Wednesday October 2, 2002 Vol.113. Issue No.30
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Filmmaker and author to speak on KU campus
By Michael Vennard
mwvennard@kansan.com
Kansan Staff Writer
The Student Union Activities office announced last week filmmaker and author John Waters would visit the University of Kansas next Tuesday for a lecture and book signing.
SUA Forums Coordinator Quinn Gorges, Wichita senior, said the "John Waters: Cinematic Immunity" presentation would include a lecture by Waters, questions from the
Waters
audience and a screening of the 1988 Waters' film, Hairspray. The lecture at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union will begin at 8 p.m.
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Tickets for the event will cost $6 with a KU ID or $10 for the general public. Tickets are for sale at the SUA box office in the Kansas Union as well as the Lied Center and Murphy Hall box offices.
Gorges said Waters would sign books and DVDs at the Oread Bookshop in the Kansas Union from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the same day. Before that, Waters will briefly address KU film students at 3 p.m. at Oldfather Studios.
"It's really exciting to have someone like Waters come to Lawrence," Gorges said yesterday.
Film student Patrick Rea said he looked forward to seeing Waters speak next week.
"I want to ask him how he started out and find out how he got to where he is now. I think a lot of graduating film students would like to hear his advice," Rea, Schuyler, Nebraska, senior, said.
In preparation for the filmmaker's visit to Lawrence, Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts, will screen Waters' 1972 cult film Pink Flamingos this Friday and Saturday night.
David Nickol, Liberty Hall's video store manager, said tickets for the 11:30 p.m. screenings would cost $4 in advance and $5 the day of the movie.
"I've seen his movies for years and years and the opportunity to see him speak, I'm excited about it. From what I hear he's a very good public speaker," Nickol said.
Edited by Jessica Hood
Richard Picciotto, shares his experience on Sept. 11 in front of a slide showing the devastation of the World Trade Center Towers. Yesterday evening at the Lied Center, Picciotto, the highest-reking New York firefighter to survive the collapse, said how the events changed him. "I want to appreciate lifemore," he said.
Fire chief wanted to be 'last man down'
By Luise Stauffer
lstauFFER@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The last prayer that went through Chief Richard Picciotto's mind as the World Trade Center collapsed around him was that he wanted to die quickly.
"You hear about unanswered prayers
— well, I'm living proof," he said. Picciotto was on a stairwell between the sixth and seventh floors of the North Tower of the World Trade Center when it collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001.
Picciotto shared his story at 8 p.m.yesterday in the Lied Center in an event sponsored by Student Union Activities. He was the highest-ranking firefighter to
survive the World Trade Center collapse and the last fireman to escape the wreckage.
About 75 audience members gave Picciotto a standing ovation as he approached the lectern. Piccioto then pieced together a vivid memoir of his
SEE PICCIOTTO ON PAGE 7A
Dreaming of Disney
Student to audition for classic role with Disney on Ice
By Vonna Keomanyvong
vkeomanyvong@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Danielle Ichelson has dreamt about skating as Belle from Beauty and the Beast Disney on Ice show since she was 13 years old. In November, the Scottsdale, Ariz., freshman will get the chance to audition for the show in Ontario, Calif.
"I never thought I would get a chance to audition," Ichelson said. "There is so much more that goes into shows because you're actually doing something to impress people."
Ichelson has participated in more than 100 competitions and shows, and she knows there is a difference between pleasing judges and an audience.
Dee Goldstein of Scottsdale has been
Ichelson's coach for more than four years and coaching the sport for more than 20 years. Goldstein, whose son is a member of the show, said she had recommended Ichelson for Disney on Ice.
Compared to most skaters, who view being in shows as a job, Ichelson skates in them because she loves it, Goldstein said.
"It's very hard to get an audition," Goldstein said. "There are a million skaters that want to skate for them but you have to have a little extra something for them to pick you. Danielle has that little extra perkiness."
Although the 18-year-old Ichelson has been ice skating since she was eight, she said she first started out with roller skates at age five.
But she eventually quit roller skating when she found out that she could not roller-skate professionally, and after her first trip on the ice, she was hooked.
