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September 15, 1999
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Vol. 110 • No. 20
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Authorities apprehend man found in bedroom
By Katie Hollar
Kansan staff writer
A 24-year-old woman said she woke early Saturday morning to see a man prowling around her sister's house. In the early, groggy stages of wakefulness, she thought she was dreaming.
She wasn't.
The woman said as she became more alert, her vision sharpened, and she saw the man walking toward her, arms outstretched. When he saw her eyes were open, he turned and went into an unoccupied bedroom. She said he emerged a few moments later.
She said that at this point, she realized she was awake. She saw him walk into her sister's bedroom, pick up a pair of underwear off the floor and return to the empty bedroom.
When he came out, she said, he was naked and fully erect.
The woman said she watched him walk into her sister's bedroom and kneel next to the bed where her sister laid, soundly asleep.
Totally alert and completely panicked, she knew she had to do something. She started screaming and yelling at the man. She said her screams woke her sister and startled the man, who quickly ran out the back door.
The suspect, William A. Morris, was apprehended by police at 2:45 a.m. at 13th and Tennessee streets, yards away from the house in the 1200 block of Tennessee. He was fully clothed at the time of arrest.
-Messages were left for Morris, but he could not be reached for comment.
University of Kansas records list William Alen Morris as a Danville, Ala., freshman. Officer Jeremy Kline confirmed William Alen Morris as the suspect from booking records at the Douglas County Jail.
Morris is charged with aggravated burglary, lewd and lascivious conduct and attempted sexual assault.
"We are looking at this individual in connection with other cases in the Oread neighborhood." Wheeler said.
Sgt. George Wheeler of the Lawrence Police Department said Morris was being investigated as a suspect in other "naked prowler" crimes. This summer, several sightings of a naked man in the Oread area were reported.
The woman's sister, a Prairie Village service, filed the police report.
She said the suspect had pried off the screen of their kitchen window to get in, and that no one in the house was acquainted with Morris.
"I'd never seen him before," she said, "I bone I never see him again."
The victim said she had remained in touch with the district attorney's office. She said she planned to file civil charges against Morris.
"I don't want him to get off scot-free," she said. "I want to know if he gets help."
Morris is scheduled to make his first appearance in court at 3 p.m. Sept. 22.
—Edited by Brad Hallier
Colors to liven sidewalks
ACLU to distribute chalk to students
By Nathan Willis writer@kansan.com
Staff writer
The chalk writings that flooded campus sidewalks at the beginning of the semester will be a mere trickle compared to the amount of writing by the end of today, if KU American Civil Liberties Union members get their way. In a protest of any policy that could ban some types of sidewalk chalking, members of the ACLU will be at Wescoe Beach today handing out colored chalk to passers-by and encouraging them to write and draw on the sidewalks.
J. D. Jenkins, Shawnee junior and ACLU advocacy chairman, said members planned to hand out 500 to 600 pieces of chalk, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending either when the chalk ran out or at about 5 p.m.
"We'll let them write or draw or do whatever they want," Jenkins said. "I think it'll be cool to have this chalk all over the ground."
The demonstration is designed to promote free speech, he said.
"We're sort of planning it as a freespeech event," he said. "We just wanted to have this day to express how important chalk is to student life and student expression at the University."
The ACLU demonstration is the latest in a series of student protests sparked by an Aug. 26 University Daily Kansan article that reported that restrictions
could be in the works for the campus's sidewalk policy, which now allows anyone to write anything on the sidewalks.
Provost David Shulenburger, who was quoted in the article as saying the number of commercial chalk messages was discourteous to the University community and that University Governance might take action to ban it, has been the target of many of the protests.
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A few days after the Aug. 26 story appeared, chalk messages such as "Ban the provost, not chalk" popped up on sidewalks across campus.
The outcry prompted Shulenburger to write a letter to the Kansan emphasizing that free speech was not under attack at the University and that he was targeting only commercial advertising.
See ACLU on page 2A
Ryan Riter, Lawrence resident, rings up the purchases made by Casey Tuesday Touchdown sale, Copeland bought two bags of KU sweatshirts, Chicago senior. Taking advantage of the Kansas Union's shirts yesterday. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
Unions touchdown on discounts
By Michael Terry
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The University of Kansas bookstores at the Kansas and Burge Unions kicked off the first of 11 Touchdown Tuesdays yesterday, where selected merchandise was discounted by 35 percent.
The KU Bookstores will be running the promotion through the end of the football season, in which they will offer 5 percent off for every KU touchdown on the Tuesday following the game, with a maximum of 35 percent per game.
"Textbooks, special orders, computers, electronics, CDs, clearance items and cigarettes were not included because they would have taken a loss if they were included in the sale."
"Most of the merchandise in the store was included in the sale," said Vicki Cannon, assistant manager for merchandise at the KU Bookstores.
"We thought this was a good way to get the students to come in here for something other than buying textbooks, and also a way to support KU athletics at the same time." Cannon said.
Cannon said that the idea behind offering a discount to students was to promote traffic flow within the Unions.
Charlene Chambers, a cashier at the Kansas Union Bookstore, said when she got to work she
She said the bookstores had not set any goals for the promotion yet, but that they would evaluate the numbers once they had been gathered.
expected the store to be extremely busy.
Chambers said clothing was a major item that everyone was buying.
"It really started to get busy around the noon hour." Chambers said. "At one point my line was 10 people deep, and we never have lines like that during this time of the school year."
