VOL 100, NO.2 (USPS 650-640)
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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MONDAY AUG.28,1989
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Grissom was a nice guy, KU students recall
By Lisa Moss
By Lisa Moss Kansan staff writer
When Katherine Arenal met Richard Grissom Jr., she thought he was a nice guy.
Arenal, El Paso, Texas junior, met Grissom at Pizzaz, a bar at Ninth and Mississippi streets, near the beginning of April. He told her his name was Ricky Chou, Aranea said.
"We started hanging out," Arenael
wrote. "We played tennis and racquet-
ball."
Five months later, on Aug. 16,
Grissom was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Christine Rusch, 22, and Theresa J. Brown, 22, both of Lenexa; and Joan M. Butler, 24, a 1987 University of Kansas graduate from Overland Park. No bodies have been found.
Butler was reported missing June 18, said Maj. John Round of the Overland Park Police Department.
"T
The week Joan was missing, Ricky (Grissom) came over in her car. We drove around in it.'
Lt. David Burger of the Lenexa Police Department said Rusch and Brown, who were roommates, were reported missing June 27. They were assumed missing with foul play suspected on June 26, he said.
Katherine Arena
El Paso, Texas, junior
A reward of $18,000 is being offered for information about the three women, said Jim Graham, managing director of the Kansas City Crime Commission.
Grissom also is a suspect in the
death of Terri Maness, 25, of Wichita,
Round said.
Grissom faces numerous other charges including one count of aggravated. kidnapping, four counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of aggravated burglary. Bond has
been set at $1 million. Round said.
In 1977, a juvenile court judge ruled that Grissom strangled 72-year-old Hazel Meeker of Lansing with a hair net and a rope and bludgeoned her with an iron railroad spike, said Capt. Ellen Hanson of the Lenexa police.
"The worst thing I ever would have said about him is that I thought he was boring," Carolyn Mastison, 24, just seemed like your average guy.
Masinot, Arenal's friend, also met Grissom at Pizzaz.
"We noticed him because we had never seem him before," Masinton said. "He had presence about him. He was an incredibly good dancer and he was very good looking."
She said Grissom liked being in Lawrence because the people were [re]tired.
"When I first met Ricky (Grissom) I thought he was cute." Lyn Nye, Highland Park, Ill., senior, said. "I remember hearing on the news that Joan Butler was missing, but I never
KU prof interprets data from Voyager
By Derek Schmidt Kansan staff writer
See GRISSOM, p. 5
When the data transmitted from Voyager 2*s* pass by Neptune reached the Jet Proulsion Laboratory in Chicago where a KU professor was there to study it.
Tom Armstrong, professor of physics and astronomy, is part of the team of scientists studying radiation
Volcanoes spotted on Neptune's moon
The Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. — Voyager 2's close-up photos of Neptune's moon Titan show great grip!
Come and experience the most distinguished art museum between the Great Lakes and the Pacific. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has an extensive collection representing all areas and periods of artistic expression, including Oriental, European, Classical, African, Pre-Columbian, American and Modern Art. The Museum also offers a variety of temporary exhibitions throughout the upcoming year.
Oct. 7 - Nov. 26 SOUNDING FORMS: AFRICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
A rare grouping of African musical instruments and sculpture from the 16th to the early 20th centuries.
Dec. 16, 1989 - Jan. 28, 1990 YANI: THE BRUSH OF INNOCENCE
This exhibition of 69 brush-and-ink paintings by the child prodigy Wang Yani celebrates the joy of art and the power of a child's vision.
Jan. 19 - March 11 JOHN AHEARN
Jan. 21 - Feb. 25 FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING: DRAWINGS BY SEVEN ARTIST
Feb.17-March 25 THE CERAMIC ART OF JOAN MIRO
This first museum exhibition of ceramics by the Spanish artist Joan Miro will provide a long overdue opportunity to make Miro's ceramic oeuvre known to the public.
April 6 - June 3 CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS: WORLD IMAGE,1967-87
This collaborative exhibition features 85 paintings and sculptures by 21 of the most celebrated Impressionist and Post-Impressionist, including Monet, Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir, Van Gogh, Pissarro, and Bonnard.
April 21 - June 17 IMPRESSIONISM: SELECTIONS FROM FIVE AMERICAN MUSEUMS
MUSEUM HOURS AND ADMISSION
The Museum, 4525 Oak Street Kansas City, MO, is open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for students and children six to 18, and free for children five and under. On Sundays, everyone is admitted free to the permanent collection, and regular admission fees are charged for major special exhibitions. For more information call (816) 561-4000.
Secure cab reinstated for safety
By Beth Behrens
Kansan staff writer
Charles Bryan, KU on Wheels coordinator, has announced the restatement of the Secure Cab program beginning tonight.
Secure Cab is a taxi service for
students who need a ride home. The
de is free with a valid KUID.
ents can call Secure Cab at 842-
from 11 p.m. until 2:30 a.m.
days a week.
City Cab & Shuttle Corp, won contract for the service. Student will pay the company an y rate.
Jake White, student body presi-
dent and North Platte, Neb., senior,
the contract called for 64 hours
vice a week at $18 an hour or
5.60 for the 1989-90 school year.
said priority would be given to
received from campus.
en, Lawrence graduate stusaid the transportation board's concern was that students labase the program.
keep students from abusing the.
Bryan said students would
dress for their KUID number and
dress where they ask to be left.
e purpose of Secure Cab is to people who are in trouble a ride” Bryan said. “It's not for al transportation. We’re there when they had one beer too many or friends left them at a bar or, or they are on campus and someone is following them. e still need to be responsible for own transportation.”
orority rush nishes with 91 pledges
ryan Swan in staff writer
orties at the University of Kan- received their pledges Saturday, all but four houses reached s set for this year.
rough the number of women
through rush this year
used, the percentage of pledges
taped increased by about 5 per
sere have been open-house parity about 90 women, and this much less than last year," said to Renfrow, Overland Park and a member of Alpha Chi Kappa, 1500 Sigma Nu Plac. "All houses set their quotas at 54 bers this year. There have been derably less people going on, though, than last year."
per-house quotas set by the city system have remained fairly the last few years. Two years ago quota was 68, and last year it. Despite last year's closing of pha Phi house, 1602 High Drive, quota remained about the same. Trisha Harris, Tulsa, Okla.,
we had a larger number of a going through one might think losing mattered, but it really make a difference," said Harman member of P Beta Phi, 1612 W. l., and vice president of sororities for the Panhellenic Coun-
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said the number of women who
ed last year was 980, compared
a year's 901.
we're pledging more than usual," said. "It's a smaller number but year, but the percentage of as accepted is larger. We usuledge about two-thirds, but this it was around 78 percent."