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Tuesday, August 22.1995
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Woman stalked by professor criticizes legal process
By Phillip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
The stalking victim of a KU professor blames the judicial system for failing to protect her.
"The police have been wonderful," she said, "but the fault has been with the legal system. To the extent that this crime is minimized by the court process, it only encourages the behavior."
The victim, who asked not to be identified, was Hobart's therapist and said she had been stalked for two years by Hobart Jackson, associate professor of architecture, even though Jackson had been arrested twice for the crime.
The woman contended that delays in sentencing and a lack of firm penalties had enabled the stalking to continue.
"Stalking cases can go on for years and years," she said. "If there aren't firm boundaries, stalkers, in their delusional minds, rationalize away their behavior."
The victim also criticized the courts for not understanding the crime or its impact.
"Stalking is not about a lovesick puppy," she said. "It's about control and rage."
Sarah Jane Russell agreed. Russell, executive director of the Douglas County Rape Victim/Survivor Service in Lawrence, said that stalking was a power struggle that could be likened to emotional rape.
*Staking creates in the victim an acute sense of vulnerability — emotionally, psv-
chologically and physically," Russell said. "It's trauma of being violated and having choices taken away from you. It's something that is not easy to get over."
Jackson's victim said that because of the continued stalking, fear was a regular part of her life.
"I don't go out the door without looking around," she said. "I think I'm OK, but then my son walks through the door unexpectedly, and I jump through the roof."
The victim alleged that Jackson's stalking had included nasty telephone messages, hang-up calls, window-peeping, vandalism and threatening letters.
Khabira Gruber, a friend of the victim, also has received harassing letters from Jackson and is critical of the courts.
"The judicial system has done more to protect Mr Jackson's rights than the victim's," she said. "People are reluctant to come forward about stalking because they are afraid of the process."
Part of the problem for the courts is that a stalker's behavior is difficult to control.
Stalkers tend to minimize the seriousness of their behavior because they don't have physical contact with the victim, said Tom Lock, clinical psychologist at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. Therefore, they don't think they need therapy.
"Stalkers often have very little empathy for the manner in which their victims are suffering," Locke said. "They also have delusionary belief systems about the
nature of their relationship with those they're stalking. A look of terror by the victim is interpreted as a look of interest."
Realm is interpreted as a look of interest." Dolores Moseley, victim witness coordinator for the Douglas County District Attorney's office, said that what a judge said often had little effect on a stalker.
Gruber, for one, is tired of waiting.
"Our judges understand the severity of the crime, but their hands are tied about the penalties," she said. "The Legislature revised the statute in July to be more specific, but we're not sure yet if it's an improvement."
"There needs to be a response from the community," she said. "Citizens should let judges know that this behavior should not be tolerated."
Ryobu-Kai club adjusts to new home
Matt Flickner / KANSAN
Despite losing space to train, group excels at national contest
After losing their training space in Robinson Center, members Rich Mohney, Lawrence resident, right; Sean Edinger, instructor, center, and Victor Valcarcel, assistant instructor, left, of the former KU Karate-Ryobu-Kai martial arts club were forced to move to a site at 61.9 E. Eighth St.
By Hannah Naughton
Kansan staff writer
Two months before they were to compete in the national championships, they lost their space to train in Robinson Center.
So members of the former KU Japanese Karate-Ryobu-Kai martial arts club left their home of two years and established a new dojo, or a school of training in Japanese martial arts, in Lawrence.
"We couldn't practice because neither Colin nor myself were students, grad students or faculty," said Sean Edinger, who taught the club in Robinson with co-instructor Colin Humphries.
The club left Robinson at the beginning of the summer because some of the members did not meet the criteria to be a member of a student organization, said Rick Rosenstengle, assistant director of Recreation Services.
To meet the criteria, a member either must be a student at the University of Kansas, a faculty or staff member, a spouse of a student or faculty or staff member, or an alumnus.
required registration paperwork for all Recreational Services sports clubs.
Rosenstengle said the club did not turn in a facility request at the beginning of either the summer or fall sessions, which is the
Because some members could not meet the criteria, Edinger and Humphries established a new dojo at 619 E. Eighth St. The club is subleasing the space from another martial arts group.
More than half of the members of the former club did meet the criteria. Edinger said.
Anyone could come to Recreational Services and fill out a facility request to bring back the club, as long as all members fulfilled the criteria, Rosenstengle said.
Dan Blood, complex director for McCollum Hall, was a member of the club when it met at Robinson and is now a student at the dojo.
Blood said he didn't mind driving farther or paying the higher fee that the new doio required.
"I'm willing to pay more, mostly because we get to meet, for one thing, six times a week," Blood said. "This place gives us the opportunity to train everyday."
Howard High established the club two years ago. He was Einger's instructor and had helped start the Lawrence dojo, which is a satellite dojo to the one he runs in Lenexa.
"The whole time I've been here, for a year and a half, I've wanted to start a dojo," Einger said. "Up to this point there weren't any Japanese styles being taught in Lawrence."
Edinger said Japanese karate-
ryobu-kai was a traditional Japanese martial art. He said it differed from Korean styles in that rather than focusing mainly on kicking, it calls for an equal balance between punching and kicking.
"The thing that separates it from a lot of Japanese styles is that it has a strong akido influence," Edinger said.
Alkido is a form of self-defense that manipulates the joints of the hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder and uses different locks and throws, Edinger said.
Students of the dojo went to the National Championship July 29 and 30 in Los Angeles. They took home one gold medal, three silver medals and a bronze.
Edinger also qualified for the U.S. team pool by placing second overall, which means he could be selected to participate in the Goodwill Games, the World Championships and the Pan Am Games.
"When I was a kid, I just thought karate was a neat thing to do," Edinger said. "A new, fun different thing for a kid to do. I wanted to be like the guys in the movies."
ON CAMPUS
Episcopal and Lutheran Campus Ministry will sponsor Holy Eucharist at 12:05 p.m. today at Danforth Chapel. For more information, call Joe Alford at 843-8202.
The Office of Study Abroad will sponsor an informational meeting about studying in a French-speaking country at 4 p.m. today at 4076 Wescoe Hall.
Sprint will sponsor an Internet seminar, featuring Giastreon, at 5 p.m. today at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call JoAnn Berner at 864-4481.
Lutheran Campus Ministry will sponsor Taize Prayer and Music at 8:30 tonight at 1116 Louisiana St. For more information, call Brian Johnson at 843-4948.
The Study Abroad Club will sponsor an informational meeting at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove A in
the Kansas Union. For more information, call Karen Stansifer at 864-3742.
KU Gamers and Roleplayers will meet at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the atrium of the Kansas Union. For more information, call Isaac Bell at 843-9176.
Promote Alcohol Responsibility Through You (P.A.R.T.Y.) will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the first floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. For more information, call Shelly at 749-1819.
KU Rock Climbing Club will meet at 9 p.m. tomorrow at 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Mike Gee at 841-8277.
To add your campus group meeting or event to the On Campus section, stop by 111 Stauffer-Flint Hall and fill out an On Campus event form.
CORRECTION
Ami Hizer's name was misspelled in an article about housing that appeared on page 6A of yesterday's Kansan.
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