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'Romeo and Juliet' opens at 7:30 tonight. Cast members have been practicing for the play since September. PAGE 3A
NEWS
Alpha Gamma Shinpad pummels winless Douthart. The players of Shinpad describe themselves as a 'soccer sorority.' PAGE 10A
SPORTS
KANSAN
VOL. 115 ISSUE 60
Suspect identified in rape case
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A suspect has been identified in a rape that reportedly happened last month in a University of Kansas residence hall, KU Public Safety Office officials said.
The suspect, an 18-year-old male,
was a guest of a resident at Ellsworth
Hall when the rape reportedly happened Oct. 23.
The 16-year-old woman who reported she was raped was also a guest of a resident in the hall, said Chris Keary, KU Public Safety Office assistant chief. The rape was reported to officials Tuesday.
Keary said that "several things were going on that night and they ended up at the residence hall." He couldn't say what the "several things" were but both the man and woman had consumed alcohol off campus before the rape occurred.
Police were unable to release the name of the 18-year-old man because an investigation is ongoing.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said a rape had not been reported to officials in the hall. He said it is policy of the Department of Student Housing to encourage people to report incidents like rape to the police.
Sgt. Bob Williams of KU Public Safety Office said in a previous interview that he did not know why there was more than two weeks between when the rape reportedly happened and when it was reported.
He said he understood that the two people involved in the rape were acquaintances.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2004
Amanda O'Toole
"Students ought to be careful about who they party with and should know who their friends are," Stoner said
Kansas basketball player Aaron Miles broke up a fight between two women yesterday morning at about 1:15 a.m. in the parking lot of Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. Second St.
Miles stops altercation outside bar
Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department, said that Erin Enneking, freshman-sophomore adviser at the University of Kansas, was talking to Miles in the parking lot when Jennifer Demby came from behind and struck her on the head.
MILES
Ward said Miles then broke up the fight as a police car passed on its regular route.
Emnking and Demby were acquaintances, Ward said. The two were arguing as they were leaving the establishment, he said.
Enneking declined comment and attempts to contact Demby were unsuccessful.
Because Miles was not directly involved in the fight, Kansas coach Bill Self said the player did not want to comment.
Officers noticed the altercation and stopped.
Demby was issued a notice to appear in municipal court Dec. 1.
— Amanda O'Toole and Jesse Newell
Liquor revenue grows
Smoking ban doesn't hurt sales
BY STEPHANE FARLEY
sfarley@kansan.com
KANSAN STaff WRITER
Patrick Conroy is losing a business he's owned for 16 years and says it's because of the smoking ban.
Conroy deals in games, not alcohol. He owns Crown Amusement, which supplies more than 60 percent of Lawrence's bars, restaurants and hotels with video games, trivia machines, juke boxes, pinball and cigarette machines.
"They like to smoke and so, therefore.
if they can't smoke, they don't sit down. And they don't play the machines, and I've been hurt really, really bad there." Conroy said of bar patrons.
At the time of Lawrence's smoking ban, Crown Amusement had three fulltime and one part time employee. Now, the business has two employees, including Conroy.
Conroy estimated his business had decreased by 44 percent since the ban went into effect on July 1.
Attnough people associated with the bar and restaurant industry says business
is down, numbers from the Kansas Department of Revenue show people are still coming and there has not been a decrease in the amount of alcohol sold — there is actually a 0.9 percent increase in the amount of liquor being sold in Lawrence, according to the KDOR.
Michael Fox, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Kansas Medical Center, received a summary of the report from KDOR. According to the summary the average tax collected on all drinks sold in bars and restaurants in Lawrence in 2004 totals $178,199 — not including alcohol sold in liquor stores. A 10 percent tax is placed on every drink a
bar or restaurant sells.
In 2005, the average tax collected on drinks sold was $176,685, which increased 8.3 percent from the $163,171 collected in 2002. However, the 2002 amount is taken from August, September and October. The average tax collected in 2003 and 2004 only includes August and September. The numbers show there has been no dip in business, Fox said.
