THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS VOL.101.NO.97 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1992 ADVERTISING:864-4358 (USPS 650-640) NEWS:864-4810 Dahmer receives 15 successive life terms The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison yesterday after some relatives of his 15 victims called him a devil and Dahmer told the judge he knew that society would never be able to forgive him. Dahmer was stone-faced and spoke in a low monotone as he described his crimes not as acts of hate but as the work of a sick man. "I take all the blame for what I did," he said. Moments before, nine relatives of Dahmer's victims, many wearing picture pins of their loved ones, described the pain that they had suffered because he killed, butchered and had sex with the corpses of their family members. A jury decided Saturday that Dahmer, 31, was sane when he killed 15 young men and boys who he had lured to his home. Dahmer pleaded guilty but insane. The former chocolate factory worker confessed to 17 slayings since 1978 after his arrest last July. He is to stand trial in an Ohio killing, and was not charged in one Milwaukee death because of lack of evidence. "I hope God has forgiven me," Dahmer said. "I know society will never be able to forgive me. I know the families of the victims will never be able to forgive me for what I have done." The sister of victim Errol Lindsey shouted "Satan!" at Dahmer and screamed, "Jefrey, I hate you!" as she lunged toward him, shaking her fist and shouting obscenities. She was escaped away. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Laurence Gram Jr. sentenced Dahmer to 15 consecutive life prison terms. Under consecutive sentences, if Dahmer gained parole in one sentence the next sentence automatically would take effect. The prosecutor said Dahmer would not be eligible for parole for 96 years. Dahmer's lawyer, Gerald Boyle, said no appeal was planned. Danmer said he did not seek freedom, but understanding, by pleading insane. "I wanted to find out just what it was that caused me to be so bad and evil," he said. "The doctors have told me about my sickness, and now I have some peace. "This has never been a case of trying to get free. I didn't ever want freedom. Frankly, I wanted death for myself." LANE! LANE! LANE! Pippilian Dahmer said that he turned to God since his arrest. From acting to basketball, Czaplinski plays with passion Senior guard Lane Czaplinski attempts to break the pressure defense of center Greg Ostertag and guard Greg Gurley. As a walk-on player who normally sees action in the last few minutes of a game, Czaplinski has become a favorite this season among KU fans. By Lyle Niedens Kansan sportswriter George Czaplinski likes to talk about Christmases when his son Lane was 8 or 9 years old. "Each Christmas, Lane would get a basketball," the elder Czapinski reminded. "And he would go outside in company." The driveway, so he could play basketball. So this year, when he had to practice during the holidays, Lane's father said Lane told him, "Dad, this is nothing new. I've always played basketball on Christmas." Only now, instead of snowy driveways, the stage is Allen Field House for Lane Czapinski: walk-on, actor and former junior-varsity basketball player who thought his playing days were behind him. The cheers of "Lane! Lane! Lane!" usually come with 3 or 4 minutes left in games that the Kansas Jayhawks lead by 20 points. "Those moments when you run on the court and look up and see the people roar ... It's just unreal," Lane said. His dark eyes widened as if he had just unwrapped a new basketball at Christina's team, one of the best situations in America. "It's all like out of a weird dream sequence." Unplanned labor That's what they call a non-scholarship player who earns a spot among scholarship athletes on a varsity team. And Lane Czapkinski (pronounced Cha-PLIN-skee) is a walk-on. But it might be more appropriate to call the most valuable player on last season's JV team an "ask-on." "I was laying over there," Lane said, as he motioned across a cluttered room to his bed at Naismith Hall, where he is a resident assistant. "Coach (Mark) Murgeon called and asked if I wanted to play with the varisity for a couple of weeks. It was a chance to be a part of something that had always been a dream of mine." It wasn't in his plans. After a stellar junior season, he already had quit the JV squad. But it didn't take long for Lane to accept the invitation from his former JV coach. "I felt like I had such a good season last year that that was as far as I could go on that level," he said of his JV success. "I felt like I was going to goon and try some other things out in my life to fill the void that basketball had filled. I wanted to find other passions to pursue. "Butplaying for the varsity was a completely different proposition. It would actually be playing basketball on another level." Lane's hard work in practice paid off and made Kansas coach Roy Williams decide to keen him permanently. "Coach Williams needed a practice player," Turgeon said. "It was just going to be a temporary thing, but Lane worked his butt off." Williams said that after guard Sean Tunstall was suspended before the season began, he asked Turgeon if he had anyone he could recommend as a practice player. "Mark mentioned Lane, and I bought, 'Oh yeah, I remember Lane,' Williams said. "His work ethic and attitude were great," he added, which made me decide to keep him." That work ethic includes finishing first in team sprints at the end of practice, something Lane does regularly. George Czaplinski, once a basketball coach himself, was not surprised by his success. "I've never been around a player that has worked as hard as Lane," he said. Lane said his hard work came from trying to attain one simple goal. "I've always wanted to be as good as I could be." he said. Before he discovered basketball in the third grade, Lane skipped from passion to passion with the same desire. First it was a longing to be a firefighter. Then there was a snake-loving period — "We had to go to every snake pit we could find," he said—and after that, dreams of becoming a magician sent him to every magic shop in the Kansas City area. "Lane has always had a wide range of interests," his father said. "He's tried a lot of different things. He's not hyper, he's just very productive. And he has always pursued his interests with a passion." Once he found basketball, however, he stuck with it, said his mother, Jane Czaplinski. She remembers late-night basketball at their western Wyattone County home, and Lane, her only child, would not stop playing. "There were always kids coming over and playing," she said. "He lived and breathed basketball." George's background helps explain Lane's passion for