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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, December 2, 1997
Does that look straight to you?
James Terry and James Moutray of F activities Operations Landscape examine whether the wreath in front of Strong Hall is straight. They hung the wreath yesterday afternoon to decorate the hall for the holiday season. Photo by Roger Nomer/KAN SAAN
Greeks get together to help community
By Sarah McWilliams smcwilliams@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
In the hope of helping their community, members of KU fraternities and sororites are joining together again this year as part of the Fraternity and Sorority Foundation.
Amy Terril, Kansas City, Mo, junior and foundation cochairwoman, said each of the 37 chapters of the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association would donate either 5 percent or $100 from the total funds raised by their major philanthropies this year to local youth services.
Members of the foundation board have accepted applications from local agencies and will decide by January to which ones they want to donate, said Gustavo Fernandez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, senior and foundation co-chairman.
The foundation was started in 1989 by members of the greek community because they wanted to make an impact on their local community, said Bill Nelson, associate director of the Student Activities and Leadership Development Center and
"It teaches them two things," McKnight said. "It increases their awareness of problems in the community, and it allows them to see that something tangible can be done about the problems."
The subject returned a few minutes later and again began to mass
Allen Ford, professor of business and member of the board, said the students took advice from the faculty and community members involved but that they did most of the work at the foundation.
The board made its first donation in 1992 to Head Start of Douglas County, and each year since it has raised from $1,000 to $5,000 for a variety of causes, including mental health, the elderly, domestic violence and the homeless. Nelson said.
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Phil McKnight, school of education professor, said he became part of the board because he thought it affected not only the Lawrence community but the students themselves.
Masked masturbator offends Miller women
The student called the KU police department and then went to get two of her friends. The three people watched the subject pull his pants back up and walk away.
Three KU students saw a man masturbating just before 8 p.m. on Nov. 25 outside Miller Scholarship Hall. KU police said.
The foundation board includes eight members of fraternities and sororities, two KU faculty members and two members of the Lawrence community.
One student told police she had seen the man from her second-floor window. She said the man exposed himself and had a flashlight shining on his penis. The man saw her in the window, shined the light on her and then began to masturbate, the student said.
coordinator of greek programs.
turbate, one of the student's friends told police. The man stopped a few minutes later and walked south, away from the hall.
The 114-passenger Amtrak train smashed into the 1991 Geo Metro at between 50 and 60 miles per hour.
When police arrived the man had already left.
No one was injured in the collision.
The students described the man as heavy set wearing green khaki pants and a long-sleeve white T-shirt. The man was also wearing a black skimask.
Police continue to investigate.
A University of Kansas graduate student lost her car Friday morning to a 20-car, three-engine train. No one was injured in the collision.
Passenger train hits car stalled on track
impaled it and pushed the car about 300 yards down the track, according to police reports. The vehicle was totaled. The train received minor damage.
The driver was a1. ested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
"There were more or less scratches on the plow of the train," said Bob Langer, Amtrak manager of train operations.
Lawrence police said the car's driver knew that the street curved, but she turned too soon. The car was stuck on the tracks 87 feet from the crossing, police said.
The collision occurred shortly after 2 a.m. near the 1500 block of East 11th Street.
The engine was backed up and the car was removed from the front of the train, Langer said. After a two hour delay, the train continued on its way to Los Angeles, where it
arrived at 2 p.m. Saturday, Langer said. He said no one left the train and that no crew members were replaced.
"It left with everything exactly the same except a few extra dings on the engine," Langer said.
KU freshman injured in two-car collision
A KU student was seriously injured in a two-car accident Wednesday morning when the truck he was driving crossed the center line of U.S. Highway 69 south of Louisburg and collided with another vehicle.
Blake, who was trapped in his
Judd M. Blake, Ulysses freshman, was taken by helicopter from the scene. He is in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph Health Center in Kansas City, Mo.
vehicle following the accident, has had several surgeries since Wednesday, said Miami County sheriff's department representatives.
Blake was driving south in a 1988 Toyota truck owned by his employer, DJW Inc. of Pittsburg. When the truck crossed the center line, it collided with a 1996 Chevrolet truck. The accident injured Blake and two other people.
The other two people, Aaron W. Wingert, Mission resident, and Brian S. Dickerson, Shawnee resident* were taken by ambulance to Columbia Overland Park Regional Medical Center where they were treated Wednesday.
The accident destroyed both vehicles. Sheriff's deputies and Louisburg police officers are continuing to investigate the accident.
— Kansan staff reports