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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2000
Sports: Nick Collison led the Kansas second-half charge last night in a 89-74 victory against Colorado.
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Lester Earl arrested on DWI suspicion, suspended from team
By Mindie Miller and Katie Hollar
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writers
A routine speeding stop led to the arrest of Kansas basketball player Lester Earl early Sunday morning in Eudora.
Bill Long, chief of Eudora police, said an officer stopped Earl for speeding at 3 a.m. Sunday in the 1400 block of Church Street in Eudora. Earl told police he was taking a friend home, Long said.
Something led the officer to believe there was a problem, Long said, and sobriety tests confirmed that suspicion. Three passengers were in Earl's vehicle, Long said, but he would not release their names.
Earl was arrested for one count of driving while intoxicated and one count of driving with a suspended license, Long said. He was then booked at Douglas County Jail on the driving while intoxicated charge and was released on
$250 bail at 5:09 a.m. Sunday
Christine Tonkovich. Douglas County district attorney, said Earl had not been formally charged by the county as of yesterday.
"We just received this report and will have formal charges by his first appearance," she said.
Earl's first appearance is scheduled for 3 p.m. Feb. 8 at Douglas County Court.
Yesterday afternoon Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams announced that Earl was suspended indefinitely from the team. He will not participate in games or travel with the team until the suspension is lifted.
"I am saddened and upset by this situation. Our entire team understands this is a serious matter and we will deal with it in an appropriate manner."
Roy Williams Men's basketball coach
"I am saddened and upset by this situation," Williams said. "Our entire team understands this is a serious matter, and we will deal with it in an appropriate manner."
Earl said he regretted what happened.
"I understand that Coach Williams will decide what happens with my status on the team," he said. "My bad decisions have put a negative light on our program and again,
I regret that."
In late August,
Earl was arrested by Lawrence
police on a war-
rant for failure to
appear. He had
failed to appear
at Lawrence
Municipal Court
for two traffic
violations, speeding
and driving with
a suspended
license.
Earl: Will not participate or travel with the men's team
Sunday's arrest was Earl's first for driving under the influence.
Tonkovich would not comment on the specifics or evidence in the arrest.
If found guilty, the Kansas forward could face suspension or loss of driving privileges, community service hours, up to six months in jail or any combination of the three.
www.stalked.com
Pending bill aims to deter e-harassment
By Katrina Hull
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Joe knows what it's like to be stalked. But unlike most stalkers, his was faceless.
Joe, a junior who wanted his full name and hometown withheld to avoid continued harassment, said he was cyber-stalked — harassed via the Internet — and that the experience was frustrating. His story of electronic harassment began innocently with e-mails from a college-aged woman he had never met.
Joe said that e-mails from strangers responding to his Web page were not uncommon but that this woman had a strange obsession with his last relationship and e-mailed him frequently. That's when Joe became suspicious and traced the e-mails back to a KU computer and an ex-girlfriend who had created a fictitious character.
"I felt like I was cyberstalked, It was irritating more than anything else. I was frustrated she couldn't get the hint that some people don't belong together."
"I felt like I was cyber-stalked," Joe said. "It was irritating more than anything else. I was frustrated she couldn't get the hint that some people don't belong together."
A criminal without a face is not uncommon in cyberspace. And Kansas laws don't help police trail cyber-stalkers.
The anonymity of the Internet provides new opportunities for would be cyber-stalkers," testified Ed McGillivray, a computer crimes detective for the Olathe Police Department. "Using different Internet Service Providers or adopting different screen names can conceal a cyber-stalker's true identity."
As stories such as Joe's become more frequent, Kansas lawmakers are trying to put this faceless crime on the books. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony last week, and Sen. Tim Emert, R-Independence and committee chairman, said he expected a committee vote on a finalized cyber-stalking and electronic harassment bill within the next month.
Illustration by Kyle Ramsey / Kansan
Joe
University of Kansas junior
The proposed statute defines electronic harassment as sending a message by computer that intentionally frightens, intimidates, threatens, abuses or harasses another person. A message that threatens physical harm or damage to property would be a felony.
Forwarding dirty jokes or nasty pictures by computer could result in misdemeanor charges if classified under the proposed law's wording as "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent."
Kansas stalking laws include harassment by phone but not by computer, and lawmakers hope to clarify that computer threats are criminal as well. Emert said.
"There is a need for clarity because criminal statutes are construed narrowly," said Kim Dayton, professor of law. "So laws are likely not to apply to unaddressed specific conduct, including electronic threats."
