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VOL.103, NO.69
Police arrest two men after intrusion at fraternity
Beavis and Butthead might have gotten away with it, but Lawrence police arrested two KU students caught carrying grocery bags of belongings out of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house during Thanksgiving break.
Lawrence police said that Cory Aubuchon, St. Louis sophomore, awoke at 2:20 a.m. Friday to the sound of intruders in the house. A fraternity representative said Aubuchon was working in Lawrence during the break and decided to stay in the house.
Police said that when they arrived at the house, they found Brent Wyse, Crystal Lake, III., senior, and Jeff Schmilt, Wichita sophomore, in the house intoxicated and carrying bags of items belonging to fraternity members who live in the house.
According to police reports and photographs, the bags contained a pair of dress pants, an unopened package of boxer shorts, an X-rated video, several compact discs, a day planner and numerous packs of gum.
Wyse, a fifth-year senior and member of Pi Kappa Alpha, has lived outside of the fraternity house for two years, the fraternity representative said. Schmitz was not a fraternity member.
Although Aubuchon did not want to press charges against the intruders, Lawrence police may because officers witnessed the intrusion. Police arrested the men on charges of theft and aggravated burglary. Each was released Friday evening on $1,500 bond. The men will appear at 3 p.m. today in district court.
Kansan staff report Arab citizens can have their cake and eat it too
UBAI, United Arab Emirates — Let them eat cake, said the sheik.
Well, not quite in those words.
A military parade and a 69-ton cake — the world's largest — kicked off five days of festivities on Monday marking the 25th birthday of this wealthy Gulf nation.
Royals and VIPs flew in from around the world to attend the parade in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. Mirage 2000 jets flew overhead, and tanks, missile launchers and armored personnel carriers drove past the stands.
In Dubai, the country's second-largest city and commercial hub, an $82,000 cake disappeared within minutes of being cut.
Russia opposes expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe
LISBON, Portugal — Echoes of the Cold War reverberated through a cavernous meeting hall yesterday as leaders from 54 nations opened a summit to build a new security arrangement for Europe in the post-Soviet era.
NATO expansion into Eastern European nations most likely will be part of the security model being created by members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
But Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chermodydin said Moscow was firmly opposed to NATO expansion, and he indicated that Russia would consider itself threatened if neighboring countries joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The Associated Press
Chemomyrdin acknowledged that Russia could not prevent the Soviet Union's former Warsaw Pact allies from joining NATO, Moscow's old nemesis, but added that Russia retains its "right to defend our national interests." He did not elaborate.
Tens of thousands of people converged on the road, where the date- and banana delicacy stretched for more than a mile and a half.
Vice President Al Gore dismissed Russia's fears, saying NATO was a defensive alliance of like-minded democratic states.
Point guard Jacque Vaughn passed up the NBA draft to play for Kansas his senior year. But a wrist injury has kept him out of action, and he's waiting for the doors to open this season. Basketball must wait, and his fans, coach and
teammates are wondering...
"I've always said I had no regrets being here at the University of Kansas, and I still have none. This could be a blessing in disguise." Jacque Vaughn
"How's Jacque doing?"
Mark Cairns is used to the question.
Cairns, assistant trainer for the Kansas men's basketball team, said he became one of the most popular people in town after Kansas senior point guard Jacue Vaughn injured his right wrist.
"The first question out of their mouth is, 'How's Jacue doing?' " Cahns said.
It's the question everybody at Kansas would like to have answered.
In May, Vaughn decided to take the road less traveled when he opted to stay at Kansas for his senior year instead of heading for the NBA draft. Now six months later, with what his own coach calls the world's worst injury for a right-handed basketball player; the road less traveled may be looking a little rocky.
Vaughn, a junior last year, could have turned pro at the end of last season, and he might have been selected in the first round. Ninety-nine non-seniors have declared for the NBA draft since 1992. Of those, 57 were drafted.
"We had heard some rumors that he was considering coming out, so we took a pretty close look at him," said Rob Babcock, director of player personnel for the Minnesota Timberwolves. "He would've been a first round pick. I think."
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Vaughn's roommate and teammate of four years,
Story by Adam Herschman
senior center bsh round, said he would have left school after he had been through his shoes.
He talked to me a little but last spring," Pollard said. "He didn't ask my advice, but he asked what I would do. I would have left."
Vaughn decided to stay at Kansas, play basketball and complete his degree in business administration. But why pass up the money and risk a career-ending injury?
One reason was spiritual:
"During my process, I prayed a lot, and God led me to come back here," Vaughn said. "And there was no reason for me to second guess that at all."
School is also important to Vaughn, and he has plans beyond the NBA.
