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| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 494926
9/1/2008 10:12 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
Do you think the missing has any ties with the washing up of feet in Canada and Washington State.
iwas on a forum once and i went to the welcome thread
i said hi i etc
it was a forum on 911 and i mentioned i hope being here is safe.
like in it was not illegal to discuss possibilties etc and how i had heard how all the forums are infiltrated by cia etc.
the person who replied when i asked if it ok
said
no we wont harm you , only cut your feet off and stick a carrot up your ass.
i found it quite creept and didnt stay around for long. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 494926
Iwonder is there any connection to 911 activism and the smiley face drownings. |
| IDW
User ID: 495319
9/1/2008 10:53 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
Intelligent popular and atheletic,in other words superior genetics with good leadership qualities..
If you want to control a people, the best way to to do it is elliminate those who are smart enough , capable of , and likely to resist your plans. Ashekenazi Jews have been accused of this for centuries, and where theres' smoke there's usually fire.
Reading over the various theories here it is readily apparent that the majority are simply disinformation , intended to muddy the waters so the guilty go undetected.
I couldnt think of anyone else but "jews" myself when I heard this story. What sense does it make otherwise?
In 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion', it is clearly stated that the intelligent gentile will be either be marginalized or killed if he is likely to be a problem to them and there plans .The one thing a jew hates more than anything is a smart, popular and atheletic gentile.
I KNOW THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SO DONT BOTHER ME WITH YOU STINKING MOUTH DIAHREA PRATTLE ABOUT MY PROPENSITY FOR MAKING 'ANTI SEMETIC' STATEMENTS. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 494926
9/1/2008 10:58 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
Intelligent popular and atheletic,in other words superior genetics with good leadership qualities..
If you want to control a people, the best way to to do it is elliminate those who are smart enough , capable of , and likely to resist your plans. Ashekenazi Jews have been accused of this for centuries, and where theres' smoke there's usually fire.
Reading over the various theories here it is readily apparent that the majority are simply disinformation , intended to muddy the waters so the guilty go undetected.
I couldnt think of anyone else but "jews" myself when I heard this story. What sense does it make otherwise?
In 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion', it is clearly stated that the intelligent gentile will be either be marginalized or killed if he is likely to be a problem to them and there plans .The one thing a jew hates more than anything is a smart, popular and atheletic gentile.
I KNOW THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SO DONT BOTHER ME WITH YOU STINKING MOUTH DIAHREA PRATTLE ABOUT MY PROPENSITY FOR MAKING 'ANTI SEMETIC' STATEMENTS. Quoting: IDW 495319
An assumption of the identity of the killers being somehow jewish is only valid if based upon EVIDENCE.
There isNON AT ALL, so the assumption is useless to the case being succesfully prosecuted. |
| IDW
User ID: 495319
9/1/2008 11:40 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
An assumption of the identity of the killers being somehow jewish is only valid if based upon EVIDENCE.
There isNON AT ALL, so the assumption is useless to the case being succesfully prosecuted. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 494926
AN ASSUMPTION BY DEFINITION REQUIRES NO EVIDENCE TO MAKE.
A good detective would be trying to understand the logical motive, which would point to the direction of the killers.
The motive seems to be to elliminate superior gentile genetics.
None of the victims were Ashekenazi, I'll wager against high odds.
I'll also bet you the killers will never be exposed publically, and that those investigating it think exactly the same thing I do.
It just doesnt make sense that it's a serial killer who hates smart ,popular college students.
It would be a logical assumption that the person or persons who are doing it are smart and personable themselves, so jealousy can be ruled out.
SO whats the motive, smart guy? |
| bump
User ID: 496100
9/3/2008 12:07 AM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
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| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 496100
9/3/2008 12:11 AM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
An assumption of the identity of the killers being somehow jewish is only valid if based upon EVIDENCE.
There isNON AT ALL, so the assumption is useless to the case being succesfully prosecuted.
AN ASSUMPTION BY DEFINITION REQUIRES NO EVIDENCE TO MAKE.
A good detective would be trying to understand the logical motive, which would point to the direction of the killers.
The motive seems to be to elliminate superior gentile genetics.
None of the victims were Ashekenazi, I'll wager against high odds.
I'll also bet you the killers will never be exposed publically, and that those investigating it think exactly the same thing I do.
It just doesnt make sense that it's a serial killer who hates smart ,popular college students.
It would be a logical assumption that the person or persons who are doing it are smart and personable themselves, so jealousy can be ruled out.
SO whats the motive, smart guy? Quoting: IDW 495319
ASSUMPTION ARE ASSUMPTION, HUNCHES BASED UPON SOME FOUNDATION TO DO WITH AVAILABLE EVIDENCE MAYBE USEFUL, BUT ASSUMPTIONS BASED UPON UNCONNECTED PERSONAL ASSUMTIONS ARE USELESS. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 496100
9/3/2008 12:21 AM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
That's kinda what I'm thinking too Dr P.
But it is VERY organized.
Remember what other posters have said:
1 - St Johns Abbey in Collegeville MN, just outside of St Cloud MN where ped priests were sent, who were guilty of molesting young boys.
2 - Or, what about Chris Jenkins' sister writing about Chris being thrown out of the Minneapolis bar after a married MN police officer wanted to get with Chris' girlfriend.
Remember this is very organized.
Is it the Church?
Is it the PD?
Are they above the law?
I keep seeing local police departments denying
that a crime has occurred.
HMMMMMMM.
The perps earned a new posse trailing the case when they killed Matt Kruziki. His dad is former Waukesha (WI) Co Sheriff.
Whatever it is,
it is filth. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 400555
The above post is looking at the evidence and making valuable points that make no need of the famous smiley face trail of evidence or other tags, infact those tags and smileys look way to old to be fresh, but i am sure there is definitly a gang of three or more involved, this could still be involving a hired sreet gang of somekind if the organisers are indeed powerful like a group of pedo killers within the catholic church or even some corrupt officals in other organisations that maybe running this for some money making. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 496100
9/3/2008 12:24 AM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
That's kinda what I'm thinking too Dr P.
But it is VERY organized.
Remember what other posters have said:
1 - St Johns Abbey in Collegeville MN, just outside of St Cloud MN where ped priests were sent, who were guilty of molesting young boys.
2 - Or, what about Chris Jenkins' sister writing about Chris being thrown out of the Minneapolis bar after a married MN police officer wanted to get with Chris' girlfriend.
Remember this is very organized.
Is it the Church?
Is it the PD?
Are they above the law?
I keep seeing local police departments denying
that a crime has occurred.
HMMMMMMM.
The perps earned a new posse trailing the case when they killed Matt Kruziki. His dad is former Waukesha (WI) Co Sheriff.
