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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, March 6, 1990
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Murder investigation reveals scant evidence
By Kathryn Lancaster
Kansan staff writer.
Police have exhausted S3 leads and are continuing to investigate the death of a 19-year-old Lawrence man.
Three bodies found during past year
Christopher George Bread was found dead about 1 a.m. Friday a mile east of Lawrence on 15th Street, county Sheriff (Joe Lenden Anderson) said.
Bread, a Kiowa-Cherokee Indian, is the third Indian male found dead in the past year in Lawrence.
John Sandoval, a 19-year-old Haskell Indian Junior College student, was found dead last April in the Kansas River. Cecil Dawes, a 21-year-old former KU student, was found in the same river in October. He was ruled as unattended deaths meaning no one witnesses the deaths.
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The Dawes and Sandoval cases never have been closed, Anderson said. Police still are investigating the case and will announce unconclusive information about them.
He said the deaths were not coincident, but he refused to release any information that might jeopardize police investigations.
The investigative squad includes officers from the sheriff's department, Lawrence police and KU police.
"Today we are working with 20 officers, and we have more than enough to keep them busy." Anderson said yesterday.
However, there still are no suspects, he said. Police want to question two white males who were seen shortly after midnight riding a dark-colored Honda scooter in the area where Bread's body was found.
Anderson said Bread was last seen about 6 p.m. Thursday, but he would not say where.
A promoter for the Outhouse, on 15th Street about four miles east of Lawrence, said he had talked to Bread on Thursday night. Bread, a 1989 Lawrence High School graduate, was one of about 50 people who attended a heavy metal show that night with performances by two bands, Laas Rocket and Gothic's Flam. Shows typically start after 8 p.m.
Donny Mellenbruch, owner of the Outhouse, said he was concerned that his property was being given a bad name.
"I don't want a bunch of parents thinking it's not safe out there," Mellenbruch said. "People are not
going to want to go out there if they think they are going to get wasted.
An autopsy performed Frida, revealed that Bread died from a blunt force to the head, Anderson said.
Douglas County Coroner Carol Moddrell determined that Bread's skull was fractured. Anderson said.
Anderson would not comment on any other injuries that Bread might have suffered. Police are investigating the death as a homicide.
Anyone with information regarding the death can call the Douglas County Sheriff's Department at 843-721-5200 or LAW Enforcement Center at 841-7210.
Ottawa officer improves
By Rod Griffin
Kansan staff writer
"His recovery has been nothing less than miraculous," his wife, Reeze Henson, said in a telephone interview.
An Ottawa police officer walked around his hospital room yesterday after being shot four times from close range last week.
Bruce Hanson was transferred from intensive care Friday and was listed in fair condition yesterday at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Reeze Hanson, graduate teaching assistant for the department of theater and film, took two weeks off from her job to be with her husband.
Hanson, 35, was shot four times by a bank robber suspect firing a 44 caliber pistol pistol 26. Hanson stopped the suspect, John Roy Bird, 37, of Great Bend, after he ran over a fire hose at a Department of Public Safety training exercise. After being shot, Hanson returned fire and killed Bird.
At a press conference in Ottawa yesterday, Reeze Hanson said her husband was able to remember details of the shooting.
"He remembers the bullets hitting him," she said. "He remembers his thought process, taking cover. He remembers firing wildly to break out his back window to get a clear shot.
"He remembers him trying to run away. He remembers taking careful aim and firing. He remembers dropping to the ground, the attendants working on him. He remembers running over a whole HR process, he was certain he was going to die."
She was attending class at KU when she was told her husband had been shot.
"I was horrified, but it's a possibility as a policeman's wife that has always been in the back of my mind," she said.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
Quiz-taking helps students
By Christine Reinolds
Kansan staff writer
Pop quizzes and frequent feedback improve learning among college students, according to a study released yesterday by Harvard University.
Curtis Hall, KU instructor of meteorology, physics and astronomy, agreed with the results of the study but said he could not manage frequent quizzes in large classes.
Although the study was conducted at Harvard, the results could be applicable elsewhere, said Richard Light, author of the study and professor at Harvard's school of Education and Kennedy School of Government.
"In my real small classes, though, I've used weekly assignments," Hall said.
The study suggests that teachers ask students to take a minute at the end of class to write down a summary of the last hour, which gives teachers and students a chance for mutual feedback.
Light said the study found that students preferred demanding courses.
Carol Schekall, Hemingford, Neb, senior, said she had freed quizzes in her English 312 class.
"When you are forced to perform, it is inevitable that you do better," she said.
Other findings from the survey included:
Students found small study groups of up to six people meeting outside the classroom particularly effective.
- Outside activities such as athletics, clubs or jobs did not harm academic performance.
Susan Hettner, Lawrence graduate student, pours non-alcoholic drinks in front of Wesco Hall for Safe Break '90. The health fair is sponsored by Watkins Memorial Health Center, student housing and BACCHUS, which stands for Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students.
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Hoch Auditorium will take new role as home to offices and lecture halls
Kansan staff writer
By Christine Reinolds
Hoch Auditortum is going to have internal surgery, and some of students would like a second opinion before the procedure.
David Schaecher, assistant director of facilities planning, said Hoch's interior would be converted into large lecture halls and offices, which are needed in the center of campus.
The renovation would cost more than $13 million by the time the project begins, he said. Financing for the renovation has not yet been recommended by the Board of Regents or the State Legislature.
The delay in financing will cause the cost of renovation to increase because of inflation, Schaecher said.
Shows that now are performed at Hoch will be performed at the Lied Center once it is built.
Vicki Singer, Overland Park senior, who signed a petition to say he孝, said she can't think Hoch should be allowed to take care of her.
"Lied will be too small for productions such as Rock Chalk and 'Ia Behoma.'" Singer said.
Schaecher said the center would seat 2,160 people.
"The technology that is needed by a performing arts center cannot be contained in Hoch," he said.
compared with Hoch, which seats about 3,700. However, many of the seats in Hoch are damaged.
Schaecher cited bad acoustics and lack of backstage support as problems that caused Hoch to be an inefficient auditorium.
Singer said that she sat in the second balcony for the Rock Chalk Revue and that she did not notice any bad acoustics.
The $14.35 million construction for the center was delayed Friday when bids for the project did not meet the center's budget. There is no estimated starting date for construction, which will be completed two years after construction begins.
Jeff Milligan, member of the Jayhawk Pride Coalition, passed a petition during the revue to save Hoch. The coalition obtained about 1,500 signatures and plans to hold a rally on Saturday where who will advise the group on a suitable course of action.
"We wanted to make people aware," Milligan said. "We're not against the Lied Center; we are just focusing on historic preservation."
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