KANSAN
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TOPEKA, KS 66412
VOL. 101, NO.49
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1. 1990
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Scary screaming
Jeannette Bonjour, Lawrence graduate student, lets loose a blood-curdling yell during a scream contest as part of "The Night of the Living Jayhawk," a day of Halloween festivities sponsored by SUA. Bonjour's scream was good for first place in the 11:30 a.m. round of competition. Contestants were judged on volume, originality, believability and "hair raise-ability."
Co-worker says Grissom introduced him to women
By Eric Gorski
Kansan projects writer
OLATHE — A co-worker of Richard Grisman Jr. testified yesterday that Grisman introduced him to Theresa Brown and Christine Rush at a party at the women's apartment after they disappeared in June 1989.
Marcelais Thibode, who worked for Grissom's painting company, also described a visit he and Grissom made about two weeks after the party to the Brown-Rusch apartment while the women were not home.
Also yesterday, testimony indicated that blue paint found on the side of Rusch's white Dodge Colli may have come from a RayTown, Mo., storage space that, according to earlier testimony, a man and woman lived like Grissom and Brown rented on the day the women disappeared.
Thibodo, whose nickname is French, was quizzed by attorneys for most of the afternoon about his involvement with Grissom. He gave a day-by-day account of the week between the June 18 disappearance of 1987 KU graduate Joan M. Butler, then 24, of Overland Park, and the June 26 disappearances of Brown and Rusch. then 22.
But first, Thibodo described the May 1989 party and visit to the Brown-Rusch apartment, incidents he had not testified about during preliminary hearings earlier this year.
Grissom, 29, faces three counts of first-degree murder and nine other charges relating to the disappearance of the women, who never have
been found. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Tibodo, also 29, said that he an Grissom went to a pool party given by the management of Trafalgar Square Apartments in Lenexa, where Brown and Rusch lived. Grissom's friend paid a painting contract at the complex.
Grissom introduced Brown and Rusch by their first names, Thibodo said.
"I just said hi. They said hi back, and Richard started to talk to them," he said. "We stayed for about five minutes, then Richard and I left."
About two weeks later, Thibdo testified, Grissom took him to the Brown-Sissard apartment because Grissom said they had to repair some water damage on the ceiling. Grissom opened the unoccupied apartment and asked how much he looked for water damage but could not find any, Thibdo said.
Thibodo also testified that while he was at his girlfriend's apartment in Lawrence on June 25, 1989, he received a call from Grissom, who said he needed a favor, "no questions asked." He wanted a ride from Dillons, 3000 W. Sixth St., to his Lenexa apartment.
"Richard looked through closets, drawers, dresser, jewelry box," he said. "He pulled a pair of pants behind the door and said, 'You man, check these out.'"
Just before the call, a man identified as Grissom had fled police at Trai狸埠 Apartments, 2500 W, Sixth St., and left a maroon Chevrolet Corsica, according to previous testimony. The car had been rented by
Butler.
Thibdo testified that he had borrowed the Corsica once to run an errand and that Grissom told him not to open the trunk or glove box.
Bhodo said he picked Grissom up at Dillons and drove him to Grissom's apartment, where the two hurriedly packed Grissom's clothes in Bhodo's pick up truck. Grissom dropped the clothes into his Toyota.
"He said, 'California, here I come. Yo, dog, don't tell them I'm going.'" Thibodd said.
Five days before that, Thibodo said he had driven Grissom to an Overland Park apartment complex, where Grissom picked up his Toyota. The complex is across the street from Butler's apartment.
During cross-examination Thomas Erker, one of Grissom's court-appointed defense attorneys, questioned Thibode about a storage garage in Stanley that Grissom had rented for his painting business. He had told him that Thibode had said he went to the locker June 28, 1989, and found the lock missing and a roll of crumpled duct tape on the garage floor.
Thibdo testified that he picked up the tape and tossed it on top of the roof of the storage space because, he said, "I was concerned about Richard and I didn't know what was going on."
During opening statements, Johnson County District Attorney Paul Morrison said he would prove human hair found on the duct tape matched samples of Rusch's hair. That testimony is expected today.