Whatever it is,
it is filth.
The above post is looking at the evidence and making valuable points that make no need of the famous smiley face trail of evidence or other tags, infact those tags and smileys look way to old to be fresh, but i am sure there is definitly a gang of three or more involved, this could still be involving a hired sreet gang of somekind if the organisers are indeed powerful like a group of pedo killers within the catholic church or even some corrupt officals in other organisations that maybe running this for some money making. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 496100
1 - St Johns Abbey in Collegeville MN, just outside of St Cloud MN where ped priests were sent, who were guilty of molesting young boys.
The only problem with this part of the evidence leading to what it is suggesting, is that the victims are not under age, but then it is still a possibility. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 498014
9/5/2008 8:56 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
Intelligent popular and atheletic,in other words superior genetics with good leadership qualities..
If you want to control a people, the best way to to do it is elliminate those who are smart enough , capable of , and likely to resist your plans. Ashekenazi Jews have been accused of this for centuries, and where theres' smoke there's usually fire.
Reading over the various theories here it is readily apparent that the majority are simply disinformation , intended to muddy the waters so the guilty go undetected.
I couldnt think of anyone else but "jews" myself when I heard this story. What sense does it make otherwise?
In 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion', it is clearly stated that the intelligent gentile will be either be marginalized or killed if he is likely to be a problem to them and there plans .The one thing a jew hates more than anything is a smart, popular and atheletic gentile.
I KNOW THIS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, SO DONT BOTHER ME WITH YOU STINKING MOUTH DIAHREA PRATTLE ABOUT MY PROPENSITY FOR MAKING 'ANTI SEMETIC' STATEMENTS. Quoting: IDW 495319
I don't take your statements as anti semetic. There is much difference between the average Jewish person and the Jewish filth that runs their institutions. Everyone hates the Americans but it is not the average Americans that are the beasts. It's the same thing.
As for your theory: I think it is just as viable of a theory as any other on this thread or that I have seen on other threads.
Here's why. Your post made me curious so I did some quick research. I just found an article on wikipedia that states that the student body of 15 well known private universities is averaged at 33.8% Jewish in the year 2001. In 12 well known public Universities the Jewish student body was averaged at 13.5%. In all 27 Universities cited the average Jewish student body was 24.8%. It is probably similar today.
So why are not one of these victims Jewish? If there are 40 victims (as an example since there are probably many more) it would follow statistically on a random basis that there could be around ten Jewish victims. At 24.8% you would think that there should be at least 1 Jewish victim.
I haven't decided what theory I go along with yet because I need to do more research. But I just wanted to point out that your theory is just as viable as any other theory especially based on the fact of the large numbers of Jews in the Universities and colleges and the lack of a Jewish victim. |
| Anonymous Coward
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9/7/2008 2:17 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
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| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 498940
9/7/2008 2:33 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
Wade Steffey, a freshman on a full-ride academic scholarship at Purdue University majoring in Aviation technology, was last seen on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at a party at the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house at 900 David Ross Road on the north side of campus. He left the party around midnight and was on his way to pick up his coat, which he had left in a friend's room at Owen Hall. Police are confident that Steffey was not intoxicated when he left the party. A witness believed to have seen Steffey around 12:30 a.m. outside Owen Hall (1160 West Stadium Avenue) a short walk from his room in Cary Quad (1016 West Stadium Avenue). At about the same time, he placed two cell phone calls to friends who lived in Owen. That was the last time anyone had seen or heard from him. Wade Steffey's body was found Monday, March 19, 2007 in a utility room in Owen Hall. He had been electrocuted.
Initial Investigation
After Steffey went missing, police determined that his bank account had last been accessed on Friday, January 12 at 8:30 p.m. (the day before he disappeared) when he withdrew $50 from the walk-up ATM in the Ford Dining Hall at 122 W. Stadium Avenue. However, police were unable to positively confirm it was Steffey who withdrew the money because the machine's camera was broken. Steffey's identification card, which he would swipe to gain access to his residence hall, had not been used.
The Search
A massive search effort was launched for Steffey or any evidence linked to his disappearance, including his silver Verizon flip phone, clothing, wallet, or any other personal effects. The searches included multi-agency cooperation of the FBI, Lafayette Police Department , West Lafayette Police Department, Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department, Indiana State Police, Purdue Fire Department, Purdue Police Department and the Indiana Deparment of Natural Resources. The search effort also received help from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, IN Hope, Team Adam, K-9 teams and ultimately, more than 700 volunteers.
Two major ground searches took place on January 23rd and February 3rd, concentrating on the area where Steffey's cell phone signal was last picked up. Five K-9 searches also investigated a list of areas that police have received tips or suggestions to check, including the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering construction site and cars in several parking lots between the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house and Cary Quad, including Owen Hall. Boats were brought in to search along the Wabash River, helicopters searched by air and sonar was also used to check a retention pond.
Wade Steffey found
Steffey's body was found by a maintenence worker who had been called to a utility room in Owen Hall. The room, which was roughly the size of a one-car garage, housed three electrical transformers connected by high-voltage wires. The body was found near one of the transformers. According to Purdue spokesperson Jeanne Norberg, "It seems likely that Wade somehow entered the room sometime shortly after he was last seen thinking that it was a way to gain entrance to the residence hall. The utility room would have been dark, and he apparently tripped over high-voltage lines that connect the three transformers as he was trying to find his way out." The utility room has both an interior and exterior door. When the utility worker was first called to check the room, she entered using the interior door, which was locked. Police found that the outside door was unlocked.
The building had been searched thoroughly after Wade's disappearance, but campus officials could not say with any certainty that the utility room had been checked and they were uncertain of the last time a school employee had accessed the room. "The location of Wade's body inside the room would have made it difficult for anyone to see him from any of the doorways," Norberg said. Steffey was last seen talking on his cell phone around 12:30 a.m. on January 13 in front of Owen Hall, about 50 yards away from the outside entrance to the utility room. He was reported missing two days later.
Unanswered questions
Purdue University police are investigating how Steffey was able to enter the utility room when it should have been locked. Police are examining the lock to determine if it had been tampered with or whether it was faulty. If you have any information about this case, call the Purdue University Police Department at (765) 494-8221 or the anonymous tip line at (765) 496-3784.
An Academic All-Star
Personal accomplishments: Steffey graduated from Bloomington High School South. When he graduated, he received a number of awards, including Principalâs Scholar Award, Academic Honors Diploma, National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar Award,Presidential Scholar, Conference Indiana Academic Award, National Honor Society, Varsity JETS Team Memberand Purdue Academic Success Award. He was accepted to Purdue University with a full scholarship.
