Thefts increase during summer Theft and burglary are the top two crimes at KU, and with the warm weather comes an in-crease in the number of thefts around Lawrence. PAGE 8

Simien, Miles and Langford are finishing up their summer league seasons for the NBA. Miles and Langford remain unsigned. PAGE 20

Ex-‘hAwks PrEP for nbA

Password policy changes at KU

The University of Kansas will implement a new password policy begin-ning Sept. 15. PAGE 3

Spencer going digital New method soothes pain

Chiropractors are using the Activator method to ease their patients’ back pain and reduce the stress of visiting the doctor. PAGE 12

Staff members at the Spencer Museum of Art are busy digitally archiving the 26,000-piece collection. The archive will likely be made available online. PAGE 5

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t insiDeneWsPassword privacy a concern

In a preemptive strike against online hackers, the University will require all students, staff and faculty to change their passwords by Sept. 15. page 3

Student remembered as humble and helpfulFamily members reflect on the modesty and dedication of Stepha-nie Hoyt. Stephanie, a 19-year-old student at the University, died in a car crash while making her way home from a trip to Texas with her three friends. page 4

Everything’s onlineThe Spencer Museum of Art is digitizing and posting its collec-tions online, including paint-ings, photographs and textiles. page 5

KU continues to provide special servicesAfter serving the University of Kansas for seven years, the Disability Resources office remains a strong presence on campus. page 6

NASA launches Discovery shuttleDiscovery is the first manned shuttle sent into space since the 2003 Columbia disaster. page 7

High temperatures and heists go hand and hand on campus

As decimals continue to climb, so does the number of thefts. Officials reveal iave tips to avoid victimiza-tion. page 8

KU preserves prairie by buying buffer zone The University of Kansas is working to raise $500,000 to secure 160 acres surrounding an already required prairie. page 9

Chiropractic comfortA new method used by chiropractors may reduce aches and pains in a more comfortable manner. page 12

Parking, popularity and other issues addressedMr. College Answer Person tackles student’s most interesting and inane questions. page 14

t insiDeopinionThe inside scoop on interning

A public policy professor dishes out advice on how to climb the corporate ladder while paying one’s dues. page 13

t insiDesportsFormer KU teammates reunite; rekindle chemistry and game

As the NBA summer league teams wind down, former ‘Hawks find themselves on separate benches and carreer paths. page 20

Brown offered Knicks head coaching jobLarry Brown, former Kansas men’s basketball coach, is consideringcoaching for the New York Knicks. page 18

‘Hawk trains with national teamThe U.S. Women’s Volleyball Junior National Team, picked Kansas freshman Emily Brown as one of the team’s alternates. page 18

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Updated policy protects privacy

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F BadJoeSmith01: too simple and a name

Jason1234: a name and a number

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aland@kansan.comKansan staff writer

To keep campus e-mail ac-

countssecurefromever-evolv-ing computer viruses andhackers,theUniversityofKan-sashasbegunanewpasswordpolicyacrossallcampuses.

University students, facultyand employees will need tochangetheirpasswordsbySept.15,saidJennyMehmedovic,co-ordinator of information tech-nologiespolicyandplanning.

TheUniversityITdepartmenthasnothadproblemswithsecu-rity or privacy yet, said AlisonRose Lopez, public relationsandmarketingmanager forKUinformationalservices.

“This is the best practice,”Lopez said. “It’s proactive, notreactive.”

Thepolicyspecifiesrequire-ments that new passwordsmust meet to keep the users’accountssecure.

Anarticle releasedby the IT

department explained the newpolicy.

First, new passwords cannotinclude any part of the user’sname, forward or backward.Thepasswordshouldalsoavoidpersonal information that canbefoundoutwithrelativeease,suchasfamilynames.

The new password must in-cludesevendigits,musthaveatleastonenumberandhavebothupperand lowercase letters. Itmustalsohaveatleastonespe-cialcharacter,suchas%or*.

The University also recom-mendsthatpeoplechangetheirpasswordsonceasemestertoanentirelynewpassword.

Thepasswordshouldalsonotbeaseriesofnumbers,lettersorthekeysthatfalltogetheronthekeyboard,suchasASDFG.

The IT department does notwant any passwords that arewordslistedinthedictionary.

Some allowable exampleslisted on www.security.ku.edu,are iL2eAwPb!, Ucd,yc7 orJ,sA&am. Students, faculty

members and employees canfindinstructionstochangetheirpasswordsonthesite.

The release states that theUniversity will also checkpasswords randomly andif it cracks or guessesthepassword,theuserwill be notified andtoldtocomeupwithanewone.

Cracking happenswhen hackers use aprogramtocrack,orgainaccess, to a password.The IT department’snewpolicyissetuptohelpcombatcracking,Mehmedovicsaid.

Mehmedovic saidchanging passwordswas only one step ofamultifacetedsecurityplan.TheITdepartmentplanstoimplementnewfirewalls,antivirussoftwareandintrusiondetectionsoft-ware,Mehmedovicsaid.

— Edited by Erin M. Droste

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4 The UniversiTy Daily Kansan JUly 27 - aUgUsT 2, 2005newst Obituary

By AdAm LAnd

aland@kansan.comKansan staff writer

As three of her best friends lay in hos-pital beds in Wichita, Stephanie Hoyt’s parents buried their daughter. Over 300 people attended the funeral of the Uni-versity of Kansas freshman, her father, Lanny Hamp, said.

“The number of people there showed how many people she touched,” Hamp said.

Hoyt and her friends, went to Texas “to see a little of the U.S.” This was a last chance for Hoyt and her best friends to do something together, Hamp said.

On the way back the girls took the wrong on-ramp, sending them south in-stead of north. Once they realized the mistake, Stephanie went to cross two lanes to turn around, when they were struck by another vehicle.

The collision killed Stephanie instant-ly. Her three companions sustained seri-ous injuries and were taken by amulance to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, where one is currently listed as fair and the other two have been released.

Hoyt was born in Olathe on Jan. 3, 1986. Her mother, Theresa, remarried when Hoyt was two, and Lanny and The-resa raised Hoyt in Kansas City, Kan.

Hamp described his daughter as the

“type of person that never needed the limelight, and someone willing to help other people.”

Hamp said when Hoyt’s mother decid-ed to go back to school and get a degree in nursing, Hoyt took her mother’s place in the home. She cooked, cleaned and tried to help her mother with the every-day things she could not do, Hamp said.

