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The University Daily Kansan
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Weekend Edition
(USPS 650-640) • VOL. 110 NO. 94
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2000
WWW.KANSAN.COM
Kansas nudists fight for the right to live au naturel
By Katrina Hull
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
TOPEKA — Nudists are like everyone else — except without clothes.
That's what nudists told the House Local Government Committee yesterday when testifying against a proposed law that would call nudity a nuisance and punish nakedness with a $25,000 fine.
The proposal targeted Lake Edun, a mudist camp near Topeka, where constituents asked State Rep. Cindy Hermes, R-Topeka, to help close the camp. The law also targeted nudity in general, said Lake Edun owner and Topeka businessman Webb Garlinghouse.
The wording of the bill aimed to prohibit not only nudist colonies, but nudity in front of anyone but a spouse or medical doctor
"The way I read it, if a boyfriend and girlfriend end up in bed engaging in sex, that would be against this law," Garlinghouse said. "My problem with the bill is that it interferes with personal freedom and personal choice."
Naked-person sightings and other hasles prompted nudist camp neighbor Toni Growhard to testify.
"If I had known this was around, I wouldn't have built there." she said.
Growhard built her home near Lake Edun in 1995 long after Garlinghouse established his 60-acre camp in 1983.
Only three people spoke in favor of the proposal, while nudists — also called naturalists — from across the state defended their right to a clothing-optional lifestyle.
Julie Dailey, president of Heartland Naturalists, said that becoming a naturalist enhanced her self-esteem and that
Kansas has other nudist camps in addition to Lake Edun including Prairie Haven near Topeka, Sandy Lane Club near Hutchinson and Heartland Naturalists in Shawnee Mission.
See NEIGHBORS on page 2A
EVENTS CALENDAR
Tonight:
20 Miles and Bob Log III, 8 p.m. at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. 18 and older. $7.
Ladies night with D.J. Kilby, 10 p.m. at the Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St. 21 and older, women free; $2 men.
Ladies night, 10 p.m. at the Granada,
1020 Massachusetts St. Women free; $5, 21
and older; $7, 18-20.
and older.
■ The Mike Hosty Trio, 10 p.m. at The Jazzahaus, 926-1/2 Massachusetts St. 21 and older, $4.
Tomorrow:
Galactic, 8 p.m. at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. 18 and older, $14.
- Left Undone, 10 p.m. at the Brown Bear Brewing Co., 729 Massachusetts St. 21 and older. $3.
■ Kansas vs. Kansas State on the big screen, 3 p.m. at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St.
■ James Armstrong, 10 p.m. at The Jazzahaus, 926-1/2 Massachusetts St. 21 and older, $4.
Index
News ...3A
Opinion ...4A
Movie Listings ...5A
Nation/World ...7A
Sports ...1B
Horoscopes ...2B
Coupons ...5B
Classifieds ...6B-7B
Scoreboard ...8B
The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents.
Towed away
Multiple parking tickets lead to impounded cars
By Sara Shepherd writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Finding bright pink envelopes glaring from under the windshield wipers of her car is nothing new for Adrienne Dopf, Lenexa senior. She has been ticketed five times this year for parking on campus without a permit.
The citations added up. Dopf still didn't pay them.
And finally last week, she returned to something even worse than a $20 ticket after parking illegally on campus —her car was gone.
Dopf is one of many disgruntled drivers whose cars have been dragged away from campus by tow trucks.
"People just aren't real happy when they realize their car's been hauled off"
Kenneth Mather, owner of Quality Towing, 1146 Haskell Ave., estimated his company had towed 100 cars from campus each month during the two and one-half years the University of Kansas Parking Department contracted with his
company.
Michelle Moon, office manager at A&M Towing and Recovery, 501 Maple St., which started its contract with the University just last week, said the number of vehicles A&M towed from campus ranged from two to 10 per day.
Michelle Moon
A&M Towing
office manager
"It just really varies on who's parked where," Moon said.
Representatives from the parking department could not be reached for comment yesterday.
According to department policy, any vehicle registered to an owner with three or more unpaid parking violations may be towed at any time from anywhere on campus. Also, vehicles may be towed at any time if they interfere with the efficient operation of traffic or parking on campus.
NO PARKING ANY TIME
Not surprisingly, the sight of a tow truck often makes tempers flare.
Moon said A&M Towing often received calls from angry car owners.
"People just aren't real happy when they realize their car's been hauled off," Moon said.
Moon said representatives from the parking department were present at all on-campus tows to deal with irate parking violators.
"When we have a violent customer on campus, we don't have to deal with them," she said.
we don't have to ask much more. However, Moon said most people — like Dopf — realized what they did wrong and why their car was towed.
"I was mad," Dopf said. "But I knew I was in the wrong by parking there. It was just frustrating."
Dopf said she got her car back after paying $100
This car is one of several vehicles towed from campus each day by A&M Towing and Recovery for having three or more outstanding tickets. A&M Towing is in North Lawrence at 501 Maple St. Photo by Tara Kraus/KANSAN
in outstanding parking tickets
in outstanding parking tickets plus a $40 towing fee. She said that explanations of the towing process were in fine print at the very bottom of the backside of parking tickets and that the parking department kept track of people with unpaid violations.
"They track where you park, and they seek you out," Dopf said. "I just don't like the way they do it." Dopf said.
One person, many faces
Anna Deavere Smith lectured and performed to illustrate multiple perspectives throughout history last night at the Lied Center.
See page 3A
Surf, sand and Leo
Leonardo DiCaprio's latest movie The Beach is a visual delight, and his diehard fans will not be disappointed, a Kansan reviewer says.
See page 8A
Jayhawks hold off Longhorn attack
Kansas corralled Texas 64-52 last night behind stingy defense and clutch free-throw shooting.
See page 1B
The quiz biz
Students get a kick out of an entertaining quiz Web site, but ads irk some.
See page 6A