Facts of Interest
Name/age: Wade Steffey, 19 (from Bloomington, IN)
College: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Major: Aviation Technology
Physical Description: 5'10", 150#, brown hair, blue eyes
Last seen: 1/13/07, 12:00 am, Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house (900 David Ross Road), believed to have been seen again at 12:30 outside Owen Hall (1160 West Stadium Avenue).
Recovered: 4/19/07, Owen Hall utility room
Cause of death: accidental electrocution
his slipper which led to the discovery of his body was not found until seven days after he went missing.
i specualte this is because it was not placed there for anyone to discover until seven days were up.
then it was placed in the drainwell of the door leading to the electric utilaity room, so wade's body could be discovered and thought to have been electrocuted in the utility room.
i think it is not unreasonable to suspect he was killed by electrocution elswhere in those 7 days , then taken back and him and his shoe placed so as to be FOUND. three moths later. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 498940
9/7/2008 2:37 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
recap
WADE
Q: What about the shoe found outside the utility room door? Why wasn't it reported by police until after the body was found?
A: Steffey's shoe, described as a plaid-lined brown moccasin, was found Jan. 23 by a maintenance employee after he drained the door well outside the utility room.
Last seen: 1/13/07, 12:00 am, Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house (900 David Ross Road), believed to have been seen again at 12:30 outside Owen Hall (1160 West Stadium Avenue).
Recovered: 4/19/07, Owen Hall utility room
Cause of death: accidental electrocution
7 days for the killers to keep him.
he went missing 13 of jan , slipper was found outside the electric utility room 23rd jan thats 7 days of investigation with all the polic there searching for him, they knew where he was last seen, right near the door to the place he was found 3 months later thay had seven days of not seeing the shoe that was lay there for all to see?
that is some shoddy investigation isnt it?
or perhaps they and the all the people who were searching for him and the police etc could not see that slipper because it was not there until maybe six days oir even the full seven.
what other pexplanation is there for them failing to recover the slipper that was on the college property sitting in the door well, so the slipper was that heavy it sunk into the shallow water of the door well?
must have been a heavy slipper and a deep door well. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 498940
9/7/2008 2:38 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
Investigation into Wade's death
[link to www.jconline.com]
Key questions, partial answers in Wade Steffey's death
By SOPHIA VORAVONG
svoravong@journalandcourier.com
Four weeks after the body of missing Purdue University freshman Wade Steffey was found in Owen Hall, questions remain. Here's a summary of what officials say they know about the case, and what remains to be found out:
Question: Is there any new information to explain why Steffey went into a high-voltage utility room at Owen Hall, and how he got in?
Answer:Officials believe Steffey tried several doors to get inside Owen Hall, the dorm where he had left his coat prior to attending a fraternity party.
At the time of Steffey's disappearance, the outside door to the high-voltage utility room or vault was not marked with a high-voltage warning sign. The door, which is supposed to automatically lock when closed, was found unlocked when Steffey's body was discovered March 19. The locks were sent to get tested.
Q: Why wasn't the utility room thoroughly searched before the day Steffey's body was found?
A: University spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg has said that someone did check the room from the interior door but did not go further into the room because doing so would have meant that power would have to be shut off at Owen.
Officials at that time had no reason to think that Steffey might have gained access to the room. His body apparently was not visible from either entrance, and the room was dark.
This past week, lawyers for Steffey's parents said they walked into the utility room without the power being turned off.
Q: What tests were done on the door lock?
A: As part of the death investigation, Purdue sent the door lock to an outside agency to see whether it had been tampered with or was faulty.
Purdue is not commenting on whether the tests results have been returned. The Journal & Courier on April 4 asked for copies of the test results when available. As of Friday, the university had not produced them.
Q: What are the results of the toxicology report?
A: The Tippecanoe County coroner's office asked for a toxicology report when Steffey's autopsy was done.
Coroner Donna Avolt said Thursday that results can take several weeks and that she does not yet have those results.
Scott Montross, an attorney representing Steffey's parents, Dale Steffey and Dawn Adams, said his clients are not expecting to receive any information from the toxicology report "that would be negative with regard to Wade."
Q: Why do authorities believe there was no foul play involved?
A: The coroner's office ruled that Steffey stumbled on some cables in the electrical vault and was accidentally electrocuted.
Avolt said there's nothing to indicate otherwise, explaining that the autopsy and pattern marks on the body can help indicate how someone died.
Q: When was the last time the utility room door lock was checked?
A: On March 28, the Journal & Courier submitted a request under Indiana's Access to Public Records Act for the vault's maintenance logs. Purdue's public records officer, Lucia Anderson, this past week said the information was still being compiled. As of Friday, no records had been produced.
Q: What's the latest on Purdue's internal investigation?
A: Purdue officials are not commenting on the investigation, which is being overseen by Morgan Olsen, Purdue's executive vice president and treasurer. Olsen did not return a telephone message left at his office seeking comment.
Norberg said a full report will be made available once the inquiry is done. Rimkus Consulting Group Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in accident reconstruction, recently was hired to assist Purdue in its probe.
Q: What about the shoe found outside the utility room door? Why wasn't it reported by police until after the body was found?
A: Steffey's shoe, described as a plaid-lined brown moccasin, was found Jan. 23 by a maintenance employee after he drained the door well outside the utility room.
In an e-mail to Norberg from Purdue Police Chief Gary Evans, Evans said several clothing items, including shoes, were collected during the search -- but no one had said that Steffey wore slippers the night he disappeared.
"The slipper was not considered material to the case at that time," Evans wrote. Officials learned it was Steffey's shoe when the matching shoe was found with his body.
Q: Will a lawsuit be filed, and if so, when?
A: Montross said the family is considering filing a claim against Purdue. He is hoping the parties can reach some type of agreement before a suit is filed.
Montross did not have a timeline because any legal action will depend in part on results of the university's investigation.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:47:00 PM CDT
Anonymous said...
Ofcourse, seeing as the door was found unlocked and then Waynes' body was found in the elecrtic room, it is quite possible that he was taken there after the fact, months after infact.
And the door purposely left open for someone to discover his body there and so presume he was electrocuted.
If not we have to presume the open door to the elctric room was unoticed all that time, since the night he aledgedly entired the room.
Also it seems very odd he would have entered a room for generators when trying to access the college dorms.
Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:51:00 PM CDT |
| Anonymous Coward
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9/7/2008 2:47 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
NO FOUL PLAY
YOU COULD NOT MAKE IT UP!!!
Remains found in northeastern Ky. identified
ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Medical Examiner's office has identified skeletal remains of two people found in separate counties in northeastern Kentucky, including one man who had been missing more than nine years.
Kentucky State Police are investigating the death of 33-year-old Timothy W. Sigman of Charleston, W.Va. His remains were found Aug. 7 on Leadingham Branch in the Willard area of Carter County.
