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Thursday March 12,1998
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The University of Kansas Public Safety Office responded to a call Tuesday from the Survey Research Center where a University employee had attempted suicide.
On CAMPUS:
An unknown number of passes to a screening or Michael Moore's "The Big One" were mistakenly distributed outside of the film department.
KU football player Jason Guilley was sentenced yesterday for his involvement in right outside Jayhawker Towers.
More gunfire was reported yesterday morning in the neighborhood near Sixth and Mississippi streets.
- The pentagon announced that Marines involved in a ski lift accident in Italy will face penalties.
Correction
Tuesday's Kansan incorrectly reported the cost for the Hilltop Child Development Center as between $8.75 and $22.50 per week for children of students and faculty. The correct cost is between $8.75 and $22.50 per day. Also, the new capacity for Hilltop will be 230 children, and funds will come from the University and Student Senate.
Suicide attempt discovered at office in Fraser Hall
Officers from the University of Kansas Public Safety Office responded to a call at 8:34 p.m. Tuesday from the Survey Research Center on the sixth floor of Fraser Hall where a University employee had attempted suicide.
A dispatcher received the 911 call and heard the caller say "help" before losing contact.
contact. Police found the employee in the back of the office lying on the floor with eyes closed. Police said the employee acted startled and crawled under a desk when an officer spoke.
The employee had self-inflicted cuts on the left wrist. A letter was found on a computer screen announcing the employee's resignation from the Institute for Public Policy and Business Research, effective April 3, KU public safety said. Police said they found an Exacto-type knife in the office.
The employee was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment, and later was admitted to Parkview Hospital in Topeka.
—Laura Roddy
Film passes distributed outside theater department
The special screening of Michael
Moore's movie The Big One was to be reserved exclusively for University of Kansas film students. But an unknown number of passes were distributed outside of the department.
side of the department A representative for the Guggenheim Agency, the agency responsible for bringing Michael Moore to Kansas City, said the agency contacted the University's department of theater and film to locate a venue for the special screening of The Big One. The representative said the department was responsible for distributing the passes because it located the venue for the screening. Theater and film professors distributed the passes only to film students during class.
deals from The department received passes from Miramax Films Inc., the company distributing Moore's film.
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Ana Calderon, Shawne senior and
Student Union Activities feature films
coordinator, said a representative from
Miramax Films Inc. also left a stack of
passes with the SUA office. But neither
SUA nor the department of theater and
film knew how many passes were
printed or distributed for the special
screening.
screaming Dickinson Plaza Theater, 2339 Iowa St., the venue chosen by the department of theater and film to show The Big One, will admit the first 356 people to arrive with vouchers for the screening.
Calderon said that a small number of passes remained at SUA Tuesday but that most of the passes were distributed as soon as SUA received the passes.
soon as we've come,
"It's not very likely, but maybe (today)
we'll pass out another handful of passes," Calderon said.
-Marcelo Vilela
Gunshots, bullet holes lead officers to suspects
More gunfire was reported yesterday morning in the neighborhood near Sixth
and Mississippi streets, Lawrence police said.
Sgt. George Wheeler said Lawrence police arrested a suspect the same morning in connection with the incident.
wheeler said police received a report of shots being fired about 2 a.m. It was the fourth report in 10 days from the the area.
While investigating, officers stopped a car pulling away from King Pharmacy, 1112 West Sixth St., and searched the vehicle. Wheeler said.
"They found a recently fired pistol in it and then found bullet holes in the King Pharmacy," he said.
After further investigation, police found several bottles of drugs in the car with labels from The Medicine Shoppe, 1807 Massachusetts St. Officers were dispatched to The Medicine Shoppe and found bullet holes in the store window.
"We believe he robbed The Medicine Shoppe, then damaged King Pharmacy," Wheeler said.
The Medicine Shoppe has been burglarized three other times this year.
Wheeler could not say if police would try to connect the suspect to the other reports of gunshots or the previous burglaries.
"I wouldn't say we're going to try to link him to all that." Wheeler said.
He said the man was booked at 2:53 a.m. in Douglas County Jail, 111 Massachusetts St., on two counts of criminal damage and one count of theft.
—Ronnie Wachter
Fight puts football player on probation for assault
University of Kansas tight end Jason Gulley was sentenced yesterday morning for his involvement in a Sept. 13, 1997, fight outside Jawahar Towers.
Douglas County District Judge Paula Martin sentenced Gulley to 18 months probation, including restitution with the victim of
the fight and 50 hours of community service at the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, 1520 Haskell Ave.
