2A - THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LOCAL NEWS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002
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KUJH-TV reporter John McGinley
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Don's Auto Center ...5B
English Alternative Theater ...6A
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Hair Experts Design Team ...3B
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Imperial Garden ..8A
India Palace ...5B
Intrust Bank ...10A
Ixtapa ...5A
Jayhawk Bookstore ...6A, 10A
Jefferson's ...11A
Kansas Union ...5A, 9A, 2B, 5B, 6B
King Buffet ...4A
Lawrence Athletic Club ...2A
Lawrence Parks & Rec. ...8A
Legal Services ...4B
Lied Center ...8A
Love Garden Sound ...6B
Meadowbrook ...9A
Old Chicago ...2B
Peppertree Apts ...8A
Pipeline Productions ...3B
Raoul's Velvet Room ...8A
Rudy's Pizza ...10A
Sisters of St. Joseph ...7A
Spectrum Optical ...3B
Student Senate ...8A
SUA ...4B
Sunflower Group ...10A
The Eye Doctors ...11A
Univ. Career & Employment Cen. ...9A
Watson Library ...9A
CAMERA ON KU
The Kansas men's bowling team poses with its award from the Colgate Collegelegiate Invitational in Maple Shade, N.J. The team placed first and won $1,000. From left to right, Jesse James, Alan Emmons, Jason Elliott, Mike Keeler, Marc D'Errico, Ryan Ludwig and coach Mike Fine.
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KU student found dead in Lawrence apartment
By Rachel Keeseee Kansan staff writer
A 20-year-old University of Kansas
A 20-year student, Christine Merkel, was found dead in a Lawrence apartment on Jan. 1. No suspicious circumstances surround the Foristell, Mo., sophomore's death, said Lawrence police Sgt. Michael Patrick.
Lauren Salvini, Lawrence sophomore, said Christine had loved life.
Christine
Merkel
"She had a contagious laugh, I can't even describe it," Salvini said. "The minute she started laughing, everyone in the room would start laughing."
Salvini said she sang the Sarah McLachlan song"I Will Remember You" for Christine's funeral.
"She always wanted me to sing at her wedding, which I couldn't do," Salvini said. "So I sang it for her funeral."
But she had a hard time trying to sing it live for the funeral, she said.
"The song was kind of a joke with her, and she often wanted me to sing it," Salvini said. "She called me Sarah McLachlan."
Caroline Merkel, Christine's mother, said that her daughter cared about others.
Mrs. Merkel said that the hundreds of people who went to her visitation showed what kind of person her daughter was.
"As pretty as she was on the outside, she was on the inside," she said. "She did everything she could to make others happy."
"Where do I begin? Christine was a sweetheart, very kind," she said. "She loved animals, she loved children and she went the extra mile for everyone."
Contact Keesee at rkeesee@kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Guenley.
State Senate to evaluate eligibility for social programs
TOPEKA — Two Republican leaders plan to have the Senate Ways and Means Committee review eligibility for social services programs.
STATE NEWS
Chairman Steve Morris said Wednesday that he wanted to examine the eligibility requirements for programs operated by the departments of Aging and Social and Rehabilitation Services.
Those costs contributed to a $426 million gap between expected revenues and spending commitments for the state's 2003 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
The state is faced with adding nearly $120 million dollars to its budget to cover unexpected costs associated with social services programs.
Morris, R-Hugoton, said he wanted to see whether the state could control social service costs. His efforts have the blessing of Senate President Dave Kerr, R Hutchinson, who serves on the committee.
The committee had a briefing from SRS Secretary Janet Schalansky and Aging Secretary Connie Hubbell.
The Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
A KU employee reported a man nur-
ting in public at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday
near Lewis Hall, the KU Public Safety
Office said.
A 21-year-old KU student reported a man engaging in lewd and lascivious behavior at 6:55 p.m. Tuesday near Jayhawker Towers, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A 23-year-old KU student reported damage to the rear window of a brown Toyota van between last Thursday and last Friday, Lawrence police reported. The damage was estimated at $250.
A 27-year-old KU student reported theft of a Syrian passport between Monday, Jan. 7 and Monday, Jan. 14., Lawrence police reported.
Hawk Night features open mike, comedian
Hawk Nights, Coca-Cola and the KU Memorial Unions are bringing comedy to the Kansas Union.
Aaron Quisenberry, associate director of the Organizations and Leadership Development Center, said comedian Dave Russo would appear at 10:00 p.m. after an open mike joke contest tomorrow at the ballroom in the Kansas Union.
Doors open a half-hour before the show. Quisenberry said the winner of the joke contest would receive $50.
Chandra Dunbar, program adviser for the KU Memorial Union, said Russo took top honors in the 2000 Boston Comedy Festival and was recently named Comedian of the Month by the Comic Strip in New York City.
Quisenberry said free snacks and Coca-Cola products would be served by faculty and staff.
The event is free and open to all students.
Students to perform 'Pirates of Penzance'
The Spring 2001 Opera Production 492 and 892 classes will perform Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. The students will perform there again at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, and Saturday, Jan. 26, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, said MarkFerrell, associate professor of music.
Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Music and Dance Department office and can be picked up at the will-call table in Murphy Hall a half-hour before the show.
"It's a lot of fun for five bucks," Ferrell said.
—Jessica Tims
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