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of this Lease, including the following: serving alcoholic beverages in Common Areas"
"it's hard to discipline someone when they say, 'Ryan said it's OK,'"
Eidelman said.
Eidelman said upon his resignation from Naismith, Shreeve offered him a resident director position, which would have paid about $80 more a week, and reimbursement on his tuition to remain in his position. That money would have likely come out of the summer budget for staff, Eidelman said.
"I'm the last person who quit, and he was begging me to stay," Eidelman said. "The whole thing is ridiculous."
Anna Wood, Chicago senior and former resident director, said her disapproval of the "red cup" rule wasn't the reason she was fired by Shreeve.
Wood said that in the early morning hours of April 5, a fire broke out in a resident's bathroom. She said, the resident had previously been out drinking with Shreve. She said the fire began in the resident's bathroom when a towel caught fire.
Although Wood said Shreeve did not answer the phone, she said she received a call from him later that morning. She said he seemed intoxicated. Wood said she told Shreeve that he needed to "sober up and come help me out." Although Shreeve was resistant, he arrived at Naimith approximately two hours later.
Wood said protocol required her to call Shreeve for emergencies. She said she called Shreeve to handle the situation.
Two weeks following the incident, Wood said she was fired by a Campus Advantage manager. When Wood asked Shreve about her firing, Wood said Shreeve attributed her dismissal to her inappropriate suggestion to "sober up."
Ray Jess, Buffalo Grove, Ill., senior and another former resident director, said he had many negative encounters with Shreeve since the spring semester began.
Jess and the other resident directors said Naismith had been understaffed since Shreeve's employment because four employees were fired and another nine who quit.
Late in the semester, Jess said he encountered a problem trying to staff a 4 to 8 a.m. shift, about which he called three staff members to ask if they were available.
Jess said he was asked to report to Shreeve's office soon after.
"He called me in, accusing me of waking up the entire staff because I was too lazy to work it myself." Jess said.
During an employee meeting later that day, Jess said he asked to use the restroom, and after being denied by Shreeve, left for the restroom. Although Jess has a medical condition for which he must use the restroom when necessary, Shreeve allegedly said his leaving was disrespectful and insubordinate.
"It was ridiculous," Jess said. "We're in college, I don't think we should even have to ask to go to the restroom."
Jess said he was eventually fired for submitting a PowerPoint presentation to Campus Advantage corporate, throughout which Shreeve was in several photographs drinking alcohol with minors. Another series of photographs depicts Shreeve and at least two students, traveling with open alcoholic containers in the vehicle.
Although Shreeve declined to comment, Stewart Davis, regional vice president of Campus Advantage and Naismith Hall, briefly addressed the situation.
"I was one of the people who received the PowerPoint, and we took it very seriously," Davis said. "We investigated it fully and found it without merit."
Davis said he thought there was a lot of misinformation being provided because students were unhappy with the change in management companies. He also said that Shreeve was not acting as the regional property manager and that the regional property manager would resume her duties in mid- to late June.
The former resident directors, Merget, Jess and Wood, said they were instructed by Shreve to document any problems, such as damage to property or refusal by a resident to pour out an alcoholic beverage; however, the former employees said they were frustrated because no action was taken after filing the documents with management.
The first resident said that during a party at the hall, a resident adviser chose what Shreeve thought was the wrong song during a party. He said Shreeve proceeded to tell nearby residents that the "staff messed up again."
"Our authority — our job rights and responsibilities — were taken away and the residents reacted in harmful ways," Merget said. "They knew they could get away with it."
Three current residents, who asked for anonymity because they feared retaliation by Shreeve, said that Shreeve would belittle the resident advisers and directors in front of them.
At other times, Shreeve was allegedly seen publicly arguing with resident advisers, snapping at them and insulting their ability to perform their job.
During rounds one evening, Shreeve, Wood and Merget found residents drinking in the hall. Merget said she attempted to make them put it out, as hall rule stated. But she said Shreeve told her the staff was not to make residents pour out alcohol in red cups.
