Kevin Bates
Corman will leave the Board of Regents, where he has been the director of facilities for 30 years.
Retiring before age 70 is common for most people. But Warren Corman, the new architect and special assistant to Chancellor Robert Hemenway, isn't ready to put away his drafting table just yet.
I'm in good health, and I saw a real challenge at KU," said Corman, who will begin his duties Saturday.
As facilities director, Corman planned construction programs for Regents universities and directed the $163 million "Crumbling Classrooms" proposal to improve conditions at each of the six schools.
"He said he felt shorthanded," Corman said. "He doesn't have any assistants around with a lot of architectural experience, so he told me that he needed my help at the University more than I was needed at the board."
Hemenway said he showed the University's needs to Corman.
Corman said Hemenway convinced him to come to the University.
"It was a set of fortuitous circumstances that brought him to KU," Hemenway said. "The situation arose in which we could get advice from
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