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University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 21, 1989
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Official talks about drug abuse
Bob Van Hoesen, detective at the Douglas County sheriff's office, emphasizes that there is a drug problem in Lawrence.
by Rias Mohamed Kansan staff writer
Drug education is the key to solving drug abuse in Lawrence, a police official said last night at the Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.
Robert Van Hoesen, a detective at the Douglas County sheriff's office, addressed about 60 people at an anti-drug forum sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He said the drug problem is to educate the young because the problem is a supply and demand situation, he said.
Drugs are the Central and South American "wheat crop," he said.
"Until the demand ceases, there are not enough cops in the world that can stem the problem," said Van Hoesen, who has worked at the sheriff's office since 1970 and has been a detective since 1978.
Van Hoesen said law enforcement and rehabilitation were solutions that should support the education aspect.
"Crooks out here have this stuff together. We have to continue with strong enforcement at all levels," he said. "We need to continue with treatment programs that will be able to all those who desire them."
Van Hoezen said drug abusers in this community included doctors, lawyers, bankers, real estate business owners and police officers.
He said of two police officers who were accused of possession of marijana in Lyndon, "It's unfortunate."
Speaking about the consequences of drug-related arrests, Van Hoesen mentioned:
- Incarceration and rids
- Seizure of all possible assets,
including money, car, home, farm
and business.
Audit of financial records by the
Internal Revenue Service with the burden of proof on the person charged to prove innocence.
- Loss of employment opportunities, difficulty in obtaining credit, and personal and family embarrassment.
that could lead to killing of family members for possible non-payment of agreed amounts.
Dan Gardner, crime prevention officer at the Lawrence Police Department, said the drug problem in Lawrence was not as bad as in other large cities,
Bitterness among drug dealers
that did not rule it out.
Claud Aubry, past president of the local Fraternal Order of Eagles, said the club would donate $1,000 to the City Commission for the use in turn would be given to the Lawrence Police Department.
Students celebrate Passover with Seder meal
by Christine Winner
Kansan staff writer
Jewish students last night celebrated the second night of Passover with the traditional Seder meal at the Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Drive.
Aaron Rittmaster, president of KU Hillel, said that the Passover was the time in history when Jews as a people united.
Jews as a people underwent
the annual weeklong Jewish holiday began
Wednesday at sundown. It commemorates the
ancient Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt
The celebration includes the traditional Seder meal, which is eaten the first two nights of Passover.
Jennifer Marks, secretary of Hillel, said that different items in the meal had symbolic meanings concerning the exodus. For example, matzo, which is heavened bread, is served. She said the Israelites ate unleavened bread because they did not have time to wait for their bread to rise as they fled from Egypt. Matzois eaten the entire week of Passover.
Overland Park sophomore, said Hilier arranged for interested Jewish students to celebrate the first night of the holiday with local Jewish families.
For the first night of the celebration, Marks
Rittmatter said Jewish students interested in obtaining some basic kosher foods such as matzo should contact the Hillel office in the Kansas Union.
Marks said the kitchen at the Hillel house, 940 Mississippi St., would be available for students who wanted to cook. Hillel members will answer questions about kosher food at the house.
Girlfriend provides alibi for KU officer charged in beating
by Angela Clark Kansan staff writer
LYNDON — The current girlfriend of a KU police officer testified yesterday that she was with him during the time he allegedly beat another woman to stop her from testifying against him.
"I've been with him every day since the end of January and February," said Linda Ruth Meier, Wichita sophomore.
Hough and David C. Linton, Osage County sheriff's deputy, were arrested Feb. 20 on charges of battenberg assault. The grappled intimidated evidence of a witness.
Meier said that she was the girlfriend of James Michael Hough, KU police officer. She said that she had made sure she was with him because "he was supposed to be in Osage City when he really wasn't."
The charges stem from the allegations of Lisa K. Sloop, Osage City, who contends that she was beaten in a confrontation on June 14 between 10 and 13 p.m. Jan. 31.
Hough is temporarily suspended from his job with pay, said Schuyler Bailey KU police spokesman.
Sloop. Hough's ex-girlfriend, said that she was threatened so she would not provide information to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. At the time, the KBI were investigating allegations, including Hough and Linton, who smoked marijuana at an Oct. 1987 party at Pomona Lake.
With the testimony of five witnesses from KU, the defense built an alibi for Hough on the night of Jan. 31. Hough's KU police co-workers played against him in a hockey Hough that night when they played a game of intramural basketball.
aucuena L. Fliag, KU police officer, said that after the game ended at about 8:30 p.m., Hough and Carlos returned to work, and he stayed in Robinson Center to talk.
Fliaq said that he left Hough and Rojas in the center between 9 and 15:15 p.m. Rojas testified that he and Rojas had a fight for 25 minutes after Fliaq had left.
Katherine McCarty, supervisor of the Osage Manor nursing home where Stoop works, said she received information in regard to Stoop the night of Jan. 15.
In the first call, she was told by one
I've been with him every day since the end of January and February.'
