Monday, Feb. 3 1986
University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
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News Briefs
KU student raped; suspect in custody
A 21-year-old KU student was raped at knifepoint early Friday morning after accepting a ride home from a man at a North Lawrence private club, Lawrence police said. Police have a suspect in custody at Douglas County jail.
Police said the victim met the suspect when he offered to take her home because she fell ill. The suspect took her to 31st and Kasold streets, held a knife to her throat and then raped her, police said.
The woman was able to persuade the suspect to take her home, police said. On the way, they stopped at a convenience store in the 2500 block of Iowa Street for cigarettes. While in the store, the victim told the store clerk to call the police and the suspect then fled.
Police apprehended the suspect at 25th and Kasold streets. The victim identified the suspect at the scene, police said. The suspect is being held on $20,000 bond, according to jail records.
Car windows broken
Police said the windows were broken between 11:30 p.m. m. Thursday and 12:05 a.m. Friday.
Thieves broke windows in nine automobiles causing an estimated $2,000 damage in the residential hull overflow parking lot on West Campus, KU police said Friday.
Nothing was stolen in most of the break-ins, police said. A toolbox, tools and speakers valued together at $700 were stolen from one car. Twenty cassette tapes valued at $180 were stolen from another car.
KU police have no suspects, said Lt. Jeanne Longaker.
The thieves apparently 'vere amateurs because they didn't steal many items, she said.
Program offers aid
The fund was established by Pearson, a former U.S. senator from Kansas, to help students gain a wide education in order to cope with a changing world.
Financial assistance for graduate students who want to study abroad is available through the James B. Pearson Fellowship program.
'Stipends usually range from $1,500 to $2,000.
Information about applications, application procedure and eligibility is available through the financial aid, graduate school and study abroad offices.
Weather
Today will be cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high temperature around 50. Winds will be from the northeast at 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low in the mid-30s. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a high of 45 to 50.
Where to call
readers who have ideas for stories or photographs can call the Kansan newsroom at 864-4810.
For ideas about campus and area coverage, ask for Cindy McCurry, campus editor. For magazine ideas ask for Sharon Rosse, magazine editor. For arts and entertainment ideas or On Campus items, ask for Jill White, arts editor.
For sports, ask for Dave Giles,
sports editor. For photographs,
ask for Brice Waddill, photo
editor.
For questions or complaints, ask for Michael Totty, editor, or Lauretta McMillen, managing editor.
The Student Senate will consider allocating $293 next week to the Rocky and Bullwinkle Fan Club for the support of The KU Travesty, a satirical magazine published by the club.
Senators disagree whether to finance magazine
From staff and wire reports.
By Piper Scholfield
Staff writer
however, at least one student senator considers the magazine offensive and doesn't think it should be financed with Senate money.
Brian Pyle, Hutchinson freshman and co-presenter of the Rocky and Bollwinkle Fan Club, said the magazine was published twice last
semester at the expense of the members. If Student Senate approves financing, the money will be sufficient to publish 2,000 copies of two more issues, he said.
The club, formed specifically to publish the magazine, distributes it free.
But Gordon Woods, chairman of the Senate Cultural Affairs Committee, said he opposed financing the KU Travesty because the magazine contained material that could be offensive to some students.
Woods. "I'm not personally offended, but I could see how some people could be."
"The whole thing, as far as I'm concerned, is worthless," said
In its first two issues, the magazine, two to four pages long, mocked residence hall food, President Reagan and Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas, for example.
No one should take the KU Travessy seriously, said Pyle. Beneath the title of the magazine are the words, "no cows," meaning the magazine holds no subject sacred, he said.
Some student senators defended financing the magazine in the name of freedom of the press.
Ruth Lichtwardt, holdover senator, said KU Travesty should receive Senate financing because it is a student publication, not on the basis of its content.
"We shouldn't be the censors, we should just provide the forum," she said.
David Epstein, student body president, said that before financing the magazine, Student Senate would seek legal help to determine whether it could be held liable for statements made in the magazine.
no complaints about the content of the magazine. About four people had requested to write for the magazine.
