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County project brings conflict
Lawsuit accuses commission of misleading voters on trafficway issue
By William Ramsey Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
A lawsuit aimed at preventing Douglas County from spending bond money on a long-disputed trafficway project will not be dismissed, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled last week.
The state appellate court sent the lawsuit, which involves the South Lawrence Trafficway, back to Douglas County District Court.
The lawsuit contends that voters,
who in November approved spending
$369 million, will not be required.
ject, were misled by a ballot question that insinuated that taxes would not be raised to pay for the bonds.
Chris McKenzie, county adminis-
trator, said he would meet today with
Bob Fairchild, Douglas County coun-
sell, to discuss the commission's plans.
"We still have a lot of questions, said Dr. Bentley, to comment further on the case.
Don Strole, the plaintiffs' attorney,
said the county had the option to have
the case retrieved in district court or to
be tried in a review by the State
Court Supreme Court.
probably have not spent any of the bond proceeds on beginning plans for the trafficway, but that could not be determined, Strole said.
However, the county has contended that the disputed election was only advisory and that it did not have to be conducted.
Furthermore, the county maintains that a State Supreme Court decision about an earlier suit allows it to spend more time defending their conduct an election or not.
The state appellate court, in a draft filed on Friday of its opinion on the case, said it reversed the county's dismissal of the suit because facts about the case and interpretation of the law needed clarification.
"It's not only good news for me. It's good news for taxpayers all over Douglas County," said Les Blevins Sr. of Lawrence, who is one of three plain-fiints in the suit.
Blevins questioned the county issuance of the bonds in 1987 and has been involved in legal action since then.
Tim Miller and Patty Boyer, both of Lawrence, also are plaintiffs in the suit.
Student reports being raped at residence hall
Kansan staff report
A female KU student reported Sunday that she was raped early Friday morning at a residence hall on Engel Road, KU police said.
It was the first reported rape on the KU campus this semester. It was the ninth reported rape in Lawrence since Sept. 1.
KU police representative John Mullensaid the female student,18, knew the alleged rapist, a 19-year-old male KU student.
Both students live in the same residence hall and have dated several times, he said. The rape allegedly occurred about 1:30 a.m. in a residence-hall room.
The two had seen each other a short time earlier at the lobby in the residence hall, Mullens said.
Police have talked to both students, and the investigation has been completed.
The female student does not want to press charges at this time, Mullens said. He said he thought most rape victims wanted to talk to someone about the rape and make sure the situation did not happen again.
KU bicycle thieves not afraid to work in broad daylight
Sixty-eight bicycles worth more than $20,500 total stolen in 1991
By Melissa Rodgers Kansan staff writer
Bicycles on campus are disappearing in broad daylight.
Manish Limaye, Merrigan junior,
put a lock around his bicycle in front of
Snow Hall at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 7 and
picked up at 4:30 p.m. His bicycle was gone
"I have no idea how it happened," he said. "The bike and the lock were both gone."
Pedro Ergueta, La Paz, Bolivia,
junior, locked his bicycle in front of
Anschutz Science Library one spring
day last semester. When he returned
from studying, his bicycle was gone
In 1990, 78 bicycles valued together at $26,186 were reported stolen on campus.
"Nobody saw anything," he said. KU police representative John Mullens said bicycles often were stolen during the day because passersby were less likely to suspect bicycle thefts in nightfall.
Officer D. Gardner of Lawrence
there were two types of
bicycle thefts
At least eight bicycles were stolen last week on campus and in Lawrence, according to KU and Lawrence police reports.
From January to Sept. 27 of this year, 68 bicycles valued together at $20,538 were reported stolen at KU. Nineteen of those bicycles were reported stolen from Aug. 18 to Sept. 27, according to KU police statistics.
The most common type of theft is by a person who steals a vehicle to use for travel.
Rob Graham, service manager of Rick's Bike Shop, 916 Massachusetts St., said he thought stolen bicycles were taken and resold elsewhere because he rarely had heard of them being recovered.
Mullens said most stolen bicycles, such as Ergua'ta, were locked with a chain that is easily cut with a pair of body holders. Others are locked inocently.
The other type of theft involves professional thieves who either sell the bicycles in another city or strip the bicycles of parts for resale.
However, Limaye's bicycle was secured with a 'U'-type lock, which is
"I have no idea how it happened. The bike and the lock were both gone."
Manish Limaye Merriamjunior
made of strong bars that lock the bicycle closely to a rack. Mullens said he considered this lock to be one of the strongest.
Mullens said police had not identified ways in which bicycle thieves were breaking the U locks.
Graham said a U-shaped lock could be opened with a torch or by freezing the lock with freon and then shattering it with a crowbar.