— Linda Ruth Meier Wichita sophomore
Sloop's neighbors that Sloop would arrive late to work because of domestic problems. McCarty testified that in the second call, Sloop told her that she had been in a car accident and could not work that night. Her shift at the nursing home ran from 11 p.m to 7 a.m.
McCarty said that Sloop had brushes on her face and could not walk well when she reported for work the next night.
Two Osasie City police officers and an Osage County sheriff's deputy said that they had known about the alleyway. The Stoop did but not neglect it at first
"I was waiting for Lisa to come back to me when she was ready," said Edwin C. Muehler, Osage City policeman, in response to a question about why he had not made a police report.
Jerry Dean Ormsby, Osage City policeman, said that he had reported Sloop's allegations to the KBI.
Stop waking up.
"I waited several days later and found he hadn't called, so I called," Ormsby said.
Dave Christie, special agent for the KBI, testified that Sloop had told him about the alleged beating in a Feb. 10 interview.
He said she had told him that he had been visited between 9 and 9:30 p.m. by two males who forced them to sleep in the room, when she answered the door.
This version was in conflict with Sloop's testimony on Wednesday. Sloop said Wednesday that she had been waiting for her home. Hough and Linton were waiting for her inside.
At least eight more witnesses for the defense will be heard today and a decision is expected by the end of the trial. Carl Calwilliams, Hought's counsel.
If convicted of the felony charges of conspiracy and aggravated intimidation of a witness, Hough and Linton could spend a maximum of 10 years in prison, said Chery) Stewart, Osage County district attorney.
University working to improve minority awareness
by Scott Achelpohl
Kansan staff writer
While racial integration soon may be state mandated for colleges and universities in Louisiana, the University of Kansas and other colleges in Kansas are working to improve their own minority awareness.
A need for racial integration and minority issue awareness at Kansas schools has been recognized by the Board of Regents and KU administrators, but most have said that state intervention was not needed.
Tuesday in New Orleans, the president of the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Va., suggested that a 17-member state board should be established to govern Louisiana colleges and universities in an
effort to desegregate them. The new state board will replace the four individual boards that now govern each college and university.
Paul Verkuil, president of William and Mary, made the recommendation as part of a 137-page report about the needs of state schools. A long-standing desegregation lawsuit in Louisiana sparked the research.
Members of the Board of Regents and KU officials agreed that minority issues should be handled internally by the schools because it is important segregation were not as severe in Kansas.
"I don't think a special board is necessary," said Sam Adams, associate professor of journalism. "If a committee from the Board of Regents would choose to do that, then great. I don't see adding layers of bureaucracy to get this done."
But Adams said he thought that in Louisiana state action was necessary
"I think it would be justified in many places in the nation," Adams said. "It's too bad some states didn't have some kind of board to see that it was done years ago."
She said that she did not think a state board was necessary at K-State because minority issues were handled by campus interest groups there.
Jane Rowlett, director of the office of affirmative action at Kansas State University, with Amanda Ackerman.
"The administration has a good working relationship with groups on campus concerned with minority issues, "Rowlett said
cerned with minority issues. To
She said some K-State residents involved in the process involved a minority's minority committee, a minority group called the Black Alliance, Mexican-American action groups and the campus' office of affirmative action.
Rosita Dorsey, director of the KU office of minority affairs, said state intervention in campus minority issues was not foreseeable.
She said more attention had been paid to campus minority issues at the Klu Klau spring.
Media attention was drawn to the incident after a KU journalism instructor invited members of the Klan to speak to his reporting class. Campus and community minority leaders protested the visit, which was eventually canceled.
my canvassed. However, the KKK eventually spoke at a free-speech forum in Hoch Auditorium, which sparked protest.
"KU is working on solving these problems," Dorsey said. "The year that I've been here, I have seen KU addressing minority issues and concerns in a positive and productive
She said more would be known about administration action for minorities after the executive vice chancellor's office impersonations from the KU Minority Task Force.
State action in Louisiana could include changing admission requirements at some universities to benefit minority students, though all have open admissions now.
though all have need Ardra Tippet, St. Louis junior and chairman of the Big Eight Council on Black Student Government, said KU admissions requirements should be changed to be less discriminatory.
"I feel discrimination in admission and recruitment policies at KU are bad," Tippet said. "They are designed to eliminate minority involvement."
As one example, she cited a New York judge's ruling that the American College and Scholastic Aptitude tests were racially biased.
ACT test scores are required for admission to KU.
tive way. It's a situation that can't be handled overtime."
Kopuk said he thought the Regents anticipated discrimination and did not see a need to control it at the state level, the members said. He suggested the program, as an example of the Board's success.
'How can it be discriminatory when we have open admissions?' Koplik said.
Stanley Kopik, executive director of the Board of Regents, was surprised that people thought admissions requirements at Regents schools were discriminatory.
The program was passed as part of the second year financing of the Margin of Excellence.
The Margin is the Regents three-year plan to bring the total financing of its seven institutions to 95 percent of their peer schools and to bring faculty salaries to 100 percent of
- Kansan reporter Carrie Harper and The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
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