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LAWRENCE
Student receives multiple charges
Samuel Schlotterback, an 18-year-old University student, was arrested early Saturday morning on the 1600 block of Crescent Road on charges of operating under the influence after he hit a retaining wall and a fire hydrant, and then flipped his Subaru over according to Lawrence Police Sgt. Kirk Fultz and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office booking recap.
A witness saw people from
another car help Schlotterback flip his Subaru upright, and then he tried to drive away before police arrested him, Fultz said.
Garth Sears
According to the booking recap, Schlotterback was also charged with failure to report an accident, having no insurance, and leaving the scene of an accident. He was booked after 2:30 a.m. and posted bond the same day.
CAMPUS
Food and housing fees may increase
The University's annual food and housing fee increase proposals will go before the Kansas Board of Regents this week.
Diana Robertson, director of student housing, said the increases will coincide with the increase in cost of living.
"We try and estimate what the increases for the coming year might be and I base my proposals off of that," Robertson said.
The University is proposing a 1.6 percent increase in housing fees, or about $58 more for a traditional two person room. The increase is the lowest out of the six state universities. Kansas State is proposing an increase of 3.5 percent and Wichita State is proposing a 2.4 percent increase.
The revenue is expected to help offset the increase in utilities, which Robertson said is a major part of housing's budget.
It will also help pay for operating costs and maintenance. Employee insurance costs are expected to increase next year and the food and housing fee increase will help offset that as well, Robertson said.
The $58 increase is lower than last years increase of $88 for a traditional double room.
Robertson credits the lower increase amount to the deactivation of telephone lines in student rooms over the summer.
The deactivation has saved about $500,000.
"That allowed me to decrease the amount we needed to increase, if that makes sense," Robertson said.
The Board of Regents will be giving the universities proposals an initial look at its meeting on Thursday in Topeka. If the regents approve the increased proposals, they would take effect as early as July 1.
Angelique McNaughton
Incident is not 'indecent exposure'
CAMPUS
BY GARTH SEARS
gsears@kansan.com
That's news to the reporting
After two students reported that a man was watching porn and masturbating at Watson Library on Oct. 25, University police have forwarded the case to the University administration, according to a statement from Capt. Schuyler Bailey of the Public Safety Office.
"Unfortunately, the reported incident did not meet the strict requirements of the statute on indecent exposure," the statement said. "The complaint has been referred to the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Success. However, any report from that office will not be public record."
students — Dylan Kingsley, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., and Emily Preheim, a junior from Overland Park — who identified the man on a photo lineup.
Although neither woman said they saw the man's penis, they did witness him looking at porn on a computer on the fourth floor of Watson Library, in a computer lab, and masturbating. When the man got up to leave, there was a stain on his chair and his pants. Kingsley said the police swabbed the stain on the chair for DNA.
They said they last heard from police that the man would receive a notice to appear in court, and if he didn't, a warrant would be issued for his arrest.
"I'm a little confused by it," Kingsley said about the statement. "What measure is actually being
taken?"
The women completed a two-week process of cooperating with the police's investigation, they said. After an unsuccessful initial photo lineup made from mugshots, police made a composite sketch with Preheim. From it, they said, police had a lead, and the man was identified on a second photo lineup made from driver's license pictures.
The women said they're frustrated the many hours of cooperation — the composite sketch took Preheim three hours — didn't lead to legal action against the man, especially after police found him.
"I think it's bullshit," Preheim said. "It was a waste of our time."
Edited by Abby Davenport
Thanking our troops
Jessica Janasz/KANSAN
The University of Kansas ROTC salutes veterans at the Dole Institute of Politics on Sunday evening. The Tribute to Veterans featured The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra and included speeches by Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute, Barbara W. Ballard, associate director, and three University ROTC members.
CAMPUS
KU Memorial Unions add meeting services
The KU Memorial Unions have introduced two new services: a collaborative computing space in the Burge Union and free meeting space in the Kansas Union.
The collaborative space, called "media:scapeT" and located inside the "Collab" computer lab, allows students to share and see information instantaneously. Users connect their laptops to a retractable, puck-shaped button and become synced with all other computers connected. Furniture has also been repositioned to encourage a more collaboartive work environment.
The lounge has both PC and Mac workstations with wireless Internet. ResNet customer service is available for any technological problems.
The meeting space in the Kansas Union is located on the third level. Previously, free meeting space had only been available to student organizations and campus departments.
"We saw a need for the KU community to meet outside of department or registered student organization affiliations and found a way to do it," said Lisa Kring, director of event services for the KU Memorial Unions. "Students need meeting space to work on group projects, gather for study sessions or perhaps a place to meet in hopes of starting a new student organization. Faculty members need space outside of their offices to collaborate with peers, students or graduate teaching assistants."
Any students wishing to use media:scapeT must reserve the space online at union.ku.edu/ events and have a KU online I.D.
ODD NEWS
Carlo Ramirez
Manhunt leads to arrest of a 'dead man'
FBI spokeswoman Sheila Thorne said Thomas Steven Sanders was arrested early Sunday at a truck stop
JACKSON, Miss.—A man who was declared legally dead 16 years ago in Mississippi was arrested Sunday in the kidnapping of a slain Las Vegas girl whose body was found in the woods of central Louisiana, the FBI said.
in Gulfport, Miss. The arrest capped a massive manhunt in a bizarre case that stretched across the country.
Court documents obtained by The Associated Press show Sanders abandoned his family in 1987 and was declared dead by a Mississippi court 1994. He lived unnoticed for years despite being arrested several times.
Sanders, 53, was wanted in
Despite being declared dead, Sanders had been able to move about the country easily.
Associated Press
Harrison County sheriff's deputies. She would not release other details about his arrest.
the kidnapping 12-year-old Lexis Roberts, whose skeleton was found by hunters early last month. Her 31-year-old mother, Suellen Roberts, is missing. Officials say she is not a suspect in her daughter's death — and they hope she has not met with foul play.
Thorne said Sanders was alone when he was arrested at the Flying J Truck Stop by FBI agents and
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