University Daily Kansan, February 15, 1985
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CAMPUS AND AREA
NEWS BRIEFS
Goddard boy pleads not guilty
WICHTHA — A 14-year-old student charged with murdering his principal and wounding three others in a shooting spree at a junior high school pleaded not guilty yesterday in juvenile court.
James Alan Kearsey of Goddard pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated battery. Sedgwick County District Judge Ron Rogg set a March 11 trial date.
Rogg allowed Kearsey to enter his plea after two psychologists who had examined the youth said he was mentally competent to stand trial.
Larry Vardaman, director of the Sedgwick County Youth Residence Hall, said Kearhevel was being held at the hall.
Kearbey is accused of entering Goddard Junior High School Jan. 21 with a high-powered military rifle and a 357-caliber revolver and fatally shooting principal James McGee and wounding two teachers and a student. The shootings occurred in the hallways of the school Kearbey attended.
Mortar Board lauds professors
Six KU professors recently were named Outstanding Educators by Mortar Board, a senior honor society.
Sandra Albrecht, assistant professor of sociology; Laurence Draper, professor of microbiology; Ronald Francisco, professor of Soviet and Eastern European studies and associate professor of political science. Alice Gibbs, associate professor of music education, Andrew German, and Max Sutton, professor of English; were all recognized at a reception that commemorated National Mortar Board Week.
Committee seeks tower ideas
The Photovoltaic Clock Tower Committee is seeking ideas about the concept, design and placement of a proposed solar-powered clock tower.
Plans now call for a 45-foot clock tower to be built in the sunken area on the north side of Wescoe Hall. It would rise slightly higher than the building's roof.
Phil White, Dodge City senior and director of the project, said any suggestions should be sent to the KU Solar Club's office in 112B of the Kansas Union.
Program identifies with kids
One Hour Moto-Photo, 2340 Iowa St., will conduct an Ident-A-Kid program from noon to 5 p.m. tomorrow.
Store employees and Lawrence police will fingerprint and photograph children for free. Ident-A-Kid is part of a nationwide program to encourage parents to keep identification records in case their children are lost or abducted.
The store also plans to conduct the program Feb. 23 and March 2.
Chinese students plan party
The Chinese Student Association is sponsoring a Chinese Lunar New Year party from 7 p.m. to midnight tonight in the Lawrence Community Center, 115 W.
The Student Union Activities office will sell tickets to association members for $3.50 and to non-members for $4.50. An extra $1 will be charged at the party.
Chin-Chih Tseng, association member and Overland Park junior, said that a dinner, prepared by Chinese students, would be served from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. At 8 p.m., the students will be played for prizes. A dance will round out the evening. Tseng said.
The party will commemorate the new year as observed by the Chinese lunar calendar. The actual Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 20, a school day.
Weather
Today will be mostly sunny and warmer, with a high in the mid-30s. Winds will be from the south at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 15 to 20. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a high around 40.
Compiled from Kansan staff and United Press international reports.
Coffee, cola drinkers get kicks from caffeine
By MICHELLE WORRALL Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Tony Olson, Lawrence junior, plunked down 38 cents for a 12-ounce Styroform cup of coffee in Wescoe Hall cafeteria.
"I need the caffeine," he said yesterday.
"I'm an addict."
Obsen said he drank about a quart of cola and coffee every day.
And he's not the only one.
Last month, students and faculty consumed 50,000 cans of pop from the 84 campus vending machines in administration buildings and residence halls and 6,000 cups of coffee from Wesco cafeteria, concession supervisors said yesterday.
"Statistically, that's two cans of pop for every student, so that's fairly safe," said Forrest Jolly, assistant manager of concerts at the Chelsea Theater, for the caffeine, but for its refreshing qualities.
He said soft drink sales would increase with warmer weather.
RICHARD SCHAFFER. A physician at Watkins Memorial Hospital, said products that contained caffeine, such as coffee, tea, cold drinks, and chocolate were popular because of their ability to stimulate the central nervous system. He said caffeine reduced fatigue and increased the heart rate, respiratory rate, and the level of alertness.
