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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Sports: The Kansas women beat up the Missouri Tigers 90-71 last night.
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(USPS 650-640) * VOL. 110 NO. 83
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2000
Inside: A state legislator has a proposal to stop computer telemarketing.
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Police identify suspect in Burge shooting
Crime Stoppers offers reward for information
By Sara Shepherd
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
After several days of investigation, the KU Public Safety Office has identified a suspect in the week-end shooting that injured a KU student during a party in the Burge Union.
"The description came out through talking to the victim, some witnesses and participants in the event Saturday night," said Sgt. Troy Mailen.
Gregory J. Davis, Denver, Colo.
senior, was shot in the hip shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union.
Davis was at a dance party sponsored by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
The KU Public Safety Office issued a crime alert yesterday that described the suspect in the shooting as a college-aged African-American male, approximately 5-foot-6, with a short or bald haircut and a slender build.
KU Crime Stoppers is offering a cash award of up to $2,000 to anyone who supplies information that leads to the arrest of the suspect, who, if apprehended, would face a charge of aggravated battery.
Mailen said between 300 and 400 people attended the party, so there should be several witnesses.
"Information is very important at this point in time," Mailen said. "There's a high probability that somebody knows something in that group."
Ann Eversole, associate dean of students and chairwoman of KU Crime Stoppers, said KU Crime
Stoppers worked with the KU Public Safety Office to issue crime alerts.
"It's a hand-in-hand operation," she said.
Yesterday, the Crime Stoppers board approved the alert to be posted by police. Eversole said.
Eversole said she supported James Kitchen, dean of student affairs, in his decision to ban late-night parties at the unions until procedures were in place to ensure students' safety.
"Of course everyone's concerned," Eversole said. "I think Dean Kitchen's moratorium on the parties is appropriate."
Mailen said University-approved dance parties such as the one last weekend were nothing new.
"They are a frequent event," he said.
Mailen said police had been called to some of the parties for minor physical altercations but no arrests had been made.
"For the most part, they're held without incident." Mailen said.
Mailen said security at the parties was arranged by the organizations that sponsored them. They must either hire a security service or provide security through their own membership, as in the case of the Alpha Phi Alpha party. Mailen said.
Mailen said there was alcohol present at the party, although it was not approved by the University.
"It is prohibited and it should not have been there," Mailen said.
However, Mailen said there were no official complaints about the alcohol, and the course of investigation was focused on the shooting instead.
"Our investigation right now is strictly on this shooting in and of itself." Mailen said.
Anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information that would help identify any individuals responsible for the crime is asked to call the KU Public Safety Office at 864-5900 or KU Crime Stoppers at 864-8888.
Residents say rec center could cause strife
By John Audiehelm
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Residents of the 1700 block of Alabama Street are concerned that the proposed recreation center will put a wall in their backyards.
"How big is it going to be?" said Arnelo Winnis, Santa Cruz, Calif., senior. "I mean, if it's in our backyard, are we going to be looking at a wall?"
Last Thursday, the Board of Regents approved the proposed recreation center site at the field between Watkins Memorial Health Center and 18th Street.
Ana Wright, area resident, said she was concerned about the appearance of the building.
Area residents, who have nothing but an alley between their property and the KU field, said they were also concerned about parking and water runoff.
"It if it looks anything like the current one, it would be a real eyes," she said. "I've seen KU build nice structures and I've seen KU build crappy structures. I'd hate
"If it looks anything like the current one, it would be a real eyesore. I've seen KU build nice structures and I've seen KU build crapy structures."
Ana Wright area resident
to see people staring at a wall with no windows."
Warren Corman, University architect, said he did not know where in the field the recreation center would be, but guessed the building would take up about one-third of the field.
He said he did not know how it would look because they have not hired an architect yet.
Corman said the University was
trying to build something the residents could live with.
"It couldn't be any worse," Allison said. "The street is filled constantly."
"We try to be good neighbors," he said.
"We try to be good neighbors," he said. Wright and Opal Allison, area resident, both said parking was an ongoing problem.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking services, said the department was not involved with the recreation center project at this point but that last summer workers increased the capacity of the nearby Oliver Residence Hall lot from 276 to 400.
She said that there were no more spots on her street but that parking might be pushed out to Illinois or Louisiana streets.
wright and Winns said they had another location for the recreation center in mind: the west side of Iowa Street.
"It's just sad that they have to build smack up against a neighborhood like that." Wright said.
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Corman said the field was picked because students wanted it there and because the Endowment Association wanted to save West Campus for academic buildings.
A virtual Lawrence tavern
Josh Quisling and Sergio Catilla, owners of the local computer consulting company Terracentric, placed digital cameras inside the downtown shrine to both Jimmy Buffett and the beach, The Sandbar, 117 E. 8th St.
Eight years later, Internet users can still log on and pull up thesandbar.com to find sharp graphics and live pictures accompanying the prod.
