THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Police sought missing person near body site
By Steve Bailey and Bryce J. Tache Kansas staff writers
By Steve Ballev
Although the body found Friday afternoon in East Lawrence has not been identified, area residents say it may be connected to a missing-perimeter investigation in their neighborhood and the Lawrence Police Department.
Gene Bickford, 723 New York St,
said yesterday that men identifying
themselfs as detectives questioned
him and his wife earlier this year
about the disappearance of a young
woman.
"They said that she had been dropped off right across the street from us on Halloween night," he told me. "That was the last time she was sleep."
Bickford said that detectives showed him photographs of the missing woman but that he did not recognize her.
Other area residents, who asked not to be identified, remember being questioned several months ago.
Chris Mulvenon, Lawrence police spokesman, confirmed that a missing-person case involving a young woman was pending. He would not
say whether it was connected to the ongoing investigation.
"We have had several reports of missing persons in the past year," he said. "You can't tie a missing person case to a specific area."
Mulvenon said the department still could not confirm the age or race of the body, which was found in the 800 block of East Eight Street.
"Because we are not 100 percent sure, we are not going to say one way or another," he said.
However, authorities have determined that the body probably is not one of three missed Johnson County shooters. No evidence believe were murdered last summer.
Richard Grissom Jr. is charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of the three women.
Mulvenon said authorities had ruled out a connection with the Grisom case because of physical difference, but the unidentified women and the unidentified body.
"At this point there is not any indication whatsoever that any of those three victims is involved in this
See BODY, p. 5
Another hostage is freed
The Associated Press
DAMASCUS, Syria — U.S. hostage Frank Reed was released yesterday after being held almost three and a half years by Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon. U.S. hostage freed in nine days.
Syrian officials said that Reed, a 75-year-old student from Malden, Mass., was freed in Beirut at 12:30 P.M. and driven to the Syrian capital.
President Bush hailed Reed's release as Bush welcomed former hostage Robert Polhill to the White House, another U.S. educator who was freed in Lebanon on April 22 after 39 months in captivity. Bush asked Syria and Iran for their help in escaping and said things seem to be moving, but that there could be no rest until all hostages are free.
Reed was handed to officers of the Syrian army contingent that controls east and north Lebanon as well as Muslim west Beirut, where he kidnapped Sept. 9, 1986, said the officer, who refused to be identified.
There are still 16 Westerners, including six U.S. citizens, held hostage in Lebanon.
"I hope this is a forerunner to the release of the other American hostages and the others from other countries, and against their will." Bush said.
The Iranian newspaper Teheran
Reed's family rejoices in release; hope still alive for other hostages
MALDEN, Mass. — Fiff Reed always said she would not believe her husband was free until she saw a picture.
The Associated Press
Yesterday, pictures from Syrian television gave life to the joyous news from the State Department: Frank Reed was coming home at last. And that first TV footage showed a man very different from the haunted prisoner in the earlier Polaroid shots sent to news agencies in Lebanon.
"He looks great. He's in a suit," Fifi Reed said. Relatives who crowded around the TV set in this suburban remarked that Reed had a beard now bored with his work, but he was almost three and a half years by Islamic extremists.
"It's real, it's definitely real," said Reed's daughter, Marilyn Langston.
The Syrian-born Fahima Reed, "Fifi" for short, wanted to share her joy with the relatives of those hostages still in Lebanon.
"That's my basic thought of the moment, I want to see everybody happy as I am now," she said.
In Boise, Idaho, the mother of hostage Jesse Turner said that she fell joy for Reed's family and that she said, "I'm ready."
Times said Tuesday that unless Washington answers the latest releases with goodwill gestures, no more U.S. citizens will go free.
Reed appeared pale and smoked a cigarette following his release.
"I was hopeful that it would come to pass," said Turner's mother, Estelle Ronneburg. "Now we're down to six Americans."
Shortly before 2 p.m., the State Department telephoned word of Reed's release to his family's home in Malden, where relatives and a crowd of reporters awaited word.
"I'm thrilled. I'm overjoyed. I'm everything — all of the above that describe happiness." Fiff Reed said. "I really hope that he's in good health. That's all I care about now."
Asked whether she thought the family might return to the Middle East, she said. "We stay here, no way of leaving."
Fifi Reed, 39, planned to travel to Germany to see her husband. She said her sister in Damascus would return for a visit.
At a briefing at the ministry, he
While the family awaited word, Reed's 91-year-old mother, Leota Sprague, said she never had lost faith that her son would be free one day.
said he could not answer some questions out of concern for the other hostages — "I do not want to anything that could harm them."
The freed captive appeared in reasonable health. He was clean-
He said he hoped the other hostages would be freed soon, but would not say if he saw any of
shaven, and wore a dark suit and a blue tie. His voice was huskv.
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See HOSTAGE. D. 5
Canvas homework
SenEx passes plan to diversify groups
By Pam Sollner
John Hammer, Wichita Junior, was intent on his work as he finished an untitled painting for his class in the Art and Design building.
Kansan staff writer
The Senate Executive Committee voted yesterday to forward recommendations to University Council and reorganizing organized living groups.
The council will meet Thursday afternoon for the final time this semester.
The University Senate Committee on Human Relations this year was put in charge of making recommendations that would reduce discriminatory behavior on campus and in areas within, both on and off campus.