That work ethic also translated into her scholastic and professional lives, throughtout her life, Hamp said.

She worked through high school and college at the Cracker Barrel and was paying her own way through college, Hamp said. She graduated from Sumner Academy with a 4.2 grade point average, and after a year at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, came to the University.

After declaring English as her major, Hoyt planned on attending law school, Hamp said.

Hoyt was one of five children and “she was the one who never gave me any trou-ble,” Hamp said.

Hoyt is survived by her father, Lanny Hamp and her mother, Theresa Hamp. Other survivors are four brothers: Sgt. Lanny Hamp Jr., Fort Benning, Ga.; Au-gust Hamp, Camp Lejeune; Richard Al-len Hoyt, of the home; and Kelly Hamp, of the home.

— Edited by Erin M. Droste

Student remembered as helpful, humble

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Local bar owner charged with illegal alcohol sales

Lawrence police officers closed down the Moon Bar, 821 Iowa St., after discov-ering Ron Ruiz, the owner, was selling alcohol without a liquor license last week.

The Moon Bar is the same nightclub where former Kansas forward J.R. Gid-dens was involved in an altercation on May 19. The altercation resulted in Gid-dens getting stabbed in the right calf.

Ruiz said he thought his bar’s recent problems were all directly related to the J.R. Giddens incident.

“It has everything to do with J.R.,” Ruiz said. “I feel that I am being profiled in a negative manner and KU alumni are influencing people to make sure that I have problems.”

Sgt. Dan Ward would not comment because the case had been handed over to the Alcohol Beverage Control of Topeka. The ABC could not be reached for comment. — Ashley Michaels

July 27 - August 2, 2005 the university DAily KAnsAn 5news

By AdAm LAnd

aland@kansan.comKansan staff writer

In a makeshift studio, on the 4th floor of Spencer Museum of Art, photographers and volun-teers are digitizing the Spencer collection.

Official at the museum, locat-ed south of Strong Hall, decided to digitize its collection several years ago, said Sofia Galarza Liu, museum collection manager and database project co-manager.

Digitizing involves captur-ing images of the art and stor-ing them in a computer. The reason for digitizing is that the museums collection is far too large to put on display,

Liu said. She said the museum wanted the digitized collec-tion to be on the University of Kansas’ digital library online. Eventually the museum wants to put the collection on the In-ternet, but Liu said there was not a set date for that project to begin.

Viewers and cataloguers will be able to search in the collec-tion by artist/maker, date, physi-cal subject (i.e. type of photo or painting) and material.

The process can be long and costly, more than $100,000 dol-lars, Liu said. To try and combat some of the cost, the museum applied for a $149,000 grant from the Institute of Museums and Library Services two years

ago, she said.The museum’s staff has cap-

tured and catalogued more than 8,000 items, Liu said.

When the staff began the digi-tization process they thought the museum contained approxi-mately 25,000 items, said Bill Woodard, director of commu-nications for the museum. But after they began capturing im-ages they realized the museum contained about 26,000.

The main reason for digitiz-ing the collection is not only to allow people to see more of the collection, but to capture fragile or decaying items, Liu said.

Certain items, such as photo-graphs and textiles, can only be in the light for a certain amount of time without sustaining dam-age, Liu said.

Students and faculty will not have to wait for the process to be completely finished to view

photos online because the mu-seum’s staff will post at different times as they progress, Liu said. The University population will be able to view some of the re-cently captured photos this fall, Liu said.

The collection contains items ranging from paintings, photo-graphs, prints, textiles and other types of art.

— Edited by Erin M. Droste

Staff works to digitize art

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Employees are digitally recording the Spencer Museum’s collection

Kerri Henderson/KANSAN

Above: Nate Thames, Wichita junior, edits one of 26,000 piec-es of art that will be archived in an electronic database. Right: The Spencer Museum is undergoing a digital makeover. All the items in the collection will be archived in an electronic database.

The Spencer Museum collection is undergo-ing a digital makeover. All the items in the collection will be photo-graphed and archived in an electronic database. Over 8,000 of the 26,000 items in the museum’s col-lection have been added to the system.

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KU programs support dsabled

July marks the 15th an-niversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act’s passage. According to the ADA Web site, the act ensures equal opportu-nity and civil rights to people with a broad range of disabili-ties. Similarly, the University’s Disability Resources office provides a number of services to assist students with a broad range of disabilities through-out their time at KU.

Mary Ann Rasnak, director of KU’s Disability Resources, said although the office has been at the University for seven years, the University provided services to disabled students beforehand.

“KU has a history of trying to meet the needs of people with disabilities before it was legislated,” Rasnak said.

Rasnak said the Americans with Disabilities Act changed public perception of what con-stituted a disability.

“ADA and the public in-formation surrounding that educated everyone about the invisible disabilities,” she said.

The act defined a disabled individual as a person with a

physical or mental impairment that limited their activities, a person with a history or record of impairment, or a person who was perceived as having an impairment. Rasnak said the act had largely been a tool for public information.

She said it raised awareness about invisible disabilities such as psychological, medical and learning disabilities along with the more visible physical and mobility impairments.

Rasnak said the University had installed door open-ers and curb cuts to make campus more accessible to people with mobility issues. She said a special committee reviewed the plans for each new building on campus that was either built or remod-eled to ensure accessibility and ADA compliance. Dis-ability Resources distributes a map of campus that dis-plays accessible entrances, restrooms and floors in each building on campus as well as a barrier-free route from Sunnyside Ave. to Jayhawk Blvd. Rasnak said mobility issues had been a problem on the University’s hilly campus.

Rasnak said her office served about 600 students.

— Nicoletta Niosi

Program changes name, not function

Although the Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Pro-gram changed its name, it has not altered its services, said Kristen Abell, the program’s coordinator.

Abell, who recently became the program’s first full-time co-ordinator, said the name was changed to Sexual Violence Education & Support Services to better reflect the services it provided.

“We’re more education than prevention,” Abell said. “We teach people how to prevent sexual assault, but we don’t actually prevent it.”

The program is part of the Emily Taylor Women’s Re-source Center and provides a variety of services for both men and women, Abell said. The program offers educa-tional seminars on healthy relationships, personal safety and gender roles in society, she said.

“We focus on the positive aspects of relationships while preparing students for the negative,” Abell said

Abell, a 1999 graduate in psychology and women’s studies, said the program worked closely with the

University by providing presentations and informa-tion through out the year, but specifically during Hawk Week. Abell said this year she would present two lectures, one on dating in college and the other on self-defense.

