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Monday March 29,1999
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CAMPUS
Local resident avoids prison in battery case
Kevin Teeter, a 22-year-old Lawrence resident who pleaded guilty to the Aug. 20 aggravated sexual battery of a 24-year-old woman, was sentenced to 32 months in prison but was placed on probation on the condition that he serve 30 days in the county jail, said Dave Zabel, a lawyer in the Office of the Douglas County District Attorney.
Teeter's sentencing hearing was March 25.
I realize the mistake I made was very bad," Teeter said at the hearing. "I ask for forgiveness."
Before the hearing, he spent 48 days in jail. As part of his probation, he will spend 36 months under the supervision of community corrections.
He also will enroll in a program for drug and alcohol treatment and for sex offenders, and he will be required to register as a sex offender.
Dan Curry and Katie Burford
California man identified in downtown suicide
POLICE nave identified a man who shot himself in the head after he was pulled over in the parking lot of the Lawrence Journal World, 609 New Hampshire St., said Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department.
Dandiridge was pulled over for speeding at about 12:40 a.m. March 17. Ten minutes later, he pulled out a handgun and shot himself.
Edward David Dandirge, a resident of Sacramento, Calif., had been in Lawrence briefly and was working at a local body shop.
Dandirige's wife told police she didn't know why he committed suicide.
Student to enter plea in eavesdropping
Shawn Mikulich, a 25-year-old KU student charged with eavesdropping and criminal damage to property, will enter a plea before the court at 1:30 p.m. April 1 at the division V courtroom in the Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th St., said Marion Williams, a lawyer in the Office of the Douglas County District Attorney.
Mikulich is suspected of drilling three holes in his apartment wall to see into his neighbor's bathroom between Oct. 10 and Nov. 10 in the 1100 block of Louisiana Street, a Lawrence Police report said.
Mikulich was scheduled to appear in court March 25, but the date was rescheduled because his defense attorney was unable to attend.
Katie Burford
KU senior earns Churchill Foundation Scholarship
One of 11 Winston Churchill Foundation Scholarships worth $27,000 each was awarded to Larissa Lee, Derby senior.
Lee, who would like to pursue a medical degree and a doctorate in biology, will begin school at Cambridge next year.
"I're really excited." Lee said. "It should be a good year."
Lee is the first KU student to become a Churchill scholar. The foundation was established in 1959 as an expression of the esteem the United States has for Churchill.
Lee is also the president of the KU chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Galen Suppes, advisor to AICH_e, was happy for Lee
"She's an outstanding student, and she deserves it by all means," he said.
Chris Hopkins
NATION
Kevorkian verdict sparks assisted suicide debate
DETROIT — After nine years as the eccentric crusader for assisted suicide, Jack Kevrian may soon leave that role at a prison's gates — and leave a void in the debate over how people can end their lives.
Assisted suicide advocates said they were dismayed at Kevorkian's conviction Friday on charges of second-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance in the injection death of a Lou Gehrig's disease patient that was aired on 60 Minutes.
Assisted suicide opponents said they hoped the verdict would send a message that the alternatives to dying are always better.
The jury of seven women and five men debated 1.2/1/2 hours before reaching their verdict. Juror Patrick Pollock said jurors watched the tape Kevorkian made of Thomas Youk's death "a number of times" before coming to their verdict.
Prosecutor Dan Lemisch said jurors told him they spent most of their time deciding between first- and second-degree murder.
First-degree murder requires a specific intent to kill; second-degree murder does not. Kevorkian's main defense was that he did not intend to kill Youk, just ease his pain and suffering.
DALLAS — Six Flags Over Texas officials say ride workers are told not to attempt water rescues and admit there was no rescue equipment present when a boat carrying 12 people overturned.
One killed,10 injured in Six Flags accident
One woman was killed and 10 people injured in Sunday's accident, after which bystanders jumped in the chest-high water to help the victims.
One witness, a certified dive instructor trained in water rescue, said Tuesday that employees apparently made no immediate attempt to enter the water and discouraged her and other patrons from doing so.
"I heard from the staff, the uniformed park staff, 'Ma'am, do not go in the water," said Wendy Crown, 44, who was visiting the park with her 7-year-old son.
Six Flags spokeswoman Nancy St. Pierre said employees of the Roaring Rapids ride, in which large, round boats go through a series of rapids, are told to stay on the dock and activate an in-house emergency response system. Help arrived within two minutes, she said.
Crown said she and others disregarded staff instructions to stay out of the 4-foot-deep water because every minute was crucial.
Crown gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a 28-year-old Arkansas woman who later died.
Ginny Venneberg, Lawrence resident and a passenger on the capsized boat, said Six Flags employees told her that park policy prevented them from jumping into the water to help.
St. Pierre confirmed there were no life preservers, ropes or a pole that could have been used to assist anyone who might fall into the water.
