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Police to look into complaint
Investigation to go through summer
By Todd Seifert
kansan staff writer
The KU police department is undergoing an internal investigation in response to a KU student's complaint that officers violated his human rights.
The department will investigate and draft a report about an incident that occurred Tuesday in a parking lot south of Robinson Center as part of a procedure to resolve the complaint.
Jonathan Jasmine, St. Louis senior, filed a complaint Thursday with Richard Mann, director of information resources. It stated that four KU police officers had violated his human rights.
Jasmine alleged that the officers had prejudicial attitudes that led to harsh treatment during the incident.
The officers had responded to a 911 emergency call that three African-American men in a car were pointing a handgun at bystanders in lot 90 at about 6 p.m. Tuesday. The officers stopped Jasmine and two KU alumni, Chad Clark and Teddy Newman, as they exited the parking lot. Police searched the vehicle while the three men were on their knees with their
hands cuffed. No weapon was found.
mann, whose office KU police reports to, said that the formal procedures for answering such a complaint included an internal investigation by KU police. The department's director will draft a report that will be given to Mann showing the investigation's findings.
"We will look at the report to see if it addresses the complainant's concerns." Mann said. "In this case, the complainant has indicated that he wanted to work through an attorney, so after the report is complete we will try to get his attorney and the University's attorney together to discuss the matter."
Jim Denney, director of KU police,
said his office already had begun its investigation. He said the department would search for witnesses and determine whether the complaint was valid. The report then will be given to Mann.
"I think it's in the best interest of everybody to find these things out as quickly as possible," he said.
Mann said that there was no time limit involved in the investigation but that the procedure would continue through the summer.
Jasmine, who is graduating this month, said last week that he planned to pursue the matter until it was resolved.
Day on the Hill draws 10,000
Campus concert survives rain scare; police make arrest for possession
By James J. Reece Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
A few familiar spring sights were at this year's Day on the Hilcon concert, which was attended by about 10,000 people Saturday afternoon.
Fashion, beer, drugs, religion, rain, sunshine and, of course, music were a part of the rock mosaic on Campanile hill.
Drizzling rain christened the event in the morning, but by mid-afternoon the clouds parted, bringing out the sun and the crowd.
Jin Heath, "The Reverend" of Reverend Horton Heat, one of six bands to play the Student Union Activities concert, said he was amazed by the crowd.
"I got up on the stage and I thought, 'Am I going to have a heart attack tonight?' Heath said. "I was completely overwhelmed. This is the most we've ever played for."
Heath said the band had played outdoor concerts before in Denver and Austin, Texas, but never to such a jam-packed crowd as the one filling the north face of Campanile hill.
"I think Lawrence is the best town in America," Heath said. "It's the best college scene in America, no matter what kind of style you play."
Burdle Welsh, community services officer for
Extra officers were on duty for the event, some keeping an eye out for alcohol use.
the kU police department, estimated the crowd to be about 10.000 at its peak size.
"We're trying to curb the alcohol." Welsh said.
"We're trying to stop it, but you can't stop it."
Li. Vic Strnad of the KU police said one arrest was made during the concert for possession of marijuana.
But the beer did flow, though some went into the grass after detection by police officers.
The lazy spring Saturday afternoon featured many sights and sounds—and scents, from charcoal grill smoke to burning marijuana.
Pages of a Hare Krishna book and torn porters littered the hill's west side, near tables used to paddle jewelry, T-shirts and the posters. On one of the tables, late in the day, a girl slept off the seven-hour concert.
Pets on the hill ranged from dogs and rabbits to ferrets, parrots and Gigi. a five-foot python.
Gigi's owner, Kevin Montreal of Topeka, said he brought the snake to the concert because it likes the sun.
"And she gets the girls." Monreal said.
Out-of-town visitors attracted by the weekend's concert included members of Zendik Farm, a 300-race radical art and ecology commune in Austin, Texas. Also present were Wichita pro-hemp activists dressed in hemp clothing and carrying hemp literature in hemp bags.
But bemp clothing was only one of the fashion styles on the hill. Clothing ranged from Levi's Dockers to earth-toned Brady Bunch stripes to Frederick's of Hollywood.
"There are all kinds of bad fashion statements around," said Lorie Yager. Topeka senior, referring to the latter style, which featured women in purple, beige and other-hued lace brasieres as
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Kill Creek guitar technician John Harrison prepares the instruments for the band's performance. Kill Creek was one of the local bands who played at the Day on the Hill concert Saturday.
bikinis.
