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Volume 128 Issue 86
Monday, March 2, 2015
Kansan.com
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
The student voice since 1904
Sophomore Zach Hill found an authentic Norman Rockwell signature in a book from a Kansas City bookstore.
Student scores big with Norman Rockwell signature
RILEY MORTENSEN
@RileyMortensen
Some say you can't judge a book by its cover, but on Valentine's Day sophomore Zach Hill found you can.
Zach Johnson
Hill was on a date when he
found himself in Propero's
bookstore in Kansas City,
Mo., "drooling" over their art books, he said.
"One had the cover on it and I was like 'Oh, I'll look at this one,' and opened it up and was like 'Dear God, what is that?' Hill said.
that appeared to be signed by the artist. There were six other copies of the same book all sitting together, but the fact that it was the only book with a cover drew Hill to pick up the one he did.
Inside a book on the famous illustrator Norman Rockwell. Hill found a letter
The letter, which was
SEE ROCKWELL PAGE 2
Police seek public's help finding shooting suspects
KELLY CORDINGLEY
@kellycordingley
The Lawrence Police Department is asking for assistance in finding Rachael Ann Hampton, a student at the University, and Robert Alan Long, two of the three suspects involved in the Feb. 8 shooting near the University's campus, according to a press release from the department.
The suspects are wanted on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary. The third suspect, Caleb Christman, was previously identified and is being held in custody, said Sgt. Trent McKinley of the Lawrence Police Department.
Further information has yet to be released but police are asking for tips to find these two individuals, whom they consider to be armed and dangerous.
Chrisman is charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and three counts of aggravated kidnapping.
Anyone with information on Hampton or Long's whereabouts is asked to call the Lawrence Police
Department at 785-832-7509 or Douglas County CrimeStoppers at 785-843-TIPS(8477). Calls made to CrimeStoppers may be made anonymously and callers providing information that leads to an arrest may qualify for a reward of up to $1,000.
The suspects allegedly shot and wounded three individuals Feb. 8, two of which are University students. All victims have since been released from Kansas City area hospitals.
Two of the shooters were reported to have fled toward campus that evening, prompting the following alert to be released from the University on Feb. 8:
'Police are searching for an individual suspected in a shooting in the 1600 block of 19th Terrace. Police are searching the neighborhoods south and southeast of campus, including neighborhoods near Amber Student Recreation Fitness Center, but do not believe the suspect is on campus. The suspect is a white male wearing a dark colored T-shirt, carrying a gray University on Perth.
sweatshirt, and is believed to be armed.
Rachael Ann Hampton
Robert Alan Long
"Stay alert, and if you have information or believe you have seen the suspect, please call 911 immediately."
Edited by Samantha Darlino
School of Music community reacts to sexual battery case
RILEY MORTENSEN
@RileyMortensen
It is hard for many to imagine an alleged sexual assault incident occurring so close to home, but for students in the University's School of Music, an alleged incident of aggravated sexual battery and criminal restraint from November hit their tight-knit community hard.
Junior Rachel Frish from Dallas, a member of the marching band, said she first heard about the alleged incident from her friends in the School of Music. Frish said she remembers students speaking in hushed tones like they weren't supposed to talk about it, but all wanted to know what had happened.
"It's like a high school." Frish said. "It's a small community. Everybody really knows everybody, so it's hard to kind of be
"... it really scared me that I was so close to him and he was capable of doing that and I had no idea or had no foresight."
GABBY OLIVAREZ
Senior from Olathe
The man, who is no longer a student at the University, is set to stand trial in May for aggravated sexual battery and criminal restraint in connection with a Nov. 10 incident.
in the music school in some capacity without being affected by it"
The alleged victim said the man invited her to his apartment for a vocal lesson, handcuffed her and proceeded to lift her shirt, touch her breasts and kiss her chest against her will, according to court documents.
The suspect was arrested Nov. 11 but released the following day after posting a $40,000 bail
day after posting a $40,000 claim. According to court documents, it was ruled that the victim and the defendant could attend classes together, but were to have no contact.
His next court appearance is May 1 and his trial is scheduled for May 11.
"Everyone at this point has been through the ringer with all of this..." Frish said. "I think everyone gets really hyped about it, finds out everything they want to know and then sweeps it under the rug, like, 'OK, we're done. That's enough for now. I don't need anymore.'"
Months after the original incident, Frish said she feels that people are tired of hearing about the crime; the problem is that much more discussions about sexual violence need to take place, she said.
Frish said she hopes the campus can take this incident and factor it into a larger conversation that needs to happen, but she doesn't know exactly what that conversation will look like. One thing Frish noted was the difficulty of determining what's going to be a bad situation, especially when they involve people you know.
"There's a general sense of 'don't be stupid'; if you weren't
Ultimate frisbee creates close bonds
SEE ASSAULT PAGE 2
Betty Ultimate members Caitlin Fitzgerald, left, and Kelsey Akin, right, practice for their upcoming tournament March 7
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KATHERINE HARTLEY
kat_hart9
There was a very informal men's team on campus at this time as well, and the site said the two teams would often play together. According to the men's team's Facebook page, its name, the Horror Zontals, came about in 1980
Ultimate Frisbee has been a component of the University's history for the past 30 years. The first official women's team, the Bettys, originated in 1986 and went on to win the National Collegiate Women's Championship the following year, becoming the first women's college champions, according to the Betty's official website.
Now, more than four decades later, both teams have been competing and growing with the hopes of expanding the Ultimate community. Senior Jenni Corcoran, the Betty's co-captain, said her favorite part of Ultimate is the people in the community and how welcoming they are.
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SPORTS 7
OPINION 4
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"Ultimate has a ton of cultural history and it's not super well known yet, so at KU there's a really tight knit community of the Bettys and the Horror Zontals," Corcoran said. "That has given me a family at KU."
WOMEN'S TEAM - THE BETTYS The Bettys are in the midst
when the team was in its beginning stages.
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of another great season, currently sitting at number 11 on the D-I Women's Division Power Rankings on ultiworld. com, after starting at number eight. This comes after the team made it to the College National Championship in Ohio last year, something that hadn't happened in a very long time, sophomore player Mimi Mechache from Hopkins, Minn said.
"We had a really great season last year," Mechache said. "It was really exciting and was a change for the women's Ultimate Frisbee program here at Kansas."
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THE DAILY BREW 8
program This year's team of 27 players, including 13 first-year players, practices twice a week and competes in
If the Bettys can pull through again and make it to nationals for a second time, its season will continue into late May, when the championship tournament will be held in Milwaukee.
This season started with the Florida Winter Classic in January, a tournament the Bettys walked away from as the winners.
Corcoran's goal for the team is to continue to build and get
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weekend-long tournaments. The women competed in four tournaments during the fall, its less formal season, and plan to participate in a total of seven during its official spring season.
Don't Forget
SEE ULTIMATE PAGE 6
March Madness is upon us
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