MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 5A
Security policies stay unchanged following rape
By Matt Stumpff
mstumpff@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The department of student housing has not made changes to security practices since the rape of a student in Oliver Hall on Sept. 7. Meanwhile, each residence hall complex director contemplated ways to find a balance between too much and too little surveillance.
Residence halls could try to improve security without a mandate from the department, said Diana Robertson, associate director of residence life.
Christine Thoorsell, Oliver Hall complex director, said she thought about the building's current security procedures but planned to continue using the same setup as before. Security monitors currently check the hallways on a regular basis for suspicious activity.
"I have students who come to me who want increased security and ones who don't want it because they feel the atmosphere would be too controlling." Theoorsell said.
Thoorsell said students needed to take initiative to ensure the building stayed secure.
"If a student props open a door to run out to their car to get something, that compromises our security," Thoorsell said.
Erica Wolfe, Fort Collins,
Colo., freshman, said she
agreed students needed to be
"We have to keep a healthy balance of securing the building and protecting the students' rights."
more proactive in securing the buildings.
Jason Amezcua McCollum Hall complex director
The Oliver resident said she saw another resident let a person enter the building without being checked in.
"They just came in for a minute and then left. But they could've easily gone straight up the stairs," Wolfe said.
Jason Amezcua, complex director for McColum Hall, said he had considered making revisions to the building's security methods.
He said residents were the main obstacle that prevented him from making changes.
"We have to keep a healthy balance of securing the building and protecting the students' rights," Amezcua said.
Elizabeth Goering, Topeka freshman and Oliver resident, said the hall did not need more security.
"I think that if people are smart and lock their door, they don't need to change anything," Goering said.
Edited by Ryan Malashock and Amanda Sears
By Justin Henning jhenning@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
New cell phones dial up fun
This technology has quite a ring to it.
New cell phone models this fall, to be released by Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless, will allow users to compose on their phones a ring that recreates the tune to a favorite song. On top of that, users will also be able to access more information and technology—in color—on their phones.
The new Verizon technology, called BREW and developed by Qualcomm, will allow users of the new phones to handle games, finance management tools and news, all on a cell phone that can fit in a pocket. Similarly, the PCS Vision phones will allow many of the same features through a Java-based interface from Hitachi.
"By no means will it help you study," said Katie Rinaker, Verizon Wireless representative. "It is for the tech-savvy students."
Both phones have interfaces comparable to that of a computer's desktop. Subscribers of either technology are able to go to a local Sprint or Verizon store and choose from a variety of phones that carry the technology. The user can further personalize the phone with a song tune for its ring and other custom features.
Perhaps the most unique new feature of these phones is their capability to handle games. For example, the Verizon phone offers a subscription service for users to download games to their phone.The EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf game has generated the most buzz in focus groups, Rinaker said. The Sprint phone will offer sports games as well, and other titles such as Ms. Pac Man.
But with all these new features, the sanctity of the classroom seems to be in even more jeopardy than before. Rather than a disruptive ring, entire tunes and games can now have an indiscrete presence in any back row of a class.
"It has no place in the classroom," said Michael Crawford, anthropology professor. "Anv-
thing that is disruptive is just not permissible."
Granted, no one feels a sense of pride when his phone rings in the middle of a large class and all eyes turn to him.
It is tearful,rassing," said Leigh Baker, Wellington sophomore. "You feel guilty and know you could've turned it off, that it was just a the mind."
slip of the mind."
"In the right setting, the phone can create an entertaining, personal atmosphere," said
Because of their potential intrusiveness, the phones have alternate modes that silence them. The PCS Vision, for example, has an environmental mode that silences the entire phone. The user can also set incoming phone numbers to be color-coded depending on who the number belongs to.
Nancy Sterile media relations representative for Sprint. "But there are always places for phone etiquette."
The new technology looks as though it's here to stay,or is at least well on its way.According to research from Telephia Inc.,a research company that provides the wireless industry with information, nearly one-third of cell phone
users will upgrade their phones in the next year.
"It's really funny how trendy cell phones are," said Baker. "Ten years ago no one needed them and now they're essential, but I'm guilty of having one, too."
Greeks get muddy for children's center
- Edited by Matt Norton
Bv Todd Rapp
trapp@kansan.com
Kansan staff reporter
Participants got down with a DJ and dirty in the mud at Kappa Delta and Kappa Sigma's Mud Volleyball tournament Saturday.
Twenty-five teams from fraternities and sororites gathered at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, 5700 W. Sixth Street. Registration fees for each team and donations from local businesses, totaling about $1,900, were given to Brookcreek Learning Center.
Brookereek is an early intervention care center for children subjected to at-risk-factors at home.
"Everybody was having an excellent time; people were diving in the mud, wrestling, trying to get dirty," Jordan Paugh, Kappa Delta philanthropy chair, said. "The Brookcreek directors came out and we announced them. Everybody clapped, and it reminded us of the cause we were working towards."
The sponsors said they hoped to raise $3,000 to $5,000.
Athletics was the theme for
other fraternity and sorority philanthropies this weekend.
Chi Omega and Beta Theta Pi hosted the annual Wheat Meet on Saturday. Nine teams totaling more than 100 people participated in the meet. Team registration fees, T-shirt sales and a pasta dinner held Friday night raised more than $10,000. The money was donated to cancer research at the University of Kansas.
One organizer had a personnel involvement with the charity.
"People close to me have had cancer, so it was great to be able to
work so much towards this cause
as a chair," Lindsay Silsby, Chi
Omega Wheat Meet co-chair, said.
Yesterday, Delta Upsilon held its annual Greg Wilkerson Memorial Football Tournament benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence. Twenty-four teams and more than 300 people raised $4,500 through registration and T-shirt sales.
Kappa Alpha Theta organized the Sun Run yesterday, but could not be reached for comment.
— Edited by Matt Norton
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