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The Inside Front
Tuesday April 21, 1998
News
from campus
On CAMPUS:
■ First official Pride Week event is canceled.
■ Man exposes himself at Old Chicago restaurant.
■ Jayhawk Tower resident complaints of nasal ninjas.
■ A man exposes himself to two University of Kansas students at 3:05 a.m. Saturday.
MTV looks for a few good students.
'Making Democracy Work doesn't work for speaker
"Making Democracy Work," the first Pride Preid week event was canceled last night because of unforeseen circum stances.
Speaker Scott
Nakagawa was unable to attend the event because of prior engagements, said Corrina Beck, co-coordinator of Pride Week and Kansas City, Mo., junior. The event was scheduled for 7 last night at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
Beck said the other events planned for the week would proceed as scheduled.
"We have double-checked and triple-
checked the other events," Beck said.
"We apologize for any inconvenience
this may have caused."
— Sara Anderson
Man caught with pants down at local restaurant
A Lawrence man was arrested Friday night at Old Chicago, 2329 Iowa St., after exposing himself to restaurant patrons, Lawrence police said.
Officer Tom Moore said the man, 20,
was arrested at 10:10 p.m. on one
count of lewd and incessible behavior.
Several customers waiting outside Old Chicago left when they saw a man with his pants around around his knees, Moore said.
Moore said that the man had been playing pool in the bar and that alcohol may have been involved in the incident.
"The reporting officer observed what
he thought was the smell of alcoholic beverages," Moore said.
Michael Regnier, a manager at Old Chicago, said the police report was incorrect. He said the man did not expose himself to a number of restaurant patrons. Rather, he briefly exposed his buttocks to one individual.
"It was just up-and-down," he said.
"It was a moon."
— Ronnie Wachter
Student claims problems with sneaky nasal ninjas
A Jayhawker Towers resident told police officers at 4:54 p.m. Saturday that unknown nocturnal tormentors had been sneaking into her apartment at night and puncturing the insides of her nasal passages, the KU Public Safety Office said.
After speaking with the resident, officers told her that the scenario was not possible and advised that she seek help from mental health professionals, according to the incident report.
The resident did not want to seek counseling, the public safety office said.
Police cannot force people to have their mental health evaluated unless they are a danger to themselves or others, said Sgt. Chris Keary. In this case, police determined that the resident was not at such a risk, he said.
The resident provided police photographs of her nasal passages that showed three small holes in one passage and a small crescent-shaped laceration in the other. She told police that "ninja-type" persons could enter her room despite the safety precautions she had taken.
She had locked her bedroom and apartment doors, cinching and padlock
ing the chains and then taping the pad-locks. She also had barred shut the windows with two-by-two pieces of lumber.
Laura Roddy
Man jumps out of bushes and bares his naked side
A man exposed himself to two University of Kansas students at 3:05 a.m. Saturday, the KU Public Safety Office said.
The students, both Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall residents, were walking home at 11th and Tennessee streets when they heard a rustling in the bushes, said Sgt. Chris Keary.
Keary said the students recognized the exposed man as the same individual they had walked by earlier in the evening.
The suspect is a 6-foot, 170-pound caucasian male with brown hair. The man, between 20 and 23 years old, was wearing a navy baseball cap and a navy coat with red and white stripes on the sleeves.
Anyone with information regarding this or any crime can call Crime Stoppers at 864-8888. The line is open 24 hours, and anonymity is protected.
Laura Roddy
University of Kansas students want their MTV. And yesterday, MTV wanted them.
Brendon Blincoe, casting director of a new MTV show 7 Days Across America, was in front of the Kansas Union looking for cast members for the show. The show, which
will begin the last two weeks of May, takes eight college students from around the nation and dares them to take on challenges. Skydiving is the first and bungee jumping is another, but not all of the activities are physical.
MTV searches for students in Lawrence for new show
The show runs until the end of July, when MTV expects to have only two participants left. The winner of the show gets to be a VJ for a week at the MTV Summer Share Beach House in New Jersey at the end of the summer.
