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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Monday, August 21, 2000
Isolated thunderstorms, with a low of 70 and a high of 90.
Sports: Kansas hopes the football team can piece together wins this season.
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Inside: A Lawrence woman thinks there was blood in her Taco Bell chalupa.
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For comments, contact Nathan Willis or Chris Borniger at 864-4810 or e-mail editor@kansan.com
(USPS 650-640) • VOL. 111 NO. 1
Police search for suspect in campus rape
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By Robert Pazell writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Police still are searching for a suspect in the Aug. 10 rape of a Lawrence woman on the University of Kansas campus.
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office said the 26-year-old woman was raped at knifepoint while walking her dog on Campanile hill.
According to Malien, the woman, who had recently moved to Lawrence, was attacked between 10 and 10:05 p.m. after she took her dog off its leash and sat down on a bench. When she rose from the bench, she heard a rustling of bushes before a man grabbed her, dragged her to a secluded area and ranaed her.
She went home and then to Lawrence Memorial Hospital with her boyfriend. The hospital contacted police.
Mailen described the suspect as a male, approximately 5-feet-10-inches tall. The public safety office has issued Crimestoppers alerts in Lawrence, Topeka and Kansas City, as well as to University and Greek housing. It also posted alerts on public information boards across campus.
"There had to be somebody else on the hill that aight that saw something," Malen said. "Any and all information is important right now."
This was the second rape on campus this year; the first occurred in April. Many parents of female KU students received the Crimestoppers alert and wondered about campus safety.
Mary Carper of Lincoln, Neb., has three daughters at KU — two in sororities and one who moved into Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall Saturday. Carper said that she felt comfortable with her daughters' knowledge of safety at Kansas.
Carpet's daughter Whitney, a freshman, had doubts about campus safety at night.
"My other two daughters are in sororities, and they're given awareness and self-defense training." Carper said. "I think it's fairly safe, but the girls always need to be aware." Carrier's daughter Whitney, a freshman, is eight.
"This scares me big time," Whitney Carper said. "I always thought it looked safe, but I know I'd never walk alone there at night."
Lynn Britz, interim director of University Relations, said the University was alarmed and angry that such an attack could occur.
"Our thoughts are with the victim, her friends and family," Bretz said. "We will help in any way we can."
Anyone with information about this crime or any other crime can call the KU Public Safety Office at 864-5900, KU Crimestoppers at 864-8888 or Crimestoppers of Lawrence and Douglas County at 843-TIPS. Callers may remain anonymous.
- Edited by Clay McCustion
Paul Farran, Wichita junior, has about 500 songs downloaded from Napster on his computer. If Napster is unable to prove that its software is not hurting the music industry, it will have to shut down. Photo by Christina Neff/KANSAN
Napster under fire
University allows students to access music from Web
By Meghan Bainum
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
"I want my MTV" has turned into ")
my music for free."
Many students such as Paul Farran, Wichita junior, use the popular free Napster software almost every day, but free music soon might be a thing of the past.
Although Napster is still available at KU, some universities such as the University of Indiana have restricted access to the software mainly to escape
Beth Warner, assistant to the vice chancellor for information services, said that KU has followed the issues surrounding Napster since it began. She said while KU does not condone copyright infringement, there are no current plans to block student access to Napster or other MP3 software.
possible legal problems.
"I love Napster because you can get any song in the world in a matter of two minutes."
So, students like Farran can breath a sigh of relief — at least for now.
Using Napster's servers, people can share and download music from other users. Farran has downloaded everything from obscure songs by one-hit wonders to popular songs from mainstream artists.
Farren has about 500 songs downloaded on his computer and said he also burned CDs. He is not alone in copying data onto a CD. Napster claims to have 20 million users, many of them college students.
Paul Farran Wichita junior
"I love Napster because you can get any song in the world in a matter of two minutes," Farran said.
In fact, Farran said he stopped buying CDs about five months ago.
But time may be limited for KU students such as Farran to use Napster's software to obtain free music.
"There's no need to buy music anymore," he said. "If Napster is around, you can sit at home, get any song you want for free, and you have no reason to go buy CDs."
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Football players may be charged in assault case
By Katie Hallar
writer@kansan.com
Senior staff writer
By the end of August, charges may be filed against the two University of Kansas football players accused of assaulting a female soccer player.
