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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Kansan Weekend Edition
Friday
December 3, 1999
Section:
Vol. 110 No.73
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Student reports attempted rape by masked man
By Katie Hollar
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
A 21-year-old female KU student was the victim of an attempted rape Wednesday night, Lawrence police said.
The alleged victim said she was alone in her apartment in the 1200 block of George Court between 10:45 p.m. and 11:50 p.m.
She said she kept hearing a noise but couldn't find the source of it.
After going to bed, she noticed the hall light was on, but she was sure she had turned it off.
"I thought maybe I had left it on, maybe my roommate was home," she said. "I was trying to think of any excuse why it was on."
The hall light went off, she said, then it went on again.
"I couldn't do anything," she said. "I just laid there."
She said her door opened, then closed and then opened again.
A tall man wearing a clown mask walked into her room and came toward her, she said. "I asked him what he wanted, and he said sex" she said.
He put his hand on her mouth, which forced her retainer down her mouth, she said. She panicked and reached for the phone, but he threw it away. She said she was velling and screaming.
She said the two started fighting. She started talking to him, telling him that her roommate would be home and that if he left, she wouldn't look at him, she said.
She said he started to leave but turned around and came at her again. He ripped off her underwear, she said, and the two began fighting again.
She talked to him again. She said he told her he was doing it to her because it had been done to him. She told him she was a good person, and she didn't deserve it.
told him everyone made mistakes
The student called the police and was later treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
The man walked out of her room and shut her door. He left through the front door.
Lawrence police and the student said the man had entered through an unlocked window.
Lawrence police Sgt. George Wheeler said police had not identified any suspects.
Edited by Bord Mullin
Tearin' up my heart
New wave of boy bands drives reporter crazy
By Jamie Knodel
have driven thousands of miles and spent hundreds of dollars, and I still am not satisfied. There are still concerts to attend, songs to sing and people to meet.
Such is the life of a die-hard boy-band fan.
I am not alone. My friends Samantha Roberts, Salina senior, and Wendy Wyman, Houston senior, not only support my habit, but they also introduced it to me and encourage it.
Some people call us crazy, but we call ourselves fans.
After seeing 10 concerts and driving through five states just for the chance to catch a glimpse of the Backstreet Boys or 'N Sync, my friends and I still want more.
Our obsessions started Innocently enough — we were just three college students who liked pop music. But before we knew
it, their catchy hit songs, such as "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" by the Backstreet Boys or "Tearing Up My Heart" by "N Sync, weren't enough.
The few minutes of air play on MTV's Total Request Live couldn't satisfy us.
'N The Beginning
By now, we were in trouble.
Anytime "our" boys, as we so affectionately called them, were guests on a talk show, we recorded it. Anytime they were featured in a newspaper or magazine, we bought it.
We just couldn't get enough of them.
Just more than a year ago, Wendy nearly had to pull off the road when Maggie Erickson, Coffeyville Junior, Samantha and I screamed at 'N Sync's two boys.
"I thought someone got shot," Wendy said.
But those Ini-
tinal pangs of obsession just
foreshadowed our futures.
That first 'N Sync concert I went to last December was an introduction to the world of those harmonizing boys I love so much.
On the 'Nside
So we were left with just our TV appearances, CDs, home movies and Web sites to keep us satisfied until an April 'N Sync concert.
The night before the concert, we crowded into Wendy's car and headed to Kansas City, Mo., determined to meet our boys. We waited outside the radio station with no luck. We stopped by the Ritz Carlton, Embassy Suites and other hotels without success.
But then our luck changed. We spotted 'N Sync member Lance Bass getting into a cab.
Wendy and Samantha were too shocked to speak, but I wasn't about to let fear paralyze me. Katie Zook, Arvada, Colo., senior, and I approached Fatone for a two-minute chat about being in a boy band. And before he Jumped into the car, I got a hug.
Above: Hawie, Nick, Brian,
Kevin, and AJ of the
Backstreet Boys. Right: Tickets
from recent 'N Sync concerts.
contributed photos
We followed that cab until we had to stop at a red light — but that stop proved beneficial. As we searched frantically for the cab, I spotted familiar hair from a distance. All those hours spent scrutinizing pictures had paid off. Fellow 'N Sync member Joey Fatone was waiting outside for his ride. We immediately pulled off the road.
The live performances fueled our obsession. The boys put so much energy into their shows, and that's what makes it so much fun.
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See HANGIN' on page 5A
EVENTS CALENDAR
Tonight
**Joey Hinson, piano recital at 7:30 p.m.at**
Swarthout Recital Hall.
Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers, Cowilly, The Kirk Runstrum Band at 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
Stereolab, Papa from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Granada, 1024 Massachusetts St.
"A Tuna Christmas" at 7:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Community Theater, 1501 New Hamshire St.
"The Suicide" at 8 p.m. at the Inge Theater in Murphy Hall.
Tomorrow
Isotope 217, The Palindromes at 10 p.m. at the Bottleneck.
Patricia Moeling, flute doctoral recital, at 2:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2104 W. 15th St.
"The Suicide" at p.m. at the Inge Theater.
Blank 77, Les Tithes, Duck Boy, Total
- Holiday Vespers at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center.
Sunday
Index
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News ...3A
Game times ..1B
Horoscopes ..2B
Movie Listings ..5A
Classifieds ..5B
Coupons ..3B
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Waves don't rock the boat
Though the match was closely fought in the first half, the Pepperdine Waves failed to sink the Jayhawks, who won 76-61 last night.
See page 1B
Raise the voice in joy
The KU choirs and orchestra will perform Holiday Vespers to sold-out crowds.A mix of carols,religious music and folk and modern pieces will round out the shows.
See page 3A
Bond, James Bond
Like the olive in his Vodka martini, everyone's favorite spy has been well-preserved.
After 19 movies filled to the brim with evil villains, secret gadgets, bombs and bombshells,Bond manages to retain his suave,debonair image.
For your eyes only...
See page 6A
From one court to another
Senior Amanda Reves, who just finished her Kansas volleyball career has joined the basketball team and will play alongside her
twin sister, Brooke.
See page 3B