The weekend's weather
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny skies
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 3505
TOPEKA, KS 66601-3505
Sunday: Periods of clouds and sunshine
Kansan Weekend Edition
Friday
February 6,1998
Section:
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Vol.108·No.95 Saturday & Sunday
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WWW.KANSAN.COM
Wandering the Web
Is school getting a little too heavy? Do you remember when you couldn't read, and you would turn to the comics section? Return to your childhood, except for the parts that put you in therapy, and read the online comics.
Dilbert
■ Dilbert
www.unitedmedia.com/comic
s/dilbert/
Calvin and Hobbes www.calvinandhobbes.com/
Doonesbury www.doonesbury.com/
For Better or Worse
www.unitedmedia.com/comic
s/forbett
Peanuts
www.unitedmedia.com/comic
s/peanuts
> Over the Hedge
www.unitedmedia.com/comic s/hedge/ab.html
■ Robotman
umweb1.unitedmedia.com/co
mics/robotman/ab.html
FoxTrot www.foxtrot.com
Garfield www.garfield.com
■ Cathy
www.uexpress.com/ups/
comics/ca/index.html
■ Non Sequitur
www.startext.net/today/news
life/laughter/non_sequitur.
htm
CONCERTCALENDAR
Tonight:
Brown Bear Brewing Co.
Lonnie Ray; $2
- The Bottleneck:The Jesus Lizard, Stanford Prison Experiment, Parlay; $10
Bambino's: Alonzo; no cover
Tomorrow:
Bottleneck.Reverend Horton Heat, Let's Go Bowling—Sold Out
Brown Bear Brewing Co.: Complexity; $2
Jazzhaus: Four Piece Suit
Sunday:
(USPS 650-640)
Bambino's: Alonzo; no cover
The Bottleneck: Swing Set;
$3
Granada: Creed, The Tea Party, Cellophane; $10
Index
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News . . . . . .2A
Nation . . . .2A
Coupon page . .3A
Opinion . .4A
Game times . .2B
Horoscopes . .2B
Feature .12A
Sports .1B
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Crime report
"All of a sudden, it was sirens everywhere. There were at least 30 or 40 officers here." -Sue Ford, Lawrence resident
M. D. Bradshaw/KANSAM
Suspects found under porch after hot pursuit by deputies
By Ronnie Wachter
wachter@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
A chase scene straight from an action movie played out on the streets of Lawrence yesterday afternoon.
Josh Lange and Tyrone Alexander were found hiding under a porch belonging to Mike Metz, Lincoln, Neb., graduate student, who lives in the 1300 block of Tennessee Street.
The chase between police officers from several local law enforcement agencies and the two men ended on a KU student's front porch after a house-to-house search.
Lange had a warrant from Florida out for his arrest on fraud charges. Alexander had a local warrant out for an undisclosed charge.
According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, the chase began around 1:50 p.m. near 19th and Haskell streets, when Douglas County deputies spotted the men in a car.
A spokesman for the sheriff's depart
Lange and Alexander turned north on Tennessee Street, a one-way street going south. They then turned east on 14th Street, and turned north again into an alley between Tennessee and Kentucky streets.
ment said the deputies attempted to stop the vehicle for a traffic violation, which fled west on 19th Street. When the car entered Lawrence city limits, Lawrence police officers joined the pursuit.
Residents of the 1300 block of Tennessee Street said around 2 p.m. they began hearing sirens from several directions.
"All of a sudden, it was sirens everywhere," said Sue Ford, Lawrence resident. "There were at least 30 or 40 officers here. They told us to stay inside our houses and asked if we had seen two white men, one with a baseball cap and one with curly hair."
The sheriff's office believed the suspects abandoned their vehicle in the alley but could not confirm its recovery.
Officers investigating the alley behind Metz's house, knocked on his back door and at least one went inside. There were no intruders in the house, so all but one of the officers left.
Metz said more officers knocked on his front door 45 minutes later. While they were standing on the porch, one of the officers spotted Lange and Alexander beneath them.
"They started yelling 'Get out! Get out!'" Metz said. "The officer inside came running out, and they got them."
According to Lawrence police Sgt. Susan Hadi, the suspects were being interviewed and held in Lawrence police custody.
"The sheriff's office was the lead agency," Hadi said. "We simply assisted them by maintaining a security perimeter."
KU police Sgt. Chris Keary said officers from the KU police also assisted with the operation.
Metz said he did not feel he needed to be concerned for his safety.
"Just a little excitement in the neighborhood," he said.
Lawrence and KU police surround suspects who were hiding under a porch in the 1300 block between Tennessee and Kentucky streets. The suspects were arrested after fleeing police yesterday afternoon. Photos by Sean Haley/KANSAN
Celebration peaks with the Legends Game tomorrow. Recognition of 274 former players, coaches and managers will be at halftime of the Missouri game Sunday. See Page 1B
Century of KU hoops
Recreational river?
House committee recommends that parts of Kansas River be used for recreation only, which would exclude commercial uses like sand dredging. See Page 9A
Bad weather blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder can make winter stretch even longer. Some remedies on the market have no scientific basis. See Page 8A
Revenge
Come see the Jayhawks try to avenge their only Big 12 Conference loss of the season. Tip-off is at 12:05 p.m.on Sunday at Allen Field House.
See Page 1B