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The Inside Front
Wednesday April 15,1998
News
From campus and Kansas
A man was arrested yesterday for stealing six bags of potato chips from a delivery truck, Lawrence police said.
A man exposed himself to two KU students yesterday in
On CAMPUS:
the 1600 block of 15th Street, Lawrence police said.
Two University of Kansas students were involved in a two-car collision early yesterday evening at 18th Street and Naismith Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said.
The Environmental Studies Student Association will sponsor an Earth Day Bike Ride on April 26th.
■ KU Students for Life will sponsor a free panel discussion at 7 tonight in Alderson Auditorium.
In KANSAS:
The former KU student who was killed in a car crash in Wichita, was legally drunk, Wichita police said.
CAMPUS Rustling Ruffles help catch fleet potato chip burglar
A man was arrested yesterday morning for stealing six bags of potato chips from a delivery truck. Lawrence police said
The 23-year-old Lawrence resident was caught by police at 1:05 a.m. yesterday in the 600 block of West 25th Street after a brief foot chase, said Sgt. George Wheeler.
Wheeler said the man threw a rock through the passenger window of the parked delivery truck, entered the truck and stole the chips.
"We were dispatched to a burglary in progress," Wheeler said. "When officers arrived, the suspect ran."
Wheeler said officers briefly lost sight of the man but were able to track him from the sound of the rustling bags of potato chips he was carrying.
Wheeler said that the suspect dropped some of the bags during the pursuit.
"He bent over to pick them up, whereupon he was captured by police," Wheeler said.
He said none of the chips had been eaten.
The man was arrested on one count of burglary and one count of theft, Wheeler said.
Masturbating man exposes self at Pi Beta Phi sorority
A man exposed himself to two University of Kansas students yesterday morning in the 1600 block of 15th Street, Lawrence police said.
Sgt. George Wheeler said the two students were sitting on the back porch of their house, Pi Beta Phi isorgy, at 12:35 a.m., when they noticed the man.
"They said he was wearing no shirt, had his blue jeans down around his ankles.
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and was masturbating," Wheeler said. The victims described the suspect as a 29- to 34-year-old white male, he said. Police searched the area but could not find the suspect, Wheeler said.
Student injured in wreck at 18th and Naismith
Two University of Kansas students were involved in a two-car collision early yesterday evening at 18th Street and Naismith Drive, the KU Public Safety Office said.
The driver of one vehicle, Steven Miller, Lawrence freshman, was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. As of 10 p.m. yesterday, Miller still was being evaluated, a hospital representative said.
The driver of the other vehicle, Benjamin Betteridge, Spring Hill senior, was not injured.
The wreck occurred at 5:32 p.m. when Miller turned north on onto Naismith Drive from 18th Street. Betteridge, who was northbound on Naismith Drive, hit the side of Miller's vehicle, said Sgt. Mark Witt of the KU Public Safety Office.
Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Bike ride to donate profit to earthy scholarship fund
The Environmental Studies Student Association will sponsor an Earth Day Bike Ride on April 26th featuring a 32-mile trek through rural Douglas County.
The ride will start at 10:00 a.m. at Broken Arrow Park at 29th and Louisiana streets. The entry fee is $15, and participants will be able to register at 8:00 a.m. the day of the race or at tables in front of Wescoe Hall this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Participants will receive a compilative T-shirt and lunch.
Todd Simmons, association president.
said the route would run through the Baker Wetlands to Douglas County State Lake. Riders may eat lunch at the lake before returning to Broken Arrow, Simmons said.
Lunch will be provided by Steve's Quality Meats, Joe's Bakery, and Bagel and Bagel, three of the event's 15 corporate sponsors, Simmons said.
The sponsors cover the costs of the ride, and entry fees will be donated to a scholarship fund for environmental studies majors, Simmons said. But the purpose of the ride goes beyond just raising money, he said.
