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Brandon Carlson, KU student and wakeboarder, will compete in the INT U.S. Championship this week in California. PAGE 1B
SPORTS
Bowling is now a varsity sport for high schoolers, which means more interest for the sport, which could mean more bowlers at KU. PAGE 18
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
VOL.115 ISSUE 39
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2004
Men's store selling out
Clothes go quickly as Easton's Ltd. owner closes doors to business
BY STEPHANIE FAIRLE
sfarley@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
"Going Out of Business" signs covered the walls, and yet Greg Easter was upbeat as he welcomed customers into the store with a smile. Throughout the morning, he managed the constant flow of people coming out of the dressing rooms with pants and jackets needing to be tailored.
After 15 years of business in Lawrence, Easton's Ltd., 839 Massachusetts St., is going out of business. Easter, store owner, said 2000 was the store's best year, then sales began
declining in 2001 and 2002 and leveled off in 2003. The store started to show signs of improvement, but it just wasn't enough to justify five more years on a lease.
People aren't dressing up for work anymore, so the income that people were spending on clothes for work has become disposable and they're spending their money on other products and getting by with what they have as far as dress clothing goes. Easter said.
"Men kind of find as many excuses as possible not to buy clothing, because they don't like to shop anyway." Easter said.
Easter's father opened Easton's on
Oct. 15, 1989. Easter bought his father out of the business in 1998 and has been running the store ever since. The sale has exceeded expectations, Easter said. New customers and old have been coming into the store for the sale, Easter said. It's been a kind of "sweet sorrow" for a lot of the customers because they're happy for me, but they're sad to see the store go, Easter said.
Easter said he knew inside when it was time to call it quits. It doesn't seem like it was a hard decision to close now, but this has been going on for about three years from thinking about how to increase sales to thinking about
closing the store, Easter said.
"There's always up and downs, but right now I'm excited about the future," Easter said.
Easter said he looked forward to spending more time with his kids. He's going to miss seeing the people that he regularly saw at the store, but he's still going to be doing business down the street, he said.
Easter is moving the denim jeans line that Easton's currently carries to his wife's store, Ginger & Maryanne, 914 Massachusetts St., which carries women's clothing.
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Sydney, the 4-year-old Green Iguana, lounges outside the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., with her owner Eric Hendrick (not pictured) on Friday night. Hendrick says that "she is so much better than having a dog because she doesn't bark."
Second rape reported this year
BY AMANDA O'TOOLB
aotoolo@ku.edu
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Lawrence police are looking for suspects after a 22-year-old KU student reported she was raped.
According to police reports, the student was attacked from behind, pushed down and a man penetrated her with his fingers
The student told police the attack happened between 1:30 to 2:30 Sunday morning in the 1100 block of Tennessee Street.
The male was reportedly in his 20s with short blond hair and approximately 5" 11" with a muscular build, Sgt Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department, said.
STUDENT ATTACKED
If you know any information about the reported attack, police ask that you report it to the following numbers:
TIPS hotline:
TIPS hotline:
843-TIPS
Lawrence
Police
Department:
830-7430
Source:
www.lawrenceks.org
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615 Massachusetts St., and was walking south on Tennessee Street with friends. Ward said.
She continued to walk south on Tennessee Street, according to the report.
She was separated from her friends when they left to attend a party on Ninth Street, Ward said.
The student reported she was on the sidewalk when she was attacked.
Ward said the woman kicked, punched and bit the man and was able to get away.
She sustained minor injuries from being thrown to the ground.
Ward said the woman went to Lawrence Memorial Hospital to complete a rape test that morning.
This was the second KU student who reported a rape this month. An 18-year-old KU student reported a rape in McCollum Hall Sept, 24.
Capt. Schuyler Bailey, KU Public Safety Office, said they were preparing to send the case to Douglas County district attorney Christine Kenney for review.
Ward said it was important that students not walk alone at night.
Edited by Steve Vockrodt
Students still defying residential living laws
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Kevin Kesterson, Overland Park sophomore, sits at Louise's Downtown, 1009 Massachusetts St. Kesterson has been running into problems with his neighbors on the city's housing ordinance.
BY HALEY HARRISON
editor@kansan.com
SPECIAL TO THE KANANE
Arly Allen examined the beer bottles, cigarette butts and the red Budweiser trash can and shook his head. Allen, a Centennial neighborhood resident, recalls the history of the home and the family that used to live in it.
"Students are into wild, raucous living." Allen said, "When they live next to an elderly couple, it's a clash of cultures."
In the late '90s, when the crowds, year-round Christmas lights and beer can littered lawns became too much, Allen and others took the issue to the city council. On Aug. 1, 2004, a new section of a city ordinance — ordinance No. 7526 was implemented that stated no more than three unrelated persons could live in a single family dwellings, like the homes in Centennial neighborhood.
Allen, who has lived in his neighborhood for 30 years, is fighting to keep his neighborhood clean and family friendly.
When a complaint is filed with the city, one of the city's two inspectors evaluates the property in question, Torres said. If homes are in violation of the ordinance, inspectors notify the owners. Residents are given a warning telling them to move out. If violators fail to leave, the city prosecutor will take the case before a judge.
The Centennial neighborhood, located between 19th and 23rd streets and Naismith Drive and Massachusetts Street, had an increase in the number of students living there.
Renters have taken over at least half of the homes in the Centennial neighborhood, said Victor Torres, director of
"Our motto is two is a family, three is a crowd," Allen said.
Kevin Kesterson, Centennial neighborhood resident and Overland Park sophomore, said an angry neighbor approached him and his roommates about more than three people living in the home and the parties they had thrown. On Sept. 29, an inspector has visited Kesterson's residence at 2006 Mitchell St.
"I mean everyone around here is a student, it's just silly to try to enforce this." Kesterson said.
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If the ordinance was enforced, Kesterson said he and at least six other people on his street would be homeless. Kesterson said renting a home with other students was the only affordable option. He said he paid $260
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Arly Allen, Lawrence resident, stands outside of the home he has lived in for 30 years. Allen is upset about the growing amount of students living in his and other "single family" neighborhoods.
SEE NEIGHBORS ON PAGE 5A
the City of Lawrence Neighborhood Resources. KU students have moved in and families have moved out, Allen said.
Funding higher education
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Citizens for Higher Education is concerned for Kansas education. The group will discuss budget woes and the effects on Kansas economy tomorrow in the Kansas Union. PAGE 3A
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Basketball scheduling snafu
Don't look now, but if you were planning to attend the basketball game against Georgia Tech, it's on New Year's Day, which does no favors to most students. PAGE 18
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