Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1986
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Alumnus sentenced for grade changes
A former KU student pleaded guilty on Dec. 18 to four misdeaner counts in connection with his arrest on charges that he used a computer to change his grades last summer.
Kenneth R. Eisele, 25, of Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced to three consecutive six-month sentences and one concurrent six-month sentence, according to Frank Diehl, Douglas County assistant district attorney. Serving the one sentence concurrently means Eisele will only spend 18 months in jail instead of 24.
Student is assaulted
Lawrence police are looking to a man who attempted to rape a 22-year-old KU student Saturday in her south Lawrence apartment.
The woman recently had returned home and was walking from her bathroom into her bedroom when the man knocked her down and tied her hands to the bed.
Eisele was suspended from school last summer when officials became aware of the crimes.
The woman told police she didn't know whether the man already was in the apartment or whether he had entered after she had returned home. She said she had not locked the dead bolt on her door.
The woman told police that the man said several abusive words to her and made a reference to her boyfriend's ethnic background. He then left the apartment for no apparent reason.
The woman was unable to identify the man, and police said they had no suspects in the case.
Men caught stealing
Three KU students were arrested early yesterday morning for stealing a picture from the Chi Omega sorority, 1345 W. Campus Rd.
The students were arrested at about 1 a.m. All three must appear in Douglas County District Court Monday to face charges of theft.
The picture was a composite photograph of the members of the sorority.
Regents to see plans
The building is to be built east of Haworth Hall and will house a research and training center for the handicapped, said Ed Meyen, the committee chairman.
The center is to be named for Dole because of his role in introducing legislation to create and finance the center.
Clarification
Because of information supplied to the Kansas, a story on sorority rush in today's second section incorrectly reported the percentage of women who pledged a house. Seventy percent of the women who went through rush pledged. The section was printed in advance.
Weather
Today will be mostly sunny with highs in the low to mid 50s and southern winds from 10 to 20 mph. Increasing cloudiness tonight with lows around 30. Tomorrow will be early cloudy with highs around 50.
Deanell Tacha, former vice chancellor for academic affairs, is sworn in as a judge of the 10th U.S. District Court. The ceremony was Monday afternoon in the Douglas County Courthouse. Tacha's husband, John, stood next to her
and held a Bible as his wife completed her oath. Seated behind Tacha are two of the ceremony's speakers, Chancellor Gene A. Budig and Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole.
Panel seeks Tacha replacement
By Brian Whepley
Staff writer
A committee was named in late December by Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, to select a successor to Deanell Tacha, whose resignation became effective Monday when she assumed a federal judgeship.
The committee of 17 faculty, staff and students hopes to choose a new vice chancellor for academic affairs by July 1, sai1 Jeanette Johnson, Cobb's assistant.
Tacha was sworn in as a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge Monday afternoon.
The committee has met twice but has only approved a position description and advertising for the job, said Patricia Ewalt, committee member and professor of social welfare.
Del Shankel, professor of biochemistry and microbiology, was named acting vice chancellor for academic affairs Dec. 16. 16. Shankel previously served as acting chancellor from 1980 to 1981.
The committee was formed according to University guidelines, Johnson said.
The committee also elected a chairman, Michael J. Davis, dean of law.
He then selected the committee members from a wide range of faculty and administrative departments, she said. The guidelines provide for about 20 percent student representation on selection committees, and, in accordance with that policy, three were chosen.
Cobb requested nominations for committee members from the University Senate Executive Committee, deans of the various schools, the student body president and others.
Tacha received the oath of office from U.S. Circuit Judge James K. Logan, a former KU law school dean and a member of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, Chancellor Gene A. Budig.
Tacha's family and over 200 friends and colleagues attended the ceremony.
Chief Judge William J. Holloway, on the 10th U.S. Court of Appeals opened the ceremony by convening the court. Seven members of the court, plus one confirmed but not sworn in member, were present. Nine U.S. District Court judges also were present.
Dole praised Tacha and said that the selection of Tacha was a proud moment for Kansans.
"The president made it clear he was looking for outstanding women, and he found one in Deanell Tacha," Dole said.
Davis gave a humorous testimonial saying he was under orders not to give a summary of Tacha's achievements.
"She's one of those disgusting people who does everything well," he said.
because she was an asset to the University. He said that he knew it was a tough decision for her to make but that it was easy to understand why she accepted the udreshin.
Budig said he had mixed feelings about Tacha's departure
Although the committee is searching nationally for candidates, it also wants applicants from within the University, Johnson said. A letter requesting nominations from within the University will be circulated this week to all staff and faculty. Nominees will be asked to apply, Johnson said.
The University's job description says applicants must have a doctoral degree or the equivalent, demonstrated success as a teacher and researcher, administrative experience at a university in a variety of areas and have a working knowledge and commitment to affirmative action programs.
Nominations will be accepted until Feb. 3 and applications until Feb. 17, Johnson said. She said she expected at least 50 applications.
Murder suspect files extradition
Staff writer
By Frank Ybarra
The man accused in the murder of a KU professor is fighting extradition to Douglas County where he is facing charges of murder and felony theft.
