Friday, April 14, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Student reports sexual assault in McCollum
By Sara Shepherd writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The KU Public Safety Office is investigating a report by a 16-year-old KU student of non-consensual intercourse and sexual acts.
According to a police report filed Monday, the incidents of aggravated indecent liberties occurred on the fifth floor of McCollum Hall between Aug. 19, 1999, and Oct. 9, 1999 — ending one day before the girl's 16th birthday.
Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said he could not say why the girl waited until this week to notify police.
Kansas law defines aggravated indecent liberties with a child as engaging in sexual intercourse or lewd fondling or touching of a 14- to 16-year-old child with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires of the child, the offender or another. The offense is a felony.
Bailey said the acts included both intercourse and fondling.
"It was all of the above," Bailey said. "She did not consent to the sex. She did not consent to the acts."
"It was not two 16-year-olds." Bailey said.
She indicated that she did not want to testify against the suspect in court, Bailey said. Information from the case will be forwarded to the Douglas County District Attorney's office for review.
The victim could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Beatnik's stolen items found on auction site
By Mindie Miller
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Personal items stolen last year from the estate of the late William S. Burroughs have been discovered on the Internet auction site, eBay.com.
James Grauerholz, executor of the Burroughs estate, told Lawrence police Tuesday that personal items that once belonged to the author were being auctioned on the Web site.
Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department said the items — including identification cards, prescriptions and credit cards — were removed from Burroughs' former home between Jan. 1 and April 30, 1999. Wheeler said the theft may have taken place during a tour of the home, which is in the 1900 block of Learned Street. But Grangerhale said no tours had ever been given.
"The word 'tour' would be extremely misleading." he said.
Burroughs, best known for his 1959 book Naked Lunch, lived in Lawrence from the early 1980s until his death in August 1997.
Grauerholz said that the house was being rented but that some of Burroughs' belongings still were in the home last year. He said he didn't know who might have stolen the items.
Wheeler said that police had been in contact with officials at eBay and that they were attempting to recover the items and identify the suspect.
A notice on eBay.com states that the sale of stolen property strictly is forbidden and violates state, federal and international law. The sale of identification documents also is prohibited by eBay.
Wheeler said police had seen similar incidents involving eBay.
Grauerholz would not say who told him the stolen items were listed on eBay.
"EBay is accessible by anyone in the world with a computer," he said. "Let's just say it came to my attention."
He also declined to comment on whether he had been in touch with eBay officials. He said it was hard to say whether the stolen items would be returned.
The value of the items could not be determined, Wheeler said.
Professor E.H.S. Bailey poses in his laboratory. Hundreds of students flocked to his chemistry lectures at "Bailey's Barn." Photo courtesy of University Relations
Bailey Hall, pictured here circa the 1900s, will be designated as a National Historic Chemical Landmark tomorrow in honor of the 1905 discovery by two KU professors — Hamilton P. Cady and David Ford McFarlane — that helium was a component in natural gas. Photo courtesy of University Relations
Professor E.H.S. Bailey invented the Rock Chalk Chant, which Teddy Roosevelt later proclaimed the greatest college chant he had ever heard. Photo courtesy of University Relations
Bailey Hall's history is full of achievements
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By Mindie Miller
Kansan staff writer
It was the dawn of the 20th century when the University of Kansas erected a new, state-of-the art chemistry laboratory on the north edge of its then-40 acre campus. Hundreds of students flocked to Professor E.H.S. Bailey's chemistry lectures at "Bailey's Barn."
The building now known as Bailey Hall turns 100 this year. The centennial will be celebrated at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Bricker Auditorium in Budig Hall. An exhibit at the Spencer Research Library, "Bailey Hall's First 100 Years," has been on display since April 10 and will continue until April 21.
One hundred years ago, the limestone building had 18 ventilation chimneys. Designed by John G. Haskell, one of Kansas' earliest great architects, Bailey has been the venue for several groundbreaking advances in science and home to four academic programs.
Professor Bailey, the building's namesake, established a chemistry department with a respected national reputation. He also invented the Rock Chalk Chant, which Teddy Roosevelt later proclaimed to be the greatest college chant he'd ever heard.
Since the chemistry department moved from Bailey, its occupants have included the School of Pharmacy, the chemical engineering department and, since 1950, the School of Education.
The building, named to the Register
of Historic Kansas Places in 1995, will be designated at tomorrow's celebration as a National Historic Chemical Landmark in honor of the 1905 discovery by two KU professors — Hamilton P. Cady and David Ford McFarland — that helium was a component in natural gas.