the game. The elder Czaplinski played one season at Kansas and was a standup player at McPherson High School in central Kansas. He was the all-time leader scoring there until Continued on Page 8 College students ignore Norplant Birth control method not popular By Katherine Manweiler Kansan staff writer A birth control method hailed by some members of the medical community as the most significant advance in contraception since the birth control pill has had little response from KU students. Norplant is a set of six small, flexible tubes filled with a synthetic hormone that is inserted into a woman's upper arm through a minor surgical procedure. The tubes gradually release progestin, a synthetic hormone, into the body for up to five years. Progestin makes ovulation difficult, thus preventing pregnancy. The method is considered more than 99 percent effective. Janine Demo, coordinator for health education at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said she did not consider Norplant a breakthrough in contraception. Henry Buck, Watkins gynecologist, said that he had discussed the method with patients but that none had chosen Norplant since the method became available at Watkins about two "There's not going to be a major advancement in birth control until they come up with something beside the condom for men," she said. The costs and side effects of Norplant are turnoffs for students. "I did not think that it was going to be a very popular method of birth control for college students," he said. "Manufacturers are marketing it more toward women considering sterilization, but Norplant is here in the Watkins pharmacy, and we are ready to put it in. I think at some point and time, there will be more interest among college students to use it, but right now, there's very little interest." Buck said cost was one of the barriers for college students against choos- months ago. Watkins charges $450 for Norplant implantation, and the University of Kansas Medical Center charges $510. The Med Center charges $150 to have the hormone capsules removed. Norplant is covered by Medicaid but not by many insurance policies. Birth control options
Norplant
Effectiveness:99-99, 5 percent
Cost at Watkins:$450
Possible side effects:breakthrough bleeding; implants can be felt and sometimes seen; headaches
Benefit:convenient
Time factor involved:effective within 24 hours of implantation
Source: Watkins Memorial Health Center and Mosby's Medical and Nursing Dictionary $390 (five-year supply) headaches; nausea; high blood pressure Birth control pills are a cheaper option for KU students than Norplant, but Norplant is cheaper than buying birth control pills from an outside pharmacy. Buck said. the pill 98-99.5 percent Buck said there was a 60-percent chance that women on Norplant would have breakthrough bleeding, or irregular periods, during the first year of use. The capsules also can be felt easily under the skin, and they can be visible. A five-year supply of birth control pills from Watkins costs $390. If students bought birth control pills for five years from an outside pharmacy, it could cost them more than $1,000, he said. less expensive effective aftertaking pills between seven and 21 days, depending on the strength of the pill Norplant also has side effects that can be disturbing for some women. "That turns a lot of people off of this method," Buck said. Norplant is not a recommended contraceptive method for women who are overweight. Buck said some of the hormone gets stored in the body fat of overweight women, reducing the method's effectiveness. Thomas Snyder, director of benign gynecology at the Med Center, said 275 women had Norplant inserted at the Med Center since February 1991, when Norplant became available there. Twelve women in the past year have had Norplant removed at the Med Center. He said breakthrough bleeding was the reason for most of the removals. "I think it depends on their social circumstances and their ability and willingness to take oral contraceptives," he said. Snyder said that the Med Center had inserted Norplant into several college women but that Norplant was not the ideal contraceptive for everyone. Hate-speech resolution might be resuscitated The hate-speech issue is not dead at the University of Kansas. By Svala Jonsdottir Kansan staff writer Although a resolution opposing harassing speech was rejected by University Council on Feb. 6, the Human Relations Committee intends to rewrite the resolution and submit it again, said Maggie Childs, head of the committee. The resolution was misunderstood, Childs said. "People jumped to conclusions," she said. "They thought we were going to legislate behavior, when all we meant to encourage people to be sensitive." Childs said the policy was intended as a philosophical statement and was not meant to be included in University grievance procedures. "We need to encourage the community to use the freedom of speech with caution." Childs said. "We also need to The resolution stated that the University supported free speech except when it directly threatened someone or had no moral or social value. "We already have harassment codes that limit speech more than this resolution," she said. "The document is not an indication of the present as an opinion of the community." Rewriting the resolution will include making the wording clearer and simpler in order to avoid further misunderstanding, she said. The committee has not set a date for resubmitting the resolution. encourage people to read the rules that are already in effect at this University." The KU Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action grievance procedures include handling discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sexual preference and disability. Tom Berger, acting director of the office of affirmative action, said the office had received a number of complaints involving hate speech. KU's Discrimination Hearing Board conducts hearings of complaints, but the burden of proof of discrimination is on the complainant, he "Whether the board would find name calling discriminatory, I cannot tell," Berger said. "What I can say is that name-calling has been found to be a probable cause for discrimination." Ahlate-speech code could encourage people to come forward, be said. "I think hate speech is something the University community needs to disbribe." Tim Miller, board member of the Douglas County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, opposed the resolution. "I don't think I have changed my mind, but I think I do understand the intent of the policy better after talking to members of the committee," said Miller, assistant professor of religious studies. "Perhaps we need a condemnation of hate speech to make clear that it is repulsive to the University community.