Pyle said that since the initial publication last fall, he had received
Michael Butler, associate professor of English and adviser to the Rocky and Bullwinkle Fan Club, said KU Travesty should receive the same press freedom as any other publication on campus. He described the magazine as an "all-points-covered satire magazine."
The magazine does not attempt to attack any single sector of the student population, Butler said. Any group is up for criticism.
February brings rain to parched Lawrence
By Tim Hrenchir
Staff writer
Although January proved to be one of the driest months on record in Lawrence, February brought with it rain and a dense fog that covered northeast Kansas yesterday.
The fog is expected to continue throughout today with highs in the 40s and 50s, the National Weather Service in Topeka said yesterday.
Last month, residents experienced the driest January on record, while temperatures were the warmest in more than 100 years, the KU Weather Service said.
Kisner said the fog was caused by warm, moist winds from the south
The showers that hung over the city this weekend were accompanied by a dense fog that dropped visibility to zero in Topeka last night, said Steven Kisner, meteorological technician for the National Weather Service in Topeka.
Aaron Smith, weather observer for the KU Weather Service, said Lawrence received no measurable precipitation last month and the city's total rainfall was a trace.
The dry spell was broken Saturday as .01 inch of rain fell on Lawrence. The city hadn't received any measurable precipitation since Dec. 20. 1985, when .01 inch of snow fell
combining with cold, moist air in the area.
Although Kisner said the weather service might issue a traveler's advisory because of the fog, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported no increase in traffic accidents last night.
The rain and fog ended a record-breaking dry spell. Since the National Weather Service have kept records, only two months besides this January have seen no measurable precipitation.
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January temperatures also set records, Smith said. January's average temperature of 40 was the second highest on record, eclipsed only by a mark that was registered 106 years ago. A meteorological summary prepared by a KU professor in 1800 said the mean temperature that January was 41.23, he said.
The city's average high temperature during January was 52.3, more than 14 degrees above normal. Average precipitation for January is 1.11 inches.
Fog and rain didn't keep these fishermen from enjoying a day on the lake. They were fishing yesterday afternoon or Lake Perry.
The warm weather should continue, forecasters said, but the dry spell will probably come to an end.
The average high temperature in
Kisner said February's forecast called for above normal temperatures and average precipitation for northeast Kansas.
February is 43 degrees, while the month's average precipitation is 1.05 inches.
Workers at the St. Lawrence Catholic Center, 1631 Cressd Rc., used January's warm, dry weather to make progress on a roof they were constructing as part of a church and student center renovation and
Bill Griffin, job superintendent for the project, said workers didn't miss a day during the month.
Griffin said Friday, "We could stand a lot of days like we've had, at least until we get the roof on this thing and get it closed in. Then it can blow for awhile."
Allen Wiechert, KU's director of facilities planning, said the weather had aided construction work on a housing maintenance shop on west campus.
Variety show to dance to tax tune
"We lost a lot of time to cold and wet weather last November and December," Weichert said.
By a Kansan reporter
The Rock Chalk Reve will have to start paying sales tax on ticket sales for 1986, said John Allison, executive director of the show.
Allison said that since the money the show raised was donated to charity, the organizers had never paid sales taxes. The organizers didn't know charities weren't exempt from paying sales tax on tickets.
The annual variety show com-
prises ten campus living groups,
usually greek houses. Part of ticket
proceeds go to the Lawrence United
Way. This year's shows will be Feb.
27, 28 and March 1 at Hoch
Auditorium.
Allison said he expected the 33-year-old show to bring in a total of about $18,000. Rental of Hoch will come out of the total.
The University comproller's office told this year's organizers that the show would have to begin paying the tax.
Then, 50 percent of the proceeds is donated to the Lawrence United Fund, 40 percent goes back to the living groups that participate in the show to cover their expenses, and the other 10 percent is used for next year's show.
The show will be audited in a few months, and at that time, back taxes may be assessed, Allison said. If back taxes do have to be paid, the show will take money from this year's proceeds to pay them.
The ticket prices are $4, $5 and $7. After ticket sales close, the organizers will remove the tax percentage, about 3 percent, Allison said. The sales tax shouldn't affect the $8,000 pledge the organizers plan to give to the Lawrence United Fund, he said.
