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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102.NO.18
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
(USPS 650-640)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1992
ADVERTISING: 864-4358
Resource Center to hold forum on date rape
At least one in four women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, and about 90 percent of college rape victims are violated by someone they know, said Sharon Danoff-Burg, graduate assistant in the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
By Delin Cormeny Kansan staff writer
The statistics are part of the reason why she agreed to be one of four student panelists at the
The program is scheduled for 7 tonight in the Pine Room and is sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
"There's this myth that most rapes are stranger rapes, where someone attacks you from out of the dark," Danoff-Burg said. "That does happen, but not in the majority of rapes."
"Date Rape, Acquaintance Rape"
forum tonight in the Kansas
Union.
"Regardless of those things, unless a woman says 'yes,' it's rape," she said.
women and will feature a film titled "Campus Rape." Panelists will discuss issues covered in the film, and an audience-participation discussion will follow.
"People need to understand it isn't the fault of the woman," Danoff-Burg said. "Nobody deserves to be sexually assaulted or does anything to ask for it. The rapist is the one who needs to be held accountable."
said the forum would address problems that contribute to date rape, such as miscommunication, drugs and alcohol.
She said she hoped people would become aware of what date rape was. A forum advertisement defines date rape as forced sexual intercourse by someone you know.
The forum is open to men and
Resource Center and acting dean of student life, said the Resource Center sponsored an outreach program which brought sexual assault education programs to residence halls, scholarship halls and fraternities.
"When I came here there was no such thing as date rape or acquaintance rape," she said. "Those things didn't even have a title. Now it's a topic that's discussed and people are a lot more educated about it."
Barbara Ballard, director of the
The Emily Tay for Women's Resource Center is sponsoring a forum entitled "Date Rape, Acquaintance Rape" from 7 to 9 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. The forum will include a film presentation and discussion.
Climbers set new heights on rock walls
Rock Chalk
By Stacy Morford Kansan staff writer
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Three silhouettes nimbly eased up the back wall of Stauffer-Fint Hall — one story, two stories, three stories, and came to a rest on the roof. The rock climbers nervously scanned the grounds, then descended the wall, their adventure complete.
For years, KU students have tried to form a rock-climbing club but have been limited because the only scalable walls on campus were buildings like Stauffer-Flint and Bailey halls that are built of stone.
But scaling these walls is considered criminal trespassing, Lawrence police said.
A donation from REL, a Washington state outdoor equipment company, used to purchase two rock walls for Robinson Center, has finally made legal rock climbing a possibility at KU.
Last week, about 90 rock climbers got their first peek at the 30-foot-high climbing wall and the 8-foot-high training wall set up in room 207.
"It just looks odd," Bruce Gleason, Seattle junior, said of the climbing wall. "It's an odd-looking wall with little artificial rocks sticking out that are bolted on. They're bolted so we can move them and change the difficulty of the wall."
To Gleason, the walls cannot compare to the cliffs in north Washington state that he scaled in high school, but because Kansas has no quality climbing sites, the walls would suffice. he said.
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"It's kind of like if you ever climbed a tree as a kid," Gleason said. "It's tricky, like solving a puzzle. It's the whole process of getting up and balancing yourself and moving up the mountain or the wall that's exciting."
Fewer than half of the students that attended the rock climbing club's informational meeting Thursday had more than four years of rock-climbing experience, Chris Nichols, Shawney junior, said. About 25 climbers who considered themselves experts returned on Sunday to try out the wall.
Those experienced climbers will teach grips and techniques to newcomers and control their safety ropes from the ground as they ascend and descend the wall.
Climbers will be required to use a helmet, harness and rope and pulley for safety when scaling the larger wall, Nichols said. The training wall allows climbers to work on strength and balance and to fine-tune their grips without the danger of height or the need for safety equipment.
"If you don't know what you're doing, rock climbing can be very dangerous." Gleason said. "It really depends on how you climb. If you're climbing without a rope, 10 feet can be dangerous. I guess a good point we should add is not try this at home."
The next rock climbing club meeting will be at 7:30 Thursday in 202 Robinson Center.
Daron J. Bennett / KANSAN
Hanging on by his fingers and toes, Chris Nichols, Shawnee junior, scales the new rock-climbing wall that was installed last month in Robinson Center. The wall was used for the first time on Sunday.
Custodians moving trash at KU residence halls have been punctured by needle residents used for insulin or allergy shots. A Watkins nurse urges students to dispose of needles properly.
Cigarettes can no longer be sold singly
See story, Page 3.
Custodian, pricked by needle, faces HIV test
Many nutritional supplements that promise muscle growth, increased testosterone levels or fat reduction have no medical support for their advertised claims, according to a survey released by the Centers for Disease Control.
Diet aids fall short of claims
See story, Page 16.
By Jay Koester
Special to the Kansar
Smokers who want to buy a cigarette at the Kansas Union can no longer buy just one.
The Union candy counter had been selling single cigarettes for a year but had to stop about a month ago when employees at the counter discovered it was against state law.
"Since the state taxes cigarettes by the pack, they have no proof that taxes are being paid on the single cigarettes," said Bill Towns, operations supervisor at the Kansas Union. "We should have realized that before, we just didn't think about it."