However, studies show that daily consumption of large quantities of caffeine may cause serious physical disorders, such as cardiac arrhythmias, irregular beating of hearts and depletion of muscles; and depletion of the body's supply of phosphorus, necessary for bone production.
"A lot of the stuff you find in the newspapers that puts down caffeine is blown out of proportion," he said.
Schaffer said moderate consumption would not be harmful.
Dwight Oxley, a pathologist at St. Joseph
"THERE'S A LOT of speculation about the effects of caffeine," he said. "But no one is sure whether it is dangerous."
Unlike most drugs, caffeine is not addictive, Oxley said. But some people experience headaches if they miss their caffeine for the day, he said.
Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., said tests showed that caffeine did produce an irregular heart beat in some patients.
"People just like substances that contain caffeine. Oxyley said, "All cultures and uses are involved."
And students and faculty members are not any different. Every weekday morning, they trickle through the concession line at the Wescoe cafeteria and collapse at a table with a cup of coffee. A cup or two later, they walk away ready to face the day.
HOWEVER, GOATS — not students — were the first to discover the benefits of caffeine. Legend credits the discovery of coffee to Arabian shepherds who noticed that their goats frisked and frolicled all night after eating berries. The shepherds made a beverage out of the berries so they, too, could stay up longer at night.
Brent Flanders, a pharmacist at Raney Hillcrest Pharmacy, 925 Iowa St., said sales from coffee pills, such as Do-Noz and drunken drastically during finals and mid-term.
Some students down caffeine tablets rather than coffee or soft drinks so they can study better.
Caffeine tablets can be fatal if used excessively, he said, but the normal dosage is
But the best selling caffeine products in town are soft drinks, grocery store retailers said.
Wyne Dillon, assistant manager of Kroger Super Store, 1015 W. 23d St., said customers bought large quantities of soft drinks.
"It's definitely a two-liter market," she said.
This simple ritual of putting money into machines for caffeinated, carbonated beverages was repeated 50,000 times on campus last year. Caffeine from pop, tea and coffee keeps students alert, but danger can result if caffeine is abused, some medical officials say.
graduates land unexpected jobs on campus
By JOHN RODRIGUEZ
Staff Reporter
David Leach has an art degree from the University of Kansas. Mary Ackermeld earned a psychology degree from KU. Both are now full-time facilities operations workers.
Leach is a fork lift operator in special services. He received a bachelor's degree in sculpture through the School of Fine Arts. Auchard is a general maintenance and repair technician in the electrical shop. She earned a bachelor's in psychology.
The two were unable to find work related to their studies. They started out in facilities operations as part-time workers, and later accepted full-time positions.
Leach, who began working for the University while still a student, said students treated him differently when he was on leave. The cases from the way they treated him in class.
FOR EXAMPLE, HE said, students asking for directions addressed him in a formal
"People would call me sir, which was odd." he said.
'1880 students sometimes ignore him altogether.
"Lots of students view workers as part of the scenery," he said.
Leach said he did not miss attending school, but might return if he can decide on something that sufficiently interests him. He continues to draw occasionally, and sometimes visits art exhibits at the University, he said.
He considered returning to the University to obtain a masters' degree, but teaching at the university was not a good option.
However, he remained practical about his current work.
"The job is to pay the rent," he said
LEACH ALSO SAID he enjoyed playing guitar in a rock'n'roll band called "The
Heat." The band plays in several local bars. Leach has been playing in public for eight years, and writes some of the songs.
Leach said he had no preconceived notion that the band could make him financially independent. His involvement is based on sheer enjoyment, he said.
Auchard said her years at the University were a growing up period.
"I didn't know what I wanted to do." Achard said of when she came to KU. "Ahard said of when I came to KU."
Auchand said she had enjoyed the cultural aspects of the University in her eight years as a student, rather than just focusing on getting a degree and a job.
