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Vol. 109 • No. 11
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KU senators worried about ruling
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Wisconsin decision could set precedent
By Seth Jones Kansan staff writer
A ruling involving the University of Wisconsin-Madison has members of Student Senate talking.
On August 10, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ruling of Southworth vs. Grebe that the student government at Wisconsin could no longer allocate student fees to various organizations that students had voiced complaints against and did not want to support.
The organizations included the campus women's center.
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Campus Center and other special interest groups.
The decision has bearing only in the 7th District, which does not include Kansas, but it sets a precedent that concerns senators and University organizations that could be affected.
Allen Omoto, faculty adviser for Queers and Allies, said diverse organizations still should be supported by student fees.
"The University is for all different types of students," he said. "The educational mission of the University goes much further than just textbooks, and tolerance and diversity are important parts of that education. I hope that we would be able to think about special interest when it comes to funding."
Partha Mazumdar, graduate senator, has issued a resolution to oppose the decision made by the court and offer assistance to the Associated Students of Madison to help them
In his resolution, Mazumdar said the court's decision would result in the shriveling and corruption of extracurricular activities on Wisconsin's campus and would compromise core values of open inquiry.
Mazudar didn't think the ruling posed an immediate threat to the University but thought an official stance against it should be taken.
with fighting this case and its implications.
If the resolution is passed through committees tonight, full Senate will vote on it next Wednesday.
kevin Yoder, Student Senate president.
said the organizations Senate supported was a judgment call.
"The University has an obligation to provide students with diverse views as an educational mission," he said. "Should students have to pay for a political speech? Does the football team offend anyone? We want these things, but how do you know what some students oppose and what others support..."
More information Senate committees start meeting tonight. See page 2A
Suspects arrested in auto thefts
By Keith Burner
Kansan staff writer
Although the men were not arrested burglaring students' cars, they could be connected to some of the cases, police said.
More than 40 KU students reported a total of $30,000 in thefts of property from their cars in the first two weeks of the semester. Lawrence police said.
Pollice had not caught anyone burglarizing a car in that time until late Monday and early Tuesday, when five men were arrested in two separate incidents.
At 11:18 p.m. Monday, a 19-year-old Washburn University student saw three men breaking into his
An officer immediately was dispatched.
Shortly after the i n c i d e n t, Lawrence police received a call from a person who was following the car being driven by the suspects.
PREVENTION
"The officer then tried to stop the car," Sgt. Wheeler said. "They attempted
Be sure to lock your
car when you leave it
Do not leave CDs or other items in sight.
Put them in your ink cup.
or when you have a detachable-trace or a pull-out stereo, take it with you when you leave your car.
Always park in well- lighted areas
Always park in well lighted areas.
-Lawrence Police Sgt.
George Wheeler
Shultz's car had been parked on Sunset Drive, close to her sorority.
to elude. After a brief chase, they abandoned the car and were apprehended on foot a short distance from the car."
rex Pinegar, 28, and Christopher Palmer, 22, both Lawrence residents, and Tony Cooley, 29, residency unknown, were charged with automotive burglary, felony theft of property and criminal damage to property.
At 12:10 a.m. yesterday, about an hour after the first arrests, two more men were arrested on similar charges in the 2900 block of Four Wheel Drive.
The damage to the Bronco was valued at $600. A CD player and a cellular phone, valued together at $780, also were stolen from the Lawrence police said.
A security guard from a nearby car dealership saw the men and called the police, who arrested them shortly thereafter, Lawrence police said.
Justin Swisher, 18-year-old Lawrence resident, was arrested on charges of attempted burglary, criminal damage to property and automotive burglary.
In that incident, two men caused $400 in damage while trying to break into a Topeka resident's car.
Lawrence police said Marritt was the lookout for Swisher, who entered two vehicles late Monday and early Tuesday.
Dustin Merritt, 19-year old Lawrence resident, was arrested on charges of aiding and abetting a crime.
Callie Shultz, Lawrence sophomore, discovered that her car had been burglarized Monday. Her driver-side window was broken, and her CD player had been stolen.
"The only thing that would help much would be if more parking were available closer to sorority houses," she said.
