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Working through the pain
Some maintain control through self-mutilation. Dealing with divorced parents over the holidays requires a delicate balancing act.JAYPLAY
Talk of Thanksgiving
The Multicultural Resource Center sponsored Thanks-taking: Thanksgiving through Indigenous Eyes yesterday. PAGE 3A
'Hawks in Hollywood
The Kansas soccer team arrived in Los Angeles yesterday and began preparing for its first ever meeting with UCLA. Page 12A
The 'Flash'
Charles Gordon a redshirt wide receiver, stepped into three positions this season and may be a contender for the Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year. PAGE 12A
Starters still in question
The starters for the Kansas men's
basketball team are still undecided for tomorrow's game. PAGE 12A
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Vol.114 Issue No.64
KANSAN
The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
HOME IN SECURITY
High rent doesn't always equal safety By Maggie Newcomer Illustrations by Sean Sc
Jill Brown didn't immediately notice the screens were missing from the windows when she walked into her apartment.
It was past 2 a.m. and her two roommates were asleep, so she went to bed.
Brown, Fleumer and Dinovitz should have stayed aware, though. Only a few days later, a laptop computer and $400 cash that Brown had earned baby-sitting were stolen.
The next day, though, they noticed the windows had no screens and found them on the ground outside their first-floor TuckAwav apartment.
The women called the Lawrence Police Department and officers responded quickly. Because nothing was taken from their apartment, there was no report to be filed. The women say the experience was a close call.
It was early fall and the weather was still mild so Brown, Overland Park senior, and her roommates, seniors Lindsay Fleumer, Leavenworth, and Lori Dinovitz, Sacramento, Calif., had been leaving the windows open.
The women called the police again and the officers told them the offenders had to have been the same person or
people who had visited them before. The offenders had probably been watching the women, police said, and waiting for an opportunity to break in.
The fact that TuckAway has 12-foot metal gates doesn't seem to keep the criminals out.
Paying for protection
Illustrations by Sean Smith
Despite TuckAway's security measures, the number of reported crimes is equal to or higher than many other apartment complexes with a high percentage of student residents.
From January to October, TuckAway residents have reported nine crimes
involving theft from their apartments or cars. TuckAway's neighboring complexes, Graystone Apartments, 2512 W. Sixth St., and Trailridge Apartments, 2500 W. Sixth St., have each had eight reported thefts, although security precautions at those complexes are considerably less. The price range for TuckAway's apartments is $705 to $1,080, which is more than both Graystone and Trailridge and for fewer bedrooms. Highpointe and Jefferson Commons, other luxury apartments, had 13 thefts in that time period.
SEE HOME ON PAGE 5A
STATISTICS BY APARTMENT COMPLEX
Complex Prices Units Bedrooms
Hawker $720-$1,080 38 1-3 bedrooms
TuckAway $705-$1,080 167 1-3 bedrooms
Trailridge $400-$1,089 168 studio-4 bedrooms
Parkway Commons $660-$990 124 1-3 bedrooms
Highpointe $615-$990 not available 1-3 bedrooms
Colony Woods $450-$550 372 2-3 bedrooms
Graystone $410-$825 74 1-3 bedrooms
Jefferson Commons* $199-369 720 3-4 bedrooms
*Rates paid by bedroom, not unit
Sources: Individual complexes
Perkins fields questions
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Athletics director addresses Senate's concern of basketball seating as way to raise fund
By Robert Perkins
rperkins@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
Lew Perkins said the Athletics Department had lost its swagger.
He wants to help get it back.
At a Student Senate meeting yesterday, the Kansas athletics director fielded questions from senators, many of which focused on the department's need for better equipment.
Perkins cited examples such as the poor state of the soccer stadium, lack of office space and the women's rowing team not having a boathouse. The women's soccer team was among his top priorities.
The department is underfunded, he said, with around $70 million to $80 million in equipment needs alone.
"There's no question that we have a need for better facilities," Perkins said.
"We'll have to become as creative as
"There's no question that we have a need for better facilities."