SHE SAID THE materialistic attitude of today's students bothered her a little. Unfortunately, the cultural benefits derived from a liberal arts background are downplayed now, she said.
Society is losing sight of the aesthetics in life, she said.
Auchard said she still enjoyed cultural events such as Student Union Activities films, plays in Murphy Hall and concerts in Hoch Auditorium.
Auchard said she thought more careers were available to her now than when she entered college.
Ten years ago, a career as an electrician seemed impossible. Auchard said.
Auchard said she would like to take basic electrical courses to become an electrical technician. She said electrical work offered a variety of situations that made the work exciting.
"Money is not a primary motivation." she said.
And Auchard said her psychology classes helped in her current job. "The study of the mind is something a person can use anywhere you go," she said.
Colby suspects wanted for crimes in five other states
By United Press International
COLBY — Four drifter wanted in connection with a string of crimes from Michigan to Florida allegedly killed three people Wednesday in a gun battle across 100 miles of northwest Kansas that ended in a farmyard shootout, authorities said yester-
Three people were arrested Wednesday, two of whom were wounded, and a fourth suspect was killed in the gunfire.
Thomas County Sheriff Tom Jones, fearing vigilantism, said he might transfer the suspects to a tail outside northwest Kansas.
Perry Murray, county attorney, said murder, attempted murder and aggravated robbery charges would be filed against the suspects today.
p. m. with a robbery-murder at the Stuckey's restaurant in Grainfield.
INVESTIGATORS YESTERDAY
SEARCHED for information on the four
suspects who began their crime spree at 3:45
The suspects may have been involved in a series of robberies, and perhaps murders, during the past two weeks in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, Police Chief Mark Spray said at a news conference.
The first killing was reported by a high school student who found the body of the Stuckey's manager, Larry McFarland of Grainfield, at the restaurant.
MINUTES AFTER THAT report, a state trooper spotted a Pontiac speeding along Interstate 70 at Colby, said Bert Cantwell, superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol. The trooper notified Thomas County Underinsherder Ben Albright, who stopped the car in Levant, about 50 miles northwest of Grainfield.
As Albright sat in his patrol car, one of the male suspects walked toward him and fired several rounds. Two bullets struck Albright in the chest and an arm.
The suspects next made their way to the Bartlett and Co. grain elevator in Levant, where they allegedly abducted two employees, stole a pickup and shot the manager, Maurice Christie, 61, in the back. Christie was trying to call authorities at the time.
CANTWELL SAID THE suspects took the hostages to a rural road outside of Levant, forced them to lie on the road and shot them in the back of the head. The victims were identified as Glenn Moore, 55, of Colby and Rick Schroeder, 29, of Levant.
After allegedly dumping the bodies in a ditch, the suspects traveled east a short distance to Kansas Highway 25, then north toward Atwood. They encountered a police roadblock south of the town near the highway on the highway and heading south again, they drove a short distance to the Duane Roech farmhouse. Police were in close pursuit.
Cantwell said three officers caught up with the suspects at the house and a gunfire
erupted in the farmyard. One suspect was killed and two others were wounded.
The shootout occurred about 60 miles from the scene of the first slaying.
JONES SAID NO motive for the hostage slavings had been determined.
The slain suspect was identified as Mark Anthony Walter of Suttons Bay, Mich. The wounded suspects were Daniel Eugene Remeta, 26, and Lisa J. Dunn, 19, both of Traverse City, Mich. The fourth suspect was James C. Hunter of Amoret, Mo., who was captured at the farm. Police said Remeta had an extensive criminal record.
Remeta underwent surgery to remove a bullet from his buttocks. Dunn was treated for minor wounds from a shotgun blast and released to authorities.
Albright, listed in stable condition, underwent surgery yesterday to remove two bullets Christie was transferred to Presbyterian Denver Hospital, where he was scheduled for surgery to remove a bullet lodged behind his heart.
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