UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, July 23, 1997
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Showboatin' in Lawrence
Top: John Morrison, of Piedmont, Calif., shows Gary Werthen, Lawrence resident, his 1905 Model F Cadillac. Morrison is a part of the Horseless Carriage Club tour with Cadillac models made between 1903 and 1908. The tour has 22 participants and will be in town until Thursday. Above: Dick Sedgewick, of Dover, N.H., takes a break from the heat after returning from yesterday's carriage tour. Sedgewick toured a 1905 model A Cadillac. Right: Merle Geyer and George Laupe, Lawrence residents, take a closer look at an early Cadillac model. Geyer and Laupe are part of the Lawrence region Antique Car Club. The tour marked the first Cadillac tour in the region.
Photos by Ashleigh Roberts / KANSAN
Don't wait for your grades; pick up an ARTS form ASAP
Students can ease panic of report cards by finding out early
By Daniel Ethan Thompson
Kansan staff writer
Waiting for grades to show up in the mailbox can be stressful. But some KU students have discovered a hole in the system that may eliminate the wait.
Students have discovered that they can have their Academic Record Tracking System forms printed out at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Grades will appear on the form as soon as they've been entered into University of Kansas records.
"We don't consider it a bad thing," said Diana Fox, assistant director for the University's Undergraduate Services. "But it makes it very busy."
Students in any college may obtain ARTS forms from their school's offices. ARTS forms are offered to all students at all times except in the School of Business, where the forms are withheld until after grades have been mailed.
"We evaluate our resources semester by semester," said Sandi
928 Mass. Downtown
"We evaluate our resources semester by semester. If we don't have it,we don't want big lines."
Williams, assistant dean for student services in the School of Business. "If we don't have it, we don't want big lines."
Sandi Williams
Assistant dean for student services,
School of Business
The business school posts signs around the building and in the office of student affairs to explain the policy. Williams said students have not complained about the practice.
Students in other schools calm their nerves by checking their ARTS
But Bussow said he discovered he could get an ARTS form. He said he had used the grade shortcut for about two years.
"I was freaking out about my grades," said Mark Bussow, a 1997 graduate.
forms early.
Unfortunately, not all ARTS forms are correct, said Ann Bakerink, director of academic services in the School of Engineering.
"The grades appear on ARTS forms before the grade point average is readjusted." she said.
While the school has no policy about printing out ARTS forms, Bakerink said that students were alerted to the discrepancies and the GPA on the form was blacked out.
The College is one of the few schools that has the employees and resources available to handle the many requests it gets from its almost 13.000 students.
Jessica Miller, Garnett sophomore and Undergraduate Services office aide, said that this spring, at least 20 to 25 people came in each day between the end of the term and when grade cards were mailed.
Officials in CLAS said the office staff never ask questions and printed copies are free.
Prosecutors called rebuttal witnesses before they too rested their case against Kleypas, 41.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The defense for accused killer Gary Kleypas rested its case yesterday after attempting to show that his mental impairment when arrested made his confession to police questionable.
The Associated Press
Kleypas is charged with rape, sodomy, robbery, burglary and capital murder in the death of Pittsburg State University student Carrie Williams. Kleypas, a fellow student, has served prison time in Missouri for murder.
Kleypas trial rests; jury to deliberate
Closing arguments were scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. today, after which the case will go to the jury.
Ekkehard Othmer, a psychiatrist, testified yesterday for the defense. He had interviewed Kleypas and reviewed police reports about the March 30, 1996, stabbing death of Williams, 20.
Authorities said Kleypas confessed to Williams's slaying shortly after being arrested. He had been disoriented and covered in his own blood when officers found him several hours after the slaying in a Springfield, Mo., motel.
Othmer testified that Kleypas didn't give officers an accurate account of the killing, but rather, he picked up hints from the questioning and incorporated those into a confession.
Another psychiatrist, John Wisner, said individuals with a history of alcohol and drug abuse were subject to memory loss and even may have false memories. Defense attorneys asserted Kleypas has a history of drug and alcohol use.
Interviewing people who have had a blackout is difficult, Wisner said.
"The problem with getting somebody to remember when they've had a blackout is the same as putting memory in there," he said. "If you have an agenda, it's very hard not to let that out."
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