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Lawrence resident finds man hanging from tree
A man seen standing quietly in the woods near Riverfront Park on Wednesday turned out to be a man who had been hanging from a tree for at least two weeks.
Lawrence police Sgt. Susan Hadi said Lawrence resident Roger Athey and a friend were walking through the woods about 5:13 p.m. when they noticed a man in the distance who was not moving.
Hadi said the men thought little of passing a stranger in the woods, so they continued walking. On their way back out of the woods, however, the man still had not moved.
Hadi said that upon further investigation, the men realized that the man was not standing at all. He was hanging from a tree.
The body was found on the west side of the river in a wooded area just off the bank. Hadl said.
Geoff Krieger / KANSAN
Police would identify the man only as a light-haired male. No identification was found on the body, but police think the man may have been a transient, Hadi said.
Ulviye Emirzade, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus graduate student, Yanki Cobanoglu, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus junior, and Merve Ozer, Istanbul, Turkey., freshman, hold up a banner during a demonstration. The demonstration was held yesterday afternoon in front of Wescoe Hall and the Kansas Union.
"There was a bag with some personal belongings near the man," she said.
Police did not release information about how the man was hanging or what he was hanging from because the investigation wasn't complete.
"We are investigating all of the options," Hadl said. "There is not sufficient information yet to determine if there was foul play or not."
An autopsy was performed yesterday morning, but the results were not available.
—Kansan staff report
Rain storms in Oregon cause road to collapse
PORTLAND, Ore. — Weakened by this week's downpours, a section of interstate 5 collapsed yesterday morning, leaving a 40-foot-deep sinkhole that swallowed a tractor-trailer.
Both lanes of the highway were closed for hours after part of the northbound lane collapsed into the South Umpqua River near Roseburg. One truck drove into the 100-foot-wide hole, one hung on the edge and a third swerved and ended up across the median strip, hitting a motorist.
The motorist hit by the truck had a foot amputated, but the drivers of the three semis suffered only minor injuries, authorities said.
"This happened faster than fast," said Albert Wilkinson, the driver whose truck wound up on the edge of the hole. "You're going along fine. The next thing you know you're at a dead stop and everything's crumpled in on you."
"There were just parts of bodies lying in the street, toros, bones, cars blasted against the building," said Ramon Camino, a doctor who arrived at the scene shortly after the explosion.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — An explosion at a shoe store sheared the side off a six-story building yesterday, killing at least 20 people, injuring 82 and leaving up to 15 missing. A gas leak was believed to have caused the blast.
Puerto Rico blast kills at least 20, injures 82
The 8:35 a.m. (7:35 a.m. EST) explosion ripped a 50-foot-wide hole up the side of the building, exposing offices and apartments. It left a tangle of concrete and steel beams that filled a city block and shattered windows in nearby buildings and cars.
Rescue workers pulled dozens of survivors, coated with blood and dust, from the debris. Bodies, bloody and burned, could be seen in the rubble.
Police Chief Pedro Toledo said rescues expect to find up to 15 more victims buried beneath the debris. He put the latest toll at 20 dead and 82 injured.
Issue spurs more protest
—The Associated Press
Cypriot, Turkish dispute attracts group's censure
By Neal Shulenburger Kansan staff writer
Cyprus, a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, inspired the second protest by an on-campus group in six days.
On Nov. 15, a group of Greek Cypriot students and other supporters held up signs and distributed pamphlets in front of Wescoe Hall.
The Turkish International Association and other proponents of the Turkish occupation responded at 12:20 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Sixteen students and supporters held up a white banner adorned with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus flag that read: "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, We Exist." After 30 minutes in front of Wescoe Hall, the protest concluded with a march to the Kansas Union.
Although the occupation of the northern third of the island by the Turkish army occurred in 1974, only Turkey recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as a country. In fact, U.N. resolutions 3212 and 37/253 call for the withdrawal of the Turkish forces. The debate about the Turkish army's presence has created an argument between Turkish and Greek Cvriot students.
Ozfer Ozatay, graduate student from Northern Cyprus and president of the Turkish International Association, was one of the leaders of the protest.
"This protest has three aims," Ozatay said. "The first is to protest the violation to our right of free speech, the second is to protest the vandalism of our display case, and the third is the UDK's insufficient and inaccurate coverage of the issue."
Ozatay said that the Turkish army was present in Cyprus under the Treaty of Guarantee and that it used the treaty as a legal right to intervene.
"They came there because the Greeks had been killing the Turkish people of Cyprus and
to stop the union of the island and Greece," Ozatay said. "There has been peace since 1974, except for occasional incidents."
Therapon Therapontos, a junior from the south side of the island, disagreed with the protesters.
"How do they define peace?" Therapontos said. "There were thousands of people kicked out of their houses. Is that peace? Every few months people die. Is that peace?"
Stauffer-Flint Hall, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the occupation of Cyprus.
One of the key issues with the protesters was the spray painting of a display case in front of
"The people who spray-painted that case are afraid of reality," said Umut Bayramoglu, Istanbul, Turkey, junior. "When you censor something like that, you must be afraid of something in the message. All we wanted to do was to show our viewpoint."
