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Captain Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said both officers patrolling the area and the use of the security camera system installed this semester have increased. The cameras are used to prevent theft but could not completely stop the problem, he said.
Meyer said he's happy his bicycle was not stolen, but has learned his lesson.
Eric Meyer, Fairbanks, Alaska, freshman, said he's had enough of the theft around McCollum Hall. His friend's bicycle was stolen last Sunday and the thief tried cutting the lock on Meyer's bicycle, he said.
Now, he will take it up to his room, because he thinks security outside is inadequate.
Andrew McKee, Lawrence freshman, said more could be done to prevent bicycle theft from occurring. Better security camera placement and more lighting and signs indicating the punishment if caught would deter criminals from stealing bicycles around the halls, he said.
Mckee also said authorities needed to do a better job of looking out for stolen bicycles.
Bailey said officers could work only with the information that's provided to them. The process can be difficult when a serial number or owner applied number is not provided, he said.
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Sgt. Dan Ward of the Lawrence Police Department said that a city ordinance required pawn shops to provide detailed information on goods they purchased. Pawn shops comply with the ordinance, he said.
Keary said the Public Safety Office has worked with the Lawrence Police Department and pawn shops, though pawn shops do not often buy bicycles.
- Louis Mora contributed to this story. Edited by Kellis Robinett
KU employee Chad Williams saws away obstructive limbs at the corner of Sunnyside Avenue and Sunflower Drive. Low, overhanging branches halted a SYSCO semi-truck just before noon on Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19. 2005
Sight
Students generally pay attention to what is important to them at the moment, he said, and academic titles and job descriptions are long, boring and irrelevant to students. So it's OK if they are clueless about the title of the provost, he said.
He said his personal experience with KU administration had been a good one, and the administrators had always made themselves accessible to him. But he said they could definitely put forth more effort to connect with students who are not connected with Student Senate.
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But not being directly connected with top KU officials might not necessarily be a bad thing, said Frank DeSalvo, interim dean of students.
Branching out too far
"Students are focused on their academics and their GPAs," DeSalvo said. "They would get along just fine without knowing specific titles."
— Edited by Becca Evanhoe
Study shows links obesity surgery with increased death rate
CHICAGO - The chances of dying within a year after obesity surgery are much higher than previously thought, even among people in their 30s and 40s, a study of more than 16,000 Medicare patients found.
half of the men and 40 percent of the women died.
Some previous studies of people in their 30s to their 50s - the most common ages for obesity surgery - found
death rates well under 1 percent. But among 35- to 44-year-olds in the Medicare study, more than 5 percent of men and nearly 3 percent of women were dead within a year, and slightly higher rates were seen in patients 45 to 54.
Among patients 65 to 74, nearly 13 percent of men and about 6 percent of women died. In patients 75 and older,
The Associated Press
"The risk of death is much higher than has been reported," said University of Washington surgeon Dr. David Flum, the Medicare study's lead author. "It's a reality check for those patients who are considering these operations"
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Gold said Bingham showed her a picture once of herself sitting in a wheelchair right after open-heart surgery, but Bingham had a huge smile on her face. Gold said she was always smiling, and her laughter was infectious.
Memorial
Grover said he and Bingham had discussed their wishes together in the event of death and Bingham told him she wanted her ashes scattered over Mount Crested Butte in Colorado.
She visited each summer, but her heart problems prevented her from climbing to the summit. This will be her final resting place, as her ashes will be scattered there next summer.
— Edited by Kellis Robinett
STATE
Sprint files second suit
BY DAVID TWIDDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A majority of the documents detail how Nextel Partners reached its forecasts for future revenue that were included in securities filings and public statements over the last three months.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the second time in a week, Sprint Nextel Corp. has filed suit against affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. as their disagreement over the likely acquisition of Nextel Partners becomes increasingly bitter.
Nextel WIP Corp., a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel, filed suit Tuesday in Delaware Chancery Court, demanding access to Nextel Partners' financial records and other documents.
The suit also said it was looking "to investigate mismanagement, breaches of fiduciary duty an/or misconduct."
The suit gave no specifics of possible wrongdoing at Nextel Partners, and Walsh called those claims "boilerplate language."
Sprint Nextel already owns a third of Nextel Partners' shares, but the two are sharply divided on what the remaining shares are worth.
Snareholders of Kirkland, Wash.-based Nextel Partners are expected on Monday to trigger a provision requiring Sprint Nextel to buy the company.
Nextel Partners says its agreement forces Sprint Nextel to pay a premium for the shares, while Sprint Nextel says the stock price is already inflated.
"We will respond in due course," said Nextel Partners spokeswoman Susan Johnston. "We are focused on running our business and delivering the record results we announced this morning."
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