Lawrence residents such as Goldberg have been partying online since 1992, when two former KU students decided to promote one of their favorite bars in a new way — on the Internet.
Online party sites bring the bar home
By Sindy Greenfield
Last year, while Hillary Goldberg was celebrating her 21st birthday, she noticed someone was missing.
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So Goldberg, Highland Park, Ill., senior, brought the party to him — she called John and told him to log on to www.thesandbar.com. For the rest of the night, John watched the festivities at the local bar from his own computer screen.
Her friend John was stuck at home.
ucts that owner Rita Madl sells online.
When Madl consented to the digital cameras, the video frames were in black and white, and the setup cost her $2.500. Now, the pictures are in color and the costs have decreased to an installation charge of $250 plus a monthly fee of $50.
"It started as an idea, just for fun," Quisling said. "I thought that it would be neat to log on and see who was down there."
Despite the initial expense, Madl thought that it would help business and be a form of entertainment for her customers.
Indeed, the site has brought visitors from all across the country to the bar. Madl said.
"They just think it's fun," she said.
"They see what is seen on the Internet, and it is a unique way for customers to be seen by friends," he said.
And Quisling said customers enjoyed showing off for the cameras.
With its current setup, the camera uploads pictures creating a virtual slide show, which changes every five seconds. Customers can write messages to viewers on a large chalkboard.
Madl agreed.
Jeffrey Eder, Buffalo Grove,
ill., senior, has used the chalkboard at the bar.
"It started as an idea, just for fun. I thought that it would be neat to log on and see who was down there."
Josh Quisling co-owner of Terracentric
"It connects you to other parties, even if you are sitting home alone." Eder said.
At least one other Lawrence bar has picked up on the trend. A camera was installed at The Wheel, 1401 Ohio St., purchased from Terracentric this past fall. Rob Farha, owner of The Wheel, said he thought that the cameras were a novelty and fun for people to see.
Farha said he usually waited until the bar was crowded before he turns on the camera. If someone logs on to the wheeelwagon.com while the camera is off, they will see the last picture taken from the evening before.
Farha said he wanted to enjoy the same benefits as Madi, such as national attention and product sales. However, The Wheel's camera is experimental — and if he does not see similar results by the end of this semester, he said he'll scrap the idea.
Fraternity president OK with party ban
Moratorium to end when plan is devised
By Jessie Meyer
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
But those aren't the only events included in the moratorium against late-night events at the unions.
Seven social events of traditionally African-American Greek organizations have been canceled in light of Sunday's shooting at the Burge Union.
Those affected say they would rather be safe than sorry.
"I think this is a great decision because it will keep all students safer," said Quincy Garner, president of Alpha Phi Alba and Olathe senior.
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, one of four National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternities at the University, sponsored the event which prompted the ban. On Sunday, Gregory J. Davis, Denver senior, was shot in the hip at the Alpha Phi Alpha function.
The ban announced on Monday regarding social events at the Kansas and Burge Unions was issued because of safety concerns and will remain in effect until new safety measures are in place, said James Kitchen, dean of students, who issued the rule.
"If it is a late-night party, then it has a moratorium," Kitchen said.
The nine fraternities and sororites that are members of the National Pan-Hellenic Association, an association composed of traditionally African-American fraternities and sororites, generally sponsor late-night parties at the Unions because they have no chapter houses on or off campus, Garner said.
"I think this is a great decision because it will keep all students safer."
Quincy Garner president of Alpha Phi Alpha
Zeta Phi Beta's Jan. 29 party was one of the seven canceled events. The sorority did not plan to have any more social functions this semester, said Cassandra Brown, advisor of the historically African-American sorority Zeta Phi Beta and former Zeta Phi Beta member.
"If we did decide to have a function,we would just have one off-campus,"she said.
Garner said the ban would actually benefit fraternities because they could now focus more attention on the community-service side of their organizations, which he said was the basis of the historically African-American Greek organizations.
Brown said she thought the action was not discriminatory.
Some students at the event were not affiliated with University fraternities or sororities, and some do not even attend the University, Garner said.
Brown said she thought the action was not discriminatory. Safety measures are being considered by several groups, Kitchen said, and the ban will be lifted only when a plan has been devised.
"No one is saying that this is a ban forever," he said.
Late-night events include all events that are scheduled after hours — events scheduled after 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, midnight Friday and Saturday, and 9 p.m. Sunday in the Kansas Union, and after 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday in the Burge Union.
Fall sends man to hospital
An emergency medical crew loads a man into an ambulance on Jayhawk Boulevard. The ambulance arrived just before 4 p.m. yesterday when a man fell about 10 feet from scaffolding on the first floor of Strong Hall. The man suffered jacarations to his elbow and may have fractured his ankle. Photo by Carolyn Mollett/KANSAN
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