She said a review of procedures has been launched.
WORLD
severe and damaging earthquake rocks India
NEW DELHI, India — A severe earthquake struck India's Himalayan foothills early Monday, killing 47 people and shaking a broad stretch of northern India, news reports and officials said.
India's seismological department measured the quake at a magnitude of 6.8, which it described as powerful enough to be "severe and damaging." It lasted about 40 seconds.
The epicenter was in a remote area of the Kumaon hills in the state of Uttar Pradesh, about 75 miles east of the city of Dehra Dun and 185 miles from New Delhi.
B. M. Vohra, the commissioner of Dehra Dun district, said 32 people died at Chamoli. Sixty-two houses also were destroyed.
Another 15 people were killed in nearby Rudraprayag, Press Trust of India news agency said.
Vohra said 10 medical teams and two helicopters had left for the area to aid earthquake victims.
The death toll was likely to rise as reports came in from remote villages.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's stereo was stolen from her car, and her dashboard and window were damaged between 9 p.m. Thursday and midnight Friday in the 400 block of Graystone Drive, a Lawrence Police report said. The damaged and stolen property was valued at $800.
Two computers and two printers were stolen from a KU student's residence between 12:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. March 22 in the 900 block of Emery Road, a Lawrence Police report said. The stolen property was valued at $4,625.
■ The hood emblem of KU student's Mercedes Benz was stolen between 8 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 600 block of Louisiana Street. The emblem was valued at $50.
A KU employee's license plate was stolen between 7:30 a.m. March 21 and 7:45 a.m. March 22 in the 2400 block of Cedarwood Ave., a Lawrence Police report said. The license plate was valued at $5.
A KU student's door was damaged and checks were stolen from her residence between noon and 12:25 p.m. March 20 in the 1900 block of East 19th Street, a Lawrence Police report said. The stolen and damaged property was valued at $780.
A KU student's stereo was stolen from his car and his dashboard was damaged between midnight March 20 and 9:50 a.m. march 24 in the 2700 block of University Drive, a Lawrence Police report said. The damaged and stolen property was valued at $500.
A KU student's car was struck by an unidentified vehicle between 8:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Wednesday in lot 211 south of Moore Hall, the KU Public Safety Office, Damascus to the KU public minor
A KU student's car struck another student's car at 12:30 p.m. March 19 in lat 90 south of Robinson Center, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage to the cars was minor.
KU senior wins Truman award to continue study
By Chris Hopkins
chopkins@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Melinda Carden, Lenexa third-year senior in social welfare, won a Harry S. Truman Scholarship worth $30,000 for three years.
Carden plans to use the money to earn a master's degree in gerontology and social and economic development at Washington University in St. Louis.
Mary Klayden, associate director of the KU Honors Program, said she was not surprised Carden had won. "I remember meeting her when she was a freshman and I was impressed with her then," she said.
The Truman Scholarship Foundation will award 75 scholarships this year. Several still remain to be awarded, but no KU students remain in the competition. Carden's scholarship was announced last Wednesday.
Carden said that she was surprised she won the award and that even becoming a finalist was difficult.
She said she had not thought she would do well because of the level of talent in the region in which she was competing and because of what she thought was a poor interview with the judges.
Each candidate for a Truman Scholarship had to write about a social problem and propose a solution to it. Carden wrote about the need to reform the way in which Kansas cares for the elderly.
institutionalization of the those 65 and up, she said. Instead of putting senior citizens in a nursing home, Carden said the state should try to serve the elderly through home and community-based services.
Carden said she had been interested in helping the elderly for a while.
"I started working in a retirement home when I just turned 16, and I got very attached to some of the residents." she said.
dents, she said. Carden said some of the residents she had met wanted to go home, and probably could have lived on their own with relative ease.
She said she had sent her proposal to Gov. Bill Graves but said Graves seemed to be concentrating on the young rather than on the elderly during this term.
ON CAMPUS
Edited by Darrin Peschka
- Latin American Solidarity will have information tables from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in front of the Kansas Union for Latin American Week.
Call Megan Hope at 331-2403 for more information.
- The SUA Recreation Committee will meet at 5 p.m. today at Alcave B in the Kansas Union.
Call the SUA box office at 864-3477 for more information.
■ KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Kansas Union. Call Matt Dunbar at 864-7325 for more information.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have
Mass at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Donfont Chapel. Call Father Ray May at 843-0357 for more information. There also will be daily Mass at 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Center, 1631 Crescent Road. Call Father Vince Krische at 843-0357 for more information.
**Writer's Roosts, sponsored by Writing Consulting; Student Resources, will be open today at the following times and locations: from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Burge Union and 4003 Wescoe Hall and from noon to 4 p.m. at 4006 Wescoe Hall. Call 864-2399 for more information.**
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