Lew Perkins Kansas athletics director
we can possibly be," Perkins said about raising funds.
Perkins explained that the priority-points system of basketball seating, another area that brought several questions from senators, would be part of raising that money.
The priority-points system, which hasn't been figured out completely, will be a way of reassigning the seating in Allen Fieldhouse. Ticket holders will earn points in areas, such as how long they've had tickets, being involved with
Megah True/Kansan
SEE PERKINS ON PAGE 6A
Kansas athletics director Lew Perkins talked to the Student Senate last night at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union. Perkins spoke about getting better facilities, especially for the women's soccer team.
Parking meeting draws ire, opinions
By Kevin Kampwirth
kkampwirth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Yesterday afternoon, students, faculty and staff were allowed to vent their frustrations about parking on campus.
The Parking Commission sponsors the annual public hearing to provide an opportunity for people to express their opinions, suggestions or complaints.
Donna Hultine, director of parking services, fielded the questions and comments at the hearing and said the commission was doing the best it could to accommodate everyone.
"We take into account every comment and complaint people have," Hultine said. "We're looking for the best solutions available for this campus."
Allen Ford, business professor and chairman of the Parking Commission, said the commission didn't have an agenda. It was simply looking for suggestions about how parking could be more efficient.
The issue addressed most frequently at the meeting was the closing of parking lots at 5:30 p.m. on nights of basketball games, even if one has a permit to park in the lot.
Ford said complaints about the overselling of parking permits and people without handicaps parking in handicapped spots were received most often.
Britt Burns, Leavenworth senior, said he spent a lot of time at Murphy Hall because he was a music major. On nights of men's home basketball games he isn't allowed to park there.
"It really isn't fair that athletics are taking precedence over academics," Burns said.
Ford said that the Athletics Department bought and reserved the parking lots in advance for game nights and that the commission had no control over the situation.
The parking department gets no funding from the University or the state and must rely strictly on the money it brings in from permit sales, fines and parking fees to cover operating costs.
"We have a scarce resource, but we're still trying to keep ticket and permit prices as low as we can." Ford said.
Several students commented that the lack of parking spots at the towers forced them to park at the Lied Center, which resulted in a lengthy walk back to the towers. This raises safety concerns for some students like Amittia Davis, Kansas City, Mo.. sophomore.
Another popular issue at the meeting concerned parking at the Jayhawker Towers.
Davis, a resident of the towers, said that because she didn't get home until after 9 p.m. sometimes, she was forced to park in the Lied Center lot and walk back to the towers.
"I just don't feel safe," she said. "It's dark, and I'm by myself, and it shouldn't have to be that way."
Students and faculty reported problems about time restrictions at certain campus buildings, specifically behind Carruth-O'Leary, JRP and Murphy halls.
Hultine said the commission would examine all the afternoon's suggestions and comments and consider making changes whenever possible.
Edited by JJ Hensley
KJHK selects new general manager
By Robert Perkins rperkins@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The shift in power at KJHK has begun. Andrew Dierks was named the new general manager for JHK yesterday.
This has been described as the first step in the transition of the radio station from the School of Journalism to the KU Memorial Unions.
"It seems like we're heading on the
right track, and we've got a great general manager," said Meredith Vacek, station manager for KIHK.
Vacek said that
Dierks' experience, dedication and respect for the station's traditions won him the position.
"He was a highly competitive candidate," she said. "He impressed everyone he talked to."
"I have some very big shoes to fill," Dierks said. "He's done a marvelous job."
Dierks will be taking over for Gary Hawke, professor of journalism.
Hawke could not be reached for comment, but he will continue to work in the School of Journalism.
This won't be the first time that Dierks,
a Lawrence resident and 1999 University
While he was attending classes at the University, Dierks was an assistant music director from 1997 to 1998 and music director from 1998 to 1999.
of Kansas graduate, has worked for the campus radio station.
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In addition, while working for KJHK as an undergraduate, he met the woman he would later marry - Erin Curtis-Dierks.
SEE KJHK ON PAGE 6A