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Freshman sees future as high school teacher
Courtnev Kuhlen/Kansan
Bob Borowiecki, Naperville, Ill., freshman, examined a golf ball used for playing hallway golf. Borowiecki said he wanted to be a teacher because he had great relationships with his high school teachers.
By Zack Hemenway
zhemenway@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Every face in the crowd and every name in the phonebook has a story behind it. Every week, Kansan staff writer Zack Hemenway tells the story of a randomly selected KU student.
Bob Borowiecki cuts quite the silhouette in front of Hashinger Hall. Thick sideburns spiral out underneath the Naperville, Ill., freshman's grey wool beret, and his black goatee hangs 3 to 4 inches below his chin as he puffs on tobacco in his pipe.
The pipe always gets people's attention, but not everyone appreciates Borowiecki's unique habit.
"These soccer moms always think I'm smoking pot," he said with a laugh.
Those "soccer moms" might need remember their elementary-school lessons on judging books by their covers. Borowiecki, who incidentally has never toked on marijuana, is a conscientious freshman who has already
When Borowiecki was in high school, he looked at his teachers with a unique perspective. He saw himself in 20 years.
planned out a career helping kids.
"I was always one of those kids who was kind of a nerd and made friends with all his teachers," he said.
Borowiecki saw his teachers as models for his future. He decided to become a high-school history teacher during his junior year. He said his experiences had taught him teachers could make an impact in students' lives.
"High school is a time of turmoil for a lot of students," he said. "I could be one of those teachers who could teach from the books, but also teach them from the heart, teach them about life."
Borowiecki's roommate William Osbourn said he thought Borowiecki would get along well with his future students.
"He's really outgoing and easy to get along with," Osbourn, Olathe freshman, said.
The decision to go into teaching went against tradition in
Borowiecki's family. His two older brothers both have MBAs and careers in business. Borowiecki said he saw his brothers' 90-hour workweeks and number-crunching jobs and knew that the field wasn't for him.
"I just couldn't be in a profession that's all about money," he said. "I need to do something where I can help people."
Borowiecki remains close with his brothers, who are 24 and 26 and recent college graduates. He said his brothers gave him half-serious advice before he left home to come to the University.
"My brother Mike told me, 'don't do anything I wouldn't do,'" he said. "But he was president of a fraternity in college."
Borowiecki hasn't joined any organizations at the University, preferring activism of a more solitary nature.
After his classes in the Budig lecture halls as he walks across Wescoe Beach, Borowieci often picks up trash left behind by other students and throws it away. Borowieci said this small act
was part of a larger life philosophy.
prty "Whenever it strikes me that I can better a situation, I try to do that, rather than leave things as they are," he said.
Borowiecki would like to be an resident assistant next year, and in some aspects has already begun the job. He keeps his door open at almost all times in case anyone needs anything. He said his friends have noticed this helpful attitude.
"People seem to come to me with their problems," he said. "I try to help them find ways to solve them."
Borowiecki's University career is only a few months old, but his life is full of plans and goals. Teaching high school in 10 years is one. He might teach college in 20. He wants to stay in the residence halls as an RA next year, and study abroad before he graduates. Borowiecki said he liked having options.
"I have all these doors open to me," he said. "I'll go wherever life pushes me."
Campus Police still investigating Sigma Kappa fraud case
The Lawrence Police Department is still investigating a possible embezzlement from the Xi chapter of Sigma Kappa sorority, 1325 West Campus Road.
The sorority's house corporation board filed a report with the Lawrence police Jan. 31. A former treasurer of the corporation board is suspected of taking as much as $61,110 from the organization.
"It's being investigated," Ruth Rader, board treasurer, said. "We don't know what the outcome will be, but everyone tells us it will take time."
The 33-year-old female suspect, who lived in Lawrence when the crime was reported, was asked to turn records over to the board last November but
did not immediately give the board the books, according to an article published Feb. 6 in The University Daily Kansan.The article said personal items such as phone and credit card bills had been paid out of the house account over a two-year period from Nov.5,2000,to Nov.11, 2002.
Both Rader and Sigma Kappa president Amy Potter, Overland Park senior. declined to give additional details because the case is still under investigation by the police department.
Sgt. Mike Pattrick, Lawrence Police Department, said detectives were still looking into the case.
Patrick said because the crime took place during such a large span of time, going through records and gathering information would take time.
Abby Mills
Series of residence intrusions creates safety concerns for tenants, neighbors
By Joe Hartigan jhartigan@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
She grabbed a knife and locked herself in the bathroom after she realized the front door was open.
Then she called her roommate, who notified neighbors and police that an intruder had broken in.
"Ever since that night I've woken up at three or four." Megan Elston, Wichita sophomore, said. "I'll wake up and think he's still there."
Intruders have tried to get into the homes of five University of Kansas students in the last week. Two of them were successful in
breaking into the homes, and one Lawrence man was arrested early this week.
The man was arrested after an incident that occurred on Monday. The victim awoke at 3:30 a.m. and saw a man standing in her doorway.
She yelled at the man, and they spoke. He then left, and a suspect was arrested later that morning.
There have been incidents since the arrest.
A 27-year-old KU student living with her 19-year-old sister reported a similar incident that occurred at 6 a.m. Wednesday
A 19-year-old KU student living in Jefferson Commons, 2511 W.31st St., reported an incident
A neighbor of that student, a 19-year-old Kansas student reported a similar incident five minutes later.
at 12:45 a.m.yesterday.
During the summer, the Lawrence Police Department investigated reports by several women who said they woke up to find a man next to them in their beds.
Sgt. Mike Patrick of the Lawrence police said he couldn't be sure at this time whether the recent incidents were related to the summer incidents.
"Any time we would make an arrest on anybody,we would take a look at past incidences," Patrick said. "At this time, I can't say
with any degree of certainty that this is the case."
Patrick said the investigation was ongoing.
Elston now has floodlights surrounding the dark area around her house. She and her roommate posted fliers in her neighborhood so neighbors were aware of the incident.
One neighbor called and said she had never seen anything like this happen in her neighborhood during the 14 years she had lived there.
"You never really think something like that could happen," Elston said.
- Edited by Dave Nobles
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