By Jason Pearce Kansan staff writer
The Dow's 288-point resurgence yesterday was proof to some University of Kansas business faculty and students that a normal correction occurred on the stock market.
occurred on the 8,022 day
After dropping 357 points last Thursday and 512
points Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
climbed to 7,827.43 points yesterday.
Mark Hirschey, professor of business, said the recent point drops were not unusual.
"What is unusual is that the stock market has gone up so smoothly without a correction for so long," Hirschey said.
The stock market has had an uninterrupted boom since 1980, he said.
"Stocks typically go up but not in such a straight line," Hirschey said.
In July, the Dow reached a peak of 9,377.97 points but since has dropped more than 19 percent. The Aug. 31 drop was the second largest ever, which was smaller than the $524.26 drop from October of 1997.
"The stock market has a history of those declines every one or two years." Hirschey said.
on two years. The stock market Hirschel said the stock market had not suffered drastically because of a group of 20 leading companies—including Coke, Microsoft and Dell Computers—that kept market prices and earnings high during the market's decline.
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Hirschey said that companies such as America On Line and Amazon.com suffered large losses because they did not have enough earnings to back up their high market prices.
Recent market drops might change investment strategies, said Garreth Hippe, Lawrence business graduate student.
"More investors may do some option straddling where they will make money if the market continues to go way up or way down," Hippe said.
He said many people have thought that the drops were needed to correct high market values.
were better educated in the psychology of the market." Hippe said. "It goes down when people and the media talk about it going down."
Arahman Mor, Wilmette, Ill., sophomore, said that he recently lost money in the market.
"My parents started a trust fund that paid for my tuition, housing and other bills." Mor said.
tution,building and training.
His trust fund, made out of Supervalue stocks,
dropped from 35 points to 20 15/16 points in the last
two weeks.
Mor paid most of his University bills before the stock-market drops.
"Now it looks like the stock is going to climb back up, so I am not too worried," he said.
A Titanic release
The award-winning film Titanic, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was avail- able for sale and rental at 12:01 a.m. yesterday at Blockbuster Video and Hastings. Lines began forming at Blockbuster about an half-hour before the video was released. The movie premiered in theaters last fall. Contributed photo.
Floods of fans buy Titanic
By Augustus Anthony Plazza
Kanson staff writer
Lines form to get blockbuster movie at video stores
Students waited in line for more than an hour early yesterday morning to rent or buy the movie Titanic from Blockbuster Video, 1516 W. 23rd St.
Justin Jay, Leawood senior and assistant manager at Blockbuster Video, said 80 copies of the regular version and 11 copies of the letterbox version were sold
The movie, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, was available for sale and rent at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
before the store closed at 2 a.m
The store reopened at 10:00 a.m. and as of yesterday afternoon, Blockbuster had sold 300 regular copies of the movie and 30 copies of the letterbox copies.
The line of Titanic fariest formed at 11:30 p.m. Monday and stretched from one side of the store to the other.
"It was almost all students," Jay said.
Maggy Walters, Overland Park freshman, said, "We didn't have anything else to do tonight."
Sarah Blackwell, Topea sophomore, said that she had waited in line to buy CDs before but never movies.
Andy O'Hanlon, Dodge City senior, went to Blockbuster to do more than just buy the movie.
more than half by the side.
"I'm here to pick up chicks,"
O'Hanlon said.
Not all of the students at Blockbuster Video were happy to be there.
"I want to go home," said Bronwyn Loebel, Lawrence junior, a cashier at Blockbuster. "I just can't believe how many people are showing up tonight."
Many of the students said they planned to watch the movie when they got home.
Hastings also stayed open late yesterday but had a lower turnout than Blockbuster. Management
"They've been insane," Jay said. Jay also said that the store might run out of copies to sell by tonight but that the rental copies should be in stock up until the weekend.
The high level of interest continued all day. Jay said a lot of people bought and rented the movie as the day progressed.
Thomas Franklin, Independence junior, picks up his copy of Titanic. Franklin was the first customer at Blockbuster Video to purchase the movie. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
at Hastings said they were unable to release the number of *Titanic* sales. The store also had a *Titanic*
trivia contest and an "Iceberg Ahead" screening contest yesterday morning before closing at
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