"It didn't matter what it was, they saw the 35 percent off and had to have it," she said.
Lori Krug, Marina Del Rey, Calif, senior, said that she wasn't aware the sale was going on until she entered the bookstore.
"I think this promotion was a great idea, and I'll be sure to come back and shop here again," Krug said.
Krug was not the only one surprised by the discount. Franny Goode, Shawnee senior, said she also wasn't aware of the sale.
"When I found out most of the merchandise was 35 percent off I knew I would definitely buy something," Goode said.
The KU Bookstores are looking into coordinating additional sales in conjunction with other KU athletic events, Cannon said.
"We really want to see how things turn out with this promotion first before we start looking too far ahead," Cannon said. "You never know if something like this is going to be a hit or a bomb, but I think everyone involved comes out a winner in this promotion."
—Edited by Julia Nicholson
Pair launches satirical protest about evolution decision
Bv Chris Borniger
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Two members of a Lawrence-based group were the only protesters yesterday at the first State Board of Education meeting since the board voted last month to remove evolution theory from state assessment tests.
Philip Kimball, Lawrence resident, and Tim Miller, professor and chair of religious studies at the University of Kansas, represented Families for Learning Accurate Theories. But Kimball and Miller didn't protest the board's decision — instead, they said they wanted more changes to the state's science curriculum.
"We're here because the board needs to have the courage of convictions to follow
FLAT's Web site (http://www.flat.findhere.com), however, describes the organization as a satire. The group formed in March in response to another organization, Parents for Objective Science and History, which had lobbied the board to change how evolution was taught in schools.
He said FLAT wanted the board to remove foreign languages, the "round earth theory" and the theory of the value of pi from state educational standards because they contradicted Bible passages.
through on its thinking," Miller said. "We applaud the first step, but the board should get rid of things that contradict the Bible where there is diversity of opinion."
Ellen Barber, who founded POSH with her husband, Joel, said FLAT's use of satire undermined the importance of the
evolution debate.
Barber said POSH was not trying to mandate teaching creationism in state schools.
"They're not civil," she said. "They're not a group you can talk with. When you start from a sarcastic base and deride other peo-
plies' ideas, that's not productive. It's very unfortunate that they want to use the Bible in that way."
"We're not trying
to bring the Bible into schools," she said. "Students aren't being told the whole story. If you teach evolution, don't stop there. Show the weaknesses of macroevolution also."
Bill Wagnon, one of four board members who voted against restricting the use of evolution theory in schools, said last month's decision had several consequences for the state, including having to endure ridicule.
"A good reputation is hard to earn and easy to lose," he said. "The board has given an opening to undermine quality education in the state."
When asked why he and Kimball decided to take a satiric approach to the board's decision, Miller said, "All I'll say on the record is that this is a serious matter."
Miller, however, said FLAT's mission was not intended to be humorous.
"I think there are many ways to communicate with people," he said. "This is a critical moment in the public life of the state of Kansas."
—Edited by Julia Nicholson
Senators to decide trial team funding
By Chris Borniger
wriher@kansan.com
Kansas staff wriers
Kansan staff writer
Article 7.2.5.6.1 of Senate Rules and Regulations prohibits organizations that receive money from Senate to use that money for travel expenses.
Student Senate will decide tonight whether to grant the KU Mock Trial team a special exemption to use Senate funds.
Last week, Tara Kelly, Panhellenic senator, and Sara Schreck, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator, sponsored bills to allocate $2,492 to the Mock Trial team and to exempt the team from the rule, so that it could compete in tournaments around the nation. The bill passed in University Affairs and Finance committees and will go before the full Senate tonight.
Both Kelly and Schrech, however, are on the team. Kelly said she didn't think sponsoring bills to provide funds to her own organization was a conflict of interest because there was no specific representative for the team in Senate.
"Some things are cut and dried, like a bill to fund an engineering group should be sponsored by the engineer senator," she said. "But when you have a group that doesn't fall under
"Student Senate has a mission to try and benefit all students," he said. "Does it necessarily benefit all KU students when you send people to compete somewhere? That's the issue that's got to be resolved."
anyone's constituency, does that mean they don't get funded?" If the bill passes, the team would join only six other campus organizations that are exempt
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Muthukrishnan said Senate rarely gave such exemptions.
from travel fund restrictions — the Graduate Student Association, KU Bands, the Forensics team, the Student Bar Association, Legal Services for Students and Student Senate — because they benefit a substantial number of students, said Aravind Muthukrishnan, Finance committee chairman and CLAS senator.
Eric Rush, CLAS senator and Finance committee member, said sponsoring bills that affected one's own organization was suspicious.
Kelly said the Mock Trial team had no purpose if it did not have money to travel.
"There's no rule against it, but it certainly doesn't look good for Student Senate." he said.
Kelly, however, said she thought the team deserved the funds because of the team's success. The team has reached national competition in both years of its existence.
"When you have a good team, it benefits more than just the people on the team," she said. "Law schools will know teachers here are particularly important in this type of issue."
Rush voted against the bills last Wednesday in committee. He said the Mock Trial team didn't affect enough students to deserve the exemption and the money.
"Exemptions should be granted very specifically, very laboriously and not very often," he said. "I don't think they've been around long enough to build a reputation."
In other business tonight, Senate will consider:
■ Bills to provide funds for four other organizations, totaling $1,684.
A resolution condemning the Kansas Board of Education.
A resolution supporting the students of National Autonomous University in Mexico City.
—Edited by Matt Jame