"The tax numbers don't lie," Fox said. "This isn't as catastrophic an event as businesses are making it out to be."
Fox said the smoking ban was more of a health issue, than an economic issue.
Lauren Goger, Newton freshman, left, and Kelly Rawlings of The Underground staff, ring up students' food purchases during the lunch hour Wednesday at The Underground in Wescoe Hall. "During breaks in class and between 11 and 1 is the busiest time," Goger said.
Kit Leffler/KANSAN
SEE SMOKING BAN ON PAGE 5A
Heard on the Hill What do you think of The Underground?
"It's a lot closer where you don't have to go eat at the dining hall.
Crustano's to me is way better.
than Summit Subs. The only thing I dislike is the long lines."
Harold Reed, Kansas City, Kan., freshman
"It's a p l a c e where you can mingle with people. I come here, and I really don't 'w o r r y about anything."
Juan Gonzales, Bronx, N.Y., freshman
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
"They should have made it bigger."
BY LAURA FRANCOVIGLIA
lfrancoviglia@kansan.com
Research Library
Richard Clement,
head of special collections
at Spencer
Wescoe eatery draws crowd
The Underground's success is all about location. Cindy Heilman, Council Grove freshman, said she took advantage of the food court's central position in the basement of Wescoe Hall.
"In between-class you can just come here and eat," Heilman said.
The Underground, the newly remodeled Wescoe Terrace, draws thousands of students every day, but administrators are working to make it a better place to eat. They say healthier food choices, faster lines and a repaired floor could be
in the establishment's the future.
The Underground opened seven weeks ago and has had twice as many customers per day as Wesco Terrace, said Michael Myers, assistant director of retail of KU Memorial Unions. He said more than 3,000 customers ate at The Underground every day.
"Over 50 percent of business has been devoted to Chick-fil-a." Myers said.
David Mucci, director of KU Memorial Unions, said he was was working closely with a registered dietitian for Student Health Services and the Better Bites pro
SEE WESCOE ON PAGE 5A
Charity group gains numbers
BY NIKOLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
A campus charity group grew in numbers and donations since the beginning of the semester.
The three-year-old KU United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) started with two members in August and now has 24.
Banerjee, Calcutta, India, graduate research assistant in the Bureau of Child Research, said that many students in the group graduated last year and this year they had to rebuild.
"The group has been moving ahead with a lot of energy and strength," said UNICEF president, Rashida Banerjee.
Sara Zafar, Wichita senior and vice president of UNICEF, has been a member since the beginning.
"This is the first year it's been so coordinated in recruiting new members," said Zafar, who is also an editorial columnist for The University Daily Kansan.
The group has gone through many changes, she said.
HOW TO DONATE TO KU UNICEF:
Contact kuunicef@kuu.edu or visit www.ku.uo/kuunicef
UNICEF is a not-for-profit international program that started in 1946 to provide aid to children victims of World War II. Today it serves children in 158 countries. The KU UNICEF was founded in 2001 and is in a network of UNICEF chapters on college campuses. All proceeds from fundraisers go directly to UNICEF and then to children in need around the world. This year's KU UNICEF relief campaign will help children displaced by the conflict in Darfur, Sudan.
SEE CHARITY ON PAGE 5A
Kit Laffler/KANSAM
Naval ROTC MIDN.
Tom England, Olathe
juniors, and OC
Jeremy Carroll,
Deslogo, Mo.,
senior, stand vigil at
the Vietnam War
Memorial on
Campanile Drive. All
four branches of
military service took
part in hour-long
vigil shifts which
began at 6 p.m.
yesterday evening.
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Chancellor for a day
Chancellor Robert Hemenway traded places with a disabled student to test wheelchair accessibility on campus. Meanwhile, the student attended Hemenway's meetings. PAGE 5A
Soccer
The Kansas soccer team faces Creighton tomorrow in the start of the search for the national champion. In Kansas' last game against Creighton, Kansas won 6-1. PAGE 10A
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Weather ... 2A
Opinion ... 8A
Comics ... 8A
Crossword ... 8A
Classifieds ... 9A
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