THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL 100, NO.2
(USPS 650-640)
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY AUG.28,1989
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Grissom was a nice guy, KU students recall
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, meet Grissom at Pizazz, a bar at Ninth and Mississippi streets, near the beginning of April. He told her his name was Ricky Cho. Arenal said.
"We started hanging out." Arenael
"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 Park Department.
T
he 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 Arenal
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 Masinton, 24, Lawrence resident, said. "He just seemed like your average guy."
Masinton, Arenael's friend, also met Grissom at Pizzaz.
"We noticed him because we had never seen 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 frightened.
"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
When the data transmitted from Voyager 2's pass by Neptune reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., a KU professor was there to study it.
Tom Armstrong, professor of physics and astronomy, is part of the team of scientists studying radiation from Neptune's magnetic field.
"It's an interesting and complex
Volcanoes spotted on Neptune's moon
The Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. — Voyager 2's close-up photos of Neptune's moon Triton reveal what look like active ice volcanoes that erupt
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Secure cab reinstated for safety
By Beth Behrens
By Beth Behrens Kansan staff writer
Charles Bryan, KU on Wheels coordinator, has announced the reinstation of the Secure Cab program beginning tonight.
Secure Cab is a taxi service for
*students who need a ride home. The
is a PC with a VAR card.
Students can call Secure Cab at 842-
from 11 p.m. until 2:30 a.m.
in davas a week.
i. City Cab & Shuttle Corp. won contract for the service. Student ate will pay the company an rate.
yan, Lawrence graduate stu-
said the transportation board's
concern was that students
d abuse the program.
Jake White, student body presi-
and North Platte, Neb., senior,
the contract called for 64 hours
service a week at $18 an hour or
$45.60 for the 1989-90 school year.
said priority would be given to
received from campus.
the purpose of Secure Cab is to people who are in trouble a ride," Bryan said. "It's not for air transportation. We're there then they had one beer too many eir friends left them at a bar or n, or they are on campus and someone is following them. we still need to be responsible for own transportation."
coop students from assuring
cool students from assigning the
college students to work with
for their KID number and
for their KID number be lively
and lively be lively.
rority rush ishes with 1 pledges
yan Swan staff writer
on the number of women through rush this year increased, the percentage of pledges increased by about 5 per cent.
rities at the University of Kanserville their pledges Saturday, ill but four houses reached set for this year.
re have been open-house parch
about 900 women, and this
ich less than last year," said
Renflow, Overland Park
and a member of Alpha Chi
1500 Sigma Nu Place."All
es set their quotas at 54
this year. There have been
rably less people going
thought, than last year."
house quotas set by the system have remained fairly last few years. Two years quotas was 68, and last year it despite last year's closing of a Phhouse, 1602 High Drive, remained about the same, sha Harris, Tulsa, Okla.
h had a larger number of ling through one might think ag matter, but it really like a difference," said Salman of Pt Beta Phi, 1612 W. and vice president of sorority for the Panhellenic Coun-
the number of women who last year was 960, compared to 901.
pledging more than usual."
"it's a smaller number
ear, but the percentage of
accepted is larger. We usu-
t about two-thirds, but this
around 73 percent."