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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY
APRIL 29, 2002
ISSUE 140 VOLUME 112
Student injured on Highway 59
By Rachel Keesee Kansan staff writer
A University of Kansas student was one of five injured in a three-car accident around noon Thursday at U.S. Highway 59 and Douglas County Road 458.
Rochelle Edwards, Lyndon sophomore, and Ricky Hobbs Jr., 24, Lyndon, were traveling north between Ottawa and Lawrence in a 1998 Chevrolet when they were hit head on.
They were taken to the University of
Kansas Medical Center.
Edwards and Hobbs were in fair condition yesterday, a Med Center spokeswoman said.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2001 Dodge in the southbound lane was stopped to turn left onto Douglas County Road 458 a few miles south of Lawrence. A 1994 Ford hit it from behind.
The impact then pushed the Dodge into the northbound lane, where it struck the Chevrolet.
Trooper Craig Phillips of the Kansas Highway Patrol said he remembered three injury accidents, one of which was a fatality, at that intersection in the last year.
"They're few and far between but when they happen, they're pretty serious," he said. "In all actuality, I don't think it has to do with the intersection. From what I can remember these accidents happen when someone's coming around that curve and they don't see someone there. There's plenty of clearance. People just need to pay more attention."
The driver of the Dodge, Martin Belcher, 47, Eudora, was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released Friday.
The occupants of the Ford, Darwin Kurtz, 34, and Wayne Kurtz, 83, both of Westphalia, were hospitalized, the Highway Patrol reported.
A Lawrence Memorial spokeswoman said Wayne Kurtz was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital but was transferred
to Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
He was in serious condition yesterday, an Overland Park Regional spokeswoman said.
Although the Highway Patrol reported Darwin Kurtz was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, the hospital has no record of his admittance, the spokeswoman said.
Contact Keesee rkreeese@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Sarah Warren.
Substance little-known in Kansas
By Maggie Koerth
Kansan staff writer
Although lots of research on the chemistry of salvia divinorum has been done, the plant remains largely obscure in the world of ethnobotany, horticulture and law enforcement.
Kelly Kindscher, associate scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey, said he was aware of salvia but didn't know much about it. He also said he doubted there had been much ethnobotanical research done.
"it's not something well-known to a lot of people." he said.
He did say, however, that he knew a little about the plant. He said it would be difficult to grow salvia in Kansas because it is a sub-tropical species. He also said salvia was botanically unique because most hallucinogenic plants came from different families.
"Salvia is a bizarre situation because other psychoactive plants are things like cactus or mushrooms. The mint family is an unusual group for salvia to be from," he said.
Because of this, he said he didn't think there were other psychoactive plants that could bypass the Federal Analouge Act.
"Most of them have the same chemical structure," he said.
Some branches of law enforcement also remain relatively unaware of the drug.
Sgt. Tarik Khatib of the Lawrence Police Department drug enforcement squad, said he was unfamiliar with salvia.
As far as I know we've had no cases involving salvia or people with salvia problems," he said. "Though we might have had contact with somebody on it, and not known what they were on."
Khatib said while salvia might still be legal in the United States there were ways that people could be prosecuted for using it.
that people should be driven while under the influence and they revert into an accident which can prove fatal. he said. "The law is intrinsic to the influence does not specify the drugs."
He also said that the Law enforcement Department was not currently interested in tracing down sales of drugs.
"We are concerned about those who spike our others, the same ones we are worried in the future if we have any way to bother them.
Residents wait for judge's ruling on trial
The University of Kansas and some residents of Watkins and Miller Scholarship Halls are awaiting a Lawrence judge's decision on how the lawsuit the residents brought against the University and Bank of America will proceed.
By Meredith Carr Kansan staff writer
For more than two years the residents have been involved in a legal dispute with the bank and the University over
Step show draws crowd, raises money
By Caroline Boyer Kansan staff writer
Claps, stomps and hip-hop music reverberated through the Lied Center Saturday night at the National Pan-Hellenic Council's step show.
Area dance groups, including Unity Hip-Hop Dance Troupe, Mad Havoc and The Outaws and singing acts Mylin Brimm and 3 a.m. also performed between acts. Enjiol Dixon, Zeta Phi Beta member and Jefferson City, Mo.,
junior, and C.J. Wilford, KJHK disc jockey and St. Louis. Mo. senior, acted as masters of the ceremony.
Amber Sellers, show coordinator, said council had been planning the show since mid-February.
"I think it was a better show than last year because of the variety," said Sellers, Wichita junior. "We were able to draw a more diverse crowd, which was our main goal."
Tickets for the show were $10, and tickets for the after party at the Kansas Union were $10 or $5 with a step show ticket stub. All money raised went to scholarships that the council awards to minority students at the end of the year.
SEE STEP SHOW ON PAGE 7A
KIMBERLY THOMPSON/KANSAN
Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity used cups of JuMex, a type of juice, as sound props in its step show. The National Pan-Hellenic Council's step show was Saturday.
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