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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1996
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Bomb rips Paris subway mimics 1995 explosion
PARIS — A bomb tore apart a packed subway car in the heart of Paris yesterday, killing two people, wounding dozens and evoking fearful memories of a bombing campaign that terrorized the city last year.
"It's starting again," said Estelle Campos, clutching her 6- and 12-year-old sons tightly. "It's always the same people who pay."
The bomb was fashioned from a 28-pound gas canister — the signature bomb used in the 1995 attacks that killed eight people and inured 160.
No one claimed responsibility for the rush-hour bombing. It happened at 6:05 p.m. at the Port-Royal station on the RER regional line that shuttles thousands of commuters in and out of Paris.
Radar signal suggests ice may exist on moon
WASHINGTON — The dream that humans someday could live on the moon may have taken a leap forward with scientists saying they have a radar signal suggesting the possibility of frozen water deep inside a lunar crater.
Scientists at the Pentagon said yesterday that signals from the unmanned Clementine spacecraft indicated that a lake existed in deeply shadowed areas of a giant crater.
Paul Spudis of the Lunar and Planetary Institute said the radar signal was consistent with ice. He said it was an amazing discovery because the moon had been thought to be dry, based on the studies of rocks brought to Earth during the Apollo program.
Japan, U.S. Marines hope tour repairs relationship
The goodwill tour includes visits today to the Imperial Palace and Parliament and dinner with Japanese families.
TOKYO — Forty nervous U.S. Marines were guests of honor at a party yesterday in Tokyo. The prime minister's wife gave the party to repair relations frayed by a year of protests against America's military presence in Japan.
Tensions between the troops and Okinawans have been particularly high following the rape of a 12-year-old girl in 1995.
Texas town hits gusher:
$46.7 million jackpot
The party is part of a goodwill tour for the Marines sponsored in part by Kumiko Hashimoto, wife of Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. Sponsors acknowledge the tour was timed to coincide with this week's signing of an agreement that returns to Okinawa some of the land used for U.S. bases.
ROBY, TEXAS — Seven percent of this town's people are on their way to collecting a fortune.
But the 41 Roby residents and two more from nearby Sweetwater who will share a $46.7 million lottery jackpot are happy just to be solvent.
Four straight below-average cotton crops and abysmal cattle prices have depressed Roby, which has about 600 residents.
"Some of these people didn't know if they'd be able to farm again next year," said Peggy Dickson, organizer of the spur-of-the-moment lottery pool in which the 43 Texas residents each chipped in $10.
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Each winner will receive about $37,500 a year after taxes for 20 years.
The NCAA won't allow student-athletes to earn an income. But courts still require athletes who have children to pay child support. In this tough legal game,
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often it is the children who get...
Earlier this year Kansas running back June Henley found him Kirkland's tip to wobble the
race for KU's all-time record. The Douglas County District Court hit him high while the National Collegiate Athletic Association hit him low.
The state of Kansas hauled Henley into court on behalf of Charletta Henley, his 3-year-old daughter by Tracie Simmons. The state charged Henley with failure to pay child support.
His attorney told the court that Henley was willing to help his daughter, but there was a problem.
"I can't earn money; I can't get a job," Hennis said.
Henley could have been thrown in jail if he could not come up with some money. But, because of NCAA earning restrictions, Henley could not hold a job or receive a stipend. Henley simply could not pay the child support.
"It was frustrating," Henley said. "No one really helped me. There wasn't anything I could do."
It happens all across the United States. Athletes who owe child support keep playing, colleges keep raking in
Story by Spencer Duncan
Illustration by Headline, design by Noah Musser Matt Hood
gate receipts and television contracts keep skyrocketing. And in the shuffle, the children get lost, leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab.
Corrich represents athletes in the National Football League. His clients include former Kansas players Dorian Brew and Dana Stubblefield. He said Henley's problem was not an isolated one.
The NCAA's response? "It's not our problem."
But sports agent Neil Cornrich said Henley's situation is not an uncommon one.
"Because players have no source of income, they are put in an awkward
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position," Cornish said. "Then the mothers have to go on welfare or the state picks up the tab."
The case against Henley was eventually thrown out of court when Simmons showed Henley was supporting his daughter.
"I take care of her the best way that I can," Henley said. "It's the little stuff. When I have something in my pocket, I go buy her some shoes. I try to get her whatever I can."
He and Simmons remain involved. Simmons was unavailable for comment.
Michelle Lanoue is the mother of Tanyan Henley. Lanoue claims Henley is Tanyan's father. Henley is not so sure.
But Charletta is not the only child support case involving Henley.
Henley has never met Tanyan, who is 15 months old, and he has not seen Lanoue for more than 16 months. If Tanyan is his, he said, then he will support her. Paternity will be decided in Douglas County Court later this year.