Besides providing informa-tion, the program also offers support. Students can receive short-term counseling and be connected to off campus services through the program, Abell said.

The office for Sexual Violence Education & Sup-port Services is on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union inside the Student Involve-ment and Leadership Center. People who need assistance or want to become involved can contact Abell by visiting the office or reaching her at 864-3552.

— Liz Nartowicz

Doctoral student revives language

Thanks to a KU doctoral student, on July 24 residents in two northeast Kansas coun-ties could turn on their radios and receive their news in Low

German.Scott Seeger, a graduate

student studying German, worked with KNDY 1570 AM, a Marysville radio station, to establish a Sunday broadcast in Low German in an effort to preserve the language in Marshall and Washington counties.

The first five-minute broadcast covered local sports, weather and news about the Low German Heri-tage Society, another pro-gram Seeger helped form. The broadcast, which aired at 12:25 p.m., went well said Bruce Dierking, KNDY presi-dent. Dierking said the time slot would help the program be well-received, because a lot of people listen at that time.

Dierking said the Low Ger-man Heritage Society started last summer after Seeger sparked the interest while interviewing older residents and speakers of Low Ger-man. Dierking said Seeger’s interviews shed light on the fact that although the lan-guage survived in the older community, it was disap-pearing within the younger generations.

— Liz Nartowicz

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By Marcia Dunn The AssociATed Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery and seven astro-nauts blasted into orbit July 26 on America’s first manned space shot since the 2003 Columbia disaster, ending a painful, 2 1/2-year shutdown devoted to making the shuttle less risky and NASA more safety-conscious.

At stake were not only the lives of the astronauts, but also America’s pride in its techno-logical prowess, the fate of the U.S. space program and the future of space exploration it-self.

“Our long wait may be over. So on behalf of the many mil-lions of people who believe so deeply in what we do, good luck, Godspeed — and have a little fun up there,” launch director Mike Leinbach told the astronauts just before liftoff.

Space program employees and relatives of both the Discovery and Columbia crews watched nervously as the shuttle rose from

its pad at 10:39

a.m., climbed into a hazy mid-summer sky, skirted two decks of clouds and headed out over the ocean in the most scruti-nized launch in NASA history. Two chase planes and more than 100 cameras documented the ascent from every possible angle to capture any sign of flying debris of the sort that doomed the last flight.

Some two hours later, af-ter Discovery had settled into orbit, Discovery commander Eileen Collins radioed back: “We know that the folks back on the planet Earth are just feeling great right now, and our thanks to everybody for all the super work that’s been done over the past 2 1/2 years to get us flying again.”

Mission Control replied by promising to bring the astro-nauts home safely.

Video showed what ap-peared to be a large piece of debris flying off the external fuel tank two minutes into the flight. The object did not seem to hit the orbiter. Footage also showed what might have been at least two light-colored ob-jects flying off Discovery as the shuttle cleared the launch pad.

Deputy shuttle program manager Wayne Hale raised the possibility that the light-colored objects were harmless pieces of paper that protect Discovery’s thrusters before

launch. But he insisted it was too soon to say what

the cameras may have picked up, and he

gave assurances the multitude of

images will be exam-ined frame

by frame in the

coming hours and days.“No telling what might be

there or what’s not there — we hope nothing,” he said.

The fuel gauge that thwarted a launch attempt two weeks ago worked properly before and during the liftoff, and the countdown was remarkably smooth. If the sensors had act-ed up before liftoff, the space agency had been prepared to bend its safety rules to get the shuttle flying.

A TV camera mounted on Discovery’s giant orange ex-ternal fuel tank provided an unprecedented view of the shuttle’s entire climb to or-bit in spectacular orange and blue, and showed the shuttle banking away and the empty tank being jettisoned back to-ward Earth to burn up in the atmosphere.

“I ask you all to take note of what you saw here today: the power and the majesty of launch, of course, but also the confidence and the pro-fessionalism, the sheer gall,

the pluckiness, the grittiness of this team that pulled this program out of the depths of despair 2 1/2 years ago and made it fly,” NASA Admin-istrator Michael Griffin said shortly after the launch.

Across the country, Ameri-cans watched the liftoff, cheering and applauding as it roared away from the launch pad. “I am very proud,” said Airman First Class Daniel Tu-reac of New York City, who watched on a giant screen in Times Square. “I am part of the Air Force and this is the highest up you can go, being on a shuttle crew. This is very exciting.”

In the hometown of Japa-nese astronaut Soichi Nogu-chi, firecrackers were popped and congratulatory cheers of “Banzai!” rang out.

During the 12-day mission, the astronauts will deliver supplies to the international space station and test new techniques for inspecting and patching the shuttle in orbit.

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First Lady Laura Bush, left, watches the launch of the space shuttle Discovery as she sits with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. on July 26.

8 The UniversiTy Daily Kansan JUly 27 - aUgUsT 2, 2005newstcrime

By Erin DrostE

edroste@kansan.comKansan staff writer

As people relax during the spring and summer, they un-knowingly make themselves more prone to theft.

“We do see more when the rather is nicer,” said Sgt. Dan Ward of the Lawrence Police Department “People leave their garage doors open and the windows down on their cars, so it’s easier for people to take things.”

Theft and burglary are the top two most common crimes that occur at the University of Kansas said Chris Keary, assistant chief for the KU Public Safety Office.

The difference between theft and burglary is whether the thief has a legal right to be in that place, Keary said. He said theft was taking something from somewhere the theif was al-lowed to be, while burglary oc-curred where the theif had no legal basis or right to be.

“Thefts occur when and where the opportunity is pre-sented,” Keary said. “Generally when people don’t watch their

items...people give others the opportunity to take things.”

Keary said the best way to protect belongings was to use security devices and measures already on hand. Lock your doors, even when at home, watch your items and make sure to take them with you.

“Don’t assume it will be there if you leave it,” Keary said.

Ward said one had to be care-ful about keeping valuables out of sight.

“If you lock your car but leave a purse in plain view, people are more apt to break a window to get it and run the risk of being

seen and heard, because they know what is there,” Ward said.

Victims of theft or burglary should always report it, Keary said.

“It’s not their fault some-body took advantage of it – you should be mad about it,” Keary said. “You should be mad that in this society, you have to watch your stuff.”

