Suspect arrested for allegedly shoplifting

A man who allegedly tried to leave SuperTarget, 3201 Iowa, without paying for nearly $200 worth of groceries was stopped Tuesday night by store employees, Lawrence Police said.

Police were called shortly before 6 p.m. A security guard said he had watched the 23-year-old suspect push the cart of groceries past cashiers and into the parking lot. The guard and another employee approached the suspect, and a struggle ensued, police said.

The suspect was detained until police arrived to arrest him. One of the store employees suffered a cut to his arm in the struggle, but otherwise no one was hurt, police said.

The man was taken to the Douglas County Jail, and charges were pending Wednesday.

KU researcher to discuss icebergs on NPR program

A Kansas University researcher today will be one of two guests on a National Public Radio show discussing the icebergs of Antarctica.

Prasad Gogineni, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has conducted research on the melting of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica.

The hourlong “Public Interest” show, which begins at noon and can be heard on KCUR 89.3 FM, also will feature Julie Palais, project manager of the Antarctic glaciology program with the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.

Palais and Gogineni are working together on the Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements (PRISM) project, which will measure ice thickness and determine bedrock conditions in Greenland and Antarctica. The project will use mobile radar sensors in the polar regions to collect and analyze data about interactions between ice sheets, oceans and the atmosphere.

Bishop Seabury Academy receives computer grant

A $30,000 grant will allow Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence to upgrade classroom computers.

Bishop Seabury, a private Episcopal school with about 100 students, received a grant from the Forrest C. Lattner Foundation of Delray Beach, Fla.

About 20 computers, including those in the students’ computer lab, will be replaced. The grant also will assist the school in establishing a new computer network upon its move to a new campus on Clinton Parkway.

Campus activism conference starts today in Lawrence

Between 100 and 150 college students and educators from across the country are expected in Lawrence beginning today for the annual “180-Movement for Democracy and Education” conference.

The conference will include such topics as effective campus activism, how to organize students and eliminating corporate influences on campuses.

The conference, which will be at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., and the Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St., runs through Sunday. For more information, visit www.corporations.org/180mde.

Breast-feeding group forming

Lawrence Memorial Hospital will play host to a breast-feeding support group from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. every Monday in August.

Parents are encouraged to bring their children.

The group is free, and no registration is required. For more information and room location, contact ConnectCare at 749-5800.