Guilley pleaded guilty to one count of battery and one count of unlawful assembly. Unlawful assembly occurs when five or more individuals gather with the intent to assault another individual.
Jerry Little, assistant district attorney and prosecutor in Gulley's case, said that if Gulley violated any of the conditions of his probation, he would face six months in Douglas County Jail for each of the convictions.
"As long as he complies with the terms of his probation, his case is over," Little said.
Little said Gulley would make restitution with the victim by paying the victim's medical bills.
Marines to face penalties for Italian ski lift accident
—Ronnie Wachter
WASHINGTON — The Marines involved in the cable car accident at an Italian ski resort that killed 20 people will face disciplinary action, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.
A Marine Corps investigation found that the pilot of the EA6B Prowler was flying too low and held the four-man crew responsible, said two officials familiar with the inquiry. Results of the study are to be made public Thursday in Italy.
containing 20,000 personnel.
Maj. Gen. Michael DeLong, president of the accident investigation board and deputy commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Atlantic, will announce the findings at the U.S. air base in Aviano, Italy.
The jet severed a cable on a ski lift in northern italy on Feb. 3, plunging a cable car containing 20 people into the valley below.
One official said that at one point the aircraft was found to have been only 300 feet above the ground, when it should have been flying at 1,000 feet.
Renovations preserve safety in Strong Hall
By Gerry Doyle
gdylew@kansan.com
Kanson staff writer
The University of Kansas is taking steps to ensure that one of its oldest buildings will continue to stand strong.
As part of the University's Crumbling Classrooms program, the 89-year-old Strong Hall will be renovated to improve its usefulness and safety. The project, which is budgeted for $2 million, will be completed in about nine months, said Bud Stallworth, assistant director of design and construction management.
The low bid for the project was $1,776,877 and came from Kansas Building Systems of Topeka.
Some renovations, such as upgrading the building's electrical system, will begin this month. The rest will begin when school ends, Stallworth said.
"The building needed upgrading," he said. "We have to deal with fire code issues, and electrical availability was substable. Some of these things are just a life safety issue."
There will be a preconstruction meeting with the contractor Friday, said Bob Rombach, project manager. Actual work will begin after the contractor takes field measurements, which are scheduled to begin in about two weeks.
The renovations will replace old wiring—some of which is more than 50 years old—that is overtaxed by an increasing number of devices in the building, said Gary Lawson, engineering manager. A fire alarm and fire doors will be added, and three stairways in the building will be enclosed to help prevent a potential fire from spreading. A new entrance with a ramp to improve handicapped access will be added on the north side of the building. Lawson said the renovations simply were a
Lawon said the renovations simply were a matter of changing times.
matter of changing times.
"A lot of the gear just has reached the end of its useful life," he said. "We've needed to have added capacity for some time. As the years have gone by, there have been piecemeal additions. Hopefully, there will be minimal inconvenience during the renovations."
Much of the project will be invisible to the average onlooker, said Rodger Oroke, University director of facilities management.
sydney office. "The main thing that will be different in terms of when the general public walks in is the lighting in the corridors," he said. "It's pretty dim right now. Also, if they need to go to the bathroom, they will find it a much-upgraded facility. What we hope you won't see are the two new smoke enclosure doors to keep a fire from spreading."
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ON THE RECORD
A KU student's bicycle and lock were taken between 3 p.m. Feb. 28 and 7:38 p.m. Friday from a bike rack on the west side of Oliver Hall, KU public safety said. The items were valued at $397.92
A KU student's CD player was taken between 9 p.m. Sunday and 11:50 a.m. Monday from a vehicle in the 1800 block of Constant Avenue, KU public safety said. The CD player was valued at $120, and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $75.
A KU student's property was trespassed and a window was broken between 5 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of Maine Street, Lawrence police said. Damage was estimated at $50.
A KU employee's red parking permit was stolen between 9 a.m. Feb.27 and 9 a.m. March 3 in
the 900 block of West 23rd Street, Lawrence police said. The permit was valued at $95.
A car stereo CD changer was stolen from a KU student's car between 2:30 and 8:30 a.m. Oct. 24, 1997, in the 1400 block of Apple Lane, Lawrence police said. The changer was valued at $350.
A cassette deck, amplifier and other equipment was stolen from a KU student's car between 5:30 and 7:35 p.m. March 4 in the 4700 block of Ranch Court, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $1,989.
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