Wednesday, April 12. 2000
The University Daily Kansan
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KU students receive threats
Two freshmen are victimized by phone calls
By Sara Shepherd writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas Public Safety Office is investigating reports of phone harassment and criminal threats from two 19-year-old Ellsworth Hall residents. Roommates, Kinta, Sleet, St
Roommates Kiata Sleet, St.
Louis freshman, and Kelli Christman, Galena freshman, reported the calls after spring break.
Sleet said that they had been receiving calls since January but that they waited before filing a report.
Sgt. Troy Malen, of the KU Public Safety Office, said an unknown person had been calling the room repeatedly. Both students had answered calls to hear heavy breathing on the other end of the line, but only Sleet actually received calls with criminal threats.
"We get lots of hangups throughout the dav." Sleet said.
Sleet said the caller always hung up on Christman but made comments when Sleet answered the phone.
Sleet said the caller screamed into the phone before telling her, "This is what you'll sound like."
"The caller has actually engaged in conversation and implied that she was going to die," Mailen said. "It doesn't indicate how, just that she's going to die."
"I'll say 'excuse me,' and he'll just say it over and over again," Sleet said.
Malen said reports of phone harassment were not uncommon
but actual threats were more rare.
Sleet said the calls didn't bother her much at first, but she had grown more concerned.
"It didn't until the last one, until he said he was going to kill me. That's when it scared me," she said. "The last time he called, he said 'I'm gonna kill you, bitch.'"
Although specific investigative procedures are not disclosed, Mailen said there were steps that could be taken that could lead to an arrest.
"We're going to investigate it to its fullest and hope to bring it to a close fairly quickly," he said.
Students try to slither past pet policy
Housing rules state only fish allowed
By Selena Jabara
Special to the Kansan
When Nicole Hipp, St. Louis freshman, went to buy an iguana at Pet World, they refused to sell her one. Her credit card was not maxed out — she couldn't get one because of her address.
University of Kansas residence halls forbid any pets other than fish. But Hipp, who lives in Hashinger Hall, wanted one anyway.
711 W. 23rd St., manager Dave Johnson said
But the manager refused to sell the iguanas to her after employees overheard Hipp and a friend discussing the residence hall. Hipp said the manager told her the store had a contract with KU housing not to sell pets to students who lived on campus.
That is not quite the policy at Pet World,
711 W. 23rd St., manager Dave Johnson said The store can't legally refuse the sale of a pet. However, it does require customers to sign a pet-purchase agreement that says they are allowed to keep animals where they live. Hipp signed the agreement even though she new the KU housing policy
"If they're going to lie and sign the pet agreement, there's nothing we can do about it." Johnson said.
He also explained the rule was not a "contract" between the store and University housing. Johnson said he did not want to jeopardize relationships with the residence halls, several of which have their own aquariums and depend on his store for supplies.
But Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said some animals — maybe even eugenas — might be OK.
However, the written policy which states that "only fish in aquariums" can be kept as pets in the residence halls, has not changed.
But other iguana lovers have found ways
around the KU housing rules.
One student, who wished to remain anonymous, owns an iguana named Slugger and lives in Hashinger Hall. He said he knew that he was violating policy when he purchased the rentile, but he still wanted the pet.
Although Stoner said there might be reptilian exceptions, he drew the line at free-roaming creatures with scales.
"Perhaps a reptile in an aquarium would be allowed," he said. "But if you're talking a 20-foot anaconda or something else, well, that's different."
Slugger lives in a 40-gallon tank right now, but may need a larger one in the future. Male iguanas can grow as long as 6 feet.
Stoner said that in his 15 years at the University, no individuals had challenged the pet policy. He said he was not aware of any problems with it.
"If the policy needs changed, then somebody would need to request it be changed," Stoner said.
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