"I went on the ice with a friend who was an ice skater." Ichelson said. "I took
SEE ICHELSON ON PAGE 7A
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Danielle Ichetson, Lawrence freshman, executes a "Bielman" at Line Creek Ice Rink in North Kansas City. With 11 years of experience on her belt, Ichelon will travel to California to try out for Disney on ice.
Cheaters still hard to catch
By Justin Henning
jhening@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
LeifSteiner said he plagiarized all the time his senior year of high school.
"It was so I didn't have to spend hours on end researching for a paper," the Oakley freshman said.
But now that he's arrived at college, he plays by a different set of rules.
"Now, you're paying good money for an education so you might as well put effort into it," Steiner said.
A 2000 poll by Who's Who Among College Students found that 80 percent of college freshmen have admitted to cheating on their work and only five percent of these cheaters are ever caught in the act. Some college instructors at the University of Kansas said they noticed an increase in plagiarism cases.
"I think it's because students are lazy," said David Dewar, senior instructor in Humanities and Western Civilization. "There's a lot of pressure to get good grades, but this won't help students on the other side of college."
In the fight against plagiarism, the University employs several techniques to catch copycat students. One tool used is turnitin.com, a Web site that allows instructors to upload student papers to a large database of millions of college writings from other universities and Web sites. Once online, the paper can be cross-referenced with papers from other classes as well as papers from the same class. The Department of Western Civilization is one of several departments using this site.
The technology has yet to become a staple. Instructors still prefer more traditional methods, such as looking for inconsistencies in a student's writing style or comparing notes with instructors of other sections of the same class.
"Students don't seem to realize that instructors are familiar with the literature in their field, that instructors can recognize a student's writing style and that instructors talk to each other," said Pam Houston, director of undergraduate services for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Accusing students of plagiarism is nothing to laugh about. Eric Caughey, Lawrence junior, said an instructor wrongfully accused him of plagiarism on a paper his fresh-
SEE PLAGIARISM ON PAGE 7A
Door-to-door solicitors can mislead students
By Nathan Dayani
ndayani@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Sometimes, living near or on campus can mean a constant fight against solicitors.
Last week, a door-to-door solicitor paid a visit to Jeff Meyers, Shawnee sophomore. Meyers, who lives near Memorial Stadium, said the solicitor asked him to write a check for magazine subscriptions and said Meyers could cancel the check later and still win free prizes. Meyers said the solicitor lacked credibility.
cubbity. "He didn't sound very smart," he said.
Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said students should be wary of door-to-door solicitors because they might mislead students and attempt to take financial advantage of them. He said if residents had concerns about the solicitors' legitimacy they should call the police.
"I kept on questioning him and said, 'Hey this still doesn't make sense, and I still don't believe someone would do this.'"
don't suggest you buy it
He said solicitation regulations differed on and off campus. Residence halls are subject to University and state policy, whereas off-campus residences are sub-
pence. "You can ignore them," Bailey said. "I don't suggest you buy from them."
ject to city law.
Diana Robertson, associate director of student housing, said the University's anti-solicitation laws were geared toward protecting students' privacy. The department does not allow anyone to sell anything door-to-door, she said.
Any person or organization considering solicitation at campus residences must get permission from the department of student housing. Robertson said the department only granted permission to campus groups and limited solicitation to the residence hall lobbies.
Robertson said local businesses occasionally tried to solicit students at residence halls. Christine Thoorsell, complex director of Oliver Hall, said magazine solicitors came to Oliver two to four weeks ago.
Solicitors can work door-to-door off campus if they obtain permits from the city, said Jerry Little, assistant district attorney. Little said the city only received about one solicitation complaint or charge every six months.
He said more violations probably occurred but weren't reported because residents didn't think solicitation harassment warranted police notification.
Dann Petersen, Meyers' roommate, said a solicitor came to their home about two weeks ago. He said he probably viewed solicitation differently from most
people because he had worked in telemarketing.
marketing. "I always feel bad about being rude to people on the phone or in person, so I'm pretty willing to hear what they have to say," said Petersen, Madison, Wis., junior.
Petersen said many companies trained solicitors to be persistent and not to take no for an answer.
"If somebody says no, you're supposed to direct them in a different way," he said. "It was kind of the rule that you make a person say no three different times before you give up on them."
— Edited by Amy Schmitz and Katie Teske
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