FRIDAY,OCTOBER11,2002
NEWS
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Violence CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A
Although domestic violence does not target just women, women are the victims in 83 percent of the domestic violence cases.
Rates for battered women are over three times as high as those for battered men, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics' 1995 report entitled "20 years of Surveying Crime Victims."
Although domestic violence occurs disproportionately to women, Puleo said it was important to reach the entire community.
"Men have the power to stop violence in the home, and the entire community has the power to help stop this problem," she said.
Reliable statistics for domestic violence in Lawrence were not available from the Lawrence Police Department because the reports are categorized under other codes, like
State law requires police to make a custodial arrest if probable cause of domestic violence exists, said Sgt. Mike Patrick of the Lawrence Police Department.
burglary or assault.
"There are certain bruising patterns and facial injuries that could point to a domestic violence situation," he said.
Patrick said most cases were called in by one of the people fighting, but sometimes police had to investigate further if someone did not admit they had
been a victim of domestic violence.
Lawrence Memorial Hospital's records show between 0 to 3 on average were treated in per month as a result of domestic violence, but Belinda Rehmer communications specialist for the hospital, said this statistic was not reliable.
This is because some women choose not to report they were victims of domestic violence, she said.
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Thursdays
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about 50 people here," he said.
Collins said he and his roommates planned on continuing the party even when the weather turned cold.
"We'll put a metal firepit out here," he said.
Collins said people usually stayed until they headed to the bars later in the night.
The Happy Thursday revelers enjoy talking to passersby on the street, but Collins said sometimes reactions to their activities were not positive.
"Sometimes we get a mean look or a middle finger," he said.
After a negative reaction, Collins said the revelers would respond in kind.
Most reactions are positive. Yesterday, honks peppered the air as cars passed, even though they were not prompted. Collins
said cars began honking the first day Happy Thursday began.
"I think that's what draws people," he said.
Collins said he sometimes saw a police officer who hangs out the car window and shouts: "Drink one for me!"
Stephanie Wichael, Wichita senior, said she had been going to Happy Thursday since its conception. She said she had known Collins, Marsh and Owings since high school.
"It's the one day of the week we know we'll hang out," she said.
Leah Speranza, Pratt sophomore, said while she had never been to a Happy Thursday, it sounded like a good idea.
Collins said Happy Thursdays had turned into something important to the community.
"I have people say to me, man, you make me feel good when I see you guys outside," he said.
Hewitt
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might have taken Hewitt's day to-day work for granted, others appreciated what she did.
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"We all notice when she's not here on the weekend," Kelly said. "We walk in and we're like, 'Dang, it's Saturday.'"
Kelly said the girls on her floor tried to keep the floor clean in order to show their appreciation of Hewitt.
"We do our best not to make it difficult on her," Kelly said. "We try to make sure all of our paper towels make it in the trash can."
Hewitt said she did receive some complaints when she cleaned the bathrooms. During this time, the bathrooms are off-limits to residents anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour.
"It depends on how bad the
bathroom is," Hewitt said.
In between emptying trash and washing walls, Hewitt watches as residents adjust to the college lifestyle.
"With the freshmen, it seems like they're just breaking out from underneath mom and dad," she said.
Although Hewitt's job requires her to pick up after people all day, she still doesn't mind doing it for her husband and six-year-old child.
"I haven't totally lost motivation for cleaning house," she said. "At least so far, anyway."
Hewitt clocks out at 3:25 p.m. She said when she looked back on each day, she realized the most satisfying part had nothing to do with cleaning.
"I like it when the girls say, 'Good morning, Wendy,'" she said.
—Edited by Nicole Roché
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