This was Blinoe's second stop, already having visited with about 100 students from Kansas State University. He also has plans to visit other schools such as Louisiana State University, Northwestern University and the University of New Orleans.
Blincoe said he chose Kansas because MTV wanted someone from the Midwest. He originally wanted to go to Boulder, Colo., but MTV only gave him the choice of Kansas or Okla homa. He said he chose Kansas because he has a friend that lives here.
Blincoe explained that there was not any one type of student for which he was looking.
"I'm looking for a good mix of people. From the big bald guy with a tattoo on his head to whatever. Just someone who, for some reason, stands out." he said.
Students were interviewed in groups of 10 for the first round, and students who made an impression on Blincoe were asked to come back at a later time so he could get them in front of a camera.
Interviews continued all day yesterday, and Blincoe said that if a KU student was chosen, MTV would notify him or her later.
— Seth Jones
GTAC spurred into action by new house bill
By Susie Gura
sgura@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Kansas legislators will be receiving stacks of mail from graduate teaching assistants concerning a house bill that contains language about GTAs.
The bill concerns the recognition of GTAs as public employees and provisions on health care for GTAs and graduate research assistants.
GTAs got together last night to stamp envelopes and send letters to legislators. Boxes had been placed at Wescoe Hall, Lindley Hall and Fraser Hall for GTAs to put their letters in to be sent to the legislature.
The bill is in a conference committee that consists of three members of the Senate and three members of the House. The section which concerns GTAs was moved from one bill, which did not pass, to a telecommunications bill, said Robert Vodicka, GTA in American Studies.
"The original telecommunications bill passed the house but said nothing about GTAs." Vodicka said.
The telecommunications bill, with the new section about GTAs, has to be voted on in the conference committee. It will either pass with the language that includes GTAS or the whole bill will be voted down
"The bill is very popular, and it puts everyone in a very difficult position." Vodika said.
The Graduate Teaching Assistant Coalition wants to inform legislators about the paragraphs added to the bill.
"Many are not up to date on the language and won't have a chance to learn about it." Sheumaker said. "This is our chance to tell our story."
GTAC letters are being sent to every member of the House and Senate.
"We are writing to people who are inadvertently approving the changes," said Stephen Mathis, GTA in Western Civilization. "This is out there and people should know."
The committee approved changes without talking about the content of the bill.
Sheumaker said paragraphes added to this bill could have a negative effect on all universities.
"We are writing to the committee members to change the language," he said.
"We are asking that the legislatures request that the language be taken out because it has nothing to do with technology," Sheumaker said.
"We don't oppose the bill, but the language of the bill." Vodicka said.
If still interested in writing a letter, contact Mark Horowitz.
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ON THE RECORD
A KU student's black leather wallet, KUID, credit card and calling card were stolen between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 2100 block of West 27th Street, Lawrence police said. The loss was estimated at $54.
A KU student suffered an aggravated battery between 1:27 and 1:28 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of West 24th Street, Lawrence police said.
The driver-side door of a KU student's car was damaged between 2 and 3 a.m. Saturday in the 1200 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $1,000.
A KU student's bait casting rod and four other items were stolen between 8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The loss was estimated at $610.
A KU student's black leather pencil and wallet were stolen between 1 and 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the 2800 block of Meadow Street, Lawrence police said. The purse and its contents were estimated to cost $45.
A KU student's billfold was taken from 137 Robinson Center between 12:30 and 1:20 p.m. April, 13, the KU Public Safety Office said. The billfold and contents were valued at $85.
A parking sign was damaged at 2:43 a.m. Friday at Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's ID holder was taken between 2:05 and 3:30 p.m. Friday between Eilworth and Snow halls, the KU Public Safety Office said. The ID holder and contents were valued at $181.
A trash barrel was damaged at 8:35 p.m. Friday outside 2001 Malott Hall, the KU Public Safety Office said. Damage was estimated at $10.
■ The driver-side rear window of a KU student's car was smashed between 6 p.m. Wednesday and noon Thursday in the 1400 block of West Seventh Street, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $150
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