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CAMPUS AND AREA
'Trapped' callers can be fined, jailed
By JOHN REIMRINGER Staff Reporter
Anyone old enough to attend the University of Kansas has probably received an obsecce, harassing or threatening phone call at least, once.
Most often, the calls do not continue — especially if the victim follows the advice of the telephone company and police departments and simply hang up. But a rash of such calls can spur victims to file complaints with the phone company or police.
From Jan. 1 to Sept. 18, 20 reports of harassing phone calls had been filed with KU police, said LJ Jeanne Longaker of the department. Of those reports, 16 were filed by students living in residence halls.
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JOHN YOUNG, RESIDENT director of Ellsworth Hall, said, "When people have come to us, we've encouraged them to report it to police. If they have any idea that
someone in the hall is harassing them; we make an effort to inter-
"It certainly is a serious issue to people who are receiving calls," said Paul.
The Eldsworth staff usually receives three or four reports of harassing calls each semester, he said.
Mark Denke, assistant director of residential programs, said that hall staff members encouraged residents having trouble with harassing calls to report the problem to the KU police department.
Residence hall room phones are in sequence in each hall, so callers often know which rooms they are calling. Residents usually keep their rooms in a row will get similar calls.
THE KU AND Lawrence police departments refer victims of harassing calls to the telephone company after police reports are filed.
Dave Vogel, staff manager for Southwestern Bell's security division
in Topeka, said that many customers call the police or the phone company after receiving one or two harassing calls in the same night — not realizing that such calls seldom continue.
“The best thing to do is just to hang up,” Vogel said. “The pleasure that they derive is from getting their sneech out.”
Keeping a whistle by the phone sometimes works, he said.
"A sharp whistle blast into the phone really creates a nice little sound for the obscene phone caller to hear," said Vogel.
HARASSING PHONE CALLS are a Class A misdemeanor in Kansas, punishable by a fine of up to $2,500, up to one year in jail, or both.
If callers threaten to commit a felony, they may be charged with making terrorist threats, a Class E felony in Kansas. The crime is punishable by three to seven years in the state prison.
Vogel said that the first remedy for
customers complaining about harassing phone calls was a temporary unlisted number.
At the end of 30 days, the customers can have their old number back or keep the new unlisted number. A number change will eliminate the problem in most cases, Vogel said.
IF THE CALLS are threatening or continue despite a number change. Vogel said that the phone company can put a trap on the line.
"At the end of the number change, if the calls start up again, then it's probably not a casual caller," he said.
Southwestern Bell puts traps on about 100 phone lines a month in Kansas, said Vogel.
But he said, "Line identification is a last resort."
Once a trap has been set up, the originating number of every call to the victim's phone is immediately recorded.
Rights Committee votes to add seat to Senate
The Student Senate Rights Committee voted last night to pass a bill establishing one senate seat to represent non-traditional students.
By MICHELLE T. JOHNSON Staff Reporter
The bill, which will go before the Senate at its meeting on Wednesday, defines a non-traditional student as one who is over 25 years old, with no previous undergraduate degree and who either is married, a veteran, commuting more than 10 miles or has dependents.
"Traditional is the normal path of things," said Andy Helms, a 35 year old freshman who wrote the bill. "Non-traditional is out of the question for our school for a while and that's coming back seeking their first degree."
About 3,000 students fit the bill's definition of non-traditional. Helms says.
Helms said the Student Senate Elections Committee would need to set up a procedure to identify non-traditional students before allowing them to vote in Senate elections. Only non-traditional stu
dents may vote for candidates for the new Senate seat if it is approved by the Senate.
"According to the University, someone is a non-traditional student if they say they are. I think it will be easier for me." said Cary Smith, dean of student life.
If passed by Senate, the seat would be added next fall and would increase the number of student senators to 66.
In other action, the committee discussed a bill establishing a campus advisory committee for the KU chapter of the Associated Students of Kansas, a statewide student lobbying group.
Mark Tallman, ASK executive director, said the campus advisory committee would be responsible for seeing that the KU ASK chapter was adequately represented in the ASK legislative assembly and for reviewing the performance of the campus ASK director.
An amendment to the bill will be presented at the Oct. 31 Rights Committee meeting asking that the advisory committee be comprised of KU delegates of ASK.
Company is after city aid for plan
By CHRIS BARBER Staff Reporter
Lee Barnett, a Topeka lawyer, said last night that the group needed commitments from local arts groups. Barnett has been heading up the search for an architect to design the ivory roosock, Ltd., a Wichita-based company that has proposed the renovations.
A lawyer connected with the proposed renovation of the Lawrence Opera House was optimistic last night about the future of the building, but asked for help from the Lawrence Arts Commission at its meeting.
"The best help you all can give is to think how many uses we can put into the building." Barnett said "I need people to step forward and give ideas."
BOWERSOCK IS TRYING to meet conditions imposed last summer by the Lawrence City Commission before the commission will agree to issue $1.75 million in industrial revenue bonds to pay for renovations. Bowersock is reviewing the requirements, which insure that the company has financial backing for the project.
"By deadline, we have to have our act together." Barnett said. "The main thing we have to do is get an investor wound up."
To get an investor, Barnett said it would be necessary to have commitments from local groups that would be interested in using
the Opera House.
Barnett said he was optimistic about Bowersock's chances at meeting the deadline, but said local support would help.
UNDER BOWERSOCK'S PROPOSAL, the Opera House would be available for commercial entertainment and for use by local performing arts groups.
"A multiple-use facility is the only answer for the opera house," Barnett said. He said that if the Opera House served only local arts groups, it would not survive in a community of Lawrence's size.
Bowersock also has proposed a comprehensive performing arts school in the Opera House, covering not only the performing side of the arts, but the business and technical sides as well.
One problem with the Opera House. Barnett said, is that a building with so much money invested in it could become 'cost prohibitive' to local groups. The project has to have raised ticket prices to an unreasonable level to pay for use of the building.
BARNETT PROPOSED A plan in which local groups would be guaranteed their usual revenues from performances, plus be promised a percentage of the gate income.
Barnett said that although there had been problems between Bowersock and Town Center Venture Corp. the city's developer of record for downtown, the two groups actually had a lot in common.
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