If criminals are caught they can be charged with either a mis-demeanor or a felony, depending on the items stolen. Anything

valued less than $1,000 would constitute a misdemeanor, any-thing valued more than $1,000 would be a felony, Keary said.

Filing a report does not guar-antee that you’ll get your prop-erty back. Keary said items were generally not recovered. He said students should record serial numbers and other important information from their valuables so they had it if it was stolen.

—Edited by Liz Nartowicz

Rising temperatures raise crime

Kerri Henderson/KANSAN

Top: Leaving a bike unlocked allows it to be stolen easily with-out causing much suspicion. An easy prevention is to lock it with either a U-shaped steel lock or a sturdy cable lock. Right: Leaving a purse and other valuables visible in your car makes them an easy target despite if the car is locked and the windows are up. Keep these items with you whenever possible to ensure their protection.

Kerri Henderson/KANSAN

July 27 - August 2, 2005 the university DAily KAnsAn 9newst university

The AssociATed Press

The University of Kansas is raising money to buy about 160 acres to serve as a buffer between development and a piece of pris-tine prairie it already owns.

A private owner has offered to sell the 160 acres and the Kansas Biological Survey — a research and service unit of the University — is working to raise $500,000 to buy it. So far, the University has raised about $250,000, and the survey has bought 40 acres.

The land would become a na-ture park, with hiking trails, ki-osks with wildlife and botanical information and space for pub-lic programs to teach subjects such as land management and bird-watching.

“We want to create a greater awareness of research and a greater appreciation for our nat-ural heritage,” Jerry deNoyelles, said associate director of the Kansas Biological Survey.

The survey hopes to use addi-

tional money to buy the rest of the 160 acres and to build trails and displays.

The survey also hopes that by buying the 160 acres, it can protect 10 acres it already owns called the Rockefeller prairie — land that deNoyelles calls “a little piece of history” because it has remained largely unchanged

since wagon trains crossed the prairie in the 1800s.

The Rockefeller prairie, with over 200 species of plants, is one of four known places on the planet where the western prairie fringed orchid and Mead’s milk-weed — two federally protected plant species — are found to-gether.

Ed Martinko, Kansas Biologi-cal Survey director, said that as cities grow, original prairie land could be at risk.

More people around the Rockefeller prairie increases the possibility they could bring in-vasive species onto the land, he said.

“Some of the problems are pretty subtle, too,” said Scott Campbell, a research associ-ate with the survey. “If there’s suddenly a bunch of houses across the fence from the prai-rie, you have the introduction of nonnative species like cool-season grasses, such as fescue and brome, or dandelions and weeds, or pesticides.”

Biological Survey needs $500,000 for 160 acres

“Some of the prob-lems are pretty subtle, too. If there’s sudden-ly a bunch of houses across the fence from the prairie, you have the introduction of nonnative species...”

Scott CampbellResearch associate at

the Kansas Biological Survey

By cArl MAnning The AssociATed Press

TOPEKA — The U.S. Su-preme Court will hear argu-ments Dec. 7 about whether the Kansas death penalty is consti-tutional, and Attorney General Phill Kline plans to be there to make the state’s case.

Kansas’ is one of four death penalty cases scheduled be-fore the nation’s highest court when it begins its new term in October. Seven men who had been sentenced to die in Kansas might yet face execution if the court upholds the law.

In December, the Kansas Su-preme Court declared the 1994 death penalty law was flawed because of how it said juries should consider the evidence for imposing a death sentence. Kline appealed, and the high court agreed in May to take the case.

“He has been preparing ever since the court said it would hear the case and has a definite game plan. He will be well pre-pared to represent Kansas,” said

Whitney Watson, spokesman for the attorney general’s office.

Watson said this will be Kline’s first time to argue before the justices, although he appeared before them in October when the court heard arguments in an Arkansas River water rights case between Kansas and Colorado.

At issue in the death penalty statute is the section that states if the evidence for or against im-posing the death sentence seems equal, the jury must choose death.

The Kansas court disagreed, saying when the evidence seems equal, the defendant should ben-efit. To do otherwise amounts to cruel and unusual punishment and violates defendants’ rights to due legal process, the court said.

Earlier this year, legislators could have fixed the flaw by rewriting the law. But they felt that doing that could discourage the high court from accepting the appeal and would end any chance of those on death row facing execution by lethal injec-tion.

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YORKTOWN, Va. — A lawyer for a death row inmate told jurors July 26 his client was so limited mentally that he couldn’t get a driver’s license and was cut from the football team because he didn’t understand the rules.

A prosecutor, though, said Daryl At-kins’ mental retardation claim was a ploy to avoid execution.

“None of his teachers, friends or fam-ily believed Daryl was mentally retarded until he was facing the death penalty,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Eileen Addi-son said during opening statements.

Defense lawyer Mark Olive portrayed Atkins, 27, as someone who struggled through life because of his limited mental abilities.

“He was teased unmercifully as a child because of mental slowness,” Olive said.

A jury was seated earlier July 26 for a trial that will determine whether Atkins, whose case led the Supreme Court to bar execution of the mentally retarded, is himself retarded.

The prosecutor’s reference to the fact that Atkins had been sentenced to death prompted one of his attorneys, Joseph Migliozzi Jr., to seek a mistrial, but Judge Prentis Smiley Jr. denied the motion.

Some 100 witnesses could be called during the trial, which was scheduled to last two weeks.

Among the first witnesses were At-kins’ mother and two former teachers, all of whom testified that Atkins struggled with schoolwork. Addison said, though, that school records show Atkins simply did not do the required work and began drinking and using marijuana in middle school, and it was “a steady decline from that point on.”

Atkins was 18 when he and William Jones killed Airman 1st Class Eric Nes-bitt, 21, for beer money. Nesbitt was abducted outside a convenience store, forced to withdraw money from an au-tomated teller machine and driven to a desolate road, where he was shot eight times.

Prosecutors said Atkins was the trig-german. A plea agreement was reached with Jones, who testified against Atkins

and received a life sentence.Three years ago, Supreme Court jus-

tices sided with Atkins’ lawyers in ruling that execution of the mentally retarded is unconstitutionally cruel, but did not decide whether Atkins had the disability. The determination of whether inmates are mentally retarded was left to the states.

York County Circuit Judge Prentis Smiley told prospective jurors July 25 that their only assignment would be to decide Atkins’ mental capacity.

“This case is going to be unique in the annals of judicial history,” he said.

If the jury determines that he is mental-ly retarded, he will be sentenced to life in prison. Otherwise, he will be executed.

