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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Friday, Sept. 6, 1985
Actions show feelings
Situations suggest people need space
By Jennifer Benjamin Of the Kansan staff
If you walk along Jayhawk Boulevard and a stranger is walking toward you in the opposite direction, you have a decision to make.
You can look at the person from a distance and then look away, look at the person and smile, stare straight ahead or look down.
Regardless of the choice you make, you will be non-verbally communicating with the other person. Wallace May, associate professor of communication studies, said yesterday.
All people have their own personal space — the space that surrounds a person's body — and most people don't like that space to be invaded by strangers, he said. The amount of space a person requires varies depending on his personality.
"People like to control access to their personal space." May said.
When someone's personal space is invaded, he loses that control. May said, and can become irritated or angry and may communicate these feelings through non-verbal communica- tions such as shifting or fidgeting.
May said people could lose that control in many situations and one of the most common is being in an elevator.
When a person's space is invaded on an elevator, May said, the normal reaction is to be silent and stare at the floor numbers or the ceiling.
"The typical response to space invasion is not communicating," May said. "What you do is not acknowledge the other people. You pretend they're not there.
"It itens to be an instinctive response that relates to being in danger."
Personal space needs have a lot to
do with personality, May said. In a situation such as on a bus or airplane, some people feel compelled to talk to a person sitting nearby.
Some people are better equipped to handle a situation that puts them close to strangers and may like to be in a crowd.
Ron Medlen, Ottawa freshman,
said he looked straight ahead when
he walked on Jayhawk Boulevard.
He said he didn't feel uncomfortable
on a crowded elevator, because
elevator rides were so short.
"However, some people will avoid crowds with a passion, because crowds throw them into a panic," May said.
However, Darlene Scher, Overland Park park senior, said, "I think everyone feels uncomfortable on an elevator, because nobody says anything, but as soon as you're off the elevator, you feel free to talk again."
Debbie Stoltz, Albert Lea, Minn., freshman, said she liked to use crowded situations to meet people.
"I have met a lot of people while sitting on a crowded bus," she said. "I like to find out their name and find out where they're going."
On Campus
There are four types of spaces: intimate, which is touching to four inches; personal, which is four inches to 18 inches; social, which is 18 inches to three or four feet; and public, which is more than four feet.
Space needs of Americans seem to be much larger than space needs of people from other countries, May said.
The KU Kempo Karate Club will meet from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday in Room 130 at Robinson Center.
For example, he said, people of some cultures carry on a normal conversation at one foot or less.
"Some Latin American and Middle Eastern cultures operate much closer than we do," May said. "If someone comes really close to us, we tend to back off."
An organization meeting of the Greenpeace Student-Senate coalition will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in Aldersdon Auditorium of the Union.
The KU Biology Club will meet at 4 p.m. today in the Sunflower Room of the Kansas Union.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will show the movie "Being There" at 7:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Aread Ave.
The Center for East Asian studies will sponsor a lecture, "Reform in China: How Real Is It?" at 7:30 p.m. Monday at 4007 Wescoe Hall.
The Strato-matic Baseball Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in Parlor C of the Union.
On the Record
■KU police received reports Wednesday of items stolen from backpacks at several campus sites:
A $28 calculator was taken from a backpack Wednesday afternoon at the Burge Union. A student had left the backpack in a storage compartment while she went to cash a check, KU police said.
A wallet and its contents valued at $22.50 were taken from a backpack Wednesday afternoon at McCollum Hall. KU police said.
Items were stolen from two backpacks on Watson Library's fourth floor Wednesday evening, KU police said.
A backpack and its contents valued at $233 were stolen. The backpack and a notebook, valued at $29, were recovered later.
Police think escapees also were kidnappers
United Press International
COFFEEVILLE — The police chief yesterday said he would recommend kidnapping charges be filed against two fugitives from an Oklahoma jail who were arrested in southeastern Kansas.
Chief Allen Flowers accused the escaped convicts of abducting Donna Walker, 32, of Nowata, Okla., late Wednesday shortly before they fled to Kansas.
A decision on possible charges would not be made before today, according to a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County attorney.
The fugitives, who escaped early Tuesday from the Craig County Jail in northeastern Oklahoma, were arrested shortly before midnight Wednesday in stolen nickun trucks, police said.
Walker was freed unharmed.
An officer fired an errant shot at fugitive Charles H. Vice, 22, of Tulsa, Okla., when Vice apparently tried to reach for a loaded 22-caliber pistol inside one of the pickups, said police Capt. Jack Pursley. Vice threw up his hands and surrendered after the bullet passed through the pickup's front windshield, Pursley said.
The other fugitive, Kim L. Mason, 24, of Vinita, Okla., was
arrested a few yards from Vice when he pulled into a convenience store for gas, police said.
Shortly before midnight police received reports that two stolen pickups containing the escaped convicts were northbound on U.S. Highway 169.
"A patrol officer spotted both vehicles," Pursley said. "He fell in behind and started following them north on 169."
Mason was in the lead pickup with the hostage, Pursley said.
"Evidently the Mason vehicle was very low on gas," Pursey said. "They had made pre-arranged plans for Mason to pull into a 7-Eleven for gas. Vice saw the patrol car, but was not able to get that across to Mason. Mason went ahead and pulled into the 7-Eleven."
Meanwhile, Vice wheeled into a private drive across from the convenience store. police said.
Walker got out of the pickup at the convenience store, and an officer told her to fall to the ground and begin crawling toward him, police said. Mason quickly surrendered.
An officer in a second patrol car blocked Vice in the driveway.
Death of key witness hampers state's case
United Press International
OLATHE, Kan. — One of two people found shot to death in a Kansas City home earlier this week was to be the key witness in a jewelry heist trial set to begin Sept. 16 in Johnson County District Court, authorities said.
Porcia Wheeler, 31, also known as Porcia Howard, was found shot in the head Tuesday along with Andrew L. Wheeler, 35. The couple's 8-year-old son discovered the two dead in the living room of the family's midtown Kansas City home.
Authorities said the couple divorced several years ago but that they had recently reconciled.
Mrs. Wheeler was to be a key witness in the trial of her former husband, Earl Howard, 40, Kansas City, said an assistant Johnson County prosecutor. Howard is charged with the Jan. 30 robbery of the J.C. Penney store at Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kan.
According to testimony at Howard's preliminary hearing in May, Mrs. Wheeler admitted calling the 474-TIPS hotline to notify police of Howard's involvement in the robbery. She also had testified that Howard had threatened to kill her if she testified against him.
During that hearing, defense attorney Steven Schweiker told the
court that Mrs. Wheeler's testimony "is the only evidence that the state has linking the defendant to this crime."
A spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department said Wednesday that the five-man squad investigating the double homicide was aware of the Johnson County case. However, police refused to comment further.
A detective working the case, who asked not to be identified, said yesterday that authorities were looking for Howard for questioning, but would not say whether he was considered a suspect. The detective stressed that Howard was just one of many people authorities planned to interview.
The detective also said the case was frustrating because no substantial new leads had been found. Howard is one of two men Johnson County prosecutors accuse of robbing the jewelry store. Although Howard is the only person charged in the crime, prosecutors say they have another suspect in the case. They said they do not believe Andrew Wheeler was involved in the jewelry heist.
Steve Tatum, an assistant Johnson County district attorney, said he intends to pursue the case against Howard despite Mrs. Wheeler's death.
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