University Daily Kansan/Friday, February 7, 1992
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Police 'arrest' 50, give bail money to charity
Cancer society hopes to raise $3,500 through fundraiser
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By Katherine Manweiler
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence police officers arrested three staff members at Watkins Memorial Health Center yesterday.
Jody Woods, director of nursing at Watkins, was handcuffed and blowing kisses on her way out the door. Woods chuckled as many members of the Watkins staff gathered to observe the arrest.
She had a parting comment for her daughter, "Judy, go find Mom some money."
But the police officer who arrested Woods was off duty, and the money went to the Douglas County unit of the American Cancer Society.
Woods was a surprise participant in the second annual Jail and Bail fundraiser for the society.
Jim Strobil, Watkins director, went to jail and collected $200.
Candyce Waitley, health educator
at Watkins and American Cancer Society board member, arranged Strobl's surprise arrest. He and the others were taken to a makeshift jail at Lawrence Riverfront Plaza.
Strobli he made nine phone calls and raised $200 for bail in 30 minutes. Jim Boyle, Watkins associate director, raised $110. Bail totals ranged from $100 to $250.
People could volunteer to be arrested or pay $15 to arrange a surprise arrest for a friend. Those arrested could have someone arrested for free.
Patti Stultz Winn, head of the Jail and Bail program for Douglas County, said the society hoped to raise $3,500 from the program. The fund-raiser generated $3000 last year.
Winn said the society arrested about 50 people yesterday who made telephone calls for bail money.
*They call their friends, family members and co-workers," she said.
Several well-known members of the Lawrence community were arrested. Kimberly Matthews, the Baby Jay mascot, was arrested for harassing other birds.
Matthews, Salina junior, said she volunteered to be arrested and spent her lunch hour making telephone calls.
Washburn said off-duty Lawrence police officers volunteered to arrest people.
Jennie Washburn, president of the Douglas County unit of the American Cancer Society, said the money would go directly to the national office of the society before being redistributed to Douglas County.
"Our primary focus is research, and our money is also donated to patient services and education," Washburn said.
"We make sure that they're friendly arrests," she said.
Jody Woods, director of nursing at Watkins Memorial Health Center, prepares to call several friends to raise $200 bail for the American Cancer Society.
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Lack of minority faculty members stifles diversity goal
Darren Rennett JKANSAN
Burns Morris, visiting professor of journalism, is one of the University of Kansas' 23 African-American faculty members.
By Janet Rorholm
Kansan staff writer
For many years, the University of Kansas has made cultural diversity a primary goal.
Brower Burchill, associate vice chancel-
affairs, has been at the University for 24 years, and said the University had been working on a more diverse campus since he arrived.
Black History Month
But African Americans represent only 2 percent of all faculty 12 percent of all students
Of the 1,163 people with faculty status in 1980, 25 were African-American, and that number dropped to 23 in the fall of 1991.
Burchill said these numbers were not adequate for the culturally diverse campus that the University wants.
"We need a better diversity of faculty," he said. "But it's not an easy goal to achieve."
University officials and faculty members said the University had difficulty compet-
Barbara Ballard, acting dean of student
life, said: "There is a fairly small population of Blacks to choose from in terms of higher education. Industry also competes with them. Money-wise we just can't compete."
Dave Shulenburger, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, agreed that the University could not compete in terms of salary.
"As it is, the University of Kansas salaries are 48 percent off of peer institutions," Shulenburger said, "so in general, we aren't competitive as we can be. If we want to recruit, we have to be a lot better than that."
One recruiting attempt that KUhas made is through an Academic Affairs fund. Departments that are trying to recruit a professor can apply for up to $10,000 from the fund to make the package more appealing. Shulen burger said.
KU administration and faculty also are trying to increase the amount of minority faculty by recruiting more minority students. The plan is to get more students, retain them and encourage them to go on to graduate school and join the faculty.
Faculty members say they are encouraged by the increasing amount of minori-
Bob Sanders director of the minority
graduate teaching assistant program, said he thought the number of minority professors in the work force should start to increase by the year 2000.
Carlos Fleming, Cleveland junior and member of the Black Student Union, said that he respected the University for its efforts but that it had fallen short.
"True integration is trying to make the community equally diverse," Fleming said.
He said the Office of Minority Affairs should have more say in who the University hires.
"We want someone who is more sensitive to minority affairs," he said. "Part of the reason that we want more Black teachers is not to have another body, but to have an
image we can look up to."
Barbara Ballard said she understood students who felt uncomfortable because there were not many African-American professors.
