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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, January 16, 1996
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Keeping personal possesions secure may deter thieves. Some students' belongings may be covered by their parents' insurance policies
Insurance can protect presents
But some students question coverage
By Amanda Traughber
Kansan staff writer
Insurance can protect students' expensive holiday gifts if they are stolen or destroyed in fires or floods.
However, some students are unsure whether their possessions are protected.
Tywan Williams, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, thought his belongings might be covered by his parents' homeowners plan. But he didn't know how much of his personal items were covered or whether they were covered in case of theft.
Bob Carlson, an agent with State Farm Insurance, 2201 W. 28th St., said students who were dependants of their parents generally were covered under their parents' homeowners policies.
Under these policies, students usually are covered for up to 10 percent of their parents' coverage
for contents, Carlson said. For example, if a student's parents own a $100,000 house, the homeowners can be eligible for 75 percent of that, or $75,000, in coverage for the home's contents. In that case, the student could be covered for 10 percent of that amount, or $7,500, for the belongings at school.
The Olene Sturdevant Agency, 2108 W. 27th St., represents Farmers Insurance Group. Sturdevant said students could get $15,000 in renter's insurance coverage for as little as $90 a year. Rates vary depending on the student's stability, employment, student status and how long they have lived in their apartment or house.
Both Sturdevant and Carlson said most insurance policies had limits on specific items, such as jewelry and computers. Student coverage under parental policies typically cover computers for up to $2,500, while a renter's insurance package may cover the same item for up to $5,000, they said.
about agencies that do, said Kenneth Stoner, director of student housing.
Stoner said the housing department offered an identification program in which students could check out engraving pencils to mark belongings with names or social security numbers.
The University of Kansas doesn't provide renters insurance, but it does give students information
Students also can file a list of their items in case of theft or accidents.
However, Stoner said, being aware of safety and security issues, locking doors and other
individual precautions were the best ways students can protect their personal items.
Still, Wendy Klein, Overland Park freshman, wasn't concerned about toting her new television set on Sunday back to her room in Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall.
She said she and her roommate had not had problems with theft in the past.
"My door is wide open, so I'm obviously not worried," she said.
Sorority house burglarized
The Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, 1510 Sigma Nu Place, was burglarized during the winter break and electronic equipment valued at more than $1,000 was stolen, according to Lawrence police reports.
On Dec. 24, Lawrence police officers on patrol noticed that a screen on the north side of the building had been sliced and the
window pried open.
A Hitachi VCR belonging to the sorority valued at $250 and a Hewlett Packard Deskwriter C laser printer, valued at $795, were taken. A screen valued at $15 was damaged as a result of the break-in.
The burglary occurred sometime between 9 a.m. Dec. 18 and 1 p.m. Dec. 24.
Convicted stalker to resume teaching
By David Teska
Kansan staff writer
He said Reeves had been in several plays and musicals, including performances at the Starlight Theater in Kansas City, Mo., and Theater in the Park in Shawnee Mission.
A University of Kansas professor convicted of stalking his former, therapist will return to the classroom this semester.
drama in high school," he said. "She played the piano, clarinet and played the piano for the church in Bonner Springs."
Hobart Jackson, associate professor of architecture, will teach two courses in the department of architecture.
Jackson said the decision to let him teach part-time was made by John Gaunt, dean of architecture, Kent Spreckelmeyer, chairman of the department of architecture and himself. To alleviate the stress students might feel have to take required courses from him, Jackson said he would teach only elective courses this semester.
Jackson went on paid, voluntary medical leave in August 1995 after his November 1994 misdemeanor stalking conviction. Jackson's six-month jail sentence was ultimately suspended. Instead, he had to enroll in a community corrections program for treatment. He also was instructed to cease any contact with the woman.
After Jackson violated the terms of his suspension by contacting the victim, he was arrested again and charged with violating his corrections program. At his hearing in September before Michael Malone, Douglas County district court judge, Jackson pleaded guilty. He did not receive a jail sentence but had his probation extended to November.
fall 1993 semester until spring 1994 and had been taking a year off before returning to pursue a degree in music, her father said.
Since the announcement of Jackson's return, Gaunt said his office had received several calls from students expressing concerns about safety and security in classes taught by Jackson.
"I certainly understand that apprehension," he said.
Reeves' father, Robert Reeves, said music had been his daughter's passion. She originally had majored in accounting because she wasn't sure she could make a living in music, he said.
Gaunt said the main reason Jackson was returning to teach at KU despite his convictions that was that his crime did not involve the University.
"I'll be nervous the first week, but I'm usually nervous anyway," he said.
Although he hasn't received negative impressions from students regarding his return, Jackson acknowledges that the early part of the semester won't be without apprehension. He said that his name was listed in the timetable and that no student had withdrawn after learning he would be teaching the classes.
While teaching, Jackson will continue with his therapy sessions, which continue through December.
Not everyone agrees with the decision to let Jackson return to teaching.
"Id feel better if he'd start taking responsibility for his crimes and stop blaming the victim for his actions," said Khabira Gruber, a friend of the victim.
Since his second hearing, Jackson has denied he has violated the terms of his sentence and has said that checks were in place to ensure his compliance.
Reeves was working at Connex
Blizzard of '96 makes vacations unpleasant
By Amy McVey Kansan staff writer
Dan Martin didn't expect to spend the majority of his winter break fighting with his family.
But because of snow from the Blizzard of 1996, Martin, Brooklyn, N.Y., senior, was trapped in his house for four days with his father, brother and sister.
"When you're stuck in a house for so long, you start to get on each other's nerves," he said. "I wanted to kill them by the end of the break."
Martin was one of many KU students who survived the blizzard that dumped between one and three feet of snow on the East Coast during the last two weeks.
Kansan staff report
Jeanette Nuzum, Bethesda, Md., junior, also spent last week buried under snow. But unlike Martin, she enjoyed it.
"Washington was so quiet, which was really weird, because it is usually such a rat race," she said.
Nuzum spent most of her days inside relaxing with a book, or outside shoveling the six-foot pile of
snow pushed on her driveway by snow plows.
International students also were affected by the snow, which has Grish Ballolla worried.
Jennifer Reeves was a student at the School of Business from the
Former KU student killed in car accident in Lawrence
Ballola, graduate teaching assistant for international student services, said he was still waiting for 20 to 25 international students who should have arrived on Jan. 8, and he fears some might be stranded in New York City.
A 22-year-old former University of Kansas student from Bonner Springs died Jan. 5 from injuries she had sustained earlier that day in a car accident at the intersection of Crestline and Oxford roads.
But although Nuzum savored the snow, she realized that it caused problems for the majority of the Northeast region of the country.
"The snow crippled the city," Nuzum said.
"Iimagine coming to this country for the first time, and you're stranded in two feet of snow in a place like New York City," Ballolla said. "It would be really scary."
Ballolla said he had no way of contacting the missing students, and only a few students had faxed him to let him know they couldn't get a flight. Now that the weather seems to be getting better, Ballolla said he expected to hear from them soon.
Telecommunications in Lawrence. "She really enjoyed her work," her father said. "She would set up conference calls for Connex Telecommunications. She got to set up calls for movie stars and sports figures. The last call she did was for the NFL."
Revees was born Dec. 24, 1973 in Seoul, South Korea. She graduated from Bonner Springs high school
in 1992, where she was president of the National Honor Society.
She is survived by her father and her mother, Gayla Reeves; one brother, Robbie Reeves; and one sister, Lindsey Reeves, of Bonner Springs; a maternal grandfather, Lester Hunt, of Conception Junction, Mo.; and a paternal grandmother, Izora France Reeves, of Leavenworth.