The medical examiner's office identified the remains with dental records.
In the other case, officials used DNA submitted by family to identify the remains of Delbert Dillow, who was reported missing to state police on July 24, 1999. Construction workers found his remains last September in Greenup County.
No foul play is suspected in Dillow's death, but state police continue to investigate. |
| Anonymous Coward
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9/7/2008 2:56 PM | | Re: Serial killer(s) stalking young college men across US | Quote |
Campus
Purdue mourns summer deaths
From Staff Reports
The Purdue community lost 10 people this summer. Here are the circumstances surrounding seven deaths as well as comments from family and friends.
Katie Burkhart
Katie Burkhart was found dead June 28 in her home on Indiana 25 North in Lafayette with a gunshot wound to the head.
Results of a police investigation have not yet been released and the circumstances surrounding her death are unknown.
Burkhart, who would have been a sophomore in the School of Health Sciences in the fall, enjoyed writing in her journal and jogging around West Lafayette.
Bethany Schneider, a sophomore in the School of Science and Burkhart's former roommate, said, "I think she just ran to escape or for time to think."
Burkhart was spontaneous and once left for a trip to Las Vegas the weekend before Prep week simply to unwind.
"She got the mind to do it and there was no turning back," said Schneider.
Burkhart's father, Bill, described her as a "happy kid and a very smart girl."
He wished everyone at Purdue could have met her.
"She was loved by all of us," he said.
Jeremy Francis
The toxicology reports of a Purdue student found dead in a pond last month have been completed and show that Jeremy Francis, a senior in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences, had a blood alcohol content of .24.
It was also determined that Francis died as a result of drowning.
His body was found floating face up in a pond located northwest of the Purdue University South Power Plant.
Francis had been missing since July 13 when he was last seen running from a State Street bar. Initial autopsy reports ruled out foul play as a factor in the death.
Barry Richard, the adviser at Phi Delta Theta fraternity, where Francis was a member, said, "He was a very well-liked fraternity member and we'll really miss him."
He said Francis was outgoing and active in the house's philanthropy activities.
"He always presented a positive image for the brothers in the house," Richard said. |
| Anonymous Coward
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Campus
Purdue mourns summer deaths
From Staff Reports
The Purdue community lost 10 people this summer. Here are the circumstances surrounding seven deaths as well as comments from family and friends.
Katie Burkhart
Katie Burkhart was found dead June 28 in her home on Indiana 25 North in Lafayette with a gunshot wound to the head.
Results of a police investigation have not yet been released and the circumstances surrounding her death are unknown.
Burkhart, who would have been a sophomore in the School of Health Sciences in the fall, enjoyed writing in her journal and jogging around West Lafayette.
Bethany Schneider, a sophomore in the School of Science and Burkhart's former roommate, said, "I think she just ran to escape or for time to think."
Burkhart was spontaneous and once left for a trip to Las Vegas the weekend before Prep week simply to unwind.
"She got the mind to do it and there was no turning back," said Schneider.
Burkhart's father, Bill, described her as a "happy kid and a very smart girl."
He wished everyone at Purdue could have met her.
"She was loved by all of us," he said.
Jeremy Francis
The toxicology reports of a Purdue student found dead in a pond last month have been completed and show that Jeremy Francis, a senior in the School of Consumer and Family Sciences, had a blood alcohol content of .24.
It was also determined that Francis died as a result of drowning.
His body was found floating face up in a pond located northwest of the Purdue University South Power Plant.
Francis had been missing since July 13 when he was last seen running from a State Street bar. Initial autopsy reports ruled out foul play as a factor in the death.
Barry Richard, the adviser at Phi Delta Theta fraternity, where Francis was a member, said, "He was a very well-liked fraternity member and we'll really miss him."
He said Francis was outgoing and active in the house's philanthropy activities.
"He always presented a positive image for the brothers in the house," Richard said.
Laverne Knodle
Laverne Knodle, executive director of management information, was found dead in his home on June 12.
Ken Burns, executive vice president and treasurer, said he will miss the way Knodle was always able to use his sense of humor to make the workplace a relaxed setting.
"Laverne was a people person with a tremendous ability to relate well with people at all levels of the organization," said Burns, executive vice president and treasurer.
Burns said it was too hard to remember some of his favorites moments with Knodle, but said Knodle was hardworking in addition to his humorous side. "He was one of those rare people that brought a sense of humor to the job as well as a high quality of personal efforts."
Knodle had the ability to help people relax during a tense moment and help them focus on whatever task they were working on, said Burns.
Leo Piquet
Rev. Leo Piquet, a former pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, passed away June 9 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Piquet served as pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Center for 22 years, from 1957 to 1979.
He is remembered for his compassion and for bringing peace during hectic years at Purdue.
"I found him (to be) very helpful, very supportive in working with, and, I think, a deep man of faith and commitment," said Ken Ewing, former pastor of University Church.
He said Piquet was a compassionate man who was willing to learn from those around him and was always willing to meet people half way on issues.
Piquet was dedicated to both the students and the University and could always be seen on campus talking with students and faculty or sharing in presentations.
"He was not a student minister; he was a campus minister," Ewing said.
Ben Summers
Ben Summers, who would have been a junior in the School of Management this fall, died in a car accident on June 1.
One of his friends, Jake Hartle, a junior in the University Division, said Summers was a big brother as well as a friend.
Hartle said Summers looked out for all his friends and was someone people could always go to with their problems, no matter how important or trivial they were.
Another friend, Kaydi Warlick, a junior in the School of Liberal Arts, said Summers was an outgoing person who loved hanging out with his friends. No matter where anyone was going or what he or she was doing, Summers would always become involved, she said.
Warlick said, "If anyone had a problem he would always be thereâ¦it didn't matter if he knew you or not; he would sit down and get to know you."
Charles Thurwachter
Charles Thurwachter, assistant professor of computer technology, was found dead July 30 in his home.
County coroner Martin Avolt ruled the death a result of cardiac arrhythmia.
Jeffrey Whitten, head of the department of computer technology, said everyone in the department is in shock.
"He was a really nice guy, very outgoing, fun to be around," he said.
Whitten said Thurwachter was looking forward to the upcoming semester because he had some new ideas for working with wireless communications.
He had written two books. The first, an introduction to telecommunications, just went into its second publishing and he just completed a book on wireless communications.
Thurwachter was an avid scuba diver and had just returned from a scuba diving trip to Australia before he died.
Corissa Yasen
Corissa Yasen, a Purdue alumna, was found dead in her apartment on May 12 of acute multi-drug overdose.
Yasen was arguably one of the best Purdue athletes of all time â playing both track and field and basketball â and she was one of the first female professional basketball players.
