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VOL.115 ISSUE 49
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2004
Reward offered for reporting false alarms
BY Ross FITCH
rftick@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The Board met earlier this week and decided to implement the award. Funding will come from various sources.
Students can now receive an award up to $1,000 for turning in suspects on information that leads to an arrest. Callers can remain anonymous.
Garrett Kohl, Olathe freshman, said the award, though a good idea, would probably not work because the problem was one of a "he said, she said" case.
The prankster or pranksters behind the 13 illegally pulled fire alarms this year in McCollum Hall had better watch their backs.
Provost David Shulenburger appointed a group of University of Kansas administrators, faculty and staff, students and members of the KU Public Safety Office to a KU Crime Stoppers Board.
The awards will make the guilty students more cautious though, Kohl said.
"There's such a concern about the number of alarms and the risk it puts people in," said Ann Eversole, associate dean of students and chairwoman of the Board. "We wanted to get their attention."
Since the start of the semester, 13 of the 19 fire alarms in McCollum have been criminal.
Criminal alarms mean they have been falsely set off, Capt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said.
When students set off the alarms they are disrupting the student environment and tying up emergency equipment, Bailey said.
If caught, the person or people responsible could spend up to a year in jail and pay a fine of up to $2,500. One suspect has already been identified and arrested.
Some McColum residents said the award would be nice, but turning in the perpetrators wouldn't necessarily be about the money.
"I'm so tired of getting up in the middle of the night," Arianne Cordray, Lenexa freshman, said. "It's worth the satisfaction of a night of sleep."
Most importantly, they are causing students to ignore the alarms, which could be serious in the event of a real fire, he said.
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"They can't really trust anyone around because it's a lot of money if they get caught." Kohl said.
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KANSAN STAFF WRITERS
The door leading out to the roof was meant to be an emergency exit — a way for Kyle Jones to escape flames or other lethal threats.
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No one was supposed to be on the roof. homeowner Misty Iones said.
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But that wasn't the case early Sunday morning at 1045 Tennessee St., where Misty's son and other KU students live. Sara Anne Driessel, Lenexa freshman and McCollum Hall resident, went out to the roof to smoke a cigarette and fell from the third-story building. Driessel was taken to. the University of Kansas Medical Center and was listed in critical condition Tuesday. Her family has declined further comment on her condition.
"I never, in my wildest dreams, thought someone would fall off the roof." Mistv said.
Misty said she had been on the roof multiple times, pulling ivy, but she didn't think falling was an immediate danger. The roof is at least 10 feet long, she said. She now regrets her lack of concern for the roof's danger.
The city cited Misty and her husband, who live in Lake Quivera, with a violation yesterday. The house was in violation of a city code that stated that any elevated area higher than 30 inches required a railing.
Oread Neighborhood residents said they saw people on roofs all the time.
Kyle Thompson has lived in the house immediately to the north of 1045 Tennessee St. for 16 years.
"It's a fairly common thing," he said of his younger neighbors on rooftops. Mostly he sees people using roofs to sunbathe.
A third-story door in a house on Indiana Street, a few blocks away from Misty's house, leads to a similar roof.
A back door on the third-story apartment opens out onto a flat roof that overlooks Memorial Stadium. The roof violates the same city code that the Joneses were warned about because it does not have a railing.
Phil Harrison, trustee for the property owners of 1145 Indiana St., said tenants were prohibited in the lease from on the roof.
But Amanda Flott, Omaha senior and resident of the apartment building, still goes out on the roof.
One of the selling points of the apartment was the beautiful view, Flott said, which allows her to see and hear all home football games.
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The owner probably wouldn't advise residents to go on the roof, she said, but she and other friends go out there all the time.
"We don't want anyone out on any roofs at any time, period," Harrison said. But he is not taking any chances.
Flott said Driessel's fall probably would not keep her from going out on the roof. She doesn't think it will stop others either.
Harrison said the property owners were going to install a railing on the roof immediately. The roof would then
comply with the city code.