An IQ of 70 or less is required to be considered mentally retarded in Virginia, which also takes into account social skills and the ability to care for oneself.

Atkins, who did not finish high school, scored 59 on an IQ test in 1998, but re-corded 74 and 76 on more recent tests.

Virginia law, however, also requires that mental retardation be determined by age 18. Atkins’ IQ was not tested as a youth.

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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — Inves-tigators identified an Egyptian as a pos-sible suicide bomber in the terror attacks at this Red Sea resort and were searching July 26 for his suspected Islamic militant cohorts — the first break in the probe.

The development came as two security officials revealed that authorities received information of an imminent terror attack in Sharm el-Sheik several days before the bombings July 23. But they thought ca-sinos would be targeted, so security was increased around those sites, not hotels.

The officials would not say where the tip came from but said headquarters in Cairo told security forces in Sharm to be on alert and to step up measures around key locations.

It appeared authorities chose the wrong possible targets to watch, said one of the officials in Cairo. Both officials are close to the inquiry and spoke on condi-tion of anonymity because the informa-tion was not authorized for release.

Security was heightened around casi-nos on the theory they would be attacked because Israelis come to Sharm for gam-bling, which is banned in their country.

The government has sacked the heads of security in North and South Sinai provinces, an apparent sign of the fail-ures that may have allowed the assault on one of Egypt’s most closely guarded tourist towns.

Instead of going after casinos, bomb-ers in two explosives-laden trucks target-ed hotels. One plowed into the Ghazala Gardens reception area, leveling the

lobby. A second headed for another ho-tel but got caught in traffic and blew up before reaching the target. A third explo-sive device, hidden in a knapsack, went off minutes after the Ghazala blast at the entrance to a beach promenade. As many as 88 people were killed.

Police had been studying two bodies found at the Ghazala as possible bombers because the remains were dismembered. DNA tests identified one of the bodies as that of Moussa Badran, an Egyptian resi-dent of Sinai who police said has links to Islamic militants.

Initially, officials said the body was that of Badran’s brother Youssef. The of-ficials, who spoke on condition of ano-nymity because the release of the details had not been authorized, did not give a reason for the change in identification.

The second body from the Ghazala is still being tested. A third body in Sharm’s Old Market, the site of the other truck ex-plosion, is also being examined as a pos-sible bomber.

Moussa Badran — a resident of Sheik Zawaid, a town near el-Arish in northern Sinai — fled the family house soon after a terror attack last October at two other Red Sea resorts, his stepmother told The Associated Press.

Many relatives — including women — were arrested after Badran’s disappear-ance and tortured, and another brother remains in custody, said the stepmother, Mariam Hamad Salem al-Sawarka.

Hours after the Sharm blast, police took DNA samples from Badran’s father and siblings and from other families with relatives who have gone into hiding since

the Taba attacks, al-Sawarka said. She said Youssef Badran moved to another town near Sheik Zawaid several years ago and she had not seen him since.

Investigators have been exploring pos-sible links between the July 23 attacks and those in October against hotels in the resorts of Taba and Ras Shitan, near the Israeli border. Those earlier attacks killed 34 people, including many Israelis.

Israel warned Israelis a year ago not to visit Egypt, and especially Sinai, because of the possibility terrorists would attack tourist sites. No Israelis were known to have died in the Sharm bombings, al-though Israeli media have said there were a number of Israelis there at the time.

Security forces detained thousands of people after the October attacks — main-ly from the north Sinai area.

This time, across Sinai, security forces took in 70 people for questioning on July 26, bringing to 140 the number ques-tioned since the July 23 attacks. Police detained an unspecified number of peo-ple overnight in the villages of Husseinat and Muqataa near the Gaza border.

Security officials in el-Arish said that, based on information from interroga-tions, they were looking for two other people from the area, Moussa Ayad Sulei-man Awda and Ahmed Ibrahim Hamad Ibrahim, in connection with the Sharm attacks.

Investigators were concentrating on the theory that the bombings were carried out by Egyptian militants, but were not excluding the possibility they received in-ternational help, the security officials in Cairo said.

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Whether it be old high school sports injuries, the early onset of old age or injury-related, we all have aches and pains, yes, even in our early 20s.

So how do you get rid of them? Some anti-inflamma-tories have been taken off the market and going to a chiro-practor to have them jerk and pop your vertebrae back into place doesn’t sound like much fun either.

Some chiropractors are now practicing a newer method of treatment called Activator methods technique. Chiroprac-tors differ on their opinions about the Activator method, but many choose it as their only method. The Activator method uses a hand-held de-vice called an Activator adjust-ing instrument to gently adjust problem areas.

The Activator method and manual manipulation method are the two methods chiro-practors use, and they are both aimed at sublaxations.

Sublaxations are misalign-ments in the body that alter nerve flow, which results in body malfunction that can take many forms, said Colleen Auchenbach, chiropractor at Advanced Chiropractic, 3300 W. 15th St., who practices only the activator method. Both manipulation and Ac-tivator methods find the un-aligned areas and realign them so the body can function at its optimal level. The difference is that the Activator method does it in a more comfortable manner, said Auchenbach.

“It is a low force, gentler tech-nique that helps a wide scope of people,” Auchenbach said. “I see better long-term results with the Activator method.”

The comfort of the Activator method attracts Valerie Macon, Lawrence resident.

“It’s a gentler, more comfort-able method,” said Macon. “It gently puts you back in align-ment without twisting or jerking your body.”

It would seem that this is the way to go, but James Timo-thy Brady, head chiropractor at Brady Chiropractic, 1104 E.

23rd St., disagrees. “A majority of cases benefit

more from manipulation as op-posed to Activator,” Brady said. “But it depends on the patient, each patient is different.”

Brady also said he thought the activator method was a technique used by chiroprac-tors who weren’t as proficient in hands-on manipulation, which used to be referred to as jerk and pop.

“It takes more effort, en-ergy and skill to do manipu-lation than it does to use the activator method,” Brady said. “When you find a skilled chi-ropractor who is proficient in manipulation you get greater benefits.”

As for the safety involved in manipulation, Brady said that it was safer to do manipulation than to go for a walk, if you had a chiropractor who was practic-ing safely.

One thing both chiroprac-tors agree on is if you find the right doctor, either method can be successful, it just depends on the patient.

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South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon, center, speaks to journal-ists before departing his hotel in Beijing early July 27. Song was heading to the second day of six-party talks aimed at resolving the crisis over North Korea’s nuclear program.