"She's at the same level as Brees when it comes to competition," said Morgan Burke, athletic director. "If she had continued, she would have made the Olympic Games and probably won the gold medal. She's that good."
She was a nine-time All-American and 10-time Big Ten champion. In the 1994-95 and 1995-96 school years she was Purdue's Female Athlete-of-the-Year as a junior and senior. She was a Big Ten Medal of Honor winner as well as Big Ten athlete of the year.
Yasen is the most decorated track and field athlete in Purdue history.
She also joined the Purdue women's basketball program, as a starter, during her final year of eligibility.
She graduated from Purdue in 1997 with a degree in pharmacy. |
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Suspect in Purdue homicides may face death penalty
MEMORIAL MARCH: Members of the Purdue community gather in front Stewart Center preparing for a walk to Purdue Village in rememberance of two slain Korean sisters.
By Laura Pelner
Campus Editor
The Purdue student suspected of murdering two South Korean sisters in a Purdue Village apartment on Aug. 2 could face 45 to 130 years in prison, the death penalty or life in jail without parole.
Zhan Yin, 27, a graduate student in biology, and suspected killer of Yeunkyung Woo, 31, a graduate student in biology, and her sister Hyo Kyung Woo, 29, of Chicago, has 12 counts filed against him in the Tippecanoe County Superior Court.
The charges, which were filed Monday, consisting of two counts of murder, two counts of murder while attempting to commit burglary or robbery, two counts of robbery, two counts of confinement, two counts of theft and single counts of both burglary and attempted arson.
All the charges are felonies, meaning each one carries a possibility of jail time. Tim Kern, deputy prosecutor, said the murder counts each carry a jail term of 45 to 65 years; the felony counts each have a 20 to 40 year range; the confinement and attempted arson each have a six to 20 year range and the thefts each have a six month to three year range.
"Realistically, I think the basic penalty for the murder is the primary (charge)," Kern said. "For the two (murder charges) the minimum is 45 years and the maximum is 130 years."
Kern said that even though Yin has four counts of murder filed against him â two different types â he can be charged with only two counts, one type for each sister. Kern explained the first charge, murder, simply means one person killed another. Yet, he said the other charge, murder while attempting to commit burglary or robbery, means a person was killed in the course of another felony.
"It doesn't matter whether you intended to kill someone or not; you're liable for murder regardless," said Kern.
Yin appeared before a magistrate at the county jail Wednesday afternoon where he was informed of the possibility of a death sentence.
"Certainly we're considering that," Kern said Wednesday. "We'll have to look at the circumstances and the nature of the offense."
Court documents released Monday offered a possible motive for the murders. According to the affidavit, Yin told police on Aug. 8 that he killed the Woo sisters after almost being struck by a car Hyo Kyung was driving.
According to court documents, Yin followed Hyo Kyung back to a campus apartment following the alleged near collision, removed a hammer from his backpack, and struck her in the head with it repeatedly. He also stabbed her throat with a kitchen knife, according to the affidavit.
The document said Yin then moved Hyo Kyung's body to a bedroom and began cleaning up when Yeunkyung entered the apartment. He reportedly recognized Yeunkyung and then began striking her with the hammer as well.
Yin told officers Yeunkyung asked him why he was doing this and he said he "had no choice."
After beating her with the hammer, Yin stabbed Yeunkyung in the throat with the knife as well.
Before he left the Purdue Village apartment, he turned on all the burners on the stove in an attempt to "conceal the odor," according to the affidavit.
When Yin was questioned as to whether he was trying to start a fire he "nodded his head affirmatively," the court documents said.
Yin reportedly admitted to police that he took Yeunkyung's wallet from her backpack and took a set of keys from Hyo Kyung because he "liked the Acura symbol on the key chain."
After leaving the apartment, Yin apparently returned to his home to get his vehicle, went to the Lafayette Target to buy new clothes and went to Wal-Mart to buy a new hammer.
According to the affidavit, Yin then drove to the Wabash River, threw his bloody clothes and hammer into it and then went to a fast food restaurant to get dinner for himself and his wife, Jun Ke.
Additional court documents filed Aug. 10 state that Yin logged onto computers in the Math Building in the early morning hours of Aug. 3. Apparently he logged onto one computer under his name and another under Yeunkyung's alias.
The same documents say Yin and his wife left later that day for Chicago and upon their arrival that same evening Yin was questioned about his knowledge of using Yeunkyung's computer account and her murder. According to the court records, he denied knowledge of the murders at that time.
On Aug. 5, Yin and Jun Ke traveled to Oklahoma State University to visit a friend of Yin's and court documents say Yin admitted to Jun Ke during the car ride that he killed the women. He apparently also asked for his wife's forgiveness and indicated he didn't want to face the victims' parents.
According to reports, Jun Ke urged Yin to turn himself in but he apparently said he didn't want to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Upon the couple's arrival at Oklahoma State, Jun Ke contacted the university's police about Yin's confession. Later that day, preliminary charges were filed and a warrant was obtained for his arrest.
On the evening of Aug. 7, Yin was arrested while attempting to enter Canada near Amherst, N.Y. On Aug. 8, Yin waved extradition and Purdue Police Chief Linda Stump and detective Steve Dietrich flew to New York to take him into custody.
Yin is now being held without bond in Tippecanoe County Jail. On Wednesday, he was appointed a public defender, Kevin O'Reilly, and the omnibus date for the trial is set for 9 a.m. Sept. 28. The plea cut-off date is Nov. 23. |
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Aquatic facility helps team
Kurt Esposito/ Assistant Campus Editor
DEEPEST BLUEST: The new Aquatic Center's diving tower has four springboards and five diving platforms and the diving tank is 17 feet at its deepest. The center â adjacent to the Recreational Sports Center â is scheduled to open 11:30 a.m. Monday.
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant Campus Editor
After two years of construction work, the new Aquatic Center is opening just in time for this fall semester.
Carol Stickel, director of the Division of Recreational Sports, said the center, adjacent to the Recreational Sports Center and on the sight of the old outdoor pool, will open at 11:30 a.m. Monday.
The center can be accessed from the sports center through a corridor at the back of the men's and women's locker rooms.
The $17.1 million facility has two pools â an 800,000-gallon competition pool and a 500,000-gallon diving tank.
It will be used by the Division of Recreational Sports, the department of health, kinesiology and leisure studies and Intercollegiate Athletics.
Previously the swimming and diving teams used the pool in the Lambert Fieldhouse.
"We'll be going from the worst pool in the division to one of the top 15 facilities in the country," said Tim Kelly, assistant men's swimming coach.
He said the new center would help the teams in competition and in recruiting.
He said the team would swim 80 percent of its meets at home this year, as opposed to last year when it swam 80 percent of its meets away.
