Football: Kansas quarterbacks battle for starting role. Page 3B
Renovations: A look at Hoglund-Maupin baseball stadium. Page 8A
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Man may be stalking women on campuses
OMAHA, Neb. — Four women have been raped and two others sexually assaulted on college campuses in four Midwestern states, and police suspect the attacks are the work of the same man, who spits on his victims, questions them about their sex lives and asks them to pray for him.
The attacks took place in February and March, on campuses 10 minutes to six hours apart, and the priest chose women working alone in computer labs and music rooms.
Police investigating the attacks in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin began to link the cases because the attacker used similar language and spoke as if he were educated. He also used a ski mask or covered his victims' heads with a knit cap.
DNA evidence has provided a link between attacks in Nebraska and Iowa, Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady said. Further genetic tests are under way.
Multiple phone lines could be more costly
WASHINGTON — Americans could save $1 billion a year in monthly phone charges under a plan being considered by regulators. But bills could go up for those with more than one line who make few long distance calls.
The changes could come about as the Federal Communications Commission revamps subsidies that make local phone service affordable to poor people and to those living in high-cost rural areas.
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The FCC isn't expected to adopt a plan until May 6.
Bladder infection vaccine may begin testing soon
The estimated $1 billion is what residential and business customers would net annually, after factoring in some increased charges, said FCC attorneys, who requested anonymity
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The attorneys said bills could rise for users who make few or no long-distance calls and who have multiple lines in their homes. For this group, the plan would increase the monthly line charge, the attorneys said.
In studies on mice, the vaccine disarmed nearly all strains of a bacterium. E, coll, that causes more than 90 percent of urinary tract infections.
Senior Tamecka Dixon is expected to become a member of the new Women's National Basketball Association league on Monday, when the WNBA will hold its collegiate draft. Dixon, from Linden, N.J., says she would love to play for the New York Liberty. Sports agents have been approaching her since November, encouraging her to cash in on new opportunities for women in sports.
The Associated Press
Researcher Solomon Langermann said yesterday that the vaccine was being tested in monkeys and should be ready for human trials in 1998, if the government approves.
CHANCE FOR RAIN
Bladder infections are one of the most common infections, affecting 7 million to 8 million Americans. E. coli is a bacterium in the colon, where it has a beneficial effect. Infection can occur when E. coli is transferred from the rectum to the urinary tract and then up that tract to the bladder.
WASHINGTON — Human tests may begin next year on a vaccine to protect against painful bladder infections that affect more than 7 million Americans annually, mostly women, and cost more than $1 billion to treat.
Seeing the Big Picture
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The birth of two professional women's basketball leagues has created a new market for sports agents, recruiters and major corporations. The women must think about selecting agents, landing endorsements and
Story by Tommy Gallagher ● Photos by Eric B. Howell
It was a brisk morning in mid-January. Classes for the spring semester had begun at the University of Kansas.
Kansas basketball guard Tamecka Dixon came out of Strong Hall on her way to her 11:30 a.m. Spanish class at Wescoh Hall. She had expected a surprise or two during the first few weeks of class, but Dixon didn't prepared herself for what happened next — a sports agent appeared from among the students on Jayhawk Boulevard.
"He introduced himself and wanted to get to know me a little bit better," Dixon said. "He tried to give me his card, but I told him I couldn't accept that. I said that if he really wanted to talk with me that he'd wait until after the season was over."
After she finished class, Dixon headed for Allen Field House with that same sports agent on her heels.
"He followed me to the field house, but he didn't say anything," Dixon said. "Everywhere I was, he was. He stayed a couple feet behind me. But when I walked into the field house, I didn't see him anymore."
It would be far from the last time Dixon would hear from a sports agent in the months that followed.
Dixon has been a part of American sports history. For the first time, women with her athletic ability can make a living playing basketball without leaving the country. They can even choose between two new leagues — the Reebok-sponsored American Basketball League (ABL) or the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
With the WNBA Draft coming up Monday,
and the WNBA season's tipoff on June 21,
Changing of the Guard
Dixon has a lot to look forward to. She could be a first-round pick in the eight-team league. There's a chance she could play for the New York Liberty, which is close to her hometown of Linden, N.J.
Of course, gross inequities exist between the sexes in the world of sports.