Scientists previously had thought that helium existed mainly on the sun and only in trace amounts on Earth. Daryle Busch, American Chemical Society president and professor of chemistry, will present the University with a bronze plaque at tomorrow's program to recognize the accomplishment.
Grover Everett, professor emeritus of chemistry, conducted research that directed the society's attention to the helium discovery.
"I wrote a proposal a couple of years ago to the ACS outlining the history of this discovery of helium in natural gas," he said. "I requested they consider this for approval, and they eventually did."
Everett said Cady and McFarland conducted their analysis in Bailey Hall on gas that came from a well in Dexter. The citizens of Dexter had drilled a gas well in the early 1900s that they thought would make the town rich, Everett said, but they discovered the gas would not burn because it contained very little methane.
"There's not much use for natural gas that doesn't burn," he said.
A state geologist brought a sample of the gas to Cady and McFarland, and their discovery of helium in significant amounts on earth sparked an important industry.
100TH YEAR OF BAILEY HALL
Tomorrow:
3 p.m. Centennial Celebration Program at Bricker Auditorium in Budig Hall
Speakers: Chancellor Robert Hemenway; Craig Patterson, American Institute of Architects; Daryle Busch, American Chemical Society President and professor of chemistry; James Bohning, ACS National Historic Chemical Landmarks Committee; Grover Everett, professor emeritus of chemistry
7:30 p.m. Bailey Hall Centennial Lecture at Spencer Museum of Art auditorium: Donald Worster, Hall Family Foundation distinguished professor of history
A reception will follow in the museum courtyard
"Now we use helium for all kinds of things." Everett said. "It's not only used for balloons and blimps but also in welding and MRI machines in hospitals. It's used as a coolant for all kinds of scientific instruments."
Other research conducted in Bailey Hall through the years has won national and worldwide acclaim. Bailey published a landmark textbook on the chemistry of food. Former pharmacy dean Lucius Sayre's work in a Bailey drug lab led to the development of corn oil as a cooking product. E. Thayer Gaston, a professor of music education, toyed with his new concept of music therapy during the 1950s and 1960s in Bailey Hall.
Anti-hate group to protest Fred Phelps at drag show
By Kimberly Thompson Special to the Kansan
hadn't seen the drag show
Members of Standing Together Against Negative Displays, a group opposed to displays of hate on campus, will be having its first counterdemonstration from noon to 1:30 p.m. today in front of the Kansas University.
STAND will be supporting the annual Queers and Allies Brown Bag Lunch Drag Show and trying to deter people from approaching Fred Phelps, an anti-gay Tapek minister who has protested the drag show before.
Laura Givens and Joe Plese, both Overland Park freshmen, helped make posters for the demonstration. Both said they didn't know what to expect because they had seen Phels and his followers' actions before but
"I think I'll be shocked by it," Givens said. But she added that she and Plese had high expectations for the show and demonstration.
Lt. Schuyler Bailey from the KU Public Safety Office said that although officers would be at the Kansas Union today, they would not be directly involved in the show.
"Our role is to allow for everyone to express their opinions freely," he said. "We haven't had any problems in the past. We don't anticipate any problems."
STAND members have been planning for the demonstration since their first meeting in February, which was protested by Phelps.
STAND also will provide an education table with pamphlets explaining STAND's mission, a consulting table
and a handbill that lists ways to handle the anger that Phelps may cause. Education teams will try to stop people from confronting Phelps during the show, and Women Against Violence Everywhere members will create a "safe zone" by escorting people away from the protest.
Brad Harrah, Stewartsville, Mo., graduate student and STAND member, said that one of his goals for the demonstration was for STAND indirectly to support Pride Week by letting people know that there was an alternative to Phelps' hateful actions.
"I want to show how people can organize together from a motivation of positive ideas instead of the hate associated with Fred Phelps," Harrah said. "We want our message to be more important."
Katie Dilks, Ames, Iowa, freshman and STAND member, helped design the handbills.
"You just want to yell at him," Dilks said. "Everyone should come to the drag show. It's important to give students an opportunity to fight back."
Corrinne Hickman, founder and director of STAND, was optimistic about the event's outcome.
"I know there's a lot of support for it on campus," said Hickman, Wichita senior. "I hope the students will start talking about what we need to do to address the issue."
Hickman said that she was proud of the work that STAND had been doing for the event and that everyone at the University was welcome.
"We're all people, and we all have our faults," she said. "We're supporting people's rights to be humans."
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