SUA concert arranger Brad Roosa, Lake Quivira senior, said he was happy with the turnout. So were concert-goers such as April Duncan, Topeka sophomore.
"I definitely came to see Reverend Horton Heat." Duncan said. "And he kicked."
Marchers support Bosnian Muslims
50 protest embargo treatment of ethnic group fighting Serbs
kansan staff write
By Ben Grove
She held a stroller handle in one hand and a sign in the other.
Amir Hosseini, 6, joins marchers on Jayhawk Boulevard as his mother Fatima Abusharif. right, keeps a watchful eye on him. Friday's march to show support for Bosnian Muslims in the former Yugoslavia was organized by the Muslim Student Association.
Fatima Abusharif. Lawrence resident, led a campus march on Friday afternoon with her two young sons and an infant daughter, whom she pushed in a stroller.
"Stop the rape of Muslim women and children," the sign read in black and red marker.
"All of these people are being killed in large numbers," she said of Bosnian Muslims. "Raped, decapitated, stolen from life in front of everyone's TV. I have friends there, family there. I'm concerned for the safety of everyone."
Abusharif echoed the sentiments of most of the 50 marchers, many holding signs, who spent nearly an hour marching on Jayhawk Boulevard to show support for Bosnian Muslims.
The marchers also said they were protesting an international arms embargo against the Bosnian Muslims in their fight against the better-armed Serbs.
The Serbs now are dominating Muslim areas of what used to be Yugoslavia.
"Our people are defenseless." Abusharif saad. "They don't even have kitchen knives to defend themselves."
On Saturday, President Bill Clinton gave tentative approval to committing air power to the Bosnian Muslims. He sent Secretary of State Warren Christopher to Europe to try to persuade the United States' allies to
go along with the plan before he made a final decision on using force.
"We feel that we need to voice our concern to assure our brothers in Bosnia as well as our American friends that we support them," he said. "We don't want another Holocaust."
"The war has been dragging on for so long."
Elkhatib Ghassan, a junior from Israel, said that if the United States would not provide the Bosnians with arms that it should at the least force the Serbs to work out a compromise at the conference tables.
Mahmoud Abu-Ali, Lawrence resident, said the arms embargo against the Bosnian people was an embargo against the victim.
Talks began in Athens on Saturday
to discuss an international peace plan.
Oviously, it's time for both sides to be getting together and working out a compromise," he said. "What we need to do now is stop the killing."
Amir Khan, Pakistan sophomore, said he was optimistic that the situation in Bosnia would improve.
"Before, these kinds of protests have happened but have failed," he said. "We'll just keep trying until something gets done."
KU may get satellite lots
Firm studying parking situation at the University
By Will Lewis
Kansas staff writer
Two park consultants Friday discussed the feasibility of creating a satellite parking system at a meeting of the University's parking board.
The satellite system would consist of several remote parking garages, where buses could take people to and from campus.
I certainly is a possibility," said Jene Kencip, senior consultant for the Chicago-based Parsons Transportation Group. "We want to look at it in terms of convenience and what the cost will be."
Ami Hizer, Lawrence freshman and student representative on the parking board, said she thought a satellite system would alleviate many parking problems at the University of Kansas, including the hassle of hunting for a parking space.
It would also put an end to the problem of zoning certain parking areas according to the color of permit stickers.
"If we have these huge parking garages, everyone would be treated equally," she said.
Hizer said existing lots on campus could be converted to building
space.
Jerry Salzman, a principal consultant for the company, said the satellite system might help the parking situation at KU because staff and students were beginning to live farther away from campus. This is making it difficult for bus routes to expand to pick up these people.
The consultants last visited KU six years ago, when they submitted nine recommendations for improving parking conditions. The University implemented six of them, including redesigning some parking lots and building a new parking garage.
The consultants base their recommendations on an aerial view of campus and on statistics from the enrollment center, which informs them on where people are on campus at various times.
But the time has come for a new study, Keneipp said.
"There have been a lot of changes since we were here six years ago," he said.
Don Kearns, director of the Parking Department, said the new study was being done to help determine options to improve parking.
"They're trying to put all the puzzle pieces together to come up with a plan that meets everybody's needs," Kearns said.
The final report, scheduled to be completed this fall, will be given to the chancellor for review. Keneipp said.
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