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CRIME
Weekend hit-and-run kills student
Police locate suspect car, driver; department continues investigation
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
Lawrence police are expected to confirm this morning that Ryan Kanost, a 22-year-old University of Kansas senior from Manhattan, was killed in a hit-and-run accident about 1:09 a.m. Saturday.
The accident occurred at the intersection of 13th and Kentucky streets.
Lawrence police officers were called to the scene where Kanost was pronounced dead. The intersection does not have a traffic light, rather two stop
signs on 13th Street.
According to a Lawrence Police Department media release, a silver 2002 or newer Toyota Camry struck Kanost while he was crossing the intersection.
The Toyota drove away from the scene north on Kentucky Street. The vehicle sustained damage to the right front corner, quarter panel and passenger side of the vehicle, police said in a statement.
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One student was killed at 13th and Kentucky streets by a hit-and-run driver early Saturday.
Friends of 22-year-old Ryan Kanost fondly remember his loyalty, demeanor
BY DANNY LUPPINO
Friends of Ryan Kanost described him as an intensely loyal friend with a sense of personal responsibility far beyond his years.
Kanost, a 22-year-old Manhattan
senior, was killed early Saturday morning in a hit-and-run accident while trying to cross Kentucky Street on his way to a party.
Scott Emery, Manhattan senior, said he grew up down the street from Kanost and had been best friends
Kanost
with him since seventh grade.
"He was the best person I have ever known," Emery said. "He was really selfless. He had a small group of friends he was really loyal to."
"He didn't make bad decisions; never did anything stupid. He was like everybody's anchor. Everybody's dad, almost."
"He was just a really laid back guy", Calvin McConnell, a member of Kanost's graduating class at Manhattan High School, said.
Other friends said they would fondly remember Kanost for his warm, welcoming demeanor.
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CRIME
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Lawrence police officer Larry Hamilton speaks to Cameron Jenkins, 12, about what Jackson saw and heard during Sunday's shooting at Mobile Village in the 100 block of Michigan Street. A police-involved shooting occurred at 1:23 p.m. Sunday, in which a 36-year-old woman was shot. Lorie Meacham, a neighbor, said that residents were "trapped in here all day."
Lawrence police officer shoots woman Helicopter takes victim to unknown Kansas City hospital after incident
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
A Lawrence police officer shot and injured a 36-year-old Lawrence woman during a stand-off Sunday afternoon.
Capt. David Cobb of the Lawrence Police department said the woman's mother called police at 9 a.m., asking them to check on her distressed daughter. Cobb said the officer who responded to the Mobile Village II trailer park, 110 Michigan St., heard a gunshot when he knocked on the door. The officer fled and called for assistance.
The shooting occurred at 1:23 p.m. after a stand-off began around 9 a.m. Police have not released the woman's name.
Officers arrived and Cobl said the shift commander called for trained negotiators and additional, off-duty personnel. The negotiators talked to the woman by telephone for about three hours, starting at 10:40 a.m.
The woman opened the door
about 1:23 p.m., pointed a gun and shot at the police, Cobb said. Police returned fire and one officer shot the woman. She was then flown by helicopter to a Kansas City hospital. Cobb said that as of 4:30 p.m., the woman was in surgery and her condition was unknown.
Sherie Marshal, a neighbor and family friend, said the woman's name was Marsha and she had been staying with her father, Jim Mace, the owner of the trailer. Mace was visiting another daughter in Texas when the incident occurred. Marshal said the police contacted Mace after the incident. Sherie Marshal was told by her brother, Jim Marshal, that Mace keeps two guns in his home and that Marsha had been struggling with depression for the last year. Jim Marshal was not at the scene Sunday.
George Oliver, a neighbor of Mace's, said he heard two shots between 9 and 9:30 a.m. He later
"This is a rare occurrence for us," Cobb said of shootings in Lawrence.
Tiffany Reginer, a 14-year-old neighbor of Mace's, said she was woken up by police about 10 a.m. They told her to leave her residence for her own safety. Reginer goes to school with Marsha's 15-year-old son.
Police asked neighbors to evacuate their homes after the first shots were fired. The woman living next door said she was awoken by police officers at 9 a.m.
The woman, who said she has known Marsha for many years, thought Marsha was having a fight with her boyfriend, and said she heard a gun shot coming from the trailer.
heard the police on bull horns communicating with the woman. He said he saw the police officer who shot the woman being taken away in a detective's car.
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Another neighbor said she was woken up in the afternoon by a shot. She said she saw a policeman run down the street with a gun. Late, she
said she heard an ambulance enter the trailer park.
The Lawrence Police Department shooting policy states an officer is entitled to use the degree of force that is reasonably necessary to prevent death or bodily harm upon the officer. The policy states further that post-shooting trauma counseling shall be made available to all police personnel involved in a shooting incident.
Police officers taped off the surrounding trailers for investigative purposes and residents had to wait outside the perimeter until police said they could enter their homes.
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Lawrence police will release more information at a 10 a.m. briefing today at the Law Enforcement Center.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castanea can be contacted at ecastanea@kansan.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
》 ACADEMICS
Report says U.S. universities not preparing teachers
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
The University of Kansas School of Education was not examined under the study, but based on the author's criteria, the school would score well, Sally Roberts, associate dean of the School of Education said.
Most teachers in the United States are not being adequately prepared for the classroom by their university programs, according to a report released last week. The University of Kansas, however, is one program that is making the grade, a school of education official said.
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The report, titled "Educating School Teachers," was released by the Education Schools Project and authored by Arthur Levine, former president of the Columbia University Teachers College.
He assessed the education programs at a university based on whether the school grants baccalaureate, masters or doctoral degrees. With the differences of each in mind, Levine examined nine criteria, which included the quality of each school's curriculum, research and faculty, and admission and graduation standards.
One of Levine's main arguments
"In our school, training teachers is a small part of what we do," she said.
Another of Levine's criticisms is that a majority of programs suffer from low admission and graduation standards.
In response, Roberts explained the University is a research-intensive school and doctoral university. The school is allowed to use research funds and award doctoral degrees, which not every university can do, she said. It also means they graduate fewer students.
Katie McDonald, Hutchinson senior, is studying to teach kindergarten through second grade. She said she feels prepared in most areas, especially because students must spend so much time in children's classrooms. She spends four days of the week in a Eudora school teaching math, science and social studies as part of a practicum. She also spends 40 minutes a week tutoring for a literacy practicum.
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Glover,family remembered
is that schools aren't preparing students for practical classroom scenarios. At the University, student teaching is required to become licensed, and field components are required for several courses.
Charles Glover, the grandfather and KU groundskeeper, and four members of his family who all died in a house fire last weekend were remembered Sunday. Family, community members and politicians gatiered in the Kansas Union to remember the lives taken by the deadly fire. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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