David Fraseur, associate director of Division of Recreational Sports, said the competition pool has two movable bulkheads, which allow for flexibility between the needs of intercollegiate athletics, academic classes and recreational swimmers.
It also has eight 9-foot wide lanes as well as dry land space and a weight room for the swimming teams.
"It gives us the room to train our guys the way we want," said Kelly.
The diving tank has four diving springboards and five diving platforms at varying lengths from one meter to 10 meters and at its deepest will be 17 feet.
Kelly said it will be nice to have someone dive off the three meter springboard and not have to worry about his safety because the water is to shallow.
The center contains seating for 608 people, though as many as 1,100 people can watch meets if the facility has its portable stands. The center also has three types of lighting, including natural lighting.
Fraseur said, "That's a nice feature."
He said the windows contain inner blinds so the amount of sunlight coming in can be modified. He said lifeguards could sometimes have trouble seeing what is happening in the pool because of the glare off the water.
The pools will be open 6:15 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Some areas of the pools will be closed at certain times depending on intercollegiate athletics and academic classes.
The platform diving boards are off limits to the public at all times.
The center replaces the pool at the Lambert Fieldhouse and the pool inside the Recreational Sports Center â which are both now closed.
All funds for the center were raised through donations.
Stickel said an official dedication ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 26.
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Wrongful death suit remains unsettled
By Dave Stephens
Assistant Campus Editor
It's been almost five years since Wiley Hall counselor Jay Severson discovered Jarrod Eskew, a freshman resident on Seversonâs floor, with cocaine.
On Oct. 15, 1996, Severson notified the Purdue Police Department, but when the police arrived at Eskewâs room shortly after, Eskew was gone. The police found traces of drugs in Eskewâs room and car. The car was taken to police headquarters and impounded.
The next day, at 2:50 p.m., Eskew fatally shot Severson in Seversonâs room, which was located on the third floor of the northwest wing of Wiley Hall. Eskew then barricaded himself in his own room, eventually committing suicide with the 12-gauge shotgun he had used to kill Severson.
An autopsy would later reveal that Eskew had traces of both marijuana and cocaine in his system.
Three years after his death, Seversonâs parents filed a wrongful death suit that names Purdue as a defendant as well as the Board of Trustees, several Purdue administrators, and employees and officers with the Purdue Police Department and the Tippecanoe County Sheriffâs Department.
The case was set to go to trial in February of 2001 but was delayed because of appeals. The case was further delayed this summer when Purdue entered a motion to dismiss on July 16.
According to Andrew Wirick, the lawyer for the Severson's, a hearing is set for Oct. 29 to hear the motions.
"I believe the motion to dismiss will be denied," said Wirick. "Both sides have quite good arguments for and against the dismissal."
The motion to dismiss, entered on behalf of the University, states that "Because many of the representations of 'fact' asserted in the Opposition are neither fact nor admissible opinion testimony, the Purdue Defendants object for the reasons set forth in more detailâ¦"
Some of those reasons include Purdue disputing the claim that Severson was working on his homework and therefore not working as a Residence Hall counselor, that the testimony of Severson's parents is inadmissible because they do not have personal knowledge of the facts they would testify, and that the authenticity of some of the testimony is in question.
Wirick said that a new trial date should be set at the October meeting, but the date will depend on the judgeâs schedule.
"Itâs hard to say when the case will go to trial," said Wirick, "But maybe by early next year." |
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Program orients freshmen to Purdue
Dave Stephens/ Assistant Campus Editor
CUTTING CLASS: A student gets his hair cut as part of Boiler Gold Rushâs "Union Fest." The hair cutting demonstration, along with dancing, free food, and movies were just some of the ways students could be entertained during the evening.
By Dave Stephens
Assistant Campus Editor
Imagine your first day at Purdue. You walk around campus, meet a few new people and then you stand on a stage in front of a crowd of strangers and sing Ricky Martinâs "Livin' La Vida Loca."
So maybe thatâs not a typical first day of college.
But for Dan Hopkins, a freshman in the Schools of Engineering, and the hundreds of other freshmen students involved with Boiler Gold Rush, itâs part of learning how to adapt to college life.
Hopkins sang and danced to the Ricky Martin hit during the gold rushâs "UnionFest" on Monday night. "UnionFest" was a chance for the new students to experience the sights and sounds of the Purdue Memorial Union with karaoke, billiards, ballroom dance lessons, free food and haircut demonstrations.
Boiler Gold Rush is a program offered through the office of admissions to help incoming freshmen students learn about and adapt to Purdue.
The five-day long program features guests speakers who talk about how to succeed in college and small group discussions led by upperclassmen volunteers.
"I like the enthusiasm of the freshmen," said Liane Paprocki, a sophomore in the School of Veterinary Medicine and a team leader for Boiler Gold Rush. "I think weâre helping them because they are getting to know campus before everyone else is here."
Paprocki, whose job as a team leader puts her in charge of 10 freshmen students, said she wanted to get involved after participating in the program as a freshman.
"It was a lot of fun," said Paprocki, "I loved every minute of it."
Jennifer Shaw, a freshman in the Undergraduate Studies program, said Boiler Gold Rush helped her to meet new people.
"You get to break out of small groups and interact with people," said Shaw. "Thatâs probably the best part."
Megan Greenya, a senior in the School of Liberal Arts, has been involved with the program for three years. She said she loves working with freshmen because she knows she has an effect on their college life.
"Just being with the freshmen is so interesting," said Greenya. "They are so impressionable because anything you do or say they will follow."
Although most freshmen involved with Boiler Gold Rush are developing their first impressions of Purdue, some are also developing their first impressions of the United States.
"This (Boiler Gold Rush) thing has really helped me meet people," said Ashish Toshniwal, a freshman in the School of Science and a resident of India, "Itâs much easier than showing up right before classes."
Janardan Dalmia, a freshman in the School of Management, said the program leaders were very helpful in getting him adjusted to Purdue.
"I hadnât registered for classes or received my student ID yet," said Dalmia. "The (Boiler Gold Rush) leaders showed us where to go."
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Purdue to construct new research center
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant Campus Editor
Next summer, Purdue will begin construction on a new research center that will be at the forefront of one of science's fastest developing fields â nanotechnology.
"This should place Purdue at the forefront of a very new and exciting field," said Richard Schwartz, dean of the Schools of Engineering. "We have outstanding faculty in this area. It will provide them with facilities to do this leading edge research and provide students with opportunities to work and train in this field."
Schwartz said nanotechnology is a developing field and will become more important over the next five to 10 years.
The field involves the study of miniature devices and systems, one atom at a time. It has applications in engineering, physics, biology and chemistry.
