TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2004
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
3A
CAMPUS
Elderly woman spies masturbating interloper
An 80-year-old woman got an eye-full early Thursday morning when she looked out her window to see an exposed man masturbating in front of her window.
The woman promptly called police after she saw the man, Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence police, said.
Police have not identified any suspects in the case, Ward said.
Ward would not say where the woman lived but said the public masturbation happened in between Iowa and Mississippi streets.
The man was described as wearing tan pants, a tan ball cap and a black or tan jacket.
Ward said there is not any known connection to this case and any previous public masturbation cases.
Amanda O'Toole
Vehicle break-ins, theft occur during KU game
At least two vehicles were broken into while the KU men's basketball team played Vermont Friday evening, according to reports from the University of Kansas Public Safety Office.
A 72-year-old Lawrence resident reported a purse and wallet were stolen from his white Jeep in lot 90, the parking lot across Naismith Drive from the Allen Fieldhouse. His loss and the damages from a broken window were estimated at about $310.
A 39-year-old Overland Park resident reported that her laptop computer was stolen from her car in the same parking lot. Her loss is about $1,500.
Capt. Schuyler Bailey said the University of Kansas Public Safety Office did not have any suspects. He didn't know if there was more than one person responsible for the burglaries.
Bailey said parking lots were patrolled regularly by on-duty officers, though he was not sure
how often officers were in lot 90 on Friday.
He said people should keep valuables out of plain sight or put them in the trunks of their vehicles.
"Thieves are usually looking for wallets and purses left out on seats," he said.
Amanda O'Toole
Auction raises cash for Black Student Union
The Black Student Union data auction gathered more volunteers to be auctioned off than last year. "Acquiring an Acquaintance," an annual fundraiser for the student group, auctioned off nine women and eight men Saturday night in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
More than 50 students came to the event to make their bids. The highest bid went to Kriston Guillot, Shawnee junior, for $51.50. The highest bid for the women was $30.
"We had a lot more people being auctioned off and a bigger crowd," Rona Remmie, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore and vice-president of BSU.
The fundraiser is something that BSU members look forward to from the start of the year.
"As soon as we announce it people start buying dresses and suits to get ready for the auction," Remmie said.
The money will go to help fund the group members to go to the Big 12 Conference, a national event for BSU, in February.
After the action, couples socialized over punch and cookies. The couples plan their own dates and are given gift certificates for different restaurants depending on how much the bid was. The group has not yet decided on what restaurant gift certificates will be given to whom yet.
— Nikola Rowe
Chris Miller/KANSAN
Hugo Vera conducts the Men's Glee Club in a practice Saturday afternoon for its upcoming concert. The concert will take place at 7:30 tonight at the First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway, and is free to the public.
Glee Club builds friendships
BY AUSTIN CASTER
acaster@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Certain organizations make the transition from high school to college easier.
For four freshmen, the camaraderie shared by members of the KU Men's Glee Club started more than four years ago in Boy Scout Troop 59.
"From the start, I had a group of friends," James Garito, Lawrence freshman, said.
The Troop 59 alumni include freshmen Garito, David Stogsdill, Anson Stancliffe, Phillip Wrigley and sophomore Zachary King.
The friends will perform at 7:30 tonight with the KU Men's Glee Club at the First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway, the church that sponsors Troop 59.
Tonight will be the choir's send-off concert. The members raised money all semester for the choir's trip to California during
winter break. They will leave Jan. 6 and return Jan. 16.
The group first started at the University in 1890. Because of a lack of support and low enrollment, the University discontinued the group in 1943, said Jeff Hall, Leawood senior, who created the group's Web site. He said the group restarted in 1979.
The group tours locally throughout Kansas each year but set its sights on something larger this year, said Darren McCarter, president of Men's Glee Club.
Fundraisers included cleaning Allen Fieldhouse after Late Night and performing extra gigs such as
"This was something that was set up by the students," Hugo Vera, director of the Glee Club, said about the trip.
He said students contacted venues such as universities, high schools and churches where the group could perform and raise most of the money. Forty of the 55 KU students in the group and two faculty members will go on the trip.
the Lawrence sesquicentennial celebration. More than 40 men helped clean the Fieldhouse and stayed until 8 a.m.
"People got to know each other," Vera said. "Everyone was working toward a common goal."
Members agreed that camaraderie and the strong traditions of the group kept the men returning each semester.
"It's more of a club setting than an actual class," Clayton Schrader, Salina junior and tour manager, said.
The members stay because of the guys in the group and variety of music they perform, McCarter said. He joined the group two years ago.
"There's a strong sense of community," McCarter, St Joseph, Mo., senior, said. "I think for a lot of guys it's a sense of pride."
He said the group worked to incorporate the freshmen into the friendship each year.
Garito enjoys the atmosphere
and how outgoing Vera is during rehearsals.
"He's a graduate student so he knows what school life is like for us." Garito said.
Schrader said the group began planning for the trip in May. Each member will pay $450 for the trip and the group raised the rest of the money on its own, he said.
The club will make time for fun on the trip as well, performing at DisneyLand's Magic Music Days and going to The Price is Right.
The concert tonight will showcase the variety of music the group will perform while on tour.
McCarter's favorite piece the group will perform is "Tonight" from the musical West Side Story because it gave the group an opportunity to put character into its performance, he said.
"It gives us a chance to show why we enjoy music so much," McCarter said.
— Edited by Steve Vockrodt
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