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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2006
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of the kids said loudly that Collins must not be able to dunk.
Collins then bounced passed to himself off the backboard and tried several high-flying dunks. At 5-foot-11, Collins is nearly a foot shorter than Arthur, and the onlookers were suitably impressed with his attempts.
Collins said he never had the chance to do what these children were doing, when he was playing ball at a major university with the team's
players.
"We want to show them that to get to the big stage, you've got to work hard," Collins said. "You have to be dedicated to it."
Children listened to police officers give instruction about drug abuse, Internet safety and strangers. Athletes mingled with children during the breaks between sessions and held drills like running patterns on a football field or dribbling a basketball backwards.
"Anytime you can give a positive message in a positive atmosphere like this, it's great," said Greg Skelton, a narcotics officer at the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@kansan.com.
Edited by Kristen Jarboe
Anna Faltermeyer/KANSAN
KU basketball players Kelly Kohn, Darrell Arthur and Brady Morningstar look on as Mai Johnson, 9, Leavenworth, tries not to get knocked out of a game of knockout during "Hawks, Cops and Kids" in Allen Fieldhouse Saturday morning. During the event, children from Big Brothers Big Sisters programs rotated through stations hosted by local law enforcement and KU athletes.
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were probably a variety of reasons involved. She said a few reasons could be that colleges are becoming more expensive, students are working more, pressure is being put on students, and students may not be receiving adequate preparation.
of the high price of college.
Eakin said the University succeeded in that goal because enrollment for low-income students was similar to the rates before the tuition-enhancement plan was put in place.
aside 20 percent of the increase in tuition money received for need-based aid.
Roland Friedmann, Stuttgart,
Germany, exchange student, said he
thought the U.S. could be falling
behind in completion rates because
Kansan staff writer Kim Lynch can be contacted at klynch@kansan. com.
Friedmann said that KU services are great and everything is provided for the students to graduate on time.
Lori Reesor, associate vice provest for student success, said the Center for Student Success has 20 offices, such as the Freshmen-Sophomore Advising Center, in place to help students succeed at the University.
BY ROBERT IMRIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reesor said it was hard to determine why students were not completing college, but that there
Police arrest a third person Student steps forward to give name in school shooting plot
Edited by Kate Shipley
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Police have arrested a third person in a foiled Columbine-style plan to bomb and shoot students at a high school, investigators said Saturday.
Two 17-year-olds were arrested Thursday at East High School after a student went to an associate principal. A detective said Friday that one boy wanted to enact the plan Thursday but that the other talked him out of it.
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Bradley P. Netwal, 18, was arrested Friday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit homicide and conspiracy to commit arson, according to a police department news release Saturday.
Police learned from interviews that Netwal, a former student at the school and a friend of the 17-year-olds, participated in the planning, police said.
Willham C. Cornell and Shawn R. Sturtz were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide and conspiracy to commit arson. Brown County District Attorney John Zakowski said he planned to file charges on Thursday.
Court Commissioner Jane Sequin ordered Cornell and Sturtz jailed on $500,000 bond Friday, and the
three were being held in the Brown County jail. Netwal was scheduled to make an initial court appearance Monday.
Cornell's lawyer, Shane Brabazon, did not immediately return messages Saturday. No one answered the door Saturday at Cornell's home and no phone number could be found for Netwal.
"I'm glad they are in jail and I am not going to their funerals. I am sorry they are there," she said. "I am grateful for the kid who came forward."
East High School Principal Ed Dorff said Saturday he was not surprised by the third arrest.
"I don't know how much deeper this goes," he said. "We knew there was contact with others. We didn't know the level of contact."
Superintendent Daniel Nerad said that he didn't know the specifics of the teen's situation but that the school district has made stopping
Meanwhile, the mother of one of the suspects told The Associated Press on Saturday that the boys were victims of bullying and harassment at school.
Elizabeth Sturtz, 48, said her 300-pound son who has a learning disability was often bullied and that she understands how he could have been angry. But she said she saw no signs that he would plot such an attack.
Police found nine rifles and shotguns, a handgun, about 20 "crudely made" explosive devices, camouflage clothing, gas masks, two-way radios and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at Cornell's house, police Capt. Lisa Stern said. She said Cornell had made several of the improvised explosive devices about two months ago.
dangerous materials were found at the school, Stert said.
bullying a priority and has a strong stance against it.
Police Detective Tom Molitor testified at a hearing Friday that the 17-year-olds, who are seniors, told police they had been plotting the massacre for several years.
Police said they also found mannequin heads that appeared to have been used for target practice, and suicide notes.
Tiffany Brittain, 18, said Saturday that she hung out with Sturtz and Cornell and that she heard them talking about suicide and attacking the school.
They planned to set off bombs near bathrooms, light exits on fire with jelled gasoline so no one could escape and shoot people they had problems with, Molitor said.
"I thought they were joking. I never took it seriously," she said.
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