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Volume 126 Issue 107
kansan.com
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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Overland Park shootings resonate in University community
Will Corporon, left, and Tony Corporon, right, fight emotions while Mindy Losen, center, talks about her son and father during a news conference at their church in Leawood, Monday, April 14. Dr. William Corporon and his 14-year-old grandson were victims of Sunday's shooting at the Jewish Community Center. The three are sons and daughter of Dr. Corporon and Losen is the mother of the 14-year-old victim.
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CODY KUIPER
news@kansan.com
The deadly shootings at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) and a nearby Jewish retirement home in Overland Park hit close to home for many University students and Lawrence citizens.
Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., 73, of Aurora, Mo., was arrested and charged Sunday evening for the shooting that left three people dead at the JCC and Village Shalom. Although none of the victims were Jewish, authorities are investigating the shootings as a hate crime.
The shooting was especially worrisome for Becca Berger, a senior from Overland Park who went to school at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, which is located inside the JCC, and whose grandmother lives in Village Shalom.
"It didn't just hit close to home, it hit my home," Berger said. "We're a very sheltered community. I never really thought that this would happen to such a small town, a small community"
The shooting, which occurred on the eve of the Jewish holiday, Passover, will be charged as a hate crime, according to Barry Grissom, the U.S. attorney for Kansas.
Cross is a well-known white supremacist and allegedly yelled a Nazi salute after the shootings.
Berger, who is also involved with KU Hillel, said when she came across the location of the shooting on Twitter she did not suspect it was a coincident event.
"When I saw that it said Jewish Community Center, and Village Shalom, it was automatic. There was no question in my mind it was a hate crime," Berger said. "The timing of it was just terrible, because today is Passover and we're celebrating our freedom [from] slavery in Egypt, but how free are we when we're in 2014 and still having prejudiced people attack us?"
The crime also hit close to home for Rabbi Moti Rieber of the Lawrence Jewish Community Center, whose children were at the center at the time of the shooting.
Rieber said the LJCC's Passover celebration on Monday would go on as planned, but they did request a police presence outside the synagogue just in case. Nevertheless, Rieber said the shooting won't affect how they live their everyday lives going forward.
"The Jewish community is certainly not going to be cowed by this kind of thing." Rieber
said. We're going into Passover and it adds a somberness to the holiday and a sobriety to it, but it certainly doesn't change our determination to continue to live as we've always lived as Jews in America."
Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel of the Chabad Center at KU said he is encouraging more students to take part in Passover celebrations as a way to deal with a tragedy that affects so many Jewish students at the University on a personal level.
"In Judaism, we believe the way you fight darkness is with light, so when you face hatred, you have to respond with love," Tiechtel said. "Many of the Jewish students here at KU have been shaken with this story because so many of them grew up with the JCC being a part of their life, but what we're trying to do is change our anger and bitterness into positivity by reaching out to others, by increasing togetherness in our community and increasing unity."
A special service is being planned at the LJCC early next week, and a walk will be held to honor the victims this Friday in Overland Park, starting from the JC to Village Shalom and ending with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
- Edited by Nick Chadbourne
HEALTH Confirmed case of tuberculosis on University campus
Students and faculty were notified Monday of a case of tuberculosis (TB) that has occurred on campus. The student is now making a full recovery.
According to an email notification from the Associate Vice Provost, Frank DeSalvo, on Monday, officials have determined that there were fewer than 50 individuals who may have been expose. Though the transmission of tuberculosis is possible, the email states, "it is still very unlikely anyone else will become ill with TB now or in the future."
The University is also working alongside the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department and the Kansas Deptartment of Health and Environment to take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.
According to the Centers for Disease Control's website, tuberculosis is spread when a person with the disease in his or her lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, speaks or sings. People nearby may become infected when breathing in the tuberculosis bacteria. The disease is not spread by physical contact such as shaking hands or sharing food and drink.
only those who spent time in a confined space with the infected student are at risk of developing tuberculosis and those at risk have already been notified.
The University encourages students and faculty to visit the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department's webpage for more information.
Tom DeHart
STUDENT SENATE Election results should come by end of week
As of now, election results will either be released as soon as the University Judicial Board meets, or by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, as decided by the Student Senate Court of Appeals last Thursday.
When the University Judicial Board meets, they will address the Election Commission's decision to disqualify Jayhawkers based on a violation involving incomplete financial reports filed by the coalition. The board will decide to either uphold the decision or to overturn it.
In the case that the University Judicial Board does not meet this week, Chief Justice for the Student Senate Court of Appeals Elliot Kamy said it is possible the Court of Appeals will issue another injunction, which means voting results could be released later than Friday.
Last Thursday in a hearing, Jayhawkers' appeal to the disqualification was turned down by the Court of Appeals based on multiple conflicts of interest in multiple coalitions. The appeal was then expedited to the University Judicial Board and the board is slated to make a decision within a week or so.
Until the next student body president and vice president are determined, the current executive staff said in a press release that they will continue to work diligently and await a timely decision. They also said they trust the UJB will make a decision that upholds the integrity of the Student Senate elections process.
However, if the University Judicial Board calls for another hearing, a decision might take several weeks.
Amelia Arvesen
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KU Parking permit prices set to rise
KU Parking and Transit has to raise its own funds through parking permits, parking tickets, athletic event parking, garage parking and toll parking, as it doesn't receive tuition or state dollars, according to Hultine. Permits currently generate approximately $3.5 million compared to parking tickets, which generate approximately $600,000. Last year's proposed increases were all accepted.
BRENDAN O'FARRELL news@kansan.com
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- Edited by Austin Fisher
The increase in prices will raise an additional $1.8 million each year, according to Hultine. The money is needed for future projects such as the McCollum replacement parking lot and the expansion of Jayhawk Boulevard and Memorial Drive. The Memorial Drive project is estimated to cost approximately $3.5 million alone, according to , Callie Long, business manager at the KU Parking and Transit
Parking permit prices are set to jump next year, increasing anywhere from $3 to $100. Last year all permit prices except Park and Ride were raised by two percent, meaning $5 to $10 increases for the most part, but prices were bumped higher than usual this year as KU Parking and Transit prepares for future projects and lot repairs. Several permits will be reworked as well. Garage permits will no longer be
While in the past permits were increased at a consistent rate, this year's proposal increases some prices more than others in preparation for a new tiered parking system. Instead of color zones, permits would be based on how close the parking lot is to campus buildings with "proximate," "near" and "remote" parking permits, according to Donna Hultine, director of parking.
valid outside of garages, Park and Ride permits will become part of the Yellow permit and the Lied Center only permit will be eliminated.
Office.
Accordingly, permits in lots closer to campus are higher this year.
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