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Summer absences slow battery investigation
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By Phil Cauthon editor@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The investigation of the sexual battery case against two Kansas football players has been slowed by the summer break because the victim, the alleged assailants and many witnesses are out of town.
In April, a Kansas soccer player reported to Lawrence police that two football players sexually molested her Feb. 26 outside The Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin St.
Lawrence police said Tuesday that investigators still were trying to identify and locate witnesses, which is difficult because many involved in the case are students and will be away from Lawrence until classes resume in August.
"I'm sure there are a number of witnesses that we still need to contact and interview," Sgt. Mark Warren said. "The investigation will develop from those interviews as more witnesses are identified and more interviews are assessed."
Warren said interviews ideally were
"I'm sure there are a number of witnesses that we still need to contact and interview."
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son, but in extreme
circumstances,
phone interviews
were possible. If
key witnesses are
not back in town
by August, he said,
Lawrence police
might travel out-of-
state to move
the investigation
forward.
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waiting for a second report from police before deciding whether to file charges.
No charges have been filed in the case. Christine T onk vich, Douglas County district attorney, said Tuesday that her office was
"We would need to know where (the victim) is and whether she would be available to testify before filing charges." she said.
The victim is out of the country for the summer. In an e-mail, she wrote that she planned to return to Lawrence in the fall, but is apprehensive.
"I know I will meet these guys on a regular basis, and that bothers me. A lot. Just the thought of seeing them makes me sick." she said.
The University's internal review of how the University of Kansas Athletic Department handled the soccer player's allegations is progressing more quickly.
Barbara Ballard, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, said she had completed a third of several dozen interviews and surveys planned with coaches, athletics department administrators and the student athlete advisory committee. She said her review should be completed by the end of the summer.
"I'm talking to these people almost every day." Ballard said.
She said her office was tracing how the soccer player's situation was handled within the department to determine whether policy or procedural changes were needed to deal with similar future situations.
Although the department has a policy for handling sexual battery incidents on campus, Ballard said that when the soccer player came forward there wasn't a specific policy for off-campus incidents.
The 22-year-old victim said she waited more than two months to report the battery because her coach advised her to go to the Athletics Department first.
According to the victim's police statement, Kansas football coach Terry Allen discouraged her from going to police and said that if she promised not to press charges, he would punish the players in an "appropriate way."
Allen said that he told the victim he would support her 100 percent if she decided to report the alleged battery to police. The victim said she eventually went to police because Allen's punishment consisted of making the two athletes run stairs.
—Edited by Mindie Miller
Celtic culture draws student abroad
Mariane Payette Carter, Lawrence junior, will study Celtic music in a French province this summer. Carter is among 48 KU students who received Undergraduate Research Awards. Photo by Jamie Roper/KANSAN
48 students receive awards to conduct summer research
By Karen Lucas
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Equipped with a tape recorder and a small violin, Marianne Payette Carter will travel to the French province of Brittany this summer to explore her interest in Celtic music.
"There is a strong Celtic heritage in Brittany, and the traditional music demonstrates that heritage in combination with other musical influences," said Carter, Lawrence junior majoring in French. "It's a unique type of Celtic music, and there hasn't been much research on it."
She said she planned to study archived documents, interview musicians, play in jam sessions, visit folk museums and attend a Celtic music festival during her three-week stay.
Carter is one of 38 KU students who recently won Undergraduate Research Awards of $1,100 to pursue
independent research this summer. Ten other students received the J. Michael Young Research Award for $1320.
The University's General Research Fund, the Provost's Office and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences financed the awards, said Barbara Schowen, director of the honors program and chairman of the awards selection committee.
"I'm always impressed with the wonderful ideas and the variety of research that's being carried on by undergraduates at KU," Schowen said. "Another thing I'm impressed with is the passion the students have for their projects."
To apply for an award, a student must first have a faculty sponsor and then submit a proposal, two faculty recommendations and a transcript. Students do not have to be in the honors program to apply, Schowen said.
Award recipients prepare a preliminary report of their research in October and a final report in February. Schowen said students were encouraged — though not required — to participate in the spring Undergraduate Research Symposium. Some students also present their research at conferences or in publications in their given fields.
Carter said that in addition to writing an article for a music publication, she would like to give a performance either on campus or elsewhere in Lawrence.
Celtic music has been a long-time interest for Carter. She said she had been playing Celtic tunes for about 10 years on her guitar, violin, acoustic bass and hammered dulcimer. She also has been a regular performer at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.