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BEIJING — Negotiators on July 27 began a second day of talks aimed at persuading North Korea to give up its nu-clear ambitions after the Unit-ed States and China both ex-pressed determination to make long-awaited headway toward a settlement.

In negotiations July 26, Wash-ington also assured North Korea it had no intention of attack-ing, and Pyongyang promised to work toward a denuclear-ized Korean Peninsula, open-ing moves that also indicated a shared goal of progress.

The latest round of talks re-sumed in Beijing, the closest ally of the isolated, communist North, after a 13-month boycott by North Korea, which had cit-ed “hostile” U.S. policies. Del-egates struck an amiable note before the meeting Tuesday, smiling and clasping hands for a group photo. The other par-ticipants are South Korea, Japan and Russia.

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Internships are so important to college students because ex-perience in the real world is considered essential to develop the skills employers want. Com-panies hire close to 50 percent of their interns for full-time po-sitions according to a 2004 sur-vey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Em-ployers.

Internships are not the only way to get experience. A real job in the summer might provide more of an education depend-ing on the student’s interest. Flipping hamburgers may seem like a dead end job. Just don’t tell that to current McDonald’s President, Jim Skinner, who started that way at 15 in Sydney,

Australia, and became a store manager in short order (no pun intended).

Students should have realistic expectations about their sum-mer job or internship. Students also need to understand that they have to pay their dues as in-terns. I had an intern once who, when asked to make a copy of a contract by a paralegal in a law-yer’s offi ce, quit. Presumably, he thought he should be writing the contracts, not copying them.

Contrast that with another student of mine who took a job with a public interest lobby group in D.C. He told me that all the interns were sitting around complaining about having noth-ing to do. He volunteered to do all the copying that he could during the fi rst two weeks. The next week he was put in charge of a major campaign for the or-ganization, and the complainers were working for him. Students who told me that they were giv-en nothing to do, failed.

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Students have real bargaining power to learn more if they have something to offer their boss. In addition to a hard worker who has a good attitude and good people skills, supervisors are looking for skills in short sup-ply. They include Web design; Microsoft Access, Excel and Publisher; and writing skills.

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Writing, editing and proofi ng as well as facility with Word and Excel are skills in short supply throughout the real world. They can be used to leverage a so-so job or internship into a life-changing experience. The next time you hear whining interns, say to them, “ask not what your internship can do for you but what you can do for the people who have been so kind to give you a chance.”

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Each week, Mr. College An-swer Person offers wisdom and advice to those seeking the “in-side word” on the college expe-rience. Submit your questions to mistercollege@kansan.com.

Dear Mr. College Answer Person,How many square feet is

campus?Billy Lown, Lawrence junior

The campus facts page on www.ku.edu reports that the Lawrence campus measures 1,000 acres; that’s about 43.5 million square feet.

Dear Mr. College Answer Person,If Lawrence is so much cool-

er than Topeka, why isn’t it the capital?

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Calif., sophomoreHelen Krische, archivist

and exhibit coordinator for the Watkins Community Mu-seums, 1047 Massachusetts St. said the most simple explana-tion was that Topeka, an older town than Lawrence and the seat of the early Free State government during the territo-rial period, became the capital because the constition for the state of Kansas was written there. She said that Lawrence was cooler than Topeka be-cause it was settled by a group of people from back East with an array of opinions and was always more liberal than To-peka.

Dear Mr. College Answer Person,Why are the red parking

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“The best answer is ‘we don’t know’ and deciding whether this is or is not true would take a lot of research,” said Margretta de Vries, administra-tive specialist for KU Parking Services. She said that dur-ing the summer these red slots are pretty vacant because staff members park further up the hill. De Vries said concerned students could write a letter to the parking commission sug-gesting that it should review the red and yellow spot alloca-tion in lot 91.

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Hundreds of Santas draft new demands

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — More than 100 Santa Clauses and their little helpers danced and bellowed ho-hos at the annual World Santa Claus Congress.

St. Nicks from 10 countries were in a yuletide spirit July 25 as they kicked off a three-day convention in Denmark, including a Santa parade and a chimney-climbing competition.

They were expected to have a few good laughs as they drafted proposals to improve their working conditions.

Demands include standard-izing chimney widths in the 25-country European Union and holding Christmas twice a year to lessen the burden on San-tas, who must currently rush around the world to distribute presents in just one day.

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PARADISE, Wash. — William Painter’s record as the oldest man to reach the top of Mount Rainier has been broken — by William Painter.

By making it to the 14,411-foot summit at age 82, the retired plutonium worker from the Hanford nuclear reserva-tion beat the mark he set more than a year earlier.

Painter, whose training includes more than 1,300 ascents of 800-foot Badger Mountain near his home in Richland while carrying 40-pound weights, was eager to get home to fi nish making apricot nectar and apricot jam and get started on the toma-toes in his garden.

“The most important thing is not getting to the summit, but getting down,” he said.

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UNITED NATIONS — Real estate mogul Donald Trump should bid on a United Nations renovation contract if he thinks he can do the job cheaper and better than anyone else, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.

Trump told a U.S. Senate hearing last week that the United Nations would commit a boondoggle of immense proportions if it goes ahead with its plan to renovate the outdated United Nations secretariat, a project it says will cost about $1 billion.

Trump predicted that if the U.N. continues with its proposal, the cost will balloon to $3 billion. And he said that he could do the job for $700 million.

“If that’s the case I’m sure he will get the contract and so I would encourage him to bid,” Annan said July 25.

U.N. offi cials said their plan for the renovation was sound and expressed skepticism at Trump’s claims.

Christopher Burnham, a former Department of State offi cial recently appointed to oversee the build-ing project as the U.N.’s undersecretary-general for management, told the same Senate hearing the United Nations would run “a lean, mean operation.”

The 38-story U.N. headquarters is dangerously out of date. It has no sprinkler system, is packed with as-bestos, and loses about 25 percent of the heat pumped into it in the winter.

AMMAN, Jordan — On his fi rst visit to the Middle East, Ricky Martin declared he would try to change negative perceptions of Arab youth in the West.

“I promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to, a spokesperson on your be-half. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes,” the 33-year-old singer told young-sters from 16 mainly Arab countries at a youth conference on July 25.

The children, ages 14 to 16, expressed con-cern about being labeled as “terrorists” by the West.

