2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2005
INSIDENEWS
Students to vote on fee increase
Student Senate passed a bill to put a Student Union Activities fee raise on the ballot for the Senate elections in April. The proposed $5 increase would be used to attract higher-profile speakers to the University. PAGE 1A
Scholarship halls experience limited parking
The Alumni Place parking lots are no different from other oversold lots on campus. Despite the Fall 2005 opening of Rieger Hall, a scholarship hall that will house 50 women. PAGE 1A
Bars prepare for their 'Christmas'
Tonight Guinness and green beer will top sales for bars downtown. Drinking establishments have been preparing for St. Patrick's Day and will be extending their hours to allow celebrators to drink their favorite drinks early or late in the day. PAGE 1A
Lawrence alluring to bands
Musicians say Lawrence's love of music makes it a destination for bands. After experiencing the atmosphere once, many musicians want to make repeat trips to the city. PAGE 2A
Student Senate nixes fee
Senate voted last night to uphold Senate president Steve Munch's veto of a fee increase that would have paid for a full-time salary for Legal Services for Students. Senators voted to send the bill to a student referendum. PAGE 3A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Politicians use, but don't help servicemen
Matt Sevicik explores how servicemen are meandered into a hopeless path of deceit from the very politicians who use them as part of their election lip service. PAGE 5A
Column: Student Senate campaigners: get a clue
Column: Student Senate campaigners: get a clue Austin Caster speaks for many uncomfortable students who need to find new ways to get to class in order to avoid the Student Senate flyer blizzard that happens every year on Wescoe Beach. PAGE 3A
Editorial: Mizzou police wrong to single out fans The Missouri police used their muscle on some Kansas Jayhawk fans who ventured into the unfriendly confines of Mizzou Arena. The funny thing is the instigator was off-duty and overstepped his boundaries. PAGE 3A
Editorial: Mizzou police wrong to single out fans
Football team holds open practice
INSIDESPORTS
Fans got a look at some new faces as well as some familiar ones at yesterday's football open practice. The competition for the quarterback position appears likely to go on all the way to next fall's opening game. PAGE 1B
Column: Football is ready to rock
Associate sports editor Jonathan Kealing says that even after the recent loss of running back John Randle, the football team can still look to a good season with the help of freshman back Gary Green. PAGE 1B
Profile: Boschee finds peace in Iceland
Former KU men's basketball guard Jeff Boschee faced hard times after his final season with the Jayhawks. But he says he now feels at home traveling and playing basketball in Grindavik, Iceland. PAGE 1B
First round puts pressure on top-ranked teams
The No. 3-seeded Jayhawks face the No. 14-seeded Bucknell Bison tomorrow night. And history has proved that the real pressure lies on the Jayhawks, not Bucknell. PAGE 2B
First-round tournament breakdown
Sportswriter Kellis Robinett gives an analysis of teams in the Syracuse region. He explains the good and the bad of each team, from No. 1 Carolina to No. 16 Oakland, and examines which teams Kansas should look out for. PAGE 2B
Baseball coach reaches milestone
Coach Pitch Price
Coach Ritch Price won his 300th career Division I game at Hoglund Ballpark yesterday against Baker. The game wasn't exactly a nail-biter as the jayhawks cruised to a 16-6 victory. The blowout gave reserve players an opportunity to gain experience. PAGE 3B
Sophomore to compete in championship
Swimmer Jenny Short qualified for the NCAA Championships, to her surprise. She will compete along with senior co-captain Amy Gruber. PAGE 3B
Sigma Nu emerged as the champion of the intramural games with a victory over Lambda Chi Alpha last night, 60-39. The game wasn't close but was still satisfying to watch, at least for fans of Sigma Nu, which won its games by an average of 29 points. PAGE 48
Greek intramural basketball tournament closes
The Pearson Scholarship Hall team defeated K-Unit, which was made up of Jayhawker Towers residents, to capture the men's residence hall basketball crown. PAGE 4B
Pearson wins intramural championship
Fresh Theta capped its dominating tournament run with a 34-25 victory over Kappa Delta 1 for the women's Greek intramural title. Westwood junior Ellie Larson led Fresh Theta to victory with her outside shooting. PAGE 5B
Theta team wins intramural championship
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Bands find city enticing
BY ADAM LAND
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"We really enjoy this town," Richling said as he gazed down the street. "We were here about 10 years ago and wanted to come back."
Less than an hour after the Wallflowers left the stage at Liberty Hall, bassist Greg Richling stood outside Liberty Hall on Massachusetts Street. He shifted his weight between his legs, obviously tired from the evening's show.
The Wallflowers are one of many bands that have made stops in Lawrence. The reason the bands come is generally the same. Lawrence loves music.
Lingering fans talked with him as the band waited for equipment to be loaded into the bus.
Wallflowers, said Liberty Hall reminded him less of a concert and more of a "town meeting."
hang out with their team.
"The closeness and intimacy make the shows in Lawrence the best," said Cameron Lauer, Seneca junior. "Even if you're in the front row of Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, you're still not as close and the scene is not as intimate."
it's home.
Intimacy is a major selling point for bands and fans. Students can often get closer to the bands they love. Many bands will even go out in the city to hang out with their fans.
arts.