Compliance
The city has given the Joneses 30 days to make the house comply to the code. Misty said she would turn the door into a window large enough for an adult to exit, to be used in case of an emergency.
Misty said she wished her roof would have been in accordance with city code. A private home inspector who inspected the house when her family bought it in May didn't tell her that the door-accessible roof violated any codes, she said. She did not want to release the name of the inspector.
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Undecided voters make last-minute decisions
BY ANDY HYLAND
ahyland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Dustin Delich, Leavenworth junior,
said he was still undecided.
With this year's presidential election days away, some students have already voted, while others are using the short time left to make up their minds.
"I watched the debates, and I still haven't made up my mind," he said. "The war is going to take its course no matter who is president. I'm more concerned about the flu shot shortage and health care."
Delich said it could take until he drove to the polls in Leavenworth on Election Day before he made up his mind.
"I'm looking for someone who looks like they'll be a strong leader and knows what they want to do as president," he said. "I also want to make sure we keep our allies and not upset the world."
Ryan Mulloy, Springfield, Mo., sophomore, was also trying to sift through the information on the candidates.
"I'm going to start paying real close attention," Multon said. "Economic factors when I get out of college will be a big deal."
He said he was also interested in what the candidates would do about rising college tuition costs and the war.
"As long as there's no draft; that's what I'm concerned about." he said.
"He seems like more of a person," Board said.
Nick Bogard, Lawrence sophomore,
said he was leaning toward Bush, but
still hadn't made up his mind completely.
"I'm a Democrat, I was raised a Democrat," he said. "When I get down to domestic policy, the stuff that's really near to my heart, I'm with Kerry. In the times we're in now, though, I feel like I have to go towards Bush."
Others made up their minds long ago.
I was raised a republican, Cy Kruen,
Baldwin City freshman, said. "I personally agree with everything Bush says."
Kate Quimby, Overland Park junior,
preferred John Kerry.
"I feel like from watching him, I can relate to him a lot better than Bush," she said.
Adam Evans, Kingwood, Texas, sophomore, found a way to express his distaste for both candidates.
"I'm voting for Nader." Evans said. "I don't like John Kerry because he flip-flops, and I worried that Bush's moral principles is just an act to get votes.
"I'm going with the least of all the evils." he said.
Edited by Marissa Stephenson
Overall academic ratings positive
By Ross Fitch
rfitch@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
In the University of Kansas' most recent Student Perceptions Survey, students continued to rate most aspects of their educational experience high, with one exception: Academic advising took a slight hit.
The survey rates academic approval on a scale of one to five, undergraduate rated academic advising 3.49. One meant students found advising not helpful at all, whereas five meant they found it very helpful. The rating was down from 3.54 in 2002.
rated academic advising fairly high, the overall rating still dropped. Low ratings for sophomores could come from transition into major schools and departments, said Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, associate vice provost for student success.
While both freshmen and seniors
"Both the needs of sophomores and the transition to junior, senior advising are areas we need to continue to look at," Tuttle said. "I think that's where the difference can be."
In some cases, students have worked with one adviser for two years, and then moved into a department or school where the advising system is different, she said.
Tuttle said the actual percentages
from the survey rate academic advising high.
For 2004, 87 percent of freshmen found advising to be somewhat helpful, helpful or very helpful. That percentage is up slightly from 2002's 86.2 percent.
The majority of seniors, 82.5 percent, found advising to be somewhat helpful, helpful or very helpful. That percentage was up from 2002's 75.9 percent.
The University, specifically the Freshman-Sophomore Advising Center, has tried to improve advising.
All incoming freshmen are now given the name of their adviser prior to arriving at the University. An advising tutorial is available so students can go online and prepare for advising in
advance. Additional professional advisers have also been hired. Tuttle said.
"It helps us take the temperature of what's going on, but it also gives us a snap shot of each class as it goes through," said Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcet, senior vice provost.
The Office of Institutional Research and Planing has conducted the Student Perceptions Survey every other year since 1996. The student satisfaction results were gauged through a telephone survey that asked about students' educational experience. At least 159 students from each class were surveyed.
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