Both Limaye's and Ergueta's bicycles remain missing.
Few bicycles that are stolen from campus are recovered, Mullens said.
He said recovering stolen bicycles and returning them to their owners was a problem. Often people do not believe that they have lost the car, but without the serial number, it is impossible to establish ownership of the bicycle. he said.
Lawrence city ordinations require that all bicycles be registered with KU.
If a registered bicycle is stolen, the serial number can be entered into a national computer program that interacts with stolen bicycles, Mullen said.
Twice a year, Lawrence police auction recovered bicycles that have not been claimed or are not traceable to causes because they are not registered.
Lt. Mark Brothers of Lawrence police said about 60 to 120 bicycles were in each auction.
Registration costs 25 cents and gives police a record of the bicycle's make
Poetry 'slam' conducted at local club
By Jennifer Bach Kansan staff writer
The crowd cheered, whistled and applauded the black leather on stage last night at The Flamingo.
Butaudience members were not excited by her undressing and undulating across the stage that followed.
They were excited by what she was speaking about.
"They don't want you to learn
"They don't want you to learn History.
You might read about the Nazis and smell the bodies burning.
They don't want you to learn Sociology.
You might see who actually dies in wars and refuse to 'be All that you can be.'
Sharon Eiker of Kansas City, Mo., reads her poem "The Second Coming is a Woman." Quinn Cipollone/Merger/Special for the KANSAN
That was one of six poems Sharon Eiker of Kansas City, Mo, recited, winning the first poetry "slarn" conducted in Lawrence.
A slam is a way of showing someone up—or in the case proving to them that you are the better one.
Eikreiter recieved several poems from a book of poetry she published this year titled, "Heavy Morning
Eiker said she heard about the slam from a KU professor and decided to enter the contest.
Eiker will return for the Grand Slam on Dec. 23, when she will compete against the winners of the next five slams, which will be twice a month at the Flipping Club. 501 N. Ninth St.
Judy Roitman, KU professor of main, and Wayne Propt of Lawrence also were contestants
The Flamingo was chosen because it was largeneought accommodate the crowd.
Cheryl Lester, associate professor of English and contests-to-producer, first saw a poetry slam in New York City and decided to begin one in Lawrence.
*It gets more people involved in poetry,' she said.
The slam was organized to demonstrate that reading and writing poetry could be fun and to explore the ways in which literature can express itself.
Last night, there were three rounds of competition. During the first round, contestants each replayed two poems. During the second round they recited two, and one poem was read during the third round.
Contestants read poetry they wrote themselves, and audience members were selected randomly to judge the poems and decide who would win the $50 prize.
The contestants were rated on a scale of one to 10. The judges revealed the scores by holding up the pieces as they moved.
There were no set criteria used to distinguish a good poem from a bad one. Whichever poem the writer chose, it was not a good poem.
"The situation is funny." Lester said. "The poems they read constitute a whole range of emotions "
Contestants read, sang and growled their poems.
When all the contestants finished, people in the audience were allowed to get on stage and recite their own poetry to see if they might be interested in entering the next contest.
Mark Luce, Salina senior, said he attended the
church which contest, the heat, poetry and have a good time.
"I think this is a great idea." he said. "It's too bad they have not done this before."
Alcohol use relates to incidents of rape, unsafe sex
By Kerrie Gottschalk
Kansan staff writer
Judgment-impairing substances playa majorrole in most daterapes on college campuses and also contribute to health problems. Watkins Memorial AI Health Center said
"Personally, I have never seen an acquaintance-trace rape case when alcohol or drugs is not involved," said Buek, a gynecologist at Watkins.
Alcohol tends to blur a person's judgment about practicing safe sex, he said.
"The relationship between the use of alcohol and the transmission of STDs is very common," Buck said.
Sixty-five to 75 percent of college students have admitted using alcohol to make sexual relations easier, said the study's director and registered nurse at Watkins.
"The problem is that individuals may know very well the proper means to protect themselves, but with alcohol, they simply do not remember, and they are not prepared to protect themselves."
She said alcohol was used by one or both partners in 70 percent of
unplanned pregnancies among college students.
By inference, alcohol is likely to be involved with transmission of sexual diseases and the AIDS virus, Waitley said.
Barbara Schnikter, director of nursing at the Lawrence Douglas County Health Department, said clients who wanted to use the family-planning, sexually transmitted disease or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome educational programs had to answer questions about alcohol use.
clients are informed about the role alcohol might play in unsafe sex, she
said.
"We give the clients the facts, but whether that knowledge transfers into safer sexual practices, I don't know." Schnitker said.
College students tend to think they are invulnerable to sexually-trans-
He said statistics showed that one in five students contracted either clerical or physical illness.
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