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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
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Police crack down on fake ID ring
By Michelle Burhenn Kansan staff writer
A 19-year-old University of Kansas student was booked into Douglas County Jail Tuesday on charges of manufacture and sale of false identification and possession of a false driver's license, a Kansas Department of Revenue Alcoholic Beverage Control official said Friday.
The arrest is the first after ABC agents began a crackdown on fake ID rings Tuesday in Lawrence, said Lisa Kasper,
director of communications at the Kansas Department of Revenue.
Nicholas Migliazio, Leawood freshman, was booked into jail at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday and was released about four hours later after posting bail of $1,250.
Kasper said agents often checked liquor retailers and bars, and from that the ABC had found fake ID circulation in Lawrence was increasing.
She said the numbers were typically higher in college towns and the ABC worked with restaurants, bars and liquor
retailers to track users back to their fake ID manufacturer.
"There usually is a middleman that arranges the sale," Kasper said. "What they usually do is make IDs from a lot of different states."
Manufacturing and selling is a felony charge, she said.
Possessing, borrowing or loaning a fake ID is also a crime.
"Students don't realize what they're jeopardizing." Kasper said. "It goes on your permanent record. Probably at the time it doesn't seem like it is as serious as
it really is."
ABC Director Robert Longino said in a press release that investigating the source of fake IDs was the most effective strategy to stop the increase of fake IDs in Kansas.
Kasper said she could not say how the fake ID ring under investigation worked, but the IDs could have been made locally or in another state.
The price of fake IDs, she said, generally varied from $80 to more than $100.
As a response to the increase in circulation, the Department of Revenue,
which operates both the ABC and the vehicle's division, is considering consolidating licensing operations.
"Applicants would bring information in and IDs would be manufactured at a centralized location," Kasper said. "They would look maybe more like credit cards. They wouldn't be laminated, which would make it really hard to have fake IDs in Kansas."
Contact Burhenn at mburhenn
@kansan.com. This story was edited by
Matt Gehrke and Nicole Roche.
Long lines greet students at Add/Drop
By George Schulz
Kansan staff writer
Joe Randall, Olathe senior, didn't procrastinate when it came to enrolling. In fact he knew what classes he wanted months ago.
"I was deferred from the business school in April and not accepted until July," said Randall. "I couldn't get my core classes until now."
ultimately, Randall will have to
Ultimately, endure the long lines that characterize the Add/Drop process. Students can currently Add/Drop until Aug. 30, during which appointments are scheduled based on the last two digits of KU student ID numbers. From Sept. 3 to 4 all students can add or drop classes.
"I was deferred from the business school in April and not accepted until July." Joe Randall Olathe senior
According to the KU registrar's Web site, students have to have instructor's approval to add a class after Sept. 4. Some additional approvals may be required.
The requirements for Add/Drop approval from advisers vary between schools, and some classes require special permission or approval cards from the instructor or department. The approval cards cannot be used interchangeably with closed class openers, which are granted by instructors.
Requirements also differ between schools for drops after Sept. 26, and the last day to alter schedules in any way is Dec. 12.
Accounts will be credited for dropped classes, and bills are sent out for those classes that are added.
The registrar's Web site states students must update their addresses with the school in order for billing to be processed properly — bills sent to wrong addresses are still active and required to be paid.
Students can contact the closed class hotline for information about open classes at 864-4259 and the registrar's Web address is registrar.ku.edu.
Contact Schulz at editor@kansan.com. This story was edited by Matt Norton.
Aug. 21 or before for a full refund
Aug. 22 - Sept. 4 for a 90 percent refund
Add/Drop
Tuition refund schedule for dropped courses
- Sept. 5 × Sept. 19 for a 50 percent refund
Sept. 20 and after no refunds are given
Eric Braem/Kansan
Tom Bogardus, Lawrence resident, bows his saw at the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships yesterday. Bogardus said he attended the music event at South Park each year but never competed.