"My life didn't always been basketball," Vaughn said. "I've always concentrated on my studies and other things around me. It wasn't the end of the world when this injury happened."
Linnie Vaughn, Jacque's mother, instilled that sense of scholarship in her son at an early age. In her household, grades were number one and homework had to be finished before Vaughn could go out.
"I have high standards, and so I definitely think we should be playing in Indianapolis this year, without a doubt," Vaughn said. "When I do step back on the court, I'm going to be 100 percent. I'm going to be better than the last time you've seen me in a Kansas jersey. I'll still be diving on the floor. I'll still be chasing loose balls."
"His achievements academically have always made me very, very proud." Linnie Vauhn said.
Vaughn also wants to be playing basketball for Kansas in April during the Final Four.
See WHAT HAPPENS NOW, JACQUE? Page 5
Kansas senior point guard Jacque Vaughn looks to the window of the James Naismith Room in The Athletic Complex Expansion building. Vaughn was waiting for his turn to talk with the media during the Kansas Men's Basketball Media Day Oct. 14.
Vaughn begins the next step of rehabilitation to his wrist
By Evan Blackwell Kansas sportswriter
Kansas sportswriter
Kansas men's basketball trainer Mark Cairns has to be careful with injured players. That's his job.
As Kansas senior guard Jacque Vaughn begins heavy rehabilitation on his injured right wrist, Cairns remains cautiously optimistic. Throughout the ordeal, Cairns said Vaughn had been outstanding.
Injury Timeline: Visual progression of Vaughn's healing process. Page 5
"The rehab has been excellent so
has been excellent so far, but things can slow down at any time so you have to be vigilant," Cairns said. "He has been more than willing to do everything with
the wrist he can, and maybe even a little bit more. He's got that edge where he wants to be back in the lineup."
Vaughn sustained a scapholunate
disassociation to his right wrist during a pickup game at Allen Field House on Sept. 10.
Vaughn began his rehabilitation immediately after his cast was removed on Nov. 18. Cairns said that in the last two weeks, some range of motion had returned to the wrist.
The progress has been very nice, Cairns said. "Pain-wise it hasn't been bad at all, and the stiffness has slowly been going away each day."
Vaughn started the second phase of his rehabilitation yesterday, which will see him return to the weight room.
"Now he's going to start putting pressure on the wrist," Cairns said.
He said Vaughn would start slowly with the weight program and gradually rebuild the wrist's strength.
Since his cast was removed, Vaughn has worn a soft, removable splint. Cairns said Vaughn could now perform day-to-day tasks like brushing his teeth and combing his hair without the splint.
"He can do the things he hadn't been able to do for the last 10 weeks," Cairns said. "Hopefully, after today he doesn't have to wear it."
The target date for Vaughn's return is still no earlier than January, and there is still no indication how quickly Vaughn will be back after the new year. Cairns said.
Despite that, Kansas coach Roy Williams said he still hoped Vaughn could return this month.
Cairns was not as optimistic.
"I don't expect to have him back—and this is optimistic—until the end of December," Williams said yesterday.
"The target date is definitely still January." Cairns said. "When in January, I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see."
Entomology professor dies
Friends discovered Byron Alexander's body at his home
By Eric Westland
Kansan staff writer
A University of Kansas professor was found dead in his Lawrence home yesterday.
Byron Alexander, assistant professor of entomology and assistant curator of the Natural History Museum, did not show up for a 9:30 entomology lecture yesterday morning. Concerned students and faculty members telephoned his
home but received no answer.
Two faculty members then went to his home, where they discovered his body and called the police. Alexander, who also was a professor of systematics and ecology, was 44.
Yesterday sergeant Susan Hadi said the Lawrence Police Department was awaiting autopsy results. She said there were no immediate signs of foul play, but that the department would investigate the death, as was procedure for unattended deaths.
Alexander, who lived alone, had been a professor at the University of Kansas since 1990. His college described him as thorough experienced and willing to help students.
Byron Alexander
"He was young, full of life, and always full of terrific humor and wit," said Leonard Krishtalka, director of the Natural History Museum. "Clearly his passing is an
enormous blow to his family, the museum, the entomology department, his students and the world of science."
Alexander, who received a doctorate from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1898, published
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Alexander had taught a range of courses, including Biology 104 and upper-level courses in biology.
"He was a wonderful person," Smith said. "We don't know what we are going to do without him."
numerous papers on the identification of bees, his area of expertise. He received fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, and a New Faculty Grant from the University in 1990.
This weekend, Alexander ate Thanksgiving dinner with Deborah Smith and Robert Hagen, the faculty members who discovered his body. Hagen said he would remember Alexander for his concern for students and wide range of knowledge.
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