"I knew at that moment, I could no longer ask these residents to do anything, because they wouldn't listen to me anymore," Merget said.
Merget said that she also witnessed Shreeve yelling at Eidelman in the hall lobby and that he continued to yell while he followed Eidelman outside to the bus stop.
Eidelman said he last knew that there were only seven resident advisers remaining, not even enough to have one on each of Naismith's nine residential floors.
dent said Shreve told residents he wanted to make Naismith "the next Abercrombie and Fitch" and started playing loud music in the hall. She said this was "unprofessional and embarrassing" because tours were being held for prospective residents.
She said she had seen her share of disturbing changes in the hall.
The second anonymous resi
"If I could break my lease, I would," the second source said. "It's hard to study with people running down the halls, drinking, yelling. AIMCO would never have allowed the noise."
The disturbing event for many residents was the "Hot Body Contest" Shreve allegedly organized and announced using the emergency-only intercom system. Speakers for the system are in every room of the hall.
The first anonymous resident said Shreve offered residents $25 to participate in the contest because no one offered to be involved. The resident said that drug use was rampant in the hall and that people got away with it because there were so few resident advisers left.
"This place is dirty just because of all the advertisements, especially phallic jokes," said the resident. He said one advertisement read "Lick it, suck it, taste it — Live the sweet life."
"You can smell marijuana anywhere. You'd get high just walking down the hall," the resident said. "My dorm is more of a whorehouse."
The freshman said the advertising scheme Shreeve devised for Naismith was not what he expected of a professional business.
The resident said he would not return to Naismith in the fall.
"I feel very uncomfortable around him," said a third anonymous resident of Shreeve. "It's scary, and I don't feel like they have their priorities straight, or he doesn't."
The resident said her mother had called several times to complain about the noise, drinking and drug use, because the resident and her roommates had complained with no success.
Merget said she was disappointed that she couldnt fulfill her duties as a resident director at Naismith. She said she enjoyed helping students with school and personal issues within the hall.
"The place that's advertised is not necessarily what you're going to get," Merget said.
"Management is neglecting to focus on what's important: the atmosphere for the residents," Jess said. "They're giving the idea that 'We're here to let you party,' and that's not an academic environment where you can succeed."
Jess said during his three years as a resident and employee at Naismith, he had never seen the hall in the state it was in right now.
Kansan staff writer Katy Blair can be contacted at kblair@kansan. com.
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Kidder was questioned by assistant district attorney Amy McGowen about his posts on the Lawrence Journal-World's Web site, www.ljworld.com during Rose's initial trial in February. A poster on one of the site's message boards had made a post during the trial about a comment Rose had allegedly made months before the fire. That post was made under the screen name "Truth" who was Emily Robinson,
McGowan asked Kidder about a message he had sent to Robinson under his screenname "Thinkb4peak."
was made under the screen name "Truth" who was Emily Robinson, the late-surfacing witness who took the stand Monday.
A series of witnesses were also brought in Tuesday and asked questions about their relationship to Robinson. Most were members or former employees of Robinson's church where she alleged Rose to have promised a fire in the future. All of the witnesses denied hearing anything about fire from Rose while
"You were doing your own investigation, weren't you?" McGowan asked.
"Yes," Kidder said.
in the church's youth group.
Jill Powell, a social worker at The Villages, told jurors she took a special interest in Rose while he was living in the house.
Evans also questioned Curt Hackshorn on Tuesday. Hackshorn is a fire chief in Belton, Mo., who specializes in fire assessment. He said there were a number of factors that made him question the prosecution's assessment of where and how the fire began.
"He didn't really have anyone else to do that piece," Powell said. "He was pretty much alone."
"There are three different causes: accidental, incendiary and undetermined," Hackshorn said. "At this particular time I would say this fire is undetermined."