When Carter isn't playing Celtic music or taking classes, she gives music lessons at her studio, Prairie Music, 912 Illinois St.
Carter said that learning to play music was beneficial in various ways.
"The study of music enhances your listening ability, your critical thinking skills and problem solving ability as well as develops your creative instincts," she said. "It's never too late to learn music. I think as adults we sometimes forget how to learn new things, and in music, there's always something new to learn."
Carter said she expected to learn a lot on her trip.
cant tell she expected to learn a lot on her trip.
"The more you learn about other cultures," she said,
"the more perspective you develop on your own culture."
Edited by Mindie Miller
Assistant dean earns second Fulbright grant
By Karen Lucas
Kansan staff writer
Hodgie Bricke, assistant dean of international programs, now can add another "Fulbright" to her resume.
Hodgie Bricke, assistant dean of international programs, points to where she will be flying to in Japan. Bricke received a Fulbright grant to attend the U.S.-Japan International Education Administrators Program. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
In addition to serving as the University of Kansas' liaison to the Fulbright program, which is an international scholar exchange program, Bricke recently landed a Fulbright grant of her own—to Japan.
For three weeks in June and July, Bricke and four administrators from other U.S. universities will attend the U.S.Japan International Education Administrators Program, a Fulbright seminar.
"I was very pleasantly surprised because I knew that it was extremely competitive," said Bricke, who also received a Fulbright grant to study in Germany in 1983.
Bricke said the Fulbright seminar in Japan would focus on higher education. Participants will visit the Ministry of Education, secondary schools, junior colleges and universities.
She said she wanted to study how English was taught as well as learn more about Japanese "cram schools," which prepare students for university entrance exams.
"What I hope to get out of it is an understanding of the complexity of Japanese higher education." Bricke said.
Another goal of the seminar is to acquaint the administrators with Japanese culture and society. Bricke said. Planned cultural activities include a baseball game, a traditional Japanese theatrical performance and a visit to Peace Park in Hiroshima.
Bricke said members of the group would spend most of their time in Tokyo, where they will stay at a residence for international scholars. Trips to Kyoto and Hiroshima also are on the itinerary.
Andrew Debicki, dean of the graduate school and international programs, was enthusiastic about Bricke's grant.
"I think it's very important both for her and for the University," he said. "It gives her an opportunity to deepen her knowledge of Japan, which is a place that is very important to us."
After the program ends, Bricke said she would visit placement agencies in Tokyo that help students apply to U.S. colleges and universities. She also will travel to Kanagawa University in Hiratsuka, where KU students take classes. Students from the Kanagawa University also come to the University to study English.
said she didn't see it as an obstacle.
Bricke does not speak Japanese, but she
"It will present some challenges, but I don't think it means you will have less of a productive time," she said, noting she would still pack her Berlitz phrase book. "But it does mean you will have some adventures."
Bricke's 1983 trip to Germany was on the same type of Fulbright grant.
"I really needed to know about German higher education because one of my responsibilities is to coordinate the KU Graduate Direct Exchange Program," Bricke said.
Bricke, who has been with the Office of
Graduate students from the University and selected foreign universities, including six German universities, participate in the program.
Six KU students won Fulbright grants for the next academic year:
David Monroe Cochran Jr., Austin,
Texas, graduate student.
Kristen Elizabeth Field, Bedford, Texas, senior
Elizabeth Lashley Field, Bedford, Texas, senior
Cameron Kent McCormick, Lawrence graduate student.
Michael Thomas Schmit, Chesapeake, Va., graduate student.
*Stacey Kathryn Sowards, Detroit graduate student.*
The following students won other international grants;
Betty Ellen Cook, Overland Park graduate student
Matthew Richard Lidman, Humboldt,
lova, graduate student
James Scott Sheperd, Roeland Park senior
International Programs for 11 years, said she had found her niche at the University.
"Working here really sort of meshes with a long-time interest in international affairs and a love of travel and experiencing other cultures," she said. "I also like working with students and helping them make the most of opportunities for them to study abroad."
Michael Schmitt, a Chesapeake, Va., graduate student who won a Fulbright to research in the Netherlands, said Bricke had given him a lot of encouragement.
Bricke's work at the University is not limited to the Office of International Programs. She has a doctorate in history from the University, gives lectures to history classes and teaches a course on international education for the honors program. She also directed KU's British Summer Institute in the Humanities.
—Edited by BriAnne Hess
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