CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 17, 1992
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Daron J. Bennett / KANSAN
Hour of prayer
At the crack of dawn, 31 people gather to celebrate National Prayer Day. KU students and area residents prayed for a half hour yesterday morning at the flagpole in front of Strong Hail.
Task force to make changes
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
A task force recommending changes to the University's sexual harassment grievance policies soon will start to revise its original recommendations to incorporate suggestions made by the public.
The Task Force on Sexual Harassment last semester received 10 responses from the public about 10 proposed changes to KU's sexual harassment policies and procedures, said Sandra Wick, committee chair.
Wick said that the basic recommendations would remain unchanged but that a few details would be added to the report, which is expected to be submitted to Edward Meyen, executive vice chancellor, by the end of the semester.
Making the brochures on filing sexual harassment grievance procedures easier to read may be one addition to the task force's preliminary recommendations, Wick said.
Wick said the brochures needed to do a better job at helping the victim understand the grievance procedures.
"The general perception was that they were not user-friendly," she said. "It's presented in fairly legalistic language."
Kristin Lange, Lawrence senior,
wrote a letter last spring responding
to the committee's call for campus
input.
She said she liked the committee's
recommendations on defining sexual harassment and making the grievance procedures clearer.
"If they are not explicit, they're completely open to interpretation and interpretation."
Lange said the current grievance procedures were not set up to be workable to a transient student population.
"They need to be resolved more quickly," she said. "They take many semesters, sometimes until after a person graduates, before they can be resolved. That really is more advantageous to someone who works here than a student."
Meyen said that once the report was completed, the administration would use the recommendations to formulate new policies.
The task force was created in January to investigate the University's current sexual harassment policies.
Although the task force concluded that the existing procedures for handling complaints did not violate federal regulations, it found that those procedures could be significantly improved.
After releasing its recommendations April 23, the task force accepted responses from the University community until May 5.
Some of the responses came from Student Senate, faculty governance, the Office of Affirmative Action, University Ombudsman Robert Shelton, two KU students and an anonymous source.
KU student injured in bicycle accident
The pedestrian, Victoria Maier,
Los Alamos, N.M., senior, was listed
in good condition last night at
Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She
suffered a broken nose, broken collarbone, a concussion and miscellaneous lacerations.
A bicyclist struck a pedestrian yesterday at 10:28 a.m. at the corner of Naismith Drive and Irvine Hill Road.
"I feel like anyone who has been hit by a bicycle bombing out of nowhere," she said. "I feel bad."
"He was so close," Mills said. "He screamed, but it was too late."
T. J. Lynn, Overland Park senior, was southbound on Naismith Drive while Maier was crossing Irving Hill
Road. Maier was in the crosswalk when Lynn hit her. Lynn was issued a ticket for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, said Burdel Welsh, KU police representative.
"They were trying to avoid traffic and I guess they didn't see me," Lynn said. "It was too late and I couldn't stop."
Kansan staff report
Paul Mills, Salina freshman, was walking across the street with Maier.
Money allocations cause Senate chaos
Mills said that Lynn flew off his bicycle after he hit Maier. Lynn was not hurt in the incident.
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Lawrence emergency personnel treat Victoria Maier, Los Alamos, N.M., senior, after she was struck by a bicycle at the intersection of Naismith Drive.
By Stacy Morford
Kansan staff writer
The bulk of that total was a $2,000 request by the student lecture series to bring to the University of Kansas nationally-recognized speakers such as Magic Johnson and Spike Lee.
Eight bills requesting about $38,000 brought mass confusion to the Student Senate finance committee last night.
The television station said Benton was in good health. Benton's friends had said she needed daily doses of medicine to prevent epileptic seizures.
tative declined to answer questions about the case last night.
"Look, this is more than half of what we're allowed to spend in a fiscal year," Kevin Sigourney, Senate treasurer, said before the bills were addressed. "Just keep in mind that there'll be other groups coming through next semester that will want funding too."
Med Center, and a 62-year-old man she allegedly has been traveling with was taken into custody by authorities, Kansas Bureau of Investigation representative George Scurman confirmed to KCTV-TV.
Asking questions is the reason the first four bills took two hours to complete.
