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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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SECTION A VOL.103,NO.144
MONDAY, APRIL 28,1997
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Kansas 'freemen' sects gain visibility, numbers
A year after a lengthy standoff with federal authorities in Montana ended with the arrests of their leaders, the "freemen" are resurfacing in Kansas, according to a newspaper report.
"Now these people are talking about making Kansas a sovereign republic," Pottawatomie County Sheriff Tony Metcalf told The Kansas City Star. Last summer Metcalf estimated that 100 freemen were in his area.
In Shawnee County, Sgt. J.D. Mauck of the Sheriff's Department said a group calling itself the Christian Court recently met in Abilene and ordered the arrest of Gov. Bill Graves for taking his oath of office improperly, the Star reported yesterday.
"Freemen" is a term adopted by those who claim sovereignty from government jurisdiction and operate under their own legal system. Adherents have declared themselves exempt from laws, regulations and taxes. They often file liens against judges, prosecutors and others, claiming that money is owed to them.
Kansas officials say it's impossible to tell how many freemen are in the state because many have gone underground since the standoff in Montana.
Man wounded in standoff at separatist's compound
FORT DAVIS, Texas — A man was shot in the shoulder and he and his wife were held hostage yesterday in an armed confrontation at a separatist group's remote West Texas compound.
The standoff at the Republic of Texas compound began at about noon at the group's so-called embassy near Fort Davis, said Mike Cox, Texas Department of Public Safety, spokesman.
Emergency workers were allowed inside to treat the wound, but Republic members demanded a substitute hostage if the man was allowed to leave, Cox said. The hostages' identities weren't known.
The Republic of Texas movement gained national attention when its provisional president John C. VanKirk proclaimed Texas a free nation on the steps of the capital.
The Associated Press
The Republic's "ambassador," Richard McLaren, has been hiding out in the area about 75 miles north of the Mexico border since December, avoiding a contempt citation from a federal judge.
In a telephone interview yesterday, McLaren said authorities "kidnapped" the captain of his bodyguards. He said he had heard gunfire and had sealed off his compound.
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Michael Drucker, associate legal counsel at the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC)
"They have taken huge chunks of money, but the number is dwindling every year thanks to local police, CLC and membership institutions."
The Bootleggers
The Hawk Police
Stories by Harumi Kogarimai
- Photograph by Eric B. Howell - Graphics by Noah Musser
Kim Schaul spends almost $100 a month collecting Jayhawk shorts, Jayhawk T-shirts, Jayhawk sweatshirts and Jayhawk towels.
Schaul, Glenview, Ill., sophomore, also owns a Jayhawk blanket, Jayhawk CD, Jayhawk earrings, Jayhawk patches, Jayhawk mug, Jayhawk necklace, Jayhawk posters, Jayhawk clock, Jayhawk soccer ball and of course, a Jayhawk basketball.
The Jayhawk is a business. Pau Vander Tuig, KU licensing administrator, said that the Jayhawk and associated university logos brought $590,000 to the University last year. More than 500 manufacturers sell almost 200 different KU products and then pay 7.5 percent of their wholesale gross to the University.
KU's royalty revenue has taken off during the past decade. In 1987, the University earned $37,300, only a fraction of the $590,000 in 1996.
Vander Tuig expects even higher royalty revenues this year because of the
KU men's and women's basketball teams' Big 12 championship wins.
But Vander Tuig is keeping an eye out for fake or unlicensed Jayhawks, guaranteeing that royalty revenues end up in the University's pocket.
The Law
Bob Hovey, senior partner at Hovey Williams Timmons & Collins, which is the outside legal counsel for KU trademark licensing, said that during the NCAA tournament in 1993, a U.S. Marshall seized five boxes of counterfeit merchandise, including T-shirts, jerseys, sweatshirts and caps that bore KU trademarks, at a sport apparel store in Olathe, Kan.
The vendor was using a printer in the rear of the store to produce fake KU T-shirts and sweatshirts. Licensing officials caught the vendor because the items did not have red Collegiate Licensed Product labels, Hovey said.
According to U.S. District Court record in Kansas City, Kan., the court issued a temporary restraining order to Athletic Outlet, 217 South Kansas Ave, when KU determined that the products
were unlicensed.
A U.S. Marshall, former licensing administrator Mike Reid and two attorneys from Hovey's law firm visited the store and confirmed that the products were unauthorized.
"They just did not want to pay a royalty fee," he said.
Charles Hollinger, owner of Athletic Outlet, said that the store was a University licensee when the dispute arose. He argued that the products were licensed. The University and Athletic Outlet settled out of court, and Hollinger donated the products to the Salvation Army. About a year ago, Athletic Outlet dropped its license with the University.
In Lawrence, the University caught a
See THE HAWK POLICE, Page 5A
Proposed parking raises to offset costs
By Stephanie McDuff Kansan staff writer
The fate of two key parking-related proposals remains in the hands of administrators while the University awaits final decisions on next year's parking fee structure and campus access plan.