The Union candy counter recently discontinued the sale of individual cigarettes. To have a smoke, customers must now buy a whole pack of 20 or 25 cigarettes.
The Union was one of several locations around Lawrence that were in violation of the law. The stores this summer were notified of the violation by a state official.
Hazel Smith, supervisor of the state's Cigarette and Miscellaneous Tax Department, said that the law prohibiting single-cigarette sales was not new but that the problem arose when the price of a pack of cigarettes became too high for some customers.
Diane Platt, a tax examiner for the state's Cigarette and Miscellaneous Tax Department, said she thought the sale of single cigarettes was a problem outside of Lawrence also.
The candy counter in the Union first began selling single cigarettes because of the demand from people trying to quit, Towns said. Customers believed that if they did not have to buy a whole pack they would smoke less.
"People who did not smoke much did not want to pay for a whole pack, and that is when some stores began to sell single writes," she said. "Eventually they got caught."
"I'm sure they will all get caught." Plaintiff said. "If you know of any businesses that are in the area, we can help."
The Town Crier chain had been selling single cigarettes for 20 years, said George Austin, an employee of the store. The store offered imported and clove cigarettes as well as domestic brands. A field representative for the Kansas Revenue Department confiscated all of the Town Crier's cigarettes at the end of July.
"We get many complaints from people who feel that if they have to buy a whole pack, they will end up smoking a whole pack," said Miles, Town and Country Markets employee.
The candy counter sold the cigarettes for 15 cents each, and Towns said he estimated they sold two to three packs of individual cigarettes a day.
"We still get complains all the time from people who are trying to quit," said Matt Teel, an employee at the candy counter. "They hate having to buy a whole pack."
"They allow us to sell single cigars without a tax stamp on every one like we have for 100 years, but they won't allow us to sell single cigarettes," Breitenthal said. "This is an area of service that has been invaded by the law, but I'm not going to fight it because I didn't make any money off of it."
Other stores in Lawrence also previously sold single cigarettes, including Kaw River Cigarette.
Ninth St., Town Crier, 930 Massachusetts St. and Town and Country Markets, 501 W. Ninth St.
Dick Breitenthal, owner of the Town Crier, said he thought the action was unfair
"I really don't see where the problem was," Austin said. "There was a taxicker on every pack we opened to sell singles out of it. If we like we were selling bootieg cigarettes."
Lost items might not be gone
By Christina Slape
Special to the Kansan
Scott Martin, storekeeper II with the KU police, recommended that students first inquire in the building where the item was lost.
It could be called Murphy's law of ownership: Anything that possibly could be left behind in a classroom or the cafeteria, sooner or later will be.
But if students know where to look for something they have lost, there is a greater chance they will find it. And students should look, because many things left at the various lost-and-found boxes on campus never get picked up.
"Most of the larger buildings, like Wescoe and Strong, have their own lost and found," he said.
If something appears to be of little value, a custodian might throw it away or give it to a department secretary. If someone can vary from building to building,
Custodians find most lost items, said Phil Endacott, associate director of facilities operations for housekeeping services. Custodians usually make the call on what to do with something that has been found, he said.
"We like to go out of our way to return things to the owners," Endacott said. "It helps us overcome the stereotype that custodians are less than honest."
For example, the fourth floor of Wescoe is used by so many classes that a custodian may not know which department or professor has used the room or even during what hour of the day the item was left, Endacott said. In such cases, items of value are turned over to the KU police.
The custodians work hard to reinforce the idea that they are extremely honest and will turn in anything they find, he said.
Endacott said that because custodians were the lowest-paid employees on campus, with master keys to all the buildings and rooms, they were always suspect if something was missing.
"We have found diamond rings left on the edge of a sink and also watches that we have been able to return to the owners." Endacott said. "Usually these are left around, sometimes sunglasses, or there we find hats, gloves and scarves."
Burdel Welsh, KU police, said that eventually most things were given to the KU police. He said that students should keep checking with the police for a couple of weeks because individuals, teachers or department offices may hold items for a while before sending them to the police.
"We keep a catalog of the items we have, and if a student calls in looking for something, we can tell right away whether we have it," Martin said. "If it's something that's been lost in the last day or two, we'll take their name and number and contact them if it's turned in to us."
Martin said that if an item was identifiable in some way, by serial number, name or ID number, the police would try to contact that person.
"We usually have pretty good luck with that," he said.
Property that cannot be identified is held for six months before being
Story continues. Page 14.
Lost and found
■ Kansas Unlon:
Clear plastic rain hat
Green and yellow scarf with
red roses
Black, weathered Bible
Miscellaneous textbooks
Blue cloth jacket
Pink nylon jacket with blue strip
Wescoe Terrace:
Pair of aviator-style sunglasses
Gray cloth jacket
**Robinson Gymnasium:**
Pair of brown Birkenstocks
P pair of black and gray swimming goggles
Pair of reebok Pumps, high tops Red, blue and gray T-shirts Red, blue and gray towels, plus a pink and blue towel adorned with animals
Two karate belts, one brown and another white
Karate belt, two
Dan Schauer / KANSAN