Dixon's male Kansas counterparts — Jacque Vaughn, Jerod Haase and Scot Pollard — could look forward to making more than double her salary next season. The final first-round selection of the NBA Draft will earn a minimum of $494,000 next season. Meanwhile, Tamecka will make $37,500 if she's a first-round selection in the WNBA Draft, or just $15,000 if she's chosen in the fourth round.
Sports agents are latching on to these new leagues and the money they will generate. The agents represent nearly every brand of athlete who thinks he or she may turn pro.
Some are open and honest Jerry Maguiretypes who build relationships with their clients. Others are elusive, working behind the scenes and lurking in the shadows.
But the agents will ensure that women's basketball players will never again toil in anonymity during their college years. From now on, sports agents searching for their next client will change the way women's sports are played.
See AGENTS. Page 5A
Flicks to float on Potter
SUA anchoring screen in center of campus pond
By Mark McMaste Kansan staff writer
If you sit too close to the screen at SUA's movie tonight, you won't just get a sore neck — you'll get wet.
The outdoor film fest will take place beside Potter Lake, in which a giant floating screen will be moored. The event, called "Floating Flicks '97," will begin at dusk and will feature both Creature From the Black Lagoon and The Abysse.
Yes, there is a common theme among the selections and location, said Gretchen Hedrick, Manhattan senior and SUA spectrum films coordinator.
"We wanted water-related movies, and we thought The Black Lagoon represented Potter Lake pretty well," she said.
Admission is free, and Hedrick
"I think it'll be great. I hope it can become a tradition."
Gretchen Hedrick
SUA spectrum films coordinator
Brotchen Hedrick
Hedrick said she took the idea from the John Pierson book Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes about independent cinema that discussed a similar movie showing.
Floating Flicks'97
said she hoped 200 to 800 would attend. Students should bring blankets for seating.
SUA volunteers have spent the past two days building the screen, which floats on Styrofoam and is reinforced by a wooden frame. The screen itself was sewn from four king-size bed sheets and then covered with reflective material. Hedrick said the screen would be anchored to ensure that it did not float away during the presentation.
**Time:** Dusk (about 7:30 p.m.)
**When:** Tomorrow
**Where:** Potter Lake
**What:** Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Abyss
**Cost:** Free
**Rain date:** Saturday, same time, same place. If it rains on Saturday, the movies will show in Woodruff Auditorium.
Jessica Bowman, Portland, Ore. sophomore, said she liked the idea of a floating screen.
"It's kind of pointless, but that's cool," she said. "I hope Potter Lake isn't too rough or else the screen will bob up and down and everyone will get dizzy watching it."
Hedrick said she was excited about the event, although she had worried that the screen might sink.
In case of rain, the event will be held tomorrow. If it rains tomorrow, the movie will be shown at the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
"If it goes as planned, I think it'll be great. I hope it can become a tradition." she said.
Animal rights group wants lab alternative
Biology director says plan unlikely to pass
By Mark McMaster
Kansan staff writer
Yesterday morning, the group brought a petition signed by 750 students to Dean Stetler, director of undergraduate biology. Group member Michael Schmitt, Harrisonburg, Va., graduate studen* , said the petition showed campus support for their proposal.
Members of Proponents of Animal Liberation, a campus animal-rights group, are advocating that the biology department offer alternatives to dissection.
Proponents of Animal Liberation submitted the same proposal last year without success, but the group hopes it will receive more attention now because more activism has
The proposal mandates that alternative projects be available to students who are opposed to dissection and suggests that special lab sections be offered for those students.
"There's been a lot of awareness raised," he said. "I've talked to students who don't share my values at all but support this proposal."
The group members met with Stetler to discuss the proposal but could not agree on what was best for the biology program.
Schmitt pointed to the inclusion of a similar proposal in Unite's winning campaign platform as an indicator of student support.
Stetler said that lab offerings now satisfied the majority of students and that allowing students to opt out of parts they dislike would lead to trivial abuse.
been focused on the issue.
"The problem with the proposal is that students can object to a lot of things. One of my students even objected to dissecting flowers," he said. "It would be awful hard for me to design a course that would satisfy everyone. I can guarantee that this would cause many others to run to my office wanting exceptions."
Students who now object to lab procedures can approach their
See ANIMAL, Page 2A