Tensions rise as both sides in gulf consider opponents' next move
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush declared yesterday that he was fed up with Iraq's mistreatment of American hostages but said the United States had not moved closer to war.
He also said he was willing to wait longer for economic sanctions to hurt Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Bush expressed disappointment that the sanctions have not had more effect on Saddam. The president also said he wasn't pleased that representative of other countries had traveled to Iraq and was displeased on hostages and the gruil crisis.
"Every time somebody sends an emissary, that gives Saddam Hussein a little bit of hope that there might be some way that he can stop them from taking hostages out of Kuwait unconditionally, free these people that are being held
Iraq's army ready to fight, official says
The Associated Press
BAGHAD, Iraq — Iraq's information minister said yesterday that war could break soon and declared that the nation's 1-million-man army and civil defense were ready to fight.
"There are many signals that America is about to make a decision on war," information Minister Latif Jassim said. "War may break out any moment. You must know we are ready."
"We are not afraid. Our morale is very high. Our soldiers are ready. Our volunteers are ready."
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
told 'his military commanders Tuesday to prepare for war with the United States.
Jassim, a member of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council, said the United States was spreading false reports on the condition of foreign guests in Iraq and Kuwait to seek an excuse to attack. Iraq calls Western hostages "guests."
"I want to tell you that our guests live in good conditions — at some places better than many fragrant flowers. And perhaps wants an excuse," he said.
against their will and have the legitimate government restored," Bush said.
The president did not single out any country, but officials from the Soviet Union, France and Britain have visited Iraq recently.
It was the third consecutive day of blistering attack by Bush against Saddam.
Bush rejected suggestions that he
was trying to divert attention from the budget debacle that sent his poll ratings into a nose dive just before important congressional elections.
"I don't think any decent, honorable person would ever suggest anything of that nature," fussed.
Administration officials said Bush's sash-rubbing was intended to signal to Saddam that the United States was not bluffing.
Tuition and fees task force will begin negotiating future rates
KU tuition likely to increase
By Yvonne Guzman
Kansan staff writer
KU tuition for residents and non-residents is likely to increase dramatically in 1992, a Board of Regents official said yesterday.
stainley Kopik, executive director of the Regents, said tuition would likely increase for a variety of reasons, including the need to maintain standards achieved with Margin of Excellence financing, to keep up with national inflation and to satisfy needs of the School of Engineering.
"It will be necessary to take a very close look at fee it." Nonlik said, "I think the Margin is part of it."
The Margin of Excellence was the Board of Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring the percentage of staffing to 70 percent. Legislature financed the first two years but not the third.
Koplik said that support of the advances made with the Margin may have to be shouldered by student tuition as well.
Gary rhompson, director of student records, said undergraduate tuition for the 1991-92 academic year at the University of Kansas had risen to $631 from $613 for Kansas residents and to $2,340 from $2,175 for non-resi
Required activity fees have not yet been determined but they probably will be at least $169, the amount paid
in year Many of the concerns will be brought more clearly into
The committee will study inflation, the buying power of students, financial aid, tuition rates at KU's peer institutions and other factors before making its recommendation to the Regents.
focus by a tuition and fees task force appointed last month by the Regents.
Mike Schreiner, student body president and a member of the task force, said negotiations about future tuition were ongoing.
He said that because inflation was rising more quickly than tuition, that it was likely tuition would increase.
National inflation from September 1989 to 1990 was 6.2 percent. The increased schedule for residents in 1991-92, not counting the required activity fee, is 2.9 percent.
"I know a lot of this is going to be based on what our peer institutions do," Schreiner said.
Peer schools are similar to KU in size and mission, with the states being similar demographically, economically and in the manner that their systems of higher education are organized.
Another factor in tuition discussions is a proposal to charge engineering students $15 for each credit hour in which they enroll to finance new computers and software for the School of Engineering. The proposal, if passed, would increase tuition and fee for engineering students at Kansas State University and Wichita State University.
Schreiner said this year's task force would establish a three-year schedule of tuition that would begin in 1991-92.