SenEx reviewed the committee report two weeks ago and appointed a two-member subcommittee to refine the recommendations.
The four recommendations that will be forwarded to the council are:
> That the Office of Student Affairs urge Greek associations to implement an aggressive minority recruitment program with reasonable goals and means, and criteria for determining annual progress.
- That the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association start a progressive series of workshops and meetings to create a better level of communication with the Black Pan-
hellenic Council and adjust their membership recruitment process to increase access by the multicultural community.
- That the University continue to analyze the distribution of students by ethnicity, race and geographical by sex and fraternity houses.
That the 1990-91 Human Relations Committee work with the Office of Student Housing to devise a plan to distribute cultural, racial and ethnic groups in campus residence halls and scholarship halls to more closely resemble the distribution of the student body population.
Of the seven recommendations,
SenEx opposed three of them:
That the University register only those organizations that admit new members on the basis of published qualifications.
- That situations, conditions or policies that may be identified as problems for racial or ethnic groups are problems for students generally.
That the Board of Regents be asked to revise and strengthen the "Regents Policy on Organizational Membership," which gives student groups the right to choose their members.
Required placing of students in Math 002,101 set for fall
ACT scores would be used to decide between sections
By Carol B. Shiney Kansan staff writer
Philip Montgomery, associate professor of mathematics, said placement would be based on ACT scores. Students who score less than 20 on the math section of the ACT will be placed higher, and who score higher can take Math IU.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will begin mandatory placement of students in algebra and intermediate mathematics classes in the fall, an associate professor of mathematics said yesterday.
Math 002, intermediate mathematics, and Math 101, algebra, are taught by the SIMPL plan, which stands for Self-Instructed Masters Plan. A 97-page report about SIMPL that was recently submitted to the college recommended that admission to all algebra courses be based on a
Previously, students could enroll in either course at their discretion.
James Muyksen, dean of liberal arts and sciences, said he decided to place students based on ACT scores because of the report about SIMPL the college had to bear that the college needed to give more guidance to students.
placement test.
'We certainly don't want people to have to take a course they wouldn't need to take.'
James Muyskens
Muyaksen said incoming freshmen received a suggested class schedule based on interests, ACT scores and high school courses. The suggested schedule now will state what math course a student would be assigned.
"I think it is really unfortunate when a student enrolls in 101 and can't make it, but could have if enrolled in 102," he said.
Miyukens said there would be an appeals process for students who wanted to take higher math courses.
The program was studied because of complaints about the program from parents and students and a high attrition rate, the report stated. Of the 23,027 students who enrolled in the courses during the past five years, 39 percent dropped and 15 percent withdrew. Of the 46 percent who completed their enrollment, 37 percent passed.
"We certainly don't want people to have to take a course they wouldn't need to take," he said.
The SIMPL program was studied for about a year and a half by a seven-member committee appointed by the college. The report, which made four main recommendations, was submitted to the college for review.
Muyksens said mandatory placement would enforce prerequisites that already existed. He said students were likely to fall courses if they did not have the prerequisites.
According to the report, SIMPL was the type of instruction first used in 1961 to teach Math 902. Since 1984, it has been used to teach Math 103.
Ann Dean confronts notoriety Racial incident has spurred unwanted recognition at KU
By Eric Gorski
Kansan staff writer
Ann Dean buried her head in her lap and covered her eyes.
She doesn't like to talk about herself.
But during the past few weeks, everyone on campus has been talking about her. Dean, St. Louis sophomore, has been in the middle of racial tensions at the school and will be attending morning of March 30, when she was delivering pizzas.
Dean was on the second-floor landing of the Sigma Alpha fraternity fraternity, 1301 West Campus Road, when a member of the fraternity skipped a pizza out of his kitchen and received a racial insult to her, according to police reports.
Matthew Willenborg, St. Louis freshman, was suspended from the fraternity because of the incident, although he denied making any racial comment. He will not be present last week after a separate reported battery April 21.
He was charged with disorderly conduct and misdemeanor battery in connection with the March 30 incident.
The confrontation at SAE has spurred students to demand administrative action to improve KU's racial climate. After a student protest April 11, Chancellor Gene A. Bugd outlines steps to improve the racial environment at an impromptu conference attended by about 350 students in the rotunda of Strong Hall.
But she does not want her name to be in the forefront. Dean feels more comfortable talking about
Dean attended the meeting at Strong and thanked people who had supported her.
Perspectives on racial climate p. 1b
the issues, and she squirms at questions about her personal life.
The fact that I am the person that this happened to be is surprising. Dean said, "I don't like being famous. It's scary."
Unexpected notoriety
Ann Dean lives with seven other women in a house on Mississippi Street. During the past month, they have been more than her roommates. They've been her answering service.
"Newspaper and television people. We had about 50 phone calls a day," said Kara Gannon, one of Dean's roommates. "We couldn't call anyone because we'd be interrupted."
Since April 2, Dean's name has appeared more than 70 times in the University Daily Kansas. She has been mentioned on the Kansas City area television news. She and her colleagues strangers talking about her in a Lawrence restaurant.
"At least 10 people come up to me every day and say, 'Are you Ann Dean?'' she said. "I never expected this."
Before March 30, Dean lived the life of a normal college student. She is in the College of Liberal Arts and teaches English at her semester, she is taking classes in English, anthropology and environmental studies.
Dean, who is paying half her way through school,
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