Dayton, who teaches an Internet law course, said some state stalking laws had been struck down on First Amendment grounds because language in the laws was too broad or too vague. But cyber-stalking laws are new, and only 14 states have
AVOID CYBER-STALKING
Don't respond to flaming (provocation online).
*Choose a genetist's screet name*
*Don't flirt on line unless you're pre-
mised.*
pared for the consequences.
- Save offending messages and report them to your Internet service provider.
Get out of any online situation that has become hostile. Log off or surf elsewhere.
Source: www.cyberangels.com
stalking statutes that include electronic communication.
Although Joe said he was never threatened by the e-mails, he said they were annoying. And annoying already may be a misdemeanor
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Melissa Jones, Overland Park sophomore, listens to Glenn Harrison. Frontenac sophomore and bowling team member, as he explains the Jaybowl situation and encourages her to sign a petition to save it. Bowling team members, Jaybowl employees and other interested patrons organized a petition campaign and have used sidewalk chalk to encourage the student body to stop the Jaybowl from being closed. Photo by Matt J. Daugherty/KANSAN
Jaybowl petition circles campus
Student supporters protest cyber cafe
A petition distributed by the Save the Jaybowl Initiative had more than 3,000 signatures yesterday, and a majority of those are from students, said Judy Glass, Lawrence graduate student and an organizer of the petition.
By Erinn R. Barcomb
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The petition is aimed to prevent the Jaybowl from being removed from the Kansas Unior
"As soon as we got wind of it, we decided it was something that deserved a fight," Glass said. "It was the very first place I visited when I came here 12 years ago."
a plan that Union officials are considering as part of an upcoming renovation.
If changes are made, the Save the Jaybowl Initiative is asking the Union to keep at least eight bowling lanes open, Glass said, rather than proceed with proposed changes that would make the Jaybowl a cyber cafe. Jaybowl now has 12 lanes.
Glass was a member of the 1995 bowling team that competed nationally, and she taught bowling classes for four years.
"Here is a facility that is nonsmoking, nonalcoholic," Glass said. "Where else can you go?"
Glass said she was concerned that Lawrence community members and high school students
"As soon as we got wind of it, we decided it was something that deserved a fight. It was the very first place I visited when I came here 12 years ago."
Jaybowl petition organizer
Judy Glass
who used the Jaybowl would not feel as welcome at a computer center and coffee shop.
"It wouldn't be any different than any other part of the Union," said Warner Ferguson, associate director of the Kansas and Burge Unions. "Anyone visiting the Union can go to the bookstore and the food services."
However, a representative from the Union said that wouldn't happen.
Ferguson said that although the Union was geared toward students and faculty, many alumni, visitors and community members frequented the Union, especially during sporting events and campus visits.
The criteria used to measure the usage of the Jaybowl and a proposed computer lab were different because the Jaybowl was not open 24 hours as was the Computer Center Continuing Education Building, Glass said.
Bryan Goebels, professional bowler and Shawnee resident.
"It's fun to practice with someone, and people know who I am there," Goebels said. "That makes it kind of fun."
Goebels said he wished more money could be pumped into the Jaybowl to make it more appealing to students.
said he drove 40 minutes to practice at the Jaybowl with his friend.
"It's fine to sign the petition, but sit down at the Union and talk with them, and do something about it," Profiff said. "It sounds like they should keep some of the lanes, but that's not going to happen by talking."
"To take away the Jaybowl right now would be a mistake," he said.
Aaron Profit, Overland Park junior, said that although he was glad to see students and others getting involved in the issue, he would like to see a more proactive approach from the students than just gripping.
"I want to keep Senate informed, but ultimately, it's not Senate's decision," Maxwell said. "I've been impressed with the tenacity the supporters have. They've mobilized a serious contingent."
Korb Maxwell, student body president, said he was weighing all of the arguments. He said he would raise the issue in a report to Senate, and if Senate wanted to, it could write a resolution.
Glass said the petition drive would continue this month and she intended to speak at the Feb. 2 Student Senate meeting.
Iowa Caucus results
2,073 of 2,142 precincts reporting
97 percent
The latest, unofficial returns in the Republican and Democratic caucuses yesterday in Iowa. The winner is marked with an 'x'.
The Associated Press
Steve Forbes, 26,198 - 30 percent
Orrin Hatch, 882 - 1 percent
Alan Keyes, 12,268 - 14 percent
John McCain, 4,045 - 5 percent
Gary Bauer, 7,323 -9 percent x-George W. Bush, 35,231-41 percent
2,088 of 2,131 precincts reporting
98 percent
Bill Bradley - 35 percent
x-Al Gore - 63 percent
Uncommitted - 2 percent
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George W. Bush
More information
Additional information about the Iowa caucuses, including candidates'
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