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Beyond fingerprints and earprints: Lavelle Davis, 23, was convicted of murder in Geneva, Illinois, in February. Davis and an accomplice had rehearsed the murder at the scene, with the accomplice placing duct tape over Davis’s mouth just as they would later do to the victim. Davis was linked to the crime scene when his lip prints were found on the piece of tape.
The Continuing Crisis
In November the University of Arizona turned down a $250,000 scholarship gift for female American Indians. Four-year Sally Keith scholarships were to have been given on the basis of personality rather than grades. Preference was to have been given to virgins, a point that caused the university to balk because, said a university official, “We can’t dictate morals.”
Buffalo State University professor Scott Isaksen, 44, was arrested in December, allegedly in connection with his coursework, which is described in the university’s bulletin as “original thinking” and “approaching situations with innovative techniques.” According to police, he had given a truant male student the option of writing a paper on stress or meeting privately with Isaksen for a series of stress exercises. The student chose the latter, which included allowing Isaksen to handcuff him and to put a rope around his neck in a motel room.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration by Shawn Belshwender.