“I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered `losers,’ drug traffi ckers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing,” said Martin, who was born in Puerto Rico.

“Those comments are made out of ignorance and we have to sometimes ignore the ignorant, but we also have to educate the ignorant. You have me here as a friend,” he said.

Martin, who is a United Nations Children’s Fund goodwill ambassador, said he wanted to get to know the youth and their cultures bet-ter.

He said he planned to do a concert tour of

the Mideast and North Africa, including Jor-dan and the Palestinian territories, tentatively scheduled for May 2006.

Martin, whose hits include “She Bangs,” “Shake Your Bon-Bon” and “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” posed for photos with fans, at one point draping over his shoulders a traditional Arab kaffi yeh headscarf with the slogan “Jerusalem Is Ours” written in Arabic on it.

“I had no idea that the kaffi yeh scarf present-ed to me contained language referring to Jeru-salem, and I apologize to anyone who might think I was endorsing its message,” Martin said in a statement released July 25 by his New York-based publicist, Ken Sunshine.

“My role is entirely humanitarian, and I will continue to promote the elimination of stereo-typing anyone – be they from Latin America, the Middle East, or anywhere across the globe,” he said in the statement.

Martin attended the silver jubilee of the Arab Children’s Congress set up 25 years ago by Jor-dan’s Queen Nour, King Hussein’s widow, to promote creativity, peace, cross-cultural under-standing and tolerance. He said he would like to promote a similar youth congress for his na-tive Latin America.

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Celebrity offers to speak for Arab youth

Trump says he’s cheaper

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Ricky Martin, left, is greeted by a Libyan participant of the 25th Arab Children Congress during the opening ceremony on July 24.

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Donald Trump holds a picture of the New York City skyline while testifying on renovation of the United Nations Headquarters July 21 on Capitol Hill before a Senate Homeland Security and Gov-ernmental Affairs Subcommitte.

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DENVER — Some military veterans and law en-forcement officials are angry about a Web site pro-moting Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn’s comedy “Wedding Crashers.”

To win the affections of attractive bridesmaids in the movie, two fun-loving partiers pretend to be Pur-ple Heart recipients.

New Line Cinema’s movie Web site includes a fake, paper Purple Heart to cut out, with the spoof: “Carrying a Purple Heart in your jacket guarantees you attention, admiration and plenty of free booze.”

“I challenge the producer of that movie to go to Walter Reed Hospital and walk through the ward and see if he still wants to print out a fake Purple Heart,” said Thomas Cottone, Jr., a special agent with the FBI who enforces a federal law that prohibits wearing, manufacturing, buying, selling or trading a Medal of Honor.

“Talk to some of these people who don’t have legs anymore and see how funny they think that movie is.”

New Line Cinema, which produced the movie, did not return a phone message.

A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representa-tives Friday would expand federal law to allow pros-ecution of anyone who falsely claims to have earned a military medal or a Purple Heart.

SANTA FE, N.M. — Actress and activ-ist Jane Fonda says she intends to take a cross-country bus tour to call for an end to U.S. military operations in Iraq.

“I can’t go into any detail except to say that it’s going to be pretty exciting,” she said.

Fonda said her anti-war tour in March will use a bus that runs on “vegetable oil.” She will be joined by families of Iraq war veterans and her daughter.

They plan to return to the Santa Fe area, where she was promoting her book, “My Life So Far” on July 30.

Prompted by a question from the audi-ence, Fonda said war veterans that she has met on a nationwide book tour have encouraged her to break her silence on the Iraq war.

“I’ve decided I’m coming out,” she said.

Hundreds of people in the audience cheered loudly when Fonda announced her intentions to join the anti-Iraq war movement.

“I have not taken a stand on any war since Vietnam,” she said. “I carry a lot of baggage from that.”

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Actors Owen Wilson, left, and Vince Vaughn arrive at the New York City premiere of their new film “Wedding Crashers.”

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Freshman volleyball standout Emily Brown was one of 14 girls selected to train with the U.S.

Women’s Volleyball Junior National Team.

The training session was July 13 through 18 and took place at the Olym-pic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Brown, a 6-foot-2 right side hitter/setter from Baldwin City, was invited to attend the training ses-sion after a tryout she at-tended in February. Brown

and the other 13 girls from around the United States, are considered alternates for the Junior National Team

The team is coached by Bri-an Hosefeld from University of Texas, Louella Lovely from

the University of Notre Dame and Ken Ko from the University of Washington.

Brown, who averaged 2.45 digs per game and 2.12 kills per game, trains as a right side/outside hit-ter at Kansas. While at the train-ing camp Brown was trained as the team’s setter, a position she wasn’t used to playing.

“I was honored to be invited to the training camp,” Brown said. “I was defi nitely taken out of my comfort zone but I learned a lot and hope to carry the skills I learned with me into next sea-son.”

The Junior National Team will compete in the FIVB Junior Women’s U-20 National Cham-pionships July 23 through 31 in Ankara, Turkey.

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NEW YORK — Larry Brown, former Kansas coach of the 1998 NCAA championship team, has been offered a contract by the New York Knicks to become the franchise’s 22nd head coach, his agent said July 26.

“An offer has been made, but that doesn’t mean a contract has been completed. Nothing has been fi nalized,” said Joe Glass, Brown’s longtime agent.

With the 64-year-old Brown, who has coached seven NBA teams and two college teams, the likelihood of a snag can never be underestimated.

“We’re making prog-ress, and we’re continuing to talk at this point,” Knicks spokesman Joe Favorito said.

Glass was not sure when con-tract negotiations might wrap up.

“Too hard to say,” said Glass, 80, whose son has been an agent for several NBA players. “There’s no time factor as far as we’re concerned. We’ll get it done as soon as we get it done.”

Brown had dinner the night of July 25 with team president Isiah Thomas and interim coach Herb Williams, a meeting that Brown described as “positive.” Brown had been uneasy about the pros-pect of displacing Williams as coach.

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Spacious 2 BR remodeled like new, closeto campus W/D, DW, balcony, 1 1/2 bath.$500 + util, also remodeled studio, quietconvenient location. $360, 841-3192.

Fem roomate wanted. 3 BR House. NearKU. W/D $315/month Call 865-9989.

OWN vs. RENT1 BR condo available now. $43,900 Call Becky @ Remax. 785-766-1598

Apartment Sublease3 BR furnished apt on bus route. Security deposit paid. $359/ mo.

