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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102.NO.149
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1993
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Student files complaint against officers
African American claims KU police violated rights
By Todd Selfert
Kansan staff writer
A KU student yesterday filed a complaint against the KU Police Department, two days after police officers detained him and two friends in a parking lot south of Robinson Center.
Jonathan Jasmine, St. Louis senior, submitted a verbal complaint to Richard Mann, director of information resources, saying that the officers deprived him and two of his friends, who are also African Americans, of their human rights during an incident Tuesday.
"They cuffed us and put us on our knees right there on Naismith Drive where everyone could see," he said. "They could have put us in the car instead of making it into a big spectacle."
While police searched their vehicle, the three men were on their knees with their hands cuffed behind their back for about 20 minutes. It was an embarrassing situation, Jasmin said.
LA. John Mullins said officers were
responding to an anonymous 911 emergency call at 6 p.m. The caller said that three African-American males in a brown car were pointing a handgun at bystanders in lot 90, just behind the building. Officers stopped Jasmine's car as it exited the parking lot.
Jasmine said that he, Chad Clark and Teddy Newman, both KU alumnus, had been playing basketball in the building and were leaving when police stopped their vehicle, a maroon Honda Accord.
"We knew we were being loud, but we just thought they were going to ask us if we had a problem or something," he said. "The next thing I know I have a 12-gauge shotgun pointed at me."
Jasmine, who was driving the car, said the officers shouted instructions at the men while one continuously pointed a shotgun at them.
"My problem is that they didn't treat us like human beings," he said. "They treated us like we were guilty. All of the people who drove or walked by probably thought we were guilty, and they will probably never know that we weren't."
"They could have done things a lot differently."
Jasmine alleged that the officers had prejudicial attitudes that led to harsh treatment.
"If we would have been frat kid or other prominent member of the
No weapon was found in the vehicle. No arrests were made, and no charges were filed.
Mullins said that the officers had followed standard procedures while dealing with the men. He said the officers ordered the men to exit the car and lie on the ground with their fingers locked behind their heads.
"The procedures are basically intended to put as much control on the situation as possible." Mullins said. "The officer holding the weapon is there to provide backup for the other officer."
Jim Demney, director of KU police, said the department would invest in
"Our policy is to get the facts out
there as soon as possible," Denney said. "If you don't, then rumors start flying around and pretty soon it gets hard to separate the facts from the rumors."
Mann, whose office the KU Police Department reports to, said he would have to investigate further the procedures involved with making a complaint.
Mann said that he wanted to bring everyone involved in the incident together to talk about what happened and to bring about a solution.
Jasmine said that even though he was graduating in May, he planned on working through the "University's bureaucratic red tape" until a solution was found. He said that he would also consult with a lawyer to consider his options.
Women march to protest violence
Event gives victims of abuse chance to find support
Editor's note. The Kansan yesterday incorrectly reported in a Page 3 story that Womyn Take Back the Night would be at 7 tonight. The event actually occurred last night. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience our mistake caused.
By Vicki Bode
Kansas staff writer
Then the large circle separated into two circles as a third of the women met in the center. Some strode firmly into the inner circle with candles in their hands. Others, with tears filling their eyes, hesitated before leaving the outer circle.
About 300 women united to create a circle of safety last night at Duforo M. Watson Jr. Park, Sixth and Kentucky streets.
The women in the center all had survived an act of violence.
They hugged, comforted and pinned ribbons on each other, signifying that the wearer had survived a violent act. The women remaining in the broken outer circle watched in silence with sympathetic eyes.
Kelley Emmett, Overland Park sophomore and a rape survivor, is consolled by a friend at the Womyn Take Back the Night rally at Buford M. Watson Jr. Park. About 300 people attended the march last night.
The circle was part of Womyn Take Back the Night, an event designed to make people more aware of violence against women and children.
The event began at 7 p.m. at South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets, where women, some boasting T-shirts that read "Women can't be beat," joined together and peacefully walked down downtown Lawrence to Watson Park. At the park, the survivor ribbons were handed out and women spoke about violence and shared their own experiences.
The women then marched back across Massachusetts Street chanting such things as "Get it straight, rape is rape even when it's on a date" and, "We're tired of denial. It's the woman who's on trial."
Merchants and customers of the downtown stores watched as the women streamed by. Some laughed, some cheered, and some just stared blankly.
"It was a wonderful event." Emmett
Kelley Emmett, Overland Park sophomore, who marched with a sign that stated, "The man that raped me goes to KU," said that she appreciated the supportive atmosphere of the evening.
said. "it's great just knowing that you're not the only one"
Emmett said she thought that the KU campus was not safe enough for women.
"There's a great fear of walking on campus at night," she said. "I do carry a bag."
Kim Sanders, an organizer of the event,
ended the event at South Park with a demand that women be allowed to recapture the night.
Amanda Traxler, Overland Park sophomore, said that last night was the first time she had attended the event and that she was impressed.
"We know that the night must belong to us," Sanders said. "And we know our bodies must belong to us."
"The strength behind the numbers is really overwhelming." Traxler said. "What we are united for is rather traded."
She said she hoped that the event made
men more aware of the violence women endured.
"Even though some men watching were laughing, maybe the march planted a seed in them," she said. "At least it will be in their head. I don't know when they'll think about it — maybe when a close female friend comes to them crying or maybe when they engage in the violent behavior themselves."