Folk musicians take to stage
Pickers, fiddlers vie for titles in South Park's annual music event
By Caleb Nothwehr
Kansan staff writer
Tom Bogardus plays the saw.
While seated on a bale of hay at the 22nd Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championship, the Lawrence
resident moved a bow across his flexible saw and played a high-pitched, vibratofilled version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
"I've been fooling around at this contest for years," Bogardus said, "It's wonderful."
The folk music event, held yesterday afternoon at South Park in Lawrence, entertained more than 1,500 spectators with six state championship categories: banjo; ensemble folk singing; fiddle; flat-
pick guitar; mandolin; and miscellaneous acoustic instruments. Coordinators said 66 entries competed in the day's events.
The twangy tone of a steel guitar faded into a flute pipe solo as two stages occupied the lawns of South Park. Between performances, the distant sounds of impromptu jam sessions, located under nearby trees, provided interludes.
SEE FIDDLING ON PAGE 3A
Show provides new experiences
By Louise Stauffer
By Louise Staut
Kansan staff writer
The Chicago senior is musical director for the Minds Eye Theatre production of The Rocky Horror Show. He also plays a Translvanian and, for some midnight shows, the character of Brad. The show is the theatre's own production of the play on which the cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show is based.
Philip Denton has seen most of his cast members naked and constantly fondles them. He has to: it's part of his role.
Denton and Travis Ashmore, a Chapman freshman who plays a Transylvanian and the voice of Rocky, are two people who are scholars by day and play kinky slaves by night.
"One of the first things our director said to us was, 'get over your bodies and get used to touching each other,'" Denton said.
He exemplified his nonchalant attitude by grabbing a cast mate's breast without either of them blinking an eye.
"It was a big deal the first time we did stuff on stage." Denton said, referring to
Zach Straus/Kansan
Travis Ashmore, Chapman freshman, sings "Sword of Damacles" in the first act of "The Rocky Horror Show" Saturday. The show is being performed at the Just Off Broadway Theatre at 3051 Central in Kansas City, Mo.
the simulated sexual encounters the cast titillating, we couldn't stop giggling." members perform throughout the show. "The first time we did stuff it was sort of SEE ROCKY ON PAGE 7A
KUJH looks to occupy dead airtime
Kansan staff writer
By Jenna Goepfert
The University of Kansas and about 60 other universities will soon be scrambling to fill dead air on their campus television stations.
Conus Communications owns the All News Channel, a 24-hour news station with which KU had a license for broadcast. Conus sold its company
rights to DIRECTV, a satellite television service, which means KUJH, the University's student television station, no longer has permission to use ANC programming.
"They're basically cutting us off on Sept. 30," said Gary Hawke, KUJH general manager. "DIRECTV doesn't want to have independent stations carrying what subscribers are going to buy off their satellites."
The University will still control Sunflower Cable channel 66, but at the end of September, the only programming available for broadcast will be that which KUJH produces.
Dick Nelson, professor of journalism and KUJH newsroom supervisor, said the format of the broadcast television class would not change, but it might be necessary to amend the local news schedule to accommodate new programming.
James Gentry, dean of journalism, said the school's next task was to find alternate programming.
"KUJH is a vital part of the future of the j-school, so obviously we're not going to shut it down." Gentry said.
Gentry said it also was difficult to find programming that could be easily preempted by a University broadcast.
"For most of these companies, it's not in their game plan," he said. "It sets a precedent for other markets."
All News Channel was broadcast for about 21 hours a day and KU newscasts, student-produced discussion forums and sports programs regularly interrupted the news. Hawke said.
Gentry said he and Hawke would meet today to discuss the station's options.
Both said they had considered CNN International, CNN Financial News, C-SPAN3 and several BBC broadcasts to replace ANC.
"Some of those stations charge for the system," Hawke said. "We paid a very modest fee to Conus to get 24-hour programming, but I think we can scrape up additional funds for that."
Contact Goepfert at jgoepfert@kansan.com. This story was edited by Matt Norton.
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