Investigators still are compiling information about the Feb. 27 incident, said Christine Tonkovich. Douglas County district attorney. She said its been hard to get all the facts with the students involved gone for the summer.
The woman has returned to the University and will be playing soccer again. She said that although the investigation had taken nearly four months, she was pleased that legal proceedings were under way.
According to the woman, on Feb. 27,
she was leaving the Yacht Club, 530
Wisconsin St., when two football
players approached her. She knew
both men.
They grabbed her and she struggled. One of the men put her face down on the hood of a truck and hold head
The men fondled her, spanked her and taunted her.
Two days later, she told Mark Francis, her soccer coach, about the incident. She and Francis met with Kansas football coach Terry Allen on March 2.
Allen gave her two options: go to police or let him handle the punishment. She agreed to the latter.
On April 18, she learned that the men's punishment consisted of extra sprints at practice. Angry and frustrated, she met with Bob Frederick, athletics director, on April 25.
The next day, she gave a statement to police.
Since the police report was made public, Frederick and Allen have apologized for their handling of the situation.
Allen did not renew the scholarship of one of the players involved, but the player already had been dismissed from the University for poor grades.
"He was dismissed from school for academic reasons and could have appealed for reinstatement," Allen said in a written statement. "We made the decision, however, that we would not renew his scholarship."
The other player, still in good academic standing, is on probation. Under the football team's discipline policy, he is one step from suspension from the team. His status is pending the results of the Lawrence Police Department's investigation.
The victim said she would testify against the two men in court.
- Edited by Erin McDaniel
Students at Regents schools to face another tuition hike next fall
- The percent increase is based on the 2000-01 tuition rates minus the $1 per-credit-hour library fee and the $1 per-credit-hour technology fee.
By Karen Lucas
By Karen Lucas
write@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
At their June meeting in Topeka, the Regents raised tuition at the University of Kansas by 3 percent for in-state students — $2.20 more per credit hour for undergraduates and $3.25 more per credit hour for graduate students. Out-of-state students' tuition will go up 2.5 percent for undergraduates and 2.2 percent for graduate students — $7.50 more per credit hour.
While many students were away from Lawrence during the summer, the Board of Regents approved a tuition hike for the 2001-02 academic year.
When the increases go into effect next fall, the University will charge an undergraduate student from Kansas enrolled in 15 credit hours an additional $33 or
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$1,166.25 per semester in tuition. An out-of-state undergraduate will be billed an additional $112.50 or $4,629.75 per semester. The rates also include a $1 per-credit-hour library fee and a $1 per-credit-hour technology fee.
Tuition for Kansas residents at other Regents schools will increase by 3 percent as well, and increases for nonresidents will range from 2.2 percent to 3.1 percent.
"We live in an age of escalating costs to educate students, and modest tuition increases are necessary to keep pace," said Clay Blair III, board chairman. "Kansas tuition rates continue to be one of the best buys in the country for quality higher education."
Yet Molly Hayden, Chicago sophomore, expressed her dismay at the decision to raise tuition.
"I think it's ridiculous to increase it any more because it's hard enough to pay for
Hayden also said that while it was good that out-of-state students had their tuition increased at a lower percentage than in-state students, they still had to pay more.
it as it is." she said.
"They're paying way beyond what I'm paying for tuition," said Hill, Paola senior. But Hill said it would bother him if tuition were raised for in-state students and not for out-of-state students.
Even though Stephen Hill is a Kansas resident, he said he did not mind the lower-percent increase for nonresidents.
Sports ...B section
On the Hill'...C section
Off the Hill ...D section
Local briefs ...2A
Parking lottery ...3A
Opinion ...4A
Chalupa scare ...5A
Bus routes ...7A
While the new rates won't appear on students' bills until next fall, other tuition increases do become effective this fall — the 2.5 percent increase for residents and nonresidents that the Regents approved in June 1999 and the $3.20 per credit-hour increase they approved last December.
- Edited by Erin McDaniel
University's best and worst ...9A
Hawk Week activities ...11A
Nation/World ...17A, 21A, 15B
Hilltopics ...18A
State ...22A
Entertainment ...23A, 22B
Crossword ...21B
Classifieds ...23B
Sleep deprivation takes a toll on mood and ability. page 13A
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University students and faculty tell what annoys them in class. page 10A
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