It's being used to develop greater densities for computer memory and sensors for biological agents.
The nanotechnology complex is expected to cost $60 million and the Indiana General Assembly's 2001-2002 budget allotted $5 million dollars for the center.
The rest of the funds will be raised from private donations. Additional lab equipment is expected to cost another $10 million and some equipment to be used in the facility is already housed in various buildings throughout campus.
Schwartz said the center will bring together research that is being done by different departments on various parts of campus.
James Cooper, professor of electrical and computer engineering, said it will allow physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers to work together. "We will be able to create things that none of us would be able to do if we were doing it alone," he said.
Purdue researchers have already developed prototypes of biochips that detect deadly pathogens in food. The bacteria has to be incubated in order to determine if it's deadly. The process takes two to three days, which sometimes is too late to save anyone if they consumed the food. The biochip can take a solution containing the bacteria and incubate it within a few hours.
"That's a huge step," said Cooper.
The facility will offer clean rooms, a nanotechnology incubator, atomic force and electron emission microscopes and epitaxial growth facilities, which can be used to make silicon crystals.
The center is part of a research complex that will eliminate a total of 22 buildings containing 350 apartments in the Purdue Village, which houses mostly married students.
It has not yet been determined what facilities the other buildings will house.
The first phase of construction will take place in the northern part of the village and will eliminate eight buildings, which hold 126 apartments. The apartments are located north of Nimitz Drive and south of Marshall Drive.
Construction for the phase is scheduled to begin in June of 2002 and end in the fall of 2004.
The following four phases will demolish 14 buildings, which include 224 apartments.
Residents living in those buildings have been informed they need to relocate before June 2002. The University expects to re-house all those in the area who will lose their apartment as a result of the construction.
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Student valued people above all
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant Campus Editor
Daryn West knew his brother Ryan touched many lives during his life, but he did not realize how many until after his death.
During Ryan's funeral many people â more than expected â came to talk about Ryan, 21, who would have been a senior in the School of Education this year.
He died as a result of drowning July 29 when a car he was a passenger in ran off the road and into a pond.
One story told at the funeral was about Ryan and how he volunteered to do missionary work in Mexico. A supervisor gave Ryan and a few others the task of installing drywall in a house. Ryan left and when he came back he discovered the group had done a poor job and installed the dry wall the wrong way.
Ryan then discovered the group had decided to go outside and play with some local kids. Someone asked Ryan what he wanted to get out of the trip and he said he wanted to return home with a connection to the people he met. A few days later one of the young children he was playing with ran up and hugged him.
It reminded the person telling the story that Ryan valued people over projects.
"He was so special," said his brother.
He said Ryan was "peculiar" for today's time because he was concerned with the important things in life and not the superficial things.
"I think those are the things that matter," said Daryn.
He was involved with his church and was a member of Young Life â a campus ministry organization based on campus with about 40 student members. With Young Like he spent time talking with high school students and volunteering at youth camps.
Daryn said he would like to remember Ryan as more than a member of Young Life, but he has a hard time doing so because he was so devoted to it.
He said Ryan had a deep faith in Jesus Christ and shared it with everyone around him.
Ryan also enjoyed writing poetry and playing guitar. He was thinking of becoming a high school English teacher or a minister after graduating.
Daryn said Ryan was the type to always have friends around him. He said Ryan was not a clown but could always make people smile, because he would always listen.
"He let them know he really cared about them," said Daryn.
He said it helped that Ryan had many of the same questions about his faith that other people did and that he was willing to talk about them, but not in a preachy way.
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Water tower reflects Purdue pride
Erica Sagon/Managing Editor
TOWER OF PRIDE: The Purdue water tower, located in University Acres on top of Slayter Hill, received a new coat of paint and three Purdue "P" logos.
By Dave Stephens
Assistant Campus Editor
It seems as if everyone is finally jumping on the bandwagon. After years of wearing what appeared to be Indiana red and white, the Purdue water tower finally looks like it belongs in West Lafayette.
The million-gallon water tank was repainted this summer with three Purdue logos painted on the white tank, with the tower painted gold.
The water tower, which needs to be repainted every 10 to 15 years, was originally painted orange and white because of itâs proximity to the airport, but as the color faded over the years, it resembled the colors of IU.
The project was initially to be completed last summer but was put on hold after paint and debris damaged cars parked beneath the water tower. More than 400 cars were appraised for damage from paint chips and blast material.
"It was one of those unfortunate things that happened in a construction project. The contractor made every effort to correct damage done," said Tom Schmenk, director of facilities planning and construction. "The same contractor's working on it now, and he's making it work this time."
The project was put on hold until this summer, when crews finished sandblasting and painting the tower. Both the inside and outside of the tank were repainted to protect against rusting.
Joe Mikesell, director of utilities, said the project had few problems this summer, except for delays caused by weather and equipment problems. He also said the project should be completed within the next few weeks.
"Itâs about 98 percent finished," said Mikesell. "We just have some minor touch-ups to do."
Those touch-ups include removing the brackets used during the painting, adding a fence on top to protect cellular equipment and applying a clear coat over the three Purdue logos.
Mikesell said all of the problems caused by the water tower project have been corrected, and that there is no danger for people parking near the tower. |
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Purdue community copes with murder of sisters
FEELING THE LOSS: ABOVE: Two young women sing hymns at the memorial service Aug. 10 for Yuenkyung Woo and her sister Hyo Kyung Woo. The sisters were brutally murdered Aug. 2 in the apartment they shared at Purdue Village. BELOW: A mourning woman places a floral arrangement outside the Woo sisters' apartment following the memorial service that was attended by more than 650 people.
By Megan Finnerty
Features Editor
The air outside apartment 9 at 151 Arnold Drive in Purdue Village is thick with the scent of flowers, even days after the memorial service for two Korean women murdered two weeks ago.
Although a motive has been reported, and the prosecutors are moving forward in the case of Zhan Yin, 27, a graduate student in biology and suspected killer, those mourning the sisters are still trying to find a way to deal with their grief.
Some sought counseling or attended the more than 650-person memorial service held for Yeunkyung Woo, 31, a graduate student in biology, and her sister Hyo Kyung Woo, 29, of Chicago, Aug. 10 as a way to say goodbye.
Others continue to leave flowers.
A note attached to orange tiger lilies and yellow daisies read: "Young â you are such a wonderful person and we'll never forget you. You made a big impression on me."
The lush mums, zinnias and irises are a sharp contrast to the shiny, slick coroner's tape sealing the apartment shut.
Chris Shorts, a sixth year student in the Pharmacy Doctorate program, and his wife were Woo's neighbors, and walk past her apartment each day.
"We were home when it happened," he said with a sigh. "We did laundry. We were walking past the door and downstairs as it happened."