A parking fee structure, featuring increases in all parking rates, had been proposed by the parking board but was voted down by University Council Thursday.
Provost David Shulenburger said the final decision about parking fees should be made soon by Chancellor Robert Hemenway.
The major concern brought by University Council members was that the fee structure called for $15 increases for red and blue passes but only $2 to $3 increases for yellow passes.
According to the proposal, students with yellow passes could expect at least a $2 increase each year for the next five years.
The proposal also would increase fees for the covered parking garage to $100 for all passes. This would be an increase of $42 for yellow passes, $25 for red passes and $15 for blue passes.
"You're looking at a small raise for faculty than for grad students, with grad students being so much more strapped for money," said David Stras, council member and Wichita graduate student. "Any increase for grad students should be proportional to faculty."
Some of the reasons for parking fee increases include the rise of campus waste water management charges and adjustments to coincide with prices of peer institutions.
Don Kearns, director of Parking Services, said the Parking Depart.nent would incur unexpected costs and must increase parking rates, in part, to offset them.
Beginning next year, the Parking Department also will be charged $31,164 by the University for its administrative overhead.
Another reason for these proposed increases is for contractual services.
The city of Lawrence will begin charging the University for water runoff at a rate of $3 a year per parking space. The storm water utility fee likely will cost the parking board about $40,000 a year.
in total, the parking board is expecting to pay about $92,000 more next year for these additional expenses than it did this year.
The increases in the parking fee structure would provide the department with a cushion for future projects.
The parking board is trying to build a reserve for the potential construction of a parking garage north of the Kansas Union. The board decided that although the fate of the garage is not decided, it would prefer to build a cushion for any parking changes which could develop from Hemenway's decision on the Campus Access Plan.
"Whatever the decision of the ad hoc committee, we need that money," said Ward Cook, Mission Hills sophomore and parking board budget committee chairman.
Hemenway said that he and Shulenburger were reviewing the final recommendations of the ad hoc committee, which had been researching support for different aspects of the proposal.
Hemenway and the ad hoc committee are scheduled to meet May 4 to discuss different options of the plan. A final decision on the fate of the access plan is expected to be made shortly after that meeting.
Grey Montgomery, former student body president and committee member, said the committee had not made recommendations on its own. Instead, it compiled previous access plan solutions so Hemenway and Shulenburger could get a feel for the sentiments of the University and community.
Hemenway said the expansion and stripping of preexisting surface lots probably would be a part of the decision.
Former senator honored for gift to KU
University receives 3,000-archived boxes
By Ann Marchand Kansan staff writer
Dole announced in February that the University would be the recipient of his congressional archive, which has since arrived in 3,000 boxes containing 11,500 press releases and 15,000 photos.
Former Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole returned to Kansas Friday afternoon with his wife, Elizabeth, to be honored for his gift to the University of Kansas.
"It's a great day for KU." Chancellor Robert, Henney said. "But Senator Dole's connections to KU are more than just his papers."
Dole attended the University before fighting in World War II. He graduated from Washburn University in Topeka.
About 2,000 people attended Fri
day's event, which was an opportunity for the University to publicly thank Dole and unveil its plans for the papers.
They will be housed in the proposed Robert J. Dole Institute for Public-Service and Public Policy, which will be built on West Campus near the Lied Center. Burdett Loomis, professor of political science, will serve as interim director of the center.
"I want to thank the University of Kansas," Dole said. "This institute for public service and public policy is not just a monument—it is a living institution."
Hemenway said that he contacted Dole about the possibility of his papers coming to the University in the latter days of the 1996 campaign and right after the November election.
But before the institute can become a reality, the University needs to raise approximately $6 million in private funds. Hemenway estimated that the fund-raising process, which he will chair, will
take 18 months to two years to complete.
"I hope that this will be used by a lot of students, will be a resource for people of all parties. We're going to tie it into the Internet. Make it accessible to all. It'll be a nonpartisan effort." Dole said.
"I believe that only those who complain about the cynicism in America are contributing to it," he said. "This is what I hope this institute will stand for—the defeat of cynicism."
in his speech, Dole said that he hoped the institute would encourage more students to enter public service as a profession. He also said he wanted students to move away from the cynicism he felt has pervaded America.
But some students disagreed with the tribute. About 30 students, sitting opposite 30 people from Dole's hometown of Russell, Kan., held signs that protested Dole's donation to the University. The signs said things such as "Not everyone in Kansas likes Bob Dole."
Steve Punno / KANSAN
Bob Dole reaches out to supporters in Allen Field House, "A Tribute to Bob Dole" was held Friday to announce the plans to build the Robert J. Dole Institute for Public Service and Public Policy.
But Dole seemed to be unaffected by their presence, and he said that he hoped the new institute would
offer a chance for people of all political persuasions to learn about public service.