Bill McGowan, the show's business director, said he was upset that a charity had to pay sales tax, but it had to be done.
McGowan said the organizers were cutting spending as much as possible to ensure the show would meet its pledge to the United Fund.
Silence surrounds reactor center
Security was tight around the Nuclear Reactor Center yesterday morning, but officials would not comment on the reason for the security measures.
Harold Rosson, professor of chemical and petroleum and coordinator of the reactor's dismantling process, said yesterday that he would not be able to comment about the reactor for 10 days.
Rosson would not comment on the security measures, or whether the security was in connection with the removal of uranium-235 from the reactor last Tuesday.
Lt. Jeanne Longaker of the KU Police Department would not comment on the number of officers involved in the security measures at the reactor.
and set up road blocks in front of the driveway area. Police would not allow entrance into the building.
A flatbed truck carrying a large, seemingly concrete, cask was parked in the loading area of the center.
Staff writer
KU Police cordoned off an area around the center yesterday morning
Police officers would not comment on the security or the presence of the flatbed truck.
By Grant W. Butler
Security was eased after the truck left the center at about 11:30 a.m.
Regulatory Commission regulations require the restriction of any information dealing with the transportation of hazardous materials, she said.
Robin Eversole, director of University Relations, said she could not discuss the nature of the security at the reactor center. Nuclear
"You must understand that security measures of this nature are confidential," she said.
Staff writer
Security measures and the confidentiality are not because of a fear of terrorists, she said, but to protect the public from hazardous materials.
Information about the activity at the reactor center will be available to the public by the middle of the month, Eversole said.
Yesterday's security measures were similar to ones taken last Tuesday when nuclear materials were transferred from the reactor center by a crane.
Students lead Girl Scouts far beyond selling cookies
By Abbie Jones
Imagine taking charge of a bunch of Girl Scouts every Saturday morning. One wants to go to the zoo, one wants some punch and one wants her wilderness badge.
Several busy KU women take time out of their schedules to show Lawrence girls that there is more to Girl Scouts than cookies.
"The purpose is to help young girls see their world," said Kristen Henderson, Lawrence senior and assistant troop leader. "For girls, it's especially important to show them that they can do whatever they want to do. There are no limits."
Henderson, who started as a Brownie when she was in second grade, now manages a Junior Girl Scout troop of 10- to 12-year-old girls from Cordley Elementary School. She has led one Saturday morning excursion to Lindley Hall to see Halley's comet and is planning several projects for the girls to earn badges.
"I see this as a way of returning some of the things I had," said Henderson. "It's a way of teaching and learning at the same time."
To earn a wildlife badge, the girls must go to Clinton Lake, a park, or river to learn about nature. For a home-living badge, the girls must make something that records their family history or spend time with a senior citizen. Each badge has about 10 requirements and is sewn on the traditional green-felt vest, Henderson said.
"The badge is kind of the pat on the back," she said. "The important thing is doing the activities."
Girl Scuits is broken up into four groups for girls of different ages, Henderson said. Brownies is for second and third graders, Juniors for fourth through sixth graders, Cadets for seventh through ninth graders and Seniors for high school-age girls.
Mariana Remple, who leads a senior scout troop called the Mariners, said Girl Scouts was a place for women with a sense of adventure.
The Mariners sponsor water-related activities. Another troop called Mounted primarily rides horses, she said. These groups are for the older women who are members themselves.
"Girls who remain in scouting are very service-oriented." Remple said.
Lynda Kieffer, Lawrence senior who has been involved in Mariners for seven years, spent a week caneeing in the boundary waters between Minnesota and Canada. She also took weekend river trips in the Ozarks.
Remple said Lawrence was part of the Kaw Valley Girl Scout Council, which covers 13 northeast Kansas counties. There are about 10 councilis in the state. The Canada trip usually draws girls from across Kansas.
Jennifer Owen, Lawrence freshman, said KU women not affiliated with the Kaw Valley Council might have their own organization if there was interest. Owen is in the process of starting Campus Girl Scouts.