Therapontos said he did not condone the vandalism.
"Even if that person was trying to express our viewpoint, I condemn them for what they did."
he said.
Also at issue with the protesters was Monday's University Daily Kansan article covering the South Cyprus natives' protest.
"It had a lot of the facts wrong," Ozatay said.
"They didn't even put the island of Cyprus on the man—it was the island of Crete."
On Tuesday, the Kansan printed a correction on Page 2 showing the correct location of Cyprus, but the protesters distributed fliers designed to clear up misconceptions about other issues related to the article.
BSU's future Senate money up in the air
By Spencer Duncan Kansan staff writer
BSU loses financing
Black Student Union has relied on money it has received from Student Senate for four years. But some of that money may no longer be available.
BSU was denied block-allocation status by the Student Senate Finance Committee earlier this week. Andrea Lockett, BSU president, said that the denial of block-allocation status would have a negative effect on her organization.
The Black Student Union receives 2.4 percent of Student Senate's block-allocation funds. If these funds are revoked, BSU may have to look to other financing sources.
Top 10 block allocation student recipients
1. Legal Services for Students $207,725
2. Lied Center 114,077
3. Line-Item Allocation Account 110,300
4. Student Senate Administrative Budget 87,500
5. Graduate Student Council 83,700
6. University Theatre 68,155
7. KU Bands 66,140
8. Headquarters 38,149
9. Rape Victim Survivor Service 26,000
10. Black Student Union 23,500
11. All other accounts 137,054
"We bring in speakers and sponsor events that embody the community and create diversity," Lockett said. "In order to do that, it takes money. And Senate has been one of our big supporters. We need this status to remain a driving campus organization."
If the committee does not overturn
Two ways to get Senate money
"We get money from off-campus sources, but the money given to us by Senate is a large support for us," Lockett said. "We could not do everything that we do now without the support of Senate."
If BSU is not granted the status, it will have to find other sources for money.
Block allocation status
Organization receives a set amount of money each year. Block allocation status is reviewed every two years; the Student Senate fiscal year begins on July 1
Selected campus organizations receive block-allocation status every two years. Groups that receive block status this year will have a set amount of money every year until 1999.
Line-Item allocation status
Organization shares a portion of the Student Senate
account as its current currency, the largest line-
item allocation is Student Union Activities with $9,010.
BSU has requested more than $20,000.
On Wednesday, Senate disagreed with the finance committee's recommendation. Senate recommended that the committee grant BSU blockallocation status. But that recommendation is not binding. There is still a chance that the committee may not add BSU to the list. The final decision will not be made until next semester.
Andy Rohrback / KANSAN
its decision, it will not mean that BSU cannot get student money, said Kelly Huffman, finance committee chairman.
"They could go through item-allocations, or they can come through Senate throughout the year and get money from the unallocated account," Huffman said. "We are not shutting them out."
But Stevie Case, residential senator, said block status gave larger sums of money than other methods. Case said that BSU deserved block status.
Line-item is a yearly allocation, and money from the unallocated account is given throughout the year.
"This is a group that does a lot of
The committee denied BSU block status for two reasons. First, BSU overspent its allocation by more than $400 three years ago. Second, BSU has not included the Senate logo on some materials printed with Senate money. Both are violations.
special things on campus," Case said. "I think not giving them this status is wrong."
But Lockett said that these were small oversights that have been corrected.
BSU is requesting more than $20,000 through block allocation this year. Lockett said that if BSU is denied block status they would continue to find other ways to get Senate funds.
By Stephanie Fite Kansan staff writer
Engineering school joins NASA project
Time, space and matter matter.
That is why 38 faculty members and 29 students from the University of Kansas, Kansas State, Emporia State, Pittsburgh State and Wichita State engineering schools will join forces to explore the three topics. The purpose is to answer questions in aerospace, astrophysics and chemical engineering.
Money for the venture, which started with a ceremony on Tuesday in Topeka, comes from a $3 million NASA grant.
"Working together will help us find common links," said David Downing, KU professor and director of the aerospace engineering department and the University's delegate for the project.
The $3 million will be divided among six research teams to pay for assistants, research areas and equipment. NASA also will give the state of Kansas $1.5 million to pay for additional research equipment for the Regents schools.
Three teams will research the aviation industry's basic chemistry, aerospace design and testing. Other teams will analyze aircrafts' external noise, and faculty researchers will focus on the development of the next generation of user-friendly, advanced cockpits.
Thomas Cravens, professor of physics and astronomy, said faculty also would work to increase human knowledge of nature's biological, chemical and physical processes using the space environment under NASA's Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise.
An executive committee consisting of one representative from each school will choose the students and faculty members who will do the research. So far, only leaders of each team have been selected. None of those are KU faculty or students.
The $3 million grant from the NASA Experimental Program was created three years ago to stimulate competitive research in aerospace engineering. The money comes from the National Science Foundation.
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