MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 2005
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
3A
An alarming exile
Rachel Seymour/KANSAN
Chase Weldeman, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, sleeps on the carpet in McCollum Hall's lobby at approximately 5 a.m. Saturday. Weldeman was forced to leave his bed in Ellsworth Hall after the fire alarm went off. Several fire extinguishes were said to have been let off in the building. Ellsworth residents waited longer than the expected 30-minute time period of other false fire alarms because of the clean-up process. They were allowed to return to their rooms at approximately 6 a.m.
The KU Lions Club will be sponsoring a coat drive all day from today until Sunday at St. Lawrence Center, 1631 Crescent Rd. Contact Kelly Campbell at 550-2473.
ON CAMPUS
- The department of Russian and East European studies will sponsor a Laird Brown Bag lecture by Dr. Ibrahim Murtuzayev, Institute of Mineral Resources, Azerbaijan Republic, at noon tomorrow at room 318 in Bailey Hall. Call 864-4236 for more information.
- Teach For America, the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps will sponsor an Alternative Career Panel from 7-9 p.m. tomorrow at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union. Contact Betty Baron at 864-7679.
- University Christian Fellowship will meet for Bible study and worship at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Contact Rick Clock at 841-3148.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a University Forum on "Electronic Voting Systems: Technical Problems and Potential Solutions" featuring Dong Fletcher, chief technical officer for Pivot International. The forum will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave.
- The Office of Study Abroad will hold an informational meeting on studying abroad in Japan at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday in room 4034 in Wescoe Hall. Contact Stacie Vincent at 864-3742.
CORRECTION
- Friday's article "University policy bans on-campus ticket scalping" contained an error. It is the Lawrence Municipal Court, not Douglas County Municipal Court.
♦ Friday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. In the article, "Early class times cut," Don Steeples' name was misspelled.
ON THE RECORD
◆ A 20-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police a stolen car CD player and wallet and damage to his car window sometime between 1:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., Feb. 7 in the 100 block of Brittany Place. The CD player is valued at $150, the wallet is valued at $1 and the damage to his window was estimated at $200.
- A 21-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police a stolen CD player and damage to his car window and dashboard between 11 p.m., Feb. 6 and 11:45 a.m., Feb. 7 in the zero block of Regency Place. The CD player is valued at $300, the damage to the car is estimated at $300.
♦ The KU Public Safety Office arrested a 22-year-old KU housing employee at 1:45 p.m. on Feb. 10 for failure to appear.
Sex law affects teachers
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WICHITA — Nearly two dozen Kansas teachers have lost their certificates since 1998 amid allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with students or other children, records show.
Authorities attributed the prevalence of the cases to an increased awareness of the problem and a relatively new state law.
The 2001 law makes it a crime for a teacher to have consensual sex with a 16- or 17-year-old student. The "unlawful sexual relations" law was originally written to prevent prison guards from having sex with
willing inmates, but teachers now are bound by it as well. A conviction can carry a sentence of five to seven months in prison.
Four school employees in Wichita have lost their jobs since November amid allegations of sexual contact with students. Of the three who have been charged, two were charged under this law. The investigation continues into a fourth man.
"It used to be that a 16-year-old could have sex with a schoolteacher," said Lt. Roy Mitchell of the Wichita/Sedgwick County Exploited and Missing Child Unit. "While it was in poor
aste, it was not a crime. Now it is."
But even before the law was passed, the State Board of Education always made it a policy to revoke the license of any teacher caught having sexual contact with a student, said board attorney Kevin Ireland.
State records show that since 1998, the state has taken action in 22 cases where Kansas teachers lost their licenses or were denied a new license because they had been convicted of sex crimes involving children. He said a handful of those cases involved teachers in Missouri or Oklahoma who also had licenses to teach in Kansas.
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS FEBRUARY 14,2005 STUDENT PRESENTED BY SENATE one community, many voices
You don't need a black belt to walk home at night
Sunday thru thursday 9pm to 1am
Go to the KU Info desk or call 864-3222
Volunteers are located at KU Info desk in Anschutz Library They can also be reached by calling 864-3222 A team of one male and one female volunteer will escort any student, faculty or staff member to his/her car, campus residence, building, fraternity or sorority house or will wait with them for Safe Ride or a ride from a friend All volunteers have passed criminal background checks and have been trained by the KU office of public safety
Blue Prints Leadership Conference Feb 26th
Registration forms available online at www.ku.edu/~bprints or at the Student Involvement & Leadership Center 4th floor KS Union Cost:$10
No Partner or Experience Needed
When and Where
Sunday: 2:00-5:00 pm
Kansas Union Ballroom
Monday: 7:00-9:00 pm
Burge Union-Court Side Room
Friday: 7:00-9:00 pm
Hashinger Hall
Deadline for registration: Feb.23rd
Sophisticated Dancing (for the Rest of Us) KU Ballroom Dance Club
beginner argentine tango classes
thursdays 7:00 pm- 8:30 Camelot II studio at 1117 Mass. St. $5.00 per class at the door no experience or partner necessary info: maxwick@ku.edu
argentine tango club