Call 913-495-9873

KU students looking for fem. roommatesto share 5BR, 3BA house on New Hamp-shire. $300/mo. +util. Call Leanne @785-218-4751

Roommate needed for school year, 3 BRcondo, 2 BA, W/D, on KU bus route, allutil. paid, $375. Rory 913-221-1300.

4 BR townhome avail. Aug. Westside.$980/month.

Call 913.441.4169

1BR Apt. avail. August. Walk to KUand downtown, on 17th and

Vermont. Dishwasher, A/C, privatedeck, wood floors. $459. No dogs.

Call 691-5639 or 841-1074.

1,2,3 & 4 BR apts. & townhomesNow leasing for Summer & Fall

walk-in closets, patio/balcony, swimmingpool, KU bus route.

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Brand New! Never Lived In! 4 Bdrmhome, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage, lawn careprovided, small pets OK! Perfect for 4roommates or a family! Close to 6th &Wakarusa. 785-832-9001

Sunny 3 BR, 2 BA apt: W&D, Dishwasher,CA, Balcony facing wooded hills, off-street parking, 927 Emery Rd.

$795/mo= $265/person. Call 312-0948!

4 BR, 2.5 BA, basement, near new, NWLocation. $1250. Ask about signingbonus, 749-5256.

-Studio Apt. & 2 BR Apt., block to KU. -Also possible room in exchange forcleaning, bookkeeping, etc. 841.6254

Townhouse available soon. Great for commuter from/to East Topeka TurnpikeEntrance or Highway 10. 3 BR, 1.5 BA,

full basement, 2 spaces outdoor parking. Call for info. 785-528-4876

KU/ Topeka Commuter, 1st floor largeapt. in Topeka. Need 2-3 male students. Water paid, stove, refrigerator $325 each

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FALL INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE. We have internships available in graphic design, marketing and research, website

development and e-commerce. Build experience for your résumé in a great

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Opportunity to Work in a Montessori School

Raintree Montessori School is looking fortwo wonderful people to do the most im-portant work there is! Afternoon Class-

room Assistant working with children ages3-6 M-F, 12 Noon-4 PM, $10/hr. Must

have classroom experience and 9 hoursof coursework in child-related courses.

Full-time Elementary Assistant M-F 7:15AM - 4 PM $1850-2000/month (Septem-

ber - May) depending upon education andexperience. Training for positions begins

in August. Call 843-6800.

Part-time nanny/babysitter, 15-20 hoursper week, starting around Aug. 15. PreferMon., Wed., Fri. from 3pm-6pm andTues., Thurs. from 2pm-6pm. Startingdate and times are somewhat flexible. $11/hr. Must have references, prefer lo-cal references, and must have experiencewith young children. If interested, pleasee-mail Susan at susanoflawrence@ya-hoo. com.

Research assistant needed, applied be-havioral science support study data collec-tion from teenagers and their families: in-terview parents; schedule visits; prepareand process forms; check, file, track andenter data; process payments to families;update family records; attend weekly staffmeeting. 20-30 hrs/week. must have: reli-able transportation; experience using com-puters; experience with office equipment;-excellent organizational skills. Prefer: ex-perience in psychology, human develop-ment, education, or other social science;experience working with teenagers andfamilies; experience conducting inter-views. $9-$11/hr. E-mail: nichdstudy@ku.-edu or call 785-330-4475. Apply onlinehttps://jobs.ku.edu. Review of applica-tions will begin Aug. 10th.

The Lawrence Athletic Club is looking fora few good people to fill open positions inChildcare, Front Desk, Personal Training,and the Sales Department. If interested,please apply at the front desk at theLawrence Athletic Club, 3201 Mesa Way,785-842-4966

TUTORS WANTEDThe Academic Achievement and AccessCenter is hiring tutors for the FallSemester in the following courses: PHSX114 & 115; CHEM 184, 188, & 624;BIOL150 & 152; MATH 104, 115, 116,121, 122, & 365; and DSCI 301. Tutorsmust have excellent communication skillsand have received a B or better in one ofthese courses (or in a higher-level coursein the same discipline). If you meet thesequalifications, go to www.tutoring.ku.eduor stop by 22 Strong Hall for more information about the application process. Two references are required. Call 864-4064 with any questions. EO/AA

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$350, or best offer. Call 913-208-6520

Female needed for co-ed, nice 3 BR town-house in quiet neighborhood close to cam-pus. $325/mo + util. Call Trevor (316)215-2485 or Abbie (620) 617-2440.

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BAR TENDING!$300/day potential. No experience nec.Training Provided.800-965-6520 ext.108

JULY 27 - AUGUST 2, 2005 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 19CLASSIFIEDS

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sportssportsJuly 27 - august 2, 2005

‘Hawks in the NBABy Ashley MichAels

amichaels@kansan.comKANSAN STAFF WRITER

Three former Kansas men’s basketball players are adjusting to life on opposing teams.

Aaron Miles, former guard, Keith Langford, former forward, and Wayne Simien, former forward, are all currently members of NBA summer league teams, only now they are playing against each other.

The Miami Heat drafted Simien during the 2005 NBA Draft on June 29. Miles and Langford were not drafted but have found their places among the NBA hopefuls. Miles now plays with the Seattle SuperSonics summer league team. He hasn’t played against any of his former team-mates but he did get the opportunity to train with Simien in Denver.

“We worked out together so sometimes we were on the same team and sometimes we were on separate teams,” Miles said. “When we played on the same team it was like the chemistry was still there. I knew where he wanted the ball and how to give it to him. When we played against each other it was like we knew what each other was going to do. I wanted my team to win, but at the same time I wanted him to do good as well.”

Langford is playing with the Dallas Mavericks and got the opportunity to play against Simien and the Miami Heat twice, July 11 and July 14 at Long Beach State.

At the first game on July 11, the Heat won 95-87. Langford was 1 for 8 from the field ending the night with 4 points. Simien scored 13 points and was 5 for 12.

When the two former teammates met for the second time, the Mavericks won 109-96. Both Langford and Simien scored 20 points.

“It’s cool because my team won,” Langford said. “But when we played against each other I had to catch myself every once in awhile after a point or when we did some-thing good because it’s just habit to congratulate each other. It was good to see him play and to see him doing good.”

Simien will stay with the Heat following the summer league season. As of July 26, Miles and Langford have not been picked up by any teams for the regular season.

— Edited by Erin M. DrosteKansan file photos

Aaron Miles

Keith Langford

Wayne Simien

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