Lanoue went to the state of Kansas for
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Victim gives graphic details during hearing; case to be tried
By Andrea Albright Kansan staff writer
The victim, a 19-year-old KU student, said she had dated Thomas Sun, a 28-year-old Olathe sophomore, for seven months.
At a preliminary hearing yesterday for a KU student accused of kidnapping and sodomizing his girlfriend, the victim gave a graphic account of physical and verbal abuse that allegedly occurred during the span of more than 24 hours.
In her testimony, the witness gave the following account of the incident:
She and Sun attended a play and then rented The Scartet Letter and watched it in Sun's room in McColum Hall on Nov. 24.
The movie's theme of adultery caused Sun to bring up the victim's former affair with a previous boyfriend. Sun had been aware of the affair since October, and the couple had resolved the issue in October.
Sun struck the victim across the face with the back of his hand during the argument.
Sun, who has a black belt in martial arts, told the victim that she could not leave the room and that she could not call the police. He told her that the police would not believe her because he would hit her hard enough for it to hurt, but not hard enough to leave a mark.
During the next seven hours, Sun forced the victim to perform oral sex on him repeatedly. He also repeatedly forced her to have anal sex with him.
Early on the morning of Nov. 25, the victim asked Sun if she could go to the bathroom. Sun told the victim she would have to urinate in a trash can in the room.
After she finished, Sun told her to hold the trash can for him to urinate. But before he was finished, he told the victim to kneel and urinated in her mouth. He then forced her to swallow the urine.
That evening, Sun agreed that if the victim would give him oral sex until he ejaculated, he would allow her to take his KUID to the Ekdahl Dining Commons to get them food. But he changed his mind.
The victim escaped that evening when Sun allowed her to shower in the women's restroom in the opposite wing of the residence hall. In the bathroom, the victim contacted another resident who let the victim use her telephone. The victim called her roommates, who called KU police.
Sun was arrested within an hour.
KU police said the victim was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital on the morning of Nov. 26 and released.
After three hours of testimony, the judge ruled that there was enough evidence to hold a trial.
Sun was released from the Douglas County Jail on $75,000 bond yesterday, jail officials said.
Sun's arraignment was not scheduled at the preliminary hearing.
He is charged with one count each of aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated kidding.
Jean Schmidt, assistant district attorney and prosecutor in the case, said authorities found weapons in Sun's room.
Sun's attorney said consent was an issue in the case because the couple was involved in a sexually active relationship.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said in a statement released Nov. 26 that Sun had been barred from McCollum Hall and that further disciplinary actions were pending.
Watkins announces new chief of staff
Search committee selects physician Randall Rock for job
Randall W. Rock was named the new chief of staff Monday at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
By Ashleigh Roberts Kansan staff writer
James Strobl, director of student health services, said Rock was selected by a seven-member search committee made up of representatives from different sections of the health center and a member of the Student Health Advisory Board. Rock replaces Charles Yockey, who resumed Sept. 13.
"I am extremely impressed with his ideas and the way he does things," Strobi said. "He is an excellent addition to our administrative
team. I think it's the beginning of a great partnership."
Rock said he was happy about the position on both a professional and personal level.
"It's an exciting time for Watkins and student health services at KU," he said. "But the position also offers new opportunities for personal growth. I am looking forward to the challenges."
Rock graduated from the University of Kansas in 1979 and University of Kansas Medical Center in 1983. He is board certified in family practice and completed his residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. Before coming to Watkins in 1991 as a staff physician, he was a family physician with the Ottawa Family Physicians.
Rock said he first came to Watkins because the position allowed him family time while still offering a productive work environment. Rock has three children: Alex, 10;
Randall Rock
at Watkins.
Rock said his continued interest in student health issues and preventive care had kept him
Elise, 8; and Adam, 6. His wife, Jane, is an educator in the Ottawa school system.
Rock said that his immediate goal was to complete the 20,000-square-foot addition to the center but that his long-term objective was to make Walkins more user-friendly.
He said he was not under the illusion that the new position would be easy, but he was confident that the health center would do great things because it had a highly qualified staff.
"I want to encourage every
Charles Yockey, former chief of staff at Watkins, said Rock would make an excellent chief of staff. Yockey will remain at Watkins until December 30, 1996.
Dee Ann DeRoin, staff physician at Watkins, agreed.
"It will be an incredibly smooth transition," he said. "The students and the facility are in good hands, and the staff is solidly behind Dr. Rock."
student to take advantage of the great staff and services they pay for," he said. "We are working to make Watkins a one-stop health care facility that puts student's health care needs and health education under one roof."
"Dr. Rock has the unanimous support from the staff," she said. "He is admired and respected by the nursing staff, the physician staff and the patients he cares for. He will be a big help during a period of major transition."
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