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VOL. 115 ISSUE 75
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8,2004
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Fall crimes beget court cases
Several men accused of crimes this semester face approaching court dates and sentencing
BY ANAMDA O'TOLE
aotole@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
It's been a while since crime headlines have stretched across pages of The University Daily Kansan, but alleged criminals are still in the news.
Court cases stemming from past events in Douglas and Johnson counties are ongoing.
The following is a compilation of continuing court cases involving persons from the University of Kansas.
Reported rapes: Three rapes have been reported on campus this semester, said Maj. Chris Keary, assistant chief of the University of Kansas Public Safety Office. They appear below in chronological order.
Sept. 23: An 18-year-old female KU student told the public safety office that the rape occurred between 9 p.m.
Sept. 22 and 6:30 a.m. Sept 23 in McCollum Hall, Capt. Schuyler Bailey said.
She told officers that a man raped her in a room in the residence hall after
they attended a gathering.
Alcohol was listed as a contributing factor.
The suspect is a 20-year-old male KU student.
Oct. 31: A 20-year-old female KU student reported to the KU Public Safety Office that an acquaintance raped her sometime between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m. in Iav Hawker Towers.
ed in.
He said the woman told officers that
Keary said he could not release which tower the rape reportedly happened in.
the male held her arms down and forced intercourse after she repeatedly said "no."
The report listed alcohol as a contributing factor.
The office sent the case to the Douglas County District Attorney's office for further consideration.
Nov. 9: A 16-year-old woman reported to the KU Public Safety Office that an 18-year-old man raped her in a room in Ellsworth Hall.
Both the man and the woman were guests of hall residents.
The report listed alcohol as a contributing factor.
The case is still being investigated. Keary said the office was waiting on the results of lab tests from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation before it could send the case to the Douglas County District Attorney's office for further consideration.
Jesse Plaster: The 23-year-old Tonganoxie resident was charged with aggravated robbery of a KU freshman in
Expansion funds to go to Legislature
By Ross Fitch
fitch@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
More basketball courts and an expansion of free weights could be available to students by 2006.
Last month, the Kansas Board of Regents approved a proposal for an expansion of the Student Fitness Recreation Center. The expansion includes four more basketball courts, four racquetball courts, at least a 2,000 square-foot addition to the freeweights area and an extension of the track, said Mary Chappell, director of KU Recreation Services.
After the Regents approve a proposal, it must pass through Legislature before anything can be done. The proposal will be presented during the next legislative session in January, Chappell said, but it won't go to vote until late April or early May 2005.
Chappell said she thought
Legislature would approve the proposal because it did not include additional fees for students.
The proposal would only authorize the money to be used for the projects, Bryan Young, Houston senior and chairman of the Student Senate Recreation Advisory Board, said. But the specific uses of the funds will be decided if Legislature approves the proposal.
The proposal would ask for about $6.3 million, Chappell said. The money will come from an agreement between Andy Knopp, last year's student body president, and University of Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins. The Athletics Department agreed to provide funding for the recreation center's expansion and renovations in exchange for about 1,500 fewer student seats in Allen Fieldhouse.
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Laura Lorson, from KANU Radio, (middle) introduces the panel of professionals who spoke about the 2004 election last night at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. The panel members discussed the implications of a close presidential race.
Bipartisan panel discusses election
BY ANDY HYLAND
ahyland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
"We have to define ourselves as more than just anti-Bush," said Michele Stockwell, director of social and family policy for the Progressive Policy Institute. "We have to offer our own reforms."
A bipartisan group of panelists at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics agreed last night: The Democrats have some work to do.
cussing the 2004 election at the Institute. The group discussed the results and projected them to the future.
The interest in this election was unprecedented, with voter turnout at 59 percent, which was up from 51 percent in 2000, said Neil Newhouse, partner and co-founder of Public Opinion Strategies, a republican polling firm.
Newhouse said President George W. Bush won partially by consolidating his base, as 93 percent of Republicans
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She was one of four panelists die.
Last dance of semester
African art students masquerade for grade
BY NIKOLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Ginny Weatherman/KANSAN
A group of African art students were given a choice of how to end the semester: write a research paper or perform a masquerade.
Ten students from Gitti Salamis Introduction to African Art class worked together from the start of the semester to put together a masquerade performance from what they learned about African art and culture. The group of African art students finished their semester final projects by dressing up in fabrics of many colors, singing, dancing and evoking power from the spirit world.
It all came together at 9:30 yesterday morning in the tunnel between the Kansas Union and the Spencer Museum of Art.
Salami, assistant professor of art history and African-American studies, found the tunnel when she first interviewed at the University of Kansas.
Curtis McCoy, Des Moines, Iowa, senior, beats his drum in a costume covered in dry leaves, representing a native African doctor yesterday morning in a tunnel below the Kansas Union. McCoy participated in a masquerade as part of his final project grade for Gitti Salami's Introduction to African Art class.
"I was taken through the tunnel and I knew it would be a great place for a performance," Salami said.
In the middle of the tunnel, paper wrapped around five brick pillars. Behind the paper was a mysterious being that represented female energy, which was played by Monica Gundelfinger, Prairie Village sophomore, and Adriane Verhoeven, Kansas City, Mo., junior. They tried to coax out the spirit of health by dancing, singing and getting the audience involved with the noise-making.
"It was exhilarating," Gundelfinger said. "You could feel the energy from the audience."
What the professor liked best about the performance was that the group members were able to convey the difference between a masquerade and a theatrical or dance performance, she said. Masquerading is a genre of art that doesn't really exist anywhere else except in Africa, she said. The assignment was not just to perform an African masquerade, but also to study the art and create a unique performance. Salami felt that the group was successful in creating a masquerade that related to the students' struggles.
"It was beyond my expectations," Salami said.
Students, staff and community members filled the tunnel. Some jangled their car keys and joined the spirits in evoking the health spirit out of hiding. Verhoeven said she didn't just do this for the class, that she wanted to do it.
A masquerade shows that the tangible world and the spirit world are connected, Mocha Jackson, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., said. Jackson took Salami's class to learn more about African art but now knows more about African culture as well.
The next portion of the masquerade included a muse spirit struggling with the spirits of weariness and time. The students thought that these were two things that kept creativity from happening. Salami said.
"You can't talk about the art without talking about the culture," Jackson said.
Mark Olson, curator in the art history department, said he attended
because he received an e-mail from Salami and thought the project sounded interesting.
"It was a great idea for no other reason than the acoustics in here are great." Olson said.
His wife, Stephanie, home schools and brought their 5-year old daughter, Annie, and Calred Holond, 5, to see the performance.
The girls clapped and danced along with the performers and enjoyed picking up the parts of the costumes that were left behind.
"I thought it would be cool for the kids to see," Stephanie Olson said.
— Edited by Paige Worthy
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Illegal downloading
The RIAA and MPAA are cracking down on students who illegally download music and movies to their computers through campus and off-campus networks. PAGE 3A
Mangino moving, maybe
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino is a possible candidate for the Notre Dame coaching position, according to the South Bend Tribune. PAGE 1B
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