"This town really has a great love for music and different types of it," said Derek Hein, bassist for Big Metal Rooster. "Coming back to Lawrence is great. People welcome you back like it's home."
Although Lawrence does bring in a variety of bands, many larger bands do not frequent the town. Many more popular bands bypass Lawrence for Kansas City.
Kyle Riabko, opening act for the
Big Metal Rooster, from Lawrence, has played for hundreds of fans throughout the country, but band members said Lawrence had the best fans.
"I think we kind of have a reputation as an indie rock city," Lauer said. "But I think whoever comes enjoys the atmosphere of the town."
"The question isn't, why did we come to Lawrence, the question is why didn't we come back sooner," Richling said.
Aside from the Wallflowers, Lawrence has been frequented by other popular bands such as the Flaming Lips, the Pat McGee Band and John Mayer in the last five years.
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BY GREG RISLING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Blake won't have to do time
LOS ANGELES — A jury acquitted tough-guy actor Robert Blake of murder yesterday in the shooting death of his wife four years ago, bringing a dramatic end to a case that played out like pulp fiction.
The jury also acquitted Blake of one charge of trying to get someone to kill Bonny Lee Bakley, but deadlocked on a second solicitation charge. The jury voted 11-1 in favor of acquittal and the judge dismissed the count.
The 71-year-old star of the 1970s detective drama "Baretta" sobbed uncontrollably at the defense table, embraced his attorney and exhaled heavily as the verdicts sank in.
Bakley's adult daughter sobbed quietly in the back of the courtroom.
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Outside the courthouse, Blake was cheered by supporters and put out a cigarette he had been smoking as he began a rambling speech in which he thanked his lawyers and private investigators.
"This small band of dedicated warriors saved my life," he said.
He also described the financial toll the case had taken on him.
Robert Blake is hugged by his attorney, M. Gerlad Schwartzbach, after the jury acquitted Blake of murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, four years ago, bringing a stunning end to a case that played out like pulp fiction in Los Angeles yesterday.
"If you want to know how to go through $10 million in five years, ask me," said Blake, who was free on bail during his trial but under house arrest. "I'm broke. I need a job."
At one point, Blake asked whether anyone in the crowd had something to remove his electronic monitoring bracelet. He then bent down and cut off the ankle device.
on the cinema.
The jury of seven men and five women delivered the verdicts on its ninth day of deliberations, following a trial with a cast of characters that included two Hollywood stuntmen who said Blake tried to get them to bump off his wife.
No eyewitnesses, blood or DNA evidence linked Blake to the crime. The murder weapon, found in a trash bin, could not be traced to Blake, and witnesses said the minuscule amounts of gunshot residue found on Blake's hands could have come from a different gun he said he carried for protection.
Blake had faced life in prison; prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.
"The prosecution built their case on the backs of those two men and neither one of them was worthy of belief," defense attorney M. Gerald Schwartzbach said outside court.
The defense called it a weak case built largely on the testimony of the two stuntmen _ both of whom were once heavy drug users.
Prosecutors said Blake believed his wife trapped him into a loveless marriage by getting pregnant. They said Blake soon became smitten with the baby, Rosie, and desperately wanted
"They couldn't put the gun in his hand," jury foreman Thomas Nicholson told reporters outside court, adding that the case lacked evidence that could "connect all the links in the chain." Nicholson called one of the stuntmen a "prolific liar."
Blake was charged with shooting Bakley, 44, in their car outside the actor's favorite Italian restaurant on May 4, 2001, less than six months after their marriage.
The four-month trial was part of a wave of celebrity court cases in California that have provided endless fodder for the tabloids and cable networks. The Michael Jackson child molestation trial was starting just as the Blake case was wrapping up, and rock 'n' roll producer Phil Spector will stand trial later this year in Los Angeles for allegedly murdering a B-movie actress.
Bakley had been married several times, had a record for mail fraud and made a living scamming men out of money with nude pictures of herself and promises of sex.
in another murder case that was seemingly made for the tabloids, Scott Peterson was sent to death row just a few hours before the Blake verdict for killing his pregnant wife and her unborn fetus.
and promises of a law. Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, said the prosecution had done its best with the case. "The jury has weighed the evidence, and the decision has been made."
to keep the child away from Bakley, whom he considered an unfit mother. Rosie, now 4, is being raised by Blake's adult daughter.
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Prosecutors said Blake killed his wife after failing to persuade a street thug-turned-minister and the two stuntmen from his "Baretta" days to do the job. One of the stuntmen said Blake talked about having Bakley "snuffed" and mentioned locations for the killing, including the Grand Canyon.
In "Baretta," Blake played a tough-talking, street-smart detective whose catchphrase was "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."
Also, a former detective who worked for Blake as a private investigator testified that the actor proposed to kidnap Bakley, force her to have an abortion and, if that did not work, "whack her."
Those acting successes seemed well in the past by the time a divorced and lonely Blake met Bakley at a jazz club five years ago. They had sex in his truck that night, and she was soon carrying Blake's child. They were wed in 2000 in a no-frills ceremony at which the bride wore an electronic monitoring bracelet because she was still on probation for fraud.
Blake told authorities that he walked his wife to the car after dinner, then discovered he had left his gun back in the booth at Vitello's Restaurant. He went back to get it, then returned to the car and found his wife shot, he said.
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