It was not immediately known whether she also was being questioned by authorities. A KBI represen-
Benton had been missing since Aug. 21 when she failed to return to her dorm room following an apparent weekend outing, her roommate told police.
"If they wanted to table it, that was just fine with us," said Wendy Hills, Hays senior and an advocate of the bill. "People have been here three hours and they weren't listening to a thing we said. This is $20,000 we're talking about here, people need to ask questions."
The lecture-series bill did not reach the Senate floor until after 9 p.m. After 15 minutes of debate, it was tabled.
Missing Emporia State student found at KU Med Center
With Sigourney's warning fresh in their minds, the senators shot down the first bill his $1,073 request to fund AIESEC, an international economics and business club, in less than six minutes.
Dave Wilson, Wichita sophomore, broke the second bill's progress by consulting the rules and regulations. The bill requested $1,840 to provide free transportation for students attending a concert, chamber music and new direction series in Topeka, but paying for transportation with Senate funds is not allowed.
"Don't misinterpret the rules and regulations," said Sigourney, co-cursor of the bill. "Don't read more into it just to kill bills."
Also yesterday, student body president Brad Garlinghouse, vice president Lance Wright, and SenEx chair Lange met for the first time with Haskell Indian Junior College Senators to discuss ways to improve relations between the two schools.
The man, Walter Johnson, was wanted on a parole violation, according to news reports.
Garlinghouse invited Haskell senators to attend KU's Senate meeting next week. Other ideas included KU tours for Haskell students, dances and sports tournaments between the schools.
Bills to finance a college-degree fair and a Hong Kong and Macau student association both were passed, and bans for a cultural India club was tabled.
After Sigourney's comments, the bill passed with no motion to suspend rules and regulations. But the rule book was not put to rest.
Only 24 of the 41 senators who began the meeting remained to vote on the last three bills.
The following two bills requested more than $10,000 to fund two alternative art and literary magazines, Pinch and Kiok, which are similar to the already Senate-financed magazine Take This!. But according to rules and regulations, Senate may not pay for duplicate services.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A missing Emporia State University student was found yesterday at the University of Kansas Medical Center after she tried to refill a prescription and was recognized, authorities say.
Former finance chair Kurt Broeckelmann said, "What makes the finance committee strong and viable is that it is unbiased. I'm saying that we need to stay consistent in passing bills."
The Associated Press
Despite Broeckelmann's speech, the finance committee passed the Kiosk bill while rejecting funding for Pinch.
"Let's take a consensus here," said Kristin Lange, SenEx chair. "How many people are completely thrown into confusion?"
Angela Benton, 20, turned up at the
The meeting was the result of a resolution signed by last year's student body president Alan Lowden to promote a better relationship with Haskell.
By Delin Cormeny
By Dennis Cormen
Kansan staff writer
Panel dispels myths offers advice on rape
Only about 20 people attended the "Date Rape, Acquaintance Rape" program last night at the Kansas Union, but panelists and spectators called the night a success.
The program, sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, began with a film titled "Campus Rape" followed by a discussion from the audience members and the panel.
The film stated that one in six college women were victims of rape or attempted rape and that 90 percent of all rapes are perpetrated by someone the victim knows.
The panelists, each of whom had been trained in sexual assault education, talked about myths and fallacies about rape and offered suggestions to those who have been victimized or who know someone who has.
Danoff-Burg also offered advice to friends of sexual assault victims.
"Often, people think acquaintance rape is not as real as rarer rape," said Sharon Danoff-Burgh. graduate counselor at the center and one of the forum's panelists.
She said the important thing was to
Other panelists addressed how macho stereotypes may inadvertently influence men to be less sensitive toward women. Working on the theme that sexuality is a shared responsibility, panelists handed out literature offering advice on preventing rape.
believe the victim. Do not ask victim-blaming questions such as, "What were you doing with him at 4 a.m." or "Why did that may have led him to it?" she said.
A man should not force someone to have sex, even if:
She dressed provocatively
He thinks she is leading him on.
He had sex with her before.
She agreed to have sex then changed her mind.
A woman should remember that she has the right to:
Sayno.
Dress as she pleases.
Be treated with respect
Agree to have sex then change her mind.
Trust her instinct.
Attention Seniors and Graduate Students
Make a scene if she feels threat ened.
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