"It's a way to get people out appreciating nature and also to promote Earth Day awareness and transportation alternatives to automobiles." Simmons said
Those interested in more information may contact Simmons at 838-4673.
KU Students for Life will sponsor a free panel discussion at 7 tonight in Alderson Auditorium.
The panel will discuss different perspectives on abortion. Six panelists will present feminist, economic, African-American, spiritual and medical views. One panelist will speak about a first-hand experience of an abortion.
Each panelist will present their ideas in a 10-minute presentation, and a question and answer session will follow.
Student group to sponsor panel discussion tomorrow
Panelists will include Lisa Bellici-St.
Romain, Feminists for Life; Joe Ereit, KU
business professor and Karen Mitchell,
Black Americans for Life.
Andrea VanDyke, Atchison sophomore and KU Students for Life co-chairwoman, said that she hoped for a good turnout.
"It's open to everyone," she said. "Prochoice, pro-life, we want everyone to come."
KANSAS
Former KU student legally drunk in crash
WICHTA—Shay Vangas, the former University of Kansas student who was killed in a car crash on March 6 in Wichita, was legally drunk. Wichita police said.
Vangas had a blood alcohol content of .16. The legal limit is .08.
Sara Anderson
Vangas, 22, was returning home at about 11:30 p.m. when his truck collided with a police car at an intersection. The police officer, David Perkins, was responding to an officer-in-trouble call with his lights and siren on.
Vangus: Police say former student was legally drunk.
Wichita police said.
Lt. Aaron Harrison of the Wichita police said that police officers were allowed to drive contrary to traffic laws if they had their lights and sirens on. Specific codes that allow officers to respond with lights and sirens vary by department, he said.
Detective Tim Mitchell said the investigation had not been completed. He said that the results of the investigation would be forwarded to the District Attorney's Office to determine whether charges would be filed.
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Group seeks benefits for domestic partners
By Marcelo Vilela
mvilela@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Gay and Lesbian Academic and Staff Advocates think that the University of Kansas should offer unmarried couples the same benefits it offers married couples.
To reach this goal, the group submitted a proposal, known as the domestic partnership policy, to Provost David Shulenburger on Monday.
The proposal asks for benefits that are within the University's jurisdiction, such as child care on campus, family housing, spousal hiring policies, use of physical fitness and recreation facilities and Kansas residency. It does not request health benefits for domestic partners.
Christine Robinson, Lawrence graduate student and head of the domestic partnership task force, said that the University was practicing institutional discrimination based on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and marital status.
"We're asking that the University establish a University-wide domestic partnership policy, which provides access to same and other-sex couples to benefits and University facilities, which are extended to spouses of students, faculty and staff members," Robinson said.
Robinson said that other universities such as the University of Iowa and the University of Colorado already offered some domestic partnership benefits to their students, staffs and faculties.
She said that the Delta Force Coalition for Student Senate had domestic partnership in its platform.
Matt Dunbar, Delta Force candidate for student body vice president, said that domestic partnership fell along with other efforts to reflect under-represented groups.
Kevin Yoder, Campus Cause candidate for student body president, recognized the importance of the issue but didn't consider it important enough to make it into Campus Cause's platform.
Provost David Shulenburger said that the proposal was valid but too complicated.
"The notion of treating people fairly is at the core of what the University is about," Shulenburger said. "But it's a pretty complex proposal, and it's unlikely we get around making any decision this spring."
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A stereo, $3 in U.S. coins and an astray were stolen from a KU student's car between 11:15 p.m.
April 6 and 7:45 a.m. April 7 in the 1900 block of Heatherwood Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $233.
A KU student's red and gray tool boxes and tools were stolen between midnight and 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the 2,400 block of Ousdahl Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $3,000.
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A KU student's personal check was stolen between noon Feb. 20 and noon March 13 in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The check was valued at $1.
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A KU student's VCR, laundry basket and other items were stolen between 2:30 and 9:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $853.
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