ASK compiles support for Margin
By Jennifer Schultz
Kansan staff writer
Greg Hughes, ASK director, and Mike Schreiner, student body president, went yesterday afternoon to Joan Finney's campaign headquarter, Luke Hayden's office to hand deliver boxes full of letters from students.
Each gubernatorial candidate received about 1,500 letters from students urging them to support third-year financing of the Margin of Excess.
The letters are a result of Associated Students of Kansas' month-long letter drive asking candidates to support the Margin, along with the 100 percent fee waiver for graduate teaching assistants, the Youth Educational Services program and the Minority Graduate Fellowship.
The Margin was the Board of Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of their peers. The Legislature financed the first two years but not the third.
Hughes said he was pleased with the number of people who knew what the Margin was and were in favor of it.
The response shows that students think the Margin is an investment for the future, he said.
Hughes said he estimated that about 100 letters were sent to the candidates individually by students.
After the elections, ASK will target the governor and legislators with another letter drive.
"Both candidates seem overwhelmingly supportive of the Margan," Hughes said. "But we'll keep on pushing just in case."
Frank Ybarra, spokesperson for Hayden, said the letters reaffirmed to the governor that students supported the Margin.
"And the governor agrees with them." he said.
Jack Perry, spokesperson for Finney, said the letters showed that students were interested in making them received quality educations.
He said Finney intended to do that if she were elected.
It's no 'Police Academy': KU officers receive intense training
Bv Debbie Mvers
Kansan staff writer
It was 1 a.m. about a month ago, and James Anguineau, KU police officer trainee, was working the midnight shift when he and the training sergeant he was patrolling with were called to a injury accident on Sunnyside Avenue.
A car had backed out from a parking stall near the Computer Services Facility and had been driven off the road.
Anguiano said the incident was his most memorable since he started his KU police force.
Anguiano and the training supervisor took one student, who had been injured in the attack.
**English**, *Anguiano* said. That kind of showed that we are not just here to enforce the law, but to force people into it.
"I heck acknowledging us, 'Thanks a lot,' stuff, even though he didn't speak much
Sgt. Rose Rozmiarek, training coordinator for KU police, said that about one year and $30,000 were spent training each police officer recruit for the job.
She said recruits with no prior law enforcement experience were required to attend a state law enforcement academy for a minimum of 320 hours. Then, about 200 hours of classroom training at KU is required to teach recruits specific department policies concerning general state laws they learned at the academy.
After recruits complete classroom training, they must complete three months of field training. Rozmiarka said. The recruits are trained by a sergeant for one month on each
shift.
"The field training sergeants teach them how to operate in the field," Rozmiraek said. "They're constantly evaluating and critiquing the performance of the recruits."
The training sergeants help recruits when they have problems, and take control of the situation.
"We try to not take over for a recruit," she said. "We try to make him go through it."
"Our goal in the field training aspect is by the time the field training is about to end, that officer is doing all his duties without the field training sergeant."
She said that after the field training, recruits worked by themselves.
"The officer works on his own just like any police officer on the street, but the field
Roziemirek said that recruits were evaluated during every step of their training to watch for problems that might prevent them from becoming police officers. Recruits can be assessed at any time, and they are given a specific training if they have problems in a specific area.
taming sergeant will observe and evaluate him on a weekly basis," Romain聪kai said. "The field training sergeant will have a tendency to go to some of the calls that officer is sent on just to be able to observe his performance."
"We're not here to put someone through the program and then in a year they'll be gone because they couldn't fulfill the qualities of a police officer," she said. "With our time and money involved in the recruits, we want to make sure that we are going to
put qualified officers out on the street."
The costs of paying a recruit, buying his uniforms and paying the people who train him over a year's time add up to about $30,000. Rozmiraek said.
Aguano said that he had gained a lot of confidence by writing reports, handling accidents, dealing with the public and becoming more adept at giving tickets to students was a challenge.
"Dealing with the people, trying not to act hard, but to get the point across that even though your main point is to go to school, you have to abide by laws," Anguiano said.
He said he had learned a lot from applying what he learned in the classroom to situa-