Eugene Avis Jr., 25, of Kansas City Mo., has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, a form seeking the release of someone held in custody. The writ will force authorities to justify their reasons for holding Avis.
A hearing is set for Monday in Jackson County District Court in Kansas City. Mo
Avis is accused of the murder of 57-year-old George V. Hixson, an interior design professor. Hixson was found in his apartment, 1405 Westbrooke St., after friends called police because they were concerned about his welfare. Autopsy reports revealed that Hixson died from strangulation about Nov. 22.
A newspaper with that date was found in his living room, and a calendar on a desk was open to that date.
According to the coroner's report, Hixson received wounds to his head and his chest and blood was found throughout his bedroom.
It also said that several of Hixson's possessions were gone, including his television.
The statement said that someone apparently had tried to clean up the blood with a rag.
Ribbons fly on campus trees to ground multiple sclerosis
"We want to tie up and bust M.S.," said Pat Meacham, education director of Students Against Multiple Sclerosis. "The ribbons serve as a symbol of what we are doing."
By Monique O'Donnell
More than 800 feet of red and blue ribbons, symbolizing a new battle against multiple sclerosis, decorated trees across campus when students returned from semester break.
Steve Vogel, chairman of SAMS, said that the University of Kansas chapter wanted to put something on campus that would make everyone wonder what it meant. The group also set up an information table in the Kansas Union during registration.
Symptoms vary according to the area of the nervous system affected. But in the most severe cases, multiple sclerosis may result in paralysis. No cure has been found for the disease, but medical research has found some treatments to alleviate some of the symptoms.
SAMS is the National Multiple Sclerosis Society's new awareness and fund-raising program. About 150 schools, including KU, are launching fund-raising campaigns to fight multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disease whose cause is unknown. It usually occurs between the ages of 18 and 34.
Aandrea Carter, public relations director of SAMS, said the group was simultaneously engaging in national fund-raising campaigns with other universities.
The events scheduled center on an event in which students dress up like their favorite rock or movie stars and raise money for SAMS by getting people to sponsor them.
Carter said the other events were kick-off parties Feb. 6 at several Lawrence bars, a battle of the bands Feb. 14, a benefit fund-raising dinner Feb. 21 and finally a celebrity look-alike contest Feb. 22.
"We're trying to raise $20,000." Carter said. "That sounds like a reasonable goal. We try not to come up with anything that's too far out of the ball park."
Vogel said that 60 percent of the money raised would go to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which started the SAMS program. The rest would go toward future campaigns and to students and residents of Kansas with multiple sclerosis
There are about 90 SAMS committee members at KU.
Vogel said he was proud to have added a fourth event that no other school had — a fund-raising dinner.
But SAMS is out to do more than just raise money and gain organizational skills, he said. The group is trying to educate students and members of the community about multiple sclerosis.
Work is started at Opera House
Landmark receiving new look
By Juli Warren
Staff writer
Sheets of clear plastic cover the doorways, keeping the dust of the renovation where it belongs.
The mosaic floor, with a few tiles missing and a thin dangling rope that once held a large chandelier are reminders of the condition the historic building was once in.
Oldfather and his partner, David Millstein, bought the 100-by-170-foot building in December. The two, with a crew of four and subcontractors for technical work, have been working on renovating the building since May, Oldfather said.
“It’s kind of exciting, isn’t it?” ask a grinning Charlie Oldfather, one of two new owners of the building at 7th and Massachusetts streets that once housed the Opera House. “If you’re a nut it’s kind of exciting.”
The two named it Liberty Hall because that was the name of the original building at that site, which Millstein said was built in 1854.
The building presently at the corner was built in 1912, he said.
After the renovation, according to their plans, the building will house a theater, a video rental, library and sales shop, and office and shop rental space.
Oldfather, a former KU law professor and University attorney, has been active in the theater most of his life, he said, but especially so since his retirement in 1974.
He said he hoped to have traveling performers, as well as local groups perform.
The theater will be suitable for performances of the theater or musical groups along with classic movies, the two said.
But now, metal strips, buckets and other construction materials dot the floor, and sounds of vacuuming from the balcony demonstrate the lively acoustics of the auditorium, which is decorated with a design of planets on the ceiling.
Three chandeliers will be cleaned and rehung, marble stairs will be restored and several stained glass windows will be replaced.
Food will be catered for a dinner theater, but liquor will not be served in the establishment.
"We'll put permanent seating in the balcony, and have tables and chairs down here for dinner theater." Oldfather said, pointing.
Millstein bought theater chairs for the balcony that were originally in a Lawrence church.
He said that he and Millstein hoped to open in late summer or fall.
For the first show, Oldfather hopes to put on "The Ballad of Blackjack," a play about John Brown, in keeping with the historical theme.
Millstein, who owns Sunflower Surplus, 804 Massachusetts St., and The Casbah, 803 Massachusetts St., and Oldfather were introduced by Skip Moon when he was looking for someone to restore the building, according to Oldfather.
Moon was part of the partnership for a time, Oldfather said, but isn't any longer.
In the past, the building has housed an opera house, movie theaters, a warehouse and the Red Dog, among other things.
Oldfather said he didn't know how much it would cost to renovate the building.
"We're ready, though, whatever it takes," he said.
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