Shorts said he and his wife have been having a hard time sleeping, tortured by the "what ifs."
"It's scary; you think, 'I could have stopped it if I had heard something,' or you think, 'Maybe I'd be dead if I had.' There's some guilt involved. We have really mixed emotions."
Although the couple thought about moving, they decided against it because they didn't see the point in just moving to a different apartment within Purdue Village.
But at least two apartments near Woo's have been vacated following the murder. And Shorts admitted that it's hard to walk past the sealed door and not be disturbed by thoughts of what happened just steps away from his own door.
For another one of Woo's neighbors, the visual reminders of the sisters' deaths â the crime scene, police presence and flower memorial â were overwhelming. So much so that the neighbor decided to move to a more centrally located apartment in Purdue Village.
"It just kept on reminding me of that sad happening. Everything was going on in my mind â how the parents would have felt, how the girls were suffering â that was just too much for me," the neighbor said.
Michael Brzezinski, director of International Students and Scholars, is also having a hard time dealing with the murders. As director of the center that facilitates and arranges international students' studies at Purdue, Brzezinski knew both the murderer and the victim.
"I have been affected by this personally," he said, sounding tired. "This has been a hard week for me. I met with the family (of the Woo sisters). I met with some grieving students and I know that the students have concerns and I'm trying to meet those concerns."
He said the office has sent out numerous e-mail messages to keep students up to date with the newest information and has provided counselors and support networks for grieving students.
"We're trying to be as supportive as we can."
Brzezinski said the majority of inquiries his office has received in recent weeks have been about grief and how to deal with the loss. He said grieving in the international community can sometimes be more acute because traditional support networks aren't available; students are left without family and familiar friends, and so must turn to new friends or countrymen who are also studying abroad at Purdue.
"Many students have close support groups in the students from their home countries, but it's different than when you're at home with your closest friends and family members," Brzezinski said.
Gloria Joung, a senior in the School of Technology and head of the Korean American Students Association, said the Korean community on campus is a close one and news of the murders shocked its members.
"The community here is pretty small; we all know each other here by our faces," she said. "It's not like we're all related to each other, but we all know each other pretty much well. We were all shocked."
She said since Yin declared his motive in the killings, there is less fear among Koreans and that the murders shouldn't taint the University's image overseas.
Joung said that in South Korea, Purdue is only well known in certain academic circles such as engineering and is not widely known among the general student population. But following the murders, she said the University has received so much press, most of it benign, that it has raised Purdue's profile among her countrymen.
"I don't really think this is going to affect Purdue overseas because it didnât have anything to do with Purdue."
Joung said, however, that she does see closer interaction between Chinese and Korean student groups as a possible response to the murders. She said that although students are usually not political, China and South Korea do have what she referred to as "issues."
"Since this happened, there might be some negative feelings and our organizations will have to work on that."
However, Brzezinski said that everything he's read and heard doesn't indicate that the murders were an ethnic crime.
"I think the facts are bearing it out that this is a very tragic, but very rare, isolated incident on this campus," he said.
Erica Sagon contributed to this report. |
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University plans to turn fountain on by Sept. 15
Kurt Esposito/Assistant Campus Editor
WET Nâ WILD: Three new Purdue students participating in Boiler Gold Rush pose in the Class of 1939 Water Sculpture.
The women were taking part in one of Boiler Gold Rushâs yearly traditions: the fountain run.
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By Kurt Esposito
Assistant Campus Editor
For the first time since they were installed, the University's two most prominent fountains were turned off all summer.
Now students can expect to see one fountain turned back on soon but they will have to wait a while for the other.
On July 9, Purdue administrators approved the installation of a 10-foot-6-inch high stainless steel cylinder over the main water jets of the Class of 1939 Water Sculpture located in front of the Hovde Hall of Administration in the Purdue Mall.
Joe Bennett, vice president of University relations, said the cylinder is scheduled to be in place by Sept. 15 â the date of Purdue's first home football game against Notre Dame.
"We would like to have it in place for people visiting for the first home game," he said.
The administration approved the plan because it provided an answer to both the safety and aesthetic concerns surrounding the fountain.
The plan was proposed by the advisory committee â set up in April to find a solution to the controversy created by the announcement to place fences around the 1939 Water Sculpture and the Loeb Fountain in front of the Liberal Arts and Education Building.
Last summer, a young girl broke her arm playing in the Class of 1939 fountain and other injuries have been reported.
The stainless steel cylinder is based on an idea by the fountain's sculptor and designer, Robert Youngman, who designed the cylinder as an alternative to the fences.
After being proposed by the advisory committee, the cylinder was approved by the Architectural and Landscape Design and Planning Committee in early July â paving the way for it to be considered by the administration.
Graham Cooks, a professor of chemistry who led a drive in April to obtain signatures against fencing the fountains, was the only member of the committee to vote against the proposal.
In a July interview with the Exponent, he said he voted against it because people are responsible for their own actions.
Even though he voted against it, Cooks said he supports the decision of the planning committee. He said it was not worth fighting anymore and those who were against doing anything to the fountains should put it behind them.
The cylinder will cover the water jets so no one will be able to walk over them, but people will still be able to interact with the fountain because water will shoot out from the top of the cylinder. A grate will be placed at the top of the device so no one will be able to climb inside it.
The cylinder will be covered with a mirrored-finish polish that will reflect the surrounding areas of the mall, a reflection that will constantly change for anyone who walks around it.
The cylinder will be 32 inches in diameter and will not touch the outer four pillars â allowing students to still walk through the center of the sculpture.
The cylinder is being constructed in Indianapolis and will then be shipped to Michigan to receive the mirrored-finish polish. It will then come to Purdue's campus to be installed.
The committee has not come up with a solution to the Loeb Fountain in Founders Park. Bennett said the committee is considering changes that would not alter the appearance of the fountain â changes that would not require fences.
He said the Loeb Fountain would not be ready to be turned on until next spring. |
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WET Nâ WILD: Three new Purdue students participating in Boiler Gold Rush pose in the Class of 1939 Water Sculpture. The women were taking part in one of Boiler Gold Rushâs yearly traditions: the fountain run.
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WET N� WILD: Three new Purdue students participating in Boiler Gold Rush pose in the Class of 1939 Water Sculpture. The women were taking part in one of Boiler Gold Rush�s yearly traditions: the fountain run.
THEY ARE JUST SAT? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 498940
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WET Nâ WILD: Three new Purdue students participating in Boiler Gold Rush pose in the Class of 1939 Water Sculpture. The women were taking part in one of Boiler Gold Rushâs yearly traditions: the fountain run.
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Are you suggesting that the killings are part of some fraternity initiation? And that one of the killers has been caught? |
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