Tonkovich denies accuser, says she was the aggressor
By Brady Prauser Kansan staff writer
for the first time in 27 weeks, School of Law professor Emil Tonikovich yesterday gave his account of what happened during the night a student says he pressured her to perform oral sex after a discussion about grades.
In sharp contrast to Tammy McVey's testimony last year, Tonkovich testified that McVey followed him everywhere he went at a summer 1988 party and asked him for a ride home. No sex act occurred in his car as she alleges, he said.
"No matter where I went, she was standing by me," Tonkovich told his attorney, Lisa Ford, during direct examination. "To be honest with you, I was getting a little tired of her following me around."
As Tonkovich left the party between 9 and 10 p.m. McVey "just follows me out, as she had all evening," he said.
McVey asked him for a ride home because she had had too much to drink, Tonkovich said.
The professor said he did not think she was drunk but let her in his car, thinking he would drive around momentarily and convince her that she was able to drive herself home.
He stopped in the Carruth-O'Leary Hall parking lot, and the two walked down the hill to Potter Lake, Tonkovich said.
When they reached Potter Lake, Tonkovich said, "she made a pass at me. I just politely kind of turned away and that was it."
"Did you have sex with Tammy McVey?" Ford asked him.
"Oh, absolutely not." He said.
The two walked back up the hill to his Honda and got in, he said. MeVey asked Tonkovich to take her home, and told her he thought she was capable of driving herself home.
Committee member Pete Johnson asked Tonkovich to explain why he drove to Carnrill-O'Leary. Tonkovich said that it was the first building he came to after leaving the party.
He said he also knew it was the parking lot for the KU Police Department.
it's ridiculous to take someone to the police department parking lot if you're going to have sex with them," he said.
After McVey brought her allegations to the administration in August 1991, Tonkovik said Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, called him to a meeting to address an ethics issue on Sept. 16.
Three days later, he said law dean Robert Jerry issued a memo to law faculty about imposing American Association of Law Schools guidelines in the law school. The guidelines said that a professor having sex with a student enrolled in the professor's class was inappropriate.
"I could see a set-up coming." Tonkovich said.
He said that Jerry addressed the guidelines in a Nov. 12 faculty meeting and wanted to retroactively impose AALS guidelines that were not in place when sexual harassment allegations were brought against Tonkovic. He said Jerry wanted faculty to acknowledge that the guidelines were always the policy of the law school.
"From that point on, I knew that good faith had gone out the window," he said.
Leaving Kansas
After serving for five seasons as an assistant coach for the Kansas men's basketball team, Kevin Stallings has accepted the head coaching job at Illinois State. Stallings, who is from Collinsville, IL., will return to his home state for his first stint as a head coach.
Plan will reduce hassle of paying tuition
Kevin Stallings
See story, Page 9.
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
By Dan England
University officials yesterday revealed a tuition payment plan for financial aid recipients that eventually will credit financial aid directly to a student's bill.
The plan, which will be phased in during the next three semesters, will eliminate the need for students to pay a deposit and pick up checks during fee completion.
The first step takes effect in Fall 1993. Recipients of Stafford, PLUS and SLS student loans who meet certain requirements will not have to pay a deposit on their tuition to protect their enrollment.
No deposit will be required if the financial aid exceeds the tuition and fees due. But students who are eligible to skip payment of deposit must complete two more steps.
Aid recipients also must return their award letters from the Office of Student Financial Aid and submit supplemental
loan applications, if needed, by July 1.
Anyone who does not meet this deadline must pay a deposit or the full balance.
Students also must sign a promissory note and return it to their lender by July 19 to ensure that their loan money will be sent to the University.
Diane Del Buono, director of the financial aid office, said completing those two
"We don't want students to think that with this new system the process is completed." Del Buono said. "They still have to sum that promissory note."
In Fall 1993, students who do not pay a deposit still must pick up their check during fee completion in order to pay their tuition.
However, in the next two stages, which take effect in Spring and Fall 1994, students' loan money can be wired electronically to the University.
Money loaned by institutions outside the University, including Stafford, PLUS and
The University's plan represents the end of an eight-year project to simplify the fee structure.
In Fall 1994, the program will allow those students who receive University-administered federal loans to have their money credited automatically to their tuition bill.
SLS loans, can be credited to a student's bill in Spring 1994. This option is open to those aid recipients whose lenders can transfer funds electronically.
Discussion of forming the new programs began in 1985, when the University's old fee processing system became obsolete, Del Buono said. She said the development of the programs were a team effort between the financial aid office, the comptroller's office and the Office of Information Systems.
"Though it may seem like a long time since we first began talking about a new system, now is the first time that we have the technology available to do this," she said.
Fee payment changes
Some changes for students who receive financial aid will be implemented in three consecutive semesters, starting in Fall 1993.
In Fall 1993, no deposit will be required for students who receive Stafford, PLUS and SLS student loans, if the loan exceeds the tuition and fees due.
However, eligible students must return their financial aid letter to the office by July 1.
They also must sign their promissory note by July 19.
In Spring 1994, students who receive Stafford, PLUS and SLS student loans can have their loan money wired directly to the University by the lender, if their loans exceed tuition and fees due.
In Fall 1994, students who receive Federal at Perkins, HPSL and LDS loans, which are administered by the University, will be credited directly to the student's account.