Fleming said minority professors should care about and understand the issues of African-American students.
Ballard said minority faculty members were important as role models because they were people that students could identify with and feel more comfortable with.
"Diverse culture is also important for those other than students," she said. "Faculty and staff benefit as well when they are exposed to different cultures. It's also important to white students. They can benefit from minorities by experiencing new things."
Hoch loss means Boys State will relocate
By Raniit Arab
Kansan staff writer
For the first time in 29 years, the American Legion Boys State will not conduct its leadership program at the University of Kansas.
The loss of Hoch Auditorium was a factor in the decision to move the program to Kansas State University.
Judy Walters, executive secretary for American Legion Boys State, said a committee decided to move the week-long conference because KU could not accommodate a schedule change.
She said the conference was moved from the week of May 31 to the week of June 7 so more students from Wichita and Topeka could attend. The students would have been in school during the originally scheduled week.
"It will be awkward to regroup in Manhattan," she said. "I think Boss State has become associated with Lawrence and KU over the years."
Approximately 800 students are expected to attend the 1992 conference, and the move to K-State may
However, Walters said the decision to relocate was not easy.
affect KU's future enrollment, Walters said.
John Pattinson, KU director of conferences and programs, said the Hoch fire made it difficult to schedule conferences for more than 400 people.
As a result of the Hoch fire, the only auditorium with seating for more than 400 people is Woodruff
"I am sure that KU may lose a few students because of this," she said. "It is very unfortunate."
She said the American Legion would try to move the Boys State program back to KU for 1993.
Auditorium in the Kansas Union, which seats about 500.
Many of the classes that met in Hoch were moved to the Union, making it more difficult to schedule conferences, he said.
Pattinson said smaller conferences had to be relocated to make the auditorium available for larger groups.
"We have basically been trying to shuffle around with what we have left," Pattinson said. "Conferences that last two or three days are much harder to get in."
been relocated on campus but that none had been canceled.
Kenneth Stoner, director of student housing, said the loss of Hoch would affect the number of summer programs at KU.
Stoner said the loss of Hoch caused a domino effect in terms of available space at the University.
He said other conferences had
"The real issue here is that we have lost our flexibility," he said. "If Hoch had been available, we could have rearranged some of those dates and accommodated Boys State."
Jurors hear Morris trial summations
By Michelle Betts
Kansan staff writer
Attorneys presented closing arguments in the murder trial of Kenneth L. Morris yesterday, and the jury recessed without delivering a decision after deliberating for about two hours.
Morris, a transient, was charged with the first-degree murder of Lawrence resident Danny Davis in August. Davis was bludgeoned with a golf club Aug. 8 and died at the University of Kansas Medical Center on Aug. 13.
In his closing argument, James Rumsey, Morris' attorney, questioned the reliability of the notes taken during an interview of Morris in Phoenix, where he had been arrested for burglary.
Craig Shanks, Lawrence police detective, took notes during the Aug 17. interview with Morris in which the defendant confessed to the murder.
Rumsey said Shanks had left conversation out of his notes and the 13-page interview transcript because it could have been coercive or intimidating conversation that forced Morris to confess.
Rumsey disputed a forensic serologist's testimony that the stains on Morris' jeans were consistent with test results from Davis' blood.
Also, blood stains found on Morris' jeans could have been his own, Rumsey said.
He said the blood type and enzyme makeup were common to a large percentage of white males and females in the United States. Rumsey also questioned why Morris had not been given a blood test to compare with the blood on the jeans.
No fingerprints found at the crime scene belonged to Morris, according to the testimony of a print identification expert, Rumsey said.
In his closing argument, Douglas County District Attorney Jerry Wells emphasized Morris' Aug. 17 confession to the murder.
"A confession is the Rolls-Royce of evidence, ladies and gentlemen." he said.
Morris knew details about the morning Davis was beaten, such as where items in the house were situated and what Davis was wearing when he was beaten, Wells said.
Wells spoke about testimony of Joe Whitten, Davis' roommate at 619 Illinois St., who found Davis on his bed in his underwear with several lacerations on the left side of his head. Whitten had said he could see sections of Davis' brain.
Wells said that two doctors from the Med Center also had testified that Davis had five lacerations on his head, his skull was shattered and that his injuries could have been caused by a golf club.
The jury asked that the court reporter re-read to them part of Lawrence police Sgt. Carrol Crossfield's testimony in deliberation. Douglas County district court does not allow jurors to take notes during trials because individual notes could conflict.
The jury will resume deliberation today.