Hackshorn investigated the fire after the Department of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives had done the initial investigation. He said eyewitnesses reported everything from multiple explosions to possible drug trafficking in the building. Hackshorn said the ATF had acted inappropriately by ruling out accidental beginnings to the
The jury also heard from a former teacher of Jason Allen Rose, Catherine Lyman. Lyman told the jury that Rose had trouble with math and written language, but that she had no behavior problems with him.
Assistant district attorney David Melton cross-examined Hackshorn and called into question the evidence he had to work with. He asked Hackshorn if he had less evidence to work with than the ATF.
"He functioned at a level academically lower than others," Lyman said. "I would say his development socially was also lower, in terms of maturity."
The trial is expected to last up to two weeks and will begin again this morning at 9 a.m.
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"Oh, absolutely," Hackshorn said.
fire.
Kansan staff writer Erick R. Schmidt can be contacted at eschmidt@kansan.com.
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"It is definitely going to cause problems in our ability to effectively get books on the shelves for the students in a timely manner," Heins said.
Brad Heins, store manager for University Book Shop, 1116 W.23rd St., said he worried that the new system would cause private bookstores to receive information about textbook adoptions later than they had in the past.
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Playstation dispute sparks murder
FRESNO, Calif. — Police arrested a college student Tuesday suspected of opening fire in an off-campus apartment during a dispute over a video game console, killing one and wounding two others.
"There's a lot of nuances that aren't going to be able to be tacked on simply through this Web site." Madl said.
"Why do they think we should pick three stores in town and make sure that they get treatment beyond what students might get?" Norris said.
Jonquel Brooks, 19, was taken into custody after a series of intense phone negotiations with police, his parents and an attorney. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer said.
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Norris said the change would actually help the private retailers, allowing them to find textbook information online instead of going to the Kansas Union to get paper copies of the information.
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"In this day and age, I think most people would prefer to go online and look at something." Norris said. "They don't really need to come in and collect countless pieces of paper."
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He said that KU Bookstores would update the listings whenever they received new information and that the new system would give all people equal access to information about textbooks.
Madl and Heins both said they thought the change would result in higher prices and lower buyback amounts for students.
Brooks, a freshman at Fresno State University, was arrested on suspicion of murder and assault with a deadly weapon following a manhunt by police and federal agents in the neighborhoods surrounding the university.
The incident began when Brooks got into a confrontation with four men over a Sony PlayStation console shortly after 11 p.m. Monday, Dver said.
"The suspect had altered his appearance significantly," Dyer said. "He shaved his head and also changed his clothing apparently in an attempt to avoid being recognized."
One of the wounded men, returning home with a bloody bandage on his left shoulder, told The
The two men were treated at a hospital for gunshot wounds and later released. It was unclear what happened to the fourth man involved in the fight.
Police identified the two wounded men as Fresno State student Roderick Buyces, 19, and Pfeiff, who police said is not enrolled at the university.
School administrators opted not
"The guy who shot us — he had stolen from our apartment. We went to confront him with the evidence and it just turned ugly from there. He pulled a gun out on us," said Drew Pfeiff, 22, of Raleigh, N.C. "People don't deserve to die
Associated Press that the dispute started when he and the other victims accused Brooks of stealing a Playstation console and game.
"He shaved his head and also changed his clothing apparently in an attempt to avoid being recognized."
Police said the shooting occurred in Brooks' apartment but spilled into a hallway. Police said Brooks knew his
for stupid stuff like this."
to cancel classes Tuesday at the 20,000-student university, in part because authorities were in contact with Brooks by telephone and knew he was not on campus, Dver said.
JERRY DYER
Fresno police chief
The Fresno County Coroner's Office identified the deceased victim as a Brant Daniels, 19, who had moved from the Los Angeles area to attend Fresno State but was not a current student.
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said police
alleged victims and they all lived in the same apartment complex, located just north of the Fresno State football stadium.
received a call around 4 a.m. from Brooks' mother, who told officers her son was on the other line and wanted to negotiate his surrender. After hours of three-way conversations, Brooks arranged to turn himself in at 9